Merce Cunningham

‘It’s still a crazy John Scott piece’: a veteran choreographer on his new work

Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s Bach-inspired ‘Inventions’ premieres at Kilkenny Arts Festival

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 05:00

Light Moves festival shows the future of dance

An online project that presents one new dance show a week is just one of the Limerick festival’s intriguing aspects

Fri Nov 04 2016 - 13:32

No WB Yeats, no Samuel Beckett? Fintan O’Toole on why we mustn’t forget the poet’s plays

Like Beckett, Yeats imagined every detail of his plays on the stage. Like Beckett, he has to be done well or not at all. And his ideas are now even more urgent

Wed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00

Northward ho for Beckett festival

Are you heading to Enniskillen for the Happy Days Festival celebrating the life and work of Samuel Beckett? Here are our highlights, theatrical and otherwise

Thu Jul 31 2014 - 18:30

Balancing acts at the cutting edge of dance

Alistair Spalding talks turning Sadler’s Wells theatre into a powerhouse of contemporary dance

Sat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00

Samuel Beckett’s old school ties

Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans

Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00

Actions: An Evening of Men in Motion

It may lack focus, but this performance of past dances side by side is razor-sharp

Wed Jan 29 2014 - 16:29

Three become one – and dance lovers get a trio of premieres

Three companies – Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Liz Roche Dance Company and CoisCéim Dance Theatre – are touring new work together. Is it an act that other arts sectors could or should follow?

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00