Arena Thursday 2 July 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
Tara Brady and Darryl Jones review Hamilton on Disney Plus, Lynn + Lucy is a hard hitting tale of friendship and tragedy and also The Booksellers documentary.
The Beatles in Time
Craig Brown is an award-winning satirist, columnist and critic who has written a spoof celebrity diary for Private Eye Magazine since 1989. He's also the author of 18 books. Now he's turned his attention to another pillar of British culture in his new biography, One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time is published by 4th Estate.
Sligo Arts Festival
Like many other festivals across the country, the Cairde Sligo Arts Festival has made the decision to bring their programme of events online as Cairde Connected. Audiences can enjoy a variety of events across literature, music, spoken word performance and theatre. The stellar line up includes spoken word poet Sasha Terfous.
Music Played on the Show
Baby You're A Rich Man
The Beatles
2:58
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Contact the Show
Email: arena@rte.ie
Twitter: @RTEArena
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Presenter: Seán Rocks