The Irish Times

Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivals

Events from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating online

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 06:00

Ireland.ie website showcasing Irish creativity launched

Kenny highlights initiative on Irish culture while in Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day visit

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 18:43

Fintan O’Toole’s cultural highlights: ‘A great year for the elderly’

Culture review 2016: Seanad National Museum land grab shows depths of philistinism in our political culture

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 09:27

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

Fri Oct 21 2016 - 16:07

Going out: The best of what’s on this week

A round-up of the best nights out across the country

Sun Mar 20 2016 - 17:00

Ten things we learned at the Theatre of Change Symposium

Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey

Sat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00

Abbey’s Theatre of Change opens with the body politic

The three-day conference launches the theatre’s Waking the Nation programme

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 18:53

People to watch in 2016: Arts

There's a nod to visual art, the stage, and even a robot-themed 3D printing company in Gemma Tipton's selection of people to watch in the arts this year

Sat Jan 09 2016 - 00:00

Easter Rising international commemoration programme unveiled

London, Paris, New York and Buenos Aires among cities where events will take place

Mon Jun 29 2015 - 17:48

Dance in Dublin’s docklands sees potential amid the dereliction

In Mind Your Step, choreographers and dance artists will stage four works along a walking trail in the docklands, highlighting the ‘eerie mix of old, new and stunted’ in the built environment

Wed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00

Taking literature in Irish out of the Gaelic ghetto

Bob Marley agus Bob Dylan as Gaeilge? Liam Carson, director of the IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival, which starts this Thursday, explains how it seeks to place the Irish language and its literature at the heart of public life within a modern, energetic and multicultural framework

Mon Oct 06 2014 - 12:04

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

Taking off: Belfast Festival shows signs of a revival

A lack of continuity at the top has hurt the festival in recent years, but new man Richard Wakely has made a good start

Tue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00

Dublin Dance Festival: Under the skin

Fearghus Ó Conchúir lets his body do the talking in his new performance for Dublin Dance Festival

Sat May 18 2013 - 07:00

The naked truth about dance

In Greek mythology, the gods were depicted nude to show their higher status, but these days little inflames indignation like the sight of the naked human body. For some artists, and dancers in particular, it’s an essential, everyday part of their work

Tue May 14 2013 - 02:00