IRELAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 49

“Nothing happens,” thunders Estragon, “nobody comes, nobody goes – it's awful!” We are, of course, in the existential nowhere of Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett's modern masterpiece, which flings metaphysical anguish up against slapstick comedy.

Fresh from co-writing the musical play Lazarus with David Bowie, the awards-laden Irish dramatist Enda Walsh presents the world premiere of his latest work: Arlington [a love story].

Diary of a Madman is a brand new adaptation of Gogol's classic story by Al Smith, reimagined in contemporary Scotland.

Four local men gather in a forgotten pub in a remote part of Ireland and attempt to impress an outsider, a young woman newly-arrived to the area, with their ghost stories, but she delivers a haunting story of loss that devastates them.

?On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

On the 50th anniversary of the death of the acclaimed Irish short story writer Frank O'Connor, God Bless the Child fuses three of his works into a largely successful stage adaptation.

Soprano Rita Lynch (1914 - 2009) is back in the Big Apple.

Rosemary Jenkinson's new play traces the 50th and 100th anniversaries of the 1916 Rising in Northern Ireland.

Leading Irish writers of today try to get inside the heads of the 1916 rebels.

Pan Pan's production of Samuel Beckett's radio play makes for a beautiful but mysterious promenade.

A shabby boarding house in a small English seaside town.

 Blue Raincoat, Ireland's longest running theatre ensemble are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a diverse programme of work which will take them from their native Sligo to New York and Barcelona, performing in the company's myriad theatrical styles.

The foundations of Ulster Loyalism may be shakier than ever but in David Ireland's dark comedy that doesn't come without its sympathies.

Egyptian Soprano, Fatma Said was announced winner of the 8th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition at the National Concert Hall last night.

With the curtain about to go up this evening on Druid's much-loved production of Big Maggie at The Gaiety Theatre, the company announced an exciting programme of work for 2016.

Casting has been announced for the Music & Lyrics Limited and West Yorkshire Playhouse production of the much-loved Sherman Brothers musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.

Rochestown Park Hotel will play host to a “Starry Starry Night”.

A January 'Gathering' of young and old, from communities all over Cork and beyond who love to dance, will take to the floor in City Hall, to the 'Savoy Hotel' style music of Evelyn Grant and the Cork Pops Orchestra.

BroadwayWorld.

Christmas tradition in Cork is now firmly established with a visit to the Cork Youth Orchestra's annual Christmas Concert during the run up to Christmas.

For the first time in its 160-year history the Cork Opera House is producing its annual Christmas Panto without a live orchestra.

Christmas tradition in Cork is now firmly established with a visit to the Cork Youth Orchestra's annual Christmas Concert during the run up to Christmas.

The first UK tour of the worldwide smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will come to Edinburgh Playhouse in 2016.