Pursued by a Bear

Laurence Mackin talks to Jack Gilligan, Seona Mac Réamoinn and Christine Monk, the panel for the 2011 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, who discuss their selections and the blood, sweat and tears involved in judging 12 months’ worth of Irish theatre

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty talks to Liam Burke at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego

In this week’s Culture podcast, Shane Hegarty talks with Una Mullaly, Jim Carroll and Mick Heaney about the Galway Arts Festival and up-and-coming Irish music acts

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty talks to Peter Crawley at the Galway Arts festival before jumping between Brian Friel, writing a pop classic, Jedward at 70, how to pitch and Peter Pan with Patrick Freyne and Sara Keating.

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty, Jim Carroll, Una Mullally bully me about my lumpy bagel head and we eventually get around to some discussion about the best and the worst bits of music festivals. (For pics of said lumpy head, see my Twitter feed @laurencemackin. It’s really not pretty.)

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty, Joe Griffin and myself discuss summer blockbusters and sketch shows and John Butler talks about his novel The Tenderloin.

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty talks to Hugh Linehan, Jim Carroll and Laura Slattery about the future of the media and the magic (or not) of Clarence Clemons.

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty talks to Sinead Gleeson, Declan Burke and Mick Heaney and asks are we witnessing the end of literary fiction?

In this week’s Culture podcast I talk to Fintan O’Toole about the state of Irish theatre, while Una Mullally and Jim Carroll discuss Forbidden Fruit and ask just how many festivals Ireland can support. Can Irish dramatists tackle big questions?

In this week’s Culture podcast Shane Hegarty talks to Hugh Linehan, Anna Carey and Mick Heaney about the role of the critic and Irish cops on television