Arena
781 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIrish podcast exploring what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment. Listen live every weeknight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7-8pm. Listen to individual clips at rte.ie/arena. Presented by Sean Rocks.
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Episodes
"Animals" author Emma Jane Unsworth
August 07, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesEmma Jane Unsworth, who wrote the 2014 novel and screenplay for the film "Animals"
Neil McCarthy at the Boyne Music Festival 2019
August 06, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutesNeil McCarthy, a guest at the Boyne Music Festival
"The Roaring Banshees", a play byJohn Morton and Peter McGann at Smock Alley
August 06, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesJohn Morton, Ali Fox and Nessa Matthews chat about their play "The Roaring Banshees" at Smock Alley
RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform Leonard Cohen at All Together Now 2019
August 06, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutesPhelim Drew and Morgan MacIntyre, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform Leonard Cohen at All Together Now
Toni Morrison RIP
August 06, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutesAnne Enright, Bonnie Greer and Paul Muldoon remember Toni Morrison
Live from All Together Now 2019
August 05, 2019 12:00 - 54 minutesLive from All Together Now with Moe Dunford, Jordanne Jones, Nicola Coughlan, Alex Murphy and music from David Keenan
The origins of found footage films
August 02, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesChris Wasser looks at how "The Blair Witch Project" popularised 'found footage' films
"Living The Dream", a play by John Warrington
August 02, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesJohn Warrington discusses his play "Living The Dream"
Album reviews
August 02, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutesNadine O’Regan and Neil Doherty review "The Big Day" from Chance The Rapper, "High Expectations" from Mabel and "A Dream Is U" from Francis Lung
Film reviews
August 01, 2019 12:00 - 15 minutesAlice Butler and Simon Maher review "Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw" and "Photograph"
Sean Scully honoured in Inchicore
August 01, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesKay Sheehy met artist Sean Scully, who is being honoured by Inchicore
"Pictures At An Exhibition", the Mussorgsky suite at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019
August 01, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesGerry Murphy who will give a talk in Kilkenny on "Pictures At An Exhibition" by Mussorgsky
The Liffey Swim in art
August 01, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutesRobert Ballagh and Jack B Yeats, two artists who have marked the Liffey swim
TV preview: "Fosse/Verdon" on BBC2
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutesMary McGill previews the tv series "Fosse/Verdon"
Review: "Japanese Ghost Stories" by Lafcadio Hearn
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesAngela Bourke reviews "Japanese Ghost Stories" by Lafcadio Hearn (published by Penguin)
"Colloquies", an exhibition by Amy Cutler at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutesAmy Cutler, whose work "Colloquies" will be exhibited at the Kilkenny Arts Festival
Opera In The Open 2019
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesMary McEvoy, who will direct and perform in Opera In The Open in August
"and the days run away like wild horses over the hills", a group exhibition at Scoil Lorcáin, Monkstown
July 29, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesJohn O’Donoghue and Isadora Epstein explain the exhibition at Scoil Lorcáin Monkstown
Review: "Stalingrad" by Vasily Grossman
July 29, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutesPaul Whitington reviews "Stalingrad" by Vasily Grossman (published by Harvill Secker)
New Irish arts and culture magazine "Holy Show"
July 29, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutesBrendan MacEvilly and Gary Coyle explain what to expect from the magazine "Holy Show"
John Behan helps commemorate 150th anniversary of the Galway Races
July 29, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesSculptor John Behan, who commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Galway Races
Album reviews
July 26, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutesLouise Bruton and Brian Boyd review "Guy Walks Into A Bar" from Mini Mansions, "Falling" from Dude York and "Hotel Last Resort" from Violent Femmes / Fontaines DC making the 2019 Mercury Prize shortlist
"Now is the Time to Say Nothing: Inside the Syrian Conflict", by Reem Karssli and Caroline Williams
July 26, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutesCaroline Williams and Reem Karssli discuss their collaborative work "Now is the Time to Say Nothing: Inside the Syrian Conflict"
"Mirror Door", an exhibition by Maser in Los Angeles
July 26, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesMaser and Matthew Nevin, in Los Angeles for the Master exhibition "Mirror Door"
Richard Thompson at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019
July 25, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutesFolk-rock musician/guitarist Richard Thompson, who will be at the upcoming Kilkenny Arts Festival as part of his Irish tour
Film reviews
July 25, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutesCara O’Doherty and Hilary White review "Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love" and "The Chambermaid" / Rutger Hauer RIP
"May Day 1974", the new collection by Rachael Hegarty
July 25, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesRachael Hegarty, whose latest collection recalls the Dublin-Monaghan bombings (published by Salmon Poetry)
"The Chain" by Adrian McKinty
July 23, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutesAdrian McKinty, author of "The Chain" (published by Orion)
Great artistic collaborations - Powell and Pressburger
July 23, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutesSorcha Kenny on the career of film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
"Shaking the Tale: The Winter's Tale" at Earagail Arts Festival 2019
July 23, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutesCathal Stephens in "Shaking the Tale: The Winter’s Tale" at the Earagail Arts Festival
"Sailing To Byzantium" at Tread Softly 2019
July 23, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesNick Roth and Onur Turkmen, creators of "Sailing To Byzantium"at Tread Softly festival
Silent Disco at the Galway International Arts Festival
July 22, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutesSinead Egan took the Silent Disco tour with Guru Dudu at the Galway International Arts Festival
Concert tickets selling-out
July 22, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesJim Carroll on the phenomenon of concert tickets selling-out in literally minutes
Review: "The Same" at the Galway International Arts Festival
July 22, 2019 12:00 - 7 minutesMary McGill reviews "The Same" by Enda Walsh at the Galway International Arts Festival
"Faber & Faber: The Untold Story" by Toby Faber
July 22, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutesToby Faber, author of "Faber & Faber: The Untold Story"
Album reviews
July 19, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutesSorcha Kenny and John Hennessy review "Anima" from Thom Yorke, "King's Mouth" from The Flaming Lips and "What We Say In Private" from Ada Lea
Review: "Epiphany" by Druid at the Galway International Arts Festival 2019
July 19, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesJudy Murphy reviews "Epiphany" by Druid at the Galway International Arts Festival
Film reviews
July 19, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutesArlene Hunt and Chris Wasser review "The Lion King" and "Tell It To The Bees"
Day 2, live from the Galway International Arts Festival 2019
July 18, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutesDay 2 live from the Galway International Arts Festival
Day 1 live from the Galway International Arts Festival
July 17, 2019 12:00 - 54 minutesDay 1 live from the Galway International Arts Festival
Review: "Sweet Sorrow" by David Nicholls
July 16, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesDeclan Burke reviews "Sweet Sorrow" by David Nicholls (published by Hodder & Stoughton)
"Icebreaker: Apollo" at the National Concert Hall
July 16, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesJames Poke of Icebreaker who will perform "Apollo" live at the National Concert Hall
"Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love", a documentary by Nick Broomfield
July 16, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesNick Broomfield, director of the documentary "Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love"
"Much Ado About Nothing" by Rough Magic at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019
July 16, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutesRonan Phelan and Clare Barrett on the Rough Magic production of "Much Ado About Nothing"
Review: "Pavarotti", a documentary by Ron Howard
July 15, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutesJames Nelson (one of the Celtic Tenors) reviews the documentary "Pavarotti"
Karl Shiels, RIP
July 15, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutesEnda Walsh and Jim Culleton remember the theatre-maker Karl Shiels
Review: "Call Him Mine" by Tim MacGabhann
July 15, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesPeter Murphy reviews "Call Him Mine" by Tim MacGabhann (published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
"These Stupid Things", a play by Hugh Travers at the Festival of Curiosity
July 15, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesHugh Travers, Rachel O’Byrne and Ian Toner chat about their play "These Stupid Things"
Review: "This Brutal House" by Niven Govinden
July 12, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutesDave Lordan reviews "This Brutal House" by Niven Govinden (published by Dialogue)
"The Odd Couple", a female version directed by Conor Hanratty
July 12, 2019 12:00 - 9 minutesConor Hanratty directs an all-female version of "The Odd Couple" at the Everyman