1. Enjoy... movement in its most creative form at the Dublin Dance Festival (ongoing till 23 May, Dublindancefestival.ie)

2. Laugh... at Norman Robbins' riotous farce Pull The Other One presented by Garrymore Theatre Group (tomorrow, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Thelinenhall.com)

3. Thrill... yourself at The 39 Steps, Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy caper recreated as a stage show (Monday-Saturday, Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork, Everymanpalace.com)

4. Watch... Faust the movie in the open air with an accompanying live soundtrack by 3epkano (Thursday, 9.30pm, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2)

5. View... beautiful oil paintings inspired by the scenery of the North West at Fiona Higgins' exhibition 'Reflections In Time' (from Thursday, Cristeph Gallery, Letterkenny)

6. Read... 'Leave Us Some Unreality', the new collection from students of the M.Phil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College (out on Wednesday)

7. See...Ireland's answer to the Salon des Refuses at the Bad Art Gallery, which is exhibiting all artwork not selected for the RHA Annual Exhibition (from Thursday, Francis St, Dublin, Thebadartgallery.ie)