The Long Christmas Dinner: A ghostly telling of a dreamlike curiosity
Thornton Wilder’s expressionist one-act play tracks a family home over 90 years
If you build it, they will come: creating a new online children’s book festival
Award-winning children’s writer Sarah Webb explains the how and why of WonderFest
Brian Dennehy obituary: A giant of American theatre who stayed loyal to his Irish heritage
On screen, tireless actor ranged from Rambo to Romeo + Juliet, with plenty of trips to old country
Donald Clarke: Why Scrooge is the gift that keeps on giving
Yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol proves that Dickens was right on the money
Drama at Inish gets the ‘funny fixer’ treatment
Cal McCrystal has worked as a comedy adviser – from Paddington to One Man, Two Guvnors – and now comes to Dublin to direct Lennox Robinson’s 1933 play at the Abbey
Home Theatre (Ireland) review: An innovation with life-changing potential
Dublin Theatre Festival: Intimate snapshots of life in Dublin 15 pair actors with locals. The results are top-notch
The Mai review: Passionate performances in an unfocused production
Dublin Theatre Festival: Derbhle Crotty is moving as Marina Carr’s family figurehead
‘Opera is everything . . . sometimes too much of everything’
Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’
The Ark: Theatrical treats, and where to find them
The Dublin centre has been providing arts for children for more than 20 years
First Love review: Beckett’s bold tale of beauty and baseness
Mesmerising performance but something hesitant in Barry McGovern’s delivery
Oliver Jeffers: ‘I keep coming back to this idea of the stoic man’
The artist's latest picture book is about the way the fantasy worlds of children’s books create the fabric of the grown-up mind. He talks masculinity, maths and making art
Dublin Fringe reviews: from teenage sex to undertaker humour
The playground is a battleground in Animalia, while Looking Deadly pits a pair of small-town rival undertakers against each other
Dublin Fringe begins: reviews from the opening weekend
The opening weekend of the Fringe festival bursts into life with disturbing future visions and exhilarating burlesque
When feminism met real working-class lives in Rialto
Natural History of Hope, a play shaped by first-person testimonies about gender inequality in Rialto, provides a welcome alternative perspective of women’s lives
Jo Mangan: ‘Most people who produce art earn less than €10,000 a year’
Arts campaigner and Carlow Festival of Arts director Jo Mangan has dedicated her life to challenging the idea that art is for the elite
Older actors strike back against an ageist system
The Prime project helps older actors to get on top of cyber auditions and to get ahead in a notoriously ageist industry
Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances
Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style
Maloney’s Dream review: Rising chaos that children will love
A bilingual show for children aged eight and over brings to life the events of Easter week with clarity and humour
Theatre of war: the plays putting the Rising rebels back on the streets
Two site-specific plays around Moore Street and the GPO are among the most daring of the Rising centenary productions
Children’s advice to those just starting school
The adjustment period for children starting school can be difficult. A funny new book written and illustrated by Kilkenny junior infants offers great advice
How to hook students with digital bait
A digital literacy ‘short course’, one of a range being developed for junior cycle, excites the students and links with their other subjects
Early education: You’re never too young to get a start in the arts
Before children become literate, music, painting, crafts and drama can give them powerful tools for communication and development
Cats: On the prowl in a strange subculture
The Lloyd Webber musical is best embraced with a child’s willingness to accept the stunning weirdness of this feline underworld
Unnatural bedfellows? Shaw returns to the Abbey
George Bernard Shaw did not always fit in with post-independence Ireland and the National Theatre but ‘Major Barbara’ continues a sort of rapprochement
An unfortunate series of events: Faber’s digital edition of The 39 Steps
E-version of spy classic may send you climbing back up to print
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