Home Theatre (Ireland) review: An innovation with life-changing potentialDublin Theatre Festival: Intimate snapshots of life in Dublin 15 pair actors with locals. The results are top-notchThu Oct 11 2018 - 11:52
Les Ballets Trockadero review: Even the most po-faced ballet fans will giggleDublin Theatre Festival: The all-male ballet troupe blend dance and physical comedyWed Oct 10 2018 - 11:17
Is this a golden age for children’s theatre? Oh, yes, it isWork made for children used to be rare, but there's now a rich bounty of showsWed Oct 10 2018 - 05:00
Eliza’s Adventures in the Uncanny Valley review: Can a riddle keep us interested?Dublin Theatre Festival: The audience are stuck when a piece of theatre denies its characters humanityFri Oct 05 2018 - 12:58
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man review: Ingenious, exhilarating funDublin Theatre Festival: Rough Magic’s Joyce adaptation is refreshingly unconventionalMon Oct 01 2018 - 12:33
The Mai review: Passionate performances in an unfocused productionDublin Theatre Festival: Derbhle Crotty is moving as Marina Carr’s family figureheadFri Sept 28 2018 - 09:25
The Fattest Dancer at St Bernadette’s review: A hilarious stage school send-upDublin Fringe Festival: Thommas Kane Byrne stars in his reinvention of the one-man showThu Sept 20 2018 - 16:35
Confirmation review: Xnthony’s confessional coming-of-age concertDublin Fringe Festival: This musical memoir of growing up gay in rural Ireland is sonically stirring but lacks focusWed Sept 19 2018 - 13:03
Seahorse review: A one-woman play that is at its best when at its funniestDublin Fringe Festival: A few tweaks could give Christiane O’Mahony’s play a deservedly long lifeWed Sept 19 2018 - 12:51
Cock Cock... Who’s There? review: The darkest parts of net dating cultureDublin Fringe Festival: Why should a woman need safety procedures when encountering men she doesn’t know?Sat Sept 15 2018 - 15:24
Chimney sweeps, princesses, Cinderfella, hairdos and medieval detailsChildren’s fiction from Auxier, Burton, Doyle, Martin and ChambersSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
‘Seahorses live a radically feminist lifestyle. They have it sorted’Christiane O'Mahony's new play Seahorse centres around an unlikely feminist iconWed Sept 12 2018 - 05:00
Unwoman Part III review: a technical triumph but a tough, frustrating watchDublin Fringe Festival: Olwen Fouéré’s Unwoman is stuck in perpetual parturitionTue Sept 11 2018 - 10:35
Susie and the Story Shredder review: All the absurdity a young audience needsDublin Fringe Festival: Painful puns, silly dances, perfectly judged audience interactionMon Sept 10 2018 - 10:00
Books: A round-up of what’s new for kidsAuthors’ imaginations run riot in this selection of children’s booksSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
A Skull in Connemara review: Rich drama of perverse satisfactionDecadent Theatre’s production draws out darkness of McDonagh’s Gothic workThu Aug 16 2018 - 10:50
So you think you know the story of Frankenstein?‘Frnkstn’, at the Abbey Theatre, reanimates the monster for a new generationThu Aug 16 2018 - 05:00
Want to visit the real Narnia? Discover these storybook locationsFive Irish children’s books that will lead you on a summer family adventureMon Jul 23 2018 - 06:00
Pirates, explorers, Tropical Terry and a mischievous dodoChildren’s books: new stories from Eirlys Hunter, Ruth Quayle, Jarvis and Jo SimmonsSat Jul 21 2018 - 06:00
Wicked: A dazzling display of stagecraft and social commentaryBased on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this asks who was the Wicked Witch of the West?Thu Jul 19 2018 - 13:00
Children’s books: A round-up of new releasesAn alien warrior, handling grief, and a boy who loves pairs are among this month’s highlightsSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Extraordinary Bodies circus challenges disability stereotypesProduction at Carlow Arts Festival puts artists, disabled and non-disabled, on stage togetherTue May 29 2018 - 05:00
What’s new for young readers?Children’s fiction covers all the basics from child-eating monsters, to nature and griefSat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Michael Morpurgo: ‘My first impressions of the world were of a bombed place’The storyteller presents war, peace and the human condition through a lens of realismSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
Children’s books: a round-up of the bestStruggling with maths? Need to relax? Or just want adventure? These books cater for allSat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00
Matilda is ‘the most original British musical of the last decade’Roald Dahl’s novel may be 30 years old, but this adaptation from the Royal Shakespeare Company resonates chillinglyWed Apr 11 2018 - 11:00
Children’s books round-up: fizzrockets, coral reefs and talking dogsSara Keating selects the best new books for childrenSat Mar 31 2018 - 06:00
Girl power: how the new feminism has embraced children’s literatureFrom picture books to YA fiction, it’s a great time to be a girl who loves to readThu Mar 08 2018 - 05:00
Looking for an answer to the national questionThis month sees Ireland’s national theatre playing in London, and its British equivalent coming to DublinMon Mar 05 2018 - 06:00
Odd things afoot in children’s fictionMythical beasts lurking in the ocean; an anxious panda bear; a lone wolf on the run; raggedy witches rustling through the trees; and mankind’s mechanical futureSat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
Women don’t write national plays? ‘Well they can, and they do’In 2018, a diversity of Irish women’s voices will take their place on the national stageMon Feb 19 2018 - 06:00
Children's books round-up: sky-high adventures and spidery talesSara Keating selects the best new books for childrenSat Feb 03 2018 - 06:00
Why is Ireland so badly served when it comes to theatre for children?Wide Eyes Festival brings performing arts into the hearts of the very youngFri Feb 02 2018 - 10:27
Write stuff: How authors are boosting creativity in the classroomAn education scheme is helping children see writers as living, breathing people rather than mythical beatsTue Jan 30 2018 - 00:00
‘You never know whether a play works until the actors are on the stage’Mark O’Rowe’s latest play ‘The Approach’ was triggered by three women in his headSat Jan 20 2018 - 05:00
The Ice Sea Pirates and other children’s books reviewFrida Nilsson’s great Arctic tale unfolds packed ice and inky skiesSat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
Review: The Sound of Music is a refreshing reminder of its theatrical originsIrish stars Lucy O’Byrne and Celine Byrne shine in the iconic storyWed Jan 03 2018 - 16:32
What are the best pantomimes this Christmas?Here’s our first look reviews at the early season showsFri Dec 15 2017 - 14:03
Christmas themed books for childrenFrom the moral to the humorous, there’s plenty of seasonal books to choose fromSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Christmas pantos, musicals, concerts and festivalsA round-up of events for families and children during the festive seasonThu Dec 07 2017 - 05:00
Books for children: voiceless gorillas, grumbling dragons and the refugee crisisThese books for children of all ages are beautifully illustrated and touch on a number of issuesSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Harry Potter: A World of Magic – celebrating 20 years of the boy wizardA new British Museum exhibit places Rowling’s fiction beside the cultural traditions that inspired itSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Children’s book reviews: From picturebook heaven to a subversive universeThere are no parents in ‘The Wonderling’, a stand-out debut by Mira BartokSat Oct 14 2017 - 06:00
Children’s Books Ireland conference: five authors speakSara Keating asks five debut authors appearing at this weekend’s 20th anniversary event five questions about their workFri Sept 22 2017 - 12:59
Books of the month for children: A boy refugee and the experience of changeSara Keating picks her favourites for children and young adultsSat Jun 24 2017 - 06:00
Girls in fiction: not just a fairy princessWhat does it do girls’ ambition if they they are reduced to silent ciphers or pretty princesses? Several new books for young readers challenge the cliches and raise the barTue May 30 2017 - 12:56
New children's books cover terrors and ticklingOne new title is an instant classic from two giants of the genreSat May 27 2017 - 06:00
Children’s books: from JFK in Ireland to Norse legendsA collaboration between PJ Lynch and Ryan Tubridy serves up JFK’s visit with Swiss rollSat Apr 29 2017 - 06:00
Tim Crouch: ‘We are using play to explore a darker world’Children are interested in the same ideas as adults, the director of ‘Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore’ says. You just have to present them the right wayThu Apr 20 2017 - 05:00
Silent Books: wordless picture-books for refugeesAn initiative to help refugee children on the Italian island of Lampedusa is now a touring exhibition in IrelandFri Apr 14 2017 - 09:50
