Good Friday city centre walk in Dublin, led by Archbishops, to return
Walk and concert in at St Patrick’s Cathedral to express solidarity with Ukrainians
Idris Elba on Nelson Mandela, Sonic the Hedgehog – but absolutely not 007
From Finding Dory to Zootopia to Cats: The legendary actor takes on the role of Knuckles
Star turns: The brilliant Belfast boys who defied the sectarian tide
The Star of the Sea were a tight group of young lads before the Troubles tore them apart
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I do know what it is like to be a struggling songwriter’
The Hamilton creator reflects on his career and his debut film, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Tuning out: The strange case of the apparent death of the film musical
Dear Evan Hansen screen adaptation comes during a fraught period for the always imperilled genre
Jason Donovan on Kylie, coolness and cocaine: ‘I’m a survivor and I’ve made mistakes’
The actor and singer on Kylie, stardom, drug abuse and the steadying joy of fatherhood
Baxter Dury: ‘Dad came from an unfair world . . . He was used to being a b*stard’
Blockhead frontman’s complex kind and cruel nature is subject of book by his son
UK expands travel green list as citizens face fresh hurdles to travel in EU
Macron joins Merkel in calling for an EU-wide quarantine requirement for visitors from Britain
Breaking the silence: The untold stories of mother and baby homes
An event at the National Concert Hall aims to give a voice to survivors and catalyse change
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘The Tories haven’t got a clue about culture’
The frontman on sleep-talking, dying young, and what Brexit is doing to British musicians
Don’t cry for me, Jackie Weaver: Lloyd Webber writes tribute to Zoom sensation
Impresario releases ode to English local council clerk after ‘operatic’ meeting
NI minister criticises Van Morrison over Covid-19 remarks
Robin Swann tells Rolling Stone Morrison is encouraging ‘tin foil hat brigade’
Ed Sheeran’s £200m fortune places him among UK’s top 10 richest musicians
Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London
Why are actors quick to blame everyone else for bad films?
There is a long history of actors deriding poorly received work, with Cats star Rebel Wilson being the latest
So long Grumpy Cat... and other notable meme-folk of 2019
Patrick Freyne on some noteworthy names that made news this year
Ben Elton: ‘How am I going to say something when you can’t say anything?’
With his first tour in 15 years starting tonight in Dublin, the trailblazing comedian has some scores to settle
Dubai ruler and wife take royal row to London court
Sheikh Mohammed and Princess Haya resume legal dispute over ‘welfare of children’
Authority points to improved tracing after horse abandoned
Stud farm of Andrew Lloyd Webber says treatment of thoroughbred it once owned ‘terribly sad’
Racehorse bought for £240,000 abandoned in Cork barn
Seven-year-old mare War Celeste found nearly starved to death on farm
Michael O’Leary no longer a Rich List billionaire with just €865m
Ireland now has 17 billionaires with overall wealth of the top 300 put at €87 billion
Irish Repertory Theatre: casting O’Casey’s shadow over Manhattan
To celebrate 30 years in New York, the company is staging the playwright’s ‘Dublin’ trilogy
Weekend TV guide: eight of the best shows to watch
Ireland rugby hero Peter O’Mahony and Boyzone on the Late Late, Nicole Kidman joins Graham Norton and Michael Parkinson chats to Ray D’Arcy
Peaches Christ Superstar review: Cult singer’s rock opera triumph
Dublin Fringe Festival: Transgressive electro artist brings bravura spirit to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical
Choreographer who helped create ‘Cats’ classic
Gillian Lynne obituary: Dancer who breathed new life into musical theatre including ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Richest pop stars and musicians in Ireland and UK revealed
U2 rank 3rd richest. Ed Sheeran is second-wealthiest young musician, Niall Horan 4th
‘We limit ourselves. We’re told to behave in a certain way from birth’
Following on from her work on the stage and TV, Jessie Buckley now makes her big-screen debut in ‘Beast’ – a bow that is cause for great excitement in her native Co Kerry
Patrick Freyne: The royal wedding – or the ginger betrayal of Prince Harry
Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will be a fight to a choral version of the Benny Hill theme
36 Questions podcast: Identity, love and relationships explored through song
Captivating from the get-go, this unique podcast is an ideal alternative to documentaries
Cork’s most famous libertine about to make musical history
Story of Sir Henry Browne Hayes is tale of spectacular fall from grace, says musical director
'Women are very vulnerable in this industry'
Cork actor Molly Lynch and her ‘Sunset Boulevard’ co-star Ria Jones on life for women in musical theatre
Find theatre stressful? Then you could be just what the BBC is looking for
London Letter: New ‘Front Row’ hosts have outraged actors and directors
New horse museum to put Fethard on the tourist map
Local resident Andrew Lloyd Webber opens €1.6m attraction in Co Tipperary walled town
Una Mullally: National Concert Hall showing the way for other venues
And all change at the Abbey and Gate – our rigid cultural venues are, at last, mixing it up
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