The Borrowers review: Gate’s Irish-set adaptation is solid good fun for the whole family
Mary Norton’s story will entertain children while adults can convince themselves of its literary status
Róisín McBrinn
Gate Theatre stages classic children’s stories for Christmas: see human beans and under-the-floorboards Borrowers
Charles Way’s adaptation of Mary Norton’s stories create atmosphere of family love, adventure and discovery
Circle Mirror Transformation: Wonderful presentation of the before and after of theatre at the Gate
Theatre: Róisín McBrinn has created a magnificent Irish production of Annie Baker’s sublime play
Gate Theatre director Róisín McBrinn: ‘A big part of what I’m trying to do is ensure as many voices as possible are given space and power’
After the success of Fun Home, the head of the Dublin venue is staging the Irish premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation
‘Beacon for change’: The Gate Theatre announces new leadership team
Róisín McBrinn takes over as artistic director and Colm O’Callaghan as executive director
The Mick Flannery album that grew into a musical
The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home
You’re wha? The Snapper heads up this week’s theatre highlights
Roddy Doyle’s stage version of his Barrytown novel gets a few minor millennial tweaks
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
The Snapper review: Fuzzy memories with intriguing adjustments
The Snapper has been brought to the stage. But, with the benefit of hindsight, what can the stage bring to The Snapper?
Mending the Gate: ‘Michael Colgan’s style was very different to mine’
The Gate Theatre turned 90 this year. Nobody noticed. Selina Cartmell on a challenging first year in charge
Ruth Negga as Hamlet: Outsiders are in at the Gate theatre
Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’
It’s a Shaw thing as McBrinn picks up the baton of political theatre
Director Róisín McBrinn believes, like Shaw, that theatre changes lives
Review: Heartbreak House
Written fitfully during the first World War and finally presented to an utterly changed world, Shaw’s experimental play remains tangled and complex. Can the Abbey make sense of it?
Review: Villa/Discurso
Prime Cut’s new staging of a Chilean double-header finds one post-conflict society exploring the memories of another. Are they simpatico?
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