As the Ballydehob-based Fit-Up Theatre Festival gets ready to visit local towns and islands, Louise Roseingrave hears about the genesis of Ireland’s most unique - and lengthy - theatre festival.

The tradition of travelling theatrical troupes has been revived in Cork, writes Jo Kerrigan

BEANIES and bling are not a grand-mother “thing” but then neither is rap or hip hop – unless it’s a granny with fire in her belly who’s undergone a successful hip op.