Fans of Celtic music will be very familiar with the names of both Joanie Madden and Mary Coogan following their countless, sold-out concerts with their group, Cherish the Ladies. We are pleased to announce that Joanie Madden, Mary Coogan, and Bruce.
SmartArts: Discover Yirramboi Festival With Creative Director Caroline Martin
Yirramboi means tomorrow in Boonwurrung and Woi Wurrung language and is the name of Australia’s only First Nations-led arts festival showcasing a wide breadth of talent and creativity, with over 150 events and featuring more than 250 creatives. The festival s Creative Director Boonwurrung and Wemba Wemba woman Caroline Martin joins
SmartArts host Richard Watts to chat about the program.
Caroline says “there is something for absolutely everyone”, from circus to theatre to conversations to films. One of the commissioned works for the festival is
A Fight For Survival – a cabaret production that spotlights the First Nations students Muthama Sinnapan and Bruce Foley who lodged a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Board to stop Northland Secondary College being shut down. Why present this story as a cabaret? Why not, says Caroline.
For more than 20 years, world renown Celtic supergroup Cherish the Ladies has toured America during the Christmas season performing to sold out concert halls sharing timeless Christmas traditions.
Due to Covid, the Ladies find themselves for the first time in Ireland and their leader, Joanie Madden assembled the Ladies to record a special Christmas concert direct from The Armada Hotel in beautiful Spanish Point in Co Clare that is airing tonight,
Christmas Eve on TG4 at 7:15pm.
In this special Celtic Christmas programme, the Ladies put their signature mark on classic carols such as “Angels we Have Heard on High”, “Joy to the World”, “Hark the Herald Angel Sing”, “Silent Night”, “Mrs. Fogarty’s Christmas Cake” interspersed with fantastic jigs and reels enhanced by mesmerizing dancing!