THE 11th annual UL Arts Days take place this week, and officially commenced today with the opening of the Ingoldsby Way, a riverwalk festooned with the writings of the Dublin poet.
Throughout the week, theatre, music and film will provide UL's more discerning punters with opportunities to indulge their sensitive, cultured side.
Highlights include performances by traditional musicians from Ireland and the UK each afternoon at 1.00 p.m. in the Foundation Building; the Arts Day Mardi Gras with the Crac Na Coillte theatre group at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday and the premier of former students' union president Matthew Hamilton's play Hold On at 7.30 p.m. this evening in the Jonathan Swift theatre.
At 8.00 p.m. on Thursday, notorious Aston Villa supporter and aging enfant terrible of the classical world Nigel Kennedy will be playing in the University Concert Hall. Two hours later one Boy George, former Bolivian marching powder fan and sexually ambiguous pop star, will be DJ ing at the Royal George Hotel.
Incidentally, the press release for this event could possibly be accused of playing fast and loose with good taste. According to its scribes, the Galway Puppet Theatre, performing tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. in UL's student centre, will be "sliding a firm hand up the kilt of the Irish arts scene". Galway Puppet Theatre? Galway Proctology Theatre, more like . . .
