EVENT: ST BRIGID'S DAY
Celebrate St Brigid's Day this Bank Holiday weekend with any number of events, from Kildare's Spirit of Brigid Festival to the Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women spectacular - find out more here, and while you're at it learn how to make your own St Brigid's cross here (Various venues nationwide)
FILM: BLUE ROAD
In Sinead O'Shea's must-see documentary, 93-year-old Irish literary icon Edna O'Brien recounts her controversial life, novels, love affairs, and stardom through personal journals, as read by Oscar-nominated actress Jesse Buckley (Selected cinemas nationwide)
THEATRE: PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Aaron Monaghan directs Livin' Dred's new touring production of JM Synge's timeless masterwork, celebrating 21 years of the Cavan-based theatre company, with dates in Virginia, Dun Laoghaire, Drogheda, Longford and Galway (Venues nationwide, 30th January – 15th February 2025)
This week @LivinDred's production of PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD premieres on Wed at @Ramortheatre before its tour which comes to Droichead Feb 7 & 8, 8PM. Don't miss this wild, lyrical production! BOOKING: https://t.co/pwOrSbJzv7@artscouncil_ie@Love_Drogheda@MonaghanAaron pic.twitter.com/icWEIO5riY
— Droichead ArtsCentre (@Droichead_Arts) January 27, 2025
PODCAST: WHERE IS JÓN?
When Icelander Jón Jónsson arrived to Dublin in February 2019, he came for 10 days of fun - to play at the Dublin Poker Festival and to do some sightseeing with his partner. But within a day of landing in Ireland, Jón disappeared... The latest true crime podcast series from the Documentary On One team explores an intriguing tale - new episodes drop weekly, you can listen to the first installment below:
BOOK: ADRIAN DUNCAN
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth is the latest splendidly-monikered novel from the author of Love Notes from a German Building Site, A Sabbatical in Leipzig and The Geometer Lobachevsky; it's described as an 'excavation of human desires, inhibitions, and the patterns of habit to which we unwittingly fall prey'. He talks to RTÉ Arena below (Tuskar Rock, out now)
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1 pm - listen back here.
