Declan O'Rourke shifts up a gear

Declan O’Rourke plays two of his biggest Irish shows yet when he appears at the Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare (May 21 as part of the Boylesports Irish Guineas Festival) and the National Concert Hall, Dublin (August 18).

The latter is a two-part show which finds the Since Kyabram man performing solo and then slugging it out with a full orchestra.

O’Rourke also takes care of support duties when Paul Brady plays the Opera House, York (May 17); Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (18); Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (19); Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (22); Opera House, Buxton (24); The Barbican, London (25); and The Anvil, Basingstoke (26).