Part 1 broadcasts at 16.30 on Friday 26th November and concludes on Friday 3rd December at 16.30 with Part 2. Black Cherry is written by Krystal Sweedman and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM’s New Drama Hour series of plays by women playwrights. In Black Cherry a catalytic event ripples through the generations. There’s Paul, who was accused of a raping a young woman, when he was a teenager, and is still dealing with […]
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Near FM will be airing from Monday 16th of August to Friday 20th of August (11.00 am) the series ‘The Zapatista Podcast – Lessons and Stories from Chiapas’. This is an educational and culturally immersive audio series that delves into the Zapatista movement from the early days of the uprising until the present day with news of their much anticipated European tour this year. Over this podcast series by the Galway Feminist Collective and Promedios Mexico, you’ll learn about who the […]
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A radical re-interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations – Broadcasting on Near FM, New Years Eve at 4.30pm Ergodos is proud to release “Gold.Berg.Werk”, a radical re-interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl, performed by pianist Xenia Pestova Bennett, with live electronic diffusion by Ed Bennett. The Goldberg Variations form a cornerstone of keyboard repertoire, yet we rarely question the mode of presentation for this work. Here, Essl offers a refreshing glimpse of a new performance practice: gorgeous […]
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To attend the first online event Book here The Road Less Travelled is a new series from the Trinity Long Room Hub and Near FM featuring current and past students from Trinity College Dublin who have taken the road less travelled to education. We meet men and women from all walks of life who have overcome social barriers and surpassed prejudice and discrimination—all for the opportunity to study at third level and in Trinity’s Arts and Humanities. In this series, […]
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Broadcasting Tuesday December 14th at 6pm, on Near FM Alarm Bells is a radio play written and produced by the Green Ember Arts collective. It portrays the escalating housing crisis through an anthology of short scenes in which a small fraction of those most affected by homelessness are represented. Alarm Bells examines the reality of the housing crisis and the contrast of a dominant media narrative of economic recovery. Ireland now has over 100,000 people on public housing lists and […]
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In advance of World Audio Drama day on Oct 30th 2021, this will play will broadcast Friday Oct 29th at 4.30pm. Paddy Goes to Petra is written by Aine Ryan and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM’s New Drama Hour series of plays by women playwrights. The play follows the story of middle aged farmer Paddy who, dealing with profound grief following the unexpected loss of a loved one, decides to travel to the […]
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