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Colette Sheridan pays tribute to the late musical director and legend of Irish theatre, Bryan Flynn.

Live music: The Blades - The Olympia, Dublin

JOHN O’BRIEN is one of the key people behind what might be Cork’s golden age of opera and musical theatre.

A fast-moving contemporary tale that promises to have audiences at the edge of their seats is opening tonight in Cork.

Musical theatre director Bryan Flynn’s ten years of directing the Cork Opera House’s biggest productions will be marked on Saturday in a tribute show entitled Hey, Mr Director!.

The success of The Sound of Music has ensured its return to Cork Opera House, Colette Sheridan reports

What I do: Actor/Singer

Founder Eileen Nolan is still at the helm of the Montfort College of Performing Arts as it launches its new HQ, says Colette Sheridan

A sell-out smash-hit summer musical has helped secure the financial future of Cork Opera House for the first time in almost two years.

AN AURAL and visual treat is what director Bryan Flynn is promising audiences with his production of The Sound of Music at the Cork Opera House.

HE’D never heard of “panto” until he arrived in Ireland, but Argentinean actor Marcus Bale will be wowing audiences playing a domestic appliance with a French accent this Christmas — and loving every minute of it.

It's back to business for companies across the country today - with some areas still facing disruption to water services.

THE latest Cork Operatic Society production comes with a health warning — the show is definitely not suitable for under 16s.

Lawyers for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were in court today in their child custody battle after the pop star was admitted to hospital in a bizarre incident that brought police and paramedics to her home.

US celebrity couple Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached a settlement over child custody and finances in their divorce, a spokesman for Federline’s lawyer said.

US celebrity couple Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached a settlement over child custody and finances in their divorce, a spokesman for Federline’s lawyer said.

Aspiring rapper Kevin Federline is seeking sole custody of his two children with Britney Spears, because he hasn't known the location of the young boys since the singer filed for divorce.

A day after Britney Spears asked for a divorce, her husband Kevin Federline filed court papers seeking sole custody of the couple’s two children.

Britney Spears is to divorce her husband, it was announced yesterday.

He can hop on couches, denounce psychiatry and pooh-pooh postpartum depression - and his supernova Hollywood heat doesn’t cool a whit.

THE youngest son of Oscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas has been found dead in a New York apartment building.

The youngest son of Oscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas (pictured) has been found dead inside a New York apartment building, police said.

The 14-year-old boy accusing Michael Jackson of molestation testified before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case, a source close to the case said in Santa Barbara, California.

A bumbling attempt to scare a newspaper reporter off a story last year has mushroomed into an FBI probe that has left some of Hollywood’s elite wondering if their phones were illegally tapped.