Performer: Ruth Reinhardt

Ellen Reid’s evocation of life under Covid restrictions captures its essence: boredom, frustration and seemingly endless continuance.

British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gave the impression that he had been playing the cello since he was in the womb

“Leave your hoop skirts and swords at home,” the audience was advised, in order to avoid overcrowding when Handel’s Messiah premiered in Dublin in 1742.