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Michael Glen Murphy's play returns to the late days of Dublin's Theatre Royal.

Barry McStay's nail-bitingly good play asks timely questions in the wake of the Marriage Equality Referendum.

Louise White's pastoral promenade inside a disused commercial building suggests the possibility of regrowth, drawing on the experiences of The Abbeyleix Bog Project.

Goerge Brant's unsettling play asks questions about the changing state of warfare.

A fictional Irish town becomes victim to a sinister wind-farm plot in Jane Madden's brilliant farce.

Aisling O'Mara and Robbie O'Connor summon two Abbey actors who fought in Easter week 1916.

In this beguiling co-production, junk ensemble and Brokentalkers place confidence in a cast of strangers.

Alice Malseed is exemplifiable of millennials burnt out by their late twenties, their hopes dashed in the bust.

This autumn the Abbey Theatre proudly presents Wayne Jordan's new version of Oedipus by Sophocles.

The Abbey Theatre is delighted to present the world premiere of Shibboleth by Stacey Gregg on Wednesday 7 October on the Peacock stage, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.

The Ahakista Community Association presents 'Music by Candlelight' at St.

Jarlath Tivnan's debut play is written in the strokes of black comedy but points to darker truths under the surface in rural Ireland.

After its huge success last summer, Waiting For Godot returns to Smock Alley Theatre for one week only before embarking on tour to Rio De Janeiro and Brasilia, supported by the Arts Council, Culture Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, to celebrate the 40th year of diplomatic relat

The return of the Spiegeltent lends greater diversity to the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, and may usher in a new maturity in time for its 21st birthday.

Ill-Advised is a rare case in Ireland as a company dedicated to musical theatre.

Artistic Director David Agler today announced the dates for the 65th Wexford Festival Opera in 2016, which will run for 12 days from Thursday, 20 October until Bank Holiday Monday, 31 October.

Graham Norton is all set for hosting his Third Quiz Night in Ahakista on Friday 31st July and it is anticipated to be the most exciting one so far according to organisers and locals alike!  Graham who has warmly spoken about this quiz in his recent autobiography “The Life and Loves of a He Devi

Neil Murray and Graham McLaren believe in the concept of a National Theatre that 'reaches all of the country'.

Ireland will celebrate its greatest modern playwright, Brian Friel, in a major two-part festival with performances, talks, discussions, music, dance and good food between 20 and 31 August 2015.

The Anti-Racism Group that Campaigns Against Exhibit B around the World are now demanding Galway International Arts Festival to cancel its run.

It's about time transgender characters arrived in the Irish theatre.

In WB Yeats's mythic drama, an Old Man and the hero Cuchulainn seek drops of immortality at a magic well.

A month on from Ireland's historic passing of same-sex marriage, what role did the arts play in the lead-up to the referendum.

Tom Lane's audio trail looks at the underground water system that influenced the building of Cork City.

With encouragement by an 'Intersections' funding award from the local university, a group of artists recount the tale of two Irish friars who left for Jerusalem in 1323.