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Playwright Kieron Magee on the Maritime Mile and rediscovering his joinery skills
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Belfast playwright, Kieron Magee Belfast writer, gazebo builder and whiskey drinker Kieron Magee 04 February, 2021 01:00
Kieron is project manager at Tread the Boards, whose short film 1797 – Searching for Henry Joy McCracken is on YouTube
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Up and at it – what is your new morning routine? How has it changed?
I used to start the day writing, but now I start by learning Irish and Spanish on an app called Duolingo – Hola a todos! Dia duit!
TWO Fermanagh musicians have been awarded the Young Musicians’ Platform Award, supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and BBC Northern Ireland. Opera singer Andrew Irwin, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Rose Connolly, are two of six young musicians from across Northern Ireland (NI) to have been selected for the prestigious award. The other four award recipients include classical awardees, cellist, Angus McCall and pianist, Justine Gormley; traditional music awardees, Jack Warnock; and singer-songwriter awardee, Roisin Donald (ROE). The biennial awards, which are run by the Arts Council in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland, aim to showcase and support the development of young musicians from the region by providing individual funding awards of up to £5,000.
Derry groups receive funding to help older people tell their pandemic stories
Creative projects get support from Arts Council of Northern Ireland
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Older people in Derry are to take part in new artistic projects which will give them the chance to articulate how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their lives.
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has allocated £110,000 to enable 12 arts organisations to deliver a series of community-based arts projects benefitting older people.
Among those taking part in the initiative are the Derry-based arts group Echo Echo and the Waterside Theatre in the city.
They each will now use the funding to come up with creative projects.
Northern Irish musicians receive Young Musiciansâ Platform Award to further their careers
The award, which is worth up to £5,000, will help young musicians for the future
Rose Connolly was one of six musicians to receive the Young Musiciansâ Platform Award
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