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Irish podcast exploring what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment. Listen live every weeknight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7-8pm. Listen to individual clips at rte.ie/arena. Presented by Sean Rocks.
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The Great Escaper - Wexford Festival Opera - John Behan from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.748568
The Great Escaper - Wexford Festival Opera - John Behan
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Jape - Gerald Dawe - The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger - Peep Show from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.744535
Jape - Gerald Dawe - The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger - Peep Show
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Rope A Dope – Jabberwock - Tarrac - Interview with the Vampire from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.740889
Rope A Dope – Jabberwock - Tarrac - Interview with the Vampire
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Film Reviews - Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth - I Have A Tribe from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.737020
Film Reviews - Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth - I Have A Tribe.
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Andy Warhol - Penelope Unbound - Album Reviews from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.708549
Andy Warhol - Penelope Unbound - Album Reviews
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Thaddeus O'Sullivan - Seán Hewitt - This is Art - Dustin O'Halloran from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.705307
Thaddeus O'Sullivan - Seán Hewitt - This is Art - Dustin O'Halloran
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Carmen – All the Light We Cannot See - The Exorcist at 50 from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.679506
Carmen – All the Light We Cannot See - The Exorcist at 50
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Film Reviews - Daoirí Farrell - Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.673287
Film Reviews - Daoirí Farrell - Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore
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Kelly Jones - Andrew Motion - Album reviews from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.665505
Kelly Jones - Andrew Motion - Album reviews
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100 years of Film Censorship Ireland - IMRAM Festival - Ó Bhéal director director Ciara Nic Chormaic - In the Black Fantastic from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.660868
The history of the Irish Film Censor’s Office reflects a fascinating glimpse of Ireland’s socio-political and cultural history - IMRAM the Irish-language literature festival 10 - 18 Nov - Ó Bhéal i...
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My name is Barbra - Dublin Book Festival: Words and Music - All You Need Is Death - The Buccaneers on Apple TV from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.653772
The long-awaited memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’by Barbra Streisand hits bookshelves today - Words and Music at the Dublin Book Festival, with authors Rónán Hession and Edel Coffey - All You Need Is Dea...
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Dublin Book Festival 2023 Arena Special from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.647505
With two of Ireland’s leading writers: recipient of the Rooney Prize, Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmith Prize, Mike McCormack tells us about his latest book This Plague of Souls, while Paul L...
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Film reviews - Robbie Ryan on Poor Things - Robbie Williams series on Netflix from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.642157
Film reviews: Anatomy of a Fall; Dream Scenario; The Marvels, and Ó Bhéal. Cinematographer Robbie Ryan on Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos; Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, Rob...
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Kneecap - Lady Gregory’s short stories - Album reviews from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.582068
Kneecap - Lady Gregory’s short stories - Album reviews
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Arena (Podcast)Imogen from the Heart - The Thinning Veil - Renaissance: a Film by Beyonce - The Coen brothers from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.575943
Imogen from the Heart - The Thinning Veil - Renaissance: a Film by Beyonce - The Coen brothers
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New TV this week - I Dream in Photos - From Ten till Dusk from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.569590
New TV this week - I Dream in Photos - From Ten till Dusk
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Basic Income for the Arts scheme - Conversations On A Playwright - The Drifters Girls from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.565774
Basic Income for the Arts scheme - Conversations On A Playwright - The Drifters Girls
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Film Reviews - Paul Young - Benjamin Zephaniah from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.561585
Film Reviews - Paul Young - Benjamin Zephaniah
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Baumgartner by Paul Auster - Self-Determination: A Global Perspective - Album reviews from 2023-12-12T15:24:30.557856
Baumgartner by Paul Auster - Self-Determination: A Global Perspective - Album reviews
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A tribute Thomas Kilroy - Trish Murphy - Vladimir's Viennese Christmas Gala Concert - Serpico at 50 from 2023-12-11T20:36
A tribute Thomas Kilroy - Trish Murphy - Vladimir's Viennese Christmas Gala Concert - Serpico at 50
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Remembering Shane MacGowan - Film Reviews from 2023-11-30T20:17
Remembering Shane MacGowan - Film Reviews
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You Belong To Me - Marin Alsop - The Quare Fellow from 2023-11-30T13:55
You Belong To Me - Marin Alsop - The Quare Fellow
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Soda Blonde - Pulp Injection - New TV this week from 2023-11-28T21:14
Soda Blonde - Pulp Injection - New TV this week
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Paul Lynch - Sunday Miscellany: a Selection 2018 – 2023 - Arian Moayed from 2023-11-27T20:16
Paul Lynch - Sunday Miscellany: a Selection 2018 – 2023 - Arian Moayed
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Qbanaa - Science fiction round-up - Album reviews from 2023-11-24T20:22
Qbanaa - Science fiction round-up - Album reviews
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Film Reviews - RTÉ CO - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) from 2023-11-23T20:20
Film Reviews - RTÉ CO - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
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Theo Dorgan - John Francis Flynn - JFK on screen from 2023-11-22T20:25
Theo Dorgan - John Francis Flynn - JFK on screen
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Dublin International Piano Competition - Booker Prize 2023 - Fargo series 5 - dlr First Frames scheme from 2023-11-21T20:22
Dublin International Piano Competition - Booker Prize 2023 - Fargo series 5 - dlr First Frames scheme
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Rendezvous with Marlene - Peter Pan at the Gate - Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything from 2023-11-20T20:20
Rendezvous with Marlene - Peter Pan at the Gate - Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything
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The Mission - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Album reviews from 2023-11-17T20:34
The Mission - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Album reviews
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Film Reviews - Paula Meehan - The Crown from 2023-11-16T20:32
Film Reviews - Paula Meehan - The Crown
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Leonard Slatkin - Billy Roche - Bernard Canavan from 2023-11-15T20:48
Leonard Slatkin - Billy Roche - Bernard Canavan
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Blindboy Boatclub - Culture Crush - The Winterreise Project from 2023-11-14T20:30
Blindboy Boatclub - Culture Crush - The Winterreise Project
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Super-Bogger - TULCA Festival of Visual Arts - Albums from 2023-11-10T19:00
Aaron Monaghan plays Super-Bogger, a stay-at-home dad with super powers, in a play by Clare Monnelly - TULCA is an annual visual arts festival that uses galleries and unusual venues all over Galway...
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Short Story Competition from 2023-10-27T20:33
Live from the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire, listen back to Arena's special programme for the RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of Francis MacManus.
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Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Album Reviews from 2023-10-26T21:07
Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Album Reviews
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Xnthony - Macnas Parade from 2023-10-25T21:10
Andy McClusky of OMD speaks to Sean about the band's new album 'Bauhaus Staircase'. Xnthony takes his epic musical 'Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry' on the road in October and November and spe...
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Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds - Falling For The Life of Alex Whelan - The Festival of Making - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 from 2023-10-24T23:55
Matthew Nolan on his new score for The Birds; Producer Nell Hensey and actor Lila Coleman from 'Falling For The Life of Alex Whelan'; Artist Joy Gerrard on the Festival of Making at the RHA Galleri...
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The Valley of the Squinting Windows - A Memoir of My Former Self review - Quadrophenia at 50 - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 from 2023-10-23T20:25
The Valley of the Squinting Windows - A Memoir of My Former Self review - Quadrophenia at 50 - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023
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Film Reviews - Sandra Newman - Kristian Bezuidenhout from 2023-10-19T20:25
Film Reviews - Sandra Newman - Kristian Bezuidenhout
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Foe - Richard Hawley - The Gone - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 from 2023-10-18T20:34
Foe - Richard Hawley - The Gone - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023
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Claire Keegan - Arena Special from 2023-10-17T21:54
Live from the Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire, Claire Keegan chats to Sean about her latest book, So Late in the Day and looks back at the success of previous works including Small Things Like These...
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Eileen Walsh - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed - Leonardo DiCaprio profile - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 from 2023-10-16T20:16
Eileen Walsh - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed - Leonardo DiCaprio profile - RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023
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Open House Festival 2023 - The Power of Art - Album Reviews from 2023-10-13T20:23
Open House Festival 2023 - The Power of Art - Album Reviews
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Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Sultan Stevenson from 2023-10-12T19:00
Ruth Barton and Paul Whitington review The Miracle Club, Lies We Tell, Sumotherhood and The Burial - Composer and jazz pianist Sultan Stevenson and his Trio are set to tour Ireland with Music Netwo...
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Dublin Theatre Festival - Real to Reel: Garech de Brún and Claddagh Records - Lessons in Chemistry - Rob Doyle from 2023-10-11T19:00
Helen Meany reviews some of the plays at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival - James Morrissey tells the story of Garech De Brún and Claddagh Records in his new book Real to Reel - Lessons in Chemi...
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Lies We Tell - Daniel Mason - Lost Lear - The Reckoning from 2023-10-10T20:28
Lies We Tell - Daniel Mason - Lost Lear - The Reckoning
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Ken Loach - Shaun Dunne - Album reviews from 2023-09-29T20:25
Ken Loach - Shaun Dunne - Album reviews
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Remembering Michael Gambon - Film Reviews - Burnt Out from 2023-09-28T20:23
Remembering Michael Gambon - Film Reviews - Burnt Out
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Festival of Italian and Irish Literary in Ireland - RTÉ Concert Orchestra Beethoven - Martina Evans from 2023-09-27T20:32
Festival of Italian and Irish Literary in Ireland - RTÉ Concert Orchestra Beethoven - Martina Evans
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The Loved Ones - Kristin Hersh - Hungry Hill from 2023-09-26T20:41
The Loved Ones - Kristin Hersh - Hungry Hill
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Obituary - Hannah Peel - Vanya - Marina Abramovic from 2023-09-25T21:02
Obituary - Hannah Peel - Vanya - Marina Abramovic
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Adaptation Film Festival - Edwina Guckian - John McGahern&Leitrim - John Tuohy - Local artists and their current projects from 2023-09-22T20:31
Adaptation Film Festival - Edwina Guckian - John McGahern&Leitrim - John Tuohy - Local artists and their current projects
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Film Reviews - Audrey Molloy - Mel Mercier from 2023-09-21T20:21
Film Reviews - Audrey Molloy - Mel Mercier
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Strange Boy - Emma Talbot -Timescapes Soundwalk - Orfhlaith Foyle from 2023-09-20T20:46
Strange Boy - Emma Talbot -Timescapes Soundwalk - Orfhlaith Foyle
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The Women, We Will Rise - The Super Models preview -40th EVA International - Kylie Minogue from 2023-09-19T20:27
The Women, We Will Rise - The Super Models preview -40th EVA International - Kylie Minogue
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The Lesson - The swerve - Album Reviews from 2023-09-18T20:25
The Lesson - The swerve - Album Reviews
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Falling To Earth My Summer With Bowie -Breathwork - Zona Franca - Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel - History Play from 2023-09-15T20:47
Falling To Earth My Summer With Bowie -Breathwork - Zona Franca - Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel - History Play
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Lucy Caldwell - Joe vs Carole - New album reviews from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.251028
Lucy Caldwell - Joe vs Carole review - ALBUM REVIEWS
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For Those I Love - The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell - Young Gainsborough from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.248793
For Those I Love: RTÉ Choice Album of the Year - The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell, a documentary on the Phoenix Park Murders - Young Gainsborough: Rediscover Landscape Drawings - Francis Ford Coppola'...
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Outrage - Centary commemoration - Pieces of Her from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.246130
Outrage, a new play by Deirdre Kinahan focusing on the role of women in the war of independence - Centenary commemoration with Myles Dungan and Turtle Bunbury - Pieces of Her, Netflix's new thrille...
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Foscadh - NSO concert - Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.242586
Foscadh, a new Irish language feature film - National Symphony Orchestra concert with music by Emma O'Halloran - Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, the new Netflix mini-series
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Jarvis Cocker - Hughie O'Donoghue - Music biopics from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.169442
Jarvis Cocker's band JARV IS has composed the original soundtrack of the BBC series 'This is Going To Hurt'. 'Original Sins' is a series of new works by Hughie O'Donoghue now on display at the Nati...
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Seven Steeples - Rebel Artists - Nosferatu from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.166634
Seven Steeples by Sara Baume, is a story set in rural Ireland in the shadow of a mountain. Rebel Artists is a series of talks at the National Concert Hall on the subject of art and rebellion. Nosfe...
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Wexford Festival Opera - All I Can Say - The Ten - Guy Barker from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.164015
Magic&Music is the theme of this year's Wexford Festival Opera. All I Can Say, a film based on video recordings made by Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon. The Ten, a short story by Colin Barrett - Jazz m...
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Niamh O'Malley at the Venice Biennale - Katharine Hepburn season - Wendy Erskine - Lenny by Laura McVeigh from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.161559
Artist Niamh O'Malley is representing Ireland at this year's Venice Biennale. Katharine Hepburn: Woman of the Year is a new season of the screen icon's films at the IFI. Wendy Erskine reads from a ...
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Films - Brian Bourke exhibition - Colin Barrett reads from Homesickness - Bliss from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.158933
We review Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore, The Outfit and Murina - Brian Bourke exhibition - Colin Barrett reads The Alps, from Homesickness - Bliss, an audio storytelling experience set...
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Solidarity, fundraising event - Levy on streaming services - Albums from 2022-04-22T05:28:05.155981
Solidarity a fundraising event in aid of Ukraine, at the Abbey Theatre. Should there be a levy on streaming services? New albums by Wet Leg, Kae Tempest and Pillow Queens.
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Louise Kennedy novel Trespasses - Russian Doll Season 2 - Shane O’Toole architect from 2022-04-20T12:00
John Self has been reading Trespasses for us, the much-anticipated debut novel by Louise Kennedy. Jenn Gannon has been watching the second season of Russian Doll. Shane O’Toole (architect) joined u...
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Ulysses at 100 from 2022-04-19T12:00
Join Arena for this special programme celebrating 100 years of James Joyce's Ulysses
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ROAR Review - Composer Elaine Agnew - Album Reviews from 2022-04-19T12:00
Jenn Gannon has been reviewing Apple TVplus newest offering ROAR. Composer Elaine Agnew tells us about Paper Boat - a new opera from Music for Galway and we have Album Reviews with Andrea Cleary a...
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Films - Outer Range Review and Author Amy Bloom from 2022-04-15T12:00
We look at The Northman, Operation Mincemeat and Benedetta - Dave Hanratty reviews Amazon Primes latest show Outer Range - And we speak to Author Amy Bloom
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Kelly Mac Donald on Operation Mincemeat, Julian Barnes on his new novel Elizabeth Finch and Anatomy of a Scandal review from 2022-04-14T12:00
She’s remebered by many as Diane the schoolgirl in Trainspotting but tonight Kelly Mac Donald tells us about her latest movie Operation Mincemeat. And Booker prizewinning Julian Barnes talks to ...
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Bajazet wins Olivier Award - Our Place in Space - Big Snake, Little Snake - Giacometti: From Life from 2022-04-11T12:00
The Outstanding Achievement in Opera award goes to Bajazet. Our Place in Space, a three-dimensional sculpture of our solar system. DBC Pierre, with his new work Big Snake, Little Snake, a cascade o...
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Film Reviews - Cormac Begley - Daniel O'Neill Revisited from 2022-03-31T12:00
Our reviewers Paul Whitington and Cara O'Doherty give their verdict on Morbius, True Things and The Bubble; concertina player Cormac Begley has a new album 'B'; and curator Karen Reihill tells us a...
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Who We Love - Ciara Phillips - Slow Horses from 2022-03-30T12:00
Filmmaker Graham Cantwell spoke to Sean about his new film Who We Love, Irish-Canadian artist Ciara Phillips discussed her new exhibition Love and Odd Posters&Chris Wasser reviewed the new AppleTV+...
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Stephen James Smith - Brendan Muldowney - Moon Knight Reviewed from 2022-03-30T12:00
Stephen James Smith tells us about his new album 'See No Evil, Brendan Muldowney reveals his new horror film 'The Cellar', and Dave Hanratty reviews the new Marvel series Moon Knight.
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Stephen James Smith - Brendan Muldowney - Moon Knight from 2022-03-29T12:00
Performance poet and wordsmith Stephen James Smith tells us about his debut album'See No Evil', Brendan Muldowney's speaks about his new horror film The Cellar&Dave Hanratty gives his verdict on th...
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Oscar nominee interviews - New album reviews - Luke by Mairéad Folan from 2022-03-25T12:00
Luke by Mairéad Folan - Album reviews: Charli XCX, Rosalía and Mattiel - Oscar nominee interviews
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Movie Reviews - Musician Martin Hayes - Bridgerton Season 2 from 2022-03-25T12:00
Join us as we check out the latest movies, chat with Musician Martin Hayes and delve into the new series of Bridgerton.
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RTÉ Short Story Competition 2022 - New music by Dani Larkin - Jack Kerouac at 100 from 2022-03-23T12:00
Arena marks the launch of the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2022, with the help of judges Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Ferdia Mac Anna and Lisa McInerney - Between Worlds, new music by Dani Larkin - Jack Kerou...
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Baile Beag Mór - Tarry Flynn - Songs of the Open Road - Colm Tóibín from 2022-03-22T12:00
Baile Beag Mór, the first production of Gaeltacht theatre company Fibín’s three-year residency at Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe - A new production of Tarry Flynn by Aaron Monaghan - Songs of the Open Ro...
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The Worst Person in the World - Róisín ReImagined - Abomination - My Cousin Vinny from 2022-03-21T12:00
The Worst Person in the World, a romantic comedy by Joachim Trier- Róisín ReImagined, new music by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - Abomination: a DUP Opera - My Cousin Vinny turns 30.
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Best of Arena with recent interviews of Hollywood stars from 2022-03-18T12:00
Kiefer Sutherland spoke to Arena about his latest album Bloor Street. Oscar winning actress Penélope Cruz talked about her latest film Parallel Mothers and her decades long creative partnership wit...
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St Patrick's Day Special from 2022-03-17T12:00
A celebration of how we see and express our historical selves in the arts, with author June Caldwell, artist Amanda Coogan, film critic Paul Whitington, theatre director Conor Hanratty, and Joe Csi...
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New films - WeCrashed - Looking for América from 2022-03-16T12:00
We review the latest films: The Phantom of the Open, Fresh, Deep Water, Wolf - WeCrashed, a new mini series about the rise and fall of WeWork - Looking for América, the real life story of a family ...
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Hive - The Scorched Earth Trilogy - Thumper from 2022-03-15T12:00
Hive, a film based on the true story of a woman whose husband disappeared during the war in Kosovo - The Scorched Earth Trilogy, street-opera by the Irish National Opera - The Dublin band Thumper's...
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William Hurt - The Phantom of the Open - Wolf - Booth from 2022-03-14T12:00
The Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died aged 71 - The Phantom of the Open, the incredible story of the man who entered the British Open despite never playing a single round of golf before - W...
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Homesickness - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey - Album reviews from 2022-03-11T12:00
Homesickness, a collection of short stories by Colin Barrett - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, with Samuel L Jackson, who plays a man in his 90s, who suffers with dementia - We review new music from...
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Guitar legend John McLaughlin - Film reviews (Foscadh, Red Rocket, The Adam Project) from 2022-03-10T12:00
Guitar legend John McLaughlin, who began his career in the 1960s, played with the likes of Georgie Fame, Tom Jones, and Ginger Baker - Film reviews: Foscadh, an Irish language feature film, Red Roc...
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Fidelio - John Banville - Unseen Plays from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.318955
Fidelio is Beethoven’s only opera, Irish National Opera will stage a production of the work at the Gaiety Theatre, artistic director Fergus Sheil&director Annabelle Comyn, John Banville on his late...
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Americans Anonymous - Jack O'Rourke - The White Handkerchief from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.274050
Americans Anonymous – a handsome book of John O’Donnell's poems twinned with Barry Delaney's portraits, Jack O’Rourke is a singer and songwriter from Cork city, His latest album is Wild Place, The ...
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Stephanie Sy-Quia - Tom Murphy - Maria Kelly - Holy Island from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.271050
Stephanie Sy-Quia's Amion explores the workings of gender, race&class, Tom Murphy is remembered through a series of acting masterclasses, Conversations on a Playwright, The Sum of the in between is...
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Films - Booker Prize 2021 - Maurice Riordan from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.266485
Gemma Creagh&Justin MacGregor review new films, Spencer with Kristen Stewart playing Princess Diana, The Card Counter, Damien Dempsey's documentary Love Yourself Today, writer Damon Galgut was anno...
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Led Zeppelin IV - JR Thorpe - Elsewhere from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.263769
Pat Carty on Led Zeppelin IV's 50th anniversary, JR Thrope on her debut novel Learwife, and Michael Gallen on his new opera Elsewhere being performed at the Abbey
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Rosemary Jenkinson - SHAM - Alice In the Underground - Longwave from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.260667
Rosemary Jenkinson on her new short story collection Marching Season, Amy Conroy and Paul Meade on Gúna Nua's production of SHAM, Claudia Boyle on her performance in Alice in the Underground, and A...
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Annemarie Ní Churreáin - RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Elizabeth Strout from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.156928
The Poison Glen collection by Annemarie NíChurreáin explores her native Donegal&her own family history taking the reader to Castlepollard&the Mother&Baby Home in which her father was born, Stephen ...
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Turner Prize - Film reviews - Karen Carpenter from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.077803
Array Collective became the first Northern Irish winner of the prestigious Turner prize for their shebeen pub installation, Emma Campbell&Laura O’Connor on their win with Seán Rocks, Tara Brady&Jus...
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Winter Papers from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.075128
A very special Arena celebrating Winter Papers. The seventh annual publication of stories, essays, poems, photographs, interviews and art edited by Kevin Barry and Oliva Smith. Guests include Kevin...
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David Bowie - Landscapers - The Long Christmas Dinner from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.071138
Alan Corr reviews David Bowie 5, Brilliant Adventure (1992 – 2001) a new boxset, Helen Meany reviews The Long Christmas Dinner at the Peacock, telling the story of 90 years&four generations in the ...
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Joe Dowling - Steps of Freedom - The Lost Daughter from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.068790
The Abbey Theatre production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, Joe Dowling also directed its first production on an Irish stage 40 years ago, director Ruán Magan's Steps of Freedom, follows the evolut...
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Stanley Kubrick - Shane Cullen - Jane Willow from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.066193
Steven Benedict on Stanley Kubrick's use of music in A Clockwork Orange, Jane Willow, Burn so Bright is her debut album, In 1993 artist Shane Cullen created a monumental sculptural work, of panels ...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda - Film reviews - And Just Like That from 2022-03-07T11:10:46.062895
Tick Tick Boom is based on the life of Jonathan Larson, the genius creative mind behind Rent, Lin-Manuel Miranda joins Seán Rocks to chat about his feature film directorial debut, Michael Pope&Gemm...
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Screw - John MacKenna - Midwinter Festival Stanford from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.954840
Screw is a new prison drama, starring Derry Girls’ Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Jenn Gannon previews the Channel 4 series, We Seldom Talk About the Past is a collection of stories by John MacKenna, Midwint...
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Brian Friel - Eagles - Joan Didion from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.951984
Shy Man, Show Man is about the playwright Brian Friel, Conall Morrison has been watching the documentary which airs on RTÉ One on Thursday at 10.15pm, 50 years on from their debut, The Eagles are b...
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Jan Carson - RTÉ Choice Music Prize - Andy Warhol - Every Brilliant Thing from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.949640
The Raptures is set in the small fictional Northern Irish town in the early 90s, Jan Carson's new novel explores how tragedy can both unite&tear apart a small community, Simon Maher on RTE Choice a...
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Film reviews - Louis Wain - Evolution of Acting from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.946897
Donald Clarke&Gemma Creagh review films, The 355 a spy caper with Jessica Chastain, Boiling Point, Ailey, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain with Benedict Cumberbatch has sparked an interest in the ...
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Sidney Poitier - Hilary Rose - 2022 in Music from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.943896
Steven Benedict pays tribute to Sidney Poitier, whose death was announced today, he was a trail blazer as a black actor in a very white industry, Hilary Rose returns to on our screens in hit RTÉ d...
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'Fall - The Mystery of Robert Maxwell' - Sinéad Campbell Wallace - Roger Doyle from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.784815
Lise Hand reviews John Preston's book about media mogul Robert Maxwell which won best biography at the Costa Book Awards. The English National Opera is reviving La Bohème with Irish soprano Sinéad ...
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Ulysses 100th Anniversary Special from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.782310
We celebrate 100 years since the publication of Joyce's Ulysses with Nuala O'Connor ('Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce'), Mary Costello ('The River Capture'), John Patrick McHugh ('Readin...
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Irish social media influencers - A Terrible Kindness - Album reviews from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.779648
Irish social media influencers - A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe - Album reviews: Mitski, Cate Le Bon and Black Country, New Road
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Michael Keegan-Dolan: The Dance - Audrey Magee’s new book The Colony - This is Going to Hurt - Spike Cello Festival from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.769970
Michael Keegan-Dolan: The Dance - Audrey Magee’s new book The Colony - This is Going to Hurt - Spike Cello Festival
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CUMASC: Seisiúin sa Black Gate - Inventing Anna - Rough Weekend from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.764569
CUMASC: Seisiúin sa Black Gate - Inventing Anna - Rough Weekend
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You Are Not My Mother - 'i see Earth' - The Dropout from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.724654
Kate Dolan's first feature film You Are Not My Mother, a modern day horror story - 'i see Earth', an exhibition of works by Tom dePaor at VISUAL Carlow - The Dropout, the story of Elizabeth Holmes,...
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Seán Scully - The Slowworm's Song - Batman from 2022-03-07T11:10:45.722088
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Moe Dunford - The Woman in White - Digital art at Wilton Park from 2022-02-28T12:00
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The real-life Peaky Blinders - Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra - Album reviews from 2022-02-25T12:00
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Arena Thursday 24 Feburary from 2022-02-25T12:00
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Leland Bardwell centenary - a-ha: The Movie - The plays and films of Martin McDonagh from 2022-02-23T12:00
Leland Bardwell, born 1922, was an influential and prolific figure on the Irish literary scene. A new collection of her poem is published this month to celebrate her centenary - a-ha: The Movie, w...
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Jim Broadbent - Cyrano - How to Tell a Secret - Shit from 2022-02-22T12:00
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Ghosts of Baggotonia - Dance Move - Crossing - Wolf Like Me from 2022-02-21T12:00
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Film reviews: The Real Charlie Chaplin and Here Before from 2022-02-18T12:00
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Here Before - Writer and Director Stacey Gregg. from 2022-02-18T12:00
We speak to the writer and director Stacey Gregg of Here Before. In an ordinary Belfast suburb, bereaved mother Laura is unsettled by the arrival of new neighbours and haunted by the possibility th...
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Anne Enright on Ulysses: The Wandering I - We Were Young by Niamh Campbell - Album reviews from 2022-02-18T12:00
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Elaine Mai - Deadly Cuts - Tipperary Dance from 2022-02-17T12:22:05.964897
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Film reviews - Squid Game - Gallery of Photography Ireland from 2022-02-17T12:22:05.962523
Aingeala Flannery & John Maguire review new films, Deadly Cuts, Sweetheart & The Man who Sold his Skin, Darryl Jones on the South Korean TV sensation streaming on Netflix, Prix Pictet Hope features...
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Macbeth - Scenes from a Marriage - Album reviews from 2022-02-17T12:22:05.961632
Aoife Barry previews Scenes from a Marriage, which is a modern adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's classic Swedish series, starring Jessica Chastain & Oscar Isaac, Brian Boyd & Louise Bruton review the ...
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Ian Rankin - Dial A Seanchaí - The Border Game - The Dance from 2022-02-16T22:37:26.657155
The Scottish crime writer William McIlvanney was working on The Dark Remains, when he died leaving behind a half-finished manuscript, which Ian Rankin has completed, The Border Game, at the Lyric T...
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The Real Charlie Chaplin - Inni-K - The Stasi Poetry Circle from 2022-02-16T12:00
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Sean Scully - Pan Pan Theatre - Crawford Art Gallery from 2022-02-16T08:08:44.479420
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Artists Leave Spotify - Dublin Literary Award - Odysseys Exhibition - Thomas Zehetmair/Irish Chamber Orchestra from 2022-01-31T12:00
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Penélope Cruz - Film reviews - Pam&Tommy from 2022-01-27T12:00
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John Reavey - Andre Leon Tallie Tribute - The Winter Guest - ‘Sated Peasant, Sated Soldier, Sated Scribe’ from 2022-01-27T12:00
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Kiefer Sutherland - NIO: Into The Woods - Francis Bacon In Moscow from 2022-01-26T12:00
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Tradfest 2022 from 2022-01-25T12:00
Stephen Rea is at the centre of Saíocht, which combines poetry and music and features poets, Natalya O’Flaherty and Sasha Terfous. TradFest 2022 welcomes folk legend, Peggy Seeger who discusses her...
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Sean&Dylan Penn - Doineann - The Gilded Age - Sara Freeman - Tides from 2022-01-24T12:00
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Vertigo - Ozark - Albums reviews from 2022-01-21T12:00
Haunted by Vertigo is a new book which explores the film and its legacy, one of the editors, Sidney Gottlieb spoke to Kay, Arlene Hunt reviews the final season of Ozark on Netflix, Louise Bruton&P...
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Ciarán Hinds- film Reviews - Genocide from 2022-01-20T12:00
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Munich: the Edge of War - Thomas McCarthy - Fraggle Rock from 2022-01-18T12:00
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The Winter Guest - André Leon Talley - John Reavey - Sam Keogh from 2022-01-18T12:00
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Local Wonders - After Life review- Music for Galway from 2022-01-17T12:00
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Snowpoet are a London based musical collective led by Irish vocalist Lauren Kinsella&bassist, Chris Hyson, The Sopranos heralded a new era of television, Dr Clare Clark marks the anniversary, avai...
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Bajazet - Classics Now - Cloud Studies from 2022-01-10T12:00
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss won six Grammys for their debut album, Raising Sand in 2007. Raise the Roof is their latest studio album.
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Christmas poems - Rita Moreno - The Cow Book - Christmas TV from 2021-12-20T12:00
Poet Enda Wyley selects her favourite poems on the eve of the Winter Solstice, Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, tells the story of the West Side story star, Rita Moreno, The Cow Book by John C...
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The Letters of John McGahern - JYellowL - The North Water - Eileen Gray from 2021-12-18T03:15:51.857520
John McGahern won acclaim as one of Ireland’s leading writers of the late 20th century, Prof Frank Shovlin has spent the last seven years, editing his letters, The Letters of John McGahern, out now...
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Film reviews - Masterclass - Down with Jazz from 2021-12-18T03:15:51.856641
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Beautiful World, Where Are You - The Venice Film Festival - Poetry Town from 2021-12-18T03:15:51.854623
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Scullion - All Strangers Here - 2021 Best Albums from 2021-12-17T12:00
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Adam McKay - Film reviews - John Francis Flynn from 2021-12-17T12:00
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Winter Light - Literary Walking - Jesse Jones - Eavan Boland Emerging Poet from 2021-12-15T12:00
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2021 Books of the Year from 2021-12-14T12:00
Declan Hughes, Edel Coffey, Éamon Sweeney and Damien O’ Meara look at best books of 2021 from crime to popular, and literary as well as non-fiction, music and sport.
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European Film Awards - Cabaret - Shirley Jackson - The Voices of Ireland from 2021-12-13T12:00
Tara Brady on the European Film Awards, David Benedict reviews Cabaret with Jessie Buckley&Eddie Redmayne, Dr Dara Downey on Reading Shirley Jackson in the Twenty-First Century, online tonight at t...
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Colm Keegan&Kalle Ryan - Japanese cinema season - Album reviews from 2021-12-13T12:00
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The Dead - Colin Hassard - Erykah Badu from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.953481
The Dead, An Opera is based on the beloved short story by James Joyce at the Gaiety Theatre, Colin Hassard debut poetry collection Age of the Microwave Dinner at the Eastside Arts Festival, eastsi...
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Damon Galgut - Kilkenny Arts Festival - New Music from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.952656
'The Promise' - longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, following the fortunes of the Swarts of South Africa, over four decades, Invitation to a Journey, a film installation, filmmaker Eoin Heaney...
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Tonic - Jack Butler Yeats - Daisy Lafarge from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.951848
Tonic debuts this weekend from actor & playwright, Fionn Foley, directed by Ronan Phelan, kilkennyarts.ie , Emer McGarry, Director of the Model discusses, Jack Butler Yeats Assembled Memories, trea...
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Film reviews - Bernard MacLaverty from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.950785
Paul Whitington & Cara O’Doherty review films, Stillwater with Matt Damon, The Boys from County Hell, a Northern Irish Vampire film, Bernard MacLaverty's last novel was shortlisted for the Booker ...
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The Echo Chamber - Mr. Corman - Album reviews from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.949939
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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - The Hamilton Gallery - Brian McGilloway - Stevie G from 2021-12-06T09:29:26.949125
The Irish Chamber Orchestra premieres Róisín Reimagined with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh at the Kilkenny Arts Fest, Brian McGilloway’s 'The Last Crossing' received special recognition at The Theakston C...
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The Treaty - Josephine Baker - Mic Christopher from 2021-11-30T12:00
Theo Dorgan, Colin Murphy&art historian Jessica Fahy on the centenary of The Treaty, Josephine Baker became the first black woman to be inducted into the Pantheon, Sophie Gorman reports from Paris,...
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John Connolly - French Film Festival - Albums from 2021-11-26T12:00
Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction is a new anthology edited by John Connolly, Mon Legionnaire or Our Men from director Rachel Lang at the French Film Festival, Simon Maher&Aoife Barry...
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Film reviews - Beatles, Get Back from 2021-11-25T12:00
The latest film reviews, House Of Gucci, JFK Revisited with Aingeala Flannery&Donald Clarke, Peter Jackson’s Get Back explores the most contested period in The Beatles history, Paul McLoone&Sarah S...
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Ye Vagabonds - Vona Groarke - To The Moon from 2021-11-24T12:00
Ye Vagabonds ahead of their performance at the National Concert Hall, Vona Groarke on her new poetry collection, Link, Tadhg O’Sullivan’s on his film, To The Moon, a new visual work which considers...
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Freddie Mercury - Joy Crookes - Thomas Morris from 2021-11-23T12:00
Pat Carty on Freddie Mercury: The Final Act, a new feature-length documentary on his 30th anniversary, Joy Crookes shares music from her debut album Skin, Thomas Morris on his new book The Dublin R...
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Lux Alma - Intimate City - Donnie Darko - Ciaran Lavery from 2021-11-23T10:48:40.263722
Singer, composer, producer, sound designer Lux Alma has taken inspiration from the coastline of Kerry, To the Sea - the single & audio-visual celebration is out now, Peter Sirr’s 'Intimate City' is...
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Film reviews - Colm Mac Iomaire - Henry Girls from 2021-11-23T10:48:40.262343
Film reviews with Tara Brady & Darryl Jones from Marvel's Black Widow to Martin Eden & Tove, a studio 8 session with Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ahead of his gig at The Cáirde Sligo Arts Festival, Home (...
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Alannah Hopkin - Print REbels - Album reviews from 2021-11-23T10:48:40.260941
In a new memoir, 'A Very Strange Man', writer Alannah Hopkin recounts her twenty- nine-year relationship with novelist Aidan Higgins, Edward Twohig presents 'Print REbels' an exhibition of 140 hist...
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Jeremy Irons - Music order - Vera Klute from 2021-11-22T12:00
Jeremey Irons on his role in House of Gucci, John Meagher on importance of running orders for great albums, Nick Drake play about the scandals around Handel’s Messiah in Dublin in 1742, Vera Klute ...
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Live from the Dublin Book Festival from 2021-11-12T12:00
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Film Reviews - The Balanas Sisters - Tulca Festival from 2021-11-11T12:00
Cara O'Doherty and Paul Whittington with all the latest film reviews, the Balanas sisters ahead of their sold-out show at the West Wicklow Festival, and Eoin Dara of Tulca Festival discusses ‘th...
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Three O'Casey Comedies - Brandenburg Concertos - The Shrink Next Door from 2021-11-10T12:00
Garry Hynes and Marty Rea discuss Druid Theatre taking three O'Casey plays on tour, Peter Whelan on the 300th anniversary of Bach's Brandenburg concertos, and Chris Wasser chats about the new Ap...
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Robert Sheehan - Rob Doyle - Album reviews from 2021-10-29T12:00
In his debut collection of short stories, 'Disappearing Act', actor Robert Sheehan reflects on the absurdity of human behaviour, Rob Doyle's latest book is non-fiction, an account of 52 books he re...
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Arena (Podcast) from 2021-10-28T12:00
Film reviews: Last Night in Soho, Passing, The Rescue - Terence Davies - Paul Muldoon's Howdie-Skelp
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Spooktacular - Joyce&Barnacle's Dublin - Karina Daly - Edgar Wright from 2021-10-27T12:00
The RTÉConcert Orchestra is staging a special concert for Halloween, Spooktacular is conducted by Stephen Bell, Arena is championing Nuala O’Connor’s book Nora for the Audience Choice Award, Nuala ...
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Film reviews - Lisa Taddeo - Irish Modern Dance Theatre from 2021-10-27T00:07:01.256192
Donald Clarke & Ruth Barton review the latest film releases including Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round, & Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins story, Lisa Taddeo’s debut book 'Three Women' became a cultu...
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Shadow of the Glen - Look! It’s A Woman Writer Anthology - Album reviews from 2021-10-27T00:07:01.254559
Blue Raincoat theatre company have produced Synge’s play In the Shadow of the Glen to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Chris Morash reviews, Look! It’s A Woman Writer Anthology, editor Éilís Ní Dhui...
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The 32: An anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices - Roxy Music - Drone Bone Jetty from 2021-10-27T00:07:01.253002
The 32: An anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices, editor Paul McVeigh, Kit de Waal, June Caldwell & Erin Lindsay discuss, Paul McLoone recommends where to begin with Roxy Music, a film & stage co...
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Druid Bursary - Irish National Opera - Tove Jansson - Nidhi Zak/ Aria Eipe from 2021-10-27T00:07:01.250820
Druid Theatre’s Marie Mullen bursary is open for applications, the 2020 recipients Emily Foran & Sarah Baxter, The Lighthouse opens July 8, baritone, John Molloy, Irish National Opera Director, Die...
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Ruth Negga - Small Things Like These - The Waterford Poetry Prize from 2021-10-26T12:00
Ruth Negga on her latest role in Passing, the film tells the story of two black women, who can"pass"as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the colour line, Sinéad Gleeson reviews'Small Th...
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Wexford Opera Festival - Daniel Moult - Album reviews from 2021-10-22T12:00
The 47th Saturday a short opera by composer, Andrew Synnott, Pipeworks continues this week with a concert from Daniel Moult, Album reviews with Andrea Cleary&Simon Maher, from Self Esteem, the expe...
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Film reviews - Emmet Kirwan - Invasion from 2021-10-21T12:00
Ruth Barton & Donald Clarke review films, from Dune with Timothee Chalamet to Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, Straight to Video is a new comedy by Emmet Kirwan set in Tallaght in 1995 in a vide...
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Gavan Ring - Dublin Theatre Festival Review from 2021-10-20T12:00
Irish tenor Gavan Ring has put together a gala concert in conjunction with the Daniel O’Connell Summer School, Liberation takes place this Saturday, critics Helen Meany and Peter Crawley look back ...
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West Side Story - Impreachment - Krapp’s Last Tape from 2021-10-19T12:00
Six decades on, West Side Story remains unrivalled, Jamie Bernstein, author of the book, Famous Father Girl, talks about the impact of her father Leonard Bernstein, Lise Hand reviews American Crim...
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Brendan Kennelly and Máire Mhac an tSaoi Tribute from 2021-10-18T12:00
Seán Rocks is joined by Chris Morash, poet John O’Donnell and Brendan Kennelly’s publisher and friend Neil Astley in celebrating the life and work of Brendan Kennelly and a celebration of the life ...
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The Map - Vincent Dubois - Album reviews from 2021-10-18T12:00
The Map is a monumental new textile by artists Alice Maher & Rachel Fallon, at Rua Red Gallery in Tallaght, the duo has created a world that is sewn, painted & crocheted, Vincent Dubois holds the p...
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Film reviews - The Velvet Underground - Kit Downes from 2021-10-14T12:00
Cara O'Doherty & Paul Whitington review the latest films, The Last Duel, Venom & Arracht, Paul McLoone previews Todd Haynes' new documentary about The Velvet Underground premieres on Apple TV+, ...
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Succession - Conor Hanratty - Jade Phoenix - Brian Fay from 2021-10-13T12:00
Jenn Gannon on the return of Succession, Shakespeare is the theme of the 70th Wexford Festival Opera, who better to direct a Shakespeare inspired opera than Conor Hanratty, Soprano Jade Phoenix wil...
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Paddy Moloney Tribute from 2021-10-12T12:00
The sad news today of the passing of Paddy Moloney, founder of The Chieftains. Donal Lunny, Peadar Ó Riada, Seán Óg Potts, Moya Brennan, Andrea Corr, Cathy Jordan, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Imelda May,...
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In the Echo - Laetha Sona - Trust - Arts and Human Rights Festival from 2021-10-11T12:00
In The Echo: Field Recordings From Earlsfort Terrace is a new album from Ross Turner featuring 16 artists incl. Lisa Hannigan & Conor O’Brien, Laethanta Sona is a first-time translation into Irish ...
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Sinéad O'Connor - Maud Cotter - Killaloe Music Festival from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.941798
'Rememberings' is Sinéad O'Connor's new memoir, Lise Hand previews one of the most anticipated books of the year, Land is the directorial debut of actress, Robin Wright, Maud Cotter's new exhibitio...
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Hollie McNish - Richard Mosse - Tobi Omoteso - Small World from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.940906
'Slug' is a hybrid of poetry, prose & memoir by Hollie McNish, Richard Mosse’s installations Home - Butler Gallery, Tobi Omoteso is an acclaimed Nigerian-Irish dancer, A Midsummer Celebration Co...
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Film reviews - Marina Carr - DH Lawrence from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.940004
Gemma Creagh and Michael Pope review new films incl. A Quiet Place 2, playwright Marina Carr has adapted Virginia Woolf’s 'To the Lighthouse' corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/to-the-lighthouse ,‘Burning ...
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After Love - Genius: Aretha, Respect - Album reviews from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.939196
'After Love' is a new film starring the Joanna Scanlan and will be released in Ireland at the IFI on June 10th, National Geographic’s Genius anthology series returns focusing on Aretha Franklin's ...
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Lucy Caldwell - Sweet Tooth - The Dock from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.938076
Lucy Caldwell's new collection, 'Intimacies', features stories about pregnancy and parenthood. Chris Wasser reviews the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, which is based on the best-selling DC comic book,...
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A City and a Garden - Bád Shiobhán - Carlow Arts Festival - RTÉ National Symphony Live from 2021-10-10T21:49:59.937221
acityandagarden.ie short stories by writers like Lisa McInerney, narrated by actor Hilary Rose, choreographer Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín & her father Pádraig, built a West Kerry Naomhóg, corkmidsummer.c...
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Film reviews - Uncle Ray - Traveller Pride Week - No Straight Lines from 2021-09-30T12:00
Gemma Creagh & Michael Pope review films incl Daniel Craig's last outing as Bond in No Time to Die, Uncle Ray from CoisCéim Dance Theatre by David Bolger, looks at father figures, David & Don Ronga...
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Philidelphia Here I Come! - Daniel Craig's 007 - Stuart Neville - Exteriors - Annie Ernaux from 2021-09-30T12:00
Actors Alex Murphy, Catherine Walsh & director Geoff Gould on Philadelphia Here I Come! from October 5th, corkoperahouse.ie , Paul Whitington revisits Daniel Craig's 007, Crime author Stuart Nevill...
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Cary Fukunaga - Music for Galway - Oliver Sacks from 2021-09-28T12:00
Cary Fukunaga is the director of No Time to Die, which opens this week in cinemas, Music for Galway celebrates 40 years, Dutch soprano, Lenneke Ruiten, opens the series with a Gala this Thursday, O...
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Paul Brady - Kin - Album reviews from 2021-09-24T12:00
In 1979 songwriter Paul Brady released the album The Green Crow Caws featuring the music from the plays of Seán O'Casey & now releases a re-mastered version, Peter McKenna is the writer of Kin, the...
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Film reviews - Nirvana Nevermind at 30 - Hunting Darwin from 2021-09-23T12:00
Tara Brady & Justin MacGregor review new films, The Many Saints of Newark, The Green Knight, The Alpinist, the 30th anniversary of Nevermind which sold over 30 million copies, John Meagher & Emma O...
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Dublin Theatre Festival 2021 from 2021-09-22T12:00
Seán Rocks previews the Dublin Theatre Festival, with a special guests includling Enda Walsh & composer Donnacha Dennehy, ANU’s Louise Lowe, Thommas Kane Byrne, Philip McMahon, Caitríona Daly & Fi...
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Houseplants - The Magician - Foundation from 2021-09-21T12:00
Paul Noonan guested on the 2019 album L.O.S.S. from electronica producer Daithí & so began the musical partnership Houseplants, Dry Goods is out now, Colm Tóibín’s The Magician is one of the most a...
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Marianne Faithfull - Rachel Donohue - Album reviews from 2021-09-20T13:44:55.348503
Marianne Faithfull's new album with Warren Ellis is inspired by her love of the Romantic poets, The Beauty of Impossible Things is Rachel Donohue's second novel, a young girl who has moved to a new...
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Y: The Last Man - Sarah Gilmartin - New Ross Piano Festival - Ireland’s Historic Gardens from 2021-09-20T12:00
Y: The Last Man takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, Aoife Barry previews the Disney+ series, Dinner Party: A Tragedy is the debut novel from Sarah Gilmartin, a prize-winning writer & the co-ed...
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Arena Culture Night Special from 2021-09-17T12:00
Seán Rocks hosts a very special Arena on Culture Night, with author John Boyne, soprano Claudia Boyle, producer Daithí Ó Drónaí, actors Roxanna Nic Liam, Emmet Kirwan and singer Jess Kavanagh shari...
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Tom Hickey Tribute - The Pursuit of Love - My Bloody Valentine from 2021-09-13T00:22:45.758642
A tribute to actor Tom Hickey, one of Ireland’s most memorable stage & screen actors, new Irish band Houseplants -the band is Bell X1’s Paul Noonan & producer Daithí, Mary McGill previews the new B...
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Loah - Empty House - Play in a Van - The Handmaid's Tale from 2021-09-13T00:22:45.757773
Loah's new EP of poetry from the 1920s is set to music with her first single 'The Body to the Soul' - by Eva Gore-Booth, Empty House is an anthology of new writing responding to the ever-looming cl...
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Film reviews - Maria Doyle Kennedy - Whipping Boy from 2021-09-13T00:22:45.757044
Roe McDermott & Justin MacGregor review films - Cowboy & End of Sentence, Fire on the Roof of Eden is the 11th album from Maria Doyle Kennedy & her husband Kieran Kennedy, mariadk.com , DJ & radio...
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Misha and the Wolves - Sean Shibe - Luke Cassidy - Minseach from 2021-08-31T12:00
Misha and the Wolves documentary director Sam Hobkinson, Camino is the new album from Scottish classical guitarist Sean Shibe, Luke Cassidy's debut novel Iron Annie is set in Dundalk among the crim...
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Nick Laird - Moxie - Walls and Windows - Halsey from 2021-08-30T12:00
Poet & novelist Nick Laird wrote a moving elegy for his late father, Up Late, in the latest issue of Granta Magazine, alt folk band Moxie's new album is entitled The Dawn of Motion, they perform at...
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Only Murders in the Buidling - Rescue Annie - Album reviews from 2021-08-27T12:00
Mary McGill previews Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short & Selena Gomez, Rescue Annie is a play by actor & writer Lauren Shannon Jones & director Eoghan Carrick, fring...
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Film reviews - There are Little Kingdoms - Rough Girls from 2021-08-26T12:00
Ruth Barton & Michael Pope review films, incl. Candyman a supernatural slasher film, There are Little Kingdoms by writer Kevin Barry, the stage adaptation is directed by Andrew Flynn, GIAF.ie , Rou...
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Timothy Spall - Steve Wall - Dublin Fringe Festival - Kevin Can F Himself from 2021-08-25T12:00
Timothy Spall stars in the Last Bus, a journey from John of Groats to Land’s End to honour the memory of his wife, Steve Wall of The Stunning ahead of a series of gigs at Pearse Stadium, Speak Soft...
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Charlie Watts - Vigil - Stephen Sexton - Claire-Louise Bennett from 2021-08-24T12:00
The sad news today of the death of The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, Paul McLoone pays tribute, Vigil is BBC drama from the producers of Line of Duty, Stephen Sexton shares poems from his n...
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McCartney 3, 2, 1 - Cogadh na Saoirse - Brian Moore from 2021-08-23T12:00
In Paul McCartney 3,2,1, McCartney sits down with the legendary producer Rick Rubin, Pat Carty on the Apple+ series, Cogadh na Saoirse is a play from Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc, director Philip Doherty &...
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Film reviews - New Pagans - Citizen Lane from 2021-08-23T09:06:40.890765
Cara O' Doherty & Paul Whitington review films, Sequin in a Blue Room, A Common Crime & the multi Oscar nominated Sound of Metal, Northern Ireland band New Pagans, debut album The Seed, The Vesse...
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Wildfire - Niamh Regan - Album reviews from 2021-08-20T12:00
Cathy Brady’s Wildfire tells the story of sisters reunited, until their strange behaviour starts to impact all around them, starring Nora Jane Noone & Nika McGuigan, singer-songwriter Niamh Regan’s...
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Film reviews - Lucy Ellmann - Where Sat the Lovers from 2021-08-19T12:00
Tara Brady & Darryl Jones review films, Pig, The Bright Side from Ruth Meehan & Jean Pasley, Censor, starring Niamh Algar as a film censor, who discovers an eerie link between a horror movie that h...
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Omar El Akkad - Pearl Jam - Sound on Film from 2021-08-18T12:00
Omar El Akkad is an award-winning journalist, 'What Strange Paradise' is his second novel, in which a nine-year-old from Syria, survives a rough migrant sea crossing and ends up on a small Greek is...
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Dublin HandelFest - Nine Perfect Strangers - Neptune Calling from 2021-08-17T12:00
The Irish Baroque Orchestra pays tribute to Handel’s association with Dublin, dublinhandelfest.com, Jenn Gannon previews Nine Perfect Strangers starring Nicole Kidman, Neptune Calling is a play by ...
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Film reviews - Louise Kennedy - Emiji from 2021-08-17T09:10:47.666568
Justin MacGregor & Roe McDermott review films, He Dreams of Giants, Minari, The Mauritanian, 'The End of the World is a Cul de Sac' is the debut collection from Louise Kennedy, Louise will be at th...
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Wellington Paranormal - Nick Cave - Album reviews from 2021-08-17T09:10:47.665817
Chris Wasser previews the acclaimed, cult mockumentary, Wellington Paranormal, with the police force’s first paranormal unit, Nick Cave's history spans six decades & a colossal body of work, Mark M...
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Veronica Dunne Tribute - Them - where to begin Pat Metheny from 2021-08-17T09:10:47.665077
The sad news of the death of the great soprano and teacher Veronica Dunne, who died yesterday at the age of 93, Tara Erraught and Fergus Shiel pay tribute, Jenn Gannon previews a new 10-part series...
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Max Richter - Niall Bourke - The Louvre Museum from 2021-08-17T09:10:47.664340
Max Richter is one of the most musically diverse composers of the 21st century, Voices 2 following the album - Voices, an accompaniment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art historian ...
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Eimear McBride - Iarla Ó Lionáird - Prism from 2021-08-16T12:00
Eimear McBride is one of our most innovative writers, her new essay is, Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust, Iarla Ó Lionáird is one of Ireland's most acclaimed sean-nos singers, this Septemb...
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Niamh Algar - Bunnyman: A Memoir - Album reviews from 2021-08-13T12:00
Niamh Algar is an Irish actor on the crest of a wave of great new releases, she currently stars in the Channel 4 drama Deceit and Censor opens in Irish cinemas this weekend, Peter Murphy reviews Wi...
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Film reviews - The Chair - Notebooks of Samuel Beckett from 2021-08-12T12:00
Donald Clarke & Gemma Creagh review films, Free Guy, Coda, Mary McGill previews The Chair, a new academic comedy on Netflix starring Sandra Oh, Gavin Quinn, director of Pan Pan Theatre Company, Ni...
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Modern Love - Doug Fishbone - White Lotus from 2021-08-11T12:00
Modern Love is Amazon's anthology series based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, series creator, John Carney discusses season two, artist, Doug Fishbone’s exhibition welcomes v...
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The Cormorant - Craig Walker - Kenmare Butter Market from 2021-08-10T12:00
Louise Kennedy & Eoin McNamee are the editors of the Sligo literary journal the Cormorant, treadsoftly.ie , Craig Walker is a name that will be familiar to fans of 1990s Irish guitar music, as fron...
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Film reviews - Elektra - Queer Mind, Body and Soul from 2021-07-29T12:00
Michael Pope & Roe McDermott review films incl. The Sparks Brothers documentary, Irish National Opera’s show at Kilkenny Arts Festival is Richard Strauss’ Elektra, Queer Mind, Body and Soul is an ...
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Sparks - Ray McBride Tribute - Joe Caslin - Dede Allen Films from 2021-07-28T12:00
The eccentric, unclassifiable music duo of Sparks that have lasted more than 50 years, remembering Ray McBride, Joe Caslin is best known for his towering pieces of street art, Joe will take part in...
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Druid - Watch the Sound - James Cagney from 2021-07-27T12:00
Druid Theatre Company stages 'The Seagull' at Coole Park, Eileen Walsh plays fading actress Isobel Desmond, & Jack Gleeson – best known as the villainous Joffrey in Game of Thrones – is her lonely ...
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Karan Casey - The Office - Of A Mind from 2021-07-26T12:00
Karan Casey has worked with director Sophie Motley to create a show that is part song-poem, part music performance. I Walked Into My Head at kilkennyarts.ie , Alan Corr revisits The Office at 20, p...
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Irish National Opera - Isabel Nolan - Albums from 2021-07-23T12:00
A Thing I Cannot Name is an opera film from Irish National Opera, three very different women are connected only by the intensity of their wildly dissimilar desires, the artist Isabel Nolan’s new ex...
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Amy Winehouse - Film reviews - Pure Grit from 2021-07-22T12:00
Kelly Anne Byrne marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Amy Winehouse, Amy's mother has narrated a new documentary on BBC Two, John Maguire & Ruth Barton review films, Riders of Justice & Worl...
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Eímear Noone - Ted Lasso - Gerald Dawe from 2021-07-22T12:00
Eímear Noone is one of the world’s most accomplished composers of scores for videogames, this Friday Eímear will conduct the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Eímear Noone’s ‘Electric Arcade’, Lisa ...
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International Women’s Day - Raven Leilani - St. Patrick's Festival from 2021-07-21T07:07:39.364154
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra celebrated International Women's Day with a series of recordings with female artists incl. Dana Masters & Emma Langford, Raven Leilani's debut novel Luster is one of the m...
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Jaime Martin - Surviving or Thriving? - Pedro Almodóvar from 2021-07-21T07:07:39.363371
Chief Conductor Jaime Martin conducts the first of six concerts on Friday with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, NCH.ie, live on rte.ie/culture, Surviving or Thriving? online series on the menta...
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Andrea Riseborough - Bicycle Thieves - Wes Anderson from 2021-07-20T12:00
Here Before is a psychological thriller starring Andrea Riseborough, Bicycle Thieves: Pumped Up, with Roxanna Nic Liam & directed by Connor O'Toole, galwayfilmfleadh.com, Wes Anderson, the America...
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Sparks! - West Cork Fit Up Festival - Schmigadoon from 2021-07-19T12:00
Jenn Gannon on musical duo Sparks! - ahead of Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers, & Annette, for which they wrote the music & the screenplay, Artistic Director, Geoff Gould and Seamus O...
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In MiddleTown, Mikel Murfi - John Fitzgerald - Album reviews from 2021-07-16T12:00
In MiddleTown is the tale of a furniture removals man, who one day packs up his own belongings, actor, writer & director Mikel Murfi takes to the road in a truck, gate-theatre.ie, 'The Time Being'...
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Cannes Film Festival - Film reviews - Georges Simenon from 2021-07-15T12:00
Tara Brady reports from Cannes Film Festival, Paul Whitington & Gemma Creagh review films incl. Summer of Soul, a found footage documentary about a pivotal 1969 New York soul music festival, John S...
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Subterranean Sessions - Lemoncello - Christy Lefteri - Breandán De Gallaí from 2021-07-14T12:00
Subterranean Sessions will be on RTÉ 2 Thursday night, Róisín O, presents & performs, Christy Lefteri's 'Songbirds' is about the too-frequent exploitation of migrant workers, War Dance of the Fairy...
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The Olympics on Film - John Connolly - All of This Unreal Time from 2021-07-14T12:00
Our man in RTÉ Sport, Damien O'Meara looks at artistic representations of the Olympics on film, a blend of private eye, horror & speculative fiction, ‘The Nameless Ones’ is the 20th novel from John...
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Waiting for Poirot - Festival in a Van - Dani Larkin from 2021-07-12T12:00
Waiting for Poirot is an ensemble piece from playwright, Mike Finn, staged in the People's Park, Limerick, limetreetheatre.ie , Festival in a Van & Poetry Ireland bring Words Move to venues across ...
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Supernova - Helen O’Hara - Your Honor from 2021-07-04T16:29:55.941079
Director Harry Macqueen on Supernova starring Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth, diff.ie film journalist and editor-at-large for Empire Magazine, Helen O'Hara discusses her new book 'Women vs Hollywoo...
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Kazuo Ishiguro - A Smyth - Edna O'Brien from 2021-07-04T16:29:55.939356
The Nobel Prize winning author of 'The Remains of the Day' and 'Never Let me Go', Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his new book 'Klara and the Sun', A Smyth's debut album is Last Animals, This Sunday, Marc...
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Francis Lee - Gruff Rhys - Film reviews - Salena Godden from 2021-07-04T16:29:55.938652
Director Francis Lee discusses Ammonite with Kate Winslet & Saoirse Ronan, telling the story of 19th century palaeontologist, Mary Anning, Michael Pope & Cara O' Doherty review films, Moxie & Poly ...
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My Tribe - A Worm in the Heart - Album reviews from 2021-07-04T16:29:55.937924
My Tribe on the rise of music subcultures in Ireland, Irish filmmaker Paul Rice travelled across Russia meeting LGBTQ+ activists along the way who face the threat of extreme physical violence, A Wo...
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Kojaque - Martin Parr - Rough Magic from 2021-06-30T12:00
Kojaque on his much-anticipated full album, Town’s Dead, Martin Parr is one of the great social photographers, The Gallery of Photography presents his Irish photography 1979-2019, galleryofphotogr...
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Thomas Vinterberg - Deirdre Sullivan - Dublin Book Festival - Departures - Where to begin - Scott Walker from 2021-06-29T12:00
Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, Deirdre Sullivan’s 'I want to Know That I Will Be Okay' is a new short story collection, Departures is a three-p...
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Yeats - Hemingway - Get Shorty - Audrey Molloy from 2021-06-28T12:00
Ambassador Dan Mulhall is the honorary President of Yeats Society Sligo, discusses Yeat's legacy, YeatsSociety.com, Ernest Hemingway is the subject of a six-part series, Declan Hughes previews, Dec...
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Indiana Jones at 40 - Exhibition: Edo in Colour - Album reviews from 2021-06-25T12:00
It’s 40 years since we first met archeologist Indiana Jones in the Oscar-winning Raiders of the Lost Ark. Edo in Colour exhibition of prints covering the early days of Japan. And album reviews thi...
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The evolution of the comedy special - In the Middle of the Field - Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg, reviewed by Sinéad Gleeson - Shared Ground from 2021-06-23T12:00
Jenn Gannon looks at the evolution of the comedy special. Director Joan Sheehy, and actress Kathy Rose O'Brien talk to Seán about In the Middle of the Fields. Sinéad Gleeson reviews Frida Kahlo and...
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One Good Turn at the Abbey - Saint Sister - They Come Then, The Birds by Amanda Coogan - Irish Chamber Orchestra at Limerick’s UCH from 2021-06-23T12:00
The Abbey Theatre reopens for One Good Turn by Una McKevitt, Saint Sister join Seán in studio ahead of their new album 'Where I Should End'. Amanda Coogan presents ‘They Come Then, The Birds’, comm...
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Murder at the Cottage - The Saviour - Joni Mitchell's Blue from 2021-06-22T12:00
Philip Boucher-Hayes looks at Jim Sheridan's Murder at the Cottage, about the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Helen Meany reviews the play The Saviour, starring Marie Mullen and Brian Gle...
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Film Reviews - CoisCéim Dance Theatre - Tradition Now at NCH from 2021-06-18T12:00
Justin McGregor and Roe McDermott are on the line for this week's film reviews. David Bolger of CoisCéim Dance Theatre discusses "In The Magic Hour" and Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Breschi of Varo ...
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The Reason I Jump - Mespil In The Dark - Together - The Great Mistake from 2021-06-17T12:00
Director Jerry Rothwell talks to Sean about his new film "The Reason I Jump", Eugene O Brien and Gavin Quinn discuss their latest project "Mespil In The Dark", Mary McGill is reviews the film "Toge...
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Guests of The Nation - Black Alley Podcast - Album Reviews from 2021-06-14T12:00
Pat Kiernan, Mel Mercier and Kevin Barry talk about what we can expect from Corcadorca's adaptation of "Guests of the Nation" . Sean talks to the cast of Black Alley podcast and Louise Bruton and S...
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Arena Monday 1st February from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.648437
Mary McGill reviews a new collection of Joan Didion essays, Steven Benedict explores the western and Seán chats to flamenco guitarist John Walsh.
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Arena Wednesday 3rd February from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.647602
Ed Guiney, of Element Pictures on Golden Globe nominations for Normal People, piano player and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, author Max Porter and Jenn Gannon reviews ZeroZeroZero.
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Arena Tuesday 2nd February from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.646357
Conductor Marin Alsop, Helen Meany on Anton Chekhov and writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh.
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Wednesday 4th February from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.645395
Donald Clarke and Ruth Barton review films, Sonya Kelly discusses her new play 'Once Upon a Bridge' and the nominations for the International Dublin Literary Award are revealed.
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Christopher Plummer tribute, Austin Duffy, Album Reviews from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.644405
Chris Wasser remembers Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer on the sad news of his passing today, Austin Duffy is an oncologist & author whose second novel is 'Ten Days' Lauren Murphy & Eamon Sw...
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No Forever, Hafsa Zayyan, Wirelessin from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.593966
Electronica artist Elaine Mai teams up with singer MayKay & music photographer Ruth Medjber, No Forever the new single is out now, Barry Douglas is one of Ireland’s greatest ever classical pianists...
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Life in a Day 2020, Love in Art, Where to begin, Jack London from 2021-06-11T17:32:47.593111
The Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald on Life in a Day 2020, art historian, Jessica Fahy, guides us through the theme of love in art down through the ages from Canova to Klimt and Tara Brady r...
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Arts update - Film reviews - Keith Ridgway - National Gallery from 2021-06-10T12:00
Sinead Crowley, RTÉ's Arts and Media correspondent, reports from the first live concert in over a year, film reviews with Aingeala Flanner & John Maguire, the award-winning author Keith Ridgway on ...
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Arena Friday 29th January from 2021-06-10T04:54:07.855484
Moya Brennan & Laoise on Ceiliúradh na mBan, writer Sue Rainsford, Philly McMahon on clubbing as culture and Brian Boyd & Nadine O'Regan review albums.
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Thelma and Louise at 30 - Patrick McGrath - West Wicklow Festival from 2021-05-31T12:00
Thelma and Louise became one of the most talked-about films of 1991, Ruth Barton revisits the film at 30, Patrick McGrath's new novel 'Last Days in Cleaver Square' follows a celebrated ageing poet ...
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Arts update - Richard Barnett- Barry Douglas - Album reviews from 2021-05-28T12:00
Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ’s Arts and Media Correspondent discusses the reopening of cinemas and theatres, the internationally acclaimed pianist, Barry Douglas’ Limerick concert, uch.ie, 'Wherever We Are ...
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Film reviews - Friends Reunion - Moby from 2021-05-27T12:00
Tara Brady & Darryl Jones review films including Cruella & Drunk Bus, Friends: The Reunion, Chris Wasser takes a look at how one of the most popular television shows of all time, took over the worl...
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Riverdance - Breeders -Trouble from 2021-05-26T12:00
Riverdance will come to Sky Cinema & Now TV on May 28, Riverdance has been one of the most successful Irish cultural exports, composer Bill Whelan & son Brian discuss a new score created for the an...
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - Robyn - What Artists Wear from 2021-05-25T12:00
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín & the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler, Mendelssohn & Korngold on Friday with mezzo-soprano, Tara Erraught performing Korngold, livestream on rte.ie/cultu...
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Bob Dylan turns 80 from 2021-05-25T12:00
éan spoke to Sean Latham, Director, Institute of Bob Dylan Studies, songwriter Mick Flannery and Music Journalist John Meagher, about the life and music of the great music artist. Kay Sheehy, visit...
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Bob Dylan at 80 from 2021-05-24T12:00
An Arena special celebrating Bob Dylan at 80. Special guests include Seán Latham, director of the Institute of Bob Dylan Studies, songwriter Mick Flannery, John Meagher and Kay Sheehy, visited the ...
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Directors Claire Dix and Paul Duane, special reading by Caoilinn Hughes and Album reviews from 2021-05-24T12:00
Directors Claire Dix and Paul Duane, spoke to Kay about the Reel Art Awards, Author Caoilinn Hughes recites a special reading from her winning novel 'The Wild Laughter' and Andrea Cleary and Simon...
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Dublin Literary Award for 2021 - Film reviews - The Galway Early Music Festival from 2021-05-20T12:00
Valeria Luiselli is the author of Lost Children Archive & winner of the Dublin Literary Award for 2021, announced today, Donald Clarke & Ruth Barton review, Army of the Dead, The 8th & the Human Fa...
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Felispeaks- Michelle Read- Jim Carrol from 2021-05-20T12:00
Felispeaks and Rapper JyellowL about their event 'Extraterrestrial: A Black Irish Celebration of Identity', Writer Michelle Read, spoke to Sean about her story 'A House Like A Fire', which is a par...
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Jo Spain - Donald Teskey - Steely Dan Where to Begin from 2021-05-18T12:00
Jo Spain is the author of the bestselling Tom Reynolds detective series, The Perfect Lie tells the story of Erin Kennedy, who relocated to New York following a family tragedy, Donald Teskey's exhi...
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Toyah Wilcox - Dublin Dance Festival - Peter Dolan from 2021-05-17T12:00
The 1980s punk pop star Toyah Willcox, on a new solo album Posh Pop out in July, a remastered release of The Blue Meaning & YouTube hit - Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch, Dublin Dance Festival, cho...
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Women in Short Stories, Sinéad O’Brien, First Fortnight Art from 2021-05-15T06:43:51.501724
To celebrate Little Christmas, Sinead Gleeson, the editor of the Art of the Glimpse her collection of 100 Irish Short stories, takes a look at some stories by women writers, performance poet Sinead...
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Album reviews, Beckett at the Everyman, Trust crime novel from 2021-05-15T06:43:51.501036
Barry Gibb, enlists some equally legendary stars, including Dolly Parton to reinvent Bee Gees classics with the album, Greenfields, the debut solo album from Aaron Frazer & Passenger, How It Is by...
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Halston - Lisa McInerney - Album reviews from 2021-05-14T12:00
Designer Peter O’Brien & Penny McCormick deputy editor of The Gloss magazine, preview Halston on Netflix, The Rules of Revelation is the final act in an award-winning Cork based trilogy of novels f...
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Tim Burgess' Listening Party, Fargo, Film Reviews from 2021-05-14T04:04:08.968462
The Dublin Bowie Fest, Tim Burgess of The Charlatans will be running one of his infamous Twitter listening parties to celebrate Bowie’s 'Hunky Dory' album, John Maguire & Arlene Hunt review season ...
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Seamus Deane Tribute - Film reviews from 2021-05-13T12:00
Poet, novelist and critic Seamus Deane has died, he was 81. In his writing and in the formation of Field Day, Deane saw literature and the arts as a way of taking the power back from the discrimina...
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International Literature Festival of Dublin - André Aciman - Hanif Abdurraqib - Jhumpa Lahiri from 2021-05-12T12:00
An Arena special on the International Literature Festival of Dublin, 20th-30th May, Seán Rocks welcomes the acclaimed author of Call me by Your Name André Aciman, Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhum...
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Golden Globes - Where to begin Björk - HearSay HomeFires Festival - Mick Herron - Back to Barrytown from 2021-05-11T12:00
Donald Clarke on the Golden Globe controversy with criticism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, producer Elaine Mai on where to begin with Björk’s music, Cristin Leach, hearsayhomefires.i...
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Arts News - The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - The Underground Railroad from 2021-05-10T12:00
RTE’s Arts and Media Correspondent, Sinéad Crowley on museums, galleries and libraries opening, Jess Kavanagh previews the drama series adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad on ...
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Tolü Makay, Leo Moran, Antony Gormley, The Stand from 2021-05-05T10:04:50.472731
Tolü Makay's new take on Leo Moran & the Saw Doctors classic N17, Antony Gormley the British sculptor, best known for the Angel of the North, on his book, Shaping the World, director Simon Evan dis...
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Radie Peat, Katie Kim, First Fortnight, Ollie Cole, Sheridan Le Fanu from 2021-05-05T10:04:50.471786
Radie Peat of Lankum & fellow musician Katie Kim collaborate for Nollaig na mBan on an audio/visual streaming event, the worlds of science & art are sometimes perceived as the opposite ends of the ...
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Women in Short Stories, performance poet Sinéad O’Brien, First Fortnight from 2021-05-05T10:04:50.470940
Sinéad Gleeson, editor of 'The Art of the Glimpse' celebrates Nollaig na mBan by sharing selected stories from women writers, performance poet Sinéad O’Brien discusses her debut album 'Drowning in...
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This Time - Friday Opera Explorer series - Album reviews from 2021-04-30T12:00
Jenn Gannon on the second series of This Time with Alan Partridge, composer Emma O'Halloran & soprano Claudia Boyle discuss Friday Opera Explorer series from the Irish National Opera irishnationalo...
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Film reviews - Olivia Laing - The Moth Poetry Prize from 2021-04-29T12:00
John Maguire & Aingeala Flannery review new films from Nomadland to Wild Mountain Thyme & Here Are the Young Men, bestselling author Olivia Laing's new book 'Everybody: A Book About Freedom' chart...
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Villagers - RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE - Jon McGregor - First Cut! Youth Film Festival from 2021-04-28T12:00
New music from Villagers, Lean Fall Stand, Jon McGregor on his fifth novel, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE continues, Friday week, Finghin Collins will perform on piano and conduct, First Cut...
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Chloé Zhao - Robert John Ardiff - Tolka Journal - Henri Matisse from 2021-04-27T12:00
Chloé Zhao won the Oscar for Best Director for Nomadland, she spoke about the people, the nomads, who inspired the film, singer and songwriter Robert John Ardiff with The Corridors of Love, Tolka J...
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Oscars - Fíona Scarlett - Truman and Tennessee - Anúna from 2021-04-26T12:00
Paul Whittington on the 93rd Academy Awards, 'Boys Don’t Cry' is Fíona Scarlett’s debut novel, Truman and Tennessee is a new feature documentary from director Lisa Immordino Vreeland, On Thurday n...
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The Visiting Hour - Edmund de Waal - Album reviews from 2021-04-23T12:00
The Visiting Hour from Frank McGuinness opened online at the Gate Theatre in Dublin last night, Chris Morash reviews, Edmund de Waal is an internationally acclaimed artist & author, his new book i...
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Film reviews - Adrian Duncan - Shadow and Bone from 2021-04-22T12:00
Tara Brady and Darryl Jones review films including I blame society and Sisters with Transistors, 'Midfield Dynamo' is Adrian Duncan’s first collection of short stories, an eclectic collection of 12...
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Jim Steinman tribute - David Lean - New Music Dublin Festival - Prince from 2021-04-21T12:00
Pat Carty pays tribute to Jim Steinman, Steven Benedict revisits Lawrence of Arabia, widely regarded as director David Lean's finest work, Kelly-Anne Byrne remembers Prince on his fifth anniversary...
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Enya,The Hands of Franky Machine, Mondrian, The Hunger from 2021-04-20T17:11:54.397592
Enya is the focus of a new book by the Grammy winning Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales, The Hands of Franky Machine is a project from writer Peter Murphy & musician Lorcan Byrne, Seán visits The Na...
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Andrew Motion, Agatha Christie, Saint Maud from 2021-04-20T17:11:54.396896
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DruidGregory is an evening of plays by Lady Gregory - in a month-long tour of county Galway that begins at Coole Park, director Garry Hynes & actor Marie Mullen discuss, Chris Wasser reviews Away, ...
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The Dublin Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Arena celebrates 20 years of the Dublin Review. Seán Rocks is joined by editor Brendan Barrington, writers Anne Enright, ColmTóibín, Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Sarah Gilmartin. The literary journal of...
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Dopamine City, The Field at 30, Dublin Fringe Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DBC Pierre, the man-booker debut winning novelist, joins Seán to discuss his fourth novel, Meanwhile in Dopamine City, Patrick Scullion chats about his alter-ego Rosa Tralee's upcoming shows at Dub...
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Jean Hanff Korelitz & Paul Muldoon, Corcadorca, music from Joel Harkin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel 'You Should Have Known' has been adapted as current series 'The Undoing' on Sky Atlantic. Jean and her husband, the poet Paul Muldoon, discuss, Show, the annual theatre ...
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John Connolly, Galway Arts Festival, New album reviews from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Connolly on his new novel, The Dirty South, Enda Walsh & Paul Fahy chat immersive theatre installation as part of the Galway Arts Festival & also Louise Burton & Simon Maher review new albums ...
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Tributes to Eugene McCabe, Film Reviews, Barbra Kingsolver and Ill be gone in the Dark from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gerry Hynes pays tribute to Playwrite, Storyteller and dramatist Eugene McCabe, Michael Pope review new movie releases, Barbra Kingsolver on poetry and Jenn Gannon discusses 'Ill be Gone in the Dark.'
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Don Black, Twenty Fifty, The Waterboys, Mike Scott from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Don Black, legendary lyricist, the man who penned the lyrics to the likes of the great Bond theme, Diamonds Are Forever, chats about his autobiography, Twenty Fifty is an interactive, improvised, s...
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A Ghost in the Throat, Connery at 90, Dancing at Lughnasa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Doireann Ni Ghriofa, A Ghost in the Throat, is the first prose work, from the award winning poetry author, Paul Whittington revisits Sean Connery's films as he turns 90 & also, director, Patrick M...
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Loyd Grossman, Strike, where to begin with Kae Tempest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Broadcaster & art historian Loyd Grossman chats to Seán Rocks about his new book, Elephant in Rome documenting Bernini’s reimagining of Rome, Declan Burke reviews the new BBC series of Strike, an a...
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Album reviews, Sarah Crossan, Boys State from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Richard Aldous reviews Boys State a new documentary which follows a group setup to teach young people how democracy works, former Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan chats to Seán, Here is the Beehive...
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Film reviews, Douglas Stuart, High Score from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Wasser & Arlene Hunt review films including King of the Cruises, Perfume & You've been Trumped too, booker prize nominated author, Douglas Stuart chats about his debut novel "Shuggie Bain" & ...
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Shine, Helen Cullen, Transmission at Dublin Fringe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The National Concert Hall plays host to Dermot Kennedy & Denise Chaila with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, violinist Brona Cahill & clarinettist Michael Seaver, Helen Cullen on her novel, The Truth Wil...
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This Beautiful Village, Lovecraft Country, where to begin with Dashiell Hammett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Lisa Tierney-Keogh & director David Horan chat to Seán about is Beautiful Virtual Village from the Abbey, Carl Austin reviews Jodran Peele's new series, Lovecraft Country & Declan Hughes on ...
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Great Book of Ireland, Maureen O’Hara Centenary, Summerwater, Fringe festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
he Great Book of Ireland was hailed as a modern-day Book of Kells, Alan Gilesenhan talks to Seán about the upcoming documentary on RTÉ, Ruth Barton celebreates Maureen O'Hara's career on what would...
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Charlie Kaufman, Moncrieff & album reviews from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oscar-winning screenwriter & director, Charlie Kaufman talks to Kay Sheehy, Antkind is his debut novel, Waterford musician & singer songwriter Moncrieff on his new single & album reviews with Alan ...
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Lankum at the Abbey, film reviews, Galway 2020, My Rembrandt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kay Sheehy chats to Lankum ahead of their "National Disgrace" event at the Abbey Theatre this Saturday, Galway 2020 re-imagined, art historian Jessica Fahy reviews the documentary, "My Rembrandt" &...
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Ali Smith, Irish Chamber Orchestra at Kilkenny Festival, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Acclaimed Scottish author Ali Smith talks to Kay Sheehy. "Summer" is the fourth & final book in four years completing the seasonal & timely series, violinist & leader of the Irish Chamber Orchestra...
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Where to begin with Christopher Nolan, James McBride & Dear Ireland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Wasser joins Kay Sheehy in studio & recommends where to begin with the work of filmmaker Christopher Nolan from Memento to Dark Knight & Inception, also US author James McBride on his new no...
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Waterford Walls Festival, Bryan Washington, Berlin May 1945 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
US short story author Bryan Washington talks to Kay Sheehy about his debut collection, Lot. Also artist Vanessa Power & festival organiser Edel Tobin of Waterford Walls Festival & Professor Richard...
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Poet Michael Longley, album reviews, Kilkenny Arts Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kay Sheehy chats to Michael Longley, the award-winning Belfast poet, The Candlelight Master is his new collection, portrait artist Blaise Smith on "Village People" his upcoming online portrait ser...
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Movie reviews, Saint Frances interview, Clouds & Boulders at Kilkenny Arts Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Movie reviews with Aingeala Flannery & John Maguire, Perfect 10, from first time director, Eva Riley, Jamie Dornan in Endings Beginnings, Saint Frances writer Kelly O’Sullivan plays a university dr...
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Dublin Fringe Festival, Fiach at Fibín, The Bloods at Kilkenny's Butler Gallery, Andrés Barba from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kay Sheehy is joined by Ruth McGowan, the festival director of Dublin Fringe Festival 2020, director Philip Doherty on Fiach, a new piece of drive-in theatre at Fibín, author Andrés Barba on his no...
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Where do I begin with Elliott Smith's music, The Harlots, literary city break to Istanbul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kay Sheehy chats to our very own Paula Shields who reviews, The Harlots a new BBC drama set in 1760s London starring Lesley Manville, journalist Aoife Barry shines a spotlight on the music of US si...
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Alan Parker Tribute, Beyoncé, album reviews from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Seán is joined by Roddy Doyle, Bronagh Gallagher, Robert Arkin & Donald Clarke in paying tribute to film director Alan Parker, Jess Kavanagh reviews Beyoncé's new visual album, Black is King & Kate...
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Film Reviews, "A Traveller at the Gates Wisdom" and "Supporting Cast" - a book of short stories. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's film reviews including "Last and First Men" "Broken Law"and "Make Up". Mary McGill review's "A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom" from John Boyne and Kit de Waal joins Sean to talk a...
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The stage adaptation of "Solar Bones", Interview with singer Fehdah and Paper Lanters - A literary journal for Teens and Young Adults. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lynn Parker and Stanley Townsend chat about bringing "Solar Bones" to the stage at the Watergate Theatre. Singer Fehdah talks about being chosen as one of Culture Night's trailblazers and Ruth Enni...
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Normal People and THe Emmys, The new Muppets TV series and Where do I begin with Northern Soul. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ahead of the new Muppet series being released on to Disney's streaming platform, RTE reporter and arguably Ireland's biggest Muppet fan – Liam Geraghty was in to discuss. Kelly Anne Byrne looks at ...
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A literary trip to Florence, Thomas Kane Byrne's "My First Holy Covid" and the life and legacy of Peter Green. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Darryl Jones joined Sean for a trip to Florence through literature. Thommas Kane Byrne was live in studio to chat about his new short play 'My First Holy Covid' and Jimmy Smith chats with Sean...
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"The Great" TV series, Oliver Stone Memoirs and this week's album reviews from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mary McGill joins Sean to talk new TV series "The Great", Tara Brady discusses "Chasing the Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood", the memoir of Oliver Stone and Siobhan Kane and John Meagher ...
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Movie reviews, Deep Song, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cara O’ Doherty & Michael Pope review Saint Frances - an accidental nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's minding, Stage Mother, How to Build A Girl & Alice., Stephen Rober...
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Denise Chaila, Tiny Plays, The Pull of the Stars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Songs from an Empty Room takes place this weekend, a series of concerts from venues across the country, Denise Chaila is one of the featured performers & event organisor Pearse Doherty chat to Seán...
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Prague city break, Artists’ Residencies, Talking Heads Memoir from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’re off to Prague virtually with author John Banville's choice of three books, The Dublin City Arts Office has announced its Artists’ Residencies for 2020/21. Jane Deasy & Michael Gallen are two...
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Maireád Ni Mhaonaigh, The Wild Laughter, Album reviews from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maireád & her family - Na Mooneys' will be taking part in the re-imagined Earagail Arts Festival, Edel Coffey reviews the latest novel from Caoilinn Hughes, The Wild Laughter, Zara Hedderman & Eamo...
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Film reviews, Tennis Lessons, 30 Rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jenn Gannon looks back at 30 Rock, the series, based on Tina Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, Tennis Lessons is the debut novel by award-winning poet Susannah Dickey, also ...
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Utopia Avenue, CMAT, Little John Nee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas. Utopia Avenue is also the name of the fictitious rock n roll band formed in 1967, Little John Nee is a travelling bard. His Tilt of the Sky t...
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The Plot Against America, "Where do I begin with Patti Smith?", Nuala O’Faolain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Where do I begin with Patti Smith?" Cait O'Riordan explores the work of the "poet laureate of punk", star of The Plot Against America, Anthony Boyle chats to Seán & writer June Caldwell is the cu...
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Iarla O'Lionaird, London Literary citybreak, Cur'sed Murphy Versus The Resistance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elegy, an evening of remembrance through music at the National Concert Hall. Sean-nos singer Iarla O'Lionaird performs in studio, we're off to London with Maev Kennedy through her choice of books f...
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Michael Russell on his new novel 'The City Under Siege' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sean is joined by Author Michael Russell to discuss his fifth novel 'The City Under Siege'. It is the fifth in a series of novels that is set in the 1930s and 40s and features Detective Inspector S...
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Hotter than July Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eamon Cagney and Niwel Tsumbu discuss the Hotter than July Festival and this year will see it being moved online.
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Friday Night Albums from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kelly Anne Byrne and Simon Maher review our Friday Night Albums. That's How Rumors Get Started, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive, Pure Luxury and Dinner Party Kamasi Washington, Terrac...
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Film Reviews, Covid 19's impact on arts in Ireland and author Amanda Craig on her new book The Golden Rule. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sarah Taaffe Maguire and Stephen Boyd are with Sean to review this weeks films including Family Romance, LLC, The Old Guard and Blackwater Abyss and Artistic Director of Galway International Festiv...
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The work of David Fincher, The Winter Lake to premier at Galway Film Fleadh, Mrs America reviewed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Maguire looks back on the career of Film Director David Fincher, Sean is joined by Director Phil Sheerin and Writer David Turpin to discuss their new film The Winter Lake and ise Hand chats to...
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Arena 28th January from 2021-01-29T12:00
Film reviews with Mihcael Pope and Cara O'Doherty, a new Oscar Wilde documentary and author Una Mannion discusses her debut novel.
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Siobhán McSweeney, Night of the Hunter, J. M. Synge from 2021-01-27T12:00
Siobhán McSweeney discusses her upcoming role as Winnie in Beckett’s iconic play, Happy Days, Declan Burke has been looking at some classic novel-to-screen works, starting with cult classic Night o...
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Róisín Murphy, Genevieve Lyons, Holocaust Remembrance Day, George Saunders from 2021-01-26T12:00
Kate Brennan Harding on where to begin with the music of the iconic Róisín Murphy, Barry Houlihan of NUIG discusses the legacy of writer & actress, Genevieve Lyons, John Self reviews A Swim in a Po...
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Eavan Boland, Albums, It's A Sin from 2021-01-22T12:00
The late Eavan Boland won the Costa poetry award for 'The Historians', it is shortlisted for the Book of the Year, Jody Allen Radolph discusses, Russell T Davies on his new show, It's A Sin, follo...
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The Approach, Dante, Patricia Highsmith from 2021-01-18T12:00
Playwright Mark O'Rowe discusses 'The Approach', live streaming this week with Derbhle Crotty, Aisling O’Sullivan & Cathy Betlon, theapproach.ie, Dr. Enrica Maria Ferrara brings us through Dante'...
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The Dark Room, François Truffaut, Where to Begin - Norah Hoult from 2021-01-12T12:00
Sam Blake is best known for the hugely successful Cat Connolly series of crime novels & her new thriller is 'The Dark Room', director Steven Benedict discusses François Truffaut, the French directo...
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Marian Finucane, Together in Electric Streams, Christmas TV recommendations, Winter Art from 2020-12-22T13:00
Art historian Jessica Fahy on classic Winter scenes in art from Bruegel to Kandinsky & Harry Clarke, Mary McGill reviews a documentary marking the one year anniversary of RTÉ broadcaster Marian Fin...
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Film Reviews, The Artful Dickens, Ireland in Music from 2020-12-21T13:00
Film Reviews with Roe McDermott & John Maguire, The Midnight Sky, Soul & Songs for While I'm Away, a new documentary about Phil Lynott, The Artful Dickens is a new collection of essays revealing th...
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Shine Your Light Solstice, Richard Burton Exhibition, 20 Shots of Opera from 2020-12-16T13:00
20 Shots of Opera is a series of short operas, commissioned by the Irish National Orchestra and recorded in with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the stage and screen actor, Richard Burton, is the subjec...
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Poet Kerry Hardie, Lisa O'Neill on Ivor Cutler, A Christmas Carol from 2020-12-15T13:00
Where Now Begins the new collection from Kerry Hardie, award-winning poet & author of two novels. In the new poems, themes of love, loss, ageing & grief are interwoven with Kerry's fascination with...
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Edna O'Brien's 90th Birthday, Wonder Woman, John LeCarré Tribute from 2020-12-14T13:00
Edna O'Brien is one of our most cherished and lauded writers, who has a six decade career of astonishing work celebrates her 90th birthday, John Banville pays tribute to John LeCarré beloved bests...
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Dublin Book Festival 2020 from 2020-11-27T13:00
An Arena special from the opening of the Dublin Book Festival. Seán Rocks is joined by authors Roddy Doyle, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Kevin Barry. Watch: RTÉ Arena online at https://www.rte.ie/cul...
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RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award, Maradona Tribute, Small Axe from 2020-11-25T13:00
The RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award is awarded to RTÉ journalist Keelin Shanley. Conor Ferguson joins Seán Rocks in studio to celebrate the posthumous announcement of his wife's award for her m...
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Album Reviews, The Abbey: Centenary of Bloody Sunday, Murder One: Irish Crime Writing Festival from 2020-11-20T13:00
Brian Boyd and Zara Hedderman review new albums for Arena from JYellowL's debut album, 20/20 Division to Paloma Faith and Korean K-pop megastars, BTS, The Abbey will premiere “14 Voices from the Bl...
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Arena Thursday 19th November from 2020-11-20T13:00
Film reviews of Hillbilly Elegy, Finding Jack Charlton and Billie, CMAT on Dolly Parton's new book and author Carmen Callil.
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Arena Wednesday 18th November from 2020-11-19T13:00
Neil Jordan looks back at Bloody Sunday in his 'Michael Collins' film, Róisín Murphy loves fashion, Joseph M. Hassett discusses his new book on the work of W.B. Yeats and Chris Wasser explores the ...
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Arena Tuesday 17th November from 2020-11-18T13:00
New funding for the Arts, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Fergus Shiel on Richard Strauss and Mark Ward of 'The Queer Body' at the Dublin Book Festival.
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Arena Mon 16th November from 2020-11-17T13:00
Writer Carlo Gébler, Mark Duley, Curator of the Abendmusik Concert Series in Galway City, author Jenny Erpenbeck and Sarah Browne of Tulca.
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The Edge of Chaos, Natalie Haynes, Small Axe from 2020-11-11T13:00
The Edge of Chaos with director Sam Uhlemann and starring Aoibhinn McGinnity as it premieres at the Cork FIlm Festival this week; also, Natalie Haynes discusses her new non-fiction book Pandora's J...
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Film Reviews, David Bailey, Wandering Wicklow from 2020-10-29T13:00
Film reviews Shirley, Relic,The Painter and the Thief, David Bailey charts his iconic career as one of fashion’s most influential photographers in his book Look Again & Wandering Wicklow with Fr Br...
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Claudia Rankine, where to begin with Fellini, Waterford Poetry winner, Martin Amis from 2020-10-27T13:00
American poet & essayist, Claudia Rankine discusses her new book, Just Us, she has conversations with white friends & strangers on the topic of whiteness & white privilege, Waterford poetry prize w...
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Film Reviews, Joan Baez, Felispeaks from 2020-10-22T14:00
John Maguire and Aingeala Flannery review new films from Rebecca to On The Rocks & Summer of 85, Elizabeth Thompson on her new Joan Baez book, The Last Leaf on the iconic, singer-songwriter & civil...
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Steve Lillywhite, Claudia Boyle, Robert McFarlane from 2020-10-20T14:00
40 years ago the debut album from little-known Dublin band U2 was released, it was the band's first time working with producer Steve Lillywhite, Irish soprano Claudia Boyle recommends where to begi...
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The Divine Comedy at 30, Mezzo Masterpieces from 2020-10-19T14:00
30 years ago, a Northern Irish band released their debut. Their enormous back catalogue has been remastered, Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time: Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy and Tara Erraught on Mezzo...
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Paul Morley, Paula Meehan, Suppose A Sentence from 2020-10-12T14:00
Writer Paul Morley went searching for something new - and found it in classical music in his book A Sound Mind, 25 years' worth of poetry can be found in As If By Magic by poet Paula Meehan, from ...
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