Ruth Negga

Poldark-turned-Leonardo da Vinci actor on ballroom dancing, hazmat suits and a thirst for stout

Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on it

The Limerick actor is determined to play her part in making sure diverse voices are represented

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

The Irish Film and Television Academy’s awards will be broadcast on Sunday night

Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards

Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter

The theatre director’s new show, Leaving, is a powerful departure for the returned emigre

Analysis: The youth vote and anti-Netflix bias were as important as the film’s brilliance

With Dev Patel as David Copperfield, movies have caught up with theatre’s creative approach

She first played Shakespeare’s prince in Dublin. Now she’s reprising the role in New York

Katy Davis from Clonskeagh in Dublin is starring alongside Edward Norton in a new noirish drama called Motherless Brooklyn

The actor talks frankly about his future onscreen, masculinity and getting sober

The Undertones singer and Today FM DJ on the talent of Ruth Negga, following Fontaines DC and why Desert Island Discs works

Best of Irish: In advance of St Patrick’s Day, we celebrate leading lights of our creative industries

Taoiseach says money on Irish Aid is being ‘well spent’

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Actor named as cultural ambassador for Ireland says ‘we can’t take art for granted’

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

From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year

Year in Culture Review: Feelings of rage, injustice, grief and – hopefully – healing pervaded theatre

Independent cinemas criticise ‘exclusive’ deal with Curzon chain, which has no screens in Ireland

The sci-fi series’s labyrinthine mythology is no problem for Irish author Dave Rudden

Dublin Theatre Festival: Yaël Farber hones play’s divisions into survey of allies and enemies

South Africa’s Yaël Farber, who cast Ruth Negga, is accustomed to fresh perspectives

Dublin Theatre Festival director Willie White on Arts Council rows and Ireland’s cultural deficits

The landmark will be given a voice as part of talking statues initiative for Dublin

Taking on Homer’s Odyssey in its first translation by a woman is all about facing up to uncomfortable truths, says actor Maxine Peake

How he nearly didn’t go for Mamma Mia! and why we need more women on film sets

Leading theatres, festivals and groups sign up to policy to increase female involvement

Ruth Negga returns in Preacher. UK grime sensation Big Narstie gets his own show

The Anglo Irish Bank boss was inflated by people’s need to believe in his magic money

The Gate Theatre turned 90 this year. Nobody noticed. Selina Cartmell on a challenging first year in charge

Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’

The poet and playwright on ‘The Young Offenders’, Ruth Negga and Galway

Music, musicals and movies to entertain you

Can Baz Ashmawy blag his way into the pope’s inner circle?

Dunkirk blows away the competition

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

A slew of famous voices are bringing 10 of Dublin’s best-known monuments alive