Summer 2008 Event Highlights

Country/City Date Company Event Website
Asia
China 23rd July-22nd August European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea.
China 1st May Fion Gunn Fion Gunn, performing "Garden of the Tain" at Tsinghua University.
China  July Brian Maguire Brian Maguire participating in the Third Beijing Biennale Exhibition. www.bjbiennale.com.cn
China   21st - 30th July 411 Gallery James Ryan, 411 Gallery presenting "Is Mise Ireland" a 2-D Fine art exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Space of the Equatorial Hotel, Beijing at the gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art. www.411galleries.com.cn
China  July - August John Roch Simons John Roch Simons participating in a solo exhibition at the 411 gallery, Beijing. www.themol.com
Japan   1st - 11th June   Fergus Feehily Fergus Feehily participating in a group exhibition at the Misako and Rosen Gallery, Tokyo. www.misakoandrosen.com
Japan 23rd July-22nd August European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea.
Korea 16th-22nd July Fresh Film Festival Fresh Film Festival participating in the Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea.
Korea 23rd July-22nd August European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea.
Singapore 11th-21st July Ballyduff Drama Group Ballyduff Drama Group, performing "The Cripple of Irishman" at the DBS Arts Centre, Singapore.
Australia
Australia 7th-27th May Crash Ensemble Crash Ensemble, participation in the Sounds Alive 2008 series of the Canberra International Camber Music Festival.
Australia 12th - 26th May Anne Enright Anne Enright to participate in the Sydney Writers festival. www.swf.org.au
Australia 18th June - 7th September Gerard Byrne Gerard Byrne exhibiting a new work at the 16th Biennale of Sydney. www.lissongallery.com/artist/gerard-byrne/
New Zealand  30th May - 2nd June Muiream Nic Amhlaobih Muiream Nic Amhlaoibh performance at "Ceol Aneas", New Zealand's leading Traditional Irish Music Festival. www.ceolaneas.org
New Zealand  25th July - 5th October Willie Doherty Willie Doherty's video installation "Passage"  in the Exhibition "The Subject Now" in the Adam's Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand. www.victoria.ac.nz/adamartgal
Canada
Canada  28th July - 6th August Karishmeh Felfeli Karishmeh Felfeli performing at a chamber music festival in Ottawa, Canada. www.karishmeh.com
Canada  31st July - 10th August Blood in the Alley Blood in the Alley performing "Catalpa" at The London Ontario Fringe Festival. www.londonfringe.ca
Europe
Bulgaria  25th May - 3rd June Gare St. Lazare Players Gare St Lazare Players performing  “First Love” by Samuel Beckett at the Varna Theatre Festival in the National Theatre of Bulgaria (Sofia) and State Theatre, Pleven.  http://www.garestlazareplayersireland.com/
Central Europe 17th May-2nd June Neil McCarthy Neil McCarthy performing "The Voice and The Verse" at the 2008 Prague Fringe Festival as well as a tour in Budapest, Vienna, Cluj Napoca, Krakow, Berlin and Prague.
Czech Republic 24th May - 1st June Fishamble Theatre Company Fishamble Theatre Company performing "Forgotten" at the Prague Fringe Festival. www.fishamble.com
Estonia 23rd - 24th July RTE Vanburgh Quartet RTE Vanburgh Quartet performing at the 2008 David Oistrakh Festival, Parnu, Estonia at the Elizabeth Church. www.oistfest.ee
France  12th - 15th June Wexford Sinfonia Orchestra Wexford Sinfonia orchestra playing 2 concerts in Brittany, France. www.wexfordsinfonia.ie
France  8th - 13th July   Gallery of Photography Gallery of Photography participating in an exhibition in Les Rencontres D'Arles, France. www.rencontres-arles.com
France 23rd July-22nd August European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea.
Germany 13th - 16th June Fishamble Theatre Company Fishamble Theatre Company presenting "The Pride of Parnell Street" by Sebastian Barry at the New Plays from Europe Theatre Biennale, Wiesbaden, Germany. www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/biennale
Germany 26th - 27th July Nation Chamber Choir The National Chamber Choir performing at the MDR Musiksommer festival and Europaeische Kirchenmusik Festival. www.mdr.de/musiksommer
Germany 23rd July-22nd August European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea.
Norway 20th-25th June The Royal Irish Academy of Music The Royal Irish Academy of Music Performing at the Orkesterfestivalen 2008 as part of the Stavanger European Capital of Culture Programme in Norway.
Italy June Irish Architecture Foundation Irish Architecture Foundation presenting Ireland's exhibition at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Italy 19th July-2nd November Nina Canell Nina Canell exhibiting a solo exhibition at Manifesta, The European Biennial for Contemporary Art in Rovereto, Italy.
Romania June Fishamble Theatre Company Fishamble Theatre Company presenting “Forgotten” at the Sibu Festival in Romania. www.fishamble.com
Spain 14th June-14th September Michael Warren Michael Warren participating in Arte - Materia: Dialogues exhibition at the EXPO 2008 Festival in Fargoza, Spain.
Switzerland, Germany et al. June-November Green on Red Gallery Green on Red Gallery participating at the Volta Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland,from the 2nd 7th June 2008 Artforum Art Fair, Berlin, 3rd September - 9th October 2008, Zoo Art Fair, London from the 17th - 20th October 2008, Nada art Fair, Miami from the 5th - 9th December 2008 and Organising exhibitions in Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Poland on the 17th May, Musee D'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, on the 12th June 2008, Biennale of Sydney from 18th June - 7th September 2008, Manifesta Biennale, Trentino, Italy from the 19th July - 2nd November 2008, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Germany from the 9th October - 9th November 2008, Rental, New York, Sunday Gallery, New York, Misako and Rosen Gallery Tokyo.
Switzerland/UK/US 4th-8th June, 16th-19th October, 4th-7th December , March 2009 Kerlin Gallery Kerlin Gallery taking part in the Art Basel Fair, Switzerland from the 4th - 8th June, the Frieze Art Fair, London from the 16th -19th October, Art Basel Miami Beach Fair from the 4th - 7th December 2008 and the Armory Show, New York in March 2009.
Switzerland June National Youth Orchestra The National Youth Orchestra participating in the 150th anniversary of the Bern Conservatory.
UK/US May Pan Pan Theatre Pan Pan Theatre touring the production 'Oedipus Loves You', Wexner Centre for the Arts (Columbus Ohio), 15th - 18th May, The Kitchen (New York), 22nd - 25th  May, Myrna Loy Center (Helena, Montana) 29th May - 1 June, Highways Performance Space and Gallery. www.edfringe.com
UK  2nd May Adrian Spence Adrian Spence, Catherine Leonard and Ian Wilson performing in The Wigmore Hall, London. www.cameratapacifica.org
UK  5th May - 2nd November Institute of Contemporary Arts "Nought to Sixty" a exhibition of English and Irish Artists in the Institute of Contemporary Arts. www.ica.org.uk
UK 10th May Cork Symphony Orchestra Cork Symphony Orchestra performing as part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. www.liverpoolphil.com
UK  19th May Brighton for the Brighton Festival Performance of "the Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" at the Corn Exchange Theatre for the Brighton Festival. www.brightonfestival.org
UK  20th - 25th May Thisispopbaby Thisispopbaby performing "All Dolled Up" and "Danny and Chantelle" at the Brighton Festival Fringe, Udderbelly. www.brightonfestivalfringe/org.uk
UK 10th June  - 20th July Dorothy Cross Dorothy Cross exhibition on the legacy of Charles Darwin at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery and the Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury. www.shrewsburymuseums.org
UK   12th - 15th June Irish Film Festival Irish Film Festival and Irish Music Concerts at the Irish Cultural Centre and Riverside Studios, Hammersmith. www.irishcentrehammersmith.co.uk
UK 19th July Gerald Barry Gerald Barry performing 2 new pieces at the opening of the Frank Gehry's 2008 Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion.
UK 27th July- 26th August The Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre performing "Terminus" at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
UK 28th July - 26th August Maggie Cronin Maggie Cronin performing a one women show "Greenstick Boy" in the West Drawing room at the Assembly Rooms, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. www.edfringe.com
UK  30th July - 25th August Dragonfly Theatre Dragonfly Theatre presenting "Married to the Sea" in the Wild Men Room in the Assembly Room at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. www.edfringe.com
UK  31st July - 25th August Landmark Productions Landmark Productions presenting "Underneath the Lintel" starring Philip O'Sullivan at the Assembly Rooms Edinburgh Festival Fringe. www.thetouringexperiment.ie
UK  31st July - 25th August Druid Druid performing Enda Walsh's play "The New Electric Ballroom" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe festival. www.druidtheatre.com
Turkey  15th - 22nd May Gare St. Lazare Players Gare St Lazare Players performing  “First Love” by Samuel Beckett at Haceteppe University, Ankara and  Turkey State Theatre, Istanbul. http://www.garestlazareplayersireland.com/
Middle East
Israel 11th - 16th May Niall Williams Niall Williams to perform at the 1st International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, Israel. www.mishkenot.org.il/programs.php?id=440
North America
Connecticut  20th - 30th June Fishamble Theatre Co Fishamble Theatre Co performing "The Pride of Parnell Street by Sebastian Barry at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in Connecticut USA. www.fishamble.com
Connecticut 23rd - 24th June Andy Irvine Concert by Andy Irvine at the Fairfield Museum, Fairfield, Connecticut. www.shamrockirishmusic.org
Hawaii 18th-30th June Niall De Burca Niall De Burca to perform his own stories and workshops at Statewide Cultural Extension Tour at the University of Hawaii.
Montana 30th July- 10th October The Montaba Repertory Theatre The Montana Repertory Theatre performing Anaconda Ashes at the Mother Lode Theatre, in Butte,Montana and University Theatre, University of Montana in Missoula.
New York May Crash Ensemble Crash Ensemble performing at the "Bang on a Cat Marathon" New York. www.crashensemble.com
New York May - June Michael Collins Michael Collins performing "It’s a Cultural Thing or is it" at the Burach Arts Theatre in New York. www.travellerwagonwheel.com
New York 10th - 28th July The Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre presenting its Beckett Season at the 2008 Lincoln Center Festival, New York. www.lincolncenter.org
New York 13th-20th July Catskills Irish Art Week Catskills Irish Art Week Irish presenting the 14th Annual summer school of traditional Irish music and dance in East Durham, New York.
New York 14th-22nd July Abbey Theatre Abbey Theatre performing "Kicking a Dead Horse" by Sam Shepard featuring Stephan Rea at the Public Theatre, New York.
New York  16th July 3Epkano 3Epkano/Matthew Nolan performing a live musical performance accompanying "the Cat and The Canary" at the Film Society of Lincoln Centre on the 18th July and a performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. www.bam.org
US May and June Pan Pan Theatre Pan Pan Theatre touring the production 'Oedipus Loves You', Wexner Centre for the Arts (Columbus Ohio), 15th - 18th May, The Kitchen (New York), 22nd - 25th  May, Myrna Loy Center (Helena, Montana) 29th May - 1 June, Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, California) 5th - 8th June 2008. www.panpantheatre.com
US May -September 2009 Chester Beatty Library Art Services International/Chester Beatty Library touring the exhibition 'Imperial Mughal Albums' from the Chester Beatty Library to 5 Museums in the US.
US 19th July-28th September Slide Slide touring and showcasing in America.