Fáilte (welcome) to the April Irish Australian Arts Newsletter.
In this edition celebrate Irish cinema as Small Things Like These hits cinemas, Kneecap is available to rent digitally, and the trailer for the first Irish language horror film has dropped. We commiserate Ireland’s lack of success at the Oscars, take a look at some Irish entertainment on SBS and ABC, and a look at some upcoming events, including our events diary.

In this edition celebrate all things St Patrick, with a list of events around the country and we have a double pass to giveaway to Dermot Kennedy’s Misneach Festival.
We’ll take a look at awards season, seeing how Irish actors have done in Hollywood and notable wins at the IFTA Awards. We also look at new shows, movies and upcoming events. Our events diary has a rundown of Irish events around Oz in the upcoming months.

In this edition we lament the failure of KNEECAP to get shortlisted for an Oscar and look forward to the new Irish thriller starring Barry Keoghan.
March is looking like a bumper live music month with the huge MISNEACH festival in Sydney featuring Dermot Kennedy and Glen Hansard and the Frames. Kneecap’s gig at UNSW Roundhouse is sold out but they are also appearing at Misneach on March 16th at Sydney’s Domain. Also sold out is Limerick’s favourite son, Blindboy Boatclub at the Enmore, Sydney on April 2nd. Now we’re sucking diesel!
February 1st is not only the first day of Spring in Ireland but it’s also the feast day of St Brigid (or Bad Brigid as she is sometimes known!) the Celtic goddess of fertility.

For this special Christmas edition of our arts roundup we’re taking a look at the IFF24 Audience Favourite Films, Golden Globe nominations for Irish talent, an update on Cillian Murphy’s new film and lots more goss on Irish movies and music in Oz.
Last but by no means least is our diary of Irish events around Australia in our Events Diary at the bottom of this email.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh!

We are half-way through the Irish Film Festival season and there are loads of pix below from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth plus a preview of Brisbane and Canberra. We have published our 2024 Q&A’s on YouTube so catch up with our interviews with directors and actors including Margo Harkin (Stolen) and Brendan Gleeson. We have a double pass to giveaway to Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot at the State Theatre in Canberra. And we also have some Irish music and TV shows making their way to Australia.