Our Arts Editor selects his highlights of the year...

Judy Hegarty Lovett of Gare St Lazare tells Marjorie Brennan about the Corkonian company’s journey into the musical mind of Samuel Beckett.

Ahead of Gare St Lazare Ireland’s world premiere performance of Samuel Beckett’s How It Is in Cork, director Judy Hegarty Lovett addresses the audience, stressing that the Irish writer's original text was a novel, not a play, writes Marjorie Brennan.

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Dominic Moore is an actor and puppeteer from Cork. His one-man show Mr Punch is playing the White Horse in Ballincollig, Co Cork, tonight, and he also has a role in Jack, a new play by Declan Hasset about Jack Lynch, which plays at Ballymaloe Grainstore and the Everyman in March.

As Corcadorca marks 25 years of great theatre in Cork, Pat Kiernan and Enda Walsh tell Alan O’Riordan about the early days, Disco Pigs and what’s happened since

Julie Kelleher, from Carrigaline, Co Cork, is the artistic director at the Everyman Theatre, as well as being a theatre director. She is producing an upcoming production of Juno and the Paycock at the Everyman Theatre, running from February 10–20.

INTERNATIONALLY renowned for their interpretations of Samuel Beckett, Conor Lovett and his wife, Judy Hegarty, of Gare St Lazare, will be giving workshops to theatre practitioners at Cork’s Everyman on November 17.

Being mistaken for a pornographer and visiting a Chinese military facility were all part of the preparation for a John Gerrard piece that forms part of a fascinating exhibition at the Glucksman, writes Colette Sheridan

Louis Lovett brings a touch of Beckett to his play for young people, writes Colette Sheridan.

Everyman, Cork

Conor Lovett is performing a work by a contemporary American playwright for his new show, writes Colette Sheridan.

MARQUEE REPORT: Over the next week performers at Live at the Marquee in Cork include the Coronas (tonight), Nathan Carter (Sunday), Bob Dylan (Monday) and Tom Jones (Thursday).

Actor, director and producer Julie Kelleher is relishing the challenge of taking the helm at the Everyman Theatre, writes Colette Sheridan

Theatre: The Threepenny Opera

Versatility in the performing arts is essential in the current economic climate, says Chris Ahern, head of the performing arts department at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa (CSN) in Cork.

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

A Cork husband and wife are proving a big hit with New York audiences and critics for their latest off-Broadway performance.

The Gare St Lazare Players bring their unique adaptations of the Nobel Laureate’s work to Cork for St Patrick’s weekend, says Colette Sheridan

The Gare St Lazare Players have brought their take on Moby Dick to its home town of New Bedford, says Gerry McCarthy

Pulitzer Prize nominee Will Eno suggested collaboration with Cork actor and Beckett interpreter Conor Lovett, says Richard Fitzpatrick

COMEDY genius Tommy Tiernan will stage a unique night of storytelling and comedy in one of the highlights of an arts festival in west Cork.