Arts North West

Sligo based poet, Maeve McKenna, discusses and reads from her new collection Body as a Home For This Darkness, a beautiful, poignant look at dementia. Leitrim actor/playwright/director, Charlie McGuinness, discusses his new One Man comedy, The Determinator, by John McManus. It plays The Glens December 2nd. And we look at What’s On in the Hawk’s Well, Model & the Dock. See omnystudio.com/l...

Rossa Ó Snodaigh speaks with actor, Peter Daly, ahead  of the Irish Times 5 star show, Lost Lear, at the Hawk’s Well and with artist, Shane Finan, & designer, Stuart Lawn, ahead of Irish Design Week at the Carat Collective, Sculpture Centre & The Dock. And we round up with What’s On in the area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Our guests this week are; world renowned soprano, Regina Nathan, national treasure, Charlie McGettigan, and Sligo curator supremo, Patrick Curley. All of whom play the North West this coming. We cover the Model, Hawk’s Well, Glens Centre and the Allingham Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planxty legend Andy Irvine, Leitrim fiddle/viola player Ultan O'Brien, and bestselling children's author, Shane Hegarty, are this week's guests on a packed show covering events at The Glens, The Dock, The Hawk's Well & Allingham Arts Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh speaks with Donnan Harvey of Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Festival,  sonic sound artist Natalia Beylis of Hunters Moon Festival at The Dock and Sligo author Florence Gillan. And we play a beautiful song from Tiernan O'Rourke ahead of his Glens Centre gig October 29th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rossa Ó Snodaigh presents fiddle legendary Frankie Gavin of de Danaan and playwrights Peggy Monahan and Mel Bradley all of whom have shows coming up in Leitrim/Sligo/Donegal this coming week. And Brendan Tiernan looks at other events happening in the North West. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guests this week are; Sligoman, Ciarán Taylor, Director of Carpet Theatre; Corkman, John Spillane (who plays The Glens Feb. 12th); and Leitrimwoman, Fionnuala Maxwell, whose new project is an Exploration of Women in Traditional Singing in Ireland.   Craig Cox takes a look at What’s On in The Model, The Dock, The Hawk’s Well and Féile na mBan in Bundoran. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

This week we speak with Mick Flannery - ahead of his October gig in the Hawk’s Well; Seamus O’Rourke talks Mossy Flood, and Nicola Cleary - artistic director of the Sligo Baroque Festival - will guide us through this year’s events. Plus, as we approach Culture Night, a busy ‘What’s On’ section. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We feature Adaptation Film Festival, The Hawk’s Well and the Paddy Killoran Trad Weekend. Contributors are Johnny Gogan, Maeve McGowan & Tim Mulcahy. And we look at What’s On in the arts North West. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leitrim based photographer, Bradley Stafford, has a new publication of photos shot in Ukraine and Sligo based artist, Kiera O’Toole, has an exhibition at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre. We speak with each artist about the works. And we hear a track from Commitments star, Maria Doyle Kennedy, who plays The Glens this Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tá muid ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaelige! Labhairfidh Rossa Ó Snodaigh ó Kíla leis an scannóit Jonny Gogin faoina thograí éagsúla, le Proin Ó Duigneáin ó Splódar faoi na drámaí atá idir láimhe agus leis an amhránaí Tara Baoth Ní Mhaonaigh faoi na tionscnaimh ceoil atá ar bun aici See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drumshanbo Written Word Festival is on August 24-26th. We speak with its director/curator, Eileen O’Toole. And we finish up until September with the 5th movement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony to celebrate Lúnasaand flag the Carducci Quartet playing his genius at The Glens September 6th See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022, Nils Kavanagh, ahead of his upcoming concerts at the Dock and the Hawk’s Well. Nyahh Records founder, Willie Stewart, reflects on the success of its Guardian Album of the Month, A Collection of Songs in the Trad & Sean-Nós Style. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 18-20 The Glens, in collaboration with Creative Heartlands, is running a 3 day animation film workshop for teenagers. Facilitator, Fergal Brennan, gives us the lowdown on what to expect. We speak also with Eddie Lee, Director of Sligo Jazz Project’s annual Summer School and Festival July 25-30, and we take a look at What’s On in the area including a track from Chris Meehan who plays Madden’s,...

Ruth Gonsalves Moore, Co-Ordinator of the Across the Lines IFI funded arts & cultural project, reflects on its successes as it celebrates with a free final event in The Glens, July 13th. And we talk with musician and sonic sound artist, Natalia Beylis, ahead of her concert July 14th at The Dock with Sharon Phelan & Aoife Hammond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We play a beautiful piece from Indian musician, Soham Raha, who plays Manorhamilton Castle, July 8th. Director of CaIrde Arts festival, Tara McGowan, runs through its upcoming programme in Sligo, July 1-9th. And we look at What’s On in The Model and Leitrim Sculpture Centre to finish with a Handel Concerto as Sligo Baroque Festival announces its programme for the Autumn See omnystudio.com/listener...

Featuring Treasa Nealon from The Rabbit's Riot Theatre ahead of its showcase at the Glens Centre this Saturday 24th June, John Carty and Orla McSharry of Blue Raincoat Theatre ahead of its Under Milkwood Production at the Factory next week and Nigel Gallagher of the Hawk's Well ahead of its production of Olé, June 29th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Conor Grimes of Grimes and McKee, a thrilling comic duo, who plays The Glens June 16th and with Jay Ryan, one of Ireland’s top children’s entertainers. Music from Celtic Fiddle Festival who play the Hawk’s Well this weekend and from local singer/songwriter, Brendan Tiernan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maeve McGowan runs through June’s programme at The Hawk’s Well and we play music from Slow Moving Clouds who play The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, and from world-renowned pianist, John O’Conor, who plays the Twin Trees in Ballina, both on June 9th. We also look at what’s On in the North West generally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Gerry Bohan about the upcoming Leitrim Hawthorn Project events leading up to Heritage Week in August. Karen Ryan of the London Lasses joins us from London ahead of their concert at The Dock, on June 2nd. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arigna writer, Brian Leyden, talks to us about his upcoming show Remember Me, with actress, Fiona McGeown, as it plays the Hawk’s Well next week and we get a sneak preview of the material. Rossa Ó Snodaigh shoots the breeze with Fermanagh based artist, Diane Henshaw, who is just back from a residency in India and we look at What’s On in the area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Rossa Ó Snodaigh will host this evening's show where he will talk to Treasa Nealon about the 12% Cineclub's upcoming Women's documentary Festival in the Glens Centre, He'll be talking to the children's theatre practioner Jay Ryan about his latest show the Musicians of Bremen and he'll also be talking to Joel Smith about his outdoor historical theatrical piece called Soldiers, Clergy and Rebel Wome...