Jimmy McAleavey’s play, at the Peacock, fictionalises and slightly flattens a moment of unlikely connection

Theatre: On a hot first night, the cast of this well-oiled touring production has to work hard to win the audience over

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Playing the same break-up scene on a loop, with 100 different men, the actor is up for anything, alive to each variation

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: In a tiny peep-show-style booth, in a five-minute play, a character opens the mess of their private life to you

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Anna Healy, Sorcha Cusack, Ruth McCabe and Anna Monaghan star in Caryl Churchill’s dark, cracklingly funny play

Theatre: Directed with discipline and clarity by Caitríona McLaughlin, Tiernan, Aaron Monaghan and Judith Roddy slip comfortably into well-fitting skins

Kwaku Fortune, in his stage-writing debut, plays a frustrated young man admitted to a psychiatric institution

Review: Lismore Castle’s stage area has been transformed, but accompanying changes may not be ideal

Opera: The soprano brings an excellent comic presence, each of her numerous costume changes more Scarlett O’Hara than the last

Dublin Dance Festival 2025: Luke Murphy tackles Ireland’s obsession with land and the exclusion it leads to

Dublin Dance Festival 2025: Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this ballet has earned its recognition as one of the most beloved Swan Lake interpretations of all time

Dublin Dance Festival 2025: What speaks loudest in this show by 10 Q-Dance Company dancers is the immediate physicality onstage

The choreographer wanted to physicalise the workings of the mind. What has emerged is a rattle-bag of ideas full of whimsy and humour

The choreographer’s fantastical take on the life of her great-great-grandfather will be woven into her family’s already rich oral history

Theatre: The excellently paired Zara Devlin and Naoise Dunbar star in the Gate production of Abi Morgan’s absorbing play

Crowd-pleasing tale of Spielberg movie mixes heartfelt details with top-notch film buffery and broad physical comedy

Luail resists the temptation of a slick, easy-to-digest premiere, instead presenting three dances that celebrate the intangible

Choreographed performance from ultimate NYC character is entertaining but lacks proper fan Q&A

Theatre: Lee Coffey’s new drama has the pieces to become a whirling Dublin tale fuelled by thrills and suspense

Dance: In this new work inspired by her grandmother’s beliefs, Robyn Byrne teams up with her fellow performer Susanne Engbo Andersen