Arena Friday 8 February 2013
coming up on Monday's show....a garda station in an Irish border village at the end of the 1950's is the setting for the Shane Connaughton novel "Married Quarters", the atmospheric folk music of Maria Kelly live in session and Gerard Manley Hopkins and five nuns are shipwrecked - it sounds like the start of a joke but it's actually the premise of the comic novel "The Hopkins Conundrum" by Simon Edge
Arena - Friday 8th February 2013
Daily arts and popular culture show.
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Alan Corr talks to Actress Helen Mirren about her new film 'Hitchcock' co-starring Anthony Hopkins.
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Playwright Andy Hinds
Playwright Andy Hinds on his two new interlocking plays 'Morning' and 'Afternoon' which run at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin from February 13th to 23rd in the Cube theatre. The website for more information is www.projectartscentre.ie
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Loves
Harpist Laoise Kelly chooses the music of Llio Rhydderch. Laoise will be performing later this month - www.laoisekelly.ie for dates and details.
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Album Reviews
Angela Dorgan and John Meagher review this week's new album releases 'Holy Fire' from Foals, 'Heartthrob 'from Tegan and Sarah, and 'MBV' from My Bloody Valentine with Seán Rocks.
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Arena With Seán Rocks
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