Jane Brennan

Jane Brennan gives a mesmerising emulation of de Valera’s paced, crystal voice

Negotiations behind the foundation of the Irish State are staged at the NCH

Fascinated with ideas of art and ambiguity, Nancy Harris’s play sees long hidden secrets dredged up

With two new plays opening simultaneously in Dublin and London, the playwright lays bare both a family and a political drama, full of art and ambiguity

Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre

A year after his death, playwright Tom Murphy is being celebrated by actors keen to share their experience of working on his plays. His widow, actor Jane Brennan, talks about life with – and without – Murphy

Short contracts: Actors Jane Brennan and Frank McCusker on the effect of the theatre’s new strategy

National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas

Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service

The late playwright’s friends, colleagues and admirers remember the man and his work

A theatre man who was ‘an appallingly bad actor’ and a dad who loved unconditionally

Room sweeps the board with seven awards while Brooklyn takes two

‘Brooklyn’, ‘Room’ and ‘The Secret Scripture’ all have unapologetically literary sources