There’s no denying that lockdown has been challenging for all of us, but it has also given us plenty of opportunities. For many, more time at home meant a chance to step outside our comfort zone and discover new talents and passions. In October 2020, Waterford Area Partnership, Waterford and Wexford ETB, Healthy...
Entertainment
Theatre Royal announces Jamie Beamish as first-ever ‘artist in residence’
Theatre Royal announces Jamie Beamish as first-ever ‘artist in residence’
Waterford-born, Bridgerton/ Derry Girls actor Jamie Beamish has been announced as the first ever ‘artist in residence’ at the Theatre Royal. The residency, to commence later this summer, will involve Jamie creating a new piece of theatre for and about Waterford. During his 9-month stint with the Theatre Royal, Jamie...
Best Lead Actor IFTA Nomination for Maurice Dunford
Best Lead Actor IFTA Nomination for Maurice Dunford
Jordan Norris The 2021 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations have been released, across 25 categories in film and drama – with Dungarvan’s Maurice ‘Moe’ Dunford nominated in the Best Lead Actor (Film) category for his performance in Knuckledust. Directed by James Kermack, the film details how...
Waterford International Organ Festival
Waterford International Organ Festival
Liam Murphy It is great to have another festival in the South East, and the time was so right to create a Waterford International Organ Festival to celebrate organ music and for Christ Church Cathedral to commemorate the legacy of the late Eric Sweeney, composer, educationalist as well as being organist and...
Local venues join forces for South East Venue Network Artist Bursary
Local venues join forces for South East Venue Network Artist Bursary
Local venues Garter Lane and Theatre Royal Waterford have joined forces with arts venues across the South East to collaborate on a new artist bursary which will provide much-needed financial and network support to an artist based in the region whose art practice has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19...
Francis Edmond Currey features in ‘New Perspectives’
Francis Edmond Currey features in ‘New Perspectives’
To coincide with reopening after 137 days of closure, the National Gallery of Ireland is proud to present the exhibition New Perspectives, a show comprised of acquisitions made by the Gallery between 2011 – 2020. The exhibition highlights an intriguing early photograph with a Waterford connection – Francis Edmond...
Conor Walsh wins O’Carroll Family Bursary
Conor Walsh wins O’Carroll Family Bursary
The winner of this year’s O’Carroll Family Bursary is WIT student Conor Walsh. The bursary is an annual event and is sponsored by Waterford Lions Club in collaboration with Waterford Institute of Technology. The purpose of the bursary is to assist students at WIT School of Music pursue their academic...
In Spanish Trenches
In Spanish Trenches
Liam Murphy There is renewed interest in the Spanish Civil War since the 1930s. Waterford-born, Emmet O’Connor is co-author with Barry McLoughlin of In Spanish Trenches (subtitled, The Mind And Deeds Of The Irish Who Fought For The Republic In The Spanish Civil War). It uses previous unseen Spanish archival...
50 Weeks A Zoomin!
50 Weeks A Zoomin!
Catherine Power When the Sacred Heart Simply Singing Group connected for the first time via Zoom on March 31st, 2020, we certainly didn’t think that more than a year later we would still be holding our weekly singing sessions online. The group began meeting for a casual singing session, usually taking about 45...
Launch of Dungarvan Art Trail
Launch of Dungarvan Art Trail
Running from May through to September 2021, in various shop windows, the Arts Centre and Library throughout the coastal town, Dungarvan Art Trail is delighted to present The Vertigo Project by internationally acclaimed, locally based, dye transfer printer and artist Jean Curran. The Dungarvan Art Trail, conceived by...
Local artist brings joy through painting in Izmir
Local artist brings joy through painting in Izmir
Ben Hennessy’s residency a huge success Catherine Power Waterford woman Anne O’Rorke set up TIAFI (Team International Assistance for Integration) in 2016, a non-profit Community Centre in Izmir, to respond and offer support to the vast number of Refugees fleeing war-torn Syria. The centre offers a support desk, free...
Teada featured on TG4
Teada featured on TG4
Excellent music and conversations are the backbone of Comhluadar Ceoil, a new music series hosted by Dáithí Ó Sé on TG4. Waterford group Téada were Dáithí’s guest for the third programme in the series which aired on March 28th. Téada, first came to national prominence over 20 years ago and have been travelling and...
