Culture Shock: When you’ve killed off drama, where can you go next?
If the Dublin Theatre Festival takes the pulse of Irish theatre, this year’s suggests that the life of the Irish literary play is fading
If the Dublin Theatre Festival takes the pulse of Irish theatre, this year’s suggests that the life of the Irish literary play is fading
Camille O’Sullivan gives the wronged Lucrece a powerful voice as Shakespeare’s text is condensed into 12 songs
Richard Maxwell takes the individuality, drama, poetry, mimesis, emphasis and virtuosity out of the story of a hero . . . so what’s left?
Frank McGuinness’s new play gives a glimpse of the pathology of the Irish patriarch and how its roots thrive despite the poison
Polish theatre director Janek Turkowski draws the audience into his mission to derive meaning from films he discovered depicting an unknown woman’s life
Delhi’s Tadpole Repertory, a company of modest means in one of the most populous cities on earth, tells the story of a face in the crowd
Help the writer deliver the best play possible. Get the basics right early. Do very little for a successful show, then claim the credit. Welcome to the tricks of the dramaturg’s trade
Nineteenth-century New England comes closer to home in Corn Exchange’s austerely beautiful production of Eugene O’Neill’s tragedy
It has terrific comic performances, put a number of competing angles bring confusion rather than clarity to this show
This delicate production offers no easy solutions and leaves room for the audience’s own interpretations
Olwen Fouéré’s ‘riverrun’ is a highlight of Dublin Theatre Festival 2013
Gare St Lazare Players take Beckett’s masterpiece away from more earthly concerns. Does Godot need more gravity?
Irish theatre is bursting with energy – but youth is all these artists have in common
This emotionally affecting portrait of a teenage carer uses a single story to tell a devastating broader truth
Exploring nearly 50 years of state censorship, is director Tiago Rodrigues appalled by historic injustice or envious of a time when theatre was dangerous?
Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy
In this clever and diverting show, the only immediate tangible human input comes from the audience
‘The Threepenny Opera’ began in disaster and grew into a triumph – a new Irish production hopes to burnish its agitprop credentials
The third and final play for Fishamble by Sean McLoughlin has a gathering storm that is simply dispelled
A debt-ridden middle-aged Irish couple plot to rob a bank in Desperate Optimists’ financial crisis revenge fantasy
Australian company Circa’s athletic theatre is humorous and dangerous
Eamon Morrissey’s New York encounter with Maeve Brennan forms the basis of this show, and it struggles to escape its source material
Seven shows, seven restaurants, and seven options; here’s a week’s worth of suggestions and great nights out for this year’s festival
60 years on and we're still crazy about Waiting for Godot, Beckett’s most famous play
With their new cabinet of wonders, the Australian company Circa beggar belief and transcend language
‘Dusk Ahead’ asks its dancers to step into the unknown – ‘they genuinely don’t know what is ahead’
Olwen Fouéré’s performance gives voice to the river in James Joyce’s unfathomable ‘Finnegans Wake’. It’s sink-or-swim time
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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