Arena Thursday 6 August 2020
On Friday's Arena with Kay Sheehy, new album reviews with Nadine O'Regan & Simon Maher, poet Michael Longley & also acclaimed portrait artist Blaise Smith at Kilkenny Arts Fesival.
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Daily arts and popular culture show.
Film reviews
John Maguire and Aingeala Flannery review new films. Perfect 10, from first time feature director, Eva Riley, Jamie Dornan playing one third of a love-triangle in Endings Beginnings and we'll also take a look at the Don't Look Down, an erotic French locked-room mystery of sorts.
Saint Frances
Kelly O'Sullivan talks to Kay Sheehy. Since debuting at the 2019 South by Southwest Festival, where it won the Audience Award, Saint Frances has been lauded wherever it has played. Writer and actress Kelly O'Sullivan plays Bridget, a 34-year-old university drop-out who takes a job as a nanny, looking after six-year-old Frances.
Kilkenny Arts - Luke Murphy
Clouds and Boulders: Mapping Terrain is a new installation performance by dancer and choreographer Luke Murphy, which takes place this weekend at the Butler Gallery, as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival X. Further details at kilkennyarts.ie
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Presenter: Seán Rocks