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Books Festivals

Ali Millar in an illuminating interview with Danish novelist and short-story writer Dorthe Nors at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Nors has burst onto the UK literary scene with a heady cocktail of short stories, ‘Karate Chop’, translated from the …

Dorthe Nors : Karate Chop/Minna Needs Rehearsal Space

Festivals

Summerhall’s 2016 festival programme, a feast of theatre, performance, dance, visual art and music for audiences of all ages, is on sale now via the Edinburgh Fringe box office.

Verity Leigh : Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Visual Arts

MAKE AS IF Charlotte Duffy – aka Waste of Paint Productions is putting on a show ‘Make As If’. She hopes to restore the den builder in all of us from our childhood days, challenging the way we look and …

Charlotte Duffy : Make As If

Theatre

Fresh from the success of The Pillowman, Decadent Theatre Company returns with a show the Young Vic audience voted as one of the top 3 shows of the last twenty five years. Vernon Little lives in a flea –bitten Texan …

Vernon God Little

Visual Arts

July’s twelve minute arts-news compilation for NvTv in Belfast and Cork Community Television.

Culturefox : ArtsIreland

Visual Arts

Triskel Arts Centre was founded in 1978, and moved to its current home in Tobin Street in 1986. Triskel celebrated its Thirtieth Anniversary in 2008. As Cork’s principal Arts Centre our mission has always been to commission, present, and promote …

Triskel Arts Centre

Visual Arts

An exhibition of works of art influenced by dreams and the unconscious Encompassing strands of artistic expression ranging from early twentieth century Symbolism, to late twentieth century Photo-Realism, The Language of Dreams explores aspects of Irish art often overlooked in …

Crawford Art Gallery : The Language of Dreams

Visual Arts

Galway Arts Centre presents DUALITY OF FUNCTION curated by Kate Howard & Rob D’Eath, featuring the work of Piet Stockmans (BEL), Alicja Patanowska (POL/GBR) and Isobel Egan (IRL). DUALITY OF FUNCTION features the work of three artists whose practices explore …

Rob D’Eath : Duality of Function

Visual Arts

“In the story politicians, intellectuals and artists are standing at a bus stop without realising that it is in fact, the final stop.” – Francis Fukuyama What if, as Fukuyama stated in his 1992 book, The End of History and …

Lucy Elvis and Marcel Badia : Alternate Route

Festivals Music

The Wexford Festival’s success is due in no small part to Wexford itself. This ancient Viking town, nestled in a wonderful setting on the banks of the River Slaney, has a character and charm all its own. Just two hours …

David McLoughlin : Wexford Festival Opera, 21 Oct – 1 Nov

Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts

Introduced by Dorian Branea, the Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and forming part of Romanian Cultural Days in Edinburgh Festival 2015. Featuring some of the most internationally recognizable Romanian artists, directors, writers and musicians in tandem with …

Dorian Branea : Romanian Cultural Days in Edinburgh 2015

Festivals Theatre

Wexford Fringe is an annual open-access arts festival which will run in parallel to Wexford Opera Festival from Friday, 16th October to Sunday, 1st November 2015. Now in its 63rd year, Wexford Fringe offers an eclectic mix of over 300 …

Madeleine Quirke : Wexford Festival Fringe 2015

Festivals

We talk to Ollie Breslin, the Creative Director of Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford about the exciting programme of this year’s festival. Imagine Arts Festival is a unique, volunteer – led celebration of the arts in Waterford in late October …

Imagine Arts Festival Waterford : 15th-25th October 2015

Draíocht is a multi-purpose venue used for a broad range of activities, including drama (both professional and community), dance, contemporary visual arts and crafts, classical and traditional music, a programme of activities for families, children and older people, comedy, artists …

Draíocht : Sarah Beirne, Children & Youth Arts Officer

Visual Arts

David O’Brien, the Programme Manager at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork talks to us about the importance of the National Sculpture Factory, the way it supports artists and their upcoming exhibitions. The National Sculpture Factory (NSF) is an organisation …

Dobz O’Brian : National Sculpture Factory

Visual Arts

“Ainmhithe” is a series of drawings and paintings, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper. They are based on Irish animals, both living and extinct. The series engages with Irish history, mythology and its identity, through the creatures that have inhabited …

Garter Lane Arts Centre : Ainmhithe

Visual Arts

Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, …

Cork County : Culture Night

Theatre

Michael Twomey, the lead actor in The Outgoing Tide talks to us about his upcoming performance in this exciting play presented by Everyman Theatre Company. The Outgoing Tide is an engrossing and powerful drama about a typical American family. Written with a …

Michael Twomey : The Outgoing Tide

Books

WELCOME TO Ó BHÉAL – FÁILTE GO DTÍ Ó BHÉAL Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of …

O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork

Literature

Welcome to Ó Bhéal – Fáilte go dtí Ó Bhéal Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of …

O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork

Festivals

Festival Director David Teevan welcomes you to the 15th annual Clonmel Junction Festival running from 3rd-12th July. Over the 10 days there is a tremendous variety of music, theatre, literature, street entertainment and visual arts. Film inserts from Chloe McGuire …

David Teevan : Clonmel Junction Arts Festival

Ciara O’Connell of Central Arts in Waterford introduces the weekly Arts Beat. This festival includes all forms of Ireland’s traditional music and runs throughout the summer months in the Waterford’s city centre.

Ciara O’Connell : Art Beat

Summerhall Sessions

Drawing inspiration from Summerhall and its current place within the arts in 2013, owner Robert McDowell disentangles arts and cultural policy.

Robert McDowell : What is our arts context? Culturally, Economically?

Visual Arts

To celebrate 15 years of arts-news production for various channels and websites, we’ve looked into our archive and produced this special compilation of the 5th British Art Show in Edinburgh, back in 2000. Introduced and closed by Paul Nesbitt of …

5th British Art Show

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