Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'
The actor best known as Ma Mary talks about hideous jumpers, being married to Tommy Tiernan on screen, and her new play about women footballers
The actor best known as Ma Mary talks about hideous jumpers, being married to Tommy Tiernan on screen, and her new play about women footballers
A three-day showcase of new work by northern artists highlights the work of a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service
Speak Up & Call it Out initiative could be turning point in controversy over Gate allegations
Panel discussion told it’s up to Michael Colgan how he deals with misconduct allegations
The sector is coming together to establish a code of behaviour in the wake of the Gate controversy
What do you see? asked the big winner. We’re seeing double and elephants, came the answer
Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Mark Rothko drama ‘Red’ is the big winner
Collapsing Horse’s new show pits high tech against low as they tread the water boards
Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style
Productions of Stewart Parker plays have been among the biggest successes of his niece Lynne Parker’s career. For her latest tilt at Northern Star, she decided to ‘Brecht it a bit’
Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey
The troubling aspects of Bernard Shaw’s dusty play are here hammered at with forced jollity – the result is not weightless fun
From the male gaze to the female voice, it’s time to make a change
Hilary Fannin’s play takes in a decade of loves won and lost and our economic boom and bust
Are all the characters in Hilary Fannin’s new play toxically self-involved or has our national plummet from prosperity left everybody isolated?
The final part in the Mac’s Chilean trilogy makes the horrors of the Pinochet regime resonate much closer to home
Prime Cut’s new staging of a Chilean double-header finds one post-conflict society exploring the memories of another. Are they simpatico?
A young ‘disappeared’ woman, the debate over how a building linked to past conflict should be redeployed, and an exploration of a political leader feature in Prime Cut’s ambitious new trio of plays in Belfast
WillFredd Theatre’s production reveals the courage that underpins the darkness and light, the ebb and flow, of life in a hospice
WillFredd Theatre’s exploration of hospice care creatively explores systems and coping strategies
Limerick City of Culture controversy among issues tackled at ‘Theatre of Memory’ symposium
In this adaptation of Austen’s classic, the young lovers’ encounters lack frisson, but the art of capturing an entire life in a few moments is demonstrated in the supporting roles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices