The Yalta Game at the Gate: a seesaw of guilt and passion, while reality lurks nearby
Falling in love is the hardest thing, in this less-is-more production of Brian Friel’s play
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme
The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter
The Heiress review: youthful desire versus elder tyranny, with a cash prize
The Gate's big Christmas show is an adaptation of a Henry James’s novella. It could be played as a reassuring costume drama – but instead we get something more complex
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review: Total war in a theatrical battle like no other
Audiences are likely to be lacerated in the crossfire of this explosive revival
‘People might be cross that some English bloke has desecrated a classic’
Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre
Peter Crawley’s 2015: Gender and history get a stunning makeover
From DruidShakespeare to Waking the Feminists, 2015 was all about changing perspectives
Declan Conlon: ‘There’s not much pleasure in playing people who are content’
The actor likes to find the conflict in characters, making Tom Murphy’s plays ideal vehicles for his talents
The Gigli Concert: ‘What’s an Englishman doing directing a revered Irish classic?
Tom Murphy’s great play, currently at the Gate, subverts Irish and English stereotypes. How did director David Grindley rise to the challenge?
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