Stage show Riot a hit abroad

Close to 13,000 people in Australia and the US have now seen the show, which features acrobatics, spoken word and slapstick comedy from performers including Panti Bliss and author Emmet Kirwan

Panti Bliss at the Irish hit stage show Riot Picture: Allen Kiely
Phillip McMahon

Could Ireland have another Riverdance on its hands?

A new production of the hit show Riot has premiered to glowing reviews in Australia, having played to packed-out audiences in Dublin’s Vicar Street. The theatrical spectacle “makes you want to change the world, rather than run from it”, said the Sydney Morning Herald in a recent review, while the Herald Sun has called it “infectious and poignant”.

Close to 13,000 people in Australia and ...