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.
Arts North West -The Safety Catch, John Carty & More
Maeve McGowan of the Hawk’s Well Theatre looks at its packed June programme and we preview The Safety Catch by Nick Snow which opens at…
No file chosen Andrew McCracken, Fra Gunn and much more
The Safety Catch is a new play celebrating the prowess of Ireland’s most famous sporting family –the motorcycle road racing Dunlop dynasty from County Antrim.…
Aoife Hammond, Marc Geagan and much more.
The Leitrim Live music series in May includes Manorhamilton Castle Heritage and Folk Festival and Leitrim Calling in Kinlough. We speak to its two producers – Aoife Hammond…
Nick Snow, Maeve McGowan and much more.
Nick Snow of Advanced TV tells us about his new play Safety Catch inspired by the incredible lives of the famous Dunlop motorcycling family. It…
Kieran Quinn, Johnny Gogan and much more
‘Rossa Ó Snodaigh speaks with Film-maker, Johnny Gogan, about the anti-fracking campaign that led to his documentary, Groundswell, which is showing this Saturday at The…
Eleanor Shanley, John Feeley and much more.
We chat with renowned Leitrim singer Eleanor Shanley ahead of her concert at The Glens this weekend with classical guitarist John Feeley. And we look at upcoming…
Caoimhín MacAoidh, John Feeley, and much more.
This week we run a special with fiddler Caoimhín MacAoidh, author of Between the Jigs & the Reels; Revisited which was published last year and looks…
Nadine Baldow, Michael Kelly and much more.
German sculptor, Nadine Baldow, discusses her recent residency and exhibition at Leitrim Sculpture Centre and Michael Kelly gives the lowdown on Dramacast, an online collaboration…
John Wynne, Eugene Donegan and much more.
We feature Roscommon flute player, John Wynne, from the band Gatehouse, which plays here at The Glens Centre this Saturday. Stuart Lawn of FabLab tells…
