Irish theatre in 2019: A dramatic year that left the future uncertain
Theatre in Ireland this year was bookended by two crises, a state of play mirrored by the work
‘Seahorses live a radically feminist lifestyle. They have it sorted’
Christiane O'Mahony's new play Seahorse centres around an unlikely feminist icon
The Great Gatsby at the Gate: a magnificently entertaining, dizzying party
The audience joins in the decadence in the Gate Theatre’s thrillingly immersive production
‘We can’t keep funding productions and not the time for their development’
The ‘Irish Times’ IrishTheatre Awards judges have been impressed by the sector's strength in depth but concerned about the effect of funding cuts
Death at Intervals review: A wealth of talent wasted on a facile idea
This adaptation of José Saramago’s novel treats death as merely a narcissistic threat to the individual
Town is Dead review: Kitchen-sink realism meets a spry chamber opera
Phillip McMahon's new collaborative work is `a play within music' that looks to celebrate the unsung heroes among us all
Elvis Costello, Enda Walsh and Hughie O’Donoghue announced for Galway
Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill
Abbey Theatre to ‘interrogate rather than celebrate’ Easter Rising
Waking the Nation programme to mark 1916 centenary has three world premieres
Review: Famished Castle
Are all the characters in Hilary Fannin’s new play toxically self-involved or has our national plummet from prosperity left everybody isolated?
Radio: The night is not Derek Mooney’s natural habitat
Review: ‘Mooney Goes Wild’, ‘Drama on One: Deep’, ‘The Right Hook’ and ‘The Tom Dunne Show’
Children’s show review: Far Away From Me
This show for ages six and up broaches some important issues around identity and inclusion, but dramatically it feels embryonic
Rebel Yell: the Cork renaissance?
Cork’s ‘little hum’ of creative confidence is building to a crescendo, its artists say
Do you know the way to Galway International?
The rebranded Galway International Arts Festival is pointedly here, there and everywhere
The House that Cork built
Raymond Scannell’s ambitious new play charts the rise and fall of a nightclub, a family and a nation
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