It’s 3 days before the 2011 Kilkenny Arts Festival kicks off and we’re tooling up and readying ourselves for 10 days of hardcore coverage. The Theatre and Dance strand kicks off in furious style this Friday with the opening of … Continue reading
It’s 3 days before the 2011 Kilkenny Arts Festival kicks off and we’re tooling up and readying ourselves for 10 days of hardcore coverage. The Theatre and Dance strand kicks off in furious style this Friday with the opening of … Continue reading
This part of the year always comes around so quick… but then again, no harm. At the tail end of every Kilkenny Arts Festival myself and Ken will say to each other ‘Can’t wait for next year’ so maybe it’s … Continue reading
That’s a pretty exciting week of theatre just come and gone and we more than got our fair share. Everything so far has been a hit and word of mouth is absolutely booming around the town. I missed 2 shows … Continue reading
The opening weekend of the 2010 Kilkenny Arts Festival promises to be a great one for theatre goers with three fantastic shows opening today in a diverse range of venues around the city. Kicking off proceedings at 1pm today is … Continue reading
Myself (Ken) and John are on the ground again during this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival and we’ll be throwing a Devious Theatre eye over the performances on offer between August 6th and 15th. John had a look at what the … Continue reading
The entire line up for the theatre and dance strand of this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival was revealed in full Wednesday. And as expected, it’s what’s known as ‘a doozy’. An absolutely fantastic line up which really shows that curator … Continue reading
It’s not often that a Kilkenny based play by a Kilkenny playwright hits the national stage but that’s exactly what’s happening this week with the opening of Thomas Kilroy’s Christ Deliver Us! in The Abbey Theatre. In fact, I got … Continue reading
The theatre programme of the Kilkenny Arts Festival continues this evening with the opening of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape in the Parade Tower at 6pm. As my favourite Beckett play, Krapp’s Last Tape probably would have been my highlight … Continue reading
The Kilkenny Arts Festival is kicking off tomorrow and the theatre programme will be taking a bow with Lucia’s Chapters by Mabou Mines. Having last appeared at the festival in 2006 with Prelude To A Death In Venice, the renowned … Continue reading