Directed by Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy (Ireland)Starring: Bríd Ní Neachtain, Cillian O’Gairbhi, Lorcan Cranitch, Ruadhán de Faoite Róise, a woman still in mourning following the death of her husband Frank, is initially annoyed when a mysterious dog shows up at her door. But a series of eerie coincidences soon has Róise convinced that the […]
Directed by Fernando León de Aranoaa (Spain)Starring: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo and Almudena Amor Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town awaits the imminent visit from a committee which holds its fate in its hands as to whether they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be
A New Topography of Love premieres at the Regional Cultural Centre on Friday 23rd September 2022 for Culture Night! Can you beat the top score?! A New Topography of Love is an animated video-game opera experience played on a bespoke arcade console. It tells the tale of the earth-ravaged by waste and excess and almost too late
Dumbworld Gallery Takeover Pop-up Exhibition RCC Gallery 1 6pm – 10pm Dumbworld is an artist-led creative production company founded by composer Brian Irvine and director John McIllduff. They make work that is found at the intersection of music, image and words including film, opera, documentary and animation. Join them in RCC Gallery 1 for the premiere
Howe Gelb has long been burdened with mantles such as ‘godfather of alt-country’ and ‘elder ambassador of desert rock’, but in truth, he can’t be categorised. For 40 years Gelb has carved his own unique path through rock, country, blues, punk, garage, lo-fi, jazz, gospel and flamenco gypsy music, singing songs filled with vivid imagery
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THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER7PM – 8.30PMADMISSION FREE Screening Masquerades of Research: Part I & II, discussion with Padraig Robinson and invited guest Ruth McCarthy (Artistic Director of Outburst Arts and Outburst Queer Arts Festival), at the Regional Cultural Centre. The two-part feature film Masquerades of Research: Part I and II, (1 hour 5 min), is a fictional biography of pre-queer
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THURSDAY 3RD NOVEMBER7PM – 8PMADMISSION FREE Screening The Land Question: Where the fuck am I supposed to have sex?, discussion with Eimear Walshe and Áine McBride/Mac Giolla Bhríde, at the Regional Cultural Centre.Single-channel video, 38 min. The Land Question: Where the fuck am I supposed to have sex? presents a brief history of land contestation in Ireland,
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The RCC looks forward to hosting the West Ocean String Quartet featuring Lynda O’Connor! Lynda O’Connor is known one of the greatest Irish violinists of her generation with an international career as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. Lynda is filling in for Seamus McGuire who is recovering from a shoulder injury. The whole RCC
One year after the triumphant launch of ‘Hunger of the Skin’, Brian Finnegan and his hard-hitting, ‘Hunger of the Skin Band’ return to home shores for a 7 date Irish tour in December 2022. Voted ‘FolkWorld, Album Of The Year 2021’, ‘Hunger’ has been brought to life at some of the world’s biggest festivals in
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How many things are unlikely about a cello and accordion duo? At first sight, it seems that some musical world has been turned upside-down. Music Network Presents Christian-Pierre La Marca celloFélicien Brut accordion You might think of an otherworldly violin sonata instrumentation with treble and bass flipped—or that the poor misfit accordion, side-lined from the classical
