Recognised as a purveyor of dreamier pop with folky leanings, Brigid Mae Power is set to release her new album this summer. ‘Dream From The Deep Wellʼ is a departure; a unique marriage of traditional stylings and very modern melodies; a breath-taking soundtrack which underpins her gorgeous vocal. “The Irish singer-songwriter flits between past and present; between traditional and modern … Read More

Originally from Chicago, Annie trained as an actor at the Piven Theatre Workshop from the age of 12 and at 18 became a member of Chicago’s famous Commedia company, New Crime. She received a BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. These combinded vocabularies formed the foundation of her work with The Corn Exchange, founded in 1995. … Read More

Adam Clayton is U2’s bass player. He was born on 13 March 1960 in Oxfordshire, England before moving to Malahide, Co. Dublin in 1965. Adam met Larry Mullen, The Edge and Bono at Mount Temple School in 1978. U2 was formed soon after and their first album, Boy, was released in 1980. Acknowledged as one of the best live acts … Read More

“Simply one of the best folk duos on the planet” (BBC) “Folk Instrumentalist of the Year 2020” RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards (Zoë) “Featured Composer 2021” ITMA Irish Traditional Music Archive (Zoë) With an exciting blend of eclectic fiddle and guitar music, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre bring to the stage sympathetic arrangements of traditional Irish music, compositions and songs, old and new.  The husband and wife folk duo possess a rare … Read More

William has spent most of his adult life promoting poetry and its’ powers. He founded the Forward Prizes for Poetry, the UK’s biggest poetry prizes, in 1991 and soon after, National Poetry Day which is celebrated in the UK every October. William has been dispensing poetry prescriptions since his Poetry Pharmacy began in 2014 listening to thousands of people’s problems … Read More

Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work as collaborator and bandmate with Nick Cave, in both the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Both solo and alongside Cave his is also a multi-award-winning film composer whose soundtracks include The Proposition, The Road, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Mustang, This Train I Ride and most recently Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind … Read More

Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is a medical student at the University of Edinburgh who uses social media for campaigning. Alongside Jo Becker, Loach is the co-producer, writer and presenter of the Yikes podcast, which explores climate change, human rights and social justice. She is the author of the book It’s Not That … Read More

Kathleen Murray was born in Carlow and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. She has published work in The Stinging Fly, Dublin Review, Winter Papers and various anthologies. The Deadwood Encore, her first novel, was published by Harper Collins in 2022. Set in Carlow, it tells the story of Frank Whelan, a seventh son of a seventh son, and his journey … Read More

Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in England. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and the Alfred Knobler Fellow for Type Media. He has written six books. The most recent, Dispatches from the Diaspora, From Nelson Mandela to Black … Read More

Gaia Vince is a science writer and broadcaster exploring the interplay between human systems and the planetary environment. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Anthropocene Institute at UCL. Her first book, Adventures In The Anthropocene won the Royal Society Science Book of the Year Prize. Her latest book, Nomad Century: How To Survive The Climate Upheaval, explores … Read More