The Irish Times

Cumann feel the noise: This week’s best theatre

The Roaring Banshees is a counter-factual history of feminist discontents with the Free State

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00

The week’s best theatre: Still waiting for Godot

Vladimir and Estragon, Beckett’s two dishevelled survivors, aren’t going anywhere for the summer

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 00:01

Vampire valet: ‘Downton Abbey’ star gets his teeth into a new role

Brendan Coyle is best known as Downton’s valet Mr Bates, but he’s in darker territory at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Conor McPherson’s vampire tale ‘St Nicholas’

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 05:00

How comedy and drama can help communicate complex scientific theories

American physicist Jessamyn Fairfield turned her improvised comedy routine into a science communication tool, while Irish engineer/actor Niamh Shaw imagines a trip to Mars in a new play

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 11:01

The best theatre shows this week

A Dublin Theatre Festival hit transfers to the Abbeywhile a young company sees if there’s new life in the Dublin monologue form

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 07:00

Theatre highlights of week ending Dec 24

It’s a time for hardy endurance and miraculous returns this week

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 05:00

Going out this weekend? Here’s the best of what to see

Sean Millar, Irish Opera Artists and The Grimm Tale of Cinderella come to Dublin

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00

The best theatre shows of the week

Remembering ‘The Simpsons’ as a dark comedy with serious heft, keeping a seasonal Dickens classic warm with cheer, and recalling Cinderella’s origin story

Fri Dec 08 2017 - 05:00