The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Beckett

Actor known for screen roles in The Long Good Friday and Harry’s Game, and as a stalwart of the Joint Stock Theatre Group

Byrne is a good fit as the conflicted writer, but James Marsh’s crisp biographical film feels at odds with the passion of Beckett’s work

Jon Fosse has just been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

His name had long been on the list of potential Nobel laureates. This Thursday, the Swedish Academy named Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1959 on Norway's western coast, the 64-year-old's vast body of work includes plays, novels, poetry,…

The Dublin-born star of the stage and screen, who won four TV Baftas, died peacefully in hospital aged 82.

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died

The actor talks about his new movie Dance First, in which he plays the Irish dramatist, the time he shared a drink with Richard Burton and why he had to leave Los Angeles

Many spellbinding moments, with a handful of dramaturgical hiccups

Forget the revamp, the quizshow is as tricky as ever. Scott Bryan plays along disastrously, then meets new anchor Amol Rajan to talk nerves, piña coladas and replacing Paxman