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WATERFORD 16-25 OCTOBER 2020 imagineartsfestival.com
TICKETS
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AVAILABLE FROM THEATREROYAL.IE OR 051 874 402.
SEE MORE ABOUT OUR COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES HERE
WELCOME
Welcome to the 19 th Imagine Arts Festival, and to our new online programme,
in which we hope there is something for everyone to enjoy. 2020 has presented
challenges to us all, and this year’s festival, for the first time, includes both live
and online events, an exciting departure which promises to enhance Waterford’s
tradition as a centre for the arts by making events available to a wider audience than
usual. Our programme includes music, literature, dance, visual art, performance
and history, as well as incorporating the John Dwyer Trad Weekend and Waterford
Writers Weekend.
Imagine would like to say ‘thank you’ to all of our artists, volunteers and audience,
and also to the sponsors and advertisers who have contributed in so many ways
over the past 19 years. We would also like to say a special ‘thank you’ to Waterford
Council, the Arts Council and our venue and media partners for their continued
support, especially in these uncertain times.
Jane Keen - Chairperson, Imagine Arts Festival
FUNDING PARTNERS
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Bag-A-Cats
&
MEDIA PARTNERS
FESTIVAL FRIENDS
Imagine Arts Festival realises that 2020 has been a difficult year for all workplaces
and industries, and we would therefore like to acknowledge the continued
support that Waterford businesses, large and small, have given to us over the
years.
Thank you!
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FLOOD Thursday 22 - Saturday 24 October Theatre Royal | 8.00pm | Matinee 24 October 1.00pm €18 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie or 051 874402 Flood, by Ger Bourke is a look into the lives of Stella and Jack, a married couple in their fifties adrift in a small boat in modern day Ireland. The rising water has knocked out all lines of communication. Power lines. Electricity. Television masts. Phone masts. Covered all stop signs. As they desperately bail water from their now sinking boat the interaction becomes frantic. Can anything be salvaged from a marriage that is literally and metaphorically; ‘on the rocks’, before it is too late. Written by Ger Bourke, directed by Jim Nolan, starring Lynda Gough and Joe Meagher. Lighting design by Richard Lippy Collins. A co-production of Bag-a-Cats and Rigout Productions. Supported by Waterford City and County Council, Art Links and Imagine Arts Festival. 4
SAINT SISTER
Named “Best Irish Band” Sunday 25 October
by The Irish Times, Saint
Sister is the collective moniker
Theatre Royal | 8pm
of alt-folk duo Gemma €25 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie
Doherty and Morgan or 051 874402
MacIntyre. Fusing a unique
blend of electronica, Celtic harp, and soulful vocal harmonies, the duo call their
music ‘atmosfolk’ and were outstanding on their last visit to Waterford when
they were a huge hit at ‘All Together Now’ in 2018.
“The thick, eerie electro-folk of Ireland’s Saint Sister, not so much haunted as
delicately possessed” The guardian 5
JUNIOR BROTHER
WITH SUPPORT FROM TRÁ PHÁIDÍN
An idiosyncratic, challenging
Saturday 24 October
and richly lyrical singer/
Theatre Royal | 8pm songwriter, Junior Brother is
€18 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie the pseudonym of Co. Kerry,
or 051 874402 Ireland singer Ronan Kealy.
Chosen as one of RTÉ's Rising Irish Stars of 2018, and as one of The Irish Times'
contenders ready to break through in 2019, Junior Brother has built a rabid
following thanks to unmissable live shows, and music both excitingly forward-
looking and anciently evocative. His strange stories unfold with reckless abandon
upon an idiosyncratic guitar and foot tambourine accompaniment, influenced
as much by the avant-garde as music from the middle ages and his home place
in rural Ireland.
Trá Pháidín are a collective improvisation and
experimentation. Their debut one track album Set a hAon
was released late last year by Cork City’s Sunshine Cult
Records.
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JOIN ME IN THE PINES
Join Me in the Pines is the Wednesday 21 October
solo moniker for Kildare’s
David Geraghty, also known Theatre Royal | 8pm
to audiences as a founding €18 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie
member of Bell X1. or 051 874402
As a member of Bell X1, David
has released seven studio albums to date. In addition to this, Geraghty released
two solo albums under his own name. In 2014, David decided to delineate
his solo work by giving it a new name, and so Join Me in the Pines was born.
Inherit was JMITP’s first album release in 2014, followed by Monomania last
year. Monomania brims with David’s distinctive vocal and song-writing style but
this time he has ventured into an edgy 80s synth-pop world with hints of funk,
conjuring shades of Prince, Bowie, Gary Numan and Grace Jones. The album
was mixed by the masterful Ross Dowling (James Vincent McMorrow, Talos,
Brian Deady) and was released on Decal Records.
Lockdown, although devastating to the live music scene, has provided an
opportunity for the writing and recording of a new JMITP album. Some of this
new music will be released in the coming weeks.
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MUSIC OF WATERFORD
MUSIC OF THE 17th AND 18th CENTURIES FROM IRELAND,
ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN
Tonos: Róisín O’Grady - Soprano
Eamon Sweeney - Baroque Guitar, Bandora and Lute
Special Guest: Cárthach Mac Craith - Sean Nós Singer
The Port City of Waterford in the 1600s was a thriving place, busy with trade
from all corners of Europe. The coming of Oliver Cromwell and the Siege of
Waterford in 1649 was to change the face of the city and Ireland’s culture
forever. While ‘to Hell or to Connaught’ were the options presented to poorer
Irish, merchants of means fled Waterford to far-off lands including France and
Spain. Meanwhile Irish culture, language and traditions were sent underground,
to live on in the more remote corners of the country. This concert presents
music that was heard both in Ireland and abroad during this turbulent period.
Tonos and Cárthach perform a beautiful selection of European and Irish music
from the 17th and 18th centuries - mixing Irish song with works by English and
Continental masters and highlighting common threads and distinct differences.
This concert provides a unique opportunity to hear the sean nós singing tradition
alongside that of the classical style, both telling stories through song in different
ways. Composers performed will include Purcell, Handel,Lully, Aranes, Marín,
O’Carolan, Mac Domhnaill
and Ó Riain.
Saturday 24 October
This concert is kindly Garter Lane Theatre / Live Online | 8.00pm
supported by the €10 Booking theatre tickets through
Arts Council of Ireland. www.garterlane.ie or 051 855038.
Online Event see www.imagineartsfestival.com
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MESSRS. SMILEY & VENEER
SERVICE WITH A SMILE
Friday 23 October Vincent Smiley and
Samuel Veneer are a pair
Cathedral Square | 2.00pm | 3.15pm | 4.30pm
of infamous salesmen,
Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com masquerading as world-
famous dentists. They
travel from town-to-town trying to sell their “pearly-whites elixir”—a cure-all
remedy that will eliminate the need to ever visit the dentist again. What happens
when their plan fails and their façade falls...can these “greatest salesmen”
survive to sell another day?
Come one and all to see the hilarious duo, Smiley & Veneer, perform their quirky
street show jam-packed with song, dance, slapstick, comedy and live music,
which will have you grinning from ear to ear! Smiley & Veneer will make you
laugh so hard you’ll be picking up your false teeth from the floor!
Created and designed by Curious State
Directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin
Starring Nicholas Kavanagh and Killian Browne
Composed by Killian Browne
Soundtrack by Joe Harney
Choreographed by Jess Rowell 9
IMAGINE presents
A WATERFORD COUNCIL INITIATIVE
Brian Conaghan Colm Keegan Daniel Mulhall Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Felicia Olusanya Frank Farrelly Kerry Hardie Leke Ogunde
Mark Roper Jimmy Murphy Mary Murphy Samuel Yakura
Sarah Baume Jim Nolan Deirdre Dwyer Eimear Cheasty
10SARA BAUME
HANDIWORK
Saturday 24 October
Garter Lane Theatre | 2.00pm
€5 Booking essential through
www.garterlane.ie or 051-855038
Sara Baume talks about her first
non-fiction title – an exploration of
productivity and what it means to be an
artist. handiwork offers observations that
are at once gentle and devastating, on the
nature of art, grief and a life lived well.
Not to be missed.
DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA
A GHOST IN THE THROAT
Saturday 24 October
Garter Lane Theatre / Live Online | 4.00pm
Theatre €5 Booking essential through
www.garterlane.ie or 051-855038.
Online Event see www.imagineartsfestival.com
The stunning debut prose title from multi-
award winning writer Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a
fluid hybrid of essay and autofiction. Ní Ghríofa
explores the ways in which a life can be changed
in response to the discovery of another’s – in this
case, the life of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, and
her poem Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, famously
referred to by Peter Levi as ‘the greatest poem
written in either Ireland or Britain during the
eighteenth century.’
A devastating and timeless tale about finding
your voice by freeing another’s.
11COLM KEEGAN
THIS IS WATERFORD
Friday 23 October
Garter Lane Theatre / Live Online | 5.00pm
Theatre €5 Booking essential through
www.garterlane.ie or 051-855038.
Online Event see www.imagineartsfestival.com
Waterford Writers Weekend have commissioned
acclaimed poet, playwright and performer Colm
Keegan to collaborate with local writers and write
This is Waterford, a vibrant and contemporary
literary work.
After a series of workshops with a wide range of
Waterford residents, Keegan has created a rousing review of Waterford old and
new that speaks of us, and to us, and will be launched on the day as a limited-
edition print. Join us in this celebration of our home and our city, of Waterford,
the place we love and the times we live in.
FELISPEAKS AND GUESTS
Friday 23 October
Garter Lane Theatre / Live Online
7.00pm
€5 Booking essential €5 Booking essential
through www.garterlane.ie or 051-855038
The inimitable Felispeaks has curated
an event that hopes to inspire thought,
excitement and perspective. Longford
native Felicia Olusanya is a poet, playwright
and performer at the forefront of a
pioneering new literary scene in Ireland.
Ably joined by Leke Ogunde and Samuel
Yakura, this evening event is sure to
be a highlight.
12See www.imagineartsfestival.com for further details
THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER KERRY HARDIE
Poet, novelist and Aosdána member Kerry
MARY MURPHY Hardie reads from her up and coming
Only A Tree Knows How To Be A Tree collection from Bloodaxe Books, Where
A tree has leaves that turn sunshine into Now Begins as well as exploring her
tree food. Amazing! Dogs, fishes, birds, extensive and acclaimed catalogue. A must
water... they are all themselves, yet they for poetry lovers.
fit together to make our living world. Join Goma Gallery, 3.30pm. Online Event.
author and illustrator Mary Murphy explore
Booking essential
her incredible book Only A Tree Know How
To Be A Tree, the world and our place in it. see www.imagineartsfestival.com
For our youngest storytellers. FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER
Age 2 – 4, Carrickpheirish Library,
Free Event, 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.15pm. BRIAN CONAGHAN
(One carer/ parent per child, The M Word
8 participants max – 16 including carers) Costa and Irish Book Award winner Brian
Booking Essential. Conaghan will chat about his latest YA title
See www.imagineartsfestival.com The M Word, an unforgettable novel about
grief and healing. An opportunity to see
DESERT ISLAND POEMS one of the finest YA authors in person.
Ambassador of Ireland to the United
Ages 11 plus, Carrickpheirish Library,
States Daniel Mulhall joins us to talk about
Free Schools Event, 11.00am.
the poems that shaped him as a reader
Booking essential
and writer, and inspired him as a person.
see www.imagineartsfestival.com
We are thrilled to welcome the Waterford
native to the festival for the first time, live WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE
from Washington. The Arts Office, Waterford City and County
12.00pm, online event. Booking essential Council will announce the winners of the
see www.imagineartsfestival.com national Waterford Poetry Prize 2020 with
judge Colm Keegan reading the winning
FRANK FARRELLY works and giving us an insight as to why
The Boiler Room Launch they were deemed this years’ winners.
Local poet Frank Farrelly launches his Online event. 3.00pm.
collection The Boiler Room. An exploration See www.imagineartsfestival.com
of family, his experiences of school as a pupil
and teacher, identity and personal struggle. COLM KEEGAN
“The principal concern in writing poetry This is Waterford
has always been to search for dignity and
meaning in people’s lives, despite their, and See page 12
my own inevitable human flaws”. A highly FELISPEAKS AND GUESTS
anticipated debut from this Waterford poet
of note. See page 12
Goma Gallery, 2.00pm, Free Event.
Booking essential
see www.imagineartsfestival.com 13MODWORDS JIM NOLAN & JIMMY MURPHY
Identity In Conversation
A collection of writers and musicians from Talking theatre with Jim Nolan and Jimmy
different eras and generations, standing Murphy. Two of Irelands finest writers and
on the same ground pressing our ears with directors chat writing, process and legacy.
their words of change and melody.
Garter Lane Theatre. Theatre €5
Garter Lane Theatre, €5, 9pm Online Event. Booking essential
Booking through www.garterlane.ie see www.garterlane.ie
or 051 - 855038
SARA BAUME
SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER
handiwork
MARK ROPER See page 11
Beginnings – A Workshop DOIREANN NI GHRÍOFA
Poet Mark Roper leads this workshop
for beginners. Ideal for those who have A Ghost In The Throat
never written before and want to build See page 11
their confidence to create a practice for
themselves.
Goma Gallery, 10.00am, €20.
Booking essential through
www.imagineartsfestival.com
M O DWO R D S
P R E S E N T S
14WILD AND PRECIOUS
MARGO BANKS
21 October - 6 December
Official opening 21 October | 5.00pm | 6.30pm | 7.45pm
Goma Gallery
FREE EVENT Registration essential. See www.imagineartsfestival.com
The role of drawing is fundamental to my work. These drawings of crows and
animals are sometimes prefaces to paintings, and sometimes a relaxation from
them. They are works in their own right.
They are witnesses to the changes in the landscape of Teeromoyle in South
West Kerry – my mother’s place.
My mother died quite young but I was reared on her stories about her childhood
in the mountains, so family and a sense of place haunts my work. My mother’s
past is my past. Her parent’s house is long gone but the field where the house
was remains unchanged and I have painted this field many times.
Painting the field sometimes makes me feel snug, warm and sheltered and other
times exposed, vulnerable and turbulent. I remove layers of earth while adding
layers of paint
This is my subject matter, not the meaning of my paintings.
15Ritchie Murphy and Dave Curran
Come join us on our
festival tour of a
Janey Kavanagh
selection of artists
studios from around the
Waterford County.
Meet ten artists in their
creative spaces talking
about themselves,
their work and how their
environment influences
their art!
IMAGINE ARTS TRAIL 16 - 25 OCTOBER
Vivenne O’Malley
Magdelena Karol
Online via www.imagineartsfestival.com
Bernadine Lawton
Ben Hennessey
James Horan
16MONUMENTS II (MEMORY TRACES)
CIARA RODGERS
Garter Lane Arts Centre are
delighted to present Ciara
Rodgers FOH solo show
MONUMENTS II (Memory
Traces).
Ciara’s practice often involves
historic and abandoned
site visits. Former future
facing productions of man
surrender progressively to 27 August - 26 October
nature in the form of the ruin
and in the detritus of past Garter Lane Foyer
technologies. Objects in the Gallery opening times 11.00am - 5.30pm
the contemporary landscape Tues-Sat. FREE EVENT
do not simply disappear all in
one go as if by magic but are relegated to obsolescence, haunting us like the
living dead as they insist upon the integration of the past into the here and now.
Time and place are blurred through Ciara’s charcoal drawings of structures and
objects within non -descriptive vistas and through Polaroid narratives which
often depict dreamlike excursions. Elevating these often-defunct structures to
a higher level of appreciation, the artist refers to them as Monuments.
This exhibition is supported by Waterford Cultural Quarter.
CREATION’S TESTIMONY
JANET SIBLEY
16-30 October
Coastguard Station Cultural Centre, Tramore
Gallery opening times 9.00pm - 5.00pm Mon-Fri,
11.00am - 5.00pm Sat-Sun. FREE EVENT
I’m a self taught artist originally from Manchester but now living permanently
in Waterford. I enjoy painting treescapes, the leafy or naked canopies of giant
trees, which take the eye to the dizzy heights of the sky above, and insects that
give on a larger scale a glimpse into the tiny world that constantly buzzes and
works around us.
17THE GALWAY INCIDENT A WORK IN PROGRESS BY CLARE SCOTT Sunday 25 October Free Online Event | 2pm See www.imagineartsfestival.com The artwork in progress is a fitting metaphor for the current global situation. It is an exploration, a process, a searching for solutions. The now is chaos, the ending undefined. Failure is an ever- present possibility… The Galway Incident is a short film (5 minutes) that tells the story of happenings during a night-out in Galway city. As the narrative becomes increasingly fragmented, both visually and aurally, the viewer has to work harder and harder to follow the story. The film was intended to be projected onto an installation accompanied by events and workshops exploring the experiences of the hard of hearing. However, interrupted by current events, the artist has chosen to present the work as is. In addition to the online premiere of this short film, Scott will also be presenting research connected to this project in the form of 3 short pieces in the form of filmed interactions, re-enactions, online talks or workshops. Or something. Probably. But then…who knows? Clare Scott is a multi-undisciplinary artist and writer based in the South East of Ireland. This is an Artlinks supported project. AN ARTIST TALK WITH LAURA JAMES Garter Lane are delighted to announce that they will host a talk with California based abstract painter, Laura James. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, Laura’s up and coming exhibition has been postponed until 2021. Come join us online to see this artists take on her world of creativity! ‘I love the interaction I get to have with people who view my pieces – to see the work through another’s eyes.’ Friday 16 October & Friday 23 October Online Event | 5pm See www.imagineartsfestival.com 18
“I”
KITSCH DOOM, CIARA O’ NEILL, MATT HIGGS,
WILLIAM MURRAY
CURATED BY SANDRA KELLY
2 September - 26 October
Garter Lane Foyer
FREE EVENT. Gallery opening times
11.00am-5.30pm Tues-Sat. FREE EVENT
PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE WORKS OF ART ON DISPLAY
IN THIS EXHIBITION “I” WHICH SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND
DISTASTEFUL. PARENTS SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR JUDGEMENT
BEFORE BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN INTO THIS EXHIBITION.
“Creativity takes courage” Henri Matisse
“I” is a curated selection of works by emerging
artists; Kitsch Doom, Ciara O’Neill, Matt Higgs,
William Murray. Each artist is exploring themes of
gender, sexuality, and identity within Irish culture.
The artist works in a range of diverse mediums
such as photography, print, drawing, sculpture,
and performance, and this collective exhibition
aims to reflect samples of their work as individuals,
who’s grouping together is providing a collective
space for reflection, inquiry and immersion. Using
architectural interventions, the intent is that of creating a space that is soft,
accessible, and intimate.
Keen to examine the reach of the gallery output into societal discourse, Sandra
Kelly has curated an exhibition that will create conversation and stimulate
debate. The works presented are accompanied by a programme of discussion,
screening and workshop style events as a means of carrying the themes of the
exhibition into a well structured and safe forum.
Some visitors to “I” may want to exercise parental discretion, and some may
view the work as “sensitive in nature”.
Garter Lane Arts Centre is based in the South East of Ireland providing a
yearlong programme of exhibitions.
For further information please do not hesitate to contact Visual Arts and
Education Manager, Sandra Kelly at gallery@garterlane.ie or on 051 877153.
This exhibition is supported by Waterford City Council.
19IMAGININGS
– A SHOWCASE OF IDEAS
An idea, a stage, an audience!
Imagine Arts Festival launched an idea during
lockdown to find three creators and help them
to bring their ideas to the stage, now we just
need the audience!
Join us on an evening of creativity to explore
three works in progress, giving you the
opportunity to be a part of the journey that
makes an idea come to life.
There will be three 20 minute performances
by Shannon O’Reilly, Aine O’Hara and
Yasmin Mello followed by a Q&A with
Ronan Fitzgibbon of A Little Room, Theatre
Development Centre.
Wednesday 21 October
Garter Lane Theatre | 6.00pm
Theatre €5 Booking through
www.garterlane.ie or 051-855038. Online Event,
see www.imagineartsfestival.com
THE IMAGINE ONLINE ART SHOP
Welcome to the Imagine Online Art Shop, where you
can browse the art from the comfort of your armchair
whist deciding which wall to hang the chosen piece
you are buying directly from the artist themselves!
It couldn’t be more simple!
16 - 25 October
Opening – 12pm 16th of October
Closing – Midnight 25th of October
To view see www.imagineartsfestival.com
20oh, this hectic world Sunday 25 October Free Online Event | 1pm See www.imagineartsfestival.com A musical setting for 10 classic haiku, composed by Eric Sweeney, haiku selected and read by Mark Roper. Eric Sweeney passed away in July this year. A composer of national and international importance, he had been deeply involved in the musical and artistic life of Waterford for most of his life. His death is a huge loss to the world of music in Ireland. oh, this hectic world is the last piece Eric composed, a setting for 10 classic Japanese haiku selected by the poet Mark Roper, who had collaborated with Eric on many ventures over many years. The piece was due to be performed by Eric and Mark at Imagine Arts Festival this year. Composer and pianist Marian Ingoldsby, a close friend and colleague of Eric’s at WIT for over 25 years, has very kindly agreed to step in to play Eric’s music. Imagine is proud and honoured to present oh, this hectic world, a tribute to the memory of a man who will be so greatly missed in so many different ways. CREATING TOGETHER, APART A YOUNG ARTIST EXHIBITION 16 - 25 October Venue TBC See www.imagineartsfestival.com for details Imagine Arts Festival presents a young artists exhibition, Creating Together – Apart, promoting the artistic creations of young people from the ages of 7 – 17 during this time of Covid 19, and all that it brings! Art can help us through times like these, as we can express how we are feeling by being creative. Inspiration can come from anywhere. The great thing is that everyone’s experience is different, so everyone can offer something unique! Kindly sponsored by Waterford based K Sports 21
WHEN ALL IS RUIN ONCE AGAIN
A FILM BY KEITH WALSH
Thursday 22 October
Garter Lane Theatre | 6.30pm
€10 Booking through www.garterlane.ie
or 051-855038
A rural community commit their lives
to memory as a new motorway ploughs
onwards through their landscape, a glaring
symbol of our modern age. What will
remain when nature inevitably subsumes
it all?
Keith Walsh was born in Waterford in the
south east of Ireland. His first exposure to
cameras was at 13 when he began filming
with his older brother. He studied Film
and Television in Galway City and began
working professionally while in college.
Over the past 25 years he has worked
specifically in non – fiction – directing, shooting and editing his own work
with long time collaborator Jill Beardsworth. Their work has screened at
over 50 festivals worldwide and picked up several awards, most recently best
cinematography for When All is Ruin Once Again at the Galway Film Fleadh.
“FREEDOM IS...”
SMARTPHONE FILM COMPETITION
€350 PRIZE POOL
See www.imagineartsfestival.com for full details
Imagine Festival, in partnership with Waterford Film Centre
present the finalists in the Smartphone Film Competition.
Come along and see a selection of short films especially
created for this event.
Sunday 25 October
ONLINE EVENT | 4.00pm
See www.imagineartsfestival.com
22A DARK HISTORY OF WATERFORD
Wednesday 21 - Friday 23 October
Cathedral Square | 7.00pm
€5 Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com
James Doherty returns to the Imagine Arts Festival this
year with his hugely popular Dark History Walk. Learn about
our cities gruesome past that they don’t mention in the history books. Expect
stories of murder, betrayal and betrayal.
James is a historian and story teller with a
gift for bringing history, even dark history,
back to our streets!
Covid 19 compliance will be maintained
on this walk! Please dress suitably for
weather conditions.
For more information please see Twitter
@jimsdarkhistory
Walk is not suitable for under under 16’s.
6 Lombard St, Waterford
gomawaterford@gmail.com
087 196 1923 051582633 23BOOZE, BLAA’S ‘N’ BANTER 2020
The highly popular early morning
Booze, Blaa’s ‘N’ Banter annual
hootananny extravaganza held
in Jordan’s American Bar, on
Waterford’s Quay’s goes online
this year due to the Covid19
pestilence.
It’s organised by the Waterford
Council of Trade Unions in
association with the Imagine
Arts Festival and is a homage
to the madness and mayhem of
the city’s early house dockers taverns of yore. The event involves short labour,
maritime and social history talks, intermingled with music, poetry and merry
making, where complimentary Waterford blaa’s, supplied by local bakers, along
with filings from local butchers and fish mongers are served throughout. And
hosted in the friendliest bar in town by Andy, Kathy and Anna Jordan.
The line up includes:
Catherine Foley, Journalist, broadcaster author and filmmaker on Dan the Man
Shanahan and Old Waterford Memories.
David Caroll, Author, on The History of Dunmore East RNLI.
Ian Lumley, National Heritage Officer of An Taisce on The Destruction of
Waterford’s Built Heritage.
Dave Lordan, Poet, teacher, Web Designer and activist on HyBrazil, Atlantis and
Poems of the Sea.
Emmet O’Connor, History and Lecturer on The Origins of the Waterford Left
Andrew Doherty, Author, broadcaster and local historian.
Jack Burchill, award winning local historian.
Paul O’Brien, Writer and historian on Waterford and the Slave Trade.
Please note: We will also include some snatches from BBB in previous years
Musicians and poets include:
Tom Mullane, Derek Flynn,
Jim Casey, Pat Galvin, Dyksie Saturday 24 October | 9.00am, 9.00pm
Walshe, Louis Quinlan and many Sunday 25 October | 9.00pm
more.
Online Event
Most to be announced.
See www.imagineartsfestival.com
24IMAGINE
presents
16 - 17 OCTOBER
THE MUSIC OF JOHN DWYER
A CELEBRATION
Saturday 17 October
Online Event | 8pm
See www.imagineartsfestival.com
Following the passing of our
great friend John Dwyer this past
August, this concert will celebrate
the man and his music. The entire
concert will feature tunes from
the repertoire of John himself and
will be performed by a selection
of musicians who are based in the
South East.
MC - Jimmy O’Brien Moran
Macdara, Pax agus Cárthach
Ó Faoláin (bouzouki, fiddle,
accordion)
Caoimhín & Seán Ó Fearghail agus
Paddy Tutty (Flute, uilleann pipes,
fiddle, bouzouki)
Edel Fox & Neill Byrne with
Lia Byrne (concertina & fiddles).
25GLÓR NA nDÉISE This concert will feature a host of Friday 16 October musicians and singers from across the county of Waterford and will focus on Online Event | 8pm the repertoire of each performer’s local See www.imagineartsfestival.com area within the county. MC - Edel Fox Sarah O’Gorman (fiddle) and Claire Fennell (flute) Áine agus Tomás Ó Dálaigh (concertina and fiddle) Jimmy O’Brien Moran (uilleann pipes) Ciarán Ó Gealbháin and friends 26
JOHN DWYER TRAD WEEKEND
FREE ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Saturday 17 October
Online Event
Registration essential. Spaces Limited
See www.imagineartsfestival.com
Workshops will run for 90 minutes on Zoom.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
11am – 12.30pm
Fiddle – Paddy Tutty
Concertina – Edel Fox
Uilleann Pipes – Jimmy O’Brien Moran
Singing in Irish / Amhránaíocht as Gaeilge –
Ciarán Ó Gealbháin
2pm – 3.30pm
The compositions of John Dwyer (open to all
instruments) – Neill Byrne
This workshop is only suitable for
intermediate - advanced players
CÓMHRÁ GAEILGE
WITH VIV NÍ CATHÁIN
Cad? Cathain? Cen Fáth? Conas? Saturday 17 October
Bígí linn don Chiorcal Cómhrá.
Beidh scéalta, craic is cluiche nó dhó Online Event | 2.00pm - 3.30pm
againn. Registration essential.
What? When? Why? How? Join us for See www.imagineartsfestival.com
an Irish language conversation. We
will have stories, craic and a game or two. Beidh fáilte romhat.
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Friday 16th October
Event Location Time
Creation’s Testimony - Janet Sibley Exhibition Coastguard Station Cultural 12.00pm
Centre, Tramore
Monuments II - Ciara Rodgers Exhibition Garter Lane Foyer 12.00pm
“I” - Collabrative Exhibition Garter Lane Gallery 12.00pm
Creating Together, Apart. Venue - TBC 12.00pm
A Young People’s Art Exhibition
Imagine Visual Arts Trail Online Event 12.00pm
Imagine Visual Art Shop Online Event 12.00pm
An Artist’s Talk with Laura James Online Event 5.00pm
- Registration Essential
Glór Na nDéise - John Dwyer Trad Weekend Online Event 8.00pm
Saturday 17th October
John Dwyer Trad Weekend Online Event 11.00am -
Instrument Workshop - Registration Essential 12.30pm
The Compositions of John Dwyer Workshop Online Event 2.00pm -
- Registration Essential 3.30pm
Cómhrá Gaeilge with Viv Ní Catháin Online Event 2.00pm -
- Registration Essential 3.30pm
The Music of John Dwyer, A Celebration Online Event 8.00pm
John Dwyer Trad Weekend
Wednesday 21st October
Wild and Precious Worlds, Goma Gallery 5.00, 6.30,
Opening of Margo Banks Exhibition - Registration Essential 7.45pm
‘Imaginings’, A Showcase of Ideas Garter Lane Theatre 6.00pm
A Dark History of Waterford Starting point Cathedral Square 7.00pm
- Jim’s Dark History Walk (over 16’s) - Booking Essential
Join Me In The Pines Theatre Royal 8.00pm
Thursday 22nd October
Only A Tree Knows How To Be A Tree Carrickpheirish Library - 10,11am,
with Mary Murphy Registration Essential 12.15pm
Desert Island Poems with Dan Mulhall Event Live Online 12.00pm
- Registration Essential
A book launch, The Boiler Room by Frank Farrelly Goma Gallery 2.00pm
- Registration Essential
Kerry Hardie Poetry Reading Goma Gallery 3.30pm
- Registration Essential
28When Is All Is Ruined Once Again. Garter Lane Theatre 6.30pm
A film by Keith Walsh
A Dark History of Waterford Starting point Cathedral Square 7.00pm
- Jim’s Dark History Walk (over 16’s) - Booking Essential
Flood, a Ger Bourke Theatre Premiere Theatre Royal 8.00pm
Identity, Modwords Garter Lane Theatre 9.00pm
Friday 23rd October
The M Word with Brian Conaghan Carrickpheirish Library - 11.00am
Registration Essential
An Artist’s Talk with Laura James Online Event 5.00pm
- Registration Essential
Messrs Smiley & Veneers Cathedral Square 2.00, 3.15,
- Curious State Street Theatre Company 4.30pm
Waterford Poetry Prize Reading with Colm Keegan Live Online from Waterford 3.00pm
Gallery of Art
Colm Keegan, This is Waterford Garter Lane Theatre / Live Online 5.00pm
A Dark History of Waterford - Jim’s Dark History Walk Starting point Cathedral Square 7.00pm
Felispeaks and Guests Garter Lane Theatre 7.00pm
Flood, a Ger Bourke Theatre Premiere Theatre Royal 8.00pm
Saturday 24th October
Booze, Blaas & Banter Online Event 9.00am
Mark Roper, Beginings - A workshop for beginners Goma Gallery 11.00am
Jim Nolan and Jimmy Murphy in Conversation Garter Lane Theatre/Live Online 12.00pm
Flood, a Ger Bourke Theatre Premiere Theatre Royal 1.oopm
Sara Baume, handiwork. Garter Lane Theatre 2.00pm
In Conversation with Deirdre Dwyer
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat Garter Lane Theatre/Live Online 4.00pm
Music of Waterford Garter Lane Theatre/Live Online 8.00pm
Junior Brother with support Trá Pháidín Theatre Royal 8.00pm
Booze, Blaas & Banter Online Event 9.00am,
9.00pm
Sunday 25th October
oh this hectic world, Haiku Poetry reading with a Online Event 1.00pm
musical score by the late Eric Sweeney
The Galway Incident - A work in progress by Clare Scott Online Event 2.00pm
Waterford Film Centre Smart Phone Competition Online Event 4.00pm
Showcase
Saint Sister Theatre Royal 8.00pm
Booze, Blaas & Banter Online Event 9.00pm
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