Arts North West is a weekly, magazine arts show that covers everything creative in the region. It broadcasts every Thursday at 9.30pm, with a repeat at 8pm on Sundays. Featuring the best of music, theatre, storytelling, with the best of talent from Sligo, North Leitrim & South Donegal.
Presented by Glens Artistic Director, Brendan Murray, it aims to afford artists of all disciplines the opportunity to engage with the community during this lockdown season. There will be top tunes, fresh prose, comedic commissions, dramatic dirges, together with interviews and debate on the extraordinary flourishing of creativity in the North West.
The Glens Arts Centre is a 129 seater theatre located in a listed building of unique character and exceptional acoustics. It has set up a temporary studio whilst under Covid closure with first class facilities.
It is supported by Pobal, The Arts Council & Leitrim County Council.
Maeve McGowan, Matt Bartlett and much more
Perry Blake presents Maeve McGowan of the Hawk’s Well and London music agent Matt Bartlett, who speaks about the difficulties facing the live music scene.
Niall Henry, Dave Spence and much more.
Perry Blake is standing in for Brendan Murray this week, He’ll be chatting with guests Niall Henry from The Blue Raincoat theatre company, Sligo &…
Paddy Cullivan, Cathy Jordan and much more
Guests are theatre-maker, standup, musician, songster & prankster supreme, Paddy Cullivan, and singer, writer, storyteller and Dervish star, Cathy Jordan. We also look at What’s…
Marian Quinn, Dee Armstrong & much more
Guest presenter, Perry Blake, talks film with director, Marian Quinn, ahead of her new feature, Twig, on release this week. And he pays tribute to…
Fergal Brennan, Felip Carbonell and much more
Fergal Brennan, film animator, runs a film animation course for teenagers this summer. Felip Carbonell, of No Crows fame, is producing the Rumba Experience at…
Irma McLoughlin, Lina Lambert & much more
Irma McLoughlin of Performing Arts Forum and Lina Lambert of Punk Friday are tonight’s guests. And we look at What’s On over the coming, busy…
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Theatre practitioner and writer, Treasa Nealon, and printmaker, Lisa Callaghan, about their Creative Exchange collaboration exhibition. Photographer, Cornelia Schmidt, tells of her upcoming residency…
Ciarán Taylor, John Spillane & much more.
Our guests this week are; Sligoman, Ciarán Taylor, Director of Carpet Theatre; Corkman, John Spillane (who plays The Glens Feb. 12th); and Leitrimwoman, Fionnuala Maxwell,…
Jack O’Donovan, Perry Blake & much more
Interviews with Heather Rose of Super Paua artist collective and Jack O’Donovan Trá of Fair Seas environmental agency (recent award winner Docs Without Borders film…
Maeve McKenna, Charlie McGuinness & much more
Sligo based poet, Maeve McKenna, discusses and reads from her new collection Body as a Home For This Darkness, a beautiful, poignant look at dementia.…
