Nancy Harris

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’