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The Arts Show
Monday, 14 July 2008Presented by Vincent Woods
The Galway Arts Festival - Visual Art
The Galway Arts Festival is currently taking place and offers a varied programme of theatre, music, dance and visual art. American video artist Bill Viola has six installations on show at the Siobhán McKenna Theatre and NUI Galway. He is acknowledged as one of the world's modern artists helping to establish video as a vital part of contemporary art and is best known for his works 'Reflecting Pool', 'The Raft', 'The Passing' and 'Deserts'.
Bill Viola talks about his work and the festival
The Galway Arts Festival - Theatre
Druid Theatre Company's production of 'The New Electric Ballroom' directed by playwright Enda Walsh is currently running as part of The Galway Arts Festival. The play is a tale of three sisters trapped in the years that have passed since their halcyon days at the New Electric Ballroom.
Enda Walsh and actor Mikel Murfi talk about the play
Mimic - Theatre
'Mimic' is a play on piano, written and performed by Raymond Scannell. The play tells the story of a man who returns to an Ireland he barely recognises - instead of the mystical land of healing that he had craved, he finds a barren, abandoned landscape. Directed by Tom Creed, Associate Director of Rough Magic Theatre Company, the play opens on 24 July in the Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUI Galway.
Raymond Scannell and Tom Creed talk about the play
