Award-winning Inishowen director Caitríona McLaughlin has signed a new five-year fixed term contract to stay at the helm of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. McLaughlin, who is originally from Carndonagh, has been Co-Director of the Abbey Theatre (Artistic Director) since 2021. Her new contract will commence on Monday, 4th May 2026, as will returning Co-Director and … Read more
Paul Mescal is to return to the Irish stage to star in A Whistle in the Dark, by Tom Murphy. He will lead the cast of the play, about an Irish emigrant in the English midlands who tries in vain to escape his violent family, when it comes to Dublin in 2027, after opening at … Read more
The cupboard has been bare – or appeared to be bare – for months, but the Abbey Theatre on Tuesday announced an upcoming feast, in the form of a raft of new shows and new Irish writing, lined up until the end of January 2026. Billing the varied and extensive programme “a celebration of epic … Read more