Culture 5 - must-see shows for the family this Christmas Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm Culture 5 • 24 Nov
Something For The Weekend: Monica Loughman's cultural picks Ballerina Monica Loughman is the special guest at the RTÉ Concert Orchestra's night of Classic Ballet Music on Thursday 30th November at the NCH, presented … Something For The Weekend • 22 Nov
The Perfect Immigrant: Samuel Yakura on his artistic journey 'I hope by telling this story it will encourage more minority voices onto Irish stages...' Theatre • 21 Nov
The story of the secret theatre buried under Dublin's Busáras The Eblana theatre ensured the capital city's main bus station was also a busy cultural and social space for many decades History • 22 Nov
Man of spiel - Clare Monnelly on her play Super-Bogger 'A few years ago, my husband, the actor and director Aaron Monaghan, came to me with the idea of putting Ireland's first superhero on stage...' Theatre • 20 Nov
Weighing in - choreographer Luca Truffarelli gets heavy Creator and choreographer Luca Truffarelli introduces his immersive new dance work The Weight Dance • 06 Nov
Wexford Festival Opera - watch L'Aube rouge For this year's Wexford Festival Opera, watch L'Aube rouge by Camille Erlanger live from Wexford Opera House Opera • 04 Nov
Failing better: Katie Honan on How To Fall Flat On Your Face Playwright and performer Katie Honan introduces her play How To Fall Flat On Your Face, which comes to Dublin's Project Arts Centre this month. Theatre • 02 Nov
Wexford Festival Opera - watch La Ciociara (Two Women) For this year's Wexford Festival Opera, watch La Ciociara (Two Women) by Marco Tutino live from Wexford Opera House. Opera • 31 Oct
Wexford Festival Opera - watch Zoraida de Granata A modern premiere, Zoraida di Granata follows the experience of a woman drawn into war against her will, in a battle to save her love... Wexford Opera Festival • 31 Oct
Cry Wolf: Macnas on their wild new Halloween parade The mighty Macnas will reclaim the streets of their native Galway and Dublin city this Halloween with their first parade in four years. Festivals • 24 Oct
Magic on a Winter's Night: The Lyric Feature goes to the opera An official selection at this year's Tribeca Festival in New York and now airing for Irish audiences, this week's Lyric Feature goes behind the scenes … The Lyric Feature • 23 Oct
Meet Oddy Sherwin - an unsung hero of Dublin theatre celebrated Everyone needs a man with a van. And Oddy's your man. But who is Oddy Sherwin? Theatre • 18 Oct
Soprano Sarah Luttrell on Wexford's young artist programme Ahead of this year's festival, mezzo-soprano Sarah Luttrell introduces the Wexford Factory programme for emerging talent at Wexford Festival Opera. Opera • 12 Oct
Something For The Weekend: Venetia Bowe's cultural picks Venetia Bowe is an actress and theatremaker from Dublin. Something For The Weekend • 11 Oct
Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry: Xnthony on his hit musical Performance artist Xnthony introduces his acclaimed pop musical, Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry, a wickedly funny exploration of English colonialism in Ireland, which takes … Theatre • 10 Oct
Wexford Festival Opera to stream live via RTÉ Culture & lyric FM Wexford Festival Opera and RTÉ will once again join forces to bring the magic of Wexford Festival Opera to audiences at home and abroad, with … Opera • 25 Oct
Garry Hynes named best director at UK Theatre Awards Druid co-founder and artistic director Garry Hynes has won the Best Director award at the 2023 UK Theatre Awards for DruidO'Casey, the company's production of … Theatre • 09 Oct
A Coat of Many Colours: Colm Ó Briain remembered We present an extract from A Coat of Many Colours, a new collection of essays celebrating the life and work of the late Colm Ó … Books • 06 Oct
Dealing with the devil - inside Irish National Opera's Faust Acclaimed director Jack Furness makes his Irish National Opera (INO) debut this month with a new production of Faust for the Dublin Theatre Festival. Opera • 03 Oct
In the Fires of Rebellion and War - talking Sean O'Casey Garry Hynes, Druid's Artistic Director and director of DruidO'Casey, sat down with journalist and author Fintan O'Toole to discuss the life and works of playwright … In Conversation • 05 Oct
The Loved Ones: RTÉ Arena on the Gate's Theatre Festival premiere In The Loved Ones, Erica Murray's new play, three women are thrown together by force of circumstance – all linked by one man, Robin, who … Theatre • 04 Oct
Bringing the smell of the bog to the Dublin Theatre Festival Theatremaker Luke Casserly introduces Distillation, which premieres at the Goethe-Institut Ireland this month as part of the 2023 Dublin Theatre Festival. Theatre • 04 Oct
Island life: Róisín Stack explores the geography of the self Three years ago, writer Róisín Stack set out to explore woman's tireless pursuit of alone time – the result is her new solo show, No … Theatre • 03 Oct
Remembering Michael Gambon on RTÉ Arena Famed actor and Cabra born Irishman Michael Gambon has died, he was 82 - RTÉ Arena remembers an acting giant above. RTÉ Arena • 30 Sep
