Dancehall Blues: Dark odyssey oscillates between 20th-century Europe and the post-Covid era
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Dance: David Bolger and his company turn events and people from Irish political and social history into a layered overview of 100 years of the Republic
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‘That’s the job for the choreographer: read the room and keep everyone involved’ – David Bolger on 30 years of CoisCéím
The dance company’s artistic director has drawn audiences by focusing on pure drama. But he has also paired visceral movement with conceptual ballast
CoisCéim’s Bench: ‘There are so many characters from the canal making their way into the piece’
Jessie Thompson and Favour Odusola hope their solos by the Grand and Royal Canals next week will encourage passersby to pause and reflect
The Piece with the Drums: David Bolger’s CoisCéim show is immediate, endearing and subtle
The jazz drummer Conor Guilfoyle’s jittery beats set the dancer Alex O’Neill convulsing around the dance floor
Richard Weber: An acclaimed Irish poet who suddenly went silent
Obituary: The Dublin man was predicted to be ‘one of the significant poets of his generation’
‘When I came to Ireland, I suddenly realised maybe I was gay’
Carlos Gonzalez, from Venezuela, feels he can be 100% himself in Ireland
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‘Níth naoi n-aoi’, ní ‘Nigh ní naí’: Irish made fun, if not exactly easy
When Rossa Ó Snodaigh is not playing with his band Kíla, he is playing with the Irish language. His latest effort is an Irish homophone dictionary – check out the phrases
Culture Shock: Children’s theatre is far from child’s play – so why overlook it?
‘Bees!’ and the rest of the Ark’s family season matched the quality of anything else at Dublin Theatre Festival this year, yet the media largely ignored them
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