The Arts House

April in Cork Opera House sees five fantastic concerts as part of The Cork Proms. In this feature, Conor Tallon continues chatting to the performers who will be taking to the stage with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra, and this week he focused on the Broadway concerts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yvonne Tiernan of The Raines chatted to Elmarie ahead of the group's gig in Sea Church Ballycotton, where they will officially launch their debut album, "Reverie". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour's music was chosen by more of our guests from the world of the arts and film in Cork, from film critic, presenter and Director Declan Wolfe to Host of Cork Today, Patricia Messinger. And from filmmaker Yvonne Coughlan to Art Curator Michael Waldron we had another great hour of stories from the movies and the soundtracks which moved us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

To mark Oscars weekend, this hour's music was chosen by guests from the arts and film in Cork, including actress and filmmaker Sinéad O Riordan, The Opinion Line Host PJ Coogan, Filmmaker and Director Paddy O Shea, Director of Cork City Ballet Alan Foley and Actress and Songstress Linda Kenny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The brand new album from Fiona Kennedy is called "Find Me" and it was so great to have her in Studio to chat about it with Elmarie before its official launch in Coughlan's, and before Fiona heads off on tour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cork french Film Festival, Fiona Kennedy live in studio chatting about her new album "Find Me" and lots more arts news from Cork! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A flavour of French music, this week's Work of the Week, The 60th West Cork Drama Festival, rogha TG4 ar an teilifís, and more news of events and festivals in Cork! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Any Diamond celebration is worth marking, and the West Cork Drama Festival this year celebrates its 60th Anniversary! So Elmarie spoke to festival PRO Aine De Róiste to find out what's in store in Rossmore this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As all our festivals resume again, it's great to see the Cork French Film Festival reclaim its calendar place at the start of March. Spring wasn't the same without it! Organised by the team at Alliance Francaise de Cork, headed by Valerie David McGonnell and Josselin le Gall, the main screenings take place at The Gate Cinema. Tracey O Brien of the Gate Cinema had the run-down on this year's Gala f...

Another packed hour with music from The Raines, Anth Kayley, The Little Mermaid orchestral tracks - and more news about various concerts and events around Cork. And this hour's guests celebrated The First Cut Film Festival with Mary McGrath, Eleanor O'Kelly Lynch and her new book "The Girl with Special Knees", Alex Petcu chatting about the Finding a Voice Festival, and our first look at the Cork O...

With music from The Brother Brothers, Barry John, Eddie Reader and The Henry Girls, this hour featured not only the Work of the Week but also Tom Doyle chatting about the Open Day in the Cork School of Music, and lots of news about events coming up this week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well can you believe with the first 100 done, we're now at episode 101 for Work of the Week. And it's quite a different piece to consider, as Conor Tallon and Michael Waldron continue their exploration of the works of the Crawford Gallery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well anticipation is building ahead of the Ortús Chamber Music Festival, founded by Mairead Hickey and Sinead O Halloran. And this year once again sees musicians returning to Cork from various parts of the world to meet - some as old friends and some for the first time - and play some stunning Chamber Music. Elmarie caught up with Cork violinist Eoin Ducrot to chat about what he's been doing since...

Who doesn't immediately start grinning when you think of Pat Shortt? And now he's joined on stage bny his daughter Faye in their show "WELL" coming to Cork Opera House, you can grin, laugh and share the craic on March 4th. Elmarie caught up with the 2 of them at their Press Day ahead of the show Leeside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catherine Mahon Buckley and Fionuala Linehan joined Elmarie and Conor live in studio to chat about the upcoming production of "Sisters". This play by Declan Hassett was first brought to the stage by Tony-Award-Winning Anna Manahan, who also toured the show to the States. This time, Cork audiences get to see two incredible actresses take on the roles of Martha and Mary, the sisters both bound and s...

And we still ran out of time to include everyone! But here's what we managed to get through on Sunday morning! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a year of dazzling audiences with No Control, Party Scene and WAKE, Love Songs sees Connaughton return again to his own dance company bringing his unique vision to this, his most ambitious work to date. It runs in Cork Opera House for one night only, February 22nd, and he spoke to Conor Tallon on The Arts House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a journey of discovery it's been, exploring the works of the Crawford Gallery Collection each week with Dr Michael Waldron. This week marks the 100th episode, and rather than it being a major work of scale or history, it's one of those gentler, unassuming pieces you might in fact walk past without otherwise stopping. Still, Conor Tallon and Michael Waldron tease out what makes this smaller wo...

The Lords of Strut are bringing a wild and amazing new show to the Everyman on the 18th and 19th of February, and Elmarie was delighted to chat to one of the cast members, none other than Múinteoir Ray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack O'Rourke this week released his latest single. Entitled "Oscar", it's based on the work of Brendan Behan, and his poem about Oscar Wilde. So it was a pleasure to welcome Jack O'Rourke back into Studio One for a chat with Elmarie and Conor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 99th Episode of Work of the Week, focused on Fr Prout, famed for the writing of "The Bells of Shandon" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tales of Two Cities is the name of an exciting and collaborative professional development programme, which aims to give new creators working in theatre a guiding structure within the first 3 years of their professional practice. To find out more about the programme and what it can offer new graduates, Elmarie spoke to its Inaugural Artists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

This month's DFAS lecture at Nano Nagle Place takes place at 11.30am February 11th, and Tom Spalding had all the details for Conor Tallon during the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conor Tallon chats to writer and actor Gina Moxley about her play Danti Dan which makes its return to the Everyman Stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a fantastic week this is for the Junior Cork Youth Orchestra as they head to Dublin to take part in the IAYO Festival of Youth Orchestras in the National Concert Hall! This is simply a stunning orchestra of young musicians - as you'll hear, and Elmarie Mawe spoke to their Conductor, Terry McCarthy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.