Theatre

Some stories begin with a plan. This one began with a saint who, according to legend, landed at the port of Livorno: enough of an excuse, years ago, for a few of us to found a literary festival there and name it after him. The San Patrizio Livorno Festival was …

San Patrizio Livorno Festival #SPLF - SINCE 2018 - a celebration of Irish culture, literature, and music meets Italian traditions, fostering dialogue and collaboration between the two countries' #SPLF25 This is the longest edition yet, featuring our richest line-up of guests.: along with Catherine Dunne (Co-Director, Co-Founder): Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan, Katherine Mezzacappa, Federico Platania, Claudio Monteleone, Matteo Meschiari, William Wall, Elaide Garufi, Áine Duffy e Ray Heffernan. Ex Cinema Aurora (and Librerie Mondadori Livorno - SPLF-OFF on Tue 18 - Dorgan Meehan and Wed 19 - Platania's  'Arcipelago Familiare, readings from Claudio Monteleone) MARCH MON 17 / SUN 23  | italish.eu | Démadé Festival, Liceo Francesco Cecioni, Comune di Livorno, Provincia di Livorno, Culture Ireland, Irish Embassy in Italy

We are excited to announce the launch of the San Patrizio Livorno Festival 2025 (#SPLF25), which will take place from Monday, March 17 to Sunday, March 23, 2025, as usual at Ex Cinema Aurora. Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan are the first confirmed guests.

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Beckett at the end of the world. Or: waiting for Laethanta Sona

I recently reread Ulysses, prompted largely by Michael Foley’s book Embracing The Ordinary. Foley draws on the two outstanding writers Joyce and Proust in his exploration of the ordinariness of the human condition. Foley celebrates the writing of Joyce as the supreme example of making the ordinary extraordinary. In Ulysses, …