What's on in Waterford: Live music, art exhibitions and theatre
Upcoming exhibitions and events taking place in Waterford.
An exhibition of paintings from over five decades of work by the prolific Irish painter, Michael Cullen (1946-2020).
Cullen was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow.
He studied anatomy at night classes under Seán Keating at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin in the 1960s; life drawing at the Central School of Art and Design in London; and then attended NCAD full time (scholarship, nominated by Keating).
Cullen was prominently associated with the Independent Artists and the Neo-Expressionist movement in Ireland in the 1980s and early 1990s.
In 1984, Cullen was elected a member of the Irish Academy of the Arts, Aosdána, for his contribution to Irish art.
Michael Cullen spent periods living and working in Spain, Morocco, United States, Mexico, Berlin, Mexico, and France.
Brian Kennedy, born in Belfast, is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters and performers.
He rose to prominence as a backing vocalist for Van Morrison before establishing a successful solo career. His breakthrough came with the chart-topping album A Better Man in 1996, followed by a string of hit singles.
Tickets available at eventbrite.ie
Word Against the Word is a new play by Waterford’s Keith Dunphy.
Keith left Waterford in 1996 to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Word Against The Word is a one-man play exploring how an Irish actor with dyslexia navigates show business, hoping but never knowing if he’ll ever get to play the king that once visited Waterford, Richard II.
The play explores Keith’s relationship with his nationality, dyslexia and the challenges of classical theatre.
It sets his life growing up and becoming an actor while still unable to read against Richard’s speech as he sailed up the River Suir in 1399.
Tickets available at garterlane.ie
The Scratch are coming to Dunmore East as part of their Ireland and Europe Tour 2025. They have won the hearts of anyone that has experienced their live shows, which have garnered a cult-like following in Ireland, the UK and most recently mainland Europe and North America.
Tickets available on December 21.
