Michael Keegan-Dolan

‘It takes nine months to make a baby, and nine months to recover’

In conversation: James Earley, artist, and Nollaig Healy, festival director

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00

Tracy Ryan: On My Culture Radar

The theatre director on returning to the source for ‘Trainspotting’ and why Maxine Peake is an inspiration

Sat May 05 2018 - 05:00

Theatre of the week: Swan Lake reimagined and the Gregory deal remembered

Birds of a feather flock to the theatre this week

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 05:00

Irish adaption of ‘Swan Lake’ among highlights of Clonmel Junction Festival

Music and theatre lovers well catered for with eclectic mix at popular Tipperary event

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 17:52

Swan Lake makes its theatrical return at Clonmel Junction Festival

The dance show was one of the theatrical highlights of 2016

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41

Jean Butler: ‘It’s very exposing for both of us’

Her new work, with musician Neil Martin, is designed as a conversation between music and dance and sees her going back to her roots

Mon Feb 06 2017 - 05:00

Voting closes at midnight in the Audience Choice Theatre Award

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards has one public vote category. And now is your last chance to have your say

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 14:00

‘We can’t keep funding productions and not the time for their development’

The ‘Irish Times’ IrishTheatre Awards judges have been impressed by the sector's strength in depth but concerned about the effect of funding cuts

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 05:00

Your favourite artwork from 2016

To celebrate the close of the Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks series we asked you to pick your favourite artwork of last year

Mon Jan 09 2017 - 14:30

Fintan O’Toole’s cultural highlights: ‘A great year for the elderly’

Culture review 2016: Seanad National Museum land grab shows depths of philistinism in our political culture

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 09:27

Culture Shock: Sparks fly in ‘Swan Lake/Loch na hEala’ and ‘These Rooms’

Dublin Theatre Festival is staging thrilling blends of dance and drama by Michael Keegan-Dolan, Anu and CoisCéim

Fri Oct 07 2016 - 15:23

Swan Lake review: Humour in the darkness, beauty among the ruin

Dublin Theatre Festival: Mikel Murfi takes multiple roles in Michael Keegan Dolan majestic retelling of the classic story-ballet

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 09:00

How Olwen Fouéré conquered Beckett’s memory challenge

The actor continues her performances of notoriously tricky Irish prose works with Beckett’s Lessness, which comprises 60 sentences apparently chosen at random

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 04:35

Three become one – and dance lovers get a trio of premieres

Three companies – Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Liz Roche Dance Company and CoisCéim Dance Theatre – are touring new work together. Is it an act that other arts sectors could or should follow?

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00

Summoning the spirit of the spring

The dancers take centre stage in this Fabulous Beast take on Stravinsky’s work – to terrific effect

Tue Jul 16 2013 - 12:45

Bringing the Irish Beast to bear on a Russian masterpiece

Michael Keegan-Dolan and his dance company Fabulous Beast brought an epic vision to ‘Giselle’. Now he is taking on Stravinsky

Wed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00

The naked truth about dance

In Greek mythology, the gods were depicted nude to show their higher status, but these days little inflames indignation like the sight of the naked human body. For some artists, and dancers in particular, it’s an essential, everyday part of their work

Tue May 14 2013 - 02:00

Dublin Dance Festival’s opening night shows the rite way to do it

Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography became a victim of the success of the music in Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. A century later, choreographers are still trying to get to grips with the dance