Louis Lovett returns to his native Cork with the classic operatic take on the story of Hansel and Gretel, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Opera will be to the fore in the list of top-class entertainment by the Everyman after the Cork theatre unveiled its spring and early summer schedule.

Continuing today are Siamsa Tire’s What the Folk?, Dylan Tighe’s Record at the Half Moon Theatre and Ronan Leonard’s Adventures of a Music Nerd at the Crane Lane.

Colette Sheridan talks to Louis Lovett about his hit show The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly

A one-man play created to entertain Irish children has been selected for a prestigious international event.