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This year’s Classics Now festival recognises how the current classical cultural resurgence has been driven by prominent female writers and historians
Including Frigid, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Twelfth Night, Reggie’s Guide to Social Climbing and Hangmen
From a stunning achievement involving time-travel and wonderful art to a sensitive story that will give emotional confirmation to sick kids
Theatre: Plenty of talent is evident both on stage and behind it, but ultimately this comes across as a self-congratulatory, if spectacular, marketing ploy
Theatre: Audience treated to a celebration of difference and the power of friendship
Big casts, full houses and genre-busting shows made for a vibrant year
Theatre: Caitríona McLaughlin’s production runs for 100 minutes but holds your attention throughout
Theatre: Refreshingly, this production is pitched at children. A brilliant first pantomime for young families
Theatre: Be Our Guest routine will be seared into imagination of viewers young and old for years to come
Theatre: Plenty of songs and laughs in this crowd-pleasing show that honours panto’s legacy
Sara Keating selects her favourite children's titles of the year
This year’s productions include Aladdin at the Waterfront in Belfast, Cinderella at the Everyman in Cork, and The Jungle Book at the Gaiety in Dublin
Theatre review: In Haunted and If These Wigs Could Talk, from the Abbey and Thisispopbaby, the activists and performers reflect on success and its price
Reports of a problematic workplace culture were followed by financial concerns. The Dublin theatre’s new directors, Róisín McBrinn and Colm O’Callaghan, are looking to the future
Stanley Townsend carries the weight of this haunting adaptation of Mike McCormack’s novel