Love Songs review: Sorrow, loss and ambiguity
Dance: Philip Connaughton’s confidence in the power of his artform is justified by the result
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Is this the Eurovision winner? Dara Ó Briain and, er, Russell Crowe love it
Think about Things, Iceland’s 2020 entry, is a synth-pop earworm that’s going viral
The Nightingale and the Rose review: An opera that rescues Oscar Wilde from whimsy
John O’Brien’s adaptation of the writer’s short story glows with colour and surprise
Assisted Solo review: Humorous, clever dance theatre
Dublin Fringe Festival: Philip Connaughton celebrates his dementia-affected mother
Dublin Fringe Festival: What should I see this year?
The 2018 event includes productions on shame, fatherhood and an Aer Lingus hijacking
The Wizard of Oz: Joyful production blazes with power of original
Review: Engaging principal performers takes ownership of material at Cork Opera House
Annie review: The sun comes out as we drink our tears
A lavish, pitch-perfect production with a patina of pathos
Dublin Dance Festival: Striptease, Extraterrestrial Events, Deep Dish and Displacement
In a world of where trust in truthful speech is decaying, how much truth resides in the body?
Dublin Dance Festival to hold mirror to our ‘obscene’ times
Dancers from 11 countries to perform in 40 events over 10-day programme
Jean Butler: ‘It’s very exposing for both of us’
Her new work, with musician Neil Martin, is designed as a conversation between music and dance and sees her going back to her roots
John Scott: ‘I’m still stimulated, inspired and angry with what is happening in the world’
For 25 years John Scott has been at the forefront of Irish dance. When it comes to making work, ‘All I need from a dancer is an open mind and generous spirit’
Butterflies and Bones review: blood and thunder
Roger Casement is (again) centre stage, but this time it’s the dance world that’s exploring the many facets of his life
Tipperary becomes the centre of the dance world for six days
Tipperary Dance Project will bring a week-long flurry of international dance activity to the town
A devilish new plan for Faust at the Everyman
Director-conductor John O’Brien has taken an adventurous approach
Review: Neither Either
Liz Roche Company’s latest collaboration with Maiden Voyage Dance takes a tumble with the words of Seamus Heaney
A dance that bears Seamus Heaney’s ‘strain of being in two places at once’
A North-South co-production by Liz Roche and Nicola Curry is inspired by Heaney’s ideas about displacement
Review: Tardigrade
Interesting fact: Taridgrades can suspend their metabolism for up to 10 years. Expect this show to similarly ensnare your attention
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Tardigrade: Keeping the audience on their toes with a riot of colour and movement
Video screens, singers in stilettos, a team of dancers and a lot of body paint: mind your steps at ‘Tardigrade’, Philip Connaughton’s latest work
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