Arts News 2010

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Tuesday August 24th
'Six Strings for two Heels' - an evening of flamenco with two of Spain's most highly regarded artists. Plus The Lily Lally Show by Hugh Leonard starring Barbara Brennan at Bewleys.

Wednesday August 25th
Aedín talks to Ruth Barton author of Hedy Lamarr- The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. Plus OTC's Irish Premiere of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Thursday August 26th
Druid's production of Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie in Galway. Plus Alan Buribayev's début concert as Principal Conductor of the opening concert of the RTÉ NSO 2010-2011 Season.

Tuesday August 17th
Strands of Silk - A Selection of Poems by The Shed Poets. A group of six women who meet each week in a shed overlooking Killiney Bay!

Wednesday August 18th
What not to miss at ABSOLUT Fringe 2010, with director Róise Goan. Plus harper Siobhan Armstrong on a Kilkenny concert celebrating Irish and Baroque music from 18th century Dublin.

Thursday August 19th
Aedín checks out The Contemporary Music Centre's new initiative, Music in the Historic Quarter and the music of Michel Legrand at The NCH.

Tuesday August 10th - Thursday August 12th
There was no Arts News for this week.

Tuesday August 3rd
Calling all choral singers to take part in a choral project during The Kilkenny Arts Festival. And a summer play for children presented by Red Kettle entitled There Might Be Zombies! ~

Wednesday August 4th
The Cork Operatic Society presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Plus a preview of The Edinburgh International Festival.

Thursday August 5th
Looking ahead to the Kilkenny Arts Festival this evening, Aedín talks to the curators of the theatre and visual art programmes.

Tuesday July 27th
The Plough and the Stars at The Abbey and Iconic Women at The Origin Gallery.

Wednesday July 28th
A site-specific exhibition to welcome visitors to Cavan ahead of Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. Plus the newly launched Creative Writing Ink, for an online writing community.

Thursday July 29th
Aedín previews this year's Dublin Theatre Festival with artistic director Loughlin Deegan.

Tuesday July 20th
Cork based author Frances Kay on her debut novel Micka and 25 year celebrations for Cló-Iar Chonnachta.

Wednesday July 21st
A new exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork and Aedín talks to the leading man in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which opens tonight in The Grand Canal Theatre.

Thursday July 22nd
Music events to look forward to include The O'Carolan Harp Festival and The DLR Festival of World Cultures which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Tuesday July 13th
Aedín talks to playwright Enda Walsh about his new play Penelope which opens in Galway tonight presented by Druid. Plus Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow in Dublin.

Wednesday July 14th
A new playwriting competition "From Page to Stage" and John Lavery Passion and Politics at The Hugh Lane.

Thursday July 15th
Slattery's Sago Saga adapted by Arthur Riordan from the unfinished novel by Flann O'Brien. And Music Network's season line-up for Autumn 2010.

Tuesday July 6th
Aedín examines great films to catch and big name stars at The Galway Film Fleadh!

Wednesday July 7th
The Art of the Circus is the theme at The Clonmel Junction Festival plus the brand new IFI Family Festival.

Thursday July 8th
A look ahead to this year's Galway Arts Festival and the town of Kinsale is transformed into an artistic hub of activity for nine event-packed days and nights!

Tuesday June 22nd - Thursday July 1st
There was no Arts News for this fortnight.

Tuesday June 15th
Kevin Connolly founded the famous and much-loved Winding Stair Bookshop in Dublin in 1982. Aedín talks to him about his new book YEATS AND SLIGO. Plus, the Stage version of When Harry Met Sally at The Grand Canal Theatre.

Wednesday June 16th
On Bloomsday Aedín talks to Joe Devlin, artistic director of Focus Theatre who are staging a Joycean themed play, The Tower by Joe Joyce.

Thursday June 17th
A preview of the first ever Dalkey Book Festival. Plus news of a national day of action which is being organised by The National Campaign for the Arts.

Tuesday June 8th
The Importance of Being Earnest at The Gaiety and a look ahead to the eighth annual Immrama Festival of Travel Writers.

Wednesday June 9th
Two one man shows! Economist David McWilliams takes to The Peacock stage in Outsiders. Plus Call Mr. Robeson, an award-winning play about the famous African American actor, singer and civil rights pioneer.

Thursday June 10th
Aedín talks to Paris based American pianist Ivan Ilic ahead of his Dublin recital. Plus a look ahead to the 40th Music in Great Irish House Festival.

Tuesday June 1st
Bernard Farrell on his new play 'Bookworms' which opens at The Abbey Theatre tonight. Plus a look ahead to Listowel Writers Week.

Wednesday June 2nd
Poet Katie Donovan on her new collection 'Rootling: New and Selected Poems. Plus, Loughcrew Garden Opera, which brings 1950's New York glamour to Verdi's La Traviata.

Thursday June 3rd
New Writing Week at The New Theatre in Dublin plus festival director Kevin Allen on this year's eclectic Flat Lake Festival.

Tuesday May 25th
Aedín checks out the poetry of Galicia's contemporary women poets in translation in a new collection called To the Winds Our Sails. Plus, a new musical comedy The Lords of Love in Wexford by best selling author Eoin Colfer.

Wednesday May 26th
The final concert in the Morton Feldman concert series at IMMA features The Crash Ensemble with the National Chamber Choir and actors Barry Mc Govern and Owen Rowe. Plus the Galway Early Music festival.

Thursday May 27th
Aedín talks to Sinead Connolly, director of this year's Dublin Writers Festival. Plus a preview of Éigse Carlow.

Tuesday May 18th
Former detective Gerry O'Carroll talks about his new Irish crime novel 'The Gathering of Souls'. Plus 'The future of music in the Digital World' will be explored at an international conference in Dublin Castle next month.

Wednesday May 19th
A new book on Florence Nightingale entitled 'A Winter on the Nile' by Anthony Sattin which sheds light on this young woman before she became a famous nurse. And to Scotland where the 39th Perth Festival of the Arts begins today.

Thursday May 20th
Druid Theatre company's 35th birthday celebrations this weekend in Galway. Aedín talks to two of the actors taking part, Marie Mullan and Denis Conway.

Tuesday May 11th
Aedín talks to Siobhán Parkinson, the inaugural laureate for children's literature. Plus, a series of high profile events for The Crafts Council of Ireland.

Wednesday May 12th
Aedín talks to two performers who are taking part in this year's Dublin Dance Festival, David Bolger and Jean Butler.

Thursday May 13th
Aedín checks out a Photographic and life history project, A Sikh Face in Ireland, at the Chester Beatty Library. Plus Rosaleen Molloy newly appointed Project Director of the National Music Education programme.

Tuesday May 4th
Aedín checks out two one act plays presented by a brand new Limerick based theatre company, Sidhe Theatre Company. Plus the stage version of The Shawshank Redemption is back in The Gaiety.

Wednesday May 5th
Director of the IFI, Sarah Glennie, on the Woody Allen Retrospective. Gúna Nua Theatre company team up with Focus Ireland to write and stage two works developed from the stories of people who are homeless.

Thursday May 6th
Aedín talks to Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, the actor who is playing the role of Richard Hannay in the stage version of The 39 Steps. Plus Opera Theatre Company's nationwide tour of The Marriage of Figaro.

Tuesday April 27th
A chance to see the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina at the Drogheda Arts Festival this Saturday. Plus 25th anniversary celebrations for Red Kettle Theatre company.

Wednesday April 28th
A look at The Model in Sligo, home to the Niland Collection following it's two year refurbishment. Plus, Eugene Downes CEO of Culture Ireland on the many Irish artists impressing our International neighbours.

Thursday April 29th
The programme launch of the 59th Wexford Festival Opera. Plus a look ahead to this weekend's Music in Drumcliffe in Sligo.

Tuesday April 20th
Aedín checks out Eigse Michael Hartnett in Newcastle West and 2010/2011 Celebrity Concert Series at the National Concert Hall.

Wednesday April 21st
The focus is on books this evening with a feast of literature to look forward to in Galway at this week's Cúirt International Festival of Literature and the 6th World Book Festival begins today in Cork.

Thursday April 22nd
Aedín focuses on Cork looking at the ballet music composed by Aloys Fleischmann which is being celebrated by Cork City Ballet and The Cork International Choral Festival.

Tuesday April 13th
Aedín takes a look at the shortlist for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with judge, Eve Patten. Plus Amnesty's new manual for teachers focused on the arts and human rights.

Wednesday April 14th
Irish PEN will host their Big Debate tomorrow night on 'The Arts and the Economy'. Plus No Escape at The Peacock, a piece of documentary theatre, based on the findings of the Ryan Report.

Thursday April 15th
Aedín checks out 'The Franco-Irish Literary Festival' which will be held this weekend and looks ahead to love:live music, Ireland's first National Music Day which takes place somewhere near you tomorrow!

Tuesday April 6th...
Susan Lund, a Beethoven researcher since 1972, talks to Aedín about her new novel entitled Passion- Beethoven's son. Plus, a new collection of poetry, 'Identity Parade- New British and Irish Poets'.

Wednesday April 7th...
Aedín looks ahead to two interesting music events coming up at 'The Bealtaine Festival'. Plus, "Macbeth" which opens tonight at The Abbey.

Thursday April 8th...
Aedín talks to Conor Lovett about his new Beckett double-bill, 'The End' and 'The Calmative'.

Tuesday March 30th
Mary Hanafin talks to Aedín about her new appointment as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport.

Wednesday March 31st
Druid Theatre Company's plans for the year ahead and scholarship opportunities for young Irish musicians at Boston's Berklee University.

Thursday April 1st
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is this month's 'Dublin: One City, One Book'. We are all encouraged to read this book during the month of April, so what can we expect?

Tuesday March 23rd
'Taking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010' at The National Gallery which brings together over 100 paintings, prints and drawings reflecting the growth in different areas of the Gallery's collection.

Wednesday March 24th
Belinda McKeon curator of dlr Poetry Now, the International Poetry Festival that kicks off tomorrow. Plus, Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party in The Smock Alley theatre, Dublin.

Thursday March 25th
Martin Cullen former Arts Minister formally announced the foundation of Irish National Opera on Monday. Aedín gets reaction from chief executives of Opera Ireland and Opera Theatre Company Niall Doyle and Kirsty Harris

Tuesday March 16th - Thursday March 18th
There was no Arts News this week

Tuesday March 9th...
Scottish Violinist Nicola Benedetti on playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major. And an excerpt from the forthcoming production of Brian Friel's Philadelphia Here I Come! at The Gaiety.

Wednesday March 10th...
'The Secret Dublin Diary of Gerard Manley Hopkins' a new novella by Robert Waldron. Plus, Donal Lunny who is participating in A Celebration of Irish Voices on St. Patrick's Day in The NCH.

Thursday March 11th...
Actress Olwen Fouéré who has translated and is performing 'Sodome my love' by Laurent Gaudé. Plus, Russian born pianist Nikolai Demidenko, the soloist in this Friday night's concert at the NCH. He will play Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.

Tuesday March 2nd...
Aedín hears about the plans for The Dublin Dance Festival in May and the inaugural Love Live Music - National Music Day on April 16th.

Wednesday March 3rd...
It's a big weekend for book lovers! Aedín checks out the third Dublin Book Festival and The Ennis Book Club Festival both taking place this weekend!

Thursday March 4th....
From Sean O'Casey to Anne Enright - the best ever writing on Dublin has been specially published in a new book entitled City-Pick Dublin. Plus Soprano Roberta Alexander on the Samuel Barber - Echoes of Ireland concert on the 9th of March at the NCH.

Tuesday February 23rd...
Chopin and Schumann Bi- centenary celebrations! A series of Chopin Concerts organised by The Royal Irish Academy of Music. Plus, a unique performance of Schumann's cantata 'Paradise and the Peri' at the National Concert Hall this Friday.

Wednesday February 24th...
The 2010 National Concert Hall Rising Star, Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. Plus, 'Call Mother a Lonely Field', the title of a new memoir by Liam Carson.

Thursday February 25th...
Irish mezzo-soprano Fiona Murphy on playing the role of Romeo in Opera Ireland's production of Bellini's I Capuetti e I Montecchi. Plus, the 26th Kate O'Brien Weekend in Limerick.

Tuesday February 16th
Aedín talks to Thomas Kilroy about this new play 'Christ Deliver Us' at The Abbey which opens tonight.

Wednesday February 17th
Aedín visits the Chester Beatty Library to see 'Telling images of China', a remarkable collection of Chinese art spanning six centuries.

Thursday February 18th
Irish Artist Christian Kerrigan, who is the first artist to be named Digital Design artist in resident in London's Victoria and Albert. Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh talks to Aedín about 25 year celebrations for Altan.

Tuesday February 9th
'Off Plan', an adaptation of 'The Oresteia' by Simon Doyle at The Project. The 15th Festival of Youth Orchestras, which is the annual showcase of the best in Irish youth orchestras from around the country at the National Concert Hall.

Wednesday February 10th
Annilese Miskimmon who is directing Gounod's Roméo et Juliette for Opera Ireland's Spring Season talks to Aedín. Plus The National Portrait Gallery in London launches its archive catalogue on line.

Thursday February 11th
Film Historian Kevin Brownlow on The Kilruddery Film Festival which is celebrating lost, overlooked and forgotten cinema.

Tuesday February 2nd
A round up of today's Oscar nominations plus Caitríona Ní Mhurchú in The Party by Anton Chekhov at Bewley's café theatre. Second Age Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by Alan Stanford, which will tour in Wexford, Galway, Dublin and Cork.

Wednesday February 3rd
A one man show Shostakovich in Cork and The Arts Council's 'Artist in the Community Scheme', which this year includes additional funding aimed at those who want to work with a mentor during their phase of research and development.

Thursday February 4th
Aedín gets a sneak preview of the brand new Grand Canal Theatre and talks to Brenda Blethyn about her role in 'Haunted' by Edna O'Brien at The Gaiety.

Tuesday January 26th
Aedín previews Limerick Unfringed which begins tomorrow and continues until the 31st of January. Plus a new play written and performed by Yasmine Akram with the intriguing title 10 Dates with Mad Mary which previews tonight in the Project Cube in Dublin.

Wednesday January 27th
Aedín visits The Irish Museum of Modern Art for the launch of their 2010 programme. Plus hear an excerpt from the play Last Train from Hollyhead written and directed by Bernard Field which opens next week at The Project following a successful run in Galway.

Thursday January 28th
A new play for children at The Ark starring Louis Lovett entitled The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly. Plus highlights from this year's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, director Grainne Humphries shares her highlights with Aedín.

Tuesday January 19th
Following the success of the play Little Gem by Elaine Murphy in Edinburgh and New York, the play returns to Dublin tomorrow night. Aedín drops into The Peacock and talks to the playwright about her hit play.

Wednesday January 20th
Looking for something good to read at the moment? Aedín gets some great suggestions from Mary Burnham of Dubray books. Plus, hundreds of rare items from the National Library of Ireland's collection are now on view in close-up detail thanks to the use of innovative technology.

Thursday January 21st
In 2001 The Orchestra of St Cecilia began an ambitious project to present all 200 of Bach's surviving Church Cantatas to the public over a ten year period. The Orchestra is now ready to present the final six concerts. Aedín hears more from artistic director Linsday Armstrong.

Tuesday January 12th
Aedín talks to director Muirne Bloomer about Coiscéim dance theatre's double bill. Plus Monica Huggett, director of The Irish Baroque Orchestra on the 'MASTERWORKS SERIES' beginning this evening at The National Gallery featuring the music of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi.

Wednesday January 13th
Fans of traditional Irish music will relish January's tour from The Homecoming, which brings together four of Ireland's finest musical émigrés including singer Susan McKeown. Plus highlights from The Ulster Orchestra's forthcoming season.

Thursday January 14th
Veronica Dunne is Aedín's guest as singers from around the world are about to descend on Dublin for the 6th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition. More than 60 singers from around the world will compete for a prize of €10,000.