Much Ado About Nothing. Image, uncredited.**The second of two pocket operas celebrating Irish composers at Wexford Festival ...

As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, Wexford Festival Opera invited the public to vote for one opera they’d like to see staged as part of this year’s festival. Their choice, surprising to ...

Leyla Gu and dancers in Iris. Image, Padraig Grant**** When it comes to opera, who’d want to be a woman? It so rarely ends ...

Liz FitzGibbon and Manus Halligan in Animals. Image, Ros Kavanagh**** Talk about contentious. For acolytes, Animals is the ...

Derbhle Crotty in visions by Eoghan Quinn. Image Patricio Cassinoni** A hallmark of Dublin Theatre Festival 2026 has been ...

Sharon Carty in Testament. Image, Pat Redmond *** Talk about life imitating art. Gathered outside the Gaiety Theatre for the ...

The Rose of Castile. Image uncredited.*****It might be a 19th-century opera, but under Heather Hadrill’s excellent direction, ...