Ulster American at the Abbey Theatre review: Matthew Broderick boasts expert timing in slightly dated comedy
Theatre: David Ireland’s play, first staged in 2018, unfolds in knockabout style but suffers from weaknesses in characterisation
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Donegal-based Rev Janet Broderick on her brother Matthew, sermons, and disliking fish
The Donegal-based priest on childhood games with her brother, actor Matthew Broderick, who could play her in a biopic, and how people react to her preaching sermons.
Matthew Broderick: I hate critics – but sometimes I respect them, particularly when they like me
The actor is on his way to the Abbey to star in Ulster American, an Irish-identity farce that reinforces the Ferris Bueller star’s long relationship with Ireland
Matthew Broderick to star at Abbey as theatre also announces ‘provocative’ Blindboy production
Animals and the new Eoghan Quinn play Visions will run at the Abbey as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2026
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Jennifer Grey on Dirty Dancing, her rhinoplasty regrets and a fatal road crash in Ireland
‘Not a week that goes by that I don’t think about the families,’ she says of the 1987 crash
Black Mirror’s Charlie Brooker on gaming, nuclear war and creating dystopia
The acclaimed screenwriter is at the frontier of interactive entertainment
‘I used to drink a lot’: Succession’s Alan Ruck on Ferris Bueller, booze and bouncing back
After a long slump, the actor’s career came roaring back with his role in the prestige series
Internet security saviour Daniel Kaminsky dies at 42
Researcher was known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet
Donegal sisters enter home in prize draw with £50,000 cash bonus
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O’Shea Jackson jnr: ‘I want to take the family name to new heights’
The ‘Godzilla’ star on Hollywood typecasting, being a geek, and his famous dad
Wonder Park review: A baffling, ill-conceived chore
This rudderless tale of an amusement park run by animals is an unpleasant experience
Irish Repertory Theatre: casting O’Casey’s shadow over Manhattan
To celebrate 30 years in New York, the company is staging the playwright’s ‘Dublin’ trilogy
Neil Simon’s best films: From ‘The Odd Couple’ to ‘Biloxi Blues’
The playwright and screenwriter, who has died at 91, redefined American humour
Bojack Horseman: not puns or pastiche, but great comedy pedigree
The Netflix series, which has celebrity guests fighting for a place, is in it for the long run
Surrogate baby for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West? The cost of celebrity surrogacy
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West look set to join a long line of A-listers who have explored surrogate pregnancy
Rules Don’t Apply review: Warren Beatty’s flat-footed tribute to Howard Hughes
Beatty’s off-kilter take on Hollywood’s famous recluse leans towards screwball, but never actually gets there
Man from U.N.C.L.E. star Robert Vaughn dies aged 83
Vaughn played spy Napoleon Solo in TV series and gunman in The Magnificent Seven
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