Culture File

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Luke Clancy's culture come-all-ye, featuring bright spots in music, performance, film, tv and art from Ireland and the world. Broadcast Saturdays at 6.30pm, repeated Wednesdays at 9pm on RTÉ lyric fm.

6D AGO

Close Up Magic: with Michael Dervan

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone. Music critic Michael Dervan wants everyone in the zone to enjoy the artistry of The Great Slydini and other masters of sleight of hand and misdirection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 hr
DEC 15

The Culture File Debate Extra: Freedom

Outlandish Theatre Company's performance event Freedom uses the myth of Antigone to explore the act of speaking about Gaza, about the limits of art and speech. Listen to the piece in its entirety here. Recorded live at Samuel Beckett Theatre, TCD, Dublin in November 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 min
DEC 12

The Culture File Debate: Freedom?

Outlandish Theatre's latest, Freedom works with the myth of Antigone to focus on the act of speaking about Gaza, about the world in which it exists, and about the limits of art and speech. After the show's Dublin debut, the creative team gathered to explore further for the Culture File Debate. Check the Culture File feed for a live recording of the Freedom performance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
DEC 5

Reconstruction: with Joshua Barley

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone. Translator, Joshua Barley encourages Colm Tóibín to watch Reconstruction (Anaparastasi) Theo Angelopoulos' 1970 avant police procedural set in the rock-studded, murder-harbouring landscape of the Northern Greek province of Epirus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
DEC 5

Reconstruction: with Joshua Barley

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL Edition. Translator, Joshua Barley encourages Colm Tóibín to watch Reconstruction (Anaparastasi) Theo Angelopoulos' 1970 avant police procedural set in the rock-studded, murder-harbouring landscape of the Northern Greek province of Epirus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54 min
NOV 28

Kerry James Marshall, Unmade Art, Ragas Live

24 Hour Raga People at a festival in Redhook, NY; by the banks of the River Nore, Tadhg O'Sullivan journeys into art that might not get made ; and in Piccadilly, the largest ever European Survey for the veteran American, Kerry James Marshall, a painter of Black American life like no other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
NOV 21

The Art of Listening: Under Water: with Finola Merivale

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL Edition. Composer, Fiona Merivale encourages Colm Tóibín to tune into The Art of Listening: Under Water, a recent work by the legendary Norwegian recordist and composer, Jana Winderen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

51 min
NOV 20

Escaping Perfection with Niklas Paschburg | Culture File Digital Single

Hamburg-born composer and pianist, Niklas Paschburg on the shortcomings of perfection and his footstamping solo piano outings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 min

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Luke Clancy's culture come-all-ye, featuring bright spots in music, performance, film, tv and art from Ireland and the world. Broadcast Saturdays at 6.30pm, repeated Wednesdays at 9pm on RTÉ lyric fm.