About the Show

Composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty and directed by John McColgan, to date, Riverdance has played more than 10,000 performances, been seen live by more than 21 million people in more than 300 venues throughout 32 countries across four continents. The company has traveled well over 563,000 miles (or to the moon and back!); played to a worldwide television audience of nearly 2 billion; sold more than 3 million copies of the Grammy Award-winning CD (certified Platinum in the United States) and more than 10 million videos, making it one of the best-selling entertainment videos in the world.

Riverdance had its world premiere at the Point Theatre, Dublin, in February 1995, where it opened to unanimous critical acclaim.

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