After an exuberant three and a half hour gig, Glen Hansard and Co took to the Opera House lobby for an impromptu post-show busk.

Mike Scott’s devotion to WB Yeats delivers a memorable Waterboys performance at the Sydney Festival.

O’Sullivan and long-time collaborator Feargal Murray pull no punches in bringing a dark, tragic poem to the stage.

Rian – part of the Sydney Festival programme – is a show that challenges, surprises and ultimately rewards if you are prepared to go along for the ride,

It takes a certain amount of neck to offer an opinion on a book and an even thicker neck to select the best from a year’s assortment. Frank O’Shea reveals his choices.

The new Northern Ireland thriller Shadow Dancer is gritty, austere and short on hope. Read our review.

Meticulously staged and thoughtfully acted, The Seafarer is a must-see for fans of Irish theatre in Sydney.

With the London Olympics almost upon us the ‘Irish yarn’ All The Rage is being put on by Tamarama Rock Surfers theatre company to celebrate.

Much-loved Cork man John Spillane, with guitar in tow, made it to Australia recently for a few intimate gigs in Melbourne and Sydney. Aoife McGee went to Notes in Newtown to review.

Claire McGowan’s debut novel works best as an account of an unlikely alliance between two young women. Frank O’Shea reviews.