We're off! Friday 2nd-Sunday 4th of February:

Peter was so laid back, he made it look as if he wasn't just about to spring to catch the right moment, that instant, on camera. Generous to young colleagues too, always amused and really kind.

How to capture everything that first Marx Brothers, then Simon's Place, has been, for decades. So many memories of friends, now scattered, some gone. Plans and projects hatched. Daydreaming, reading, interviewing ... what about the very first Dublin Fringe festival!? Jimmy Fay

If anyone is by a radio this evening, Bernard Clarke will give the radio premiere of the complete T.S. Eliot's #WasteLand by Unreal Cities recorded live at the October Gallery, London on RTÉ lyric fm's Blue Of The Night rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/…

Applications close Friday - we welcome applications from producers of all genders & for the first time also have a number of spaces for execs working across the screen industry. All info on the link below ✨

Following the post here two days ago, this film shows Elm Hill being needlessly demolished yesterday...

That's a wrap for our festival! Thank you to our artists, partners and to everyone who came along, participated and made the weekend great. @CompanyPhilipCo Irish Film Institute IIC Dublino Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann Dance Ireland Kathy Sheridan Once Off Productions Vittorio Bufacchi Colin Murphy The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Was asked how I thought the Arts were fairing post pandemic by Irish Examiner #supportthearts irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

The brilliant folk @pva_journal are behind this stunning little book. And it’s launching with us at 6pm today! There’ll be readings from contributors Wendy Erskine, Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸, Colin Graham & Declan Long #youspinmeround

We are thrilled at the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon's announcement today that a team led by Liz Roche Company along with strategic partners @MaidenVoyageNI and the Irish World Academy, University Of Limerick has been awarded funding to support the establishment of a new all-island dance company. Exciting times!

The Niall McCullough Lecture Series presented by Valerie Mulvin, McCullough Mulvin Architects and Friends of Niall McCullough Inaugural lecture: Rafael Moneo - Thurs 25th April, 7pm, Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin tinyurl.com/5ym5n9px

There are only 9 days left to enter the 2024 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize!

Ireland’s new all-island dance company is seeking an experienced communications professional to lead the Communications Team and develop a Public Engagement strategy. Read more about an exciting opportunity at this pivotal moment for dance in Ireland: theatreforum.ie/job/public-eng…

We at the Review mourn the loss of Helen Vendler (1933–2024). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Criticism interview from our archive. theparisreview.org/interviews/132…

Brilliant news!

Retain, Extend and Expand Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts Pilot chng.it/Gm4Dhvn4 via Change.org

Since its inauguration in 2011, 152 #NovelFair winners have pitched their debuts to top publishers & agents! Ahead of Novel Fair 2025 (subs opening September!) check out our blog looking at seven winners whose debut novels have been published this year irishwriterscentre.ie/my-fair-novel-…

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Edna O’Brien (1930–2024). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive. theparisreview.org/interviews/297…

my.uplift.ie/petitions/save… Petition against plan that will interfere catastrophically with a peaceful historic park and place of recreation for the city of Dublin. If you haven’t already signed you know what to do👍🏻 ⁦Senator Chris Andrews #stopthegenocide⁩ ⁦The Liberties Dublin⁩ ⁦An Taisce⁩

John O’Donovan has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Adopt a Playwright Award 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/john-odon…