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Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre today announced the cast for the upcoming production of Patrick Kavanagh's poem The Great Hunger.

This October audiences across Ireland and around the world will have a chance to experience a taste of the magic of Wexford Festival Opera at home.

The IndieCork 2020 Festival has been officially launched, and this year's festival will take place both in cinema theatres and online.

LipZinc Theatre has announced their new experimental film Talking Tarot, written and directed by our Artistic Director Tzarini Meyler.

In an attempt to reopen theatre and arts venues in Ireland, the main concern among the National Campaign for the Arts are the entering and leaving of the audience, The Times reports.

Award-winning playwright, Katie Holly, is this year's Cork County Culture Night Ambassador.

Theatres in Northern Ireland will not be reopening on September 1 as recently announced, reports BBC News.

There will be a Dublin Theatre Festival in 2020, on a smaller scale than usual.

Belfast's Grand Opera House was set to reopen in November, but those plans have been delayed due to the health crisis.

As part of an ongoing weekly mini-concert series (in costume) live-streamed from her room in Dublin on Facebook this Saturday August 1, at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00, EST 9:30 AM), Heresy Records' recording artist Caitríona O'Leary (www.

The Everyman, and CADA Performing Arts Academy, have announced that this year's pantomime, Aladdin, will not go ahead as planned due to Covid-19 public safety measures.

In April, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre, created Dear Ireland - a moment for the country to reflect on itself in a time of crisis.

On Saturday July 25, at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00, EST 9:30 AM), Heresy Records' recording artist Caitríona O'Leary (www.

On Saturday July 25, at 2:30 PM Dublin time, recording artist Caitríona O'Leary will perform the 12th installment of 'Unaccompanied', her ongoing weekly mini-concert series (in costume) live-streamed from her room in Dublin on Facebook.

This August, the Abbey Theatre presents the digital premiere of Lisa Tierney-Keogh's This Beautiful Virtual Village - a witty, Zoom-age adaptation of her award-winning play This Beautiful Village (2019).

The Everyman has announced it will re-open, and welcome theatregoers again, on September 15th following a six-month closure due to the Covid-19 public health restrictions issued by the government last March.

Directors of the Abbey Theatre, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, today announced an “extraordinary programme for an extraordinary year”, a bespoke range of theatre projects that audiences can experience in person, or at home, from August 2020.

The producing force behind Cork's highly successful, innovative, and award-winning theatre company, Corcadorca, is leaving for a fresh challenge.

Culture Night 2020 is set to go ahead on Friday September 18th and they are inviting organisations to take part either by holding an event in their local area, or by doing a virtual online event which can be promoted by Culture Night at local and national level.

The last few months has seen a total shut down in live performances but working and planning for when theatres can open up to audiences has continued behind the scenes.

Gaiety Theatre's Christmas panto, Sleeping Beauty, may not go on this year, due to the health crisis and ongoing social distancing requirements.

On Saturday June 27th, at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00, EST 9:30 AM), Heresy Records' recording artist Caitríona O'Leary (www.

The Irish Times has reported on the ways that the BBC has helped theatres in Northern Island make it through the difficult times brought on by the health crisis, specifically Culture in Quarantine.

Wexford Festival Opera today announced that it has taken the difficult decision to reschedule the previously announced artistic programme to October 2021.

On Saturday June 13th, at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00), Heresy Records' recording artist Caitríona O'Leary (www.