Dancehall Blues: Dark odyssey oscillates between 20th-century Europe and the post-Covid era
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: The ‘great reset’ provides the backdrop for an enigmatic show brought to life by Stephanie Dufresne and Alex O’Neill
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Tempesta review: Stephanie Dufresne and Naoise Dunbar shine in Deirdre Kinahan’s moving play
Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: A play of such dimensions could repay a few more than these 75 minutes, especially with so much gorgeous writing to savour
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Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video
Least Like the Other – Searching for Rosemary Kennedy review: Deeply moving
The gut-wrenching, experimental telling of the story of JFK’s hidden sister
The best classical music and opera to see this week
The tragic tale of JFK’s sister and National Youth Orchestra moves from east to west
Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter
Composer Brian Irvine’s new opera focuses on JFK’s intellectually disabled sister
Theatre highlights of the week ending December 24th
In this weeks’s theatre, a frightful creature becomes a useful friend, an old fable is laced up to fit new times, and one eccentric Dubliner finally becomes a legend
‘It was tough . . . but I’ve stepped into a time in Irish theatre that’s really alive’
The Gate: Twenty-one-year-old acting newcomer Paul Mescal has been cast in some of the country’s biggest theatrical productions
Behind the scenes at Gate Theatre's 'The Red Shoes'
Selina Cartmell’s dark version of the fairytale has just opened at the Gate Theatre. Here’s how the story of dance and destruction took shape
The Red Shoes: A freestyle approach to a dark and charming fairytale
In the Gate’s dark Christmas spectacle, a bold retelling tries on an old fairytale for size
The best theatre shows: The Red Shoes opens at the Gate
Theatre Lovett ’s ‘They Called Her Vivaldi’ is at the Peacock and and a new play ‘Philip St John’ opens
Your guide to going out and staying in this week
They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny
Girl Song review: A slow burn that’s more than the sum of its parts
Emma Martin’s new show seeps into the consciousness long after leaving the theatre
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