Elektra: Power and passion from Irish National Opera in the Kilkenny rain
Soprano Giselle Allen projects captivating humanity and emotional intensity
Giselle Allen: ‘Mystique surrounds Elektra for singers. It’s seen as a voice-killer’
Belfast soprano on music, acting and her career route to Strauss’s angry, angular role
Design and Destroy: Ireland’s entry at the Prague Quadrennial
An expressionistic form-bending film, giving an insight into the process and product of stage design
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
A back-to-basics opera experience in the best possible way
The Return of Ulysses review: The musical equivalent of the world’s best chef using just a clutch of the finest ingredients
Three of the best classical music concerts in Ireland this week
Gavan Ring warms up for BBC Proms debut with hometown concert; the first Irish production of Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse’ takes place in Kilkenny
Orfeo ed Euridice: An opera of intense, crisp energy
Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions
Surfeit of sopranos: This week’s classical highlights
Sharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this week
Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms
Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm
Nymphs, shepherds and monsters in a rural Irish bar
‘Acis and Galatea’ has had its action propped up in a very Irish setting
The Plough and the Stars review: The poverty of our era put centre stage
The Abbey’s latest production of Sean O’Casey’s Easter Rising drama brings his characters into the light of the present. During the centenary of the event, has it made a familiar play any more illuminating?
Video: Cillian Murphy and the Gleesons lead tributes to producer Anne Clarke at Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre
Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are . . .
After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Review: Breaking Dad
The new Ross O’Carroll-Kelly play provides an evening of good, not-so-clean fun and unapologetically slapstick humour
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