Price: €16

Droichead Arts Centre presents SOLO: Home from Home

SOLO, curated by SJ McArdle, is an intimate concert series which Droichead has produced in various guises, and has seen performances from Maria Doyle Kennedy, Niamh Regan, Ollie Cole, Niamh Parsons and many more. Over the past two years, the series has moved online, but now we are delighted to bring it back in front of a live audience. “SOLO: Home from Home” will take place over four Saturdays in September in the theatre at Droichead. Each week’s show will feature two artists, making a total of eight engaging performances from some of the most innovative artists in Ireland today.

Dagogo Hart is a Dublin based poet, writer, playwright, performer and spoken word artist, returning to the SOLO Series after performing for the video podcast in 2021. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Dagogo started working with words at the age of 13. Since then he has performed for festivals like Mother tongues, St. Patricks, Dublin Fringe, Drogheda literary festival, Spirit of Folk, Body and Soul, Loud Poets Scotland and First fortnight. In 2018, he co-founded a poetry collective called WeAreGriot; A poetry collective that curates art events around poetry, with FeliSpeaks. Dagogo’s poetry is inspired by his hometown in Lagos and his experiences since moving to Ireland. He writes on personal as well as societal issues and always strives to dispense truth in all his works.

Aoife Scott is an Award Winning folk singer and songwriter based in Dublin, Ireland. Born into the legendary Black Family, Aoife is steadily rising to the top of the traditional and folk music scene and has long enjoyed success as an established artist in her own right. Fragile and ethereal one minute and strong and vibrant the next, her dynamic and profound vocals explore the emotional depths of her lyrics, leaving the audience entranced. Aoife has a unique sound. Her music has a broad creative scope but is largely influenced by her own roots in folk and traditional Irish music.

SJ McArdle is an Irish songwriter and musician, Artist in Association at Droichead Arts Centre and is known for his work in contemporary Irish folk band Kern from 2013 to 2020. More recently, as a solo artist, SJ has been working on a project called Port, a song-cycle based around research into the stories of Drogheda’s historic Port, produced in association with Droichead, and an album is on the way. His songs and performances have been featured in radio, film and television and he has toured extensively, nationally and internationally over the past twenty years.

All shows must be booked in advance, there is limited capacity of 41 seats available. Tickets are sold in pods of 2, 3, and sometimes 4, with every second row empty, and adhering to social distancing of 2m. Masks are required at all times in the venue. Your email ticket will include full details of your visit to Droichead during this time.