Smockalley

The Roaring Banshees is a counter-factual history of feminist discontents with the Free State

Vladimir and Estragon, Beckett’s two dishevelled survivors, aren’t going anywhere for the summer

Brendan Coyle is best known as Downton’s valet Mr Bates, but he’s in darker territory at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Conor McPherson’s vampire tale ‘St Nicholas’

American physicist Jessamyn Fairfield turned her improvised comedy routine into a science communication tool, while Irish engineer/actor Niamh Shaw imagines a trip to Mars in a new play

A Dublin Theatre Festival hit transfers to the Abbeywhile a young company sees if there’s new life in the Dublin monologue form

It’s a time for hardy endurance and miraculous returns this week

Sean Millar, Irish Opera Artists and The Grimm Tale of Cinderella come to Dublin

Remembering ‘The Simpsons’ as a dark comedy with serious heft, keeping a seasonal Dickens classic warm with cheer, and recalling Cinderella’s origin story

River Cottage weekends; mushroom vinegar ketchup and cep oil from Ballyhoura; curry awards

All the best in shows and festive entertainment

Dine by the water in Ballynahinch, a Wilde meal, try buckwheat and chickpea pasta, order chocolate from Co Clare