The Irish Times

Woman Undone review: Mary Coughlan’s acts of creation and destruction

The singer’s unconventional collaboration with Brokentalkers makes an unsettling art of suffering

Mon Nov 19 2018 - 15:25

Orfeo ed Euridice: An opera of intense, crisp energy

Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 16:00

Surfeit of sopranos: This week’s classical highlights

Sharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this week

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00

The pick of this week’s theatre

This week’s theatre highlights all involve stories that need to be heard, and those who are either literally and figuratively deaf to them

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00

Going out or staying in? The best shows, exhibitions and TV to see this weekend

City of London Sinfonia at the NCH, ‘This Beach’ revived from Fringe, BBC’s ‘Howards End’

Fri Nov 10 2017 - 17:28

Talking won’t always help war-trauma victims. But dance might

Tom Clonan joins a cast of dancers who are finding new ways to describe the brutality of war

Mon Sept 11 2017 - 06:00

Swan Lake review: Humour in the darkness, beauty among the ruin

Dublin Theatre Festival: Mikel Murfi takes multiple roles in Michael Keegan Dolan majestic retelling of the classic story-ballet

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 09:00

Dublin Fringe begins: reviews from the opening weekend

The opening weekend of the Fringe festival bursts into life with disturbing future visions and exhilarating burlesque

Mon Sept 12 2016 - 14:00

Review: Sive

As the Abbey revisits John B Keane’s tragedy of lust and lucre, is it safe to go back into the kitchen?

Mon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00

Dusk Ahead

There is a simplicity of setting and a purity of concept in this brooding dance show

Wed Oct 02 2013 - 12:00

Dancing in the dark: Junk Ensemble brings on the blindfolds

‘Dusk Ahead’ asks its dancers to step into the unknown – ‘they genuinely don’t know what is ahead’

Mon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00