Limerick

:This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Limerick (disambiguation).

The Arts

The Belltable Arts Center on O'Connell Street is host for local playwriting and drama. Mike Finn's numerous plays have been wildly successful, including Pigtown set around a century of the city's history, and Shock and Awe, an energetic retelling of Homer's Iliad. The new University Concert Hall provides a large venue for national and international acts to visit the city.

Related Topics:
Mike Finn - Homer - Iliad

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The Limerick City Art Gallery on Pery Square is the city?s chief venue for contemporary art exhibitions. It also is home to a permanent collection of Irish art which shows works from the early 18th to 20th century.

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Limerick's major contemporary art event is EV+A (Exhibition of Visual+ Art) which invades the city annually, often in bizarre and controversial ways. Established in 1977 EV+A has become one of Ireland's premier annual exhibitions of contemporary art. Selected each year by a new curator, it brings International artworks as well as art by Irish artists to Limerick. The centre of the exhibition is the Limerick City Art Gallery. However, EV+A generally uses numerous other venues throughout the city.

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Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery is a relatively new arts organisations in the city, providing studio facilities to local artists and an exhibition space.

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Limerick's music scene is one of the most vibrant and creative in the Republic, producing bands such as The Cranberries, Woodstar, The Hitchers, Tuesday Blue, 22, Giveamanakick and Headgear. More classically, The Limerick Art Gallery and the Art College cater for painting, sculpture and performance art of all styles. The Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Irish World Music Centre are both based in the University of Limerick. The University also has a one-thousand seat state-of-the-art concert hall that frequently hosts visiting performers. Limerick is also home to successful comedians Dunbelievables and The Rubber Bandits

Related Topics:
The Cranberries - Woodstar - Headgear

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The city served as the setting for Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes and for the film adaptation of the same name.

Related Topics:
Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes

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On a historical/literary note, the Limerick is also the origin of the type of poem of the same name, a nonsensical verse of five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Related Topics:
The Limerick - Poem

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See also: Culture of Ireland

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