Jane Brennan gives a mesmerising emulation of de Valera’s paced, crystal voice

There’s an undeniable buzz about the country’s first festival for LGBTQ+ community and its friends

It’s the simplicity of the story that resonates in this musical based on Mick Flannery’s concept album

National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

The colour green is in, pink salt is out

The 2018 event includes productions on shame, fatherhood and an Aer Lingus hijacking

The Dublin artist on his love of Amsterdam, documentaries and Graham Norton

Stephen Rea stars in David Ireland’s scabrous comedy; the Abbey’s O’Casey returns

The Abbey’s latest production of Sean O’Casey’s Easter Rising drama brings his characters into the light of the present. During the centenary of the event, has it made a familiar play any more illuminating?

Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre

Abandoned by their creator and alone in a random world, the characters in Conor McPherson’s new play have more questions than answers

The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience

Abbey production of Ibsen’s drama feels stilted

The crisp and well-aimed writing in this portrait of family strife suggests that 55 minutes are not enough for an excavation of motives in a hinterland of this density