Writers for Listowel
THE 42nd Listowel Writers’ Week rolls into the June bank holiday from Wednesday 29 to Sunday June 2, presenting some of the world’s finest writers.
Chairman Sean Lyons reports a panel comprised of Colum McCann, Colm Toibín, Thomas Keneally, Andrew Moore, Nadeem Aslam, Dermot Bolger, Marina Chapman, Emma Donoghue, Honor Donohoe, Robin Dunbar, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Peggy Gallagher, Gene Kerrigan, Martha Long, Alison Moore, Rebecca Miller, Peter Murphy, Audrey Niffenegger and Willy Vlautin.
We hear also of the inaugural Italian-Irish literary exchange, with themes of the Festival focusing on emigration and The Gathering. Expect a children’s programme and writers’ workshops; a winner for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award will be announced.
Take a look at website www.writersweek.ie for the schedule.
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VTOS showcase
ART, Craft and Design students undertaking the VTOS programme at Limerick City Adult Education Service will hold a morning exhibition of art work at the LCAES building (red tech.) on O’Connell Avenue on Friday May 31 from 10am to 2pm.
The work will showcase a range of Paintings, Drawings, Crafts, Designs, Ceramics and Photography. This represents just a section of the total creative output of the students over the past year.
Course leader Jayne Foley comments that the exhibition “takes place in challenging times. However, the students are confident of the tools they have developed and will present their work with the knowledge that they will work through the economic downturn with enhanced skills”.
Open to all comers, especially those who might wish to explore VTOS options.
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Commedia dell’Arte
ORCHARD Theatre Company is busy out of town with ‘Freud’s Last Session’, which has had two runs in Limerick since Winter last. Next year it will the UK and France with two theatre companies that are based overseas, together uniting in a venture titled ‘The Company of Fools’.
Artistic director Simon Thompson has had extensive training in Commedia dell’Arte and shares that wealth in occasional workshops.
Ormston House is the site for a two day workshop on Saturday June 8, Sunday 9, “specialising on the two characters, the Zanni and Pantalone”. See www.facebook.com/events/506400452
