The Arts House

Cork-born West End musical sensation Molly Lynch is back Leeside for a show at the Everyman tonight. It’s part of John O’Brien’s ‘Music Of’ series. Tonight’s performance is the second in the series - Music of… Love and Heartache. - the final one on April 28th is Music of… Faith and Doubt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cork Youth Ballet Company, Artistic Director Sinead Murphy presents Notre Dame de Paris at Dance Cork Firkin Crane on March 22nd and 23rd. Tickets are available on firkincrane.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crossy from FM104 joined Mairead to chat all things Oscars! The red carpet style, the goody bags and of course Cork’s own Cillian Murphy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mairead called to Presentation Brothers College in Cork city during the week where she met with Art teacher Nora Walsh and Principal David Barry. ‘Arts Week’ was underway and of course with the Oscars tonight we had to chat about past-pupil Cillian Murphy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ricky Tomlinson is returning to the stage in a brand new version of Irish Annie’s, a musical play celebrating the best of Irish culture and it’s touring the UK and Ireland this year including a visit to Cork. Ricky Tomlinson, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and Jim Royle in The Royle Family, will perform as himself as a celebrity guest in the pub....

The Cork French Film Festival is underway. Festival co-directors Valerie David McGonnell and Josselin le Gall are here to tell us more.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The First Cut Film Festival, now in its 15th year, runs until Saturday. Assistant director Jessica Bonenfant is here to tell us about this year’s festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Arts Council is running a campaign called Show Up to encourage young people to ‘Show Up’ for the art that connects them to the community. Maureen Kennelly is Director of the Arts Council Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding a Voice runs from March 7th-10th. It’s Europe’s leading women in music festival and is back in Clonmel for a seventh year with what is promised to be a feast of unforgettable music by remarkable women. It’s also coming to Cork this year. The festival takes in both International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Artistic Director Roisin Maher joined Mairead for a chat.. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Aileen Loughrey, Irish Officer with Cork County Council and Chris Dorgan, Irish Language Development Officer for Cork City Council, tell us about plans for Seachtain na Gaeilge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony McAulliffe, Chair of the Cork Scor Committee, joins Mairead to chat about how Scor is going this year.. Scor is a GAA competition that was established in 1969. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Percussionist Alex Petcu joined us on the show ahead of the Ortus Chamber Music Festival which runs from March 1st - 3rd and Finding a Voice which runs from March 7th -10th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The North Cork Drama Festival is on from March 1st - 9th at the Community Hall, Chapel Street, Charleville. Dermot J. Cregg, Festival Director and Mary Gough, Chairperson joined Mairead for a chat ahead of this year's festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mairead visitied Bandon Grammar School to see how preparations for their production of 'Grease' were going! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cork Opera House CEO, Eibhlín Gleeson joined Mairead in studio to chat about Summer Revels 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elmarie's guests in studio on Sunday were Fiona Kennedy who was describing her show "Natural Woman" which has had an extra date added to its run in the Cork Arts Theatre. Therese O'Sullivan promoted the MTU Musical Theatre Degree performance of "Our House" in the Everyman Theatre with passion! And Gillian Hennessy caught us up with what's happening in the fabulous multicultural arts centre that is...

Conor Tallon and Michael Waldron take a themed-look at some of the treasures in The Crawford Art Gallery! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conor caught up with Cork author Eleanor O'Kelly Lynch to chat about her latest book "The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kates are Liz Clark, Mide Houlihan, Eve Clague, MaryBeth O Mahony and Paula K O Brien. They all joined Mairead live in studio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The Art of the Unspoken: Rhetorical Devices, Linguistic Parallels and the Influence of the Singing Voice in Classical and Romantic Piano Literature’, by Gabriela Mayer has been released. It was recently launched at MTU Cork School of Music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cork-based David Murphy is a multi-instrumentalist and is well-known for his work with the pedal steel guitar. David's album, ‘Cuimhne Ghlinn: Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar’, is due for release in April. The first single “Citi na gCumann” , is already out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sandy Kelly has released her first solo album in thirty years, in tandem with her self-penned life story, ‘In My Own Words’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feis Maitiu Director Timothy McCarthy is on the Arts House to chat all about the year's event. Mairead enjoyed a visit to Father Matthew Hall to soak up the atmosphere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras returns to the National Concert Hall next Saturday, February 10th, for their Annual Festival of Youth Orchestras. The MTU Cork School of Music Orchestra, under the baton of Karen Ní Bhroin, will bring the festival to a close with Stravinsky’s  Firebird Suite. Tom Doyle, CSM Conservatoire coordinator called into studio for a chat Ho...

The 9th Ortús Chamber Music Festival will run from February 25th to March 3rd 2024 in venues around Cork City and County, featuring 10 top chamber musicians. The festival was founded in 2016 by Irish musicians Mairéad Hickey and Sinéad O’Halloran. Mairead joined us on the show this week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.