The drama’s radical idea is to locate disorganised rebel leaders in a drawingroom comedy, but it’s soon derailed by a insistent focus on the nature of remembering
Des Kennedy, head of the Everyman, is directing Making History, about Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, as the first production in the Cork theatre’s Everyman Made series
Put off London, the actor went instead to the US, where she spent 50 years as one of Ireland’s most prominent screen presences
Five-year project will stage each play in a setting relevant to its theme and in the season it was set
Kate Edgar’s compilation paints a detailed portrait of a sometimes shy, uncertain, excitable human who was also a deeply compassionate and open-hearted outsider
Acclaimed Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s new work explores how the climate crisis has its roots in European colonialism
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Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Andrew Flynn’s production, with Genevieve Hulme-Beaman, Denis Conway and Manus Halligan, makes up for play’s slight staticness
Broadway, here he comes. But first there were Ulster feiseanna, sports and his family’s literary drive
Theatre: Caroline Byrne’s production, featuring Zara Devlin, Peter Gowen and Ruth McGill, makes both dream and reverie of Brian Friel’s indestructible play
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Rehearsals are underway for a new production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Gate this summer, and a new book about the playwright was published this week
The writer was often mentioned as part of a ‘god tier’ of Irish playwrights, alongside Tom Murphy and, especially, his close friend Brian Friel
Director insisted history does not matter, but the best film-makers strike a delicate balance between narrative and historical fact
TCD historian skilfully traces a history of conquest, assimilation and defiance that came to shape not just Ireland but Britain and its global empire
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Hannah Peel’s Mercury-nominated Fir Wave, her Dancing at Lughnasa soundtrack, her Game of Thrones score – all are illuminated by a longing that folds into how she feels about Ireland
Caring for babies and moving to a different country took priority over a woman’s love of theatre, but she found great opportunity in Stockholm
Oleksandr Hrekov (23), cast member of Abbey Theatre’s Translations, needed hospitalisation following attack on Saturday night
Theatre: In this Lesya Ukrainka staging, the narrative drive of the forthcoming Famine is replaced by tomorrow’s headlines of destruction and war crimes
Kyiv’s Lesya Ukrainka theatre company is visiting Dublin to stage its evocative production of the classic Irish play at the Abbey
Cabaret star’s acting career has taken him from Tyrone to West End and LA
Author of The Cow Book has written a new book about canoeing on the Camlin river
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The urban map should be a palimpsest, each layer capturing its own moment and its preoccupations
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The actor on filling Donal McCann's shoes in Faith Healer and staying off social media
As her father’s first anniversary approaches, Mo Hume tells of the immeasurable gap left behind
Amid the 373 entries so far, just three counties (Armagh, Fermanagh, Laois) don't feature yet
More than 200 organisations to benefit from scheme worth €25 million
I wanted Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney to come up, with Paul Durcan as back-up. All three came up!
Instead of using North for proxy wars, Britain and EU need to get back to living with ambiguity
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