The Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari is the latest auteur to take a shine to the former Harry Potter actor, who has earned the respect of everyone from the Coen brothers to Christian Bale
The acclaimed director explains why she is ‘very interested in outsiders’ and why she decided to give an Irish angle to her adaption of Deborah Levy’s novel
I rang my friend Paul Howard, a huge Beatles fan, to tell him all about it
Ireland event guide May 31st-June 6th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The actor on ‘the Harry Potter thing’, his role in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, and the gift that Tom Cruise keeps sending him
Self-centred lone wolf protagonist develops sympathy for the rebellion while taking care of business for volatile spymaster Luthen Rael
Jan Carson and Duke Special are bringing Margery Williams’s classic book to the stage for Belfast Children’s Festival
The future of Irish theatre looks bleak. It’s time to overhaul the way the sector works – including where the money goes, says Rough Magic’s artistic director
The festival runs until March 2nd, with a huge variety of features on offer – we’ve whittled them down
February 15th-21st, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles
Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season
Buscemi and Quinn will read Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon at the Irish national theatre in Dublin this weekend
Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan
The Ulysses European Odyssey stretches across 18 European cities that have produced artistic responses to the novel
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
Four decades after leaving Rada, the Cork actor retains an apparently insatiable appetite for work
Patrick Freyne: Disney+ having the beloved Artful Dodger carry out surgery is a wonderfully deranged, and actually pretty Dickensian, choice
She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness
TV: Given the choice between being confusing or predictable, Baptiste will opt for the former all day long
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
Irish actresses are missing out on commercial opportunities, writes Anna Doyle
Film review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnet
Media company ‘heartened’ by bigger slice of pie as pandemic boosts viewing
Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad recognises diaspora’s achievements
Female and non-binary performers are tackling Beckett’s rigidity in a new play
Watchmen, Succession, Schitt’s Creek are the big winners at a ceremony unlike any before
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
TV review: The mordant, sexy comic thriller has become a sentimental psychodrama
BBC TV chatshow host returns to Co Cork alma mater to launch new book on school
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy the surprise winner as Game of Thrones picks up most
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Patrick Freyne: Twink seems to have her own studio audience in her house
Amy Molloy stars in the Welsh play about an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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