There was nothing wrong with the New Music Dublin Festival – just its name

Look out for ‘Rapids’, about life with HIV by Shaun Dunne, and the Abbey’s 24-hour plays

After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories

‘Thirst (and Other Bits of Flann)’ draws from ‘The Dalkey Archive’ and other stories

This directorless sampling of Flann O’Brien ends up looking like an actors’ lock-in

Year in Culture Review: Feelings of rage, injustice, grief and – hopefully – healing pervaded theatre

Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas

For director Garry Hynes, the desire to portray this tortured king goes back years

Shelter review: History repeats itself in Cristin Kehoe’s admirably understated drama set in modern Dublin

The award-winning author and playwright on Tommy Tiernan, Austin Texas, and why we need podcasts

Druid’s unmissable Waiting for Godot embarks on national and international tour, while Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton is back in Blue Raincoat’s intrepid production

Here's our recommendations for what to see over the next few weeks

The 1983 prison break gets a responsible treatment but it's most effective as a prison break yarn

A lonely life is subsumed into this collaboration between Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

Dublin International Piano Festival, opera at the Galway Arts Festival and 37th Chamber Music Festival in Castletownshend

Syrian conflict and mother and baby homes among political themes in the two events

Galway International Arts Festival marks its 40th birthday with biggest ever line-up

Druid actor Rory Nolan takes his comedy seriously - which may explain his impressive ability when it comes to theatre, and to trolling his fellow cast members

The ‘Irish Times’ IrishTheatre Awards judges have been impressed by the sector's strength in depth but concerned about the effect of funding cuts

Druid Theatre’s production of the Beckett classic is exceptional and miraculous

Company selects three ‘bleak but beautiful’ locations to showcase Samuel Beckett’s text

Druid carve four Shakespeare plays into an epic of regal succession, and drag the kings down with the people where they belong

There is a good show in Emerald Germs and some marvellous performances. But can it shake off its lethargy?

Director Garry Hynes and her superb cast careful calibrate the tone of Boucicault’s melodrama

A huge number of productions and premieres were stuffed into the Enniskillen festival, many of them performed in intriguing locations