Jim Culleton

From the giddy highs to the worrying lows, or a rooftop to a grave, this week's theatre highlights span the course of a lifetime.

Fishamble stages ‘On Blueberry Hill’ in ‘mansion by the Royal Canal’

To mark first anniversary of Waking The Feminists, Gender equality campaigners add 10 points to debate

Adaptation of Shakespeare has 17 cast members who have an intellectual disability

Fishamble’s diligent, vigorous production pursues a simple question – what makes people do what they do – towards a complicated answer

Two site-specific plays around Moore Street and the GPO are among the most daring of the Rising centenary productions

Pat Kinevane’s latest show has an ancient opulence and is almost a masterpiece

The Cork actor and playwright’s searing solo performances have a style of their own and have taken him to 18 countries – so why does he still struggle to admit that he’s a writer?

Deirdre Kinahan captures the claustrophobia of small town society and family life in a play that transcends its bleak premise

A deceptively breezy, carefully constructed story that has a little problem with authority

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

The third and final play for Fishamble by Sean McLoughlin has a gathering storm that is simply dispelled

Elaine Murphy’s new play presents a girls’ night in marketed as a girls’ night out

Elaine Murphy’s ‘Little Gem’ was a slow-burning success, and now her second play, ‘Shush’, is set to premiere on the Abbey’s main stage

If you don’t like it, another play will be along in two minutes