#performance-arts

#performance-arts

The Grange Festival is an innovative opera festival offering a diverse line-up, including Verdi's La Traviata and a hip-hop version of Rameau's Les Indes galantes.

Comedian Pat Shortt reflects that the pressure of the Leaving Cert exams shaped his early life decisions, emphasizing the importance of experiential learning over academic stress.

"The play takes place in the living room of The Cloisters, a homey sanitarium where three evil stepchildren...have placed their wealthy widowed stepmother, Ethel Savage..."

I associated the circus more with a combination of awe and fear than laughter and conviviality, shaped by childhood memories and Wim Wenders' poignant film.

"I've done so much TV, I've done so much performance, I've done so many different shows and things like that before and Drag Race was just unlike anything I'd experienced."

"This year's Fertile Ground festival embraces the unpredictability of showcasing local talent, featuring a diverse array of productions that invite creativity and community involvement."

"We'll always say, 'Have you seen a magician before?' and when they say yes we'll go, 'It was a man, wasn't it!' Rahill laughs. "That's not us doing magic it's because if it was in Ireland, then it definitely WAS a man they saw, if it wasn't us!" This highlights the historical male dominance in magic, reflecting the unique perspective female magicians bring to the art form."