Jane Brennan

Room sweeps the board with seven awards while Brooklyn takes two

‘Brooklyn’, ‘Room’ and ‘The Secret Scripture’ all have unapologetically literary sources

The relationships between the Abbey Theatre, the Government and the Arts Council show plenty that’s wrong with arts governance in Ireland

Wouldn’t it be refreshing if we told our young citizens to dream big, indulge your imagination, create? Wouldn’t it be decent if we told our artists to stop apologising?

As an actor you may have only a few lines – or none at all – but you can still make the most of a role, as Dee Burke, who’s appearing in ‘Hedda Gabler’ at the Abbey, and John Doran, who features in Shakespeare’s tragedy at the Gate, are proving

Abbey production of Ibsen’s drama feels stilted

A prequel to his masterful Bailegangaire, Brigit fleshes out a complex family history, but Tom Murphy’s new play is a more vivid portrait of the artist

Rehearsals for two Murphy plays begin in Galway

Priest recalls an ‘extraordinary’ person

He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’

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