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The Snapper review: Fuzzy memories with intriguing adjustments

The Snapper review: Fuzzy memories with intriguing adjustments

The Snapper has been brought to the stage. But, with the benefit of hindsight, what can the stage bring to The Snapper?

Thu Jun 21 2018 - 11:48
The Fourth Estate: The New York Times’s love/hate of Donald Trump

The Fourth Estate: The New York Times’s love/hate of Donald Trump

Review: This riveting All-the-Presidents-Men-style documentary ultimately plays Trump’s game

Wed Jun 20 2018 - 17:47
No Country For Women: dire consequences of silenced voices

No Country For Women: dire consequences of silenced voices

Lavinia Kerwick and Catherine Corless among presenters of RTÉ’s sprawling documentary

Wed Jun 20 2018 - 12:04
‘Ireland’s Wild Waste’ shows us just how filthy lucre can be

‘Ireland’s Wild Waste’ shows us just how filthy lucre can be

Review: Our waste management companies are cleaning up, but not in the way they should be

Tue Jun 19 2018 - 07:36
‘Asking For It’ stage review: An unsettling anatomy of rape culture

‘Asking For It’ stage review: An unsettling anatomy of rape culture

This gruelling adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s novel is alarming for good reason

Mon Jun 18 2018 - 13:17
‘We both will be received in Graceland’: Dad rock and fatherhood

‘We both will be received in Graceland’: Dad rock and fatherhood

Paul Simon makes sense to me now and so does my father’s nostalgia. It is something we share

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
The Trouble with Women: Anne Robinson is the weakest link

The Trouble with Women: Anne Robinson is the weakest link

Review: Robinson’s tabloid-style arguments are shallow, contradictory and self-oriented

Thu Jun 14 2018 - 22:00
Tommy Bowe: ‘What did I do? Well I used to play rugby’

Tommy Bowe: ‘What did I do? Well I used to play rugby’

‘The End Game’, is Tommy Bowe’s candid attempt to come to terms with a rugby life that is over

Mon Jun 11 2018 - 22:51
Germaine Greer: not everyone agrees with her – least of all Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer: not everyone agrees with her – least of all Germaine Greer

The feminist academic and writer has been influential and infuriating in equal measure. And so she remains

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 22:00
Asking For It and The Kite Runner: This week’s theatre highlights

Asking For It and The Kite Runner: This week’s theatre highlights

An Irish rape case exposes a culture of victim-blaming in the stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s novel; repressed desires drive a boy’s own story from Kabul to San Francisco

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Mending the Gate: ‘Michael Colgan’s style was very different to mine’

Mending the Gate: ‘Michael Colgan’s style was very different to mine’

The Gate Theatre turned 90 this year. Nobody noticed. Selina Cartmell on a challenging first year in charge

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Searching for Shergar: Accidental BBC comedy about the kidnapping of a horse

Searching for Shergar: Accidental BBC comedy about the kidnapping of a horse

Review: Documentary with a thriller soundtrack, a hushed voiceover, but no new leads

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 23:08
Get Shorty: Chris O’Dowd as a chewed-up, charming chancer

Get Shorty: Chris O’Dowd as a chewed-up, charming chancer

TV Review: In Chilli Palmer’s place we have Miles Daly, Irish enforcer for a Vegas loan shark

Wed Jun 06 2018 - 23:22
The Kite Runner at Gaiety review: Becomingly naive stage version lays much of subtext bare

The Kite Runner at Gaiety review: Becomingly naive stage version lays much of subtext bare

Khaled Hosseini’s novel inspired by Taliban’s ban on kite flying is given the stage treatment

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 14:00
Got a problem Dublin teenager? Give them the ‘culchie’ cure

Got a problem Dublin teenager? Give them the ‘culchie’ cure

‘Raised by the Village’ stages an agricultural intervention into the lives of two unruly teens

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 11:16
No Smoke Without Fire: This week’s theatre highlights

No Smoke Without Fire: This week’s theatre highlights

Mary Murray fleshes out several characters, ‘Buridan’s Ass’ battles with a philosophical paradox

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Emma Murphy: ‘He punched me ... It wasn’t the first time’

Emma Murphy: ‘He punched me ... It wasn’t the first time’

‘Emma Murphy Fights Back’ is emotional TV by a survivor of domestic violence

Thu May 31 2018 - 22:30
We believe in one Gaybo, the father, the almighty, maker of TV heaven on Earth

We believe in one Gaybo, the father, the almighty, maker of TV heaven on Earth

RTÉ marks Gay Byrne’s 60 years in broadcasting with highlights from ‘The Meaning of Life’

Wed May 30 2018 - 22:40
‘Can’t Cope Won’t Cope’ finale: What an incomplete Aisling

‘Can’t Cope Won’t Cope’ finale: What an incomplete Aisling

Review: In series 2, the plot grew ever-less-plausible and even Coppers began to feel old

Tue May 29 2018 - 12:30
Theatre highlights of the week

Theatre highlights of the week

Tough choices: audiences get to elect their own prince in Pan Pan’s brilliant alternative take on ‘Hamlet’ at the Abbey; while Veronica Dyas, Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky share a Mother in Dyas’s new production ‘My Son My Son’

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00
Gig of the Week: Kilkenny Cat Laughs – new routes to the punchline

Gig of the Week: Kilkenny Cat Laughs – new routes to the punchline

Zany or dark? Smart or dumb? Gently reassuring or wickedly disturbing? The festival has it all

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00
‘The only message I’ve peddled is that we’re headed for the apocalypse’

‘The only message I’ve peddled is that we’re headed for the apocalypse’

Don’t laugh at Edward Aczel’s awkward attempts at comedy – he’s trying not to be funny. But, as his new stand-up show, ‘Is Ed Aczel Infinite?’ proves, anti-comedy can be timeless

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00
‘Stressed’: This TV programme gave me high blood pressure

‘Stressed’: This TV programme gave me high blood pressure

Watching this nervy RTÉ documentary, my blood pressure spiked before the ad break

Wed May 23 2018 - 23:02
An abortion debate between ‘two men who will never experience a crisis pregnancy’

An abortion debate between ‘two men who will never experience a crisis pregnancy’

Prime Time review: A relatively calm affair that worked hard to maintain balance

Wed May 23 2018 - 10:50
Manchester: The Night of the Bomb – ‘The brave girls who refuse to be victims’

Manchester: The Night of the Bomb – ‘The brave girls who refuse to be victims’

This documentary doesn’t need its thriller-movie structure. The human stories amaze

Tue May 22 2018 - 22:00
Derren Brown Underground: A wizard who will get inside your head

Derren Brown Underground: A wizard who will get inside your head

Review: The greatest illusion in this masterful show is the appearance of free will

Mon May 21 2018 - 12:07
My Trans Life: ‘Punished for who I was, basically, by adults’

My Trans Life: ‘Punished for who I was, basically, by adults’

Transgendered people may be legally recognised but they’re not necessarily understood

Thu May 17 2018 - 23:51
Tom Murphy: ‘How do you write a play? I don’t know’

Tom Murphy: ‘How do you write a play? I don’t know’

Murphy gave the Irish canon a series of masterpieces. Peter Crawley assesses his drama

Wed May 16 2018 - 16:59
‘I noticed Daniel O’Donnell’s bum go up and down a few times’

‘I noticed Daniel O’Donnell’s bum go up and down a few times’

‘People have no idea what I put up with,’ seethes Majella, in a new ‘B&B Road Trip’ series

Tue May 15 2018 - 21:08
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he now uses it for heroin

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he now uses it for heroin

Benedict Cumberbatch plays privileged but miserable uppercrust addict Patrick Melrose

Mon May 14 2018 - 12:12
Eurovision 2018: Ireland’s tender tune never stood a chance

Eurovision 2018: Ireland’s tender tune never stood a chance

The maddest song won Eurovision 2018, restoring some sanity to the crazy contest

Sun May 13 2018 - 00:40
‘The Good Father’ and ‘Minding Frankie’: this week’s best theatre

‘The Good Father’ and ‘Minding Frankie’: this week’s best theatre

An unlikely couple face up to parenthood, and Maeve Binchy’s evergreen story

Sat May 12 2018 - 05:00
The Secret Life of Five Year Olds: ‘Look how bendy I am! I’m Donald Trump!’

The Secret Life of Five Year Olds: ‘Look how bendy I am! I’m Donald Trump!’

A Channel 4 documentary that watches children at play makes for shuddering viewing

Wed May 09 2018 - 11:28
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Jeremy Clarkson feels the hate

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Jeremy Clarkson feels the hate

TV Review: The new host – self-aware, regretful, helpful – doesn’t seem quite himself

Tue May 08 2018 - 12:50
The Hardest Harvest review: Farming in Cork vs farming in Kenya

The Hardest Harvest review: Farming in Cork vs farming in Kenya

Cork farmer Paula Hynes encounters drought, hyenas and death among the Maasai

Thu May 03 2018 - 13:30
‘On Raftery’s Hill’ review: a striking and pummelling production

‘On Raftery’s Hill’ review: a striking and pummelling production

Marina Carr’s bleak topical tragedy is like the fresh jolt of a recurring nightmare

Wed May 02 2018 - 20:16
How to Cook Well: Lessons in food from an ‘appetisingly posh’ Ballymaloe chef

How to Cook Well: Lessons in food from an ‘appetisingly posh’ Ballymaloe chef

The ever-polite Rory O’Connell presents honest recipes with donnish enthusiasm

Wed May 02 2018 - 10:08
Cyprus Avenue and The Plough and the Stars: the best theatre of the week

Cyprus Avenue and The Plough and the Stars: the best theatre of the week

Stephen Rea stars in David Ireland’s scabrous comedy; the Abbey’s O’Casey returns

Sat Apr 28 2018 - 05:00
The Handmaid’s Tale series 2: The show has run out of story

The Handmaid’s Tale series 2: The show has run out of story

Review: Free of the book that inspired season one, the makers seem paralysed by liberty

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 23:45
Westworld: Latest twist in a show that knows us too well

Westworld: Latest twist in a show that knows us too well

Review: Series two of the sinful – but cerebral – entertainment keeps us guessing

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 15:57
All Bets Are Off: Hooked on Baz Ashmawy’s empathetic style

All Bets Are Off: Hooked on Baz Ashmawy’s empathetic style

The goodtime guy’s anti-gambling crusade is more valuable than a current affairs expose

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 00:16
Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope: Aisling is a habit we can’t shake

Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope: Aisling is a habit we can’t shake

One of the freshest, funniest shows on TV absorbs everything jittery about modern Ireland

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 22:00
‘Not a Funny Word’ and ‘Assassins’: this week’s best theatre

‘Not a Funny Word’ and ‘Assassins’: this week’s best theatre

Tara Flynn’s splendid one-woman show and Stephen Sondheim’s roll-call of political killers

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00
Assassins review: Enjoyable dark production that occasionally struggles to keep its aim

Assassins review: Enjoyable dark production that occasionally struggles to keep its aim

Musical seems too haunted by JFK’s assassination to be able to properly hold its nerve

Thu Apr 19 2018 - 15:39
Pamela Flood and friends take the fun out of eating

Pamela Flood and friends take the fun out of eating

‘Healthy Appetite’ asks chefs to cook healthily. They should have called it ‘Dinner is Ruined’

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 21:00
Stephen Lawrence: The murdered boy who became a symbol

Stephen Lawrence: The murdered boy who became a symbol

The programme is called ‘Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation’. But did it?

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 12:29
North Korea’s Secret Slave Gangs: ‘You’re treated like a dog and you have to eat trash’

North Korea’s Secret Slave Gangs: ‘You’re treated like a dog and you have to eat trash’

Building sites in Europe, Russia and China are mass-exploiting workers from North Korea

Tue Apr 17 2018 - 12:43
Gare St Lazare’s Here All Night: sparing, cerebral and sensuous

Gare St Lazare’s Here All Night: sparing, cerebral and sensuous

Beckettian word is fused with music, installation art and performance

Tue Apr 17 2018 - 05:00
TVs, gang threats and ‘no smell’: A much changed Mountjoy

TVs, gang threats and ‘no smell’: A much changed Mountjoy

Back to the Joy: Donald Taylor Black revisits the prison 21 years after his original documentary

Mon Apr 16 2018 - 22:39
Matilda to Beckett: the best in this week’s theatre

Matilda to Beckett: the best in this week’s theatre

Like its protagonist, Matilda the Musical is not afraid to be clever, while Beckett’s words are put to music in Gare Saint Lazare’s Here All Night at the Abbey and beyond

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00
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