A stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's novel, Asking For It, looks set to be one of the biggest events in Irish theatre this year, and the producers have revealed who will take the lead roles in the world premiere run of the play at the Everyman in Cork.

Annabelle Comyn feels her revival of John Osborne’s classic play will show how its central angry young man is very much alive in today’s world, writes Alan O’Riordan.

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ON THE occasion of its 25th anniversary, a new production of Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa begins a four-day run An Grianán in Letterkenny tonight.

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Cocaine, obsessive love and poisonous wit all play a part in The Vortex, says Alan O’Riordan

My mum says I told her I wanted to be an actor when I was four.

Philip Stewart tells Pádraic Killeen how the Salvation Army provided musical inspiration for GB Shaw’s Major Barbara

PROLIFIC writer Emma Donoghue’s new play, The Talk of The Town, premiered at the Project Arts Centre last night and continues until Oct 14.

Tom Murphy’s The House exposes the returning emigrant’s frail sense of place, says Pádraic Killeen

Arclight Theatre Company will give the Irish premiere to Martin Crimp's The Country as its inaugural production on August 24.