With Sharon Shannon, The Waterboys, Brendan Boyer, Damien Dempsey and now the city’s own O Emperor on the bill, an anticipated...
Theatre
Andy Cummins
Andy Cummins
It was great to see another Waterford man Andy Cummins, share an Irish Times nomination for the project Theatre Upstairs with...
Review: The Tinker’s Curse
Review: The Tinker’s Curse
Michael Harding brought his acclaimed one-man show plus musician to Garter lane and The Tinker’s Curse lived up to expectation...
Review: The Glass
Review: The Glass
As part of the gathering interest in the new play The Glass, written by theatre designer Paul Barry, I went along to a rehearsal...
Review: Portlaw Panto
Review: Portlaw Panto
The Portlaw Musical Society hit the high notes with a colourful, funny and fast-paced panto that delighted the first night...
Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan
Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan
Vanes Hyde, the Lismore-based Actress stole the show in the Everyman Palace, Cork’s production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady...
Portlaw’s 31st pantomime set for Premier Hall run
Portlaw’s 31st pantomime set for Premier Hall run
The team behind Portlaw Musical Society’s annual pantomime are busily applying the final touches to ‘Cinderella’, their 31st...
Review: Humpty Dumpty
Review: Humpty Dumpty
It was a real treat to see the panto Humpty Dumpty performed at St Michael’s Theatre by the venerable New Ross Pantomime Society...
Comment: Amateur’s Unite
Comment: Amateur’s Unite
Five amateur theatre and musical societies in Chelmsford have united in an attempt to take over the management of the town’s...
Review: Allegro
Review: Allegro
The 1940’s and 50’s were seen as the Golden Age of the musical and central to that fame were the combined talents of Rodgers...
Drowsy Chaperone
Drowsy Chaperone
New ideas abound in New Ross and in February the New Ross Musical Society will stage an Irish premiere of the Drowsy Chaperone,...
Exciting plans for 2011
Exciting plans for 2011
Arts organisations have to look forward and make plans despite any further fears of recession, cold breeze or blast of change,...
