"At
axis we believe that creativity is in everyone's DNA, so this August
we're hosting a free Pop-up arts festival. Discover New Arts (DNA) is
perfect for anyone looking to try something new without breaking the
budget?Axis is lining up 2 days packed full of FREE classes, workshops and
events so that you can DNA (Discover New Arts). So whether you thought
about becoming the next Jack B Yeats, Glen Hansard or Michael Flatley…
develop your skills and interests on us!"
Writers Circle Readings
Some technical thingie has cut off the bottom of the poster - but at 6.30 on Friday August 17th there will be a number of readings and a 'Tiny Play' performance by two actors. Axis is at main st, Ballymun.All are welcome:)
Readers:
Marion O’Neill, originally from Limerick but now
living in Kilkenny, has
published three novels : Miss Harrie
Elliott (1999), Daddy’s
Girl (2001) and Seeforge
(2005). Her latest novel ‘All God’s Dead’ is due to be published
by New Island in August.
Louise Phillips has been published as part of
many anthologies and literary journals. She has been a winner of
the Jonathan Swift Award, a winner in the Irish Writers’ Centre
Lonely Voice Platform and shortlisted for the Molly Keane
Memorial Award and Bridport UK. Louise’s
psychological crime novel, Red Ribbons, will be
published by Hachette Books Ireland in September 2012, and her
second novel, The Doll’s
House, will be published in 2013.
Stephen Buck has produced 16 radio plays, written and
directed a play for Red Kettle Theatre Company, was shortlisted
for the Francis MacManus Short Story competition and has regularly
featured on ‘The Quiet Corner’ on Lyric FM.
Niamh Boyce was awarded the
Hennessy XO New Irish Writer of the Year 2012 for her poem
Kitty. She has been shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Short
Story competition 2011, the Hennessy Literary Awards 2010, the
Molly Keane Award 2010 and the WOW Award 2010. Her fiction and
poetry have been published in many literary magazines. Her
novel ‘The Herbalist’ will be published by Penguin in 2013.
Darren Donohue, following an invitation onto the New
Playwrights Programme at The Abbey Theatre
in 2010, has been shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary Award and
has founded
Pandora Theatre Company, a professional theatre and outreach
company based in
Kilkenny. He has written a number of successful full length and
Tiny Plays,
some of which have recently been performed in The Abbey and the
Sean O’Casey theatre,
with his tiny play 'Tuesday
Evening' selected
to run as part of Fishamble’s “Tiny Plays for Ireland” project.
Here's a link to
the full poster:)
