One of Us by Elizabeth Day: Darkly funny tale of envy and power
Tightly constructed thriller explores class and privilege in contemporary Britain
Cymande at Cork Jazz Festival: Easy, reaffirming rhythms of the 1970s
There’s an idealistic atmosphere here you don’t find much any more. It’s both reassuring and nostalgic
The Mirror Stage: ‘When you imagine a theatre show about psychosis, what do you see?’
Brokentalkers have teamed up with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to blend testimony, research and performance
Flashlight by Susan Choi: Family tragedy turned into political mystery
The American author’s latest novel connects a child’s trauma to political disappearances in Japan
Connie review: The deeply tragic life of an Irish actor who became a Hollywood star
Theatre: Pom Boyd stars in clever, entertaining portrayal of Constance Smith’s extraordinarily novelistic life
Pillow Queens at the NCH: A beautiful performance, but the messy, communal ache at the heart of the music is missing
These Pillow Queens songs belong to half-lit bars and the roar of a crowd that knows every word
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan: a family saga, ghost story and social history rolled into one
Debut novel tackles dark times with lightness and compassion
Caligula, at Dublin Theatre Festival, resonates as a meditation on tyranny and resistance
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: This Ukrainian take on Camus’s play is a compelling political statement rather than convincing drama
Deaf Republic, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is daring, intricate and, above all, beautiful
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: Dead Centre turn Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry into complex, layered, hallucinatory drama
Deep Burn by Brendan Mac Evilly: A rural Irish thriller that doubles as an art-world satire
Behind the art-world lampooning lies a portrait of the creative mind
Konstantin, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is an intelligent, quick and cracklingly alive take on Chekhov
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: This inventive play asks what happens after The Seagull’s gunshot
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai: A novel of tremendous scope and richness
Desai returns to the most radical ambition of novels: making the complexity of other lives shareable
Hair is the only part of the body we can easily and endlessly revise - it grows back
Rare though it is, when we actually achieve it, it makes all the fussing feel worth it
Self Esteem in Dublin review: A masterclass in pacing and performance that leaves the room buzzing
Beneath their bubbly surface, Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s pop songs hide a volcanic emotional terrain
To quit smoking you have to sincerely want to, and I’m not sure I do
I had my first cigarette at 15, for the same reason as most people: because you weren’t supposed to