Gone Full Havisham review: Enjoyably ridiculous old-school psychological horror

In her enjoyable solo play, Irene Kelleher is pleasantly over the top as a bride whose breakdown has gone viral. 

Collapsing Horse has disbanded, THEATREclub's future is uncertain. Both embodied youthful resistance to the Recession

Bears in Space, a puppet comedy by Collapsing Horse. Photo: Idil Sukan

2010s review: Writing about the art of terrible men

#MeToo is transforming theatre, and it is transforming criticism. Illustration: Don Conroy

2019: The best theatre of the year

My favourite theatre moments of 2019: The Children, Pretty Feelings, Beckett's Room, Tall Tail, and Endgame. 

Faultline review: A heartfelt depiction of a movement gaining ground

ANU and the Gate Theatre's new immersive play is set in 1982, when hundreds of LGBTQ+ people were under investigation. Photo: Pat Redmond 

The Beacon review: An absorbing thriller about blood thirst

A famous artist relocates to an island cottage - the spot where she's suspected of having murdered her husband - in Nancy Harris's new play. Photo: Robbie Jack 

Last Orders at the Dockside review: An old-fashioned play, and not because it's set in the 1980s

A community joins in paying tribute to a dead man in Dermot Bolger's new play. Photo: Ros Kavanagh  

Your Words in My Mouth - Brussels Take review: A play casting its audience and cementing their eyes to the script

Inside a secretive meeting place, a small audience recreates a real conversation between Belgian residents. 

Hecuba review: A touching war story encouraging us to look closer

Queen Hecuba is exiled in this ancient tragedy, but Marina Carr's intimate reimagining gives all its characters multiple perspectives. Photo: Ste Murray  

Pasolini’s Salò Redubbed review: A notorious film becomes an overwhelming mirror up to Ireland’s past

Dylan Tighe's bold adaptation transposes Salò from Italy to the early decades of the Irish state, an era when alliances were hatched between church and state. Photo: Luca Truffarelli