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Terra dance artist Alessandra Azeviche: ‘What I connect with in Ireland is the oppression from the church within our bodies’
The Afro-Brazilian performer and teacher staged one of the hits of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. It’s part of a cultural journey
Brian Teeling: ‘Every time I see someone wearing one of my T-shirts, even one of the old ones, it makes me happy’
The multidisciplinary Dublin artist is part of the exhibition Skin/Deep: Perspectives on the Body, at Photo Museum Ireland and has designed three new T-shirts for Medical Aid for Palestinians
‘Dreadful government, lack of nightlife, lack of cultural spaces’: Dublin writer Thommas Kane Byrne on his home city
What’s Next For?: TKB, whose new play, It’s Always Your Bleedin’ Own, completes his St Mary’s Mansions trilogy, on the evolution of Ireland’s capital
Political art on the doorstep: ‘You’re going to find my work in surprising locations’
Collaborations between writer and historian Conor McCabe and artist Augustine O’Donoghue include a series of door mats with political messages and a new event called Counter-Culture Nights
Unit 44: Key Dublin creative space looks for new home after collective told to quit premises
The former Stoneybatter hair salon has hosted about 275 public events and more than 500 rehearsals in its three years on Prussia Street
Dublin singer Shiv: ‘Rent is so high. It’s hard to find places here creatives can go, hang out, meet each other, share ideas’
What’s Next For?: Ireland’s up-and-coming musicians need more help, says Siobhan McClean, who has just released her album The Defiance of a Sadgirl
Efé: ‘I was scared to go full force with the rock sound, but this year I thought, just do it’
The Dublin singer changed musical direction this year. But she still wants every song she records to come with its own entire world
An Irishman in Berlin: ‘Gentrification was creeping in but since the pandemic it’s really pronounced’
What’s Next For?: Liam Cagney, a musicologist based in the German capital, is writing a book about Berghain, the city’s fabled nightclub
‘I love that Base isn’t centred around alcohol. That’s a huge thing. You don’t have to spend money to be here’
What’s Next For?: Aisling Phelan and Viva Dean on their new Dublin arts space, which will focus on the creative use of technology
Irish fashion designer Richard Malone: ‘Enya is the absolute – do the best work you can do, quietly’
The Wexford artist has been feted by the fashion industry, but he’s much happier out of the spotlight, making the art that drives his creativity
Irish rapper Celaviedmai: ‘I always saw women on TV who were very slim. I never thought it could be me’
What’s Next For?: The Galway rapper could have been a biochemist but wanted to give music one more shot. The risk is paying off
The Ban: What did barring Sinn Féin voices from the airwaves do to political culture?
Roisin Agnew on her new film, which is being screened as part of the IFI Documentary Festival 2024
‘You can’t have a GAA kit and not have GAA trading cards’: Ahmed, With Love and the rise of Irish artist merch
Merchandise sales are not just a fun thing for independent artists but an important source of income
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