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# Play

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2023
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'This is not inspiration porn': Groundbreaking look at life of disability activist Martin Naughton
Opinion: My play about adoption reflects on my family and families like us
Taryn de Vere: Dressing up as household objects reminded me of the importance of being playful
40% of teachers concerned about how play-based lessons will be affected by Covid-19 restrictions
The mental health-based play that's literally being performed in a Croke Park dressing room
A journey through music, youth culture and loss is coming to Ballymun
'Heroin in Ireland is an economic massacre - we have to find a new solution'
'People always say my dad is amazing. He's not, he's just blind'
Ruth Negga to play Hamlet in new Gate Theatre production
'It can happen because you're in the wrong place at the wrong time': A movie about 'good people' having an affair
'The Celtic Tiger was ridiculous - it was a moment that needed to be dramatised'
'I was in mortgage arrears - so I sold my possessions and became a reluctant landlord'
How a former Riverdance star is turning Dracula into a mysterious stranger
Noticed the cameras around town? They're for the upcoming movie about a drug-fuelled weekend in Dublin
Bill Murray goes to see Groundhog Day then he goes to see it again the next day
'A small town in a big moment in time' - How Ballybunion got a statue of Bill Clinton
Sponsors drop play for depicting Julius Caesar as Trump
For the first time, a Maeve Binchy novel will be performed on the stage
Polish prosecutors investigate play that features sex scenes with statue of Saint John Paul II
Play remembers the "forgotten generation" of Irish men who emigrated to London
Drag, dance and George Bush: 9 shows to catch at the Tiger Dublin Fringe
Pressure, obsession and confusion: Turning 35 and deciding whether or not to have a child
'Death comes to us all': This new play wants people to talk about their grief
Catholic protesters arrested outside theatre staging explicit play
A Limerick cabinboy was once eaten by his shipmates...
Mother describes how one of her twins turned his life around after heroin killed his brother
"We're going 'mother of God, how are we going to survive in this country?'"
The Harry Potter plays are NOT prequels - they're going to be about his son
'By getting on that train a group of brave women made the Catholic Church and the Irish state look ridiculous'
Girl (11) awarded €35k in damages after getting finger trapped in seat
Oedipus? He's not just a guy who married his mother...
Meet the pregnant F-16 fighter flying drones in the Las Vegas desert
The Abbey theatre stage has been transformed into an icy bog for this dark play
The true tale of the Irish rugby players killed in World War I
People are going to climb for two hours up Ben Bulben to watch a Yeats play
The world's stupidest man has revealed himself
This gripping play about knife crime in Dublin wants to get people talking
"She could set the world alight - but she’s not allowed, so she sets fire to people’s hair"
David Bowie is writing a musical with Irish playwright Enda Walsh