Master Class: An Audience with Maria Callas – The infuriating genius of an opera legend
Theatre: Caitríona Ní Mhurchú gives a sharp performance while Conor Hanratty’s intelligent direction allows for seamless retreats into the past
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‘It’s a good brassy broad of a part’: Maria Callas’s Juilliard masterclasses get an Irish staging
The star’s New York classes inspired Terrence McNally to write his Tony-winning play. Caitríona Ní Mhurchú brings the soprano to life in a new Dublin staging
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: A different take on Romeo and Juliet
Wexford Festival Opera: A young cast takes on Bellini’s challenging music
Wexford Festival Opera: Curtain up on a historic 70th year
Director Rosetta Cucchi is looking forward to anniversary celebrations after a tough lockdown
All the world is a van: Shakespeare in a time of Covid
King Lear in a Van is a clever way of bringing theatre and drama to the masses
95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals
By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more
Elaine Agnew’s hopes still afloat for Paper Boat opera
Composer’s Galway 2020 community project postponed twice during pandemic
‘Always be beautiful. Always be dynamic. Always be welcoming’
A Japanese mentor helped to inspire Conor Hanratty’s online short play War Paint
Lockdown listening: the 10 best education podcasts you should check out
Our pick of the best podcasts ranging from Hamlet and PE to science and biodiversity
Event of the week: To Hell in a Handbag
Like the Oscar Wilde play that inspired it, To Hell in a Handbag imagines characters spinning complicated, comic fictions that bend reality to their will
Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’
Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productions
The Stalls review: original, confident and hilarious
Skilful skewering as opera ensemble shows audience exactly what it’s like
‘We were all country convent girls’: the friends who changed my life
Mary Wilson, Vogue Williams and others talk about the friendships they can’t do without
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
First Look: Is Dublin’s newest tourist attraction any good?
Vaults Live takes visitors on a hilarious and gruesome journey through Irish history
'Leap of faith’ move to RDS Leinster's best decision
Mick Dawson hoping side can benefit soon from proposed €30m upgrade to RDS
Dublin Fringe Festival: our guide to the best of the weekend
Here is our selection of the best shows opening this weekend, and the best productions still running that we've seen so far
Nymphs, shepherds and monsters in a rural Irish bar
‘Acis and Galatea’ has had its action propped up in a very Irish setting
Opera in Belfast: A canter through 500 years of history, set in a deconsecrated church
Sung in the city’s unmistakable twang, ‘Long Story Short: The Belfast Opera’ is fresh, contemporary and slightly daring
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Small Business Inside Track Q&A Keira and Dairine Kennedy, KDK Scarves
Classical Music: The odd imbalance of ‘Ten Thousand Miles Away’, and the place of period performance
The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s collaborative concert was strong on Irish writers but weak on our composers
Juan Diego Flórez, it’s good to have you back
The downside to seeing the tenor’s NCH appearance was that I missed an apparently great Wexford production
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