Highlights from the Kilkenny Arts festival
MUSIC
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
St Canice’s hosts 3epkano’s presentation of the silent film accompanied by a vivid live score.St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 5, 9pm
James Vincent McMorrow
Singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow will perform his mournful repertoire at the cathedral. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 7, 7pm
Guo Yue
Chinese flautist and chef Guo Yue brings his music and cookery to the festival in a performance and cookery demonstration.Cookery, Set Theatre courtyard, Aug 6, 4pm; Performance, The Hole in the Wall, Aug 7, 5pm.
LITERATURE/TALKS
Tobias Woolf and David Vann
Two of America’s finest storytellers join forces for a reading. The Watergate Theatre, Aug 11, 6pm
Morgan Kelly
Prof Morgan Kelly gives the annual Hubert Butler Lecture. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 6, 6pm
Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley
A double bill from two of Northern Ireland’s leading poets. Introduced by Olivia O’Leary, expect recollections as well as recitations. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 13, 6pm
VISUAL ARTS
Living Colour:Film Screening
A documentary that takes art out of the gallery, examining the lives of a group of artists with special needs who live and work together in a collective in Callan, Co Kilkenny. Set Theatre, Aug 8, 7pm
Nick Miller
Painter Nick Miller gives insight into his creative process in his multimedia exhibition that focuses on the representation of the nude. The Heritage Council, Aug 5-14
Various Artists
Ireland’s National Craft Gallery celebrates the Year of Craft with an exhibition that focuses on paper crafts in its exhibition headquarters, but features ceramics, glass and woodwork in a variety of other venues throughout the city. National Craft Gallery and Various Venues, August 5-14
THEATRE
Title and Deed
Conor Lovett of the Gare St Lazare Players performs a new play written specifically for him by avant-garde American writer Will Eno. Barnstorm Theatre, previews August 10, 6pm and August 11, 8pm, shows August 12-14, 8pm
Holy Mary
Children’s fiction writer Eoin Colfer turns from the page to the stage in a play about first communions and mortal enemies. Watergate Theatre, Aug 12-13, 11am and 1.30pm
The Big Deal
There is more reality theatre from Una McKevitt, who brings the stories of two women who were born in the wrong bodies to the stage through a blend of real-life memories, letters and songs. Barnstorm Theatre, August 10-14, 1pm
