After the Andalusian Carmen at the RDS, kick up your heels, flamenco-style, and shake off any stiff or starchy notions you may still have about sherry. It's stylish, elegant, vibrant as southern Spain . . . and utterly exquisite if you choose Emilio Lustau Puerto Fino (Mitchells, some Superquinns and SuperValus and many good independent off-licences, half bottles usually £5.99; also Direct Wine Shipments, Belfast).
After the Italian Julius Caesar in Trinity's Samuel Beckett Theatre, you could choose Rome's local white, Frascati . . . but with the weather turning chilly, why not move east for a lovely, full-bodied Italian red with that classic bitter cherry twist in the finish, Barone Cornacchia Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 1996 (Searsons, £6.85, also Old Orchard Rathfarnham, Karwigs Cork and some other outlets).