Maree Kearns News Today

Theatre: The writer and director transforms an unrecognisable Peacock venue into the Battle of Dublin in 1922

Abbey Theatre’s warehouse in north Dublin is bursting with stories. Eimer Murphy, Ireland’s only property master, takes us on a tour

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: In Nancy Harris’s bold new play, creativity becomes a way to deal with loneliness

Inspired by same true story as Steven Spielberg’s film, The Terminal

A superb, original modern-day operatic comedy which has found universal popularity, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre next month.

Theatre: Bryan Murray, who has Alzheimer’s, gives a deft, graceful performance as a veteran actor with the disease

Talented team of singers, players and dancers at the mercy of capricious circumstances. Opera review by David Nice

Judges reflect on an unprecedented two years of struggle and innovation for the industry

Review: The third in Deirdre Kinahan’s history series centres on the Civil War

Jennifer Johnston’s triptych gives expression to three people living through the Troubles