The Irish Times view on The Plough and the Stars: a century-old Irish classic
The controversy in 1926 was a reminder that holding a mirror to your country can generate as much condemnation as gratitude
Abbey Theatre
The Plough and the Stars review: Abbey’s centenary staging features fine performances but doesn’t always gel
Tom Creed directs a cast led by Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty, Kate Gilmore, Michael Glenn Murphy, Thommas Kane Byrne and Mary Murray
‘It’s the All-Ireland final of theatre’: The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run
Frank McNally sits in on a new production of Seán O’Casey’s play and revisits the ‘chaotic scenes’ that greeted it in 1926
Fair Deal review: Aislín McGuckin holds nothing back as a pantomime monster for the ages
Una McKevitt’s play turns into a riotous black farce. It’s a tonal shift that pays off
‘Wuthering Heights’ star Alison Oliver: ‘I really didn’t imagine a film career for myself’
The Irish actor stars alongside Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation
Dublin City Council seeks €114m in funding to kickstart Taoiseach’s taskforce plan
City centre rejuvenation to focus on vacant and derelict buildings and sites
Fair Deal writer Una McKevitt: Buying a home is like ‘going to Mars – it takes up a huge part of people’s lives’
Set over a single night in a family home, Fair Deal uses a dispute around care and inheritance to ask not who gets the house, but what the house has already done to the people inside it
Stage IRA Man – Frank McNally on the real and pretend 1916 Rising of actor Arthur Shields
He went to the Abbey Theatre to collect a rifle hidden under the stage and join the fighting
Event guide: The Crucible, Maria Somerville and other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
February 7th-13th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way
‘As Irish as the pigs of Drogheda’ – Frank McNally on rise and fall of street singer Mary Connolly
After the Easter Rising, her patriotic ballads struck a chord with the public
‘Celebrating our roots and growing together’: Dublin’s St Patrick’s festivities announced
Four days of ‘carnival’ promised with centrepiece parade of 12 large floats as well as marching bands
Next Year Will Be a Good One by Shivaun O’Casey: Life in the benevolent shadow of Seán O’Casey
More important than any encomium from this quarter, Seán O’Casey’s daughter diligently captures his life and legacy
The 1920s London Irish Theatre: Abbey’s difficulty was England’s opportunity
Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel’s history shows extent to which Irish drama was important in London
Can a theatre critic make a living in Ireland in 2026?
Theatre critics are essentially hobbyists, criticism something to be squeezed between the demands of other work
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