Place: Bord Gais Theatre

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Beleaguered Cork event centre still viable, insists Tánaiste

The beleaguered Cork event centre project is still viable, the Tánaiste has insisted, despite the Covid-19 pandemic forcing its proposed operators to slash global expenditure by $500m.

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Irish fans remember Elvis Presley 40 years after his death

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The Hot 100: The big tickets for the season ahead

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Here’s what’s lined-up in The Bord Gáis Theatre for 2017

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10 of the best opera and classical events this year

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While it is still very much the preserve of little girls, ballet is for the boys too

Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley won’t let constant pain dull his optimism

After 20 years as the Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley lives with constant searing pain, but as a “hopeless optimist”, he will not and cannot let his mind dwell on it for a second.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

A question of taste - Nora Callanan

Nora Callanan was raised in Dripsey but now lives in Monkstown, Co Cork. She is the director of the Cork French Film Festival and president of Alliance Francaise de Cork. The film festival runs from March 6-13. corkfrenchfilmfestival.com

Thu, 25 Feb, 2016

Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oklahoma! is heading on tour in Ireland

Jo Kerrigan explores the dark side of the much-loved musical, Oklahoma!, in advance of its Irish run.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

One Man, Two Guvnors is a fast, funny and furious farce

THE National Theatre’s comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, currently on its biggest-ever tour, will reach Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre next week. If ever you needed a tonic to lift the gloom of winter, then this is most certainly it.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2014

Rebecca Storm is older, wiser and perfect for the part of Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers

Rebecca Storm is back in Blood Brothers, the show which made her famous, says Jo Kerrigan.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2014

Bord Gáis Theatre takes centre stage

THE show must go on — and the venue must go.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2014

The ABC of murder mysteries

Agatha Christie’s popularity is due to a combination no other mystery writer mastered, Declan Burke discovers.

Wed, 25 Jun, 2014

Gatling gun a godsend for horses?

Jo Kerrigan’s recent article on War Horse prompted me to go and see the play. The plot concerns a foal named Joey and Albert, the youth who owns and loves him.

Mon, 07 Apr, 2014

Dublin City hotel is ‘inn’ demand for €9m

A Dublin City centre hotel, which previously traded as a Holiday Inn, is for sale for €9m.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2014

The best international arts events of 2014

GIVEN the weather we’ve been enduring here lately, you have to envy the Australian lifestyle. They can plan open air events with confidence, and if you were thinking of celebrating the first months of 2014 down under, then Sydney is the place to head for, where on Feb 1 you can enjoy Opera in the Domain free.

Tue, 07 Jan, 2014

Dee’s computer skills the stuff of digital legend

Dee Devereux, a former Wexford Federation president and treasurer, was nominated for a Silver Surfer award in the most recent competition.

Thu, 02 Jan, 2014

Dancing queens

TWO drag queens and a transsexual, in a battered bus named Priscilla, are the principals of Dublin’s Bord Gais Theatre’s new show, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical version of the 1994 movie of the same name.

Mon, 14 Oct, 2013

Dream voyage with fiddle tunes and flamenco dance

NOBODY can forget that heartstopping seven minutes during Eurovision 1994 when Ireland, quite suddenly, became the centre of the cultural universe. None of us, indeed, could have predicted what would swirl upwards and outwards from that brief entr’acte. But it happened, and a legend was born.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2013

Lion King's arrival displays Disney’s animal instincts