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.
Fergus Cooper, Julie Kelleher and much more.
Film-maker, Fergus Cooper, tells us about his documentary film, The Quiet Shuffling of Feet, which is on at The Glens next Thursday, October 6th. Director…
Susan O’Keeffe, Craig McMorrow and much more.
We look at Culture Night in Sligo with curator Susan O’Keeffe of the Yeats Society and Craig Cox looks at events in Leitrim, including an…
Johnny Gogan, Maeve McGowan and much more.
We speak with film-maker/writer/director/producer of Bandit Films, Johnny Gogan, ahead of the 8th Adaptation Film Weekend this month and Maeve McGowan fills us in the…
Stuart Lawn, Kellie Hughes and much more.
We feature Stuart Lawn of Creative Heartlands’ Fab Lab which offers a unique and exciting opportunity for creative designers and we chat with Kellie Hughes…
Michael O’Dea, Eileen O’Toole and much more.
Michael O’Dea reads from his new poetry collection. We speak with actor/musician, Eileen O’Toole, co-founder of the upcoming Drumshanbo Literary Weekend. And co-founder of Leitrim…
Maureen O’Dowd, Maeve McGowan and much more.
Maureen O’Dowd of the Coleman Music Centre and Maeve McGowan of the Hawk’s Well fill us in on their Summer Progammes. We also look at…
Susan O’Keeffe, Patrick Carayannis and much more.
Director of Yeats Society Sligo, Susan O’Keeffe fills us in on the upcoming Yeats’ Summer School and we talk with Patrick Carayannis, founder of the…
John Carty, Bettina Seitz and much more.
Featuring John Carty, one of trad music’s most revered instrumentalists, ahead of his concert, July 16th at The Glens, with multi-intrumentalist, Mike McGoldrick. We look…
Brad Stafford, Niamh Moriarty and much more.
Brad Stafford whose exhibition of Ukraine photos takes place this weekend at W8 Ósta, Manorhamilton. Niamh Moriarty, performance and conceptual artist, one of many great…
Brídín, Chris Meehan and much more
Our guests are multi-instrumentalist and singer, Brídín, who plays the Hawk’s Well next week and country music legend, Chris Meehan, who plays with his Redneck…
