By COLIN BARTLEY THIS year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival has a theme of illumination running through it, and unfortunately for the organisers last night did not disappoint. The opening night of Rough Magic’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ had to the halted just before the second act due to the threat of lightning storms […]
By SINÉAD CONNOLLY THE Kilkenny Arts Festival Director, Olga Barry, has launched a spectacular festival programme which promises over 11 days of artistic adventures. The event, one of Ireland leading and longest-running cultural festivals, runs from August 8 – August 18 and will showcase a thrilling and diverse array of theatre, music, literature, exhibitions, talks,