Abuse and sexual discrimination have always been part and parcel of the theatre in Ireland, right back to the old days of the Abbey and the Gate, writes Terry Prone

Druid’s staging of Beckett’s pre-eminent classic was the actors’ idea, and, looking at the play, it’s easy to see why it seemed like a good idea to Aaron Monaghan, Garrett Lombard, Marty Rea, and Rory Nolan. 

The writer Jennifer Johnston once lamented that ‘no one seems to like my plays’.

The Abbey Theatre has announced it will hold a ‘Waking the Feminists’ debate on Thursday after acknowledging that its programme of events for early 2016 “does not represent gender equality”.

THE 2015 Dublin Dance Festival is in full swing, with events in an eclectic range of genres. The appearance of flamenco superstar, Israel Galván, at the Abbey Theatre from tonight is eagerly anticipated.

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The Abbey has marked William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday by producing Twelfth Night, says Pádraic Killeen.

As John B Keane’s classic tragedy Sive returns to the Abbey stage, his family hope that two of his unseen plays will also be produced, writes Pádraic Killeen

DRAG artist Panti Bliss’s speech on homophobia, in the Abbey Theatre on February 2, is one of the greats of Irish politics, up there with Robert Emmet’s parting words. For anyone who has followed Bliss’s (real name Rory O’Neill) career, this is not surprising.