Local young readers and creative writers rejoice, we are less than two weeks away from the third annual ‘Lit Young Writers Festival’ (A Reading and Writing Festival for young people that’s run by young people) which is back with a bang this Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of November, with two fun filled days...
Events
CATS at Theatre Royal
CATS at Theatre Royal
Southeastern Theatre Group Waterford make a welcome return to Waterford’s Theatre Royal stage for five nights only from Tuesday 29th October to Saturday 2nd November at 7.30pm nightly with their production of the sensational Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical “CATS”.Southeastern Theatre Group are the award winning and...
Imagine Arts Festival October 18th – 28th.
Imagine Arts Festival October 18th – 28th.
A variety of over 80 events are on offer for the 18th annual Arts Festival which takes place this October from 18th to 28th.55 per cent of the programmed events are on offer free of charge. Three of Waterford’s finest festivals are rolled into one under the umbrella of the Imagine Arts Festival, including the...
A Haunting Experience
A Haunting Experience
Loud screams in the dead of night, terrifying apparitions spotted on the cobbled streets and the sound of laughter? – Returning this October is Waterford Youth Arts and the Imagine Festival’s most spooky event – Horrible Historical Trails. Running from Wednesday the 23rd to Saturday the 26th of October...
Merry Wives of Windsor at Garter Lane
Merry Wives of Windsor at Garter Lane
Garter Lane Theatre will showcase their stunning new digital cinema package with a live screening of The Merry Wives of Windsor, the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land, on Saturday next, September 28th. Drawing influences from 1930s British fashion, music and dance, this new production from...
Be Creative, Be Social and Be Well!
Be Creative, Be Social and Be Well!
The programme for the Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2019 was officially launched last week in Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. The festival takes place from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 October, throughout Waterford City and County, featuring an exciting line-up of 55 fun, inventive and sociable arts events for...
Central Arts presents Ruairí de Leastar
Central Arts presents Ruairí de Leastar
This Sunday September 22 Central Artws presents a night with a unique talent on the Irish Music scene as Ruairí de Leastar and band stop by as part of their National Tour in support of their brand-new EP. For the past fifteen years Ruairí de Leastar has been honing his craft and enrapturing audiences with his songs...
Huge crowds flock to Harvest Festival
Huge crowds flock to Harvest Festival
There were great crowds on Saturday and Sunday at the Waterford Harvest Festival.Dawn Meats Sales Director, Paul Nolan described it as the best ever , his firm are sponsoring since the beginning of the festival over a decade ago and they were giving informative talks on how to cook burgers and lamb with special...
Kilkenny Arts Week Rview
Kilkenny Arts Week Rview
Martin Hayes quartet perform brilliantly at St. Canice’s Cathedral Martin Hayes is becoming recognised as one of the best traditional musicians in Ireland of his generation , from Clare he performed again for the sixth h year in a row at Kilkenny arts week. .Based now in Madrid wiht his wife Lina, whom he met in...
An All Together Pleasant Experience
An All Together Pleasant Experience
Kevin Walsh Reports What began as a sluggish start to the weekend caught in traffic transitioned in to a delightful festival experience brimming with musical discovery. Upon our arrival there was an incredulous buzz about the place. Though it was still early on a nice sunny Friday evening, sounds from all walks of...
Tramore Races a huge success with numbers up
Tramore Races a huge success with numbers up
The Tramore Races was blessed with the weather this year and, despite some unpredictable weather forecasts, thousands attended the races over the 4 day August festival. Owen Byrne told the Munster Express on Sunday that overall attendances were up at least 10 per cent from 18,000 last year to over 20,000 this year....
Waterford Youth Arts 25 years of Summer Theatre
Waterford Youth Arts 25 years of Summer Theatre
Each year Waterford Youth Arts (WYA) bring in a professional theatre director to work with their teenage cast to create a play. This year they decided to go for a devised work with Grace Dyas who is a young dynamic writer and director from Dublin. You can see the fruits of their labour when they present their new...
