THE play Lippy was a cult hit when it first appeared, briefly, at the Dublin Fringe Festival, in 2013. It won best production at the Irish theatre awards that year (disclosure: this writer was one of the judges).

Theatre: The Improvised Panto - Half Moon Theatre, Cork

THE sun has set on another Dublin Fringe Festival and on the five-year tenure of its artistic director, Róise Goan. She should be proud of the performing arts festival, even if this year it was hit-and-miss.

Next week’s Fringe will be Róise Goan’s last as director. She has helped make the festival the spiritual home of contemporary performance, says Pádraic Killeen