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Arena

RTÉ Radio 1

A look at what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment presented by Rick O'Shea.

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Yesterday · 12 min
Dublin Fringe Festival - Cyclone
Dublin Fringe Festival - Owen Boss, Co-Director of ANU Productions and actor Sheik Bah discuss Cyclone, a new play about Billy ‘The Cyclone’ Warren. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wednesday · 15 min
Kavanagh’s Beat Generation
Adrian Dunbar and Nick Roth put Patrick Kavanagh in conversation with the Beat Generation through poetry, music and performance at this year’s Kavanagh Weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wednesday · 17 min
Human or Animal?
Blindboy’s surreal stories collide on stage in ANIMALS, a new production asking one big question: what really separates us from the animals? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wednesday · 16 min
Conducting a New Chapter
From Juilliard to the world’s biggest stages, Anna Handler is making a rapid rise through classical music. Now, as the Ulster Orchestra’s new Chief Conductor, she brings fresh energy and vision to its 60th anniversary year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tuesday · 16 min
Writing Between the Notes: Mark O’Halloran on Bill Evans
Mark O’Halloran has spent more than 20 years writing some of Ireland’s most memorable screen stories. Now, he’s turned his pen towards one of jazz’s most intriguing figures: Bill Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tuesday · 12 min
Reading Between the Lines with Seamus Deane
Filmmaker, editor and writer Maurice Fitzpatrick explores Seamus Deane’s ideas, influence and remarkable contribution to Irish cultural life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tuesday · 17 min
From the Womb to the Trad Session: Jayne Pomplas’ Irish Music Journey
By three, Jayne Pomplas was learning fiddle, since then, she’s played with some of Irish music’s greats, including The Chieftains, Frankie Gavin and Liam O’Maonlai. Now she’s back with a new album. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monday · 21 min
Mark Kermode: From Movie Scores to Post-Punk
He knows his films. He knows his music. And apparently, he knows his way around a guitar. Mark Kermode joins us to talk Surround Sound, cinema’s greatest scores, and bringing his post-punk band The Gang of Three to Ireland this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monday · 12 min
Grief, Grit & Line-Dancing
Barry Fitzgerald’s Mourning is a Muscle brings movement, music, mourning and denim to the stage! He joins us to talk about his new dance-theatre work, coming to Project Arts Centre for Dublin Fringe Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monday · 13 min
Kids, Parents & the Soundtrack to Your 40s
For Driven Snow, life in your 40s is fair game: ageing parents, young kids, sleepless nights and memories you wouldn't trade. Kieran McGuinness and Emily Aylmer join us to talk about Mother of Christ - their intimate, Donegal-recorded second album. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 4 · 21 min
TV reviews
Jenn Gannon and Chris Wasser review season 2 of The Gentlemen (Netflix), Fightland (Sky/Now) and season 2 of Chad Powers (Disney+) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 4 · 28 min
Album reviews
Lilian Smith and Ashley Keating review new releases by Roe, Macdara Yeates and Paul Heaton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 3 · 26 min
Film reviews
John Maguire and Cara O’Doherty review Late Fame, The Death of Robin Hood, Celtic Utopia and The Incomer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 3 · 10 min
Billy Ocean on his upcoming Irish tour
Billy Ocean chats to Cristín Leach about his upcoming Irish tour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 3 · 11 min
At the Villa Celeste - Elizabeth Wassell Montague
Elizabeth Wassell Montague discusses her new novel, At the Villa Celeste. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 2 · 11 min
The Gentlemen - Season 2
Ray Winstone, Giancarlo Esposito and Vinnie Jones chat to Cristín about the latest season of Netflix's The Gentlemen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 2 · 18 min
Ian Prowse performs live in studio
Liverpool singer-songwriter Ian Prowse chats to Cristín and performs live in studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 2 · 19 min
Patrick Street Studios
Studio director Clodagh Kenny and visual artists Brian Fay and Vanessa Daws discuss Patrick Street Studios, a brand new studio in Dun Laoghaire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 1 · 16 min
A Sunday Afternoon, With Strings Attached
What happens when family, old wounds and very different ideas about how to live collide? Director Annabella Comyn and actor Niall Buggy discuss Erica Murray’s new play, Meredith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 1 · 17 min
Finding Her Way Forward
Derry singer-songwriter Roe returns with her second album, LOST DOG! - a deeply personal record shaped by grief, heartbreak and the quiet determination to keep moving forward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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