Venue: Abbeystrewry Church Grounds Time: 10pm Date: Monday 25th July Ticket Price: €8 The Pier Directed by Gerard Hurley | 83 mins | Black Equus Films The beautiful and atmospheric Abbeystrewry Church grounds will again this year play host to our outdoor screening. This year the Outdoor Screening will have a special local resonance when Skibbereen native Gerard Hurley will present his new film ‘The Pier’. Fresh from its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh this new Irish feature was [...]
Venue: Eldon Hotel, Bridge Street, Skibbereen Time: 10.30pm Date: Friday 29th July Ticket Price: €10 Friday 29th July at the Eldon Hotel is Rockabilly Night!!! From Kilkenny, TV Jones and The Tomahawks have gained a die-hard following for their wild, red hot brand of rockabilly. The band play a roaring mixture of classic and modern rockabilly tunes, mixed with some rockin’ originals. Their high octane sets contain some golden classics, mixed with some of the more hopped-up modern gems, with [...]
Venue: Abbeystrewry Church Time: 8pm Date: Saturday 23rd July Ticket Price: €12 Paul Durcan has published twenty-three collections of poetry including ‘The Art of Life’ (2004), ‘The Laughter of Mothers’ (2007) and ‘Life Is A Dream: 40 Years Reading Poems’ 1967-2007 (2009). In 2004 to 2007 he was Ireland Professor of Poetry and in 2009 he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of Aosdana. Join us during Skibbereen’s Art Festival week at [...]
Venue: The Riverside Restaurant (upstairs) Time: 8pm Date: Monday 25th July Ticket Price: €12/15 Set in Anytown, Ireland, the play tells the story of 43-year old Rhonda Russell. One day, her husband rings to say he is leaving her, after almost 20 years of marriage. In the events that unfold in the quiet suburban neighbourhood, some comic, some tragic, friends and strangers are drawn together, and relationships are torn apart. In this Irish premiere, Robert Hewett’s play provides eye-opening insights [...]
Venue 1: The West Cork Hotel, Ilen Street, Skibbereen Time: 5pm Date: July 24, 25, 26 Ticket Price: €10 Venue 2: Baby Hannah’s Bar, Bridge Street Time: 9pm Date: July 27, 28, 29 Ticket Price: €10 Anton Chekhov described his early comedies Marriage Proposal and The Brute as one act jokes. These short three handers are often played together and have at their farcical heart, disputes common to rural neighbours everywhere, about land, money and petty jealousy, which never fail [...]
Venue: Abbeystrewry Church Time: 12- 2pm Date: Saturday 23rd July Ticket Price: Free of charge The Quiet Club are Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy. Formed in 2006, they have become recognised as one of Ireland’s leading sound art improvisation groups. They frequently play together with guests, which in the past have included Rhodri Davies, Stephen Vitiello, Mark Wastell, Viv Corringham, John Godfrey, Harry Moore, Iarla Ó Lionáird, David Toop, and many others. Their first CD Tesla was released on Farpoint [...]
Venue: Skibbereen Market , The Fairfield Time: 11.30am Date: Saturday 23rd July Ticket Price: Free of charge St. Fachtna’s Silver Band
Venue: West Cork Arts Centre Time: See below for time schedule Date: July 23rd – July 30th ABOUT BEAUTY Dir: Conor Horgan | 52 mins | Wildfire Films | 11am Daily A documentary on the sea-based works of conceptual artist Dorothy Cross, which follows her to a remote island off Papua New Guinea as she makes work inspired by the native tradition of shark-calling. JIMMY MURAKAMI : NON ALIEN Dir: Se Merry Doyle | 75 mins | Loopline Films | [...]
Venue: Old Credit Union, North Street, Skibbereen Time: 11am – 5pm Date: July 25th – 30th Sonophore is a site-specifi c interactive sound installation developed in 2011 by Signal to Noise. As visitors enter the installation space, they are invited to use a custom interface to interact with hundreds of strips of unspooled audio cassette tape. This tape is attached to the walls of the space, and laterally spans its interior. It surrounds the participant and audience, following the space’s [...]
Venue: The Time Traveller’s Bookshop, Bridge Street, Skibbereen Time: 11am – 5pm Date: July 23rd – 30th (Closed on Sunday) The Travelling Sounds Library is a collaborative project produced by Forest Fringe, bringing together a rich and diverse range of audio works by some of the most exciting artists in the UK into a touring interactive library. As recording and editing technology becomes more accessible, more and more artists are taking the opportunity to experiment with audio-based performances, and the [...]
