Theatre

Who's your daddy? King Lear comes to The Gate

What happens when a leader wants all the power and none of the responsibility? Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth?

Theatre • 16 Feb

Nóra Ní Anluain Fay in 'Please Break my Heart'

Do all the greatest works of art derive from heartbreak?

From William Shakespeare to Taylor Swift - why is heartbreak a timeless source to create from?'

Dance • 13 Feb

Shakespeare: saviour of the Irish Language?

A pioneering project by a lecturer at University of Limerick has seen William Shakespeare's sonnets translated into Irish using iambic pentameter.

Shakespeare's Sonnets • 11 Feb

Winning soprano Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh (Photo: Mark Stedman)

Winners announced of 2025 Veronica Dunne Singing Competition

Six finalists participated in the competition which took place at the National Concert Hall on 28 January.

Opera • 04 Feb

Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran in Fishamble's Heaven (Pic: Leo Byrne)

Something for the Weekend: Andrew Bennett's cultural picks

Limerick-born Andrew Bennett is a celebrated actor with an extensive CV across film (An Cailín Ciúin), TV (Blackshore) and theatre - this month, he returns to his role in the acclaimed Fishamble production of Eugene O'Brien's Irish Times Award-winning pla

Theatre • 05 Feb

The Ferryman reviewed - Arena on the theatre event of the season

Set in 1981, on a family farm in Co. Armagh, The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth opened last week at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.

RTÉ Arena • 05 Feb

Actor Eileen Walsh will star in The Second Woman.

Eileen Walsh to star in marathon 24-hour play at Cork festival

Cork Midsummer Festival has announced the first production for their 2025 event, bringing one of the city's most acclaimed actors back to the city for a 24-hour long play that has won acclaim worldwide.

Theatre • 30 Jan

Niall Buggy pictured on the first day of rehearsals for the Ferryman (Pic: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Something for the Weekend: Niall Buggy's cultural picks

Niall Buggy is an Irish acting legend. Fact.

Something For The Weekend • 22 Jan

Luail's inaugural performance will open the 2025 Dublin Dance Festival

Ireland's new National Dance Company announces inaugural season

Luail, the new National Dance Company for Ireland, has announced the details of its inaugural season programme of productions, commissions, professional development opportunities and special projects.

Dance • 27 Jan

Steve Coogan plays multpile roles in the new version of Dr. Strangelove

First Look Review: Steve Coogan triumphs as Dr. Strangelove

London, Oct 1962, 4:45am. A spindly fellow exits a rented apartment on Brompton road primed for another day's work.

Theatre • 03 Nov 24

Amir Sabra: 'For my mind to remain healthy, it must be able to comprehend what my senses are experiencing.' (Pic: Maurice Gunning)

Palestinian dance artist Amir Sabra on connection and resilience

Created by Palestinian dance maker Amir Sabra, Within this Party is a unique improvisational dance performance coming to this year's First Fortnight festival that blends the traditional Palestinian dabke and hip-hop to explore themes of connection and res

First Fortnight • 06 Jan

Jenny Macdonald in The Tightrope Walker (Pics: Vlad Gurdis)

Meet The Tightrope Walker: Jenny Macdonald on illness & recovery

The Tightrope Walker is a new play from writer and performer Jenny Macdonald, navigating a personal journey through the chaotic and profound territory of illness and recovery.

First Fortnight • 03 Jan

Little John Nee: 'Let the fun go deep.' (Pic: Declan Devlin)

Zeitgeist Jukebox: Little John Nee's language of soul

Zeitgeist Jukebox is a new immersive theatre experience from one-man theatrical powerhouse Little John Nee, promising a soulful antidote to the disconnection of our times, and a testament to the healing power of music.

First Fortnight • 04 Jan

Vocalist Sexy Tadhg takes to the Abbey stage for Spreading The News

Spreading The News - celebrating the Abbey Theatre at 120

As our National Theatre celebrates its 120th birthday, RTÉ's Clíodhna Ní Anluain - the producer for Spreading The News, a celebratory collaboration with The Abbey - considers some of their shared stories and associations...

Theatre • 03 Feb

Eileen Walsh, pictured in Girl on an Altar, will celebrate the Abbey at 120 (Pic: Pat Redmond

Abbey Theatre celebrates 120 years with special live event

The National Theatre of Ireland will celebrate 120 years with Spreading The News, a special live event taking place on the Abbey Stage at 6pm this Sunday 8th December.

Theatre • 05 Dec 24

Something For The Weekend: Stephanie Dufresne's cultural picks

Stephanie is a dancer, actor and theatre-maker from the West of Ireland.

Something For The Weekend • 04 Dec 24

Alias TKB: Thommas Kane Byrne (Pic: Ste Murray)

Something for The Weekend: Thommas Kane Byrne's cultural picks

Thommas Kane Byrne (TKB) is an award-winning actor and playwright from Dublin's North Inner City.

Something For The Weekend • 27 Nov 24

'Rigoletto is an opera unlike any other' - inside INO's new show

Irish National Opera's new production of Verdi's Rigoletto opens in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Sunday 1 December and runs until Saturday 7 December.

Opera • 20 Nov 24

Something For The Weekend: Lórcan Strain's cultural picks

Donegal actor Lórcan Strain (AKA MarianMarythe6th) brings their acclaimed Dublin Fringe show Songs Of Theys back to the capital this December, for a run at Smock Alley Theatre.

Something For The Weekend • 20 Nov 24

The cast of No Magic Pill features disabled and non-disabled actors

How a disability activist inspired an award-winning Irish play

Director Raymond Keane introduces his production of Christian O'Reilly's award-winning play No Magic Pill, a heartfelt and irreverent story of a disability rights activist.

Theatre • 13 Nov 24

Something For The Weekend: Derbhle Crotty's cultural picks

Derbhle Crotty is a renowned, award-winning Irish actress, of whom Fintan O'Toole once wrote in The Irish Times, 'as well as being the finest Irish actor of her generation is also the bravest'.

Something For The Weekend • 30 Oct 24

Wexford Opera: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali

We proudly present the latest of three live presentations from this year's Wexford Festival Opera - Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali by Gaetano Donizetti, with a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni.

Opera • 17 Oct