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Beauty Myths by Olga Anacka
Beauty Myths is a collaborative project between Olga Anacka and Riverbank Arts Centre, inviting the artist to undertake an Art Residency, Open Studio, and Exhibition at the McKenna Gallery. With Beauty Myths Olga questions how to reconcile people’s ideas and experience of femininity. In her practice, Olga Anacka explores the cultural systems that appropriate and
Cat Crainn agus Madraí Uisce / Treecats and Waterdogs
An exhibition by Corrina Askin with Manchán Magan This original exhibition explores words for nature and our connection with the natural world. Corrina’s vibrant artwork combines with a bilingual soundscape by Manchán, to form an exciting, playful exhibition for young people aged 4-12 years. The exhibition will be accompanied by an engagement programme for schools
All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Nurses Prabha and Anu share an apartment in Mumbai. Prabha’s husband moved abroad years previously and no longer contacts her. Despite that, she remains loyal to him and rejects the romantic advances of a friendly doctor working in her hospital. Outgoing Anu, meanwhile, is in a passionate relationship with Shiaz - a relationship she keeps
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: Love & Revolution | Te estoy amando locamente
IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: Love & Revolution | Te estoy amando locamente
Seville, 1977. Single mother Reme lives with her son Miguel, a wannabe torch singer and performer. Through his love of the stage, he befriends a group involved in the growing LGBT rights movement. Initially, Reme struggles to accept her son's friends and lifestyle but eventually she does everything she can to support him. Set during
Emma Doran – Dilemma!
Emma Doran – Dilemma!
It’s the post-apocalyptic world. There’s only one contraceptive pill left. Do you give it to your 19-year-old daughter or keep it for yourself? Is it better to be a 40-year-old grandmother or a 40-year-old new mum? These are the dilemmas facing Emma Doran aged 39 and 7/8s, even though the most obvious outcome is neither. If turning
Chicken
Chicken
Don Murphy is a proud Irish man, a hopeless ketamine addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken. Across one fateful night, the feathered Oscar winner shares his star-studded story with an intimate audience - from getting his big break, to his first bird on bird sexual experience,
Raise Your Spear
Raise Your Spear
Raise Your Spear is an LGBTQ+ allyship project designed by writer and artist Dani Gill. Based on a poem from her second collection (Lessons in Kindness, Salmon Poetry, April 2023), the project involves a workshop and discussion around identity and community. Join an exploration of what it means to speak, to be, and to accept.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN – An Evening with Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor
ON THE ROAD AGAIN – An Evening with Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor
***RESCHEDULED DATE*** On The Road Again promises to be a fun evening of songs and stories as Fiachna Ó Braonáin from Hothouse Flowers, Tom Dunne from Something Happens & Alan Connor hit the road together in 2025. Despite having shared stages across the world over several decades, Tom Dunne and Fiachna Ó Braonáin had never