Politicians, civic leaders and public figures on the Ireland they want to see in next 100 years

Producing David Ireland’s Sadie at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre for TV was nerve-wracking

A passionate advocate for originality, he knew that theatre could be electrifying

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

It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived

With Isabella Rossellini heading the line-up, this year’s festival is hitting the refresh button

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

Graham Linehan’s staging of the Ealing comedy features an all-female cast for the first time, but the quality of the performances means tokenism is not an issue

From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick

Productions of Stewart Parker plays have been among the biggest successes of his niece Lynne Parker’s career. For her latest tilt at Northern Star, she decided to ‘Brecht it a bit’

The new executive producer of Belfast’s Lyric Theatre Jimmy Fay aims to put it at the centre of Irish culture

In the third Ross play, his daughter arrives home with a 17-year-old version of him. And the key lesson from the first two plays? Writing comedy for the stage is very different to writing comedy for the page

The actor is one of the most intense and intelligent performers in Irish theatre; little surprise, then, that a conversation with him starts to sound like a masterclass on acting

Extra Peacock shows possible if theatre revenues improve