The Visiting Hour: Stephen Rea, a nursing home, the pandemicReview: Frank McGuinness’s short but meaningful new play has brought the Gate back to lifeFri Apr 23 2021 - 10:19
Children’s books: From a good monster to a not-so-good undead sorceressThe best new kids’ literature has something to fire the imaginations of all age groupsSat Mar 06 2021 - 06:00
Light Perpetual: Magnificently observed love letter to LondonBook review: Francis Spufford creates a rich and textured study of a city centred around five fictional charactersThu Feb 11 2021 - 06:00
Francesca Simon: ‘I was very much an “Out of my way, worm” kind of sister’The Horrid Henry author on sibling rivalry and the no-rules world of her new Viking storyTue Feb 09 2021 - 06:00
‘It feels like being back in the 1950s’: Artists with children face a Covid dilemmaArtists whose work is largely on hold during lockdown worry about a ‘Covid gap’ in CVsWed Feb 03 2021 - 05:00
Happy Days: Siobhán McSweeney brings a youthful exuberance to Beckett’s scorched worldTheatre review: one-night-only live stream of new co-production reflects these times of isolation and uncertaintySun Jan 31 2021 - 19:28
'2020 was going to be the most amazing year ever for us'Producer Anne Clarke on experiencing live performance for first time since pandemicSat Jan 16 2021 - 05:00
Children’s books round-up: Howling and hilarity in equal measureJanuary’s best new books help kids start the new year with laughter and emotional releaseThu Jan 14 2021 - 06:00
Why Visit America: Dark tales of warningMatthew Baker thrillingly explores bleak patriotism with pulse of capitalismSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
The best children’s books of the year and the best Christmas storiesSara Keating selects the best books for the smallest stockingsTue Dec 15 2020 - 06:00
The show must go on: the Ark is pressing onward despite Covid-19On its 25th anniversary, cultural centre for children has more than 14,000 virtual engagementsSat Dec 05 2020 - 05:00
Eighteen Irish panto productions for all the family to watch this seasonPantomimes and family shows have gone online – or even switched to a drive-in formatThu Dec 03 2020 - 10:00
Some class work from the Rockin’ Rhymes EnsembleA CD will be given to schools across Connacht and Munster as part of a teaching pack that includes videos introducing children to the pleasures of musicTue Nov 24 2020 - 05:00
Mr Wilder & Me: Tricksy tribute to the film worldBook review: Jonathan Coe’s usual cohort of fans may be bemused by the inconsistent style and toneThu Nov 19 2020 - 06:00
Children’s books: From earthly delights to guardian snow angelsFrom Christmas themes to more universal themes of love, loss and mismatched sistersThu Nov 12 2020 - 06:00
Looking for América review: Memory tells a different kind of truthFederico Julián González’s effortlessly engaging solo performance is personal but also has deep political resonanceTue Oct 06 2020 - 05:40
The Great Hunger review: ambitiously staged, with scenes of rare beautyThe setting at IMMA – the scope of sky and the breadth of landscape – brings to life a new theatrical version of Kavanagh’s poemMon Oct 05 2020 - 14:42
Deirdre Sullivan: I’ve always been drawn to fairytales, particularly the darker onesThe children’s author on Savage Her Reply, a reworking of the Children of LirMon Oct 05 2020 - 06:00
A Thousand Ways – A Phone Call review: An experience for two strangersDublin Theatre Festival: Audience members meet through a guided phone call about their livesFri Sept 25 2020 - 13:00
The Electric Kazoo review: Noonan’s mannered show maintains engaging presenceDublin Fringe Festival: Recorded album would help find wider audience for family-friendly repertoireMon Sept 14 2020 - 13:25
Children’s books round-up: A great fantasy story to distract from CovidPlus new titles from Eve McDonnell, Carlie Sorosiak and Sophy HennSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Transmission review: One-woman show examines the consequences of our quest for progressDublin Fringe Festival: Caitríona Ní Mhurchú uses her past as prompt for philosophical exploration of nature of timeWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:25
Twenty Fifty review: a confused and confusing collaborationDublin Fringe Festival: Interesting ideas get lost amidst the casual ‘improvised’ banter of interview formatTue Sept 08 2020 - 15:58
Latest instalment of Rooms can go right to the topChanging Room explores the inner life of a man verging on change – a timely Covid-19 era workMon Sept 07 2020 - 05:00
‘It had to be live, because liveness is the thing we have been starved of’Dublin Fringe Festival asked them to create a new work and Malaprop Theatre jumped at the chanceThu Sept 03 2020 - 05:00
‘A city like Dublin needs to have life, and we want to be part of it’Dublin Theatre Festival 2020: Live performance is more important than ever, says Willie WhiteTue Aug 18 2020 - 05:00
Lisa Tierney-Keogh brings her succesful play to an online audienceAdapting her play for Zoom was ‘probably the hardest thing I have ever done’Sat Aug 08 2020 - 05:00
‘Always be beautiful. Always be dynamic. Always be welcoming’A Japanese mentor helped to inspire Conor Hanratty’s online short play War PaintThu Jul 23 2020 - 05:00
Little John Nee: Storyteller goes back to basicsDIY stagecraft and theatrical invention get Tuam performer out under Tilt of the SkyMon Jul 20 2020 - 06:00
Best new children’s books: actor Jack Ryder’s debut novelUnadoptable children and plenty of tigers feature in this collection of adventuresSat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00
Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French LiteratureViv Groskop sheds light on how personal readings of books can shift with timeSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
Corcadorca: Reimagining site-specific theatre for social distanceDrama is fine online, but the deep art thrill needs innovative collective experience spacesTue Jun 09 2020 - 05:00
New children’s books: Pirates, robots and ‘the world’s most stupid detective’Adventures and mysteries abound in this month’s releases for younger readersFri May 29 2020 - 06:00
What does theatre look like streamed directly into your home?Howie the Rookie at The Lock Inn is running online on Wednesday nights until June 10thWed May 27 2020 - 05:00
Trivial Pursuits: Prolix work of underwhelming musingsRaven Smith’s flashy literary style glitters with dense detail but little of substanceThu May 07 2020 - 06:00
Live Collision develops a new kind of festival in response to Covid-19The coronavirus outbreak forced a rethink for the cutting-edge arts festival – with intriguing resultsSat Apr 18 2020 - 05:00
Michelle Paver: ‘My most disgusting experience? Eating a leopard slug’The bestselling children’s author on making sure her fantasies are grounded in realityWed Apr 01 2020 - 06:00
Children’s books: Monsters, mermaids and animal detectivesSeaside tales full of magic and mystery, and a bear looking for chocolate cakeSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Sruth na Teanga review: Immersive, vivid and playfully persuasiveSet in Galway Airport, the audience is led to an understanding of how Gaeilge evolvedSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
The Lonsdale Project: A production of creativity and scienceA celebration of Irish crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale’s achievementsThu Mar 05 2020 - 05:00
Children’s fiction round-up: Patience Agbabi’s book celebrates diversityPlus books from Gareth P. Jones, Kristin Roskifte, Yoko Tanaka and Noelle SmitSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
This week’s theatre highlights: Druid’s production of The Cherry OrchardPlay will be live-streamed to cinemas in March in a first for an Irish productionSat Feb 22 2020 - 05:00
This week’s theatre highlights: Scene + Heard festivalSmock Alley’s new work showcase features 85 performance pieces on stageSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
What I (Don’t) Know About Autism: A riveting celebration of differenceTheatre review: Jody O’Neill’s timely new play has a wide emotional registerWed Feb 05 2020 - 12:50
‘We lay a trail of breadcrumbs to lead through the opera’A family-friendly Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel aims to draw in childrenTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:00
Children’s books round-up: A book for kids to deal with loss of a petPlus Two Bears, A House Without Walls, Lost, Agent Zaiba Investigates, Demelza and the Spectre DetectorsSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
Eileen Walsh: How I reconcile motherhood with playing MedeaTaking the role of a woman who kills her children is not easy with children of your ownSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
This week’s theatre highlights: TRAD and FlightsCatch the final dates of the well-travelled and well-received production of TRADSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
The best play to see in Ireland this weekShaun Dunne’s new play Restoration examines the tensions embedded in social workSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Who has been nominated?From the epic to the intimate, 2019 was a year of outstanding Irish theatreSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
