Arena Thursday 8 September 2016

coming up on Monday's show....anticipating season 2 of horror sci-fi series "Stranger Things", an exhibition of selected works by the late Stephen McKenna, a documentary on the larger-than-life Grace Jones and Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks

Arena

Daily arts and popular culture show

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Arts News

with Abie Philbin Bowman - television rights have been bought for "The Glorious Heresies" by Lisa McInerney, Paul Auster's "City Of Glass" to be adapted for stage, an open call to artists to create site-specific work in Dublin Port

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Arts News, Abie Philbin Bowman

Film reviews

Ruth Barton and Hilary White review “Anthropoid”,“Hell or High Water” and “Captain Fantastic”

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film reviews, Hell or High Water, Anthropoid, Captain Fantastic, Ruth Barton, Hilary White

Niamh Crowther in session

Singer/songwriter Niamh Crowther chats about the difficulties of forging a career in music while still at school; her debut EP is “Niamh Crowther”

Official website: http://niamhcrowther.com

(for copyright reasons this item is not available to download as a podcast)

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Niamh Crowther

"Composing The Island" remembers Ina Boyle and Frederick May

Abie Philbin Bowman profiles the lives of two lesser-known Irish composers - Ina Boyle and Frederick May; their work is being remembered in the “Composing The Island: In Ireland” series at the National Concert Hall

Full details: www.nch.ie

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Ina Boyle, Frederick May, Composing The Island, National Concert Hall, Abie Philbin Bowman

Music Played on the Show

Origins

Niamh Crowther