Festivals Theatre From its inaugural year in 2012, the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival has grown to be one of the biggest and most successful multi-genre festivals in Ireland. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the Paradiso Spiegeltent, the Festival has a unique and … Barry Ennis: Spiegeltent Festival Wexford
Books Bridgett Richards talks with Patrick Gale about his new novel A Place Called Winter which moves far from his customary Cornwall location. The novel evokes the harsh landscapes of the Canadian prairie for those who emigrated from Britain to make … Patrick Gale : A Place Called Winter
Visual Arts CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, 2 – 24 October 2015 An exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Thurloe Conolly. Thurloe Conolly’s paintings are not narratives, and not representational in the commonly understood sense of the word; but through the signs … Nicola Carragher : Thurloe Conolly, recent works 2005 – 2015
Books Ali Millar interviews Sean Michaels on his debut novel, Us Conductors. The novel concerns the creator of one of the world’s strangest instruments. Locked in a cabin aboard a ship bearing him back to Russia and away from the love … Sean Michaels : Us Conductors
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts A unique and powerful multi-media exhibition featuring work by artists, both professional and amateur, with experience of mental health issues. Works include projection, sculpture, painting and photography. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, this exhibition aims … Scottish Mental Health Festival: Out of Sight/Out of Mind
Visual Arts According to Dr. Gary Kielhofner, ‘Interests are what one finds enjoyable or satisfying to do. Interests reveal themselves both as the enjoyment of doing something and as a preference for doing certain things over others. Interests can infuse life with … Jennings Gallery Cork : Interest – Infusing Life with Meaning
Visual Arts James Hugonin’s exhibition at Ingleby Gallery celebrates the completion of his Binary Rhythm sequence. Seven of nine large paintings Hugonin has made over the past six years are exhibited. Identically sized each continue the artist’s exploration of the dualities of … James Hugonin : Binary Rhythm at Ingleby Gallery
Oren Little introduces the new season of events at VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art. VISUAL is an iconic cultural space in Carlow, Ireland, presenting contemporary art, theatre, music, dance, cinema, talks, workshops and events. VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & … Oren Little : VISUAL Carlow
Music Theatre The stylish and sophisticated Susanna’s Secret (Il segreto di Susanna), is a comedy opera built on marital misunderstanding, full of fun and frothiness. A man suspects his wife is having an affair when he smells cigarette smoke from her clothes, … Opera Theatre Company : Susanna’s Secret
Dusk Ahead is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Touring & Dissemination Award and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Dance Ireland and Project Arts Centre, where junk ensemble are Project Artists. Project Arts Centre, Dublin Friday 6 November … Jessica Kennedy : Dusk Ahead
Visual Arts On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue entered photographic history. This is where Stephen Shore, considered one of the leading protagonists of the New Colour Movement, took his legendary photograph in front of a … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix, Sept 4 – Oct 18
OPEN HOUSE DUBLIN : THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME : 14 TO 18 OCTOBER 2015 marks the tenth anniversary of Open House Dublin. This year’s title is ‘This Place We Call Home’ and the Irish Architecture Foundation are looking at … Nathalie Weadick : Open House Dublin
Music Between The Bars is a series of music events taking place in St Patrick’s Gateway, Waterford. Between October and January Betrween The Bars play host to the best national and local indie, folk and traditional acts, bringing the people of … Stephen Butler : Between The Bars
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts “I want to understand the concept of dionysian in a more up-to-date way, more scientifically, more psychologically. what is the dionysian phenomenon, this instinctual upsurge, this growing importance of intoxicating orgiastic sensual feelings, this onslaught of the unconscious, of unconscious … Hermann Nitsch : Das Orgien Mysterien Theater
Visual Arts We’re continuing our series of posting international content. This video is about an installation at the Gallery of Photography in Ireland, however we feel the subject has an international appeal. Enjoy! On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix
Festivals Visual Arts Every year Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) joins forces with Garter Lane Arts Centre and the Waterford Library Services to celebrate the benefits of participation in the arts for everybody through the Well festival of arts and wellbeing. The festival … Mary Grehan : Well Festival Waterford
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
Visual Arts MART is an arts organisation that provides studios, galleries and event spaces to foster and promote artistic endeavours. MART creates opportunities for artists through local and international exhibitions, creative workspaces and professional development workshops, while promoting the arts through public … Ciara Scanlan : MART
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 Summerhall TV talks to the artists at DOK Artist Space an exciting new visual arts studio and exhibition space in Edinburgh. DOK Artist Space is an Artist run organisation in Edinburgh that is founded by three Edinburgh College of Art … DOK Artist Space : The Tin Shed
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Long fascinated by Albrecht Durer’s ‘Young Hare’ (1502), a painting unquestionably viewed as an icon of naturalistic painting, Derrick Guild decided to make a series of paintings in the same composition but observed from different angles. He required a subject, … Derrick Guild : After A.D
Books Louise Welsh recently published Death is a Welcome Guest, the second part in her Plague Times trilogy following last year’s A Lovely Way to Burn. Welsh believes good thrillers are a reflection of the times they are written in. ‘The … Louise Welsh : Death is a Welcome Guest
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts One Million Years of Laughter is a new series of performances and paintings finding humour in the contradictions that exist within commonplace actions and experiences. Using what is known about the early ‘Homo’ as the basis for this body of … David Sherry : One Million Years Of Laughter
Theatre We talk to Ben Barnes the artistic director of The Theatre Royal in Waterford about the venue and their upcoming events for the next few months. The Theatre Royal, often referred to as “the peoples theatre”, has been the traditional … Theatre Royal Waterford : Programme
Visual Arts Pilgrim is an installation of new work by Andrew Carson developed as part of his time as Artist-In-Residence at Draíocht. Following on from his research into the use and effects of digital devices and social media as the modern ubiquitous … Andrew Carson : Pilgrim
Music Taking place in various venues in Cork City, the renowned, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival features over 1,000 musicians in dozens of performances at 70 venues citywide with over 95% of music sessions free of entry charges – and is … The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival : 23 – 25 October 2015
Books In conversation with Ali Millar at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Rachel Cusk introduces her new novel Outline, a novel the New York Times has described as ‘lethally intelligent’ and ‘a heartbreaking portrait of poise, sympathy and regret’. Rachel Cusk : Outline
Visual Arts Originally from Sweden, Susanne graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a Master of Fine Art in 2013. She also has a BA in Latin American Studies from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Universidad de … Susanne Lund Pangrazio : Anthropocene
Music The Cork Folk Festival 2nd-5th October is an annual music event that takes place in Ireland’s southern capital, Cork. The 36 year old festival is emerging as one of the most important folk & traditional music events in Ireland and … Cork Folk Festival : 1-4 October
Visual Arts This exhibition at Draiocht presents outcomes from Guinan’s current investigation into materiality. The painted forms are created using pva and various other types of paint, like gloss, metal paint, emulsions, industrial grade paints and oil paint. Layers of paint are … Marc Guinan : What is painting …?
