Conor Mitchell

Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video

Dublin Theatre Festival: Fionnuala Kennedy’s play stays true to the experiences of young people in care

A retrospective celebration of the extraordinary canon of work in just two years

‘No family should have to go through the mental and physical stress, hurt and undermining that we are still going through’

Graham Linehan’s staging of the Ealing comedy features an all-female cast for the first time, but the quality of the performances means tokenism is not an issue

The hedonistic years and a near-death experience took their toll on Marc Almond, but he remains productive and still has a knack for reimagining others’ songs

This production in Belfast demonstrates how illusion works best when wrapped around a good story

Early music was on the agenda at two concerts, while OTC’s ‘Carmen’ was defiantly contemporary