Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
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Hyperphysical: Impressively tight-knit ensemble takes on Abby Zbikowski’s punishing but fascinating dance
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Agnes O’Casey: ‘It’s just been so easy to hate women, no matter the period. And that is terrifying’
The great-granddaughter of the playwright Seán O’Casey is doing the family name proud, starring in two new films, Lies We Tell and The Miracle Club
Agnes O’Casey looks like she is going to be a star
Television: Sean O’Casey’s great-granddaughter is riveting in BBC’s Ridley Road
And now for the stars: O’Casey’s great-granddaughter takes to the stage
After graduating from Dublin's Lir Academy, Agnes O'Casey makes her debut in Druid’s The Seagull
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How Paul Mescal’s football career quickly went exit stage left
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‘Tom was very good at expressing his emotions, so I always felt his love. He didn’t bottle that up’
A year after his death, playwright Tom Murphy is being celebrated by actors keen to share their experience of working on his plays. His widow, actor Jane Brennan, talks about life with – and without – Murphy
Director’s Choice: Theatre directors pick the soundtracks of their lives
Musicians from RIAM will play these specially selected, deeply personal pieces
The battle for college: Should you go with your head or your heart?
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‘Young Offenders’: ‘Who knew little old Cork would travel so well?’
The comedy’s enormous success surprised everyone, not least its stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley
‘Beat’: A rapping, rhyming throwdown to toxic masculinity
Fionntán Larney’s ‘Hamilton’-influenced hip hop musical theatre show is now an album
‘Breathtaking, rule-breaking, legend-making’: Dublin Fringe Festival winners
After 16 days and 80 productions, festival wraps up with awards in 11 categories
Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution
Irish theatre came out blazing this week, proving that gender equality is ‘not hard to do, if you want to’
Gate Theatre: Number of women directors up from 8% to 80%
Huge rise in number of women employed was sparked by Waking the Feminists movement
Accountability fears stymie efforts to change culture of Irish theatre
Speak Up & Call it Out initiative could be turning point in controversy over Gate allegations
‘It was tough . . . but I’ve stepped into a time in Irish theatre that’s really alive’
The Gate: Twenty-one-year-old acting newcomer Paul Mescal has been cast in some of the country’s biggest theatrical productions
Ireland's best coffee maker hopes to conquer the world
Niall Wynn, owner of Proper Order Coffee Co, is banking on making the best coffee of his life this weekend at the world barista championship in Seoul
A Fringe play that lets you choose your own plot, and a sharp take on autism
Two plays that are tricky and smart in very different ways
How fringe are you? 12 shows pitch for your ticket-buying time
As the Tiger Dublin Fringe festival prepares for this month’s event, a dozen of the artists taking part give the low-down on their shows
People to watch in 2016: Arts
There's a nod to visual art, the stage, and even a robot-themed 3D printing company in Gemma Tipton's selection of people to watch in the arts this year
Lambert Puppet Theatre back in business after fire
South Dublin building and its puppets rebuilt in time for Christmas production of ‘Aladdin’
Danielle Ryan reveals the secret to her success
CEO of publishing and perfume house Roads, and Ryan dynasty heiress, Ryan has based her expanding operation in Dublin
10 days of the Tiger Dublin Fringe
From comedy and therapy to dance and aerobics, from quick fixes to four-hour marathons, we have a Fringe show for you
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