15 Aug
A concert of rarely performed songs by Haydn performed by the exquisite voices of Collegium Vocale Gent accompanied by rising star Kristian Bezuidenhout.
The Enlightenment Discussions and Talks
15 Aug
Alexander Broadie, Sir Timothy Clifford, Juliana Engberg and Duncan Macmillan discuss Visual Art and the Enlightenment.
15 Aug
Curator Juliana Engberg in conversation with artists Gabrielle de Vietri, Nathan Coley and Greg Creek, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
Congregational vocal music
15 Aug
The Lewis Psalm Singers present a joyful and at times plaintive concert which promises to be an intensely moving experience.
By Brian Friel
15 - 18 Aug, 2, 4 - 5 Sep
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
By Ong Keng Sen
15 - 16 Aug
Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit.
15 - 17 Aug
Traditional Gaelic song, contemporary music, vintage and modern film, actors, singers and acrobats tell the story of the 'Birdmen' of St Kilda.
By Tom Wright
15 - 17 Aug
Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
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