Abbey Theatre

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

Lively and feisty figure often ruffled the feathers of those in authority

Sharp drop in 2020 revenues followed theatre postponing or cancelling 23 productions

Writers from Fighting Words programme meet for first time as their plays grace the stage

Live audience returns for the first time in 15 months, to see new play by Úna McKevitt

Deal to sell site made ‘on the basis that we haven’t got a leg to stand on legally’ – council

Apartments to be developed at site opposite Abbey Theatre following €550,000 sale

Watching this year’s programme online was frustrating but also brought new intimacies

An uncompromising stance on the Treaty negotiations was indelibly formed by the experience of watching her brother, Terence MacSwiney, die on hunger strike

For Liz Roche, creating a sense of connection in a year of separation was a big challenge

Does it matter whether online performances are recorded or live?

The pandemic has given performers a chance to recalibrate ambitions and expectations

‘In this country, where most of the population are play-actors ... it’s bound to yield players’