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Lynne Parker: The Abbey does so much. But Ireland needs a national theatre for the 21st century
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Sharon Horgan: ‘I’m even more hyper now. That could be the hormones. I’m on a lot of testosterone’
Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles
Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton take seats at Abbey in Dublin for Aidan Quinn and Steve Buscemi one-off
Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season
Steve Buscemi to join fellow star Aidan Quinn for Abbey Theatre performance
Buscemi and Quinn will read Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon at the Irish national theatre in Dublin this weekend
Béatrice et Bénédict: A mischievous, playful Fiona Shaw brings extra energy to Berlioz’s opera
Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan
Yes to Molly Bloomsday weekend: Four days of women-led spectacle in Derry and Donegal
The Ulysses European Odyssey stretches across 18 European cities that have produced artistic responses to the novel
If review: This family film about imaginary friends is often touching, often infuriating
Nobody is going to confuse the middle-ranking If with ET, but the same generosity of spirit and respect for childhood is clear in both
Fiona Shaw on Ireland: ‘It is one of the most successful countries in the world. It wasn’t when I left it’
Four decades after leaving Rada, the Cork actor retains an apparently insatiable appetite for work
A charismatic perpetual child star performing lots of grisly operations? What more could you ask for?
Patrick Freyne: Disney+ having the beloved Artful Dodger carry out surgery is a wonderfully deranged, and actually pretty Dickensian, choice
Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’
She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness
Baptiste: A persuasive Fiona Shaw is front and centre of this brooding – and sometimes confusing – thriller
TV: Given the choice between being confusing or predictable, Baptiste will opt for the former all day long
Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
Why are there so few Irish women cast in films that are made here?
Irish actresses are missing out on commercial opportunities, writes Anna Doyle
Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectable
Film review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnet
‘Hot market’ sees Sky ramp up film and TV investment in bid to ‘own its future’
Media company ‘heartened’ by bigger slice of pie as pandemic boosts viewing
Jack Charlton and WHO’s Michael Ryan win presidential awards
Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad recognises diaspora’s achievements
Waiting for Gobnait? Beckett’s ban on women challenged
Female and non-binary performers are tackling Beckett’s rigidity in a new play
Emmys 2020: Zendaya becomes youngest actress to win outstanding drama lead, for Euphoria
Watchmen, Succession, Schitt’s Creek are the big winners at a ceremony unlike any before
Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
Killing Eve: This new series is a different show – less vital, devoid of surprise
TV review: The mordant, sexy comic thriller has become a sentimental psychodrama
Graham Norton’s school days: I got the acting bug in Bandon Grammar School
BBC TV chatshow host returns to Co Cork alma mater to launch new book on school
Emmys 2019: Night of triumph for Fleabag and Game of Thrones
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy the surprise winner as Game of Thrones picks up most
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
In a lot of ways, RTÉ's Twink tribute depicts her as a whistleblower
Patrick Freyne: Twink seems to have her own studio audience in her house
Cotton Fingers has its Irish debut: ‘Here is a young woman and her circumstances’
Amy Molloy stars in the Welsh play about an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland
Bafta TV Awards 2019: Irish actor Fiona Shaw wins best supporting actor
Killing Eve, Ant and Dec among winners. Benedict Cumberbatch scoops best actor
Out of Innocence review: Ireland’s bad old days have seldom looked grimmer
Danny Hiller’s attempt to make sense of the Kerry Babies case is hampered by several constraints
Missing Fleabag? Consider its ultra-violent cousin, Killing Eve
The multi-Bafta-nominated show brings creeping moral unease to its bad romance
Fleabag: Three final minutes at a bus stop will go down as classic
Fleabag series 2 review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s masterly series caught us in a warped relationship
No more Fleabag: There will not be a third series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC hit bows out after two runs with ‘beautiful, perfect ending’
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