Eric Fitzgerald

A MAJOR new exhibition by Dutch-born, west of Ireland-based artist Trudi van der Elsen is currently showing at Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie Building, Pery Square, until Sunday August 30. Quantum Listening brings together painting, photography, video and performance in an ambitious body of work exploring the relationship between the human body and the wider world — and the invisible frequencies that bind them.

Playing Belltable on Wednesday July 9 to Friday July 11. Award-winning playwright Eva O’Connor returns with a bold new work, For Dolores, which previews at Belltable from Wednesday July 9 to Friday July 11, as part of Limerick Pride, before its official world premiere at the Mick Lally Theatre, Galway on Thursday July 16 as part of Galway International Arts Festival.

TWO of the most unruly and compelling acts on the current DIY circuit collide at Pharmacia, on Saturday June 27, as Cork no-wave quartet Crying Loser (pictured) and Glasgow trio Taupe share a double-headline bill. Taupe have built a formidable reputation for music that lurches between turbulent chaos and metronomic precision, drawing comparisons to DNA and Horse Lords while earning airplay on BBC 6 Music’s Freak Zone and BBC Radio 3.