The drama’s radical idea is to locate disorganised rebel leaders in a drawingroom comedy, but it’s soon derailed by a insistent focus on the nature of remembering

The extraordinary acting of Fouéré and her fellow principals is all the more remarkable for being unpolished, undirected and unrehearsed

Theatre: Sarah Jane Scaife directs an entertaining Abbey production of an endlessly quotable 1930 comedy

Theatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White House

What HG Wells would think of his masterpiece as a rock opera is anyone’s guess, but audiences love it

The controversial British comedian seems to have lost sight of the fact that a joke can both offend and, separately, not be very funny

Rachael Hewer directs a vibrant production featuring Giselle Allen as Senta and Jordan Shanahan as the Dutchman

Theatre: Dan Monaghan and Hannah Brady play siblings with a traumatic past in Hannah Moscovitch’s play

In this revival of Tennessee Williams’s story, Mescal’s half-despised, half-beloved brute has but one decent emotion

Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s new work, by John Scott and Mel Mercier, is performed alongside Four Solos by Merce Cunningham

Theatre: Mike Bartlett’s play, like its title, is as mischievous as it is creatively ambiguous

Irish-American comedian’s latest set lacks a strong theme, providing more of a status update on his life

As Shakespeare’s king, Conleth Hill is at his best when the storm is up and the brain befuddled. But this staging is short on big ideas

Bashar Murkus and Khashabi use the tools of contemporary theatre to portray despair in new ways

Theatre: Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrell star in Glass Mask’s world premiere of Simon Stephens’s new play

Prime Cut’s production of Dominic Montague’s play doesn’t always work, but it’s definitely not dull

Armando Iannucci and Seán Foley’s production of Stanley Kubrick’s political satire leans into broad physical comedy

Opera: INO’s staging maintains the light-heartedness the Strauss needs for the two hours its enjoyably ridiculous plot takes to unfold

Jez Butterworth seems intent on showing all his research with a list of Irish counties and reference to banshees

The musician’s death adds a layer of grief to this autobiographical drama, in which Kirwan is an expectant father exploring what it means to be a parent