The playwright’s newest offering Somewhere Out There You may play to the rhythms of a romantic comedy, but it’s just as interested in family dynamics
Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge
Crime series Kin and game show Last Singer Standing among the schedule highlights
Regulator allocates €6.2m to television and radio sector as Minister boosts total
Nancy Harris’s characters, scarred by experience, are torn between taking responsibility or seeking a hero
Theatre in Ireland this year was bookended by two crises, a state of play mirrored by the work
Fascinated with ideas of art and ambiguity, Nancy Harris’s play sees long hidden secrets dredged up
With two new plays opening simultaneously in Dublin and London, the playwright lays bare both a family and a political drama, full of art and ambiguity
Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre
New writing ‘has to be nurtured and taken care of’, says artistic director Garry Hynes
Dublin Theatre Festival: Intimate snapshots of life in Dublin 15 pair actors with locals. The results are top-notch
The Gate Theatre turned 90 this year. Nobody noticed. Selina Cartmell on a challenging first year in charge
What do you see? asked the big winner. We’re seeing double and elephants, came the answer
In this weeks’s theatre, a frightful creature becomes a useful friend, an old fable is laced up to fit new times, and one eccentric Dubliner finally becomes a legend
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
In the Gate’s dark Christmas spectacle, a bold retelling tries on an old fairytale for size
Theatre Lovett ’s ‘They Called Her Vivaldi’ is at the Peacock and and a new play ‘Philip St John’ opens
They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny
New director Selina Cartmell announces first programme, after Michael Colgan exits, stage left
Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey
The National Theatre’s maddeningly male 1916 centenary season highlights the difficulties that face women who work in Irish theatre
Fiach Mac Conghail says reaction sparked ‘a professional and personal crisis’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
