Arena Monday 28 January 2013
coming up on Friday's show...Margaret Atwood's terrifying vision of a dystopian future under a fundamentalist regime, the tv series of "The Handmaids Tale" begins this week, the latest crime fiction recommended reads and new albums from The Charlatans, James Vincent McMorrow and The Unthanks
Arena Monday 28th January 2013
Daily arts and popular culture show.
Book Review - Bedsit Disco Queen
Tony Clayton-Lea reviews 'Bedsit Disco Queen' by Tracey Thorn, a memoir of her time with the band Everything but the Girl. The Publishers are Little Brown.
Theatre - Ailliliú Fionnuala
Donal O'Kelly joins Seán Rocks to disuss his solo show about Shell Corrib gas project which opens at the Model in Sligo on Thursday. It's called Ailliliú Fionnuala and the website for further information is www.donalokellyproductions.com
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Classic Movie - The Butcher Boy
Ruth Barton discusses tonight's Classic Movie 'The Butcher Boy' with Seán Rocks. Made in 1997, the film is a story of a boy who lives in his own fantasy world to escape his own reality. The Director is Neil Jordan.
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Dance - Body and Forgetting
Liz and Denis Roche on the dance production 'Body & Forgetting which is at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin until the 2nd of February and then tours to Longford, Sligo, Cork, then onto Kilkenny and then Limerick. For more details the website is www.lizrochedancecompany.com
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Arena With Seán Rocks
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