From King Lear at the Gate to Dr Strangelove starring Steve Coogan, the coming year’s stage line-up includes jukebox musicals, period romcom and a play that probes the Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake
Theatre: The annual extravaganza, written, choreographed and directed by Daryn Crosbie, features terrific performances from the Billie Barry Kids
Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights
For the Irish actor this Christmas will be ‘incredibly bittersweet’ as she mourns the death of her dad and celebrates her much-fought-for daughter
The Hollywood star’s Indoor Garden Party filled the Gaiety with a party atmosphere
The unstoppable young actor on her flourishing career, leading John B Keane’s Sive and being cast in Twig, a new film set in a dystopian, gang-run Dublin
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As Women on the Verge of HRT returns to the stage, the writer remains a champion of ‘middle-aged nobodies’
Singer-songwriter said it was an ‘honour and a blessing’ to perform at the now-traditional free Busk, which has become one of Dublin Simon Community’s busiest fundraisers
Theatre: Production will leave young audience members speculating about stage magic all the way home
Celia Sandoya owns title role in Morgann Runacre-Temple’s staging, which demonstrates Ballet Ireland’s evolution
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Production designer Francis O’Connor powerfully realises the updating of the story by Jack Furness
Father of Normal People star once considered going pro but didn’t. He is hoping to perform more often when he retires from teaching
Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit
A very contemporary story ripped from tabloid headlines has been turned into a drama on its way to a Dublin stage
The controversial facade of the shopping centre on St Stephen’s Green is set to disappear, but will its replacement improve Dublin’s visual fabric or does the city need yet more offices?
Their podcast, My Therapist Ghosted Me, was a lockdown hit, but the studio could not contain them
Production reveals itself as a taut theatrical thriller that leaves aside the tired tropes of his early Oirish comedies
Including Frigid, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Twelfth Night, Reggie’s Guide to Social Climbing and Hangmen
Theatre: Refreshingly, this production is pitched at children. A brilliant first pantomime for young families
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