The Arts House

Conor Tallon joins the company of Carrie Mullane, Jean Elliott and Emma Nash in the Opera House as they prepare for performances of The Sound Of Music…and what do they have in common! A certain habit perhaps?…or  let’s just say..they're part of the sisterhood ….!

Fiona Farrell tells Conor Tallon about a very Summery and humourous read that caught her attention by Pulitzer Prize award winning american author Andrew Sean Greer called Villa Coco and gives us the…. summary of the first chapter in this edition of Chapter One!

Roberts Cove Vintage Festival which takes place this coming bank holiday Sunday (August 2nd from Noon ) …It’s a greatly expanded event this yearThere’ll be Live music .Helicopter rides, vintage cars, cooking demos, exhibitions, a race track, a mighty machinery showand loads more besides…Conor tallon spoke with Jim Griifin about this annual event.

Sample Studios boasts...the biggest arts group collective in the country  and is showing off it’s wares in The Lord Mayor’s Pavillion in Fitzgeralds Park with a Summer selection of 40 of it’s members on show..Mathew Whyte tells Conor Tallon all about it and more coming our way very soon!

One of the County’s largest arts festivals, Skibbereen Arts Fest… continues...after a massive Opening Oscars red carpet parade on the streets…Conor Tallon talks again to Declan McCarthy…

All of Cork City lives, sleeps and dreams under the Four Faced Liar…It’s also the title of a play for voices by Ger Fitzgibbon which is running in the Cork Arts Theatre Ger told Conor Tallon about how he created over 60 sixty characters bringing all the colour and character of Cork to the stage …his script which is also being published onto the pages of a book for sale this week!

Geoff Gould and Conor Tallon talk about connections that came together in this weeks West Cork Fit Up Festival...and changed the direction of lives and careers.

A rivoting tale comes to the Corks Arts Theatre ...written and performed by Alice Taylor...and as she tells Conor Tallon more about the story behind this story...a surprising detail comes to the surface!

A celebration of live music, books, artists, film ,family entertainment (and much more) lands on the streets of Mallow in this annual gathering ....as Tadhg Curtis proudly tells Conor Tallon.