‘My Aunt and I’ with Carmen Cullen
CARMEN Cullen presents ‘My Aunt and I’ at Mermaid Arts Centre on Saturday, October 17, at 8 p.m.
Tickets are €16 or €14 concession and available by calling 01 2724030.
The event will include the enthralling poetry videos of Carmen Cullen, as well as live readings, with music by Gerry Anderson and images by Deirdre Ridgway.
Carmen will sing some of the songs of her famous aunt, Delia Murphy.
This is the story of an aunt and niece, their shared artistic temperament and difficulties experienced. Carmen’s poetry is from her very successful YouTube Pandemic Poetry playlist.
Delia Murphy was Ireland’s Ballad Queen in the 30s to 50s and the unrivalled singing star of her day, with songs like ‘ The Spinning Wheel’.