Riverdance producers set sail with pirate musical

The pair behind multi-million euro show Riverdance are preparing to make their maiden voyage with a new big-budget musical production based on the life of 16th Century Irish pirate Grace O’Malley.

Final rehearsals of the The Pirate Queen are underway in Dublin before Moya Doherty and John McColgan set off for the United States where it will premiere in Chicago in October.