Arena Monday 4 February 2013
on Monday's show....anticipating the future for RTÉ's orchestras, a review of "Circe" by Madeline Miller, a major Sybil Connolly exhibition at the Hunt Museum and the BBC adapt one of the great mystery novels "The Woman in White"
Arena Monday 4th February 2013
Daily arts and popular culture show.
Live Music - Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright performs 'Can you believe it?' and 'Everything Wrong' live in studio with interview by Seán Rocks - www.marthawainwright.com
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Book Review - Peter Murphy
Declan Burke reviews 'Shall we gather at the River' by Peter Murphy with Seán Rocks. The book tells the story of an evangelical DJ broadcasting his beliefs to small town Ireland. The Publishers are Faber.
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Theatre - Focal Point
Evelyn O'Rourke reports on 'Focal Point' - a new play by Manchán Magan at Dublin's Project Arts Centre. Directed by Mikel Murfi, the play sets out to explore the issues surrounding the Irish Language in the English speaking Ireland of today - www.projectartscentre.ie.
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Theatre Review - Bedroom Farce
Sophie Gorman reviews 'Bedroom Farce' by Alan Ayckbourn which is running at Dublin's Gate Theatre - www.gatetheatre.ie.
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Classic Movie - Bad Day at Black Rock
Tony Tracy discusses tonight's Classic Movie 'Bad Day at Black Rock' with Seán Rocks. The film is a western starring Spencer Tracy. Made in 1955, and shot in the searing heat of the Sierra Nevada, it was directed by John Sturges. However, it is no ordinary Western but actually a deeply political film in support of a liberal America.
Arena With Seán Rocks
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