The Cork couple behind Gare St Lazare are back with a second instalment of their widely-praised take on the strange and wonderful ‘How It Is’, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Legendary writer Neil Simon had a long list of stage and screen hits to his name, but The Odd Couple remains one of his most famous, with the iconic pairing of Jack Lemmon as fussy Felix and Walter Matthau as slob Oscar making for a memorable and much-loved movie.

I thought I knew what I was in for going to see Asking For It. Powerful, provocative, hard-hitting, shocking.

The world premiere of Asking For It, the stage adaptation of the best-selling Louise O'Neill novel of the same name, is taking place tonight.

Irene Kelleher’s self-penned one-woman show is about a teenage girl, Hannah, who is “mastering the art of being invisible” as she goes through a pregnancy without being able to confide in anyone. This is small town Ireland in 1986.

The world premiere production of 'Asking for It' by Louise O’Neill will be performed on the stages of Cork's Everyman and Dublin's Abbey next year.

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The world stage premiere of the award-winning novel Asking For It will be performed in Cork next year.

Futureproof may be set in a circus freak show, but its themes of bodily autonomy have obvious echoes in the wider world, writes Colette Sheridan

Linda Kenny tells Colette Sheridan about her upcoming singalong show of classic hymns.

The final school term is in sight and the sun is almost shining. Shake off the harried routine of school runs and use the final week of the Easter hols to schedule some fun activities that memories are made of, says Ciara McDonnell.

Many Young Men Of 20 is being revived at the Everyman, so Jo Kerrigan looks back on the original Cork-Kerry collaborations that saw the Listowel master’s plays performed on Leeside.

Stuck for plans this week? Des O’Driscoll has five great ideas to fill up your week.

Nostalgia ruled at The Everyman theatre last night as it celebrated its 120th birthday and those attending the commemoration recalled the giant names in entertainment who trod the boards there, including Charlie Chaplin and George Formby.

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As the Everyman in Cork marks 120 years, John Daly looks back at some of the milestones in its eventful history as a venue at the heart of the city’s cultural life

The Everyman, the famous Victorian theatre in Cork, is celebrating 120 years of entertainment with 12 special anniversary shows this year.

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FAIR City’s Clelia Murphy may not be prone to tears in real life but she knows what it takes to make her cry on screen.

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WRITER and director, Carmel Winters, does not shy away from difficult subjects. 

MAG MELL, a play that encompasses traditional Irish music, dance and puppetry, stars Jon Kenny as politician/property developer PJ Foley.

Venue: Everyman, Cork

Cork folk group Stoker’s Lodge, led by Jimmy Crowley, are reuniting after 30 years, says Jo Kerrigan

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Often regarded as a frivolous writer of entertainment, the British playwright Joe Orton had a seriousness and a depth that can sometimes be undervalued, says Michael Cabot of London Classic Theatre.

“A horror play” is how Samuel Beckett publisher and director, John Calder, describes Happy Days which opens at Cork’s Everyman Theatre on February 10 as part of an Irish tour.