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

Jousting and jealousy in the sixth form common room

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’?

The Shed, an intimate space at home to experimental theatre, seems like a venue designed to suit the times. At the heart of its success is Ben Power, a dramaturg, ‘shadowy figure’ and Shakespeare’s ‘remixer’