Five For Your Radar: The Nutcracker in the Cork Opera House, and Rivals returns

Niall Horan is also hosting a Dinner Party at the 3Arena and CIFF kicks off

Nutcracker features Cork City Ballet's principals, soloists, and full corps de ballet, set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score. Picture: Miki Barlok

Dance: The Nutcracker 

Cork Opera House, Until Saturday, November 7 

Cork City Ballet returns to Cork Opera House with its beloved production of The Nutcracker, taking audiences on a magical journey through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of the Sweets. Directed by Alan Foley with choreography by Yury Demakov, it features Cork City Ballet's principals, soloists, and full corps de ballet, set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score.

TV: The Galway Bay Murders 

RTÉ One and RTÉ Player, Sunday, November 8 

Kate Mulgrew (right) and John Connors (left) star in The Galway Bay Murders.

Created by An Cheathrú Rua writer Eithne Verling, The Galway Bay Murders is a six-part crime drama set against the backdrop of Connemara. When the body of a young woman is discovered on a bog, visiting NYPD detective Nora Savage, played by Star Trek: Voyager star Kate Mulgrew, teams up with local detective Eddie McDonagh (John Connors) to investigate. Also starring Colm Meaney, the series blends a traditional murder mystery with contemporary themes as the case leads into the world of climate activism and rural Galway.

Music: Niall Horan 

3Arena, Dublin, Monday-Friday, November 9-13 

Niall Horan will play Dublin’s 3Arena for four nights.

Former One Direction star Niall Horan makes a triumphant homecoming to Ireland as the Dinner Party Live On Tour rolls on to Dublin’s 3Arena for four nights. There’s something about sharing a table that feels like sharing a future and Dinner Party brings the listener into that experience with warmth, wit and sincerity. Support comes from rising English singer-songwriter Flowerovlove.

Streaming: Rivals 

Disney Plus, Wednesday, November 11 

Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black in Rivals Season 2. Picture: Robert Viglasky Photography

The first six episodes of Rivals season two were released earlier this year and three new episodes — with three more to come — drop on Wednesday. As the return to the scandal and excess of 1987 edges closer, the residents of Rutshire reunite for more revelry, rivalry and romance, but as the stakes ramp-up they must face tragedy, heartbreak, backstabbing, and betrayal head on. Stars David Tennant, Aidan Turner, and Nafessa Williams.

Cinema: Cork International Film Festival 

Various venues, From Friday, November 12 

Lucy Lost.

The 71st edition of CIFF kicks off on Thursday with the opening gala, Lucy Lost, taking place at MTU Cork School of Music at 7pm. Based on the Michael Morpurgo book Listen To The Moon, and set during the First World War, the animated film is a tale of friendship, courage, and belonging. The French film is a musical celebration, with a Q&A with the director Olivier Clert and composer Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen.