Brendan Gleeson: ‘I can’t go into a pub any more. I really miss it’
With The Weir, the star returns to the stage after a 10-year absence. It’s a play he loves for its portrayal of the Irish as a people
Anne Clarke
Brendan Gleeson to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years in Conor McPherson’s play The Weir
A new production of the award-winning drama, directed by its writer, opens in Dublin in August before a West End transfer
The Dead brought to life: how James Joyce’s celebrated short story is being re-created as an immersive experience
Featuring Marty Rea, Maeve Fitzgerald and Marie Mullen, Louise Lowe’s re-creation is taking over Newman House, on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin
Landmark’s Anne Clarke: ‘Every producer, if they’re honest, is a control freak’
From giving modern classics their first Irish productions to nurturing new work from key Irish names, Landmark has had an outsize impact over the past 20 years
New statutory agency for domestic and gender-based violence receives support
Report recommends for the urgent provision of another 50 to 60 refuge spaces
Shortage of refuges meant domestic abuse victims forced to remain with abusers
RTÉ programme finds major increase in incidents last year due to pandemic
It’s not endgame for Irish theatre, but it is a struggle
Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge
Former Dublin footballer Karen Kennedy: ‘Teamwork is our lifeline’
All-Ireland winner is now a part of a HSE Covid-19 vaccination team
Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to open
Reopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’
Rory Gleeson’s Blood in the Dirt: The curse of a family bloodline
Is the novelist and screenwriter turned playwright fated to follow in his family’s footsteps?
Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious food
Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme
Come From Away: a 9/11 side-story that offers hope for humanity
‘I was crying so hard I had snot bubbles and was laughing at the same time’
Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution
Irish theatre came out blazing this week, proving that gender equality is ‘not hard to do, if you want to’
Confident Irish culture makes eyes across the Irish Sea
GB18 sees Irish theatre, art, dance and music on show all year long in Britain
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