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Sara Keating: Two Viennese art experiences paint a global picture of climate change

A visit to Vienna served up two thoughtful exhibitions that force the viewer to confront the damage we are doing to the environment

School’s in for summer at the Bord Gáis Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black musical comedy School of Rock is rough, ready and riotous

Sara Keating: A once-derelict site in Dublin's North Strand is now home to a little world of family-friendly theatre

Written by actors Michele Forbes and Owen Roe, Our Little World is a meditation on the natural world dressed up as a thrilling alien invasion

Sara Keating on theatre: Binchy’s old favourite runs out of steam in its second half

A new adaptation of Maeve Binchy’s 1990 bestseller Circle of Friends has plenty of nice touches, but flags well before the end

Sara Keating on theatre: Jacobs-Jenkins breathes new life into Boucicault’s period piece

A lengthy but lively adaptation of an 1859 Dion Boucicault play is an arresting confrontation with political prejudices both past and present

Sara Keating on Theatre: Is Irish theatre missing an opportunity to make a sale?

The demand for vintage theatrical merchandise in this country is clearly there but, with a handful of exceptions, the main players in the field show a strange reluctance to capitalise on what’s in the vaults

Patrick Martins interview: ‘I realised the shows that I was seeing at the Abbey and the Gate didn’t really represent me or people like me’

The actor is hopeful that things are finally beginning to change in the Irish arts world, allowing more opportunities for people of colour

Sara Keating on theatre: Recreating the revolutionary history of a Rathfarnham park

Smashing Times Theatre Company tells the stories of some of the famous historical figures, such as Padraig Pearse, associated with St Enda’s Park

Sara Keating on Theatre: The Examination – powerful and provocative theatre that forces viewers to face their prejudices

This is theatre at its best, challenging and encouraging the audience to think differently about crime, justice and the individuals caught in the system

Sara Keating on theatre: A millennials’ casual romp has plenty of hidden depths

Harry Butler’s Changing the Sheets is a lively and fascinating look at hook-up culture

Sara Keating on theatre: How Ireland’s National Theatre is embracing the idea of an all-island cultural identity

Over its 118 years, the Abbey Theatre has reflected Irish society through its art and it continues to do so today, with its newly appointed directors embracing an all-Ireland approach

Learning their lions: How a children’s classic confounded Covid to come to Dublin

Michael Fentiman’s spectacular production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is coming to Dublin this week, but only after an almighty struggle against the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Sara Keating on theatre: McDonagh’s The Lonesome West is starting to show its age

A new production at the Gaiety can’t mask the fact that the 1997 play feels outdated and empty

Sara Keating on theatre: Magically inventive music piece lets children make some noise

Brian Irvine’s interactive music-theatre piece for children is a sophisticated and charming exploration of listening and playing with sound

Sara Keating on theatre: Starry cast of Gate Theatre’s Endgame doesn’t distract from enduring power of Beckett’s classic

Danya Taymor’s production of Endgame at the Gate Theatre features well-known names such as Frankie Boyle, Robert Sheehan and Gina Moxley

‘I feel more at home standing on the stage than I do in real life’ – actor Zara Devlin bounces back

The talented young Tyrone actor’s dream opening on Broadway was slammed shut in 2020 as Covid struck. But she got to make a splash at the Gaiety in a production of Martin McDonagh’s play The Lonesome West

Radio and theatre: Fifty years on, the events of Bloody Sunday still resonate

An Abbey Theatre reading of Richard Norton-Taylor’s powerful reaction to the the Saville Inquiry in 2010 illustrates the human suffering and the long wait for justice

Theatre: A deliciously funny tale of culinary passions and female friendship

Clodagh Mooney Duggan and Camille Lucy Ross bring real depth to the two comic characters in Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s Sauce at the Bewley’s Café Theatre

Theatre: Resilience is the watchword for an innovative festival

The annually-staged First Fortnight, which dwells on mental health issues through the prism of the arts, has Peter Gowen’s impressive one-man show The Chronicles of Oggle as its centrepiece

Theatre: A year of agony and ecstasy for Irish stage

The fortunes of companies and performers fluctuated hugely during this year of extreme challenges