Abbey Theatre

Theatre, backed by Dublin City Council, can move ahead with compulsory acquisition of adjoining buildings

Theatre: The story arc of this BrokenCrow production personifies a battle between dark and light, bad and good

Dutch university decision to cancel Godot production over issues of audition diversity part of trend of disrespecting art creators

The singer-songwriter’s show, directed by Conor McPherson, combines absorbing self-portrait with compassionately intelligent vision

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week, including an intriguing collaboration of Damien Dempsey and Conor McPherson

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

The council’s funding of €50.5 million for 2023 is being distributed to 107 organisations across the country

The road traffic accident occurred on the N81 at Baltinglass, Wicklow

Theatre expects income to return to pre-Covid levels this year in the absence of lockdowns

Molière became a mainstay of the early Abbey stage, but not all critics were impressed by French playwright’s characters speaking Hiberno-English

Performer worked at the Abbey and the Gate theatres while also running his own company that produced lively revivals of classical dramas

Theatre: Caitríona McLaughlin’s production runs for 100 minutes but holds your attention throughout

The best music, comedy, art and more coming your way this week

Hugh Linehan: This tangled tale has led to serious friction between some of the protagonists

One of the greatest actors of her generation she famously played the first Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World

Documents shed new light on controversial payments made to the Abbey’s former co-directors

Stanley Townsend carries the weight of this haunting adaptation of Mike McCormack’s novel

State subsidy of €7.5 million remains at the same level as last year and has several conditions attached

Covid closed much of the arts world, and attendance still has not returned to pre-pandemic levels

Income last year totalled €573,848 which was an increase on 2020, but 77% behind 2019 revenue

Dr Ruane brings ‘essential experience and knowledge’ after Arts Council concern at some governance and finance issues

Theatre review: Brian Friel’s classic is Caitríona McLaughlin’s first ensemble play as artistic director of the Abbey Theatre

London Letter: Girl on an Altar is an important new play by one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights Marina Carr

Installation taken down in Glengarriff, west Cork within 48 hours

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

An Irishman’s Diary

Having been sanitised in the 2010s, recent productions have found hidden layers

Founder Dave Reid believes there should be mental health support for this sector like any other

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

Publicans and restaurateurs dismayed by possiblity of Nphet recommeding early closure

Review: Joe Dowling, who first directed Brian Friel’s play 41 years ago, restages a classic

Thornton Wilder’s expressionist one-act play tracks a family home over 90 years

Formerly ‘bubbly’ man now ‘a shadow of his former self’, campaigners tell Minister

The actor on filling Donal McCann's shoes in Faith Healer and staying off social media

Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge

Television and radio producers will share €5.9m under latest Sound & Vision round

An Irishman’s Diary

We examine the developments at the main universities and technological institutions

Work found in house clearance in Cork city now on display at Kerry Writers’ Museum