Tag Archives: Kilkenny Arts Festival

Review: Ontroerend Goed’s The Smile Off Your Face

  By Niamh | August 9, 2010 - 3:30 pm | Performance Art, The Arts, Theatre
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Rothe House, High Street, Kilkenny. Friday 6th August 2010, 8pm. I had read on the Kilkenny Arts Festival website about The Smile Off Your Face and had found it intriguing, particularly “You are blindfolded, you are in a wheelchair, tied up. There is no stage.” What could it be? What would happen to me inside the darkness of a blindfold where my imagination and senses of sound and smell were all I had at my disposal? I couldn’t not do it, so I signed up myself and Darragh. The show was free and time slots were going fast. We arrived about 10 minutes early for our 8pm slot but there were very few people around. The serenity of the Rothe House courtyard was perfect for it, there was a spiritual, almost religious feel about everything, people talking quietly about their experience and the experiences of others. Almost immediately an older … There’s more →

Competition Closed: Win tickets to Lendvai String Trio at Kilkenny Arts Festival

  By Niamh | August 9, 2010 - 10:40 am | Competitions, Music, The Arts, The Culch
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If you are interested in music, there is an array of types to choose from at the Kilkenny Arts Festival. Matthew Nolan, a member of musical ensemble 3epkano and a lecturer in Dublin Business School is the curator of the Wired strand, an exploration into various musical genres. It is described on the website as being “like one of those old mix tapes you’d pass around from friend to friend” which is lovely. Here Matthew talks to Ken McGuire about his choices for 2010:

Win tickets to The Magic Cube for kids at Kilkenny Arts Festival

  By Niamh | August 5, 2010 - 9:30 am | Competitions, Kids, The Arts, The Culch
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The visual art strand of the Kilkenny Arts Festival was curated this year by Oliver Dowling, an independent contemporary visual art specialist with comprehensive experience representing Irish artists, galleries and public institutions, offering particular expertise in curating exhibitions, advising on policy and forming collections. Oliver talks here to Ken McGuire about the artists and installations that will take part in various locations at the 2010 Kilkenny Arts Festival

Win tickets to see ‘Victor and Gord’ or ‘Susan and Darren’ at Kilkenny Arts Festival

  By Niamh | August 4, 2010 - 9:27 am | Competitions, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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So last week I told you all about the upcoming Kilkenny Arts Festival. Well this week we have some tickets to give away to some lucky Culch readers The first tickets we have to give away this week (there will be more) are to two theatre pieces, ‘Victor and Gord‘ and to ‘Susan and Darren‘. Both of them look wonderful and interesting and moving. In fact I saw ‘Victor and Gord’ at the Absolut Fringe Festival last year and loved it. I am told that it has undergone a bit of a transformation so I’m looking forward to seeing how it has changed. Tom Creed curated the Theatre and Dance performers for this years Kilkenny Arts Festival. Tom is Associate Director of Rough Magic, and a co-founder and joint Artistic Director of Playgroup with whom he has amassed a huge number of directing credits. Here Tom talks to Ken McGuire … There’s more →

Kilkenny Arts Festival 6 - 15 August 2010

  By Niamh | July 21, 2010 - 10:30 am | Events, Music, Performance Art, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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The Kilkenny Arts Festival is due to start on 6th August next in Kilkenny, marking the beginning of a 10 day festival of Bertie Bassetts - All Sorts! This is the 37th year of the festival and the maturity of the festival shows in the numerous, wide-ranging and quality acts they have lined up for 2010. To make things easier, the festival has been separated into 9 different strands - that’s nine varieties of ways in which you can be entertained! Wired - a musical exploration. According to curator Matthew Nolan, this strand features one of the best live acts performing in Ireland at the moment, And So I Watch You From Afar.