The year in theatre: At last, Ireland has lost its fear of new writing for the stage
We may be optimistic about a place that’s far more hospitable, where new writing could be the norm, not the exception
This Uncle Vanya – a quick-witted Risteárd Cooper – plays it cool in a house of freaks
Review: Cathal Cleary directs Brian Friel’s Chekhov adaptation at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin
Yfel review: Pan Pan’s probing of villainy allows the company to reclaim their power
The price of creativity is an age-old question. This Aphids coproduction finds some encouraging answers
Amelia review: This play about the famous aviator is in love with flying
Susanne Colleary’s play features the most romantic depiction of expedition in any of Blue Raincoat’s plays about explorers
The Mirror Stage review: Unflinchingly real experiences of losing contact with reality
Theatre: Brokentalkers developed their illuminating work about psychosis with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Dolldrums review: Slick noir about a trans actor trapped inside a performance
Theatre: Liath Hannon is remarkable as a trans girl who masks her desperation for acceptance and experience with dark humour
Denouement review: A wedding anniversary that’s the end of the world
Belfast International Arts Festival: Patrick O’Kane and Anna Healy star in John Morton’s dark comedy for the Lyric Theatre
Pieces of a Woman, at Dublin Theatre Festival: Knockout performances anchor old-school melodrama
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Kata Wéber’s play for Poland’s TR Warszawa company features a magnificent cast
Three Sisters at Dublin Theatre Festival: Saoirse-Monica Jackson gives a sharp turn in a fresh take on Chekhov
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s honed adaptation shifts towards surreal comedy
The Quiet Man, at Dublin Theatre Festival, gets bogged down as it tries some reverse Paddywhackery
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 review: John Breen and Mikel Murfi set out to reclaim the short story that became John Ford’s John Hinde vision of Ireland
Rébecca Chaillon: ‘Black women in theatre, I don’t see them. Maybe they are cleaning the toilets’
One of French theatre’s greatest risk-takers is bringing her play Whitewashing to Dublin Theatre Festival 2025
Queens of Comedy: Feral Wellness, at Dublin Fringe: Coping mechanisms reconfigured as stand-up jokes
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025 review: Sophia Wren and Aideen McQueen’s lively comedy aims to remove the shame of chaotic behaviour
Am I the A**hole?, at Dublin Fringe, is a courtroom spoof more interested in judgment than justice
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: Dafe Pessu Orugbo and Lisa Nally’s comedy allows the audience to watch as normal or join the jury
The Revenger’s Tragedy, at Dublin Fringe, puts a drill music spin on a 17th-century thriller
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: Debauched, violently graphic play can feel surprisingly breezy in Kevin Keogh’s adaptation
Diary of a Dublin Drag Diva, at Dublin Fringe: Is Davina Devine unguarded at last?
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: Unlike her peers, Davina has revealed little about who she is out of drag