Presenter Sean Rocks takes a look at what's on in the world of arts and entertainment.
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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
Ian Lynch - Sweat, Sounds and Stories: A Love Letter to Old T-Shirts - The Testament of Ann Lee - Ciaran Creagh
The best of Arena this week, as we explore spring poetry with Vona Groarke, celebrate 50 years of Rough Trade with John Meagher, and Steven Benedict looks back at Trainspotting.
Film reviews - Spring poetry - Dani Larkin
Rough Trade at 50 - Dublin International Film Festival - RHA
Consumed - 2026 Dublin Literary Award Longlist - Petrified
Robert Duvall dies aged 95- Trainspotting at 30 - Scene + Heard 2026 - The Secret Agent
The best of Arena's week as we anticipate the release of Wuthering Heights, react to Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl Half Time show, mark 50 years of iconic film Taxi Driver and poet Eoin Devereux on his first collection, Gardening Leave.
Film reviews - The Wardrobe Department - Gardening Leave
Bad Bunny - The song is nearly over - In Vitro
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast - Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age - Taxi Driver at 50
The Plough and The Stars turns 100 - The enduring legacy of Emily Brontë - Story of a Day
The best of Arena's week with cellist Abel Selaocoe; Susan Stanley and Sarah Goldberg, the writers and stars of RTE series SisterS; and critic Pat Carty on Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire.
Film Reviews - Plastic - Bob Dylan's Desire at 50
Sisters - Infinity - Bach Cantata series 2026
On this St Brigid's Bank Holiday, we bring you the best of our recent live music performances from Ailbhe Reddy, renowned Uillean piper Louise Mulcahy, Cailíní Lua and Sibéal Ní Chasaide.
The best of Arena's week with comedian John Bishop, novelist George Saunders, filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson and writer-director John Butler.
Film reviews - Travellers' Tunes - How I Became A Wave
These Sacred Vows - Fair Deal - Nostalgie
George Saunders - The films of Jean-Luc Godard - Cello Concerto No. 1 – Hostile Summits
John Bishop - Rob Doyle - Return to Palestine
Highlights from Arena this week, with Daniel Mendelsohn on his new translation of The Odyssey, Paul Mescal and director Oliver Hermanus on their new film The History Of Sound... and Sibéal Ní Chasaide with two beautiful songs from our Arena Tradfest Studio 1 Special.
Film reviews - Midwinter Festival -Departure(s) by Julian Barnes
Patient Labyrinth - Daniel Mendelsohn - The History of Sound
Live from Studio One for a special event to mark the launch of Tradfest. We have live music from the Hothouse Flowers, Segun Akano and Yankari, Sibeal, Brian Kennedy and Cailini Lua.
Valentino - Bryan Washington - Little John Nee - 38th European Film Awards
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