Making History Friel review: Everyman production throws a lot at Brian Friel’s clunky play
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
Waiting for Godot review: Olwyn Fouéré, breaking ground as the first woman to star in Beckett’s play, gives a sublime performance
The extraordinary acting of Fouéré and her fellow principals is all the more remarkable for being unpolished, undirected and unrehearsed
Youth’s the Season–? review: Timely revival of Mary Manning’s funny, dark, outrageously overlooked play
Theatre: Sarah Jane Scaife directs an entertaining Abbey production of an endlessly quotable 1930 comedy
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mention
Theatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White House
Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds review: How paradoxical that Victorian England’s destruction should be relayed by an Irishman
What HG Wells would think of his masterpiece as a rock opera is anyone’s guess, but audiences love it
Ricky Gervais live in Dublin review: shock humour wears thin as comedian shares message of defiance
The controversial British comedian seems to have lost sight of the fact that a joke can both offend and, separately, not be very funny
The Flying Dutchman review: INO’s marriage of music and drama draws you into Wagner’s retelling of a legend
Rachael Hewer directs a vibrant production featuring Giselle Allen as Senta and Jordan Shanahan as the Dutchman
Little One review: A thriller so slippery that it has one up on its creators
Theatre: Dan Monaghan and Hannah Brady play siblings with a traumatic past in Hannah Moscovitch’s play
Paul Mescal in a Streetcar Named Desire: Known for portrayals of hurting hunks, he is ferocious as Stanley Kowalski
In this revival of Tennessee Williams’s story, Mescal’s half-despised, half-beloved brute has but one decent emotion
Begin Anywhere review: A celebration of the artistic vision of Merce Cunningham and John Cage
Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s new work, by John Scott and Mel Mercier, is performed alongside Four Solos by Merce Cunningham
Cock review: Relationship farce nudges out old-fashioned ideas
Theatre: Mike Bartlett’s play, like its title, is as mischievous as it is creatively ambiguous
Des Bishop preaches to the faithful in show packed with family, relationships and Catholic karaoke
Irish-American comedian’s latest set lacks a strong theme, providing more of a status update on his life
King Lear at the Gate review: Propulsive production doesn’t quite solve this tragedy’s age-old problems
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
Milk: Spectacle is tinged with tragedy in the Abbey’s Palestinian dance play
Bashar Murkus and Khashabi use the tools of contemporary theatre to portray despair in new ways
Men’s Business review: Avant-garde date night pregnant with commitment issues
Theatre: Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrell star in Glass Mask’s world premiere of Simon Stephens’s new play
Aurora: A Modern Myth review – An ecoaware play with a surprising amount of sass
Prime Cut’s production of Dominic Montague’s play doesn’t always work, but it’s definitely not dull
Dr Strangelove in Dublin review: Steve Coogan gives a bravura performance, but the play around him falls a little flat
Armando Iannucci and Seán Foley’s production of Stanley Kubrick’s political satire leans into broad physical comedy
Fledermaus review: Irish National Opera’s touring production is a delight from start to finish
Opera: INO’s staging maintains the light-heartedness the Strauss needs for the two hours its enjoyably ridiculous plot takes to unfold
The Ferryman at the Gaiety review: This British play about the Troubles sounds as if it was written using Wikipedia
Jez Butterworth seems intent on showing all his research with a list of Irish counties and reference to banshees
Accents review: The late Eoin French’s remarkable music accompanies Emmet Kirwan’s fatherhood search
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
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