| Country/City |
Date |
Company |
Event |
Website |
| Africa |
| Morocco |
29th March-6th April |
Cork Flim Festival |
Presenting a showcase of Irish cinema at the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen du Tetouan. |
www.corkfilmfest.org |
| Asia |
| China |
10th-15th March |
The Munster Literature Centre |
William Wall and Thomas McCarthy giving readings at the Shanghai Literary Festival and Irish Week. |
www.munsterlit.ie |
| China |
12th - 19th March |
James Ryan |
Presenting a exhibition of 50 Irish visual artists as part of "Ireland Week" at the 411 Galleries, Shanghai. |
www.411galleries.com.cn |
| China |
April |
Barry Hughes |
Presenting a solo exhibition in association with the 411 Gallery, Shanghai. |
www.barrywhughes.com |
| India |
6th-21st March |
Janet Pierce |
Presenting an exhibition "Fusion" at Galleries Artfelt, New Delhi. |
www.janetpierce.com |
| India |
13th-29th March |
Marc - Ivan O'Gorman |
Presenting a selection of short films at the Mint Gallery, New Delhi. |
www.cleverality.com |
| Korea |
April - May |
Dance Theatre of Ireland |
Performing "Block Party" at international dance festivals. |
www.dancetheatreireland.com |
| Australia/New Zealand |
| Australia |
14th - 22nd February |
Druid Theatre Company |
Performing "The New Electric Ballroom" Playhouse Theatre, Perth International Festival. |
www.druidtheatre.com |
| Australia |
26th February-2nd March |
Perth Writers Festival |
Sebastian Barry participating in the Perth Writers Festival. |
www.perthfestival.com.au |
| Australia |
28th February - 8th March |
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre |
Performing "Giselle", Perth Converntion & Exhibition Centre, Perth International Arts Festival. |
www.fabulousbeast.net |
| Australia |
March |
Seamus Begley |
Traditional Irish music, song and dance performances, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Victoria, 6th - 9th March, Blue Mountains Music Festival, NSW 13th - 15th March, concert and St. Patrick's Day celebrations, Sydney 16th - 19th March, Byron Bay, NSW 30th - 31st March, |
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| Australia |
19th February - 1st March 2009 |
Neasa Ní Chianain |
Screening of “Fairytale of Kathmandu” at the Adelaide Film Festival. |
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| New Zealand |
6th March - 2nd April |
Seamus Begley |
Traditional Irish music, song and dance performances. Auckland and Christchurch. |
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| Europe |
| Belgium |
24th-27th April |
Rubicon Gallery |
Exhibiting at Art Brussels art fair. |
www.rubicongallery.ie |
| Czech Republic |
17th-18th February |
Literature Across Frontiers |
Vona Groarke and Conor O'Callaghan to give readings at the Literary Café and Academy, Prague. |
www.lit-across-frontiers.org |
| Denmark |
20th-22nd March |
Ursula Mawson-Raffalt |
Presenting "ephemeral silence or the universe of d.a.n.t.e. #1" in Aarhus.. |
www.mrplusfm.net |
| Germany |
February-March |
Paul Rowley |
Presenting feature documentary "Seaview" in Berlin and to tour ten cities. |
www.stillfilms.org |
| Germany |
February to March, May |
Stephan Brandes |
A solo exhibition at Robert Drees Gallery, Hanover, Germany in February - March and at Art Cologne International Art Fair, May. |
www.stephenbrandes.com |
| Germany |
March |
Achill Artist Group |
An exhibition by artists from the Achill Artists Group, Kunsthausrhenania, Cologne. |
www.rhenaniakunsthaus.de |
| Germany/Switzerland |
12th-29th March |
Magnetic Music |
Presenting a 15 concert tour by Fallen Angels, Outside Track and Searson. |
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| Germany |
6th-22nd April. |
Mother's Tankstation |
Participation at 'Open Space 2009' at Art Cologne. |
www.motherstankstation.com |
| Italy |
12th February |
Our Lady's Choral Society |
performing Handel's "Messiah" in the Vatican, Rome. |
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| Spain |
12th-21st March |
El Feile |
Presenting El Feile Festival 2009 in Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao. |
www.elfeile.com |
| Switzerland |
10th-14th June |
Mother's Tankstation |
Participation at 'Art Statements' Art Basel 40. |
www.motherstankstation.com |
| Turkey |
27th March-8th April |
Blue Raincoat Theatre |
Blue Raincoat Theatre performing "The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" at the 11th Turkish State Theatre's International Festival |
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| Turkey |
21st-26th April |
Institute of History and Social Sciences |
Presenting readings by five Irish poets at the International Istanbul-Beyoglu Poetry Festival. |
www.siirfestivali.org |
| UK |
12th February |
Michelle Browne |
Presenting a visual arts performance called "The Bearer" at the National Review of Live Art, Glasgow. |
www.michellebrowne.net |
| UK |
February and March |
Colin Dunne |
Performing a solo dance show "Out of Time" at the Barbican Theatre as part of the BITE'09 International Performance Festival in February and in the East Festival, London, 5th - 10th March. |
www.colindunne.com |
| UK |
26th February |
Tonos Early Music Ensemble |
Recital of "Music of the Wild Geese" recital and lecture at the Royal Society for Arts, London. |
www.tonos.ie |
| UK |
February-April |
Irish Arts Foundation |
Presenting concerts by Beoga, Swallows Tail and other artists at venues in Leeds. |
www.irisharts.org.uk |
| UK |
4th-6th March |
London Irish Centre |
Presenting three classical and traditional concerts in the London Irish Centre, Birmingham Irish Centre and Manchester Irish World Heritage Centre. |
www.iwhc.com |
| UK |
4th - 30th March |
Druid Theatre Company |
Performing "The New Electric Ballroom" Studio 2, Riverside Studios, London. |
www.druidtheatre.com |
| UK |
7th-15th March |
David P Kelly |
Presenting the London Irish Film Festival in various London venues. |
www.londonirishfilmfestival.co.uk |
| UK |
April |
Megan Riordan |
Performing "Luck" at the Arches Theatre Festival, Glasgow and Shunt Vaults, London. |
www.makingstrange.com |
| UK |
17th - 19th April |
Ursula Mawson Raffalt |
Performing and installing "Ephemeral silence or the universe of D.A.N.T.E at the Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, Wales. |
www.mrplusfm.net |
| UK |
20th April-24th May |
Karen Casey |
Performing a UK tour in various venues. |
www.karancasey.com |
| UK |
April - May |
Druid Theatre Company |
Performing a six week UK tour of the "Playboy of the Western World" weeks beginning, 20th April, The Lowry, Salford, Manchester, 27th April, Theatre Royal, Bath, 4th May, Theatre Royal Brighton, 11th May, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, 18th May, Richmond Theatre, London and 25th May, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. |
www.druidtheatre.com |
| UK |
June |
Dance Theatre of Ireland |
Performing "Block Party" at the Greenwich & Docklands Festivals, London. |
www.dancetheatreireland.com |
| Middle East |
| Israel |
6th Feb - 20th April |
Clare Langan |
Participating in "Sounds and Visions - Art Film and Video from Europe" at Tel Aviv Museum of Art. |
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| Jordan/Palestine/Lebanon |
18th April-27th April |
Irish Modern Dance Theatre |
Performing "The White Piece" by John Scott in Dance Landscapes, a network of three festivals in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. |
www.irishmoderndancetheatre.com |
| North America |
| Los Angeles |
19th February |
U.S. Ireland Alliance/Irish Alliance |
Organising "Oscar Wilde: Honouring the Irish in Film" at the Ebell. |
www.us-irelandalliance.org |
| Massachusetts |
16th - 20th March |
Massachusetts International Festival |
Presenting the triple dance bill, "Irish Cream" at the War Memorial Auditorium. |
www.mifafestival.org |
| New York |
26th February- 29th March |
The George Moore Society |
Presenting "Ground: Contempory art from Ireland" at the American Irish Historical Society. |
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| New York |
5th March- 8th March |
Green on Red |
Presenting a solo exhibition of Denis McNulty work at the VoltaNY art fair. |
www.greenonredgallery.com |
| NY/NJ/Texas |
6th-14th March |
Liadan |
Performing concerts in New York, New Jersey & Texas. |
www.liadan.ie |
| New York |
16th March to 12th April |
Irish Arts Center |
Presenting "Ladies and Gents" by Paul Walker at Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NY and Prospect Park, Brooklyn. |
www.irishartscenter.org |
| New York |
17th March to 21st March |
Irish Arts Center |
Presenting "Voyage for Freedom: Frederick Douglass in Ireland and Barack Obama in America" at the Irish Arts Center. |
www.irishartscenter.org |
| New York |
27th April- 23rd June |
Enda O'Donoghue |
Presenting a solo exhibition at the Irish Arts Center. |
www.endaism.com |
| Oregon |
6th - 7th March |
Eugene Irish Cultural Festival |
Performing at the 6th annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival, Oregon, 6th March Eugene, at the University of Oregon's Beall Concert Hall, 7th March, Eugene at Sheldon High School. |
www.eugeneirishfest.org |
| US |
26th February-29th March |
Grada |
Grada performing a US tour. |
www.gradamusic.com |
| South America |
| Mexico |
25th March- 5th April |
Kevin Brady (Organics) |
Organics performing a tour of Mexico. |
www.organicsmusic.com |
| Nicaragua |
February |
Moya Cannon |
Performing a poetry reading at the Festival International De Poesia De Granada, Nicaragua. |
www.festivalpoesianicaragua.org.ni |
