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Bedheads: Colm and Brenda Meaney talk to Marty

Marty Whelan is joined by father-daughter duo Colm and Brenda Meaney to talk about their latest collaborative project - Landmark Productions' revival of Enda Walsh's …

Theatre • 27 Jun

The New Electric Ballroom: Enda Walsh makes a belated Gate debut

For RTÉ Arena, director Emma Jordan and actor Marty Rea discuss their revival of Enda Walsh's acclaimed play The New Electric Ballroom at the Gate …

Theatre • 22 Feb

Pierce Brosnan visits the Ron Mueck exhibition at the MAC

Enda Walsh talks to RTÉ Arena about his new Illuminations film

Playwright Enda Walsh has brought together a wonderful group of collaborators for his new short film Touch...

RTÉ Arena • 18 Jan 21

Hazel Coonagh's Elements is one of the Illuminations artworks

Illuminations - RTÉ explores shades of lockdown

Illuminations is a remarkable online gallery of 30 works commissioned by RTÉ exploring the shades of lockdown.

Illuminations • 05 Nov 20

Pauline McLynn and Peter Gowen in The Small Things

All The Small Things - how to act in an Enda Walsh play

Actor Peter Gowen writes for Culture about his working relationship with Enda Walsh, and how being in one of his plays feels 'a bit like …

Theatre • 17 Jun 19

Sound Out Recommends: Ian McGlynn's May music picks

Sound Out presenter Ian McGlynn chooses five of his favourite new releases and recordings featured in April that you might have missed...

Music • 17 May 19

Culture 10 - the week's cultural highlights, digested

What? Another Bank Holiday? Some choice cultural cuts for the week ahead...

Culture 10 • 03 May 19

Love, lust, curiosity & madness - Irish National Opera go dark

Irish National Opera's Artistic Director, Fergus Sheil writes for Culture about their latest production, Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, directed by renowned playwright Enda Walsh, which opens …

Opera • 10 Oct 18

Enda Walsh with Mystery Train host John Kelly

Listen: Playwright Enda Walsh boards the Mystery Train

Join John Kelly for his weekly Sunday Service, where a special guest joins him on the Mystery Train and picks the tunes.

Rté Lyric Fm • 28 May 18

The Lyric Theatre's production of Red, starring Patrick O'Kane (left), wins big at the Irish Times Theatre Awards

Lyric Theatre triumphs at Irish Times Theatre Awards

Belfast's Lyric Theatre was a big winner at this year's Irish Times Theatre Awards, with their production of John Logan's play Red.

Theatre • 27 Feb 18

Irish National Opera announce inaugural programme

The programme has been announced for the inaugural season of performances from the newly founded Irish National Opera, with productions of seven different operas on …

Opera • 09 Jan 18

Cillian Murphy in Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Photo: Tim Walker

Good grief - Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh reunite for new play

Actor Cillian Murphy and playwright Enda Walsh are seasoned collaborators - now they've announced their most intriguing project to date.

Theatre • 30 Nov 17

Aaron Monaghan stars in Enda Walsh's modernist opera The Second Violinist, playing at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival.

Designer Jamie Vartan on Woyzeck in Winter & The Second Violinist

Set designer Jamie Vartan is responsible for the elaborate backdrops of two of the most impressive productions at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival: Woyzeck in …

Theatre • 03 Oct 17

Patrick O'Kane and Camille O'Sullivan star in Woyzeck in Winter, adapted and directed by Conall Morrison, at this year's Galway International Arts Festival

Galway Arts Fest turns 40 with bumper 2017 programme

Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) has launched its programme for 2017 and with it comes that heady mix of progressive and established theatre, opera, visual …

Theatre • 04 May 17

Room director Lenny Abrahamson features in This Is Ireland, a new video celebrating Irish culture and creativity.

New Creative Ireland site celebrates Irish culture and creativity

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny today launched the new Ireland.ie portal, as part of his St. Patrick's Day visit to the United States. The new site …

Creative Ireland • 16 Mar 17

Sampling music's Buried Treasures with Dan Hegarty

A trio of selections from Buried Treasure Volume Two, courtesy of playwright Enda Walsh, musician and actress Maria Doyle Kennedy, and the book's author, RTÉ …

Music • 08 Feb 17

Win tickets to Enda Walsh's Arlington at The Abbey

The new year at The Abbey Theatre kicks off with one of the most talked about productions of 2016 - Enda Walsh's Arlington, Starring Charlie …

Culture • 01 Feb 17

Playwright Enda Walsh, whose plays Arlington and Ballyturk are heading to the Abbey Theatre in 2017

The Abbey's 2017 Programme Tackles Blindspots

The Abbey's two new artistic directors, Scottish double-act Neil Murray and Graham McLaren, have been in situ only since October yet have already made their …

Abbey Theatre • 12 Jan 17

Mikel Murfi in Enda Walsh's Ballyturk, a highlight of The Abbey Theatre's newly announced 2017 programme

Abbey 2017 programme offers vampires, pints and Beckett on tap

The Abbey Theatre have announced an ambitious programme for 2017, the first to be produced under new directors Neil Murray and Graham McLaren, former heads …

Culture • 30 Nov 16