VISUAL ART: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Subtitled The Domestic In Irish Photography, the new exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland brings together work by artists who take us beyond the front door to reveal their experiences of home and domestic life, offering diverse perspectives on family, migration, mental health and economic disparity in Ireland - enjoy a gallery of images here (PMI, Dublin, until September 2nd 2023)
STREAMING: ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND
This powerful 5-part series documents the story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, as told by the ordinary people whose lives it changed (RTÉ One and RTÉ Player, catch up now)
FILM: YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
From writer/director Nicole Holofcener comes another painfully true comedy of manners, starring her Enough Said leading lady Julia Louis-Dreyfus as novelist whose longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband (Tobias Mendes) giving his honest reaction to her latest book (From August 8th, Prime)
Also: GAZE - Ireland's International LGBTQ+ Film Festival returns for its latest essential installment, showcasing Queer cinema from across the globe - enjoy our preview here (Light House & IFI, Dublin, until August 7th)
EVENT: ALL TOGETHER NOW
With 18 stages of music, art, theatre, spoken word, comedy and food on top of a music lineup of heavy hitters including Iggy Pop, Lorde, Jamie xx, Caribou, Loyle Carner, Villagers, Jessie Ware and Lankum - this year's Curraghmore House bash looks set to be a stormer - our top pick is the mighty Max Richter, performing with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on Sunday afternoon (Curraghmore House, Waterford, August 4th - 6th)
Only one more sleep until #ATN23 🙌
— All Together Now (@ATNfestival) August 2, 2023
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FESTIVAL: KILKENNY ARTS FESTIVAL
Celebrating 50 years of dreams and discoveries in Ireland's Medieval City, this year's formidable KAF line-up includes everything from Architects of Air and their mesmerizing luminarium and an immersive soap opera entitled The Local to an eclectic music programme featuring artist-in-residence Martin Hayes, the Irish Chamber Orchestra alongside Philip Selway of Radiohead and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with actor Ciaran Hinds, tackling Seamus Heaney's Sweeney (Various venues, 10th - 20th August)
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm - listen back here.
