Cork theatre-makers waiting in the wings to step into the new normal
Theatre scene that thrived before pandemic is busy planning for return to work
Hansel and Gretel: Flamboyance, playfulness and imagination in INO’s take on Humperdinck
Opera review: Some signals get crossed, but this production aimed both at adults and at children is a really worthwhile venture
The best classical music and opera to see this week
An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
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
Prime Cut double bill review: A grim struggle couched in defiant humour
Despite, or perhaps because of, their differences ‘Every Day I wake Up Hopeful’ and ‘East Belfast Boy’ share several attributes
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
Frnkstn review: A mutation of man and monster
Michael West’s new version of Frankenstein wonders if the scientist and monster are now one and the same
A Midsummer Night’s Dream laced with glee, invention and a shiver of anxiety
Review: Lynne Parker directs an Irish take on Shakespeare at Kilkenny Arts Festival
It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle
Rough Magic is recharging itself with a new young company and an electrifying take on Shakespeare
Review: ‘Man At The Door (Number 54)’ and ‘Pilgrimage’ at Cork Midsummer Festival
The common theme at the Sunbeam Bingo Hall and Sirius Arts Centre performances was personal identity
An unexpectedly funny and uplifting play about your own death
Review: This is the Funeral of your Life
Dublin Fringe begins: reviews from the opening weekend
The opening weekend of the Fringe festival bursts into life with disturbing future visions and exhilarating burlesque
Town is Dead review: Kitchen-sink realism meets a spry chamber opera
Phillip McMahon's new collaborative work is `a play within music' that looks to celebrate the unsung heroes among us all
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
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