Then Barbara Met Alan: A charmingly anarchic disability rights biopic
Review: You’d wish Irish broadcasters had the same appetite for social upheavals
Marjane Satrapi: ‘I did not want a monkey Madame Curie’
The Persepolis writer and director on growing up rebellious in Iran, and her new film Radioactive about Marie Curie
His Dark Materials review: A terrific Lyra, an invigorating fantasy
It’s a lavish adaptation from BBC/HBO, but – happily – Philip Pullman’s darkness is here too
‘Working-class people haven’t got a voice. That’s horrifying’
Jack Thorne's searing TV dramas tackle class, justice and real-life tragedies
From Beckett to A Christmas Carol, but not the Gate Theatre as we know it
Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre
The Virtues takes us back in time, to dark happenings in 1980s Louth
Review: A startling drama from the director of This is England has a shadowy Irish storyline
Helen Behan: I had impostor syndrome at the start, now I’m like a giddy child
The star of Shane Meadows’s The Virtues says she has a thirst for honest performances
From Derry Girls to Cork offenders: unmissable TV for 2018
Ring out (or recommission) the old; ring in the new: here’s what to stay tuned for in the new year
Theatre highlights of the week ending December 24th
In this weeks’s theatre, a frightful creature becomes a useful friend, an old fable is laced up to fit new times, and one eccentric Dubliner finally becomes a legend
‘I want to understand the anger in the world’
John Tiffany is the genial man behind the Abbey’s ‘Let the Right One In’, is also the most sought-after director in the world
Let the Right One In review: black magic combination of tenderness and brutality
The West End hit at the Abbey hovers somewhere between fairy tale and horror story
The best theatre shows this week: Let the Right One In opens
Vampires, voyages and new beginnings on the Irish stage
Harry Potter turns 20, 450 million copies later
Bloomsbury is publishing four new editions of the first book, one for each Hogwarts house
‘Snakes vs Iguana’ named TV moment of the year at Baftas
Watch the thrilling sequence that brought David Attenborough one of two TV 2016 Baftas
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices