The Irish Times

Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’

The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980s

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00

Oscar Wilde’s wit and ego on display in €50,000 auction sale

According to book, his preferred poets were ‘Euripides, Keats, Theocritus and myself’

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 18:07

Remembering The Diceman: gay icon, national treasure and obstacle on the way to work

Thom McGinty was one in a long line of legendary Dublin street characters, like Zozimus and Bang Bang

Sat Feb 15 2020 - 06:00

Roger Doyle: Aosdána’s newest Saoi is a champion of Irish composers

Previous saoithe have included Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel, and Doyle believes that Ireland’s composers are up there with our literary greats

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 05:00

Ever heard of Evel Kneviel? Roger Moore’s greatest Bond car moments

Saying farewell to the beloved actor, who died this week aged 89, in the best way possible; by remembering his iconic car chases

Thu May 25 2017 - 10:59

‘The Gate attracts drifters. It’s about making it a beacon’

In her first interview in her new role, Selina Cartmell, only the fourth artistic director in the Gate's 90-year history, discusses her plans for the theatre's future

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 05:00

The cultural quotes of the year: madness, middle age and mother’s advice

A selection of the best, oddest and most memorable musings by some of the world’s artistic greats, as told to Irish Times writers

Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00

An hour of rancour with Steven Berkoff

That’s what his new play, The Actor’s Lament, comprises. Surely he can’t be as difficult as his reputation suggests?

Tue Aug 26 2014 - 01:00

Declan Conlon: an accidental actor

Declan Conlon’s career got off to a wobbly start, but now, as he begins a run of Arthur Miller’s version of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People in Dublin, he is one of Ireland’s most prolific stage actors

Sat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00