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Thu Oct 10 2024 - 12:35
More than a decade after his last appearance, the actor has found a way to talk about what happened - and from a startling place
Sat Aug 24 2024 - 05:15
Theatre: Purists may grind away a tooth or two, but Hilary Fannin’s adaptation will leave few audience members bored
Fri Apr 19 2024 - 08:31
The theatre company, now more than 100 productions into its creative life, still holds firm to the artistic outlook it adopted back in 1984
Sat Feb 03 2024 - 05:15
Productions of classics appeared to be aimed at long-time theatregoers, yet this year the Arts Council warned of a decline in young people attending plays
Sat Dec 16 2023 - 05:15
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: The pace of this assured, entertaining production never falters
Tue Oct 03 2023 - 11:17
Erica Murray’s new play drops into the lives of four women connected by unexpected circumstances
Thu Sept 28 2023 - 05:30
What we’ve seen in week two of the festival
Thu Jun 29 2023 - 05:00
Stanley Townsend carries the weight of this haunting adaptation of Mike McCormack’s novel
Tue Oct 25 2022 - 13:06
For Methven, who stars as Prospero in Rough Magic’s The Tempest, the rehearsal room is the beating heart of a theatre production
Sat Jul 16 2022 - 06:16
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