Mean Girls review: Fast-paced stage show makes a convincing case that it’s better than the film
Tina Fey’s high-school musical features heightened impulses, fluctuating hormones and the recalibration of friendships as teenagers try to figure out who they are
Matilda the Musical’s Dennis Kelly: ‘The most important thing is that our child actors have a great time’
Kelly is the co-creator of one of this century’s commercial stage successes. So what happened when he brought his daughter to see the show?
Legally Blonde: The Musical review – Two stars from me, what sounds like five from the audience
Theatre: The Love Island winner Amber Davies leads the cast of a production that has the auditorium on its side from the get-go
Best new children’s books: From laugh-out-loud ghost stories to football-themed fables
New fiction from Emily Hourican, Catherine Doyle, Ciara O’Connor, Shane Hegarty, Christopher Galvin, Mitch Johnson, Matt Oldfield, Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard
Oklahoma! review: Stunning soprano Molly Lynch leads Bord Gáis Energy Theatre’s take on revolutionary musical
Claire Tighe’s staging at the Dublin theatre leans into the ruggedness of American rural life in the early 20th century
Behind the scenes at Oklahoma! rehearsals: ‘It’s a much grittier, hard-earned kind of world’
Claire Tighe and David Bolger on their new production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical for the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Theatre at the cinema: How to see star-studded London and Broadway productions in Ireland
Digital platform extends the reach of the stage and gives us all a chance to see the brightest lights shine
Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular – You’ll never have heard the musical so brilliantly sung
Theatre: Killian Donnelly leads a cast that features some of the greatest voices associated with the production
The art of children’s books: ‘The words and pictures are not necessarily telling you the same thing’
Author Patricia Forde and illustrator Paddy Donnelly have formed a special collaboration on The Island of Bees
Best new children’s books: Making history fun
It’s amazing how much you can learn while looking for a doll in an Omani souk
Children’s books: from an innovative warts’n’all American history to art without men
Reviews: America as it Happened; Pets Tell Tales of Ancient Rome; A History of Art without Men; Ireland; and Home Away from Home
The Ballad of Johnny & June review: Jukebox musical with excellent cast is a storytelling disappointment
Theatre: A musical misstep is among a series of troubling aspects about The Ballad of Johnny & June
Irish National Opera is showing us how to sing like a pro. Can we pull it off?
Sing Rusalka feels like a personal challenge. As a long-retired choir girl it’s the opportunity to experience the power of a choral group
The best new children’s fiction books from a green shoot to something mighty
Tree Thing by Piers Torday; That’s It! Said the Dandelion by Nicola Reddy; and more
Blood Brothers at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: Well-oiled show even if some elements lose their charm
Theatre: Touring production of Willy Russell’s musical manages to make its climax shocking