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Ruth Negga as Hamlet: Outsiders are in at the Gate theatre
Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’
‘It was tough . . . but I’ve stepped into a time in Irish theatre that’s really alive’
The Gate: Twenty-one-year-old acting newcomer Paul Mescal has been cast in some of the country’s biggest theatrical productions
Behind the scenes at Gate Theatre's 'The Red Shoes'
Selina Cartmell’s dark version of the fairytale has just opened at the Gate Theatre. Here’s how the story of dance and destruction took shape
The Red Shoes: A freestyle approach to a dark and charming fairytale
In the Gate’s dark Christmas spectacle, a bold retelling tries on an old fairytale for size
The best theatre shows: The Red Shoes opens at the Gate
Theatre Lovett ’s ‘They Called Her Vivaldi’ is at the Peacock and and a new play ‘Philip St John’ opens
Your guide to going out and staying in this week
They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny
'Once you step over the threshold, you enter Gatsby’s mansion'
Designed to include members of the audience, the Gate Theatre’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel begins at the door
The best theatre shows to catch this week
If the nation does not come to the theatre, the theatre must go out to the nation
One for the Road review: A miniature study of terror and torture
Harold Pinter’s vicious play is all about the oppressors. How can cruelty and civility sit so comfortably together?
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme
The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter
Fintan O’Toole’s cultural highlights: ‘A great year for the elderly’
Culture review 2016: Seanad National Museum land grab shows depths of philistinism in our political culture
What happens to perspective when theatre adopts a first-person narrative?
Consider Friel’s plays and you realise what happens on stage can be acutely subjective
The Father review: Owen Roe gives a masterful performance in Zeller’s play
In this empathetic and slippery production, as his confusion grows, so does ours
Centenary concerts neglect to take the revolutionary road
Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed
Imagining Ireland makes a stunning break for Europe
The NCH’s centenary celebrations continue with a night of high calibre one-off performances
Bernard Shaw to Roger Casement: put on the performance of your life
As Casement faced trial for treason in 1916, Shaw wrote a speech that he was convinced could turn the trial into a national drama, and save Casement from the scaffold
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: ‘Shakespeare may have been on magic mushrooms’
The Abbey goes Pan Pan for a subversive, tender and innovative production of Shakespeare’s warped comedy, which has been relocated to a nursing home
An actor’s journey into character
Tomorrow, this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards will be presented. The nominees for best actor and best actress talk about the roles they play
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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