■□■ View Photos After 17 years of bringing world class entertainment to the streets of Waterford, Spraoi are more than a little...
Entertainment
Review: Punchinello
Review: Punchinello
At face value, the exhibition Punchinello, at Garter Lane Theatre, is aimed at children as part of their exciting pre-Spraoi...
Review: Quadrophenia
Review: Quadrophenia
I was in Blackpool for the opening night of Pete Townsend’s (The Who) musical, Quadrophenia, at the Grand Theatre. Based...
Review: Gemma Hodge
Review: Gemma Hodge
Using a limited colour palette, the artist Gemma Hodge, for her exhibition Saltwater And Steel, at The Granary, created images...
Review: Thank You – that’s all we need for today
Review: Thank You – that’s all we need for today
Occasionally young people ask me could I recommend an audition piece or an audition book, and part of me wants to say – if...
Review: Candide
Review: Candide
The wonderful presence of Des Manahan in the fifties opera Candide by Leonard Bernstein was an outstanding aspect of this fine...
Review: Ailie Robertson Trio
Review: Ailie Robertson Trio
Ailie Robertson is an acclaimed harpist from Scotland who is touring with a guitarist and percussionist as a trio. They took to...
Review: Yevgeny Yeutushenko
Review: Yevgeny Yeutushenko
Thanks to the foresight of Dingle Arts supreme, Doctor Michael Fanning, the internationally famous Russian poet, Yevgeny...
Review: National Youth Orchestra Of Ireland
Review: National Youth Orchestra Of Ireland
It was, for the most part, bliss to attend the final SCOW concert at the regularly uncomfortable Good Shepherd’s Chapel at...
The Spraoi Parade
The Spraoi Parade
■□■ View Parade Photos ■□■ View Spraoi Photos An estimated crowd numbering 20,000 lined the route of Sunday afternoon’s...
Review: Waterford Omagh Peace Choir
Review: Waterford Omagh Peace Choir
Lynn Cahill at Christ Church Cathedral managed to set up a very special mini concert festival for the new Spraoi in the Park...
Review: Thomas Heywood
Review: Thomas Heywood
The internationally famed Australian organ virtuoso, Thomas Heywood, wowed a summer evening concert audience at Christ Church...
