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Join Una Ni Mhaoldhomhnaigh on Wednesday evenings from 7pm on KCLR for The Arts Show. Festival season is heating up locally across the world of music, theatre, literature and more, and we are out and about, right across the summer months, to take it all in for this brand new season. With out-and-about features, the return of the book club, interviews with key players on the local arts scene and more, there's something for everyone, all on The Arts Show with Una, Wednesday evenings from 7 here on KCLR.

  1. 11h ago

    S03E12 Mike Hanrahan, Kathryn Ashill and a review of some recent, local performances.

    On this evening's show, the last of the series, we speak with singer songwriter Mike Hanrahan and Welsh artist Kathryn Ashilll. We review some of the recent, local performances we've featured on this series of The Arts Show. Oh and we'll be dropping a little bonus special in the weeks to come so it's not goodbye but à bientôt.....

  2. 6d ago

    S03E11 Arts Festival Chats, Secret Garden Session, Eleanor Shanley, Book Club time and The Quiet Land is curtain ready

    On this evening's penultimate episode of this series of The Arts Show, Una will bring you a little of what’s been happening festival-wise around Kilkenny over the past week or so. There are chats with singer and artist Eleanor Shanley, a catch up with local actor Ger Cody ahead of Lake Productions now sold-out staging of The Quiet Land which runs in Thomastown on 13 and 14 August. It's also the final book club meet of the series where the panel discuss The Ferryman and His Wife.

  3. Aug 5

    S03E10 Chats and Music from Jerpoint

    On this week's programme, we bring you chats, and music, from the Glass Attic Gallery at Jerpoint, where local artists gathered for the opening of George Vaughan's Paintings exhibition. We chat to George himself, and to fellow artist, Bernadette Kiely. We meet Rory Leadbetter, master glass blower at Jerpoint and ceramicist, Gus Mabelson. We speak with harpsichordist Malcolm Proud, who opened the exhibition, classical pianist Finghin Collins and singer-songwriter Mick Hanly. We hear beautiful music on the recorder and the classical guitar from Laoise O'Brien and Michael O'Toole and enjoy Mick Hanly's beautiful song The Writing On The Wall, sung by Sean Keane.

  4. Jul 22

    S03E08 AKA festival, Xquisite Dance, The Medieval Mile Museum and noreside song of a summer's evening

    On this week's show we stop by The Medieval Mile Museum. We visit Xquisite dance studios to catch up with former dancer with the stars, John Nolan. We meet committee members, and participating artists, at The Alternative Kilkenny Arts Festival launch. And we enjoy some song by the banks of the Nore, as his American, and local, descendants, gather to remember soldier, Michael Green, at the Peace Park.

  5. Jul 15

    S03E07 Lisa O'Neill, Kitchen Session in The Mayfair Library and Atelier Páipéar at The Tea Houses

    On The Arts Show this week Una chats with singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill, ahead of her performance at Live at Castle Mills, in Kilkenny, this weekend. There's great music and song from July's kitchen session at The Mayfair Library and we pay another great visit to the Tea Houses, this time for an Atelier Páipéar, an artists bookfair. We finish the episode with Lisa O'Neill's song Violet Gibson, about the lady who, 100 years ago, shot Mussolini.

  6. Jul 8

    S03E06 Robert Grace, Rothe House, Graiguenamangh Brass Band, Watergate Performing Arts camp and Bookclub.

    On The Arts Show this week we visit Rothe House and Gardens in Kilkenny. We head to Graiguenamanagh, to meet singer-songwriter Robert Grace, and hear him lead the entire community in song. We also meet members of Graiguenamanagh Brass Band - the oldest one in Ireland! We're in The Watergate Theatre to find out what happens at a Performing Arts Camp and the bookclub members, Rozz Lewis and Maresa Sheeehan are back to discuss Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiney. Maresa shares one of her poems, particularly suitable for the sunny, summer evening.

  7. Jul 1

    S03E05 Pembroke Club d'Art with Bernard Jennings. Gerry Cody and Brendan Corcoran rehearsing The Quiet Land and creatives at Network Ireland Kilkenny awards

    On this week's show we head to a fascinating arts centre - The Pembroke Club d'Art in Carlow. Bernard Jennings shows us around with stories and songs along the way. We sit in on Gerry Cody and Brendan Corcoran as they rehearse for an upcoming production of Malachy McKenna's The Quiet Land. We catch up with some of the creative attendees and winners at the Network Ireland Kilkenny Business Woman of the Year Awards and we stop for a listen to Roberto who was busking on The Butterslip.

  8. Jun 23

    S03E04 Plein Air Drawing, Exhibitions -'Blue is the Eye', 'Brexit Sausages' and a half Irish, half British caravan.

    On this evening's show we continue our conversation with festival director Olga Barry about the upcoming Kilkenny Arts Festival and we join Kilkenny County Council Arts Office as it engages in public consultations on The Parade. We visit The Tea Houses for Rachel Burke's exhibition Blue is the Eye and to attend a beautiful community plein air drawing and painting event. We speak to The Butler Gallery studio artist in residence Shiro Masuyama about his projects - a half Irish, half English caravan and Brexit Sausages. That, and more......

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Join Una Ni Mhaoldhomhnaigh on Wednesday evenings from 7pm on KCLR for The Arts Show. Festival season is heating up locally across the world of music, theatre, literature and more, and we are out and about, right across the summer months, to take it all in for this brand new season. With out-and-about features, the return of the book club, interviews with key players on the local arts scene and more, there's something for everyone, all on The Arts Show with Una, Wednesday evenings from 7 here on KCLR.

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  • Creator
    KCLR
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © CK Broadcasting / KCLR
  • Show Website
    The Arts Show on KCLR