Special Event

The Young Critics are back. Get a different perspective on this year’s festival programme as 16 young people from across Ireland share their critical response in a session chaired by Dr. Karen Fricker.

Presented in Virtual Reality, this exhibition of Irish stage design is curated by Jo Mangan, Artistic Director of Carlow Arts Festival and The Performance Corporation. We meet designers and their work within a Virtual Reality world – in their studios, on stage, in 360 visualisations, and during the inevitable destruction of their creations

A free seminar on Creative Europe funding for the arts and culture sectors, open to arts organisations who wish to learn about European support for culture projects. Seminar will be followed by a networking reception.

Bringing together critics with a wealth of experience and a breadth reference of different theatre cultures, this forum considers performance from several angles and welcomes audience reflection and feedback. If there’s nothing more deadly than consensus, here is an opportunity for spirited debate…

XR have been campaigning globally for action on the climate crisis and at this meeting we’ll be launching the youth voice of the XR movement in Ireland. It’s easy to feel powerless in the face of the climate crisis, but joining XR Youth empowers young people to be the change they want to see in the world.

It’s time for the kids to throw some shapes and bust out their best moves as DJ Donal Dineen hits the decks for a special musical rollercoaster ride. Expect dance tunes from every era and every corner of the globe. So if you’re ready to get into the groove, lace up your dancing shoes and grab those glowsticks.

GCN presents, in conjunction with TENI and the Call It Out campaign, an evening of conversation exploring the complex and multifaceted nature of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia as experienced by LGBT+ people in today’s Ireland.

Join Sarah Durcan who will lead a special tour to respond to the outstanding work of artist Roee Rosen in his first ever solo exhibition in Ireland ‘Exorcisms’

As part of her research into becoming a bona fide post-racial, global citizen Sonia Hughes wants to find out what it would be like if she was from Dublin.She wants to meet individuals a little like her from the city who can show her how her life could be.

The ordered removal of Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural has brought censorship to the fore once again. Is freedom of artistic expression being limited in Ireland? Are issues such as funding, promotion, social media restrictions and discrimination creating conditions for self-censorship? Join a host of artists and activists as we remember and examine censorship.

Scottee has made a new (sort of) dance show about fat bodies showing at Project Arts Centre in February. In the run up, he is inviting you over for tea, a gossip and a think – a chance for us to get together to discuss body politics, fatness and what some people on Instagram are calling ‘body positivity’.

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate reads alongside Theo Dorgan, one of Ireland’s best-known poets. The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy’s verse have made her Britain’s most admired and best-loved contemporary poet.

Miscellany50 is a celebratory radio festival weekend of short writing and music produced to salute fifty years on air in 2018 of Sunday Miscellany, RTÉ Radio 1’s iconic programme. Five concerts will each capture a decade between 1968 and 2018.

Join host Mangina Jones for a fun packed night of general knowledge and great craic, all topped off with a sprinkling of glitter. All proceeds raised will go directly towards Project’s artists supports.

Did you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes – now’s your chance to find out! Project Arts Centre is offering you the chance to take an exclusive look backstage.