Red Riding Hood review: a scream from start to finishAn urban wolf, costume changes at the speed of light and enough noise to blow a house downTue Dec 20 2016 - 12:43
Cinderella review: winged horses, colour and bombastBig set pieces propel an otherwise routine show loaded with innuendo and noiseMon Dec 12 2016 - 16:14
Making the most of Annes Grove’s magicRestored gardens of the Co Cork demesne to re-open in 2017Thu Sept 08 2016 - 02:18
Prodijig the Revolution review: irresistible revolutionary energyAlan Kenefick’s combination of Irish dance, pop and hip hop has an irresistible revolutionary energyWed Jul 27 2016 - 16:07
The Weir review: McPherson’s language gets lost in the flowCareless direction means Decadent’s production never becomes the sum of its partsWed Jun 29 2016 - 14:01
Sacrifice at Easter review: From the bizarre to the beautifulCork’s Midsummer Festival’s centrepiece is a triumphWed Jun 29 2016 - 11:40
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A teenage cast uncover fresh magic and mischiefThis production takes a leap of faith with its young actors, and gets a fine returnThu Jun 23 2016 - 15:50
Jungle Book review: Hip hop and circus skills create an urban parableForget Kipling and Disney for a sparkling production that counters colonial and sexist conventionsMon Jun 20 2016 - 14:20
Utopia Ltd review: Two unstructured hours with no end in sightThis open-air festival exploration of colonialism, racism, and immigration is marred by technical issues and teenagers celebrating the end of examsMon Jun 20 2016 - 14:20
Behind the ramparts: Pat McCabe’s play set in a world of its ownCorcadorca’s latest production, ‘Sacrifice at Easter’, is set in Cork’s 17th-century Elizabeth Fort and the play is as much about the site as the scriptThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
The story of Ballymaloe: Normans, royals and tomato chutneyA new book charts the 1,000-year history of the grand country houseSat Jun 11 2016 - 04:57
The Birthday Party review: All talk, low actionDread that shaped Pinter’s play never materialises in this new productionThu May 19 2016 - 01:00
Sisters of the Rising review: A strangely quiet revolutionThe domestic chatter between two sisters cannot fill the gaps in this 1916 playTue Mar 15 2016 - 17:13
The beginning of a beautiful friendship, that stretched from Trumbo to CasablancaWhen I met Alice Hunter and Irene Diamond on a chance trip to Cork, I had little idea I was in the presence of Hollywood royaltySun Feb 28 2016 - 06:00
Review – Aladdin: A flying carpet rideEach member of the cast soars in this production, though it takes a strange approach to the Middle EastTue Jan 05 2016 - 18:16
Panto review – Beauty and the Beast: Frenzy and dry ice are no substitutes for imaginationDecent dance scenes and energetic performances can’t rescue a script that poorly skews its source materialMon Dec 21 2015 - 19:15
Review – Swan Lake: A traditional enchantmentEkaterina Bortyakova shines in this production of perhaps the most famous classical ballet in the worldThu Nov 19 2015 - 14:56
Gentrification review: We’re forever in Enda Walsh’s debtWalsh’s new play is designed in conjunction with Ireland’s current miasma of debt, eviction and repossessionTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:36
Rambling rectory exudes warmth and a lifetime of hospitalityThis Victorian house in Co Cork with four cottages has been sympathetically restoredThu Nov 05 2015 - 04:58
Review | Vernon God Little: Decadent’s production gets the caustic humour but trips a little into farceDBC Pierre’s novel excoriates contemporary America, and this production doesn’t quite keep the anger on the boilThu Sept 24 2015 - 17:25
Cork’s historic alms houses for €350,000A protected house and four cottages for the widows of Protestant tradesmen, built in 1682 in the heart of the city, are for sale as one lotThu Sept 10 2015 - 05:24
The Lonesome West review: a mixed stab at Martin McDonaghThis trip to Leenane can’t quite sustain the paceWed Aug 26 2015 - 14:41
The Matchmaker review: loneliness and clerical domination wrapped in a farceJohn B Keane’s gallery of wistful grotesques explore the yearning for love and the abusive power of the churchThu Aug 06 2015 - 12:34
Singin’ in the Rain review: all singing, all dancing, all rainingThe great MGM musical about the birth of Talkies is given a stylish, joyous stage interpretationFri Jul 31 2015 - 03:00
Lovers review: Friel sorts the winners from the losersThe poetry remains intact in this revival of Brian Friel’s 1967 dramaWed Jul 22 2015 - 12:41
Admiral’s home by the sea in Castletownshend for €1.2mLate 17th century house of 2,800sq ft in west CorkThu Jul 16 2015 - 05:40
Boolean logic meets Victorian gothic in leafy Cork suburbLichfield Cottage, Ballintemple, was final home of maths pioneer George BooleThu Jul 09 2015 - 05:30
The women at the heart of Cork artsAhead of Cork Midsummer, the women who have been central to keeping the city’s arts afloat talk about their plansThu Jun 04 2015 - 01:00
Theatre review | GB Shaw’s ego takes centre stage in My Fair LadiesThe playwright’s impish but implacable self-satisfaction animates this monologue by Des KeoghTue May 26 2015 - 17:36
Theatre review: WitnessThe crisp and well-aimed writing in this portrait of family strife suggests that 55 minutes are not enough for an excavation of motives in a hinterland of this densityThu Mar 12 2015 - 12:46
Review: FaustThis glittering production is luminous with theatricality, and the devil as ever gets the best linesTue Feb 24 2015 - 17:13
A devilish new plan for Faust at the EverymanDirector-conductor John O’Brien has taken an adventurous approachThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Southern comfort in Cork for €1.375 millionA fine architect-designed house in Eyrecourt outside Cork city has been carefully designed with space and light in mind, with a stunning garden at its heartThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Review: MatchedChekov country comes to west Cork in a powerful drama where the land trumps allFri Jan 16 2015 - 17:38
Review: Jack and the BeanstalkKeith Duffy leads a starry cast in this uproarious productionTue Dec 30 2014 - 12:03
Review: Sleeping BeautyDazzling pyrotechnics and madcap comedy combine in this glittering productionMon Dec 22 2014 - 15:29
Review: CinderellaCork Academy of Dramatic Art spares no horses in this high octane offeringTue Dec 16 2014 - 17:12
Cork ballet review: The NutcrackerThe partnership of Erina Takahashi as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Jan-Erik Wikstrom as the Prince offers a masterclass in physical dynamicsMon Nov 24 2014 - 18:25
Walking on water from the Playboy to the Táin with the Irish National BalletA weekend forum will celebrate the heady days of the dance company founded by Joan Denise MoriartyMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
Dromana house: keeping it in the family for 800 yearsThe 800th anniversary of the Villiers-Stuart grounding on the banks of the Blackwater in Waterford in 1215 will celebrate one family’s links to Dromana HouseThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
Review: How These Desperate Men TalkEnda Walsh’s new play with Corcadorca melts music and theatre down in a dark metal factoryThu Sept 25 2014 - 11:33
Review: God Bless the ChildA thoroughly enjoyable parcelling of three of Frank O’Connor’s short storiesThu Jul 17 2014 - 15:28
Is that a mouse in the Stations of the Cross?Sculptor Ken Thompson’s work for a Longford cathedral includes some surprisesTue Jul 08 2014 - 01:00
Cork Midsummer is all fangs, food cans and fortsAs the future of the festival hangs in the balance, an appetite for risk may be the best way forwardTue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00
Historic mansion in a pastoral landscapePrivacy with access is often a selling point for country properties and this has bothThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
‘South Pres’ and the legacy of Nano NagleThe 18th-century Cork founder of the Presentation order is to be remembered in a €10 million redevelopment of one of her schools as a major educational and heritage complexThu May 08 2014 - 00:00
Lismore Castle garden gets royal treatmentBees, flower meadows and native fruits are among the plans for Lismore gardens under new head gardener Darren Topps, formerly of Cornwall’s Eden ProjectThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:00
Jane Gardam: tales of unmarried aunts and the outcasts of the colonyNovelist will read from third book of trilogy on characters in colonial administration in Cork this weekTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
