Presenter Sean Rocks takes a look at what's on in the world of arts and entertainment.
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Warner/ Paramount Takeover - The House Must Win - William Blake at National Gallery Ireland - A Room with a View turns 40
The best of Arena's week - SexyTadhg performs and chats with Rick ahead of their appearance at the Night & Day Festival; Bairbre Power reviews the new Schiaparelli exhibition at the V&A, and playwright Rosaleen McDonagh discusses her debut novel, Contentious Spaces.
Linear Flux - Delirium Archive - Ciseach
Remembering Gabriel Rosenstock - Schiaparelli at the V&A - Diatribe Stage at New Music Dublin - Stephen Sexton at the Granard Booktown Festival
Hollywood star James McAvoy - Ancient World - Contemporary Imagination - SexyTadhg
The best of Arena's week - Colm Tóibín discusses the legacy of Mary Lavin; Sinéad Gleeson, filmmaker Pat Collins, and historian Catriona Crowe remember John McGahern; Jess Fahy explores the art of Easter; and we look ahead to the 75th Wexford Festival Opera.
Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Communion
Remembering Ronnie - Phoeno - Easter art
Colm Toibin on Mary Lavin career ahead of the launch a selection of her stories in 'An Arrow In Flight'
Jackie Nickersonm, Conceptual Photographer
Rita Perry's Kill Your Darlings - 20th anniversary of John McGahern's passing - The Lives of Others
John Maguire and Sarina Bellissimo review films, No Ordinary Heist, George Orwell: 2+2=5, Splitsville. Cian Sullivan and Louise Bruton review albums by Robyn, Raye and How I Became a Wave.
The best of Arena's week with the creator of Sex and the City, Michael Patrick King, Jenn Gannon on Saturday Night Live's move to the UK and we consider the life and work of George Orwell.
Saturday Night Live UK - Life Aid in the National Photographic Archive - Rembrandt's Promise
George Orwell - The Good Luck Club - Patient: Soldier
The best of Arena's week with the Irish star of A Woman of Substance on C4, Jessica Reynolds... Lise Hand reviews Liza Minnelli's new memoir... and we remember the life and extraordinary talent of beloved singer, Dolores Keane.
Film reviews - Tuesdays With Morrie - Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Jessica Reynolds - Of Mornington - Look What You Made Me Do
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Arena Arts Quiz. Louise Bruton, Eamon Sweeney, and Eoin Glackin battle John Meagher, Zara Hedderman, and Chris Wasser in a cerebral workout of Irish culture - all accompanied by the atmospheric uilleann pipes of Mark Redmond.
Irish folk singer Dolores Keane dies aged 72 - The East Asia Film Festival Ireland 2026 - Krapp's Last Tape
The best of Arena's week with Oscar nominated film producer Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures as he prepares to attend the Oscars in LA... the poet and broadcaster Paul Muldoon on his collection of lectures, Talking Heads... and Ifta Award winning casting director Amy Rowan
Joe Stilgoe - Spring as inspiration - How to make a killing - Glasshouse perform Björk
RTE Short Story Competition - Daughter Of A Drum - The Academy Award for Achievement in Casting
Element Pictures - Paul Muldoon - Ashes to Fashion
As this year's Awards Season reaches its climax, join Sinéad Egan Arena's Oscar Edition, a special show bringing you the very best of Arena's interviews with nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards.
The best of Arena's week with Oscar nominated filmmaker John Kelly on his animated short "Retirement Plan"... we speak to novelist Mary Costello about her new book "A Beautiful Loan"... and we talk to poet and writer John O'Donnell about his first collection of stories, "Mr Hoo and Other Stories"
Film reviews - Kristian Bezuidenhout - Ethnology: a love song for Connemara
Retirement Plan - Morrissey - A Beautiful Loan
Mr Hoo and other stories - Couture - Hello Charlie
The best of Arena's week with longtime Bowie collaborator Mike Garson... we speak to the co-director innovative film about Marianne Faithfull... we talk historic band t-shirts, and Amanda Seyfried tells us about her career's best role in The Testament Of Ann Lee
Film reviews - Mike Garson on Bowie - Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold
Man on the Run - Ubu Roi - Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
Broken English - As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments - The Ballad of Johnny and June
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