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ROADMAP NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND SPRING PROGRA
MME The National Library of Ireland presents a wide-ranging variety of free events to continue their celebration of Live Aid, accompanied by the National Photographic Archive’s exhibition of photographs showcasing moments from the Band Aid Trust Archive. The spring programme is inspired by the scale and emotional reach of the extraordinary collective action Live Aid prompted when it was initially aired in 1985. Yoga instructor Allan Muller offers Live Aid Sunday Sessions with slow movement and guided breathwork to stretch and move, soundtracked by music from Live Aid. Other Spring programme events include Slán Solas, a candlelit evening gathering featuring live music, 80s and 90s silent discos and The Global Jukebox, free guided tours of the Live Aid Exhibition. National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar. nli.ie TAYLOR WESSING IRISH PHOTO PRIZE The Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize is a major new annual award established to champion the excellence, vitality and diversity of contemporary photography in Ireland. The €10,000 award has been established to support an artist working in photography or lens based media who identifies as being from an underrepresented background. The exhibition brings together new work by photographers and lens-based artists at different stages of their careers, spanning documentary, portraiture, conceptual and experimental approaches. Winning and shortlisted works will feature in a public exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland, Temple Street (Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2)from 22 April – 24 May 2026 after which the winning pieces will become part of the Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize collection and will be displayed at the Taylor Wessing offices. photomuseumireland.ie NORA BROWN AND STEPHANIE COLEMAN The Pavilion Theatre hosts the Irish debut of folk music duo Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman for their first Dublin show. Nora is a celebrated banjo player and has released 4 albums under Brooklyn based Jalopy Records. Stephanie is a master old-time fiddler who has spent her two decades long career touring the world with other artists such as Andrew Marlin, Uncle Earl, etc. The pair started performing together in 2019 and since then have performed in the UK and US and released a joint EP entitled LADY OF THE LAKE. May 19th. paviliontheatre.ie. TECHNOLOGIES OF PEACE THE DELIRIUM ARCHIVE Writer Shane Mac and Bhaird presents a powerful new Irish drama exploring memory, myth, and the limits of technology. Produced by Rough Magic, one of Ireland’s leading theatre companies known for championing innovative new artists, The Delirium Archive is a bold story following the O’Connor family, who have lived in lockdown for years on the coast of Mayo, sealed inside their home by a mysterious, toxic fog. Selected for a scientific trial, the family have been promised a digital life raft in a decaying world: a future in which every piece of them will live forever in the Delirium Corporation’s Archive. April 21st - May 9th, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar. thedeliriumarchive.ie 8 IMMA’s launch of Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe (1990s-2026) marks the first public manifestation of a four-year research programme, exploring the concept of peace in Ireland and her European counterparts. The exhibition will feature artists from across Europe whose work traces the processes through which peace is formed, challenged and sustained. Annie Fletcher, Director of IMMA said this exhibition aims to “reveal peace as something actively produced through dialogue, memory, and the infrastructures that hold societies together.” Technologies of Peace positions art as a vessel for reflection, negotiation and the imagining of inclusive democratic futures, and offers vital insights into the role of art in peacebuilding and conflict development. Runs 12 September 2026 until 9 May 2027. imma.ie