Sudoku (Oh no! Another one!) downloading10/25/2023 ![]() Asked if he was surprised the festival had made 50 years, ‘He said, no, it was built to last’ The festival ‘was Ramie Leahy’s little seed of an idea’. ![]() ![]() Everyone at the festival looks forward to welcoming back Olga when she is fully recovered.” Around the walls are framed festival posters from the five decades since Kilkenny Arts Week was founded the line-up for this 50th-anniversary edition is being announced today.īefore her illness Barry had “laid down a really strong foundation” for this year’s programme, according to the festival’s board, and while she’s recuperating “the team, in particular festival producer Marjie Kaley, have built on that, adding even more exciting performances and events. So at the festival’s compact office, tucked away behind Ormonde Street in the centre of the small medieval city, they’re busy gearing up for a packed 11 days. The one at Kilkenny Arts Festival has needed to knit tighter than ever these past few months, after Olga Barry, the organisation’s director, suffered a serious illness that put her out of the picture in the run-up to this year’s event, in August. They’re helmed by a director, yes, but need a great team, too. ![]()
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