Owen McCafferty

Agreement: No play about the Good Friday negotiations has the right to be this much fun

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster

Agreement: An outstanding evening, a landmark play, a thoroughly deserved five stars

Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama

Patrick O’Kane on playing David Trimble: ‘It’s not my job to judge my character. Quite the opposite’

The actor play found it fascinating to follow the late Ulster Unionist leader’s hard road to compromise for Owen McCafferty’s play Agreement

Druid theatre company says it will produce only new plays in 2019

New writing ‘has to be nurtured and taken care of’, says artistic director Garry Hynes

The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city

It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived

Bringing Irish theatre to the masses in London

Omnibus Theatre’s Irish Season celebrates community, reconciliation and belonging

Abbey rejuvenates Peacock and Fiona Shaw comes to Wexford

A version of ‘The Tempest’, set in west Kerry, called ‘A Shitstorm’, is slated for theatre

Declan Conlon: ‘There’s not much pleasure in playing people who are content’

The actor likes to find the conflict in characters, making Tom Murphy’s plays ideal vehicles for his talents

Theatre review: Death of a Comedian

In Owen McCafferty’s new play, four stand-up routines form an anatomy of a sell-out

Culture Shock: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler walk into a bar. Fill in the punchline yourself

Mixed reaction from writers over death of intractable icon

Arts community praises Paisley’s vitality, but some find it hard to forgive his divisive role

Irish shows conquer Edinburgh’s hilly terrain

In the largest international festival on earth, artists from Ireland have proven themselves disproportionately successful

Patrick O’Kane: thoughts on acting, Belfast and a head butt

The actor is one of the most intense and intelligent performers in Irish theatre; little surprise, then, that a conversation with him starts to sound like a masterclass on acting

Miraculous multiplication

The stage seems densely populated. So how come the dressing rooms are so empty?