Arts North West

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Ar chlár na seachtaine seo cuirfidh an aoi-láithreoir Rossa Ó Snodaigh Naoise Ó Cearralláin as Kneecap faoi agallamh agus inseoidh daoibh conas duais de luach €1,000 a ghnóthú i gcranchur Cairde Fest.On this week's programme, guest presenter Rossa Ó Snodaigh will interview Naoise Ó Cearralláin from Kneecap and tell you how to win a prize worth €1,000 in the Cairde Fest raffle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ar chlár an tseachtain seo beidh an aoi-láithreoir Rossa Ó Snodaigh ag caint leis an drámadóir Proin Ó Duigneáin as Splódar ag caint faoi na drámaí a bheidh á léiriú acu in Ionad na nGleannta. Freisin beidh sé ag caint leis an t-Ealaíontóir Anna Mc Leod faoin taispeántas is déanaí uaithi sa Dock dar teideal Tír Breac.   On this week's programme, guest presenter Rossa Ó Snodaigh will be speaking to playwright Proin Ó Duigneáin from Splódar about the plays they will be performing in Ionad na nGleannta. He will also be speaking to Artist Anna Mc Leod about her latest exhibition at the Dock entitled Tír Breac.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests are Easkey born writer, Jack Harte, founder ofThe Irish Writer’s Centre, and singer/songwriter EvieB.We look at What’s On  in The Glens, The Dock and Hawk’s Well"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aishling Muller presents two contrasting but equally brilliant storytellers & musicians.Aindrias de Staic and Mark McCausland. Mark has a new film on release and Aindrias plays The Glens tomorrow night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Homesick by Leitrim playwright Traesa Nealon, has been chosen to play the Dublin Fringe. We speak to her about this exciting opportunity.And we speak to Jonathon Heart about his fascinating History of the Dock project. We also take a look at what's on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Cayla O’Carroll is this week’s guest fromCairde Sligo Arts Festival and we look at events at the Hawk’s Well,Leitrim Sculpture Centre and The Glens Centre.This week’s poem from Paved by Poetry is byÓrla McSharry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring Treasa Nealon of The Rabbits Riot theatre company, and Kim Taylor of Mohill historical society. And we play the new single from Greene and Shine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer/director of Rabbit’s Riot, Treasa Nealon, and members of Manorhamilton Youth Theatre. Founder and director of Sligo Music Academy, Niamh Crowley. And we look at What’s On in the North West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We also look at The Hawk’s Well programme for April (with Maeve McGowan) and Arts Councilfunding deadlines.Show repeats Sunday 8pm on all podcast platforms. Supported by Pobal, The Arts Council ofIreland & Leitrim County Council.www.oceanfm.ie/shows/arts-north-westThis program is presented by Brendan Murray & supported by Pobal, The Arts Council ofIreland, and Leitrim County Council.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring Yeats Design Residency winner at the Abbey Theatre, Niamh O’Brien, and Project Manager of the Shared Island Cruinniú na nÓg north/south collaboration, Diane Henshaw. And we look at What’s On in the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh, ahead of Musicals Show at the Hawk's Well.CEO of Sligo Rape Crisis Centre, David Madden, discusses its  Artist-in-Residence programme.We also look at What's OnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests are singer/songwriter, Stephen O’Dowd, whoplays The Glens next Thursday with Hugh Joseph Feely,and Malcolm Hamilton of Hamilton Gallery, which hastwo exhibitions opening International Women’s Dayfeaturing 111 Irish women artists. Remarkable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maeve McGowan runs through March at the Hawk’s Well and we speak with writer, Gerry Boland, who has a series of workshops at the Dock.We play Indian slide guitar maestro Manish Pingle, ahead of his concert at The GlensSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests are new Artist in Residence atThe Hawk’s Well, Niamh McGrath, and exRTE director, John McKenna, who has a showat The Glens February 22nd.And we look at events at The Dock and LeitrimSculpture CentreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perry Blake presents Maeve McGowan of the Hawk's Well and London music agent Matt Bartlett, who speaks about the difficulties facing the live music scene.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perry Blake is standing in for Brendan Murray this week, He'll be chatting with guests Niall Henry from The Blue Raincoat theatre company, Sligo & Sculptor & wood craftsman Dave Spence. Music by The Kings of Cool.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests are theatre-maker, standup, musician, songster& prankster supreme, Paddy Cullivan, andsinger, writer, storyteller and Dervish star, Cathy Jordan.We also look at What’s On and play a tune fromCharlie McGettigan & Jargon ahead of their concert atThe Glens Arts Centre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest presenter, Perry Blake, talks filmwith director, Marian Quinn, aheadof her new feature, Twig, on release this week.And he pays tribute to the late Francoise Hardy. Dee Armstrong gives the lowdown on the annualRockschool at The Glens and we look at What’s Onat the Hawk’s Well and the Dock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fergal Brennan, film animator, runs a film animationcourse for teenagers this summer.Felip Carbonell, of No Crows fame, is producing theRumba Experience at the Hawk’s Well, July 6th.And we look at What’s On at The Hawk’s Well, Glens and The Model.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Irma McLoughlin of Performing Arts Forumand Lina Lambert of Punk Friday are tonight’s guests.And we look at What’s On over the coming, busy weekof music, poetry, theatre and visual art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theatre practitioner and writer,Treasa Nealon, and printmaker, Lisa Callaghan,about their Creative Exchange collaboration exhibition. Photographer, Cornelia Schmidt, tells of her upcomingresidency at The Glens, where she will photograph some nudes….Artistically of course. And we hear a track from The Raines who play The Glens March 8th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guests this week are; Sligoman, Ciarán Taylor, Director of Carpet Theatre; Corkman, John Spillane (who plays The Glens Feb. 12th); and Leitrimwoman, Fionnuala Maxwell, whose new project is an Exploration of Women in Traditional Singing in Ireland.Craig Cox takes a look at What’s On in The Model, The Dock, The Hawk’s Well and Féile na mBan in Bundoran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews with Heather Rose of Super Paua artist collective and Jack O’Donovan Trá of Fair Seas environmental agency (recent award winner Docs Without Borders film festival).And a classy track from singer/songwriter, Perry Blake, ahead of his upcoming Glens Centre concert.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1st show of 2024 features Nessa CosgroveMSLETB on its training opportunities in mobile film making and podcasting.Author Declan Henry talks about his new book on the Lahore Ammadiyya Movement and we look at Whats On in the Hawk's Well,  The Model and The Glens Centre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sligo based poet, Maeve McKenna, discusses and reads from her new collectionBody as a Home For This Darkness, a beautiful, poignant look at dementia.Leitrim actor/playwright/director, Charlie McGuinness, discusses his newOne Man comedy, The Determinator, by John McManus.It plays The Glens December 2nd.And we look at What’s On in the Hawk’s Well, Model & the Dock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh speaks with actor, Peter Daly, ahead of the Irish Times 5 star show, Lost Lear, at the Hawk’s Welland with artist, Shane Finan, & designer, Stuart Lawn, aheadof Irish Design Week at the Carat Collective, Sculpture Centre & The Dock.And we round up with What’s On in the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Our guests this week are; world renowned soprano, Regina Nathan,national treasure, Charlie McGettigan, and Sligo curator supremo,Patrick Curley. All of whom play the North West this coming.We cover the Model, Hawk’s Well, Glens Centre and the Allingham Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planxty legend Andy Irvine, Leitrim fiddle/viola player Ultan O'Brien, and bestselling children's author, Shane Hegarty, are this week's guests on a packed show covering events at The Glens, The Dock, The Hawk's Well & Allingham Arts Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh speaks with Donnan Harvey of Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Festival, sonic sound artist Natalia Beylis of Hunters Moon Festival at The Dock and Sligo author Florence Gillan.And we play a beautiful song from Tiernan O'Rourke ahead of his Glens Centre gig October 29th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh presents fiddle legendary Frankie Gavin of de Danaan and playwrights Peggy Monahan and Mel Bradley all of whom have shows coming up in Leitrim/Sligo/Donegal this coming week.And Brendan Tiernan looks at other events happening in the North West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guests this week are; Sligoman, Ciarán Taylor,Director of Carpet Theatre; Corkman, John Spillane(who plays The Glens Feb. 12th); and Leitrimwoman,Fionnuala Maxwell, whose new project is anExploration of Women in Traditional Singing in Ireland. Craig Cox takes a look at What’s On in The Model,The Dock, The Hawk’s Well and Féile na mBan in Bundoran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we speak with Mick Flannery - ahead of his October gig in the Hawk’s Well; Seamus O’Rourke talks Mossy Flood, and Nicola Cleary - artistic director of the Sligo Baroque Festival - will guide us through this year’s events. Plus, as we approach Culture Night, a busy ‘What’s On’ section.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We feature Adaptation Film Festival, The Hawk’s Welland the Paddy Killoran Trad Weekend.Contributors are Johnny Gogan, Maeve McGowan & Tim Mulcahy.And we look at What’s On in the arts North West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leitrim based photographer, Bradley Stafford, has a new publicationof photos shot in Ukraine and Sligo based artist, Kiera O’Toole,has an exhibition at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre.We speak with each artist about the works.And we hear a track from Commitments star, Maria Doyle Kennedy,who plays The Glens this Saturday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tá muid ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaelige!Labhairfidh Rossa Ó Snodaigh ó Kíla leis an scannóit Jonny Gogin faoina thograí éagsúla, le Proin Ó Duigneáin ó Splódar faoi na drámaí atá idir láimhe agus leis an amhránaí Tara Baoth Ní Mhaonaigh faoi na tionscnaimh ceoil atá ar bun aiciSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drumshanbo Written Word Festival is on August 24-26th.We speak with its director/curator, Eileen O’Toole. And we finish up until September with the 5th movement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony to celebrate Lúnasaand flag the Carducci Quartet playing his genius at The Glens September 6thSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022, Nils Kavanagh, ahead of his upcoming concerts at the Dock and the Hawk’s Well.Nyahh Records founder, Willie Stewart, reflects on the success of its Guardian Album of the Month,A Collection of Songs in the Trad & Sean-Nós Style.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 18-20 The Glens, in collaboration with Creative Heartlands,is running a 3 day animation film workshop for teenagers.Facilitator, Fergal Brennan, gives us the lowdown on what to expect. We speak also with Eddie Lee, Director of Sligo Jazz Project’s annualSummer School and Festival July 25-30, and we take a look at What’s Onin the area including a track from Chris Meehan who plays Madden’s, Bundoran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruth Gonsalves Moore, Co-Ordinator of the Across the LinesIFI funded arts & cultural project, reflects on its successesas it celebrates with a free final event in The Glens, July 13th.And we talk with musician and sonic sound artist, Natalia Beylis, aheadof her concert July 14th at The Dock with Sharon Phelan & Aoife Hammond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We play a beautiful piece from Indian musician, Soham Raha, who plays Manorhamilton Castle, July 8th. Director of CaIrde Arts festival, Tara McGowan, runs through its upcoming programme in Sligo, July 1-9th.And we look at What’s On in The Model and Leitrim Sculpture Centre to finish with a Handel Concerto as Sligo Baroque Festival announces its programme for the AutumnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring Treasa Nealon from The Rabbit's Riot Theatre ahead of its showcase at the Glens Centre this Saturday 24th June, John Carty and Orla McSharry of Blue Raincoat Theatre ahead of its Under Milkwood Production at the Factory next week and Nigel Gallagher of the Hawk's Well ahead of its production of Olé, June 29th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Conor Grimes of Grimes and McKee, a thrilling comic duo, who plays The Glens June 16th and with Jay Ryan, one of Ireland’s top children’s entertainers.Music from Celtic Fiddle Festival who play the Hawk’s Well this weekend and from localsinger/songwriter, Brendan Tiernan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maeve McGowan runs through June’s programme at The Hawk’s Well and we play music from Slow Moving Clouds who play The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, and from world-renowned pianist,John O’Conor, who plays the Twin Trees in Ballina, both on June 9th. We also look at what’s On in the North West generally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Gerry Bohan about the upcoming Leitrim Hawthorn Project events leading up to Heritage Week in August.Karen Ryan of the London Lasses joins us from London ahead of their concert at The Dock, on June 2nd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arigna writer, Brian Leyden, talks to us about his upcoming show Remember Me, with actress, Fiona McGeown, as it plays the Hawk’s Well next week and we get a sneak preview of the material.Rossa Ó Snodaigh shoots the breeze with Fermanagh based artist, Diane Henshaw, who is just back from a residency in India and we look at What’s On in the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh will host this evening's show where he will talk to Treasa Nealon about the 12% Cineclub's upcoming Women's documentary Festival in the Glens Centre, He'll be talking to the children's theatre practioner Jay Ryan about his latest show the Musicians of Bremen and he'll also be talking to Joel Smith about his outdoor historical theatrical piece called Soldiers, Clergy and Rebel Women.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.