The Arts Show: Maura Walsh chats to singer/songwriter Ruba Shamshoum ahead of her performance at Bagots Hutton, Ormond Quay Dublin 17th April 2018.

Ruba is a Palestinian musician, born and raised in Nazareth and currently living in Dublin. Her music draws on a mix of Jazz with tinges of Middle Eastern and Arabic musical elements.  Ruba dove into music and made it her profession in 2011. She studied jazz…

Maura Walsh chats to Jeda De Bri Artistic Director and Co-writer ahead of her play Tryst which is running at the Project Arts Centre from 3 – 14 April

Tryst is a blistering piece of original Irish theatre, a piercing and timely contemporary drama that explores the price of curiosity, the limits of friendship and the complications of sex. Examining crisis, bodily autonomy and the politics of choice through the lens of a complex multi-directional relationship, …