She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness

Administration accused of being careless after health minister also sidelined with virus

You can’t keep the darkly comic writer from the theatre – hardly surprising for a ‘frustrated actor’. He talks about his play Autumn Royal

Ahead of a visit to Galway, the Belgian director reveals his vision for theatre, his admiration for Ronan and why he insists that actors tell him they love him

Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill

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

From DruidShakespeare to Waking the Feminists, 2015 was all about changing perspectives

The acclaimed drama of a gifted but different teen’s family investigations yields startling theatrical fireworks

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’

The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience

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

Andrew Flynn, Decadent Theatre Company’s director, has an unusual ability to combine artistic passion with the deal-clinching pitches of a travelling salesman

Simons Stephens’ Sea Wall is built on the awesome power of the unknown, and in Andrew Scott’s mercurial hands it will seduce and destroy you

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The best in theatre of past year are honoured at ‘Irish Times’ award show