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President Higgins Releases first video from upcoming debut album

The debut video from President Michael D. Higgins' forthcoming spoken word album Against All Certainty has been released.

Music • 25 Jul

All day, and all of the night: Eileen Walsh

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Culture 5 • 13 Jun

Operating Theatre (AKA Olwen Fouéré and Roger Doyle) return for this year's Musictown festival

Operating Theatre: Roger Doyle & Olwen Fouéré reunite 20 years on

Widely regarded as the godfather of Irish electronic music, composer Roger Doyle returns to his roots with the revival of Operating Theatre for MusicTown 2025...

Music • 27 May

The President: Hugo Weaving and Olwen Fouéré's new play reviewed

Apparently Thomas Bernhard left one of his own plays early and when he was retrieving his coat from the cloakroom the attendant said to him, "You don't like it either, do you?"

Theatre • 20 Feb 24

The Festival of Youth Orchestras returns

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Aisling Bea • 09 Feb 24

Olwen Fouéré and Hugo Weaving are coming to The Gate in The President

Matrix and Rings star Hugo Weaving for Gate Theatre show

Acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving will make his Irish stage debut next February, starring alongside veteran actor Olwen Fouéré in a production at Dublin's Gate Theatre.

Gate Theatre • 14 Sep 23