Theatre: Claire Tighe’s delightful retelling brings the pages of the classic story to life, making for an exceptional experience for the audience
The Gaiety’s 150th pantoversary, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a new version of Peter Pan by Roddy Doyle are among this winter’s festive highlights
Tom Creed’s new production of Brendan Behan’s play – the first at the theatre for almost 40 years – features a cast of all female and nonbinary actors
Theatre: The musical's narrative focuses more on life off the battlefield before enlistment than on life in the trenches
The writer took a gamble when he went ahead with neither a commission nor interest from a theatre. Now it’s the Ark’s Christmas production
Broadway veterans Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the complex process of writing new songs for Bord Gáis Energy Theatre’s Christmas show
Review: The almost entirely female audience at Vicar Street is treated to a blend of salty wisdom and cocktail-bar irreverence
Puccini’s opera is full of antics – and Orpha Phelan gets them all right, from joyous mayhem to emotional darkness
Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett hope to nurture creativity in the same way their acclaimed interpretations of the playwright’s work were supported