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Vagabones review: Irish witchcraft meets Irish opera

Raymond Deane’s Vagabones dramatises one of the few witch trials to have ever taken place in Ireland

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 15:30

This week’s best classical music gigs

Yuga Wang makes her Irish debut, and Vagabones gets its first Irish airing

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the 2019 winners are . . .

Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards

Sun Mar 31 2019 - 21:15

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

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 05:00

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister

National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 16:16

Behind the scenes at Gate Theatre's 'The Red Shoes'

Selina Cartmell’s dark version of the fairytale has just opened at the Gate Theatre. Here’s how the story of dance and destruction took shape

Mon Dec 11 2017 - 05:00

The Red Shoes: A freestyle approach to a dark and charming fairytale

In the Gate’s dark Christmas spectacle, a bold retelling tries on an old fairytale for size

Fri Dec 08 2017 - 10:36

Video: Cillian Murphy and the Gleesons lead tributes to producer Anne Clarke at Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 15:00

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are . . .

After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

Sat Jan 16 2016 - 14:00

Review | The Wolf and Peter: A super cool wolf lends some edge to the magic

Coiscéim’s new dance show takes Prokofiev’s classic into more modern territory with thrilling results

Wed Oct 21 2015 - 14:02

By the Bog of Cats review: a warped family drama

Marina Carr’s bitter stretch of the Irish midlands is a sunken place full of ghosts and vengeance – will anyone make it out alive?

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 17:11

Opera houses survive, even thrive, despite Boulez’s pessimism

Opera repertoire has broadened since the French composer’s 1967 comments, and ‘The Invader’ continues a fine recent tradition of new opera in Ireland

Wed May 28 2014 - 01:00

A Tender Thing

Can an elderly Romeo and Juliet ever escape their destiny?

Wed Jan 29 2014 - 17:06