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In Extremis review: Intriguing footnote from Oscar Wilde’s final days of freedom

In Extremis review: Intriguing footnote from Oscar Wilde’s final days of freedom

Neil Bartlett’s play imagines Wilde’s meeting, just before his trial, with the society palmist Mrs Robinson

Mon Jul 28 2025 - 11:29

A Misanthrope: knockout satire of a horny and insincere Silicon Docks

A Misanthrope: knockout satire of a horny and insincere Silicon Docks

Theatre: Molière comedy reimagined in a Dublin of agonised Millennial love

Mon Jul 21 2025 - 10:55

Riders to the Sea and Macbeth: A magnificent horror unbalancing nature

Riders to the Sea and Macbeth: A magnificent horror unbalancing nature

Theatre: Druid’s Galway International Arts Festival double bill

Wed Jul 16 2025 - 12:20

Wreckquiem review: Pat Shortt is well capable of an audience-pleasing expletive in an adroit performance

Wreckquiem review: Pat Shortt is well capable of an audience-pleasing expletive in an adroit performance

Mike Finn’s ambling play, set in a Limerick record shop, makes the case for art as the wrecking ball looms

Mon Jun 30 2025 - 04:59

The Black Wolfe Tone review: A heavy-on-the-pedal psychodrama

The Black Wolfe Tone review: A heavy-on-the-pedal psychodrama

Kwaku Fortune, in his stage-writing debut, plays a frustrated young man admitted to a psychiatric institution

Fri Jun 06 2025 - 10:18

On the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, why is Irish theatre still so white?

On the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, why is Irish theatre still so white?

Despite calls for cultural change, black representation on the Irish stage is still years behind, but there are signs of improvement

Wed May 21 2025 - 05:11

Lovesong review: An up-and-down marriage that goes to the very end

Lovesong review: An up-and-down marriage that goes to the very end

Theatre: The excellently paired Zara Devlin and Naoise Dunbar star in the Gate production of Abi Morgan’s absorbing play

Thu May 15 2025 - 09:43

Jigsaw review: A play so up close we hear the voice in its character’s head

Jigsaw review: A play so up close we hear the voice in its character’s head

Theatre: Lee Coffey’s new drama has the pieces to become a whirling Dublin tale fuelled by thrills and suspense

Fri May 09 2025 - 11:55

Making History Friel review: Everyman production throws a lot at Brian Friel’s clunky play

Making History Friel review: Everyman production throws a lot at Brian Friel’s clunky play

The drama’s radical idea is to locate disorganised rebel leaders in a drawingroom comedy, but it’s soon derailed by a insistent focus on the nature of remembering

Mon Apr 21 2025 - 14:56

Little One review: A thriller so slippery that it has one up on its creators

Little One review: A thriller so slippery that it has one up on its creators

Theatre: Dan Monaghan and Hannah Brady play siblings with a traumatic past in Hannah Moscovitch’s play

Fri Mar 21 2025 - 10:48

Cock review: Relationship farce nudges out old-fashioned ideas

Cock review: Relationship farce nudges out old-fashioned ideas

Theatre: Mike Bartlett’s play, like its title, is as mischievous as it is creatively ambiguous

Thu Mar 06 2025 - 08:37

What Ireland could learn from Canada about how to enhance its cities

What Ireland could learn from Canada about how to enhance its cities

Dublin still has no replacement for the demolished Tivoli Theatre. Vancouver can show it a way forward

Wed Feb 26 2025 - 05:15

Milk: Spectacle is tinged with tragedy in the Abbey’s Palestinian dance play

Milk: Spectacle is tinged with tragedy in the Abbey’s Palestinian dance play

Bashar Murkus and Khashabi use the tools of contemporary theatre to portray despair in new ways

Fri Feb 21 2025 - 12:16

Game of Thrones actor Conleth Hill: ‘I was resistant for a long time. I’m not into wizards’

Game of Thrones actor Conleth Hill: ‘I was resistant for a long time. I’m not into wizards’

The `Shakespearean' HBO fantasy brought the Northern actor to a wider audience, and he's not complaining

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 05:15

Men’s Business review: Avant-garde date night pregnant with commitment issues

Men’s Business review: Avant-garde date night pregnant with commitment issues

Theatre: Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrell star in Glass Mask’s world premiere of Simon Stephens’s new play

Fri Feb 14 2025 - 10:56

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