The real draw of Stop/Over, made in collaboration with New York company On The Quays, is the innovative use of an unconventional space, the top floor of the Chocolate Factory
This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival is packed with provocative productions. Sara Keating previews some of the highlights
Girls and Dolls, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, By Lisa McGee, Rating: *** A flickering TV screen sets t...
Theatres in Dublin make way for the eclectic performance experiments of the Dublin Fringe Festiva...
Nuala O’Connor’s portrait of Victorian London is deeply researched but carried lightly across the page
With a running time of just 45 minutes, Roman Fever offers far more complexity than its summertime surface first suggests. It is frothy and funny, but also dark and deep
Michael West’s new play is a 'mutation' of Mary Shelley’s seminal novel. It accepts the general premise, but adds a contemporary edge by invoking current genetic and scientific concerns
The Shaughraun By Dion Boucicault Smock Alley Theatre: Main Space, Dublin Runs until September 1 ...
Fiction: A Ladder to the Sky, By John Boyne, Doubleday, €17.50 ‘Everyone has secrets,” writ...
Pat Shortt has made the move from madcap comedy to brooding theatre roles. The former D’Unbelievables star tells Sara Keating how he went about it
The Wizard of Oz Cork Opera House; runs until August 26 Rating: **** Victor Fleming’s 1939 musi...
There is not enough emotional range in the script to keep us engaged for Idlewild’s 90 minutes
Furniture/Shelter Mick Lally Theatre, Galway Rating: **** and *** Ends today What is furniture bu...
If the influence of institutional religion permeates the plot, Come On Home is nonetheless firmly set in post-Catholic Ireland
From lively board books to important life lessons for teenagers, Sara Keating has compiled a selection of books for children of all ages to enjoy this summer
