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Presenter Sean Rocks takes a look at what's on in the world of arts and entertainment.

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    RTÉ Short Story Competition final 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 52:17


    Live from the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire, a special event to announce the winner of this year's RTE Short Story Competition, in honour of Francis MacManus. This special programme also features a live performance by David Kitt.

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    Film Reviews - Amelia - Lazarus review

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 50:06


    Film Reviews - Amelia - Lazarus review

    Kevin Rowland - Madama Butterfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 30:44


    Kevin Rowland - Madama Butterfly

    Arena (Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 45:32


    Lazarus - The Mastermind - Rebel Without a Causeat 70

    Haunted Dancehall - Wexford Opera Festival review - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 43:42


    Haunted Dancehall - Wexford Opera Festival review - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    Arena (Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 46:40


    TV reviews - Album reviews

    Film reviews - Alex Lawther - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 50:09


    Film reviews - Alex Lawther - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    My English Persian Kitchen - Picasso: From the Studio - Swan Lake

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 52:57


    My English Persian Kitchen - Picasso: From the Studio - Swan Lake

    Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker - Waiting for Godot on Broadway - Obituary Series 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 51:38


    Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker - Waiting for Godot on Broadway - Obituary Series 2.

    Mark Ronson - Mr. Scorsese - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 51:31


    Mark Ronson - Mr. Scorsese - RTÉ Short Story Competition

    TV reviews - Album reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 46:06


    TV reviews - Album reviews

    Arena Live - The Poems of Seamus Heaney

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 52:02


    Live from the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire for a special event to mark the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney. Rick was joined by Bernard O'Donoghue and Rosie Lavan, who edited this new edition of Heaney's work; poets Moya Cannon and Victoria Kennefick; and critic Fintan O'Toole.

    Steve Pyke - Victoria Beckham - Cressida Leyshon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 53:24


    Steve Pyke - Victoria Beckham - Cressida Leyshon

    A House of Dynamite - Shadow Ticket - Jamie Duffy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 45:33


    Rebecca Ferguson in A House of Dynamite - Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon - Pianist and composer Jamie Duffy

    Arena Podcast, 6th October 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 49:25


    Rick O'Shea talks to Anna Carey about the life of deceased author Jilly Cooper, to Jordan Fisher about the production of Fiddler on the Roof coming to the Bord Gais Energy and Helen Meany and Chris O' Rourke chat all things Dublin Theatre Festival.

    Arena Podcast, 3rd October 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 47:09


    Cian Sullivan and Louise Bruton review the week's hot new releases with Rick O'Shea, Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon chat to Rick about this week's TV and we pay a tribute to the late, great, Manchan Magan.

    Arena Podcast, 2nd October 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 50:57


    Rick O'Shea is joined for film reviews by Declan Burke and Cara O'Doherty, the creators of Ghost Voltage - Peter Murphy and Colm Mac Con Iomaire and to rising Dublin hip-hop star Khakikid.

    Arena Podcast - 1st October 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 50:14


    Rick O'Shea hosts a live session with Innie-K, a conversation with Alan Gilsenan about his new film Riverrine and Finghin Collins joins us in studio to talk about the Monkstown Music Festival.

    Denouement - Gore Vidal - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 53:28


    Denouement - Gore Vidal - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

    Oliver Cole - Deaf Republic - Beckett sa Chreig: Guth na mBan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 47:31


    Oliver Cole - Deaf Republic - Beckett sa Chreig: Guth na mBan

    Arena (Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 46:23


    TV Reviews - Album Reviews

    Everything We Do is Music - The Swallow - A R C H I P E L A G O : Through an Irish lens

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 50:09


    Everything We Do is Music - The Swallow - A R C H I P E L A G O : Through an Irish lens

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    House of Guinness - 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers - On a Paving Stone Mounted

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 50:10


    House of Guinness - 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers - On a Paving Stone Mounted

    The Walsh Sisters - The Sound Inside - Se7en at 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 50:52


    The Walsh Sisters - The Sound Inside - Se7en at 30

    Film Reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 26:46


    Tara Brady and John Maquire look at some of the latest releases

    St Nahi's church in Dundrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 11:20


    Jessica Fahy discusses St Nahi's Church and Cemetery in Dundrum

    Combat Sports films

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 13:22


    Jenn Gannon does a deep dive into some of the most iconic combat sports movies.

    New Netflix film 'Steve'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 14:02


    No Friend to this House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 19:29


    Author Natalie Haynes discusses her new novel

    Home Again - A Celebration of Gerald Dawe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 15:50


    Gerard Smyth, journalist, poet and friend

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    Robert Redford

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 12:53


    Paul Whitington on the legacy of Robert Redford

    Tradition Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 13:33


    Concertina player Cormac Begley discusses his upcoming show and new album

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    Girls and Boys

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 12:32


    Writer and director Donncha Gilmore and Actor Liath Hannon discuss their upcoming film.

    Sugartown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 8:55


    Caragh Maxwell discusses her debut novel

    "Our fathers stood at the gates of hell"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 18:05


    Author Ian McEwan on his new novel 'What We Can Know'

    Patti Smith - Horses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 16:39


    Lise Hand looks back at Patti Smith's album 'Horses' on its 50th anniversary of the album and ahead of her concert in Dublin

    The career of Taylor Sheridan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 11:38


    Dee Molumby looks at Taylor Sheridans career starting out as an actor to becoming one of Hollywoods best loved creators

    Arena (Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 47:49


    TV Reviews - Album Reviews

    Film Reviews - Clown Town by Mick Herron - The Art of Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 48:41


    Film Reviews - Clown Town by Mick Herron - The Art of Loss

    Louise Mulcahy - Leonard Slatkin - Matt Benson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 49:01


    Louise Mulcahy - Leonard Slatkin - Matt Benson

    Beth Orton and Kate Stables - Daoirí Farrell - Hounds of Love at 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 45:08


    Beth Orton and Kate Stables - Daoirí Farrell - Hounds of Love at 40

    Album reviews - TV reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 46:16


    Album reviews - TV reviews

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