Theatre & Arts

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  Dublin Gothic review: Spectacular, sprawling inner-city epic tells an unforgettable story

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  Moulin Rouge high-kicks the winter blues with a frenzy of glitzy glamour in this Christmas cracker

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  Theatre & Arts

  Kathy Raftery: ‘The way it was lit reminded me of the old masters, that calm moment lit by a single light source’

• Celebrity News

  ‘It’s a nice way to bow out’ – festive season sees panto legend leave the stage

  

• Theatre & Arts

  Obituary: Playwright Tom Stoppard was a dazzling showman who could expand the mind through entertainment

  

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  Actor Kate Gilmore: ‘I’m always jealous of my friends who have gone into normal jobs, who can get mortgages and go on holidays’

  

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  Fans react to the Irish premiere of Moulin Rouge

  

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  ‘Dublin Gothic’ review: Ireland’s complex modernity emerges from Victorian poverty in a journey of great style and verve

  

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  A Christmas Carol review: Hyperactive layer added to an over-cooked festive favourite

  

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  Chris Wasser: Why nostalgia means shows like Moulin Rouge! and Mean Girls are coming to a stage near you

  

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  Brave people, bold choices – the story of how three pals set the stage for a theatre revival in Ireland

  

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  Daniel Nelis: ‘The hardest part of the portrait was the hair, its beautiful and delicate architectural quality’

  

• Movies

  The ­eccentricities of Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon from the woman who was his ‘earwig’

• Theatre & Arts

  High-energy musical about a goldfish that sparks domestic strife needs more anarchic spirit

• Theatre & Arts

  Nothing like a dame – your ultimate guide to this year’s panto

• Letters

  Letters: Don’t worry about that mortifying pantomime moment, ‘it’s behind you’

• Theatre & Arts

  Rebecca Storm: ‘Needing 500,000 social media followers just to get an audition is absolutely tragic’

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  Artist Frances Leogue: ‘The photograph captured me completely unawares and I wanted to retain the spontaneity of the moment’

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  Historian Catherine Healy: ‘Manchán’s Magan’s death made me dip back into TV shows, which are a testament to his wide-eyed wonder at the world’

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  Jillian Murphy: ‘A lecturer treated a cartoon character for a game with the same reverence as an artwork by Duchamp’

• Theatre & Arts

  Theatre review: A moving tribute to Amelia Earhart and the loss of a great hero of the sky

• Theatre & Arts

  Bord Gáis Energy Theatre have launched their 2026 season

• Theatre & Arts

  Chris Wasser: Are plays getting longer? There are signs that our cleverest theatre makers are beginning to lose the run of themselves

• Theatre & Arts

  Artist Ciaran Ó Dochartaigh: ‘I always go back to Prince when I’m under pressure with research or installing an exhibition’

• Theatre & Arts

  Celine Byrne is brilliant in sparkling modern take on Madama Butterfly

• GAA

  Notions and necessities: From GAA dance theatre to cosy fashion and gentrified escapes, it’s all here

• North America

  Thieves escape with over 1,000 artefacts from California museum just days before Louvre raid

• Theatre & Arts

  Shard review: Gripping Irish folk horror is nearly brilliant, but loses its grip at the finish

• Theatre & Arts

  Artist Francis O’Toole: ‘I spent a long time in St James’s Hospital watching my foot, and lower leg, slowly rot and turn black. I eventually ended up with a below-knee amputation’

• Irish News

  ‘I own nothing, not even the clothes on my back’ – the Facebook friar who wrote his thesis on Tolkien

• Theatre & Arts

  Jenny Belton: ‘I often wonder had I gone to art college, would I be an artist at all. Would it have ruined the enjoyment for me?’

• Britain

  Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to play Wizard of Oz in London pantomime