Alan Hughes

‘I burst out crying on referendum results day. I realised how exhausted and scared I had been’

Marriage Equality referendum a decade on: 10 couples recount how their lives – and Ireland – have changed

Fri May 23 2025 - 05:00

Beauty & the Beast review: On the way home, younger audience members re-enact scenes. There’s no higher recommendation

Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick’s interactive pantomime, directed by Simon Delaney, features the promising Caoileann Woodcock as Belle

Mon Dec 16 2024 - 05:00

Cancelled pantomime: ‘We gave it our best shot and it just wasn’t to be ’

Aladdin among productions cancelled due to rising Covid-19 cases

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 13:24

Gig of the Week: Treaty – Songs, with Christy Moore, Lisa O’Neill and more

December 6th to 12th, 2021: The best of the week’s culture events, right around Ireland

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 06:00

Minister’s ‘mixed messaging’ is ‘putting the whole industry at risk’ – panto producer

Alan Hughes says tickets bought by schools, companies cancelled ‘costing us thousands’

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 20:57

Eighteen Irish panto productions for all the family to watch this season

Pantomimes and family shows have gone online – or even switched to a drive-in format

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 10:00

Drivetime duo emerge as winners from divisive election

Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra gel as US poll unfolds, Joe Duffy gets populist about panto

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 05:00

‘If I get coronavirus I’ll last two or three days at most,’ accused tells judge

Impact of Covid-19 crisis evident in almost every case before Dublin District Courts

Tue Apr 21 2020 - 01:00

Pantomime: Two snowy leading ladies to kick off the new year

The Tivoli’s Snow White, and Gaeity’s Snow Queen are fabulously reworked classics

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00

A book of brainteasers to help keep kids away from screens

Are We There Yet? ‘Fun Unplugged’ is a book full of diverting puzzles to get kids off screens

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 06:00

Snow White panto review: Gleefully naughty, infectious entertainment

Alan Hughes’s long-running pantomime uses raucous humour to winning effect

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 15:06

Patrick Freyne: Be afraid, be very afraid of these Christmas ads

Psycho carrots, a reverse-ageing Elton John and Melania Trump as a Stepford wife

Sat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00

ESB unveils treasure throve of previously unseen films from the past

Footage released to celebrate the 90th anniversary of ESB

Fri Nov 30 2018 - 14:12

Christmas ads: Instilling the festive spirit (greed, avariciousness, gluttony)

Donald Clarke: There’s a reason advertising executives have second homes in Tuscany

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 05:45