At the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, we start to doubt the authenticity of the illusion and wonder how much of what we are seeing has been baked in advance

In Stephen M Hornby’s play, a young gay man tries to find his way in a hostile 1950s world as the broadcaster investigates ‘the homosexual condition’

Theatre: Shane Mac an Bhaird’s play leans towards comedy. But the zany script and bleak setting call for more farcical energy

Ryan Donaldson gives an immensely poised performance in this monologue play about gay self-loathing, sexual abuse and sectarian bigotry

Colin Murphy’s densely researched play, directed by Samantha Cade, centres on rival approaches to tackling disease in 19th-century London

Tom Creed directs a cast led by Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty, Kate Gilmore, Michael Glenn Murphy, Thommas Kane Byrne and Mary Murray

Andrew Flynn’s conventional production of the Arthur Miller play ignores contemporary questions raised by MeToo and cancel culture

Jonathan Spector’s play, making its Irish debut, features the equivalent of Chekhov’s gun for the era of diversity and inclusion

Theatre: Sami Abu Wardeh seems caught up in an effort to tell a story of ongoing slaughter in Palestine too raw to confront directly

Barbara Bergin’s huge, complex new play takes aim at some Irish heroes as it covers a century of life in the capital