Making documentary theatre about his life has given the actor his first opportunity to tell his own story

Plus a visual treat that doubles as an accessible parable about anxiety

An expressionistic form-bending film, giving an insight into the process and product of stage design

Humorous story gives an entirely different perspective on the much-maligned spider

For the creator of the Tom Gates character, reader’s imagination is as important as her own in the books

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton, Thomas Taylor’s Malamander, Abi Elphinstone’s Rumblestar and A Girl Called Justice by (...)

Richard Seabrooke, the man behind the upcoming three-day Kaleidoscope festival, believes that cultural experiences can fire young (...)

Swings and roundabouts are not as important as freedom to experiment and take risks

A network, The Mothership Project, aims to develop supports for artists with children

A celebration of the natural world from Nicola Skinner and delightful illustrations by Angela Brooksbank

Siblings Chris and Lynn Haughton are combining their commitment to ethical and sustainable design, and their love for the sea, to (...)

How do you approach work that dances so dangerously with ideas of political correctness?

Students are getting access to classical music with a little help from Whistleblast Quartet

Gay dads, blended families, dealing with grief, a family of puffins and sibling dynamics

Owls, frogs and bears feature in the latest kids’ books for all ages

Programme aims to enable children’s creative potential

Fed up of her work going uncredited in children’s books, Sarah McIntyre decided to act

Plus new reads from Polly Ho-Yen, Aitziber Lopez, Kate Pankhurst and Fiona Robinson

No Child 2020: Put the kids in charge – how the Ark turned to children for ideas

Inese Zandere, David LaRochelle, Karen McCrombie, Lucy Stranger and Jon Agee

The inaugural festival of arts offers workshops for singers, dancers and musicians

Lure your child back to the printed word with Alex Gardiner’s Mossbelly MacFearsome

Christmas Day is over, but there is still plenty to do with children before school restarts

Tamsin Lyons’s Ink and Light animation studio is bringing a message of mindfulness

Hugo’s spiritually benevolent message rings loudly in this immersive, cinematic staging

If you have had enough of the flashing lights of the panto, this is the show for you

A doubting Thomas, a young girl and a sheep save the day in our kids’ books round-up

Your one-stop Christmas events shop is here

The Christmas show’s sheer spectacle makes up for a few weaknesses in the plot

Children’s books: from wood mice and red squirrels to beetles and termites, there’s plenty of nature in these new releases

Ideas take shape when the mind is drifting, so give kids room ‘to let their minds wander’

A lonely Pooka, an invasion of evil teddy bears and a witch from the Louisiana swamp all feature for Halloween

Dublin Theatre Festival: Brendan Coyle stars in the Irish premiere of Conor McPherson’s 1997 play

Dublin Theatre Festival: Intimate snapshots of life in Dublin 15 pair actors with locals. The results are top-notch

Dublin Theatre Festival: The all-male ballet troupe blend dance and physical comedy

Work made for children used to be rare, but there's now a rich bounty of shows

Dublin Theatre Festival: The audience are stuck when a piece of theatre denies its characters humanity

Dublin Theatre Festival: Rough Magic’s Joyce adaptation is refreshingly unconventional

Dublin Theatre Festival: Derbhle Crotty is moving as Marina Carr’s family figurehead

Dublin Fringe Festival: Thommas Kane Byrne stars in his reinvention of the one-man show

Dublin Fringe Festival: This musical memoir of growing up gay in rural Ireland is sonically stirring but lacks focus

Dublin Fringe Festival: A few tweaks could give Christiane O’Mahony’s play a deservedly long life

Dublin Fringe Festival: Why should a woman need safety procedures when encountering men she doesn’t know?

Children’s fiction from Auxier, Burton, Doyle, Martin and Chambers

Christiane O'Mahony's new play Seahorse centres around an unlikely feminist icon

Dublin Fringe Festival: Olwen Fouéré’s Unwoman is stuck in perpetual parturition

Dublin Fringe Festival: Painful puns, silly dances, perfectly judged audience interaction

Authors’ imaginations run riot in this selection of children’s books

Decadent Theatre’s production draws out darkness of McDonagh’s Gothic work

‘Frnkstn’, at the Abbey Theatre, reanimates the monster for a new generation

Five Irish children’s books that will lead you on a summer family adventure

Children’s books: new stories from Eirlys Hunter, Ruth Quayle, Jarvis and Jo Simmons

Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this asks who was the Wicked Witch of the West?

An alien warrior, handling grief, and a boy who loves pairs are among this month’s highlights

Production at Carlow Arts Festival puts artists, disabled and non-disabled, on stage together

Children’s fiction covers all the basics from child-eating monsters, to nature and grief

The storyteller presents war, peace and the human condition through a lens of realism

Struggling with maths? Need to relax? Or just want adventure? These books cater for all

Roald Dahl’s novel may be 30 years old, but this adaptation from the Royal Shakespeare Company resonates chillingly

Sara Keating selects the best new books for children

From picture books to YA fiction, it’s a great time to be a girl who loves to read

This month sees Ireland’s national theatre playing in London, and its British equivalent coming to Dublin

Mythical beasts lurking in the ocean; an anxious panda bear; a lone wolf on the run; raggedy witches rustling through the trees; a(...)

In 2018, a diversity of Irish women’s voices will take their place on the national stage

Sara Keating selects the best new books for children

Wide Eyes Festival brings performing arts into the hearts of the very young

An education scheme is helping children see writers as living, breathing people rather than mythical beats

Mark O’Rowe’s latest play ‘The Approach’ was triggered by three women in his head

Frida Nilsson’s great Arctic tale unfolds packed ice and inky skies

Irish stars Lucy O’Byrne and Celine Byrne shine in the iconic story

Here’s our first look reviews at the early season shows

From the moral to the humorous, there’s plenty of seasonal books to choose from

A round-up of events for families and children during the festive season

These books for children of all ages are beautifully illustrated and touch on a number of issues

A new British Museum exhibit places Rowling’s fiction beside the cultural traditions that inspired it

There are no parents in ‘The Wonderling’, a stand-out debut by Mira Bartok

Sara Keating asks five debut authors appearing at this weekend’s 20th anniversary event five questions about their work

Sara Keating picks her favourites for children and young adults

What does it do girls’ ambition if they they are reduced to silent ciphers or pretty princesses? Several new books for young reade(...)

One new title is an instant classic from two giants of the genre

A collaboration between PJ Lynch and Ryan Tubridy serves up JFK’s visit with Swiss roll

Children are interested in the same ideas as adults, the director of ‘Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore’ says. You just have to pre(...)

An initiative to help refugee children on the Italian island of Lampedusa is now a touring exhibition in Ireland

Dawn O’Porter’s novel about feminism in the age of social media will appeal to millennials

Derbhle Crotty and Denis Conway reach deep for this portrait of middle-aged despair

Harold Pinter’s vicious play is all about the oppressors. How can cruelty and civility sit so comfortably together?

Image enhances wordplay in two revamped classics and a multilingual haiku meditation

Archive: A 2017 interview with the late, much-loved creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog picture-books,who wrote about(...)

Susie Lamb’s show ‘Horae’ asks whether an ancient tradition can be comprehensible to a 21st-century crowd

Disciples of a martyred leader hold fast to ‘fairytales and bullshit’ in John MacKenna’s stories

Katie Khan’s debut novel charts plight of lovers cast adrift in space from utopian home

An eerie tale set on a fictional Irish island casts a spell that never loosens its grip

Alexi app invites well-known authors and critics to choose favourite digital books

A huge encore and digital momentum add colour and noise but children might struggle to see anything fun about being an adult in th(...)

A fresh adaptation by Marina Carr offers an ensemble piece rather than a star vehicle and is all the better for it

From panto to ice skating and from circuses to concerts, here is your guide to the best children’s entertainment this winter

The invention at the heart of this show makes it an excellent way to introduce the spookiest of seasonal stories

The Gaiety delivers top-notch performances and production standards in a show that’s not afraid to take risks

Disney’s lawyers might want to challenge TheatreWorx to a dance off to settle their scores

To mark first anniversary of Waking The Feminists, Gender equality campaigners add 10 points to debate