Kinsale Arts Week

The third annual Kinsale Arts Week ,July 7-15, 2007, under new artistic director Deborah Dignam will feature a diverse and vibrant programme bridging visual art, music, dance, comedy, architecture, literature, film, theatre, kids’ events, workshops and outdoor spectacle. Up to 30,000 people are expected to attend an energetic, surprising and uncompromising programme at this ‘boutique festival’ with over 70 events.

Capping off the festival will be international Jazz superstar Courtney Pine at Charles Fort.

Some of the cultural experiences in store for audiences include:

• Edna O Brien reading in The Trident Hotel on a sunny summer evening

• Remy and Paul, international sandsculptors from Holland and the UK creating a unique sculpture in the centre of Kinsale

• John Boyne reading in the Friary Space

• A swinging seafood session with Ross Lewis of Chapter One cooking up a storm at Fishy Fishy Cafe

• Gabriel Rosenstock reading poetry on a boat cruising the harbour

• Artist Eilis O Connell bringing together the largest collection of her sculptures ever shown in Ireland

• Clare Langan’s films screened in a disused chemist

• Classical Mexican cinema screened in a hair salon – SALON CINEMA

Highlights of the 2007 programme include:
• Music
• Maritime rites
• Large-scale, site-specific musical spectacle from the democratic yet irreverent composer Alvin Curran. Curran will compose a volatile, unforgettable piece for the Festival that will incorporate the harbour and the town streets.

Charles Fort Gigs
• Jazz from the UK’s Courtney Pine whom The Observer called “The UK’s most important jazz instrumentalist” as well as concerts by
• The Frank and Walters,
• Rulers of the Planet,
• The Blizzards with special guest Delorentos,
• Republic of Loose,
• ‘Queen of the squeeze box’ Sharon Shannon
• Mundy.

Live around Kinsale

Julie Feeney and band, John Kelly with a live broadcast of RTE Lyric FM’s JK
Ensemble, Joby Talbot, Elizabeth Cooney and Redmond O’Toole, Jimmy
Crawley, Polish Coffee Concert with Ania Bard (POL) and Deborah Armstrong
(IRE) and Robert Long with a visiting American choir.
Visual Art & Architecture
Eilis O’Connell
The first major exhibition of Eilis’s work in Ireland – a new body of large-scale
sculptural work in the stunning backdrop of the beautiful Charles Fort, site of the
historic Battle of Kinsale
Sand sculptures
For three days two of the world’s finest sand artists will create sculptures in the sand.

KAW Artists’ Trail
An artists’ trail includes an outstanding range of work by 50 artists presented at 18
studios in and around Kinsale.
Performance
Taylor Mac
Legendary New York City over-the-top performance artist, actor, drag queen, singing
sensation and playwright, Taylor Mac. took the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe by
storm and was awarded the prestigious Herald Angel Award. Imagine a cross between
Anthony Hegarty and Leigh Bowery and you’re getting there.
Divino Pastor Góngora – El teatro del mar (MEXICO)
The tragic comedy of Divino Pastor who sings, dances, and gives life to twelve
unbelievable characters in one man’s journey through time. Divino has given 250
performances in Mexico and was presented in the Bogota and Manizales Festivals,
Edinburgh and Paris.
Making History by Brian Friel
Ouroboros Theatre begin a national tour with their Kinsale performance.
Mexican Programme
A programme of Mexican music, cinema, theatre and art, including a beautiful “Day of
the Dead” Altar in the town.
The Art of Swimming by Lynda Radley, Playgroup (IRE)
An intimate and compelling solo performance about long distance swimming, celebrity,
memory and time from one of Ireland’s leading young theatre companies. Mercedes
Gleitze was a sportswoman who swam extensively, breaking and setting records, often
far in advance of the men in her field. Lynda Radley found her in a photograph in Cork
City Library and has been fascinated and frustrated in equal measure ever since…
Mangiare Theatre Co (IRE)
Bring two plays to Kinsale, direct from their success at the Prague Fringe Festival.
Dance with Rain Party
Twins Megan and Jessica Kennedy of Junk Ensemble (IRE) issue their audience with
a pair of wellies and are encouraged to join in the fun in the gorgeous Friary Space
gardens.
Words & Ideas
Edna O’Brien
One of Ireland’s leading writers, Edna will read from her latest novel, The Light of
Evening.
Readings by Gabriel Rosenstock, John Boyne, Carol Drinkwater, a tribute to
poet Louis MacNeice.
An evening of Polish poetry-{ wieczór poezji polskiej}

Film – Salon Cinema
Featuring a double bill of Mexican cinema screened in a hair salon, and a showing of
The girl with green eyes, based on Edna O’Brien’s novella The Lonely Girl.
Rounding off this smorgasbord of arts and cultural events will be opening and
closing firework spectaculars, a programme of puppetry, storytelling, theatre and
music for children workshops and guest chefs. The Festival truly offers something
for all tastes.

How to Book
www.kinsaleartsweek.com
353 (0)21 4700877/ 353 (0)86 8227588
In person: Friars Lodge, Kinsale Mon to Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm
Main KAW box office opens June 25th at The Blue Haven Hotel, Pearse Street,
Kinsale
Open Mon to Sun 11.00am – 4.00pm
Arts Week opening hours Daily 10.00am – 6.00pm

Kinsale Arts Week would like to acknowledge the support of its funders: The Arts
Council; Cork County Council; Failte Ireland; Kinsale Town Council and the
corporate sponsorship provided by Howard Holdings. Without their valued
support the Festival would not run.

About Kinsale
Kinsale in County Cork (29 km south of Cork city) is one of the most picturesque,
popular and fashionable resorts on the south-west coast of Ireland. This historic town
played a pivotal role in Irish history and is known as the Gourmet Capital of Ireland.
The Town nestles between the hills and the shoreline, a maze of narrow streets, never far
from the water and little changed in many hundreds of years. Amongst buildings of later
periods are those of another age with historical links to the French, Spanish, British and
Americans.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Zoetrope
Christine Monk | T: 353 (0)87 675 5329 | christine@zoetrope.ie
Nik Quaife | T: 353 (0)87 799 7989 | nik@zoetrope.ie
Kinsale Arts Week
Deborah Dignam | T: 353 (0)87 6840724| deborahdignam@kinsaleartsweek.com

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