Abbey Theatre

Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: Shane Daniel Byrne’s swirling new stand-up show riffs on the milestones of his first year as a full-time comic

Eighteen things we have learned or should not forget about governance failures, foot-dragging and bungling at the national theatre

Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: Janet Moran cannily sets post-Eighth Amendment comedy in English abortion clinic

Seventy-five productions, 520 performances, 29 venues: we offer a taster of what’s on offer

Directors acknowledge ‘acceptance of the past, of gaps in governance, to correct course and make changes’

Independent review by Crowe Ireland also finds ‘significant failure’ in record keeping

Epic museum exhibition showcases mutual struggles of both countries as they gained independence

Department of Arts says Arts Council has primary governance responsibility for the Abbey Theatre

Governance report still not released by national theatre, while chairwoman’s term is set to end in weeks

The decision comes in the wake of a long-running but as yet unresolved series of controversies over finances, culture and governance

Actor Tierra Porter came to Ireland in 2019 from Georgia, in the US. Her expectations were wildly different from the reality of living in Dublin

The events that have unfolded over the past five years at the national theatre raise obvious parallels with the RTÉ debacle

Annabelle Comyn stages professional rendering of well-made play in which affluent Dublin couple are challenged by arrival of two visitors

The national theatre will stage no in-house productions between late July and late September

The Young Offenders star’s busy schedule continues with the Abbey Theatre production of Elizabeth Kuti’s The Sugar Wife

Theatre: More than any other factor, the catharsis he is seeking onstage is an attempt to process trauma that he feels stems from an insecure attachment at home

Theatre: Purists may grind away a tooth or two, but Hilary Fannin’s adaptation will leave few audience members bored

Last year the former Irish Times columnist’s work on her new play, for Rough Magic and the Abbey, was interrupted by a double cancer diagnosis

The topic is not on the school curriculum, but a new education programme on Ireland’s culture of concealment aims to change that

Glenroe cast members gather with family and friends to mark passing of Irish actor with music, poetry and stories

Theatre: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s translation of the tragedy by Aeschylus finds parallels with Irish history but sometimes succumbs to information overload

Playwright and activist Rosaleen McDonagh says: ‘The far-right stuff is on my doorstep...I didn’t think people would be burning buildings and blocking libraries. That scares the living daylights out of me’

Theatre: Aisling O’Sullivan, Marie Mullen, Anna Healy, Nick Dunning, Zara Devlin and Patrick Martins star in a bravura production that shouldn’t work but mostly does

Turning a script into a finished show is hugely complex. We spend a day at the National Theatre to see Audrey or Sorrow come together

The Oscar-tipped star of American Fiction was steeped in storytelling as a child. But he also puts his success down to an Irish theatre director

Digital mischief in elections is not only imaginable but eminently achievable

Theatre: The writer and director transforms an unrecognisable Peacock venue into the Battle of Dublin in 1922

He did not relish the spotlight of the hullabaloo of opening nights, and did interviews rarely, but was convivial in the company of friends and much loved by them

Then-city architect intervened after fire at theatre in 1951, preserving stones in Killiney garden for future reconstruction

The writer was often mentioned as part of a ‘god tier’ of Irish playwrights, alongside Tom Murphy and, especially, his close friend Brian Friel

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

Kilkenny author of 16 plays and one novel helped modernise Irish theatre

The writer, who is giving this year’s TS Eliot lecture at the Abbey Theatre, on scientific advances’ ramifications for art, literature and the human race

Daniel Mulhall covers the main elements of the poet’s life from his fascination with the occult to his relationship with fascism and eugenics

The audit found an organisation perceived as split ‘upstairs – downstairs’, with a sense of ‘being in the dark’ about things

Theatre: At the Abbey, Tom Creed recasts Brendan Behan’s prison comedy entirely with female and nonbinary actors. The effect is teasingly ambiguous

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

Dublin riots: Life in the city centre is partially returning to normal but there are fears that there could be more trouble

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Violence against women is relentless, writes Una Mullally, as Rosita Boland hears the views of locals in Tullamore