Income from theatre company’s touring in Ireland and Britain jumps eightfold in 2018

Stephen Rea stars in David Ireland’s scabrous comedy; the Abbey’s O’Casey returns

The Abbey Theatre’s directors Graham McLaren and Neil Murray on their second programme, forging new collaborations and looking for new forms of theatre

The ‘Irish Times’ IrishTheatre Awards judges have been impressed by the sector's strength in depth but concerned about the effect of funding cuts

Dublin Theatre Festival: Shakespeare’s comedy of transformation and desire meets the raucous energy of an outdoor music festival in an anarchic production

The Abbey’s latest production of Sean O’Casey’s Easter Rising drama brings his characters into the light of the present. During the centenary of the event, has it made a familiar play any more illuminating?

Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre

Waking the Nation programme to mark 1916 centenary has three world premieres

Can a main character who resists emotion and metaphor survive on stage? Simon Stephens takes on the challenge in his adaptation of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’

Tom Murphy’s great play, currently at the Gate, subverts Irish and English stereotypes. How did director David Grindley rise to the challenge?

Richard Dormer’s Irish-American gangster play orbits around a jukebox, violence and some brutal characters