Enda Walsh’s new play might have dancing, but his trademark air of menace is never far from the surface, its star Charlie Murphy tells Maria Rolston

As Moe Dunford waits to see if he’ll win another IFTA, the Dungarvan actor tells Marjorie Brennan about the fun he had on Vikings and Game of Thrones

WHAT started as a journal entry noting her depression has now become a play for first-time playwright Michelle Maher.

You can’t be sensible all the time. You must go with your heart.

I’m pretty chilled out. The thing about being an actor is, at the end of the day, it’s just a job.

One of Ireland’s newest theatre companies, Good Dog Theatre, will perform Daniel MacIvor’s challenging and thought provoking ’In on It’ during a six night run at the Smock Alley Theatre from April 20th – 25th.

On stage is the place where I feel most myself. I feel incredibly safe on stage. 

As both the director and star of Patrick’s Day confirm, the Irish film world isn’t a fast track to riches, writes Ed Power.

A factory in Kinsale has proved to be the perfect location to put on the Irish premiere of a typically energetic play by Enda Walsh, writes Alan O’Riordan

A new play shows how the suffragettes still have relevance for many women today, writes Colette Sheridan

It’s traditional for school children to attend a camp during the holidays, but there are equivalents for adults now, teaching everything from scriptwriting to beekeeping and sailing, says Arlene Harris.

Collect precious memories of your children as they grow with the ClevaMemories Keepsake Suitcase from Clevamama, €29.99.

Josef and Adele Fassbender may have raised a highly successful son, but they failed in one respect: they couldn’t dissuade him from becoming an actor.

The long and sometimes rocky road to Hollywood began in simple schoolboy settings for actor Michael Fassbender, 36, nominated for an Oscar tomorrow night for his role in 12 Years a Slave.

New Cork theatre company, Scruffy Duck Productions, stages its debut show, The Last Five Years, at the Stack Theatre in the CIT Cork School of Music this week. The musical is by Tony Award-winning playwright, Jason Robert Brown and runs until Saturday.

ACTRESS Charlie Murphy says “I would love to reach a stage when I never worried where the next job is coming from, but I don’t know if that will ever happen”.

IF YOU ask Ciara Geraghty what she does for a living, she’ll say she’s in insurance.

Joe Dowling is back at the Abbey to direct an adaptation of James Joyce’s classic short story The Dead. He talks to Pádraic Killeen

I was waitressing when I got the call to say I’d landed the part of Fidelma in Moone Boy.

His father was a famous singer, but Phelim Drew’s first love was acting, writes Colette Sheridan

Caroline Grace-Cassidy

The Gaiety School of Acting has announced a series of new audition dates for its two-year full time intensive Actor Training Programme.

I was a pretty quiet child.

U2 frontman Bono today revealed one of the big disappointments of his younger years – when a piano was taken from his grandmother’s house.

THE remains of award-winning actress Anna Manahan were last night removed to the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford, prior to her burial today.

NOT all had the shock of dark hair — and far fewer had the imposing stature of the Big Fella.

A talk on the history of Dublin’s Gate Theatre and its celebrated relationship with the works of Oscar Wilde is among the highlights of the capital’s culture night, it was announced today.

The Irish arts and cultural sector was today awarded extra funding of €16.4m for 2006.

Dublin’s James Joyce Centre reopened today as plans were unveiled for a series of events to celebrate the masterpiece Ulysses on Bloomsday this Friday.

Hundreds of fans of James Joyce are expected to descend on Dublin this Bloomsday to taste the traditional Ulysses fare of kidneys, thick giblet soup and fried liver slices.

HE’S a plumber by day and an actor by night, but Michael Crowley shouldn’t be unblocking pipes for too much longer.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue announced the appointment of five new members of the Arts Council yesterday.

A host of Irish films and actors are expected to shine at this year’s prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.

Shakespeare’s magical tale of mismatched lovers and mistaken identities has been brought alive in a central Dublin park.

ANNA MANAHAN was delighted yesterday to receive recognition for her acting talents. Her handprints are immortalised on the forecourt of Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, a distinction she shares with two other legends.