Theatre: Aisling O’Sullivan, Marie Mullen, Anna Healy, Nick Dunning, Zara Devlin and Patrick Martins star in a bravura production that shouldn’t work but mostly does
Actor on her electric pandemic projects and returning to Portia Coughlan after 25 years
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Peter Crawley’s analysis: It was a big year for villainy as Richard III took top honours
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
As the international and fringe festivals close, Irish teams reflect on a good month
The performers in Kelly’s new comedy about people and things, say their lines with wit and only occasionally bump into the furniture
Mark O’Rowe’s new drama finds that people are the hardest things to solve
Osborne’s ‘Look back in Anger’ returns to the Gate, and a new work from Mark O’Rowe
Mark O’Rowe’s latest play ‘The Approach’ was triggered by three women in his head
Actors, writers, directors, producers, designers and stage managers sign statement supporting others who ended silence about abuse of power
Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor are the muddled lovers with no chemistry in Jim Sheridan’s film of Barry’s acclaimed novel
The ‘Irish Times’ IrishTheatre Awards judges have been impressed by the sector's strength in depth but concerned about the effect of funding cuts
To mark first anniversary of Waking The Feminists, Gender equality campaigners add 10 points to debate
This reprisal of Tom Murphy’s meticulous play is the Abbey’s best show in years
The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre
After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
The playwright’s celebrated play Big Maggie is on this year’s Leaving Cert course. His daughter, a secondary school teacher in Tralee, remembers her father and writes about teaching his work
From DruidShakespeare to Waking the Feminists, 2015 was all about changing perspectives
The director’s extraordinary take on Shakespeare’s Henry plays, reworked by Mark O’Rowe and starring Aisling O’Sullivan, Derbhle Crotty and Marty Rea, feels like a sweeping epic as a whole, but moment by moment it feels intimate and detailed
Druid carve four Shakespeare plays into an epic of regal succession, and drag the kings down with the people where they belong
Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Celebrate with the stars at one of the year’s biggest theatre events
Druid’s new production of Tom Murphy’s extraordinary play about inherited trauma and unfinished stories finds a fresh urgency for its own retelling
Director Garry Hynes and her superb cast careful calibrate the tone of Boucicault’s melodrama
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