Paul Keogan

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees

After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories

Panto review: Alice: The Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

A big, blousy performance that hints at Theresa in Brexitland

Aida: courageous production succeeds in story and spectacle

Review: Confidence permeates opening night of opera famed for its massiveness

Double Cross review: Thomas Kilroy’s chillingly resonant take on nationalism

Ian Toner plays both William Joyce and Brendan Bracken under Jimmy Fay’s direction

Para Athletics Championships: Noelle Lenihan wins Ireland’s fourth gold

Cork athlete’s feat on day three comes after Irish hat-trick of medals in Berlin

A back-to-basics opera experience in the best possible way

The Return of Ulysses review: The musical equivalent of the world’s best chef using just a clutch of the finest ingredients

Three of the best classical music concerts in Ireland this week

Gavan Ring warms up for BBC Proms debut with hometown concert; the first Irish production of Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse’ takes place in Kilkenny

When grief and art become a gruelling, physical process

Incantata review: the staging of Paul Muldoon’s elegy for a lover and a fellow artist is grief as an artform

Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms

Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm

‘On Raftery’s Hill’ review: a striking and pummelling production

Marina Carr’s bleak topical tragedy is like the fresh jolt of a recurring nightmare

The Marriage of Figaro review: setting high standards for Irish opera

Director Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approach

Harassment ‘elephant’ enters the room at theatre awards night

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Mark Rothko drama ‘Red’ is the big winner

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

‘Sallynoggin was her Vietnam’ RossOCK says of his mother

Postcards From The Ledge review: OMG – are those like actual feelings Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is having?

Michael McKillop claims 1500m gold at World Championships

John Fitzsimons wins bronze at European Under-20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy

Far Away review: Spike Island becomes a dystopia once again

Caryl Churchill’s short, brutal play is brilliantly realised