Fiona Shaw

Sharon Horgan: ‘I’m even more hyper now. That could be the hormones. I’m on a lot of testosterone’

Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 05:45

Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton take seats at Abbey in Dublin for Aidan Quinn and Steve Buscemi one-off

Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season

Sun Oct 20 2024 - 22:25

Steve Buscemi to join fellow star Aidan Quinn for Abbey Theatre performance

Buscemi and Quinn will read Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon at the Irish national theatre in Dublin this weekend

Wed Oct 16 2024 - 12:40

Béatrice et Bénédict: A mischievous, playful Fiona Shaw brings extra energy to Berlioz’s opera

Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan

Wed Oct 02 2024 - 14:15

Yes to Molly Bloomsday weekend: Four days of women-led spectacle in Derry and Donegal

The Ulysses European Odyssey stretches across 18 European cities that have produced artistic responses to the novel

Sun Jun 02 2024 - 05:15

If review: This family film about imaginary friends is often touching, often infuriating

Nobody is going to confuse the middle-ranking If with ET, but the same generosity of spirit and respect for childhood is clear in both

Wed May 15 2024 - 14:00

Fiona Shaw on Ireland: ‘It is one of the most successful countries in the world. It wasn’t when I left it’

Four decades after leaving Rada, the Cork actor retains an apparently insatiable appetite for work

Sat May 11 2024 - 05:15

A charismatic perpetual child star performing lots of grisly operations? What more could you ask for?

Patrick Freyne: Disney+ having the beloved Artful Dodger carry out surgery is a wonderfully deranged, and actually pretty Dickensian, choice

Thu Jan 25 2024 - 05:00

Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’

She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00

Baptiste: A persuasive Fiona Shaw is front and centre of this brooding – and sometimes confusing – thriller

TV: Given the choice between being confusing or predictable, Baptiste will opt for the former all day long

Sat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00

Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations

Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 08:30

Why are there so few Irish women cast in films that are made here?

Irish actresses are missing out on commercial opportunities, writes Anna Doyle

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 14:24

Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectable

Film review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnet

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00

‘Hot market’ sees Sky ramp up film and TV investment in bid to ‘own its future’

Media company ‘heartened’ by bigger slice of pie as pandemic boosts viewing

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 08:00

Jack Charlton and WHO’s Michael Ryan win presidential awards

Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad recognises diaspora’s achievements

Fri Nov 06 2020 - 19:24

Waiting for Gobnait? Beckett’s ban on women challenged

Female and non-binary performers are tackling Beckett’s rigidity in a new play

Mon Oct 19 2020 - 13:27

Emmys 2020: Zendaya becomes youngest actress to win outstanding drama lead, for Euphoria

Watchmen, Succession, Schitt’s Creek are the big winners at a ceremony unlike any before

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 06:15

Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards

Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 12:13

Killing Eve: This new series is a different show – less vital, devoid of surprise

TV review: The mordant, sexy comic thriller has become a sentimental psychodrama

Tue Apr 14 2020 - 23:10

Graham Norton’s school days: I got the acting bug in Bandon Grammar School

BBC TV chatshow host returns to Co Cork alma mater to launch new book on school

Mon Nov 25 2019 - 21:26

Emmys 2019: Night of triumph for Fleabag and Game of Thrones

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy the surprise winner as Game of Thrones picks up most

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 07:01

Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees

Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 10:02

In a lot of ways, RTÉ's Twink tribute depicts her as a whistleblower

Patrick Freyne: Twink seems to have her own studio audience in her house

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 08:45

Cotton Fingers has its Irish debut: ‘Here is a young woman and her circumstances’

Amy Molloy stars in the Welsh play about an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland

Mon May 20 2019 - 05:00

Bafta TV Awards 2019: Irish actor Fiona Shaw wins best supporting actor

Killing Eve, Ant and Dec among winners. Benedict Cumberbatch scoops best actor

Sun May 12 2019 - 23:13

Out of Innocence review: Ireland’s bad old days have seldom looked grimmer

Danny Hiller’s attempt to make sense of the Kerry Babies case is hampered by several constraints

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 05:00

Missing Fleabag? Consider its ultra-violent cousin, Killing Eve

The multi-Bafta-nominated show brings creeping moral unease to its bad romance

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 18:46

Fleabag: Three final minutes at a bus stop will go down as classic

Fleabag series 2 review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s masterly series caught us in a warped relationship

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 11:34

No more Fleabag: There will not be a third series

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC hit bows out after two runs with ‘beautiful, perfect ending’

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 11:39

Bafta TV awards 2019: Derry Girls and Fiona Shaw among Irish nominations

Lisa McGee gets nod for scripted comedy, Fiona Shaw on best supporting actress shortlist but Graham Norton snubbed

Thu Mar 28 2019 - 11:26

Fleabag: The rivetingly funny, then suddenly unfunny comedy

Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Coleman, Fiona Shaw and Andrew Scott shine

Tue Mar 12 2019 - 12:50

Miriam Lord’s week: Coveney poetically tightens British ties over dinner

Tánaiste welcomed Charles and Camilla to a Brexit-fuelled mutual admiration session

Sat Mar 09 2019 - 01:00

Mel Mercier: ‘When I work in theatre, I often think that it’s like painting’

Composer’s new album ‘Testament’ aims to meld disparate musical works

Mon Jan 28 2019 - 05:00

2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough

The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year

Thu Dec 27 2018 - 05:00