Arena
RTE Ireland
Irish podcast exploring what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment. Listen live every weeknight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7-8pm. Listen to individual clips at rte.ie/arena.
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Networks:
RTE Ireland
Description:
Irish podcast exploring what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment. Listen live every weeknight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7-8pm. Listen to individual clips at rte.ie/arena.
Twitter:
@RTEArena
Language:
English
Contact:
RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 353 (0) 1 208 3111
Website:
http://www.rte.ie/
Email:
arena@rte.ie
Episodes
Arena Encore - Aoife Ní Bhríain & Cormac McCarthy // William Blake at the NGI // Remembering Moya Brennan
4/17/2026
The best of Arena's week with musicians Aoife Ní Bhríain & Cormac McCarthy ... Jess Fahy on the visual art of William Blake ahead of an exhibition of his work at the National Gallery of Ireland... and musician Cormac De Barra remembers his friend and collaborator, Moya Brennan.
Duration:01:01:40
Arena (Podcast)
4/16/2026
Film Reviews - Limerick Catalyst Film Festival - Doc on One Soundtracks
Duration:00:52:34
Arena (Podcast)
4/15/2026
Music from Aoife Ní Bhriain and Cormac McCarthy - Colin Murphy's New Play: Miasma - New Movie: The Three Urns
Duration:00:53:08
Arena (Podcast)
4/14/2026
A tribute for the musical legend Moya Brennan - All the President’s Men is 50 Years old - James Joyce: A Political Life
Duration:00:54:02
Arena (Podcast)
4/13/2026
Warner/ Paramount Takeover - The House Must Win - William Blake at National Gallery Ireland - A Room with a View turns 40
Duration:00:52:11
Arena (Podcast)
4/10/2026
TV Reviews - Album Reviews
Duration:00:45:41
Arena Encore - SexyTadhg performs in studio, Schiaparelli at the V&A and Rosaleen McDonagh on her debut novel
4/10/2026
The best of Arena’s week - SexyTadhg performs and chats with Rick ahead of their appearance at the Night & Day Festival; Bairbre Power reviews the new Schiaparelli exhibition at the V&A, and playwright Rosaleen McDonagh discusses her debut novel, Contentious Spaces.
Duration:01:05:45
Arena (Podcast)
4/9/2026
Rosaleen McDonagh - Film Reviews - Among Communists
Duration:00:52:34
Linear Flux - Delirium Archive - Ciseach
4/8/2026
Linear Flux - Delirium Archive - Ciseach
Duration:00:44:24
Remembering Gabriel Rosenstock - Schiaparelli at the V&A - Diatribe Stage at New Music Dublin - Stephen Sexton at the Granard Booktown Fest
4/7/2026
Remembering Gabriel Rosenstock - Schiaparelli at the V&A - Diatribe Stage at New Music Dublin - Stephen Sexton at the Granard Booktown Festival
Duration:00:52:23
Arena (Podcast)
4/6/2026
Hollywood star James McAvoy - Ancient World - Contemporary Imagination - SexyTadhg
Duration:00:52:46
TV reviews - Album reviews
4/3/2026
TV reviews - Album reviews
Duration:00:49:09
Arena Encore - Celebrating Mary Lavin, remembering John McGahern and Wexford Festival Opera
4/3/2026
The best of Arena’s week - Colm Tóibín discusses the legacy of Mary Lavin; Sinéad Gleeson, filmmaker Pat Collins, and historian Catriona Crowe remember John McGahern; Jess Fahy explores the art of Easter; and we look ahead to the 75th Wexford Festival Opera.
Duration:01:24:25
Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Communion
4/1/2026
Film Reviews - Wexford Festival Opera - Communion
Duration:00:43:40
Remembering Ronnie - Phoeno - Easter art
4/1/2026
Remembering Ronnie - Phoeno - Easter art
Duration:00:47:07
Jackie Nickerson on her new book and Exhibition 'Stateside'
3/31/2026
Jackie Nickersonm, Conceptual Photographer
Duration:00:14:01
Doctor Millar on his new album 'I am Vermin'
3/31/2026
Doctor Millar, musician
Duration:00:19:32
Celebrating Mary Lavin
3/31/2026
Colm Toibin on Mary Lavin career ahead of the launch a selection of her stories in 'An Arrow In Flight'
Duration:00:17:26
Rita Perry's Kill Your Darlings - 20th anniversary of John McGahern's passing - The Lives of Others
3/30/2026
Rita Perry's Kill Your Darlings - 20th anniversary of John McGahern's passing - The Lives of Others
Duration:00:51:26
Film Reviews - Album Reviews
3/27/2026
John Maguire and Sarina Bellissimo review films, No Ordinary Heist, George Orwell: 2+2=5, Splitsville. Cian Sullivan and Louise Bruton review albums by Robyn, Raye and How I Became a Wave.
Duration:00:46:53