Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
Madama Butterfly review: an airbrushed Pinkerton but a triumphant production
Why couldn’t a truthful response remain focused on what befalls a child of fifteen, recalling other fifteen-year-old girls?
Celine Byrne is Madama Butterfly: the best classical and opera shows this week
András Schiff brings enlightenment to NCH; Maxim Vengerov multitasks with RTÉ NSO
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
The statement of over 70 women supporting those who spoke out about Michael Colgan
Actors, writers, directors, producers, designers and stage managers sign statement supporting others who ended silence about abuse of power
Wexford Festival Opera: the opening weekend’s reviews
‘Medea’ misses the mark while ‘Risurrezione’ goes down a storm
Othello: The green-ey’d monster never quite lets loose
The staging of this Abbey production is adventurous, but the production as a whole errs on the side of the traditional
Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances
Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style
Review – You Never Can Tell: Excuses are hard to make for Shaw’s problematic play
The troubling aspects of Bernard Shaw’s dusty play are here hammered at with forced jollity – the result is not weightless fun
Theatre review: She Stoops to Conquer
David Pearse steals the show amid a cast playing to the gallery with diverting, shameless slapstick
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