{"id":281032,"date":"2026-02-04T22:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281032\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:38:08","slug":"michael-flatley-to-be-provided-with-stage-and-costumes-for-dublin-lord-of-the-dance-show-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281032\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Flatley to be provided with stage and costumes for Dublin Lord of the Dance show \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Flatley<\/a> is to be provided with a new stage set and costumes to ensure a planned 30th anniversary Lord of the Dance show goes ahead in Dublin<\/a> on Thursday, the High Court<\/a> in Belfast<\/a> has heard.<\/p>\n

The equipment will be made available to him as part of undertakings aimed at preventing the cancellation of the 3Arena<\/a> show. <\/p>\n

Flatley has been involved in a legal battle with entertainment company Switzer Consulting Ltd over control of the multimillion-euro stage production.<\/p>\n

The company claims Flatley (67) is in breach of a service agreement for it to oversee the touring operation.<\/p>\n

A judge last week lifted an interim ban on the dancer and choreographer being involved in forthcoming shows.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Dancing, debts and claims of deposit-diverting: Flatley battles for his Lord of the Dance showOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

His lawyers returned to court on Tuesday to obtain an emergency order to stop any alleged interference with Thursday\u2019s Dublin performance. The move followed reports of the show being called off with immediate effect due to the legal dispute.<\/p>\n

Following further discussions between the two sides, Flatley\u2019s counsel, David Dunlop, announced in court on Wednesday that an agreement had been reached.<\/p>\n

As part of a series of undertakings, Switzer is not to interfere with or issue any press statements which could prevent Flatley from making use of the intellectual property and rights to Lord of the Dance.<\/p>\n

The stage set and costumes were to be made available to the show\u2019s creator by a Guernsey-based company by 5pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In return, Flatley pledged not to destroy, damage or tamper with any of the equipment while in his possession. The set and costumes are to be made available for collection, in the same condition, by midday on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone will do all that they can to make tomorrow night a great success,\u201d Dunlop said. <\/p>\n

Based on those agreements, Judge Gerald Simpson agreed to discharge the emergency injunction granted on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The latest developments form part of wider proceedings initially taken by Switzer amid disputed allegations over Flatley\u2019s financial affairs.<\/p>\n

Flatley has formally terminated the 2024 service agreement at the centre of the legal row and brought a counter action.<\/p>\n

With 268 performances of Lord of the Dance booked across Europe and North America, the company claimed Flatley had put those shows in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

The court previously heard Flatley has received nearly \u00a3430,000 in royalties in a 15-month period since the deal was signed. But it was contended that the arrangement began to break down when he \u201cwent on a solo run\u201d towards the end of last year in an attempt to restructure what had been set up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Flatley is to be provided with a new stage set and costumes to ensure a planned 30th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3265,4501,615,42,2050,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-281032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-3arena","9":"tag-belfast","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-michael-flatley","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}