Worth Catching

Highlights from the Kilkenny Arts festival

MUSIC

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

St Canice’s hosts 3epkano’s presentation of the silent film accompanied by a vivid live score.St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 5, 9pm

James Vincent McMorrow

Singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow will perform his mournful repertoire at the cathedral. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 7, 7pm

Guo Yue

Chinese flautist and chef Guo Yue brings his music and cookery to the festival in a performance and cookery demonstration.Cookery, Set Theatre courtyard, Aug 6, 4pm; Performance, The Hole in the Wall, Aug 7, 5pm.

LITERATURE/TALKS

Tobias Woolf and David Vann

Two of America’s finest storytellers join forces for a reading. The Watergate Theatre, Aug 11, 6pm

Morgan Kelly

Prof Morgan Kelly gives the annual Hubert Butler Lecture. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 6, 6pm

Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley

A double bill from two of Northern Ireland’s leading poets. Introduced by Olivia O’Leary, expect recollections as well as recitations. St Canice’s Cathedral, Aug 13, 6pm

VISUAL ARTS

Living Colour:Film Screening

A documentary that takes art out of the gallery, examining the lives of a group of artists with special needs who live and work together in a collective in Callan, Co Kilkenny. Set Theatre, Aug 8, 7pm

Nick Miller

Painter Nick Miller gives insight into his creative process in his multimedia exhibition that focuses on the representation of the nude. The Heritage Council, Aug 5-14

Various Artists

Ireland’s National Craft Gallery celebrates the Year of Craft with an exhibition that focuses on paper crafts in its exhibition headquarters, but features ceramics, glass and woodwork in a variety of other venues throughout the city. National Craft Gallery and Various Venues, August 5-14

THEATRE

Title and Deed

Conor Lovett of the Gare St Lazare Players performs a new play written specifically for him by avant-garde American writer Will Eno. Barnstorm Theatre, previews August 10, 6pm and August 11, 8pm, shows August 12-14, 8pm

Holy Mary

Children’s fiction writer Eoin Colfer turns from the page to the stage in a play about first communions and mortal enemies. Watergate Theatre, Aug 12-13, 11am and 1.30pm

The Big Deal

There is more reality theatre from Una McKevitt, who brings the stories of two women who were born in the wrong bodies to the stage through a blend of real-life memories, letters and songs. Barnstorm Theatre, August 10-14, 1pm