The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
Throughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960s
Gig of the week: Line-up includes Camille O’Sullivan, Meow Meow and Gavin Friday
If sector was funded to level of European norm there would be no need for allowances
Galway International Arts Festival: However crude the satire, nothing can compete with reality in 2019
Druid Theatre Company stages Brian Watkins’s new play Epiphany, a serious comedy with Joycean inspiration, Cornwall’s Kneehigh turn The Beggars Opera on its head
A relaxation of civic mores is a deadlier threat to democracy than the president
‘Will forever be remembered for his unstinting political activism’ - President Higgins
Tough choices: audiences get to elect their own prince in Pan Pan’s brilliant alternative take on ‘Hamlet’ at the Abbey; while Veronica Dyas, Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky share a Mother in Dyas’s new production ‘My Son My Son’
Orban's allies see Arpad Schilling as a threat to national security
Juliette Binoche heads a bizarre cast of characters in this deeply odd lampoon
From Alan Cumming singing about Liza Minnelli to a heart-stopping play about depression, this year’s festival has had it all
Juha Sipilä’s Centre Party likely to lead coalition with incumbent Stubb a minor player
An edited extract of the award-winning actor’s acceptance speech at the ‘The Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards
The singers give it all their worth in this production; spreading it throughout the venue proves attractive and frustrating
Witnessing the highly pressurised construction of the immersive city of Mahagonny for six performances of Brecht’s opera is impressive – it is amazing what you can achieve without planning permission
I discovered many of Weill’s works by following the trail of his tremulous-toned wife
The broadcaster has commissioned a ‘parallel narrative’ to market Mahagonny production
Audiences at the Ruhrfestspiele festival identify with Michael Gambon and Barry McGovern’s takes on absurdity
I was privileged to spend the 20th century with Nelson Mandela
His achievement was to make his country fit for ordinary men and women to live in freedom
Rough Magic and Opera Theatre Company have been awarded €230,000 from Sky Arts to stage a Marxist opera. Are Brecht and Weill camera-ready, and what’s in it for Sky?
Theatre companies to stage a Brecht and Weill play in large-scale immersive production
Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy
‘The Threepenny Opera’ began in disaster and grew into a triumph – a new Irish production hopes to burnish its agitprop credentials
Do we go to the theatre to confront our problems or to escape them?
How to soundtrack Felix Baumgartner’s extraordinary near-space skydive? Ed Bennett has an explosive idea
Opinion: ‘Grand coalitions’ have advantages, but don’t always tackle difficult issues
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
