A rich mix of arts as literary festival starts
Tickets are still available for some events being hosted this weekend by the Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival in three venues in and near the town. As we are all aware the arts world globally has been devastated by the pandemic, and artists from every discipline have found their lives and livelihoods, in many cases, wiped out completely. Once the initial lockdown restrictions were lifted the Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival Committee was determined they would do everything possible to organise a live festival, however limited it would be, while obeying the government guidelines relating to Covid-19.
“We wanted to host a real festival in real time, and even though our programme is shortened, we are delighted to provide the opportunity for a number of writers, actors, interviewers, and photographers, to showcase their work. Our Nenagh audiences will be among the most privileged people in the country to have access to a live festival, as almost every live event has been cancelled or gone on line this year”, said Geraldine McNulty, Chair of the Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival Committee.
“Despite all the limitations and uncertainty, we are offering a varied programme for a literary festival, with crime, contemporary fiction, a trip to the Jane Austen era, and a showcasing of our own local writing and history, all being available in this year’s festival," she said.
“We are particularly proud to be able to bring together, in a unique event, the work of two very successful Nenagh men. Renowned local writer, Donal Ryan, and award winning, theatre director, Andrew Flynn will come together for the first time to discuss Andrew’s adaptation of Donal’s novel, ‘The Thing About December’. The play received rave reviews when it was performed by Decadent Theatre Company at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway last year. We are very much looking forward to hearing from them and seeing scenes from Donal’s novel ‘The Thing About December’ performed live,” she said.
The Tea and Cake with Jane Austen event being hosted in Ashley Park in Ardcroney is proving to be very popular with both performances now sold out.
“The festival committee would also like to acknowledge and thank the Director of the Nenagh Arts Centre, Eva Birdthistle, and her staff, for their support for the festival and artistic life in the community. Without the Arts Centre the festival would not have been possible this year.
TICKET DETAILS AND INFORMATION
Thanks to an investment in new technology made by the centre, a live recording of the events being held in the Arts Centre will be available on the Nenagh Arts Centre website, www.nenagharts.com, for two weeks after the festival, for the small fee of €5. This means that all the many supporters of the Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival, both local, national and global, will be able to enjoy the events from their own computers, from 24 hours after the event is over, and for two weeks.