Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’
She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness
She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness
Administration accused of being careless after health minister also sidelined with virus
You can’t keep the darkly comic writer from the theatre – hardly surprising for a ‘frustrated actor’. He talks about his play Autumn Royal
Ahead of a visit to Galway, the Belgian director reveals his vision for theatre, his admiration for Ronan and why he insists that actors tell him they love him
Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill
Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre
From DruidShakespeare to Waking the Feminists, 2015 was all about changing perspectives
The acclaimed drama of a gifted but different teen’s family investigations yields startling theatrical fireworks
Can a main character who resists emotion and metaphor survive on stage? Simon Stephens takes on the challenge in his adaptation of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’
The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience
Tom Murphy’s great play, currently at the Gate, subverts Irish and English stereotypes. How did director David Grindley rise to the challenge?
Andrew Flynn, Decadent Theatre Company’s director, has an unusual ability to combine artistic passion with the deal-clinching pitches of a travelling salesman
Simons Stephens’ Sea Wall is built on the awesome power of the unknown, and in Andrew Scott’s mercurial hands it will seduce and destroy you
The best in theatre of past year are honoured at ‘Irish Times’ award show
He stole the show in Sherlock and is about to break into Bond – but it’s Sea Wall that has had the biggest impact on his work
Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Simon Stephens’s ‘Punk Rock’ is coming to the Lyric, in a statement of intent by the Belfast theatre’s new boss. So will it deliver something ‘live, direct, physical and unpredictable’?
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