Dublin street artist Solus has generously donated some signed limited edition silk screen prints to us and all you have to do to get one delivered straight to your door is donate €50 or more to First Fortnight. The donations will go towards the running costs of the First Fortnight Centre for Creative Therapies – a centre that provides art therapy to people who are...
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Camille Lucy Ross is a writer and actress and the founder of Brazen Tales Productions. Their play Big Bobby. Little Bobby. runs in the Project Arts Centre from 6 – 9 January. She tells us what four songs she turns to when she’s feeling down. Sax – Fleur East I rarely listen to current pop music but I cannot sit by while this song plays....
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Conor Cusack is the guitarist in Dublin band Spies, who will play the Therapy Sessions in the Workman’s Club on 8 January. Here he picks the four songs that lift him when he’s feeling down and tells us the overall reason for picking those four tracks. Bobby Vinton – Blue on Blue Real Estate – Green Aisles The Walkmen – Canadian Girl The Beach Boys...
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Richard Brennan is a spoken word performer, originally from Dublin but now based in Tullamore, Co Offaly. He will perform as part of the Therapy Sessions in the Workman’s Club on 15 January. He picks his go to feel-good songs for our Co-Motion event. JJ Cale – Travelin Light It could be any song from the Troubadour album, really. That record kept me company when...
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Eva O’Connor is an award winning playwright and actress. Her play Overshadowed runs in the Project Arts Centre from 6 – 9 January as part of First Fortnight. Here she picks the four songs that she would share at our Co-Motion event. DJ Fresh – Golddust Such an uplifting, spirit-raising tune. The video is class. It features loads of people skipping in a playground, so...
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Alison Spittle is a comedian and TV personality from Westmeath. Her First Fortnight show – Alison Spittle Discovers Hawaii – runs from 14th to 16th January in Smock Alley Theatre. Here, she picks the four songs that pick her up when she’s feeling down and tells us why she chose them. Gold Dust – DJ Fresh/Ms Dynamite I grew up loving Ms Dynamite and this...
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