1. Seisiun singing Sing Out Sunday takes over Dublin’s Helix Theatre this weekend for an event never before seen in Ireland, a ‘mass choir get-together’ led by The Voice UK’s vocal coach Mark De-Lisser.

ABOUT 25 children turned up with their teddy bears in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre recently. They wanted to see if their teddy had the X-factor — was he a team player and willing to muck in and tour Ireland with a play supporting Barnardos?

€620,000 is to be spent on developing a number of tourist attractions in Dublin, which are aimed at international visitors.

BROODY, brisk, and bracing, Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest and punchiest tragedy. A new, energetic production of the macabre play is being staged at Smock Alley by Fast Intent theatre company.

There are a couple of distinguishing aspects to Dublin’s largest book festival.

After a four-year hiatus, Dublin songwriter, David Turpin, returns this week with a new album, We Belong Dead. He now trades as The Late David Turpin, a wry nod to the fact that, in late 2011, he briefly lost his heartbeat following a swimming accident.

Opening tonight in Dublin’s Smock Alley theatre, A Hundred Years Ago is a new play by RADE, a social project that helps drug users through immersion in the arts.

It might not be the biggest parade in the world but Dublin is surely one of the best spots to be for the St Patrick’s Day bash.

A warrant has been issued today for the arrest of a 16-year-old girl awaiting sentence for stealing from a man who was offered sex during a “honey-trap”-style theft.

Victoria Mary Clarke and Shane McGowan pictured at Tosca restaurant’s ‘pop-up’ event at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, in aid of Self Help Africa.

A 16-year-old girl has been remanded on bail pending sentence for stealing from a man who was offered sex during a “honey-trap” style theft.

One-man show I Am Martin Sharry explores family life on Inis Oírr,says Richard Fitzpatrick

Pan Pan’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s classic tragedy toys with its title but is otherwise true to his vision, says Pádraic Killeen

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