I have to confess I was deeply sceptical that Haruki Murakami’s 1985 magical realist novel would work on stage. The plot, after all, which…

Every day, on the first day of the seventh lunar month, the Gates of Hell open and ghosts are allowed to return to our world. Because the…

That sound you may be hearing most evenings toward the lower end of St Martin's Lane is likely to be the roof being blown off the Tom…

Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to his The Social Network screenplay is an old-fashioned, stolid response to social media’s wildfire spread and…

Earlier this year Marty Gleeson was the first Irish woman to win best newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut hour, Dog Ear.…

2023’s Something to Give Each Other is Troye Sivan’s best album. A sweaty dance-pop record that roams through feelings of hedonism,…

Into the Woods, let's dare to state it, is the most perfect music-theatre creation of the last 40 years. Sondheim's sense of timing, equal…

Making the television news even in the UK, let alone in hundreds of countries around the world, the story of the lost Irish children of…

This year is the 70th birthday of the London Film Festival – the grand variety pack of films from the year’s other festivals, with few…

The titular yellow tie isn’t seen much in this lavish biopic, a gift “for a future Prime Minister of Romania” from Sean Bean’s grumpy…