The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takers
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
Mark O’Rowe
Irish Theatre in the Twenty-First Century: Development and diversity – Deserving of a wide readership
This comprehensive and wonderfully written book serves to remind us of how much outstanding Irish theatre has been produced in the past quarter-century
Reunion review: Zinger of a play doesn’t flag for a second
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: With an ensemble of excellent actors, Mark O’Rowe’s new ensemble piece is a joy
Mark O’Rowe: ‘The plays were violent and sexual. But I can’t go back there. Everything has to be new to me’
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: The Tallaght playwright on new play Reunion, his changing preoccupations, and the stress of TV work
The Guide: Galway International Arts Festival, Pillow Queens and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 13th-19th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Ghosts: Emotional authenticity is the primary driver of this understated production
Mark O’Rowe’s scrupulously naturalistic dialogue balances plot’s tendency towards melodrama
Derbhle Crotty: ‘Waking The Feminists is having lasting consequence’
Actor on her electric pandemic projects and returning to Portia Coughlan after 25 years
Is culture’s digital phase starting to fade or will online events continue?
For Cian O’Brien, director of Project Arts Centre, the past year has provided room to rethink approaches and reimagine spaces, though livestreaming has had its challenges
Audiences need to learn new skills to consume art online
I have discovered the joys, frustrations and etiquette of being a spectator alone in my home
Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
Endgame by Samuel Beckett: Life conspires to mimic art ... yet again
In all great plays, a calamity can be adapted to any circumstance – pandemic, for example
Normal People Class of 2020: The nine college friends in the series
Meet the ‘Lirheads’: the nine college friends who ended up cast together in Normal People
Normal People goes international as Element Pictures racks up sales
Hit drama made for BBC and Hulu has been sold worldwide by distributor Endeavor
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Normal People: Putting Sally Rooney’s novel on the small screen
The project marries two of Ireland’s most talented artists – Rooney and director Lenny Abrahamson
Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends to be filmed for BBC
Lenny Abrahamson to direct adaptation of acclaimed Irish writer’s debut novel
Normal People: First trailer released for BBC’s Sally Rooney adaptation
Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald direct Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones
Why Irish film-makers and actors can’t do proper sex scenes
Film sex is fine. But sex featuring Irish actors, in films set in Ireland? That never really works
‘The answer is more’: Dublin Fringe director on choosing acts and supporting artists
Ruth McGowan wants to transform lives, inspire change, and test her own limits
Karl Shiels: Maybe because he had been an electrician he was aware of the capacity to shock
A passionate advocate for originality, he knew that theatre could be electrifying
Can experimental theatre be sentimental?
Inspired by the loss of its home, Dublin Youth Theatre partners with Pan Pan to contemplate youth and adulthood in The Sleepwalkers
Thought-provoking theatre where the audience is just you
Review: Theatre for One’s six microplays are bracing, intimate-as-a-whisper performances
Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious food
Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme
Event of the Week: Cork Midsummer Festival
Theatre, music and literature galore is to be found across the city from the 13th June
BBC reveals stars of its adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People
Lenny Abrahamson to direct Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones in 12-part series
Citysong: Epic drama that gets deep into the Dublin groove
The past is always present in the award-winning new play by Dylan Coburn Gray. Told in verse, it’s like a record of the modern city in which the needle jumps around
Sure Look It, Fuck It review: Clare Dunne soars in grungy ode to Dublin and home
The show echoes Mark O’Rowe’s dramatic monologues and the spoken word rhythms of Emmet Kirwan’s Dublin Old School
Charlie’s a Clepto review: Nimble plotting, nimble performance
Clare Monnelly pivots through a range of characters in this revival of her artful debut
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
Edinburgh festivals: awards and acclaim – and exhaustion – for Irish performers
As the international and fringe festivals close, Irish teams reflect on a good month
In the new theatre space, there’s no room for an emotional vacuum
We’re seeing a revolution in form in theatre, but content is what keeps audiences engaged
The Delinquent Season: A hugely disappointing Irish debut
Review: Cillian Murphy, Eva Birthistle and Andrew Scott can’t save Mark O’Rowe’s film
The Approach review: An intricate puzzle of a play
Mark O’Rowe’s new drama finds that people are the hardest things to solve
Theatre of the week: Swan Lake reimagined and the Gregory deal remembered
Birds of a feather flock to the theatre this week
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