To Kill a Mockingbird: The story behind the gripping stage production on its way to Ireland
While still maintaining its historical setting, Aaron Sorkin’s script feels urgently engaged with the contemporary United States
Alan Menken: ‘I won the Razzie for worst song of the year just as I won an Oscar for Aladdin’
The Aladdin, Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast composer is bringing his live show to Ireland
Can a theatre critic make a living in Ireland in 2026?
Theatre critics are essentially hobbyists, criticism something to be squeezed between the demands of other work
Children’s books for Christmas: from a crime-fighting fox to the best encyclopaedias
Fiction can be a great gift thanks to authors such as Alexandra Benedict, Charlie Nutbrown and Tom McCaughren
The Snow Queen review: The Helix panto is still the most fun of any in Dublin
At The Snow Queen, at the Helix, be careful where you sit: the pantomime’s kiss cam will be roaming
Moulin Rouge! The Musical review: Thoroughly adult affair is big-budget theatre at its most impressive
At the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, in Dublin, this spectacular take on Baz Luhrmann’s film might turn you into a jukebox-musical fan
Beauty and the Beast review: Gaiety panto knows how to keep young audiences engaged
Theatre: Darryn Crosbie’s annual spectacular is admirably accessible and gorgeous to look at
Children’s fiction: Spooky stories, family fantasies, emotional monsters and a friendless Megalosaurus
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical: ‘Making a movie is a corporate endeavour. Theatre is a family endeavour’
The stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular film is about to begin a two-month run at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Elizabeth Shaw: Belfast-born writer who left Ireland young and found fame in Germany
A new English edition of Shaw’s memoir reveals how she became a household name in Berlin with a children’s classic
Storyteller - The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson: An existence almost as full of incident as his books
Leo Damrosch is less interested in decoding Stevenson’s oeuvre than in tracing his life
Children’s fiction: New and reprinted titles from Mary Murphy, Raymond Briggs, Oscar Wilde and more
A fearless explorer arrives on Earth, postwar childhood tales and classics to bewitch a new generation
Calamity Jane at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre review: High-quality comfort entertainment
Leave any doubts about the plot at the door and instead indulge the singalong pleasures of classic songs
Fiddler on the Roof in Dublin: ‘That it is always relevant and feels extra potent right now is beyond tragic’
Fiddler on the Roof is coming to Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, in a new production by Jordan Fein
Little Shop of Horrors review: Bord Gáis Energy Theatre’s first homegrown show is a sure-footed take on the cult musical
Jacqueline Brunton and David O’Reilly star in a production that leans into the campest qualities of Ashman and Menken’s modern fairy tale