A new production of Thomas Kilroy’s Double Cross is currently running at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast (10-27 October) and subsequently at the Abbey Theatre (31 October – 10 November). Double Cross tells the true story of how fake news won the Battle for Britain, pitching World War 2’s two masterminds of propaganda against each other in […]
Imram Irish-language Literature Festival 15-20 October
Imram Irish-language Literature Festival / Féile Litríochta Gaeilge 15 –20 Deireadh Fómhair / October 2018 8.00pm Monday 15 October Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar Cead isteach/admission €12 Booking: (01) 677 0014 www.smockalley.com or www.ceardai-focal.eventbrite.ie Ceardaí Focal | Craftsman of Words Poet, novelist, dramatist, broadcaster, columnist, translator, critic and children’s author – Liam Ó […]
Book Launch: From There to Here by Ciaran Carson
The Gallery Press in association with The Seamus Heaney Centre hopes you will join us to celebrate the publication of From There to Here: Selected Poems and Translations by Ciaran Carson. 7.30pm (Doors open from 7.00pm) Thursday, 11 October The Harty Room, School of Music, Queen’s University, Belfast BT7 1NN From There to Here: Ciaran Carson’s Collected Poems, […]
They tuck you up, your Mum and Dad: 9 October
Poetry Ireland presents ‘They tuck you up, your Mum and Dad: a series of conversations featuring some of Ireland’s finest writers and poets as they reflect on the often complex parent / child relationship through memoir and poetry. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill in conversation with Professor of Psychiatry Jim Lucey 7.00pm Tuesday 9 October Poetry Ireland, 11 […]
Write by the Sea Festival: 28-30 September
The third annual Write by the Sea Festival takes place from 28th-30th September at Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford. Events include interviews with well-known authors including, on Sunday 30th September at 11.30am, Jim Nolan, Working with an Agent, Getting Your Book Published, Experiential Workshops, Readings, Talks, Writing for Theatre, Crime Writing, Song Lyric Writing, Story Telling, Poetry, […]
Missing Voices Seminar: 6 October
Missing Voices Seminar: Irish Women Poets of the 18th-20th Centuries 10.00am-6.00pm Saturday 6 October 2018: Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 Tickets: Free, register for a place in advance Hosted by Poetry Ireland, this seminar is an exploration of issues raised in relation to the Irish poetic canon and specifically with the issue […]
More Female Lines – 6 October
More Female Lines Reflections on 1968 7.00pm Saturday 6th October 2018 The Playhouse Theatre, Derry/Londonderry 12 women writers, poets, and playwrights in Female Lines (New Island Books, 2017), an anthology of women writers from Northern Ireland have volunteered short readings, to reflect on ’68 in their work: Some of the women were present at the […]
The Mai at The Civic Theatre: 25-29 September
A major revival of Marina Carr’s award winning breakthrough play, The Mai, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, 2018. 25-29 September The Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin €22 / €20 (Concession) Festival Deal Tickets available The Mai is an epic tale of three generations of a family inspired by love but shattered by inescapable reality. It is […]
Culture Night 2018
There are events taking place all over the country for Culture Night on Friday 21st September, 2018. Cavan 8:30pm Drumlin House Theatre, Cootehill, Co Cavan Aisteoirí Muinchille will present the one act play Losers by Brian Friel. Special guests to also perform on the night. Tickets free. Please book your place in […]
Lantern Folk Club, Navan
Lantern Folk Club Wednesday 19 September The Lantern Lounge, 32 Watergate Street, Navan With special guests Lisa Hannigan, Dough Paisley, Anthony Cregan, Liam Merriman, Bill Stuart, House Bard Peter Fallon and many more to be announced… with Oisin Leech (The Lost Brothers) spinning vinyl on the night.
