A Evening of Winter Fictions at Kilkenny Castle

Thursday 10 December
6 – 10 pm
Butler Gallery and Kilkenny Castle

Make Belief is an event that combines storytelling, music and visual art in the atmospheric surrounds of the Butler Gallery and Kilkenny Castle. Curated by Kate Strain with the Butler Gallery, it promises to be a unique evening of seasonal superstition and nostalgia, played out through spoken word and musical performance.

Listen to stories about Kilkenny and about Christmas unraveled by artists, musicians and authors, and get a chance to view our current exhibition Kilkenny: An Artists Celebration, in a new light.

6pm
Hot whiskey reception with chance to view Kilkenny: An Artists’ Celebration and a series of screenings by artist and filmmaker Michael Fortune in the corridor outside the Gallery.

6.30pm
‘Make Belief’ Readings (Butler Gallery)
Readings by writers Luke Sheehan (from his new story based on superstitions in Kilkenny), Stephen Buck and Marian O’Neill (extracts from The Quiet Quarter), and award-winning author Claire Keegan (short story Night of the Quicken Trees, from her book Walk the Blue Fields). Booking Recommended.

6.30pm
‘Breaking Bread’ (Castle Kitchen)
Kilkenny’s first Breaking Bread event, where participants have the chance to bring their own tales to the table. Places limited. Booking essential. Phone Kate on 0863426851

6.30pm
Endangered Studios Talk (Parade Tower)
Artists Etaoin Holahan and Richard Coghlan give an illustrated talk about the origins and motivations of Endangered Studios, while Patrick O’Connor talks about the importance and nature of the artist’s studio in general. Booking recommended.

8.30pm ‘til late
Music in the Kitchen (Castle Kitchen)
from Rory Grubb, IXO, Vickers Vimy, Odessa and the Wheelwright, and The River Valley Band.

Admission Free. All welcome. Please call the Butler Gallery on 056 7761106 or email jean@butlergallery.com for more information and to book places.