Alastair MacLennan’s duo performance with Sandra Johnston: “Ash She He” 12th August 2017. Alastair MacLennan represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale, with inter-media work commemorating the names of all those who died as a result of the Political Troubles in … Alastair MacLennan and Sandra Johnston : Ash She He
Books It’s a wonderful sunny day in Edinburgh and Olivia Vitazkova meets up with Kate Mosse at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It’s ten years since Mosse burst on the British literary scene with ‘Labyrinth’, the first of her Carcassonne-based Languedoc … Kate Mosse : The Languedoc trilogy and The Taxidermist’s Daughter
Visual Arts 25 August to 13 October 2017 Solstice Arts Centre, Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath In this exhibition Cliona Harmey presents a number of archival works which engage with weather and atmosphere, all of which were made and stored using recent … Cliona Harmey : BEAUFORT ( “about the weather” )
Literature Second in the 2015 WriterStories series for TV transmission. WriterStories : Michael Rosen and Rob Doyle
Visual Arts August 10th – September 9th, 2017 Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin Opening reception; 6pm Thursday, 10th August Written in Water, Shone in Stone, Lost in Light is comprised of work in various media – installation, painting, digital collage and audio, forming … Richard Proffitt : Written in Water, Shone in Stone, Lost in Light
Literature Third in the 2015 series of WriterStories. WriterStories : Louise Welsh and Mark Billingham
The Scottish National Gallery and ARTIST ROOMS present this special ‘In Conversation’ event as part of the exhibition ‘Louise Bourgeois : A Woman Without Secrets’, on the 26th October 2013. Senior Curator Lucy Askew talks to Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Bourgeois’s … On Louise Bourgeois : In Conversation
Theatre Clout Theatre combine Lecoq physical theatre and the absurdist tones of Daniil Kharms to bring you a visceral and bizarre adaptation of How A Man Crumbled. A Fringe hit in 2012, the cast returned to Summerhall in Spring 2013 for … Clout Theatre : How a Man Crumbled
Traverse in Time is a series of panel discussions that look back at the rich history of Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, and the individuals who were involved in its illustrious past. Taking place at Summerhall on Wednesday 21st August, playwright Jo … Traverse at 50 : Traverse Through Time Panel #8
Music Following their sell-out success in August 2013, The One Ensemble were invited back to Summerhall to perform ‘Saint Seven’. Performed in the round, the piece is a dramatic hybrid of voices and instruments that seamlessly interweaves elements of experimental, folk … The One Ensemble : Saint Seven
John Byrne in conversation with Joyce McMillan in the Main Hall at Summerhall. Face to Face : John Byrne in conversation with Joyce McMillan
Theatre The full performance of Fleurs De Cimetiere / Age Freckles and Other Tall Stories, performed at Summerhall during the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. Exploring ideas of old age, the play centres around a group of women who met in the 1980s, … Fleurs De Cimetiere / Age Freckles and Other Tall Stories
Visual Arts Sat 25 Nov 2017 – Sun 07 Jan 2018 09:00–17:00 (Mon-Fri), 10:00–17:00 (Sat), 11:00–16:00 (Sun) (during the café opening hours) _ Venue: The Library Gallery 2016 winner of the RSA Open Exhibition award Summerhall Prize. An exhibition of new and recent work by Edinburgh based … Michael Dawson : EXIT FROM COALTOWN
Visual Arts Sat 25 Nov 2017 – Sun 07 Jan 2018 09:00–17:00 (Mon-Fri), 10:00–17:00 (Sat), 11:00–16:00 (Sun) (during the café opening hours) _ Venue: The Library Gallery 2016 winner of the RSA Open Exhibition award Summerhall Prize. An exhibition of new and recent work by Edinburgh based … Michael Dawson : EXIT FROM COALTOWN
Events Sunday 10th December, Summerhall 11:00–17:00 Over 70 stalls and food vendors Children’s porcelain painting activities Christmas wreath workshop with Garlands Florist Further details on our website summerhall.co.uk Christmas Market 2017
Visual Arts The first of three exhibitions by David Rushton at the MERZ Gallery spanning the years 1966 to the present. This first exhibition focuses on work undertaken at Coventry College of Art and the Statements and Analytical Art groups and work … Paul Robertson and David Rushton : Conceptual Art 1966-1975
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Dates: 6th October to the 30th November Venue: Sciennes Gallery Curated by Jon Blackwood Captured State brings together six artists from the Republic of Macedonia to exhibit in Scotland for the first time. Whilst contemporary art from Macedonia has not … Jonathan Blackwood, Verica Kovacevska & Igor Toshevski : Captured State
Visual Arts 31 Aug 2017 – 13 Oct 2017 Solstice Arts Centre Solstice Arts Centre is delighted to present white line series, an exhibition of new paintings by Wicklow-based artist David Quinn. The white line series is an exploration of line, space … David Quinn : White line series
Visual Arts August 10th – September 9th, 2017 Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin Opening reception; 6pm Thursday, 10th August Written in Water, Shone in Stone, Lost in Light is comprised of work in various media – installation, painting, digital collage and audio, forming … Richard Proffitt : Written in Water, Shone in Stone, Lost in Light
Visual Arts 5 May to 15 September 2017 Fairbrook House Gardens + Museum of Contemporary Figurative Art, Kilmeaden, Co.Waterford. The Dutch Connection shows Paintings, water colour, objects by Wout Muller, oil paintings by Tamara Muller and prints, pastels and oil paintings of … Clary Mastenbroek : The Dutch Connection | Group Show at Fairbrook House, Co. Waterford
Visual Arts Venue: War Memorial Library Curated by Gabriella Daris ‘I decided to use the last ten years at the end of the 20th century to look at my Self. The great Tibetan poet sage Milarepa had said that self was an … Liliane Lijn : Early Events: Five Narrative Sculptures
Visual Arts Dates: 3rd of August to the 24th September Venue: Long Corridor Elsa in Philadelphia fills in the gaps in the critical period between Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven’s disappearance from New York and re-emergence in Philadelphia in the spring of 1917. Beginning … Glyn Thompson : Elsa In Philadelphia
Visual Arts Exhibition runs from June 29th – September 30th 2017 Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery, Greyfriars Street,Waterford. Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery major summer exhibition “MAINIE, EVIE, MARY AND GRACE – The Women Who Led the Modern Movement in Irish Art” Curated by … Ben Hennesey : Maine, Evie, Mary and Grace – The Women Who Led the Modern Movement in Irish Art
Visual Arts Dates: 2nd of August to the 30th of September Venue: Meadows Galleries and Corner Gallery This retrospective comprises drawings, performance artifacts and video documentation, encapsulating different series of artworks made from the 1970s onwards, up to MacLennan’s current practice. Some … Alistair MacLennan : Air A Lair
Performance Theatre Venue: Main Hall, Summerhall Dates: 8th to the 27th of August This production, directed by Rafat Alzakout, will be the world premiere of the new play by young Syrian author Mudar Alhaggi. It tells the story of a young writer … Rafat Alzakout & Christin Lüttich : Your Love Is Fire
Performance Theatre Venue: The Dissection Room, Summerhall Dates: 15th to the 26th of August ‘A Welcome! To you and to me and our spikey, sticky, shameful bits!’ With a raucous chorus of original music, award-winning theatre maker Rachel Mars and four belting … Rachel Mars : Our Carnal Hearts
Visual Arts 26 August – 3 September Portlaoise, Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland The Kiki Theatre & Performance Group are proud to present The Kiki Origami Festival! The festival will run from Saturday, August 26th until Sunday, September 3rd. This is a great … Tom Cuffe : Kiki Origami Festival
Performance Theatre Venue: Red Lecture Theatre Dates: 15th to the 27th of August From what might be a news desk, an office, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre – two people speak up, speak out and blow the whistle on … Rachel Baynton : A Machine They’re Secretly Building
