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Graeme Lennox
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Wide Eyes brings the best entertainment for infants from across the world to Galway
Wide Eyes brings the best entertainment for infants from across the world to Galway
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Graeme Lennox
The Sunday Times

Toddle to Galway for some juvenile japes

An array of theatre and dance shows for babies and children gets under way in Galway on Thursday. Wide Eyes, a four-day festival for the under sixes, features 15 new shows from artists across 15 countries. Hosted by Baboro, which runs a children’s festival in Galway each October, it features theatre from Romania, aquatic puppet shows from Slovenia and dance from Finland. Shows are designed to nourish developing minds, boost confidence and well-being, and develop academic skills. There are also dance shows for visually impaired audiences. Runs until Sunday.
wideeyesgalway.ie

Jockeys join comedians, musicians and more at the Dublin Racing Festival
Jockeys join comedians, musicians and more at the Dublin Racing Festival
ALAN ROWLETTE

Race down to Leopardstown

The inaugural Dublin Racing Festival is a smorgasbord of horse racing, culture, comedy, music and food. At Leopardstown next Saturday and Sunday, Ireland’s newest jumps event will see some of Ireland and Britain’s best horses and jockeys, such as Niamh Doyle, pictured, battle for the €1.5m prize fund. Saturday has the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle. There’s music from Damien Dempsey and Stockton’s Wing and comedy from Fred Cooke, Eric Lalor, Joanne McNally and Gearóid Farrell. Day tickets from €30.
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Sybil Connolly is among those being celebrated at The Little Museum of Dublin
Sybil Connolly is among those being celebrated at The Little Museum of Dublin

Take a radical look at fashion history

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Salute the talent of Ireland’s fashion pioneers at The Little Museum of Dublin’s latest show. Ireland’s Fashion Radicals is a tribute to the work of Dublin-based designers such as Sybil Connolly and Michelina Stacpoole, modelled left, who put Ireland on the global fashion map. Presented by Debenhams with Persil, Magee, DoDublin, The Ireland Funds and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, it’s an chance to see original garments, from pink lurex bell-bottoms to a ballgown worn in Buckingham Palace, for the first time. Until March 25.
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A still from Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, showing at Subtitle
A still from Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, showing at Subtitle
MOVIESTORE COLLECTION

Watch all the drama of Europe for a weekend

Brush up on your Russian kitchen sink dramas and Dutch comedies as Subtitle, the European film festival, comes to Dun Laoghaire’s Pavilion Theatre next weekend. Usually staged in Kilkenny, this new setting brings a superb selection of subtitled movies to Co Dublin over four days. With 15 films, including eight Irish premieres, there’s something for everyone. Highlights include French film Number One, which stars Irish actor John Lynch, hard-hitting gangster movie Gomorrah, pictured, and dance spectacular Bolshoi. Weekend tickets cost €66.
paviliontheatre.ie