taking the scenic route….
Since the beginning of June, Project Arts Centre's Space Upstairs has been occupied by Jesse Jones: Tremble Tremble. This visual arts piece was Ireland's entry into last year's Venice Biennale. I wasn't aware of the Venice Biennale before last year, but I became more and more intrigued by Tremble Tremble, the more I heard about... Continue Reading →
(The referendum happened over four weeks ago and I have spent almost that long writing this blog post. When I started writing about this, I discovered that I had a lot to say on the issue and it took some time to wrangle all those words and feelings into something interesting and coherent and not... Continue Reading →
The Theatre Forum-TheatreNI conference starts today in the beautiful Lyric Theatre in Belfast. The title of the conference is Intersections and there will be discussions on borders, gender equality and arts policy. There's also a Fun Palaces workshop with Stella Duffy for community groups, after the conference ends on Thursday. I'm a big fan of... Continue Reading →
On April 23 2018, Maser's Repeal mural was removed from outside Project Arts Centre for the second time. You know the one I mean. It was commissioned by the Andrea Horan of the HunReal Issues in 2016 and since then it has appeared in hundreds of profile pictures, on t-shirts, in windows, on badges and stuck... Continue Reading →
At this stage (18 days from the referendum), you probably have to be living under a rock to be online and not know what Together for Yes is; particularly after their huge crowd-funding campaign when they raised half a million euros in seven days. But in case you missed all that, Together For Yes is... Continue Reading →
Climate change is a hard topic to get your head around. It's depressing thing so we avoid thinking about it. It can make you feel powerless. I don't know much about climate change but I know it's happening and that we are causing it. And because it's caused by us, we also have the power... Continue Reading →
The programme includes theatre, film, music, visual arts and panel discussions. In my mind St. Patrick’s Day entertainment can be a bit backwards-looking and overly concerned with traditional Irishness, but the work on offer here is all very contemporary. It’s still Irish but it’s about the country now and where it is going. There are also no old reliables here, it’s a lot of brand new work being shown for the first time.
I haven't entirely forgotten about this blog. I hope you haven't either. I think of it guiltily every now and then. Sometimes I even think of something that I would like to write about here, and on the odd, very rare occasion, I actually manage to write about that thing and put it online. This... Continue Reading →
Last month I saw two plays about life in Ireland, and the effect of the IRA. Both were written by English men, both were about things I didn't know that much about. I saw Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman on a wet afternoon in London at the Gielgud Theatre where it transfer to from the Royal... Continue Reading →
