The Arts House

Cork City Council Arts Officer, Michelle Carew, spoke to Elmarie Mawe ahead of the launch of the new Arts and Culture Strategy for the City of Cork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elmarie Mawe and Conor Tallon put so much effort into giving Cork talent a platform, and one of those talents works in our very own Newsroom! Jess Leen joined Elmarie and Conor in the studio to chat about her latest film "Not My Sister" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lunchtime and Supper Theatre returns to the Cork Arts Theatre this summer, and Conor Tallon has the info on the first show of the season. Elmarie also has details of the next Seen Unseen Gallery Visit with Artist Clare McLaughlin clare@seenunseen.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another packed weekend of arts and entertainment awaits at Kinsale Arts Weekend 2022. Anna Mulcahy has a full run-down to share with Elmarie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yet again anohter great gig awaits you at SeaChurch Ballycotton, this time with Greenshine and The Remedy Club, and Mary Greene joined Elmarie Mawe to tell her all about it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do we ever really know the half of it??!!! What's under our very feet??!!! Well if you're from Cork, or have an interest in Cork, the team from Hysterical Histories will knock your socks off with a slew of unheard of TRUE tales about the city, in their summer show at the Spailpín Fánach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer's here! And with it comes Tracton Arts Festival. Ceramicist and artist Sara Roberts is the Festival Organiser, and with over 30 events being packed into this year's festival, she had a lot to celebrate when she spoke to Conor Tallon on The Arts House on Cork's 96FM and C103! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim O Mahony is one of the most unassuming guests you could meet. Quietly spoken, a huge supporter of the arts in Cork, he works as a biologist in MTU, but he's also a gifted pianist. He's a talented actor, having just played the professor in Educating Rita to great acclaim in UCC's Aula Max. And by a quirk of fate, he sounds like Frank Sinatra. So it was no surprise that he devised and created a...

Anna Mulcahy joined Elmarie Mawe on 96FM and C103 to chat about the joyful return of Kinsale Arts Weekend for 2022, and take a look at some events worth advance booking! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conor Slattery is well known to film goers and TV audiences but when he came in to studio to chat to Elmarie, it was about the latest film he's directed. Once Upon a Time in Ireland tells the tale of a group of Anti-Treaty fighters, who are trapped in a cave by the tide. It's been screened in many festivals at home and abroad already, but Conor had some exciting news about its release to share wit...

Catherine Kirwan's latest crime novel, Cruel Deeds, and Tadhg Coakley's latest book on sport, "The Game", both made the Irish Times Best Seller Lists this year, and for good reason. Two authors at the top of their fields, with a large and growing loyal readership, they each have engaging personalities which connect with live audiences as much as those who settle with their books at home. Which is...

Conor Tallon and Elmarie Mawe were delighted to welcome Cork author, Madeleine D'Arcy, into studio to chat about her book of Short Stories, Liberty Terrace, the monthly Fiction at the Friary events, and the upcoming West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a stunning place is West Cork! And its islands' communities know the very special and unique qualities of living there year-round, while the rest of us may just stay a while during the summer holidays. What binds a community together? What Hold does place have on us? Well Conor Tallon spoke to Mary Sullivan about a fascinating project on Bere Island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Would you be mortified singing in front of anyone? Well listen to this chat Louise White had with Elmarie about a very unique event in this year's Cork Midsummer Festival. It takes place in Fitzgerald's Park - and it may just change your mind about failure! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elmarie went along to an Allora Quartet rehearsal to chat to the players ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a visual feast for the senses in store for lovers of art, as Festival Committee member, Mary St Leger described, when she spoke to Conor Tallon about this year's Doneraile Art Festival, which begins at the end of June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The passionate opera Maria Stuarda comes to Cork Opera House on June 15th and 16th, telling the tumultous tale of Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth the First. Director of this Irish National Opera Production, Tom Creed, spoke to Elmarie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elmarie Mawe was joined in Studio One at Cork's 96FM by Micheál de Roiste and Adrian Scanlan of Snatch Comedy Improv to chat about the team and their upcoming monthly gig at The Roundy in Cork City! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As usual - we ran out of time to talk about all the fantastic things happening so Conor and Elmarie have a special Arts House Extra for you today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In another busy hour of The Arts House we'd great music from Cork artists like John Blek, and new music from Cork's Cormac O Caoimh, as well as Fiona Kennedy introducing her brand new single to finish the show. Lorraine Maye from Cork Midsummer Festival joined us to talk about the excitement building ahead of this year's return to the streets and theatres of Cork. And Gina Moxley indeed spoke abou...

Yvonne Tiernan is one of those artists who is non-stop busy with multiple projects! Not just as a manager and producer for her husband, Tommy Tiernan, but in her own right as singer with the stunning vocal harmony group that is The Raines. They play a gig in Sea Church in Ballycotton on June 10th, and Elmarie spoke to Yvonne for Sunday's Arts House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

All the joy again from Cork with Elmarie Mawe and Conor Tallon and guests. Francis Humphries chatting about the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, and the joy of having it back live in Bantry this year! Tracey O Brien was sharing the joy of the Italian Film Festival making the screen of the Gate Cinema in Cork. Ryan Morgan and Nyle Wolfe were full of fun and joy chatting about their upcoming concer...

What another joyful celebration of music and the arts from Cork! Elmarie Mawe and Conor Tallon were joined by Tom Spalding to talk about the Cork Decorative and Fine Arts Society's next meeting in Nano Nagle Place. Karen Ray had all the details for the UCC Player's next production, which is a performance of Educating Rita in the stunning Aula Max of UCC. Alan Kiely is one of the co-writers of a br...

Another happy show of arts news, interviews and music from Cork for the May Bank Holiday Weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stack Theatre, housed in the MTU Cork School of Music, is the centre of performances for the Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. This week Elmarie spoke to Writer and Director Rebecca McCarthy and actress Tess Maguire about upcoming performances of Rebecca's play "Ever Adapting." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.