Theatre

Meet the dance company celebrating the power of diversity

This April, UK-based ensemble Stopgap Dance Company presents Lived Fiction, a new work at Project Ar...

The Comedy Nobody: Funnyman Karl MacDermott dies harder

Comic and writer Karl MacDermott introduces his new show about about 'a comedy nobody. Who still lon...

Grease is the world for Dubliner Kevin O'Dwyer

Dubliner Kevin O'Dwyer is Associate Director of the musical Grease, which is coming to Dublin’s Bord...

Try a little tenderness - Colette Cullen on her new play

Playwright Colette Cullen introduces her new work Tender Mercies, a theatrical journey 'through the ...

Nicole Scherzinger among winners at Olivier Awards

The musical Sunset Boulevard has earned seven wins at the Olivier Awards in London following a starr...

Burn baby burn - playwright Hilary Fannin on Children of the Sun

Hilary Fannin, an award-winning playwright, novelist, memoirist and journalist, introduces her new p...

The Last Incel: What happens when a woman enters the chat?

'A woman has entered the chat' - this is the tag line of The Last Incel, a new play coming to Dublin...

Playwright marks Abbey debut despite cancer diagnosis

"When I heard the first laugh from the audience… it was just such a joy," playwright Hilary Fannin s...

What is the Stars? Artist Mick O'Dea on painting Druid Theatre in action

The exhibition, currently showing at Dublin's Molesworth Gallery and consisting of 24 paintings, is ...

Finalists Confirmed for 2024 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival

Three plays never-before performed will feature in the finals of this year's competition for amateur...

Love, death & athletics - INO's Vivaldi opera for the modern age

Director Daisy Evans talks about the creative process behind Irish National Opera's new production o...

Original Riverdancer tells all, 30 years on from Eurovision

30 years ago, dancer Lorcan Murphy became a part of Irish history when he signed up for the interval...

RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival gets under way in Athlone

Nine groups will battle it out in the Dean Crowe Theatre from tonight until 10 May in the 71st festi...

John Cleese cut 'racial slurs' from Fawlty Towers: The Play

John Cleese has said "literal-minded" viewers cause a problem when creating comedy as he feels they ...

'Theatre within theatre' - inside Wexford Festival Opera 2024

'A game within a game, a story within a story, a theatre within theatre...' Artistic Director of the...

Donal O'Kelly on Direct Provision, Daniel O'Connell and history repeating

Theatre-maker and activist Donal O'Kelly is currently Writer-in-Residence for Maynooth University's ...