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Here’s our round-up of cultural showcases to catch this year, from TradFest and Electric Picnic to West Cork Literary Festival and more
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From Brigit and Dublin Lunar New Year to Culture Night, Space Week and Cork Jazz Festival, here’s our round-up of cultural showcases to catch this year
International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2023: Johnnie Walker’s Heterosexuals is comic genius
Plus Standing in the Shadows of Giants, a powerful semi-autobiographical story from Lucie Barât that is dogged by technical issues
International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2023: Connor O’Donoghue’s Homobesity is honest, open and hilarious
Plus The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck: It’s meant to be chaotic, but it’s plain confusing, too
What Doesn’t Kill You is heartwarming but Quilt is disjointed
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Amanda Brunker’s Curiosity and Brian Merriman’s Straight Acting kick off the festival
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