Mindfield at Electric Picnic 2014 Programme by Alan Wall

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THE RISING CONTINENT Programme

MindField is the spoken word arena at Electric Picnic. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back with a stimulating spark-filled programme designed to entertain, inform and inflame!

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MINDFIELD: OUT OF AFRICA Electric Picnic’s MindField arena once again takes its place among the ancient trees on the lawn of Stradbally Hall with a massive programme of challenging debate, inspiring poetry, literature and theatre, mind-boggling science, more than a cúpla focail as Gaeilge and much more, all complemented by the feast for the senses that is the Theatre of Food.

Highlights Africa: The Rising Continent is the theme of this year’s programme, the centrepiece of which is Fergal Keane Talks Africa - a series of interactive debates about the past, present and future of the continent and its people - hosted by the acclaimed author and BBC journalist and a diverse panel of experts in economics, technology, development and the arts from Africa and Europe. The Leviathan debates, hosted by economist and author David McWilliams, respond to the threats to human rights defenders in Africa and beyond and explore how surveillance technologies have become the new weapons of war. The expert panels, which includes The Centre for Irish and European Security (CIES), will also take a long hard look at our fetish for technological solutions to societal problems and ask whether smart cities will create smart societies. Technology’s positive potential is also explored with two new elements to MindField: CoderDojo: the open source, global movement of free computer coding clubs for young people sets up shop and Kevin Godley, of pioneering music video duo Godley and Crème, will demonstrate his groundbreaking musical platform WholeWorldBand with live performances from Rodney Orpheus and Nigerian-Irish rapper, Simi Crowns.

In the afternoons, the provocative History Ireland Hedge School returns to ask was World War I a Great War or a good war and, with a neat hucklebuck, looks into showbands, beat bands & ballads: youth culture of the ‘60s. As Sunday morning breaks through, Miriam O’Callaghan will host the riotous assembly that is the Electric Picnic Brunch with comedians, journalists and performers from among the tired and emotional of Stradbally’s fields. More chat without the chit returns with the fun “speed-debating” of Salon du Chat. The Science Gallery Stage will have Ignite Electric Picnic: High-energy five-minute talks, guaranteed to amaze, inspire, upheave and amuse; Scientific Sue: A science show for all ages that looks at weird weather and crazy climate.; Futureproof Live: Newstalk’s weekly science show with Jonathan McCrea will return for an almost-live festival edition and a jam-packed programme of workshops and demos, inspired by Science Gallery’s current exhibition, STRANGE WEATHER. The Word Stage, hosted by the inimitable Marty Mulligan from Mullingar features a wealth of poetry, slam and musical talent including: The Brownbread Mixtape, Dublin’s Underground Beat, Cúirt Literary Festival Showcase, The Monday Echo, Milk and Cookies, The Whitehouse Poets, Lingo Spoken Word Festival Showcase,

Storymap, Come Here to me, Olaf Tyaransen, The Mary Coughlan Band, Ka Tet, Ska’s Good Gravy, Cronin, Mojo Gogo, Sinead White, David Donoghue and Clive Barnes as well as many others. The Theatre Stage programmed by Dublin Theatre Festival’s Willie White, presents a series of festival-fit performances from some of Ireland’s most exciting artists including productions from Opera Theatre Company, performing opera from the movies; Gúna Nua, Dylan Coburn Gray, ANU Productions, Emmet Kirwan (Sarah and Steve) and Ian Lloyd Anderson (Love/ Hate) and Devious Theatre Company. An Puball Gaeilge has its biggest ever programme of wild Irish language events including Hector Ó hEochagáin hosting 70s porn karaoke; Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí’s Caiberet Craiceáilte; Manchán Magan and Aindrias de Staic; as well as music, poetry, theatre debate, burlesque, standup comedy and food – all in the medium of ár teanga náisiúnta. In association with Glór na nGael.

The original heart and soul of the MindField arena, the Leviathan tent hosts a series of inspiring, provocative debates hosted by Fergal Keane, David McWilliams and Miriam O’Callaghan as well as the conversational smorgasbord of Salon du Chat and political junk punk cabaret from White Cholera. Fergal Keane Talks Africa - a series of interactive debates about the past, present and future of the continent and its people - hosted by the acclaimed author and BBC journalist and a diverse panel of experts in economics, technology, development and the arts from Africa and Europe. The Leviathan debates, hosted by economist and author David McWilliams, respond to the threats to human rights defenders in Africa and beyond and explore how surveillance technologies have become the new weapons of war. The expert panels, which includes The Centre for Irish and European Security (CIES), will also take a long hard look at our fetish for technological solutions to societal problems and ask whether smart cities will create smart societies.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

4–6

11 – 1:30

11 – 12:15

Salon du Chat

6 – 7:30

1:45 – 3:15

12:30 – 1:30

Leviathan - Amnesty Hour

History Ireland Hedge School

Picnic Brunch

3:30 – 4:45

1:45 – 3:15

Fergal Keane on Africa

History Ireland Hedge School

Adding a touch of theatre and the surreal to the art of conversation, Salon du Chat is an arts project with a twist. Take a seat, a drink and a menu. But instead of ordering food, order talk. Who knows, you might actually have the conversation of your life…

Hosted by Audrey Carville with Colm O’Gorman, Shona Murray and others. See page 10 for details.

Showbands, beats and ballads: Youth culture of the 1960s with Tommy Graham, Niall Toner, John Ryan and Donal Fallon

Africa Rising with Fergal Keane, Thomas Pakenham, Asiko, Kevin Kelly, Tade Thompson, Immaculate Wambua, Padraig Carmody, Andrew Brown and Salome Mbugua. 5:00

WholeWorldBand

See page 10 for details 6 – 7:30

Leviathan: Security

Are Surveillance Technologies the New Weapons of War? hosted by David McWilliams” 7:45 – 9

White Cholera

Political junk punk cabaret

Join Miriam O’Callaghan and a panel of the festival’s most tired and emotional as they dissect the Sunday papers and more.

World War I: A Great War or a good war? with Tommy Graham, John Horne, Ed Madigan, John Gibney and Brian Hanley. 3:30 – 4:45

Fergal Keane on Africa

Ireland and Europe’s Engagement with Africa with Fergal Keane, Abdullahi El-Tom, Olivia Cosgrove, Michelle Hardiman, Gibril Faal, Mbemba Jabbi, Jane-Anne McKenna and Paramente Phamotse. 5 – 6:30

Leviathan: Cities

Do Smart Cities Really Create Smart Societies?” hosted by David McWilliams 6:45 – 8

White Cholera

Political junk punk cabaret

The Theatre Stage Saturday

Sunday

12pm

Devious Theatre: Some Flood

Petty Cash: Coming Up

The doomsday prophecies were right. Good thing Noah had stocked up on tinned goods. The wrong man to survive the apocalypse is the only man left in Ireland. Watch him stagger and fumble through a global catastrophe, while attempting to deal with conspiracy and paranoia at a personal level. As he struggles with his own isolation, delusion and neurosis he attempts to define the great pandemic surrounding him. And any other phenomena that he happens to think of. Noah is a danger unto himself. With no one left to help him, what chance does he have? 1.30pm

Just the Lads: Handle With Care

Handle With Care invites people to brave the mites and dust of their attics or under their beds in search of letters old and new. People gather, envelopes are opened, and letters of all shapes and sizes are read and shared with an intimate audience. The real premise of the evening lies in the act of translation, as a group comes together to transform the intimacy of written word into spoken word performances. With such varied subject matter, Handle With Care is reshaping the penned language of letters into catharsis and comedy. 3pm

Dublin Old School

Two brothers. Jason, an unemployed DJ/ slacker and Daniel, an educated, homeless heroin addict. They haven’t seen or spoken to each other in 3 years. Jason stumbles from one misguided misadventure to another in Dublin. One night he finds his estranged brother on the street. Over the summer they reconnect. Two lost, fractured souls, giving each other advice, but rarely taking it. Debating different views of their past, their present, their city, and a dance music scene that led to Daniel’s addiction and gives Jason his only creative outlet. A new, dark comedy from the writer of Sarah and Steve. 4.30pm

ANU Productions: Porous

2013’s vulnerable workers aren’t necessarily unskilled labourers. Downsizing, out sourcing and liquidations affect a wide variety of people. If you had a chance to help someone protest against their treatment, would you stand with them?

Our heads are heavy, our hearts are hungry. We need to work through some stuff. We’re calling for an expulsion. An exercise in freedom. We’re in a head on collision with the fragmenting effects of the human experience. All that isolates the individual from the whole. We’re done with that now. Whip out your freak flag and join us in an immersive celebration through spoken word. Featuring Niamh Beirne, Oisin McKenna, Vickey Curtis and Andy Apples.

Dublin Old School

1.30pm

Opera Theatre Company: Opera as heard in the Movies

You know the feeling. You’re watching a movie and suddenly the soundtrack melts your mind but you can never remember the song! Here’s your chance to relive that mind-bending experience! Just close your eyes sit back and wait for Opera Theatre Company’s singers to transport you to the cinema watching the Godfather, where the stark brutality unfolds to Puccini’s sublime Brindisi. Or relive the moment in Shawshank Redemption where Tom Robbins treats his fellow prisoners to Mozart’s divine duet “Sull’aria”. And that’s not all, renowned Irish singers soprano Mary O’Sullivan, mezzo-soprano Anne Marie Gibbons, baritone John Molloy, tenor Aaron Cawley along with musical director Andrew Synnott will bring you superb renditions of other classic opera arias and famous ensembles.

Some Flood

3pm

The Cup Theatre Company: A PICTURE OF US: A (sort of) MUSICAL

Ordinarily, the best thing to do would be to start at the beginning. But then, there’s nothing ordinary about Lennon and Nora - the protagonists at the centre of ‘A PICTURE OF US: A (sort of) MUSICAL’ and this is not a love story... This is a story about love. ‘A PICTURE OF US: A (sort of) MUSICAL’ takes a look inside a fractured relationship, told on a broken timeline using original music. 4.30pm

A Picture of Us

Guna Nua: Pondling

Creepy, award-winning and hilarious… A story of love, beauty, chicken-chasing, daisy chains, cat-killing, French singing, dress-wearing, en suite bathrooms and a day at the pond. Winner of the Stewart Parker Award, Genevieve Hulme-Beaman joins the ranks of writers such as Enda Walsh, Conor McPherson and Sebastian Barry. Catch the Best Actress (Dublin Fringe Festival 2013) as the dangerously funny Pondling this Fringe! ‘a glittering gem of a show’  —Irish Times Age category: 12+

Pondling

Aoine

Satharn

Domhnach

3 – 4in

11 – 12in

Ceirneoirí

Yóga

4 – 5in

Laois Trad Orchestra

R na L

le Glór na nGael

Ceirneoirí R na L

Bolgán Eadra

R na L

Enda Reilly

1 – 2in

6 – 7in

1 – 2in

Ciarán Ó Fainín ag cur agallamh air Snoop Dog, Vladamir Putin, Eamon Dunphy 7rl

Gael – Gáirí

Fuirseoirí na Gaeilge á chur i láthair ag Eoin Ó Murchú 7 – 9in

An Caberét Craiceálta

An Caiberet Craiceáilte - Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí ag cur i láthair scoth na gcantóirí, filí is buíon úra Drámaí - filleann Manchán Magan agus Aindrias de Staic le dhá seo nua

le Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí

Colm Olwill - cuirfidh ceirneoir an Gramaphón Discó deireadh le himeachtaí an lae le ceol oíche. Karoke Quartet - can plimpamhráin o na h80dí i nGaeilge droch ;) le sreangcheathréad capriccio as luimneach

8-9in

CLG Beo - leathchraobh peile na hÉireann Uladh v Laighean tráctaireacht beo ó Aonghus Ó hEochacháin

An Ceirneoir Colm ón Gramafón Dioscó

In Their Thousands Marcus Ciara Ní Éanacháin Inventor as Láthair Dairena Ní Chinéide Shane Hennesy 9-10in

Buíon Cheoil - Mo Hat Mo Gheansaí, Moth Electric, The Bonny Men, Na Taoisigh, Inventor as Láthair,

Rua + Maidhcí ag cur agallamh air oifidigh ón Picnic

Splanc

(Newstalk) “Plé an Lae” á chur i láthair ag Rónán Ó Muirthile leis na haoineanna speisialta Ciarán Mac a' Bhárd, Ruadhán Mac Cormac, Diarmuid Lyng, Daithí de Buitléir

Karoke Quartet

3 – 4in

Manchán Magan

ag léiriú Tamagotchi na Gaeilge 4 – 5in

CLG Beo Uladh v Laighean

Tráctaireacht beo le Aonghus Ó hEochaidh

Hector

4.05

Damhsa Burlesque

4.15

le Kate Finnegan

Uladh v Laighean

5 – 6in

CLG Beo

Moth Electric + Troll Schtenke

5 – 6in

An Feadán Rua (Porn Karoke) móide

6 – 7in

Gael-Gáirí

7 – 9in

Nithe Eile - Yóga maidine le Pure Shakti’s, Comhrá ar fheabhalsúnact bhia idir an Dr. Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire agus an búistéir butcher Ed Hick, Draíocht le Rua, Damhsa Burlesque le Kate Finnegan agus an rinnceoir sean nós Sibéal Davitt le a mhír Trip Nós.

2 – 3in

3 – 4in

Seo Linn - Tugann scáilteáin YouTube agusTG Lurgan cuireadh daoibh freastal ar chóisir Sobal sa Phuball

Raidió - cuirfí Rua and Maidhcí as Raidió na Life agallamh beo ar aoienna speisialta ón EP, agus cuirfidh Ciarán Ó Fainín agallamh ar Snoop dog is Vladamir Putin. Cuirfidh Rónán Ó Muirthille (Newstalk) plé an lae i láthair leis na h-aoineanna Ciarán Mac an Bháird, Ruadhan Mac Cormaic, Diarmuid Lyng, Daithí de Buitlear agus Katie Ní Loinsigh

Rua + Maidhcí ag cur agallamh air oifidigh ón Picnic

ag léiriú Fear Feasa Mhúgaga

Aindrias de Staic

Fuirseoirí na Gaeilge á chur i láthair ag Eoin Ó Murchú

Filí - Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Ciara Ní Éanacháin, Marcus Mac Conghaile

Raidió na Life

can plimp amhrán ó na h80dí (i ngaeilge droch ;) ) le Sreang-cheathréad Capriccio

2 – 3in

Cantóirí - Enda Reilly, Marcus Mac Conghaile, Peadar Ó Goill, Shane Hennesy, Bríd 7 Mícheál, agus Emma Ní Thuaraisc

AnpuballGaeilge.com facebook.com/pages/An-Puball-Gaeilge

12 – 1in le Ed Hick Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Clár

Hector An Feadán Rua - mealltar bail den slua ath-ghuthú beo a dhéanamh ar dáirscanán bog ós na 70dí

12 – 1in

(Pure Shakti) le Sorcha Ní hÉilidh

Raidió na Life

5 – 6in

GaelGáirí - 13 des na fuirseoirí is greanmhara a bhíonn ag cleatadh a gceird gach seachtain i gConradh na Gaeilge

(Pure Shakti) le Sorcha Ní hÉilidh

An Caberét Craiceálta le Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí

Peadar Ó Goill

Trip Nós – Sibéal Davitt Draíocht Rua 8 – 9in

Bríd 7 Micheál Na Taoisigh 9 – 10in

An Ceirneoir Colm ón Gramafón Dioscó

Painéal leath ama

Na Bonny Men 6 – 7in

Gael-Gáirí

Fuirseoirí na Gaeilge á chur i láthair ag Eoin Ó Murchú 7-9in

An Caberét Craiceálta le Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí

Aindrias de Staic Mo Hat Mo Gheansaí Marcus Emma Ní Thuaraisc 8-9in

Seo Linn

Sobal Sa Phobal 9-10in

An Ceirneoir Colm ón Gramafón Dioscó

The Word Stage Story Bud?

the brownbread mixtape

Cronin

Brian Fleming will showcase excerpts from ‘A Sacrilegious Lesbian and Homosexual Parade,’ his upcoming show. He will also feature some highlights from his two sell-out shows from the Dublin Fringe Festival. ‘Gis a Shot of Your Bongos Mister’ (2011) and ‘Have Yis No Homes To Go To’ (2013) which tell stories from real-life experiences in Dublin, Senegal and Rwanda. Both shows, directed by Raymond Keane (Barabbas), enjoyed critical success in Ireland and New York. The performances use stand-up, projection, live and recorded music, passable circus, bad dance, poor striptease, and whatever else is required, to take us on the journey with him.

“a fun, freewheeling atmosphere featuring a blend of Scrap Saturday-style comedy sketches, poetry and music” – The Irish Times

Cronin is the new musical project from Irish brothers Jonathon and Michael Cronin. Leaving Ireland in the last recession in the early nineties to live in the North of England shaped their musical influences, style and aspirations. Since returning to Ireland 10 years ago they have set up their own recording studio, released acclaimed singles and albums under the moniker The Aftermath, featured music on two major motion pictures amongst other things.

the brownbread mixtape is a raucous, fun monthly show in The Stag’s Head pub in Dublin. Each brownbread mixtape show has a theme. The best contemporary Irish spoken word performers and lyrical musicians are invited to perform. They do a performance related to the theme. Resident sketch comedians perform hilarious original comedy on the theme. Everyone has bucketloads of fun. Simple as that. The highly acclaimed show is hosted and run by resident MC & popular performance poet Kalle Ryan.

“Immense.” —Stuart Clark, Hot Press Magazine. “Pure Celtic Soul.” —Shane MacGowan

“There’s a touch of Kerouac about him.. You can’t help but be swept away into his world”  —entertainment.ie April 2012 “Fringe favourite…Fleming is back” —Irish Times 2013 ‘told with the easy, unpretentious touch of truth and natural charisma ..standing ovation’  —Irish Theatre Magazine, September 2011 “The audience laps it up – agog at the range of Brian’s talents. And his Muppets underwear.” —Counterpunch 2014

Neon Wolf

“In their music and live performances, Kilkenny band Neon Wolf have always strived to create something that is unique, and pushes them to the limits of their abilities as musicians and songwriters. Their new single A Place To Call Home is the first single to come from Neon Wolf’s second EP, which will be released in the coming months. The band’s debut E.P Love Lost In Design skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes charts. Neon Wolf have built a large fanbase through their exciting live shows and national and regional radio airplay.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

12pm

Milk and Cookies Storytelling

Radio Luxemburg

1pm

Storymap

The Whitehouse Poets

2pm

Poetry Hour

The Poetry Divas

3pm

2.45pm

Cuirt Slam Showcase

Ashley Tubridy

4pm

3pm

Lingo Spoken Word

The Monday Echo

5pm

4pm

The Brownbread Mixtape

Dublins Underground Beat

6pm

5pm

Olaf Tyaransen

The Brownbread Mixtape

6.30pm

6pm

Gavin Ghee

The Lads and one lass of comedy

7pm

Sinead White

David Donohue and The Floors

7.30pm

8pm

Poetry Hour

Mary Coughlan

Clive Barnes

7pm

8.15pm

8.30pm

Edel Conlon

Brian Flemming

Arrow in the Sky

8pm

9pm

Ka Tet

John Conneely

Cronin

9pm

10pm

Mojo GoGo

Neon Wolf

Ska’s Good Gravy

10pm

11pm

6pm

Good Man Sheila

Since opening in Trinity College, Dublin in 2008, more than one million visitors to Science Gallery have experienced 26 unique exhibitions – ranging from living art experiments to materials science and from the future of the human race to the future of play. Primarily oriented towards young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 years old, Science Gallery develops an ever-changing programme of exhibitions, events and experiences fuelled by the expertise of scientists, researchers, students, artists, designers, inventors, creative thinkers and entrepreneurs. cro The Science Gallery tent will be have everything from weird and wonderful live science performances to hands-on interactive demos throughout the day, and will be offering workshops for those of you who are feeling creative, including:

Saturday

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Science busking: Messy, noisy crowd-pleasers that bring the world of science to life

15.00 – 16.00 SCIENTIFIC SUE Weird Weather & Crazy Climate: all ages science show

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The 100% Hammer-Free High Striker: Flex your bicep, test your strength, and impress your friends

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Patchblocks: Build and play your own mini synth orchestra – “we all play synth!”

12.00 – 15.00 HANDS ON! Workshops and interactive demos

16.00 – 17.00 FUTUREPROOF LIVE Science of the Five Senses, with Jonathan McCrea 17.00 – 18.00 IGNITE Cabaret of inspiring 5-minute talks

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Mindball: Strap on sensors and compete in an intense mental battle to see who is the most relaxed

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Make mini portable lava lamps and transfix your friends

Sunday

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Pimp a t-shirt or flag with LEDs, UV paint or even good old-fashioned glitter and never get lost in the crowd again

12.00 – 13.00 EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING Lo-fi music and a coffee workshop for weary minds

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Oobleck: Get to grips with the quirky substance that’s having an identity crisis – is it a liquid or a solid?! It’s like quicksand, but way more fun.

13.00 – 15.00 HANDS ON! Workshops and interactive demos

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Crochet a giant Fibonacci sequence: using “the golden ratio” to make ‘beautiful’ crochet

15.00 – 16.00 SCIENTIFIC SUE Weird Weather & Crazy Climate: all ages science show 16.00 – 17.00 IGNITE Cabaret of inspiring 5-minute talks 17:00 – 18:00 NOT THE EYES! Comedy improv show

Giving kids and young people all over the world better access to the Magic behind the technology that surrounds us and touches almost everything that we do in our lives, CoderDojo is a global community of free programming clubs for young people. Clubs (dojos) run all over the world on a weekly basis, giving young people between the ages of 7 and 17 the opportunity to learn how to develop computer code, websites, apps, programs, games, digital media and to explore technology. In addition to technology skills, all participants, both young people and the adults that accompany them, enjoy the opportunity of being involved in a highly social community and experience a fun, collaborative, high energy learning environment. Young people also build complementary skills of creativity, innovation, communication, collaboration, team work and leadership. Being truly Global and borderless, CoderDojo encourages & facilitates the community in sharing learning experiences, resources and knowledge and gives attendees, champions, mentors and parents a sense of community for life. Our vision is a world where every child and young person has the opportunity to build technology skills, learn to code and to be creative in a safe and social environment. Empowering and opening up opportunities for young people is at the core of what we do. As of August 2014 there are almost 500 Dojos spread across 50 countries ranging from places such as the UK, Nigeria, Japan, Ireland and the USA. Operating 500 Dojos is great but our mission is to continue to rapidly grow our global open source volunteer network of affiliated and inclusive coding clubs, where all young people are given the opportunity to create technology in a safe and social environment. At our “Electric Picnic Pop Up Dojo”, we’ll be giving kids and their parents the opportunity to get a taste of what it’s like to attend a Dojo. 45 minute, free of charge, Coding /Gaming / Music making sessions will be hosted on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

5pm to 7pm

12pm to 7pm

Each session will start “on the hour”. Each session can facilitate 12 kids. Each child must be accompanied by a parent / guardian. Places will be initially allocated on a “first come, first served” basis with pre-registration available for those who turn up at a full session and want to return for the next one. The sessions will be fun and interactive. No previous experience of working with technology is required, for either the attending child or their parent / guardian! Activities The sessions will cover: • Scratch Workshops (Beginner coding) • Raspberry Pi Gaming (Intermediate / Advanced) • MaKey MaKey Musical Instruments (Fun for all)

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In addition to the sessions that we’re running for kids, members of the CoderDojo Foundation team will be available at our tent in Mindfield at Electric Picnic to explain how kids, young people, adults & businesses can participate at Dojos or support CoderDojo. Our Event hashtag is #EPDojo. For further information check out our website, www.CoderDojo.com or follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

Literary Stage The Literary Tent (as supported by The Arts Council) has fast become a beacon of fascination for Picnickers drawn to Stradbally’s very own Latin Quarter: the MindField Arena. This year’s line-up promises yet another charismatic mix of interviews with ground-breaking contemporary authors, not to mention some deep discussion of classic literature beautifully complemented by live music performances. Known for its pairings, the Literary Tent has some remarkably fresh alliances this year, from the effortlessly eloquent and fantastical Will Self and Carlo Gébler, to the actor Aidan Gillen and Peter Murphy on Joyce’s ‘The Dead’. We also have some inspired trios, merging together to form a medley of voices that will chime and resonate far beyond our little MindField nook. Will Self’s 2012 novel, Umbrella, received unprecedented acclaim on its release (many felt it should have won that year’s Man Booker Prize), and is considered Self’s masterwork. The follow-up, Shark, has just been released, and continues Self’s exploration of the complex relationship between human psychopathology and our technological progress. He will be in conversation with Carlo Gébler, whose intensely moving memoir, Father & I (about his relationship with his father, Ernest Gébler, and his mother, Edna O’Brien), is a classic of its kind. Julian Cope may be better known as a post-punk revolutionary but he has also just published his debut novel, One Three One. The ex-Teardrop Explodes frontman and world authority on Neolithic culture will be in conversation with Faber’s creative director, Lee Brackstone, the publisher responsible for (among numerous other volumes) Beck’s wonderfully innovative Song Reader. Eimear McBride, author of one of the most garlanded books of recent years, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, will read alongside Paul Kingsnorth, whose own crowdfunded novel The Wake has been longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Both authors have pushed at the boundaries of language with their challenging works: McBride with her stream-of-consciousness interior monologue that reinvents modernism; Kingsnorth with his ‘shadow-tongue’, a language ‘intended to convey the feeling’ of Old English through borrowed vocabulary and syntax. This June, McBride was one of fifteen authors chosen to re-imagine one of Joyce’s stories for the inspired (and inspirational) volume, Dubliners 100, a magnificent homage in itself to the master’s consummate collection in this, its centenary year. Peter Murphy will deliver (as only he can!) his ‘cover version’ of ‘The Dead’, preceded by the actor Aidan Gillen who’ll read extracts from Joyce’s famed original, considered by many to be the greatest short story of the twentieth century. In what promises to be spine-tinglingly special, the singersongwriter Lisa O’Neill will reprise ‘The Lass of Aughrim’, a ballad sung to such remarkable effect by Frank Patterson in the film version of Joyce’s masterpiece. Keeping with the short story genre, we have two of Ireland’s best practitioners of the form: Donal Ryan (whose Spinning Heart has become a contemporary classic) and Colin Barrett (winner of the lucrative Frank O’Connor Award, and whose debut collection Young Skins has just been nominated for the Guardian First Fiction Prize). Joining Donal and Colin will be a very special musical guest. Words and music go hand in hand for most Picnickers, and the Literary Tent has earned a reputation for matchmaking authors with musicians to create some of the most magical moments of the festival. Perennial favourite, Roddy Doyle, returns to the Literary Tent this year to read from his classic novel The Commitments. Joining him will be members of the legendary punk outfit, The Radiators from Space (aka Trouble Pilgrims), playing such favourites as Under Clery’s Clock and Kitty Ricketts, both penned by the late and much lamented, Philip Chevron: sometime Pogue and all-time gent. Armagh-born poet, Paul Muldoon (described by the Times Literary Supplement as ‘the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War), will join forces with our most esteemed native language poet, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and The Gloaming’s Iarla Ó Lionáird, a peerless practitioner of the Sean-nós tradition. Joining us from the US will be celebrated novelist, Amy Bloom, a National Book Award nominee and longlistee for the equally prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award. Her latest novel, Lucky Us, considered ‘an exquisitely imagined novel’ by no less than Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine, is already a bestseller in the US, and has just been released in the UK and Ireland. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Brendan Behan, and we’ll be making our own salute to his passing and legacy, with, among others, filmmaker Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) and the actor Peter Coonan (Fran in Love/Hate, and the young Behan in the Gaiety’s forthcoming production of Borstal Boy). Joining Jim and Peter will be a very special guest. Moderating the weekend’s events will be Edel Coffey (The Irish Independent), Sinéad Gleeson (arts correspondent for The Irish Times and a regular contributor to RTÉ’s arts programme, The Works), and Colm O’Regan (Isn’t It Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies). Electric Picnic’s Literary Tent is once again curated by Raymond Bell, editor of Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader and the forthcoming twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Banville’s Booker-shortlisted novel, The Book of Evidence (Picador Classic).

The Gourmand of Food Festivals – Theatre of Food at Electric Picnic

Now in its fourth year, the Theatre of Food returns with its best ever line-up gathering of chefs, writers, thinkers, artisans, brewers, bakers, and food heroes. It’s a celebration of everything we love about food and drink – and music. The Theatre of Food takes place in a magnificent tent, pitched in the Mindfield area of Electric Picnic, this year, with its own country market.

Friday

Saturday

4.30pm

11.30am

Talk: THEATRE OF SPUD

Demo: COFFEE CULTURE

Aoife Cox with Aoife Carrigy. All you ever wanted to know about the potato. 5.15pm

Demo: BAR HOP

Colin Hesson, Brian Short & William Barry. Insight into the modern Irish pub and a demo of ‘dry hopping’ from the beer masters. 6.15pm

Demo: FISHY FISHY FOOD DEMO

Martin Shanahan with Caroline Hennessey Learn seafood cooking with Mr Fishy Fishy himself. 7pm

Demo: MIXOLOGY & THE FUTURE OF CRAFT DISTILLING Darren Geraghty with Seaneen Sullivan. Mixing up cocktails and talking new artisanal spirits.

Ernie Whalley, Karl Purdy, Gary Grant & Colin Harmon. Blind tasting, coffee roasting with the coffee gurus. 12.30pm

Demo: MODERN IRISH FOOD WITH NEVEN

Neven Maguire with Gillian Nelis. Neven Maguire cooks modern Irish food. 1.30pm

Talk: AFRICA: A RISING CONTINENT

Kevin Thornton presents his extraordinary photographs taken as part of his work for Connect Ethiopia. 2pm

Demo: DREAM DELI

Lilly Higgins with Alex Meehan. Gorgeous raw vegan treats and summery salads.

SATURDAY SPECIAL EVENTS

2.45pm

6.45pm

3.45pm

Awards: ELECTRIC PICNIC FOOD AWARDS

Demo: CLASSIC BACARDI LEGACY COCKTAILS

John McKenna. Who has won this year’s awards? 8.30pm

Event: SPEED WINE DATING

The Wine Buff with Caroline Byrne Fast-paced, musical chairs that matches wine drinkers. 2.30pm

Event: FOOD & WINE GUINEA PIG TASTING

Aoife Carrigy. In association with The Wine Buff.

Quiz: THE MISSING INGREDIENT Ross Golden-Bannon & guests. A lighthearted quiz on food knowledge & more.

Alan Kavanagh and the Bacardi team. Cocktail masterclass and tasting. 4.15pm

Talk: MUSIC IS THE FOOD

Sunday 11.30am

KEVIN THORNTON’S ETHIOPIA Demo: Kevin Thornton with Pól Ó’Conghaile. The foods of Ethiopia presented in a wedding-style feast. 12.30pm

Talk: FOOD IN LITERATURE

Mei Chin, Leslie Williams, Aoife Cox & Ernie Whalley with Caroline Byrne. Food writers discuss their favourite food from literature. 1.30pm

Demo: STREET FOOD

Kevin Pyke & Sham Hanifa with Caroline Byrne. The new frontier in Irish food culture. 2.15pm

Talk: MANIFESTO FOR GOOD FOOD IN IRELAND

Quinlan Steele, Patrick Ryan & Jess Murphy, with John McKenna. Creating a ten point manifesto for Irish food. 3.15pm

THE FOODS & SPICES OF INDIA

Demo. Sunil Ghai with Gary O’Hanlon. Master chefs discuss & demo food of India. 4pm

Demo: MAKE FISH & CHIPS AT HOME

JP McMahon with William Barry. Tips from Galway’s Michelin-starred restaurateur. 4.45pm

Paul Flynn, Kevin Thornton, Declan Maxwell, Joe Macken. Chefs and their music, with Hot Press Editor Niall Stokes talking about music and food. MC Music writer turned food writer, John McKenna.

Talk: FOOD STYLING WITH LE COOL AND FORKFUL

5.15pm

With Joe McNamee. The Chameleon’s Kevin O’Toole presets Rijst Tafel.

Demo: WILD COCKTAILS

Oisin Davis with Sally Barnes & Maria Kennedy. Oisin prepares a selection of classic cocktails utilising wild ingredients to give a local flavour. 6pm

Demo: KETTY’S REUNION ISLAND

Ketty Elisabeth with Leslie Williams. French Foodie in Dublin on the diverse cultures of her father’s native home.

Workshop. With Anthony O’Toole. 5.30pm

Demo: SMALL PLATES

6.15pm

Demo: CLASSIC BACARDI LEGACY COCKTAILS

Masterclass and tasting with Alan Kavanagh 6.45PM

Demo: TORTILLA-OFF

Caitlin Ruth, Danette Milne & Lily RamirezForan with Jim Kennedy. Clash of pans – is it corn or wheat tortillas. Make, taste and decide with the tortilla masters.

WholeWorldBand is an iPhone & iPad app that allows anyone from beginners to major artists to easily make music & videos that can be shared and enjoyed worldwide. Using the app is like entering a virtual recording studio - just pick a recording session and contribute anything you like: vocals, instrumental, visuals, or anything else you can imagine! Presented by founder Kevin Godley (10CC/Godley & Crème) and Rodney Orpheus, WholeWorldBand will be in MindField on Saturday 30th August, offering a unique insight into this innovative music platform, and featuring a live demo from Irish/Nigerian rapper Simi Crowns and an onstage Q&A session.

5pm Saturday, Leviathan Stage.

Amnesty Hour at Leviathan From Gaza to Guantanamo: How justifying the unjustifiable fuels human rights abuses. This month Barack Obama finally acknowledged that the CIA ‘tortured some folks’ in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. At the same time we are listening to attempts to justify the mass bombing of homes, schools, and hospitals in Gaza as acts of selfdefence. At Amnesty Hour at Leviathan Audrey Carville, Presenter of RTÉ’s Late Debate, will lead a challenging discussion on how attempts to justify the unjustifiable are fuelling human rights abuses around the world. Panellists will include Shona Murray, Newstalk Journalist recently returned from reporting in Gaza, and Colm O’Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland. The audience will be encouraged to actively engage in the discussion.

6.30pm, Friday, Leviathan Stage.

Mind Your Mind A talk on positive mental health with Bressie and special guests. 7pm Saturday, Theatre Stage.

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