Summer 2006 Event Highlights

Country/City Date Company Event
Africa
Egypt May Jane Jermyn Jane Jermyn participating in an International Ceramic Symposium "Ceramic Installations" Cairo, Egypt.
Asia
China June John Gerard John Gerard participating at the Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition.
Japan July KM Friendship Ireland KM Friendship Ireland performing classical music and Irish traditional music in schools in Japan.
Japan July-September Caoimhghin O' Fraithile Caoimhghin Ó Fraithile participating in the Echigo-Tsumari Srt Triennial in Japan.
Taiwan July Conall Gleeson Conall Gleeson: recitals incorporating traditional Chinese and Irish music in Taiwan.
Europe
France July Camerata Ireland Performing in Manchester, Warsaw, Palermo and France.
Hungary June Hungarian James Joyce Society Participation in the  20th International James Joyce Symposium in Hungary.
Italy July Camerata Ireland Performing in Manchester, Warsaw, Palermo and France.
London, Paris June Waterford Healing Arts Trust Participation in the "Music in Hospitals" in Europe.
Poland July Camerata Ireland Performing in Manchester, Warsaw, Palermo and France.
Poland June Rough Magic Theatre Company Performing "Improbable Frequency" at the Kontakt International Theatre Festival in Poland.
Switzerland/London 11th-18th June; 11th-15th Oct Kerlin Gallery An exhibition in Switzerland in June 2006 and in London in October 2006.
UK July - August Opera Theatre Company Performing at three festivals in the UK in July-August 2006, Buxton Opera Festival in Peak District - 12,18, 21 July; Aldeburgh Proms - Suffolk 1 Aug; Exeter Summer Festival - 10 July.
UK June Tallaght Choral Society Participation in a major choral concert as part of Liverpool's 'Capital of Culture' celebrations.
UK July Camerata Ireland Performing in Manchester, Warsaw, Palermo and France.
North America
Minneapolis & New York June/July Druid Theatre Company   DruidSynge at two venues in the USA in June/July 2006, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis - 27 June to 1 July; Lincoln Centre Festival, New York - 12-23 July.
San Diego 2nd-4th June Daghdha Dance Company Performing "Once Beneath the Skin" at the Blurred Borders Festival in San Diego.
South America
Brazil July Federal University of Santa Catarina Prof. Joao Lupi/Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil: Irish participation in the 1st International Symposium of Celtic and Germanic Studies in Brazil.
Russia
Russia June Dermot Keogh Prof. Dermot Keogh: grant for Irish participation in a literary conference at the St. Petersburg State University, Bloomsday celebrations and towards an exhibition of prints in Russia.