RetreatComedy

14/06/2024

Not too late to catch up on Dr Damiana McKagan’s fascinating lecture on Kathleen O’Mara though she was rudely interrupted by an American fan

06/06/2024

06/06/2024

Had a blast performing our ’50 Shades of Green’ on Monday!
You can watch back here

25/04/2024

Don't forget we are in the Town Hall studio on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th May @ 8.30pm

Get your tickets at the link below

https://tht.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173653025

15/03/2024

Retreat, the play, is set in a run down artists' retreat in rural Ireland. When an evil corporation tries to take over the retreat, the staff team up with the eccentric artists and an army of stoats to try and save their creative haven.

07/10/2023

Clip from our recording on Culture Night! Season Two is coming!

27/09/2023

Hey everyone, following a great Culture Night we have completed our scripts and are ready to record. If you'd like to hear Season 2 we'd love your support! Please support us on Patreon!
https://patreon.com/Retreatcomedy1

22/09/2023

Come and see the fun (and learn about how a studio works)
Flirt FM 101.3 studios tonight 6-9pm. Supported by
Galway City Arts Office & The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon for Culture Night
or you can Zoom in on

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20/09/2023

18/09/2023

We’re ‘live’ again on Flirt FM 101.3 on Thursday 21st at 6pm in advance of our Culture Night recording supported by Galway City Arts Office

14/09/2023

In advance of Series One of RetreatComedy will be broadcast on Flirt FM 101.3 on Monday 18th (Episodes 1-3) and again on Thursday 21st (Episodes 4-6)
Galway City Arts Office Culture Night!! Tune In!

11/09/2023

We celebrated our first anniversary on Saturday by putting the last polish on Series 2 and sending it out to the actors. We start recording on 22nd September. Series One has had a great year, getting into the top ten in comedy fiction Ireland, UK, France and Australia. It has been in and out of the charts constantly throughout the year. It will be broadcast on Flirt FM in the next ten days also!

09/09/2023

It's just 2 weeks till Culture Night, Friday 22 September. Please share this post and follow our page for updates. Event organisers, please tag us here and we will share a selection of posts over the next 2 weeks. We are also on Instagram and on Twitter now X ́chechultúir The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Galway City Council

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18/08/2023

Live Studio Recording Of Retreat Comedy on Chart-topping Retreat Comedy, a scripted podcast, will be recording live on Culture Night at the Flirt FM 101.3 studios. All are welcome to visit the studios to watch the recording in action.

https://culturenight.ie/event/live-studio-recording-of-retreat-comedy/

17/08/2023

Culture Night 2023 is happening on Friday September 22nd. Doors will open later and special and unique events will be specifically programmed with all activities available to the public free of charge.

Galway City Arts Office will be adding many more events happening in Galway City to the link below over the next few weeks so check back often to begin planning your supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

https://culturenight.ie/events/?_sft_location=galway-city

05/06/2023

Our very own Mary Ward aka Aoibheann McCann is excited and delighted to be chosen for this!

15/05/2023

Back up to Number 25 in the Irish Comedy Fiction charts . Eight months after release we are still rocking it in Ireland, France, UK and USA! Haven’t listened yet? We’re waiting to hear what you think! Go on … download, listen, rate , review , get in touch! ❤️

RETREAT is a fiction podcast series that has a playful look at the arts, genealogy, Irish history, cloning, heritage, ecology, globalization, the life cycle of stoats, and the 1%.

17/04/2023

We have been selected to perform at this conference next year!
https://achs2024galway.com/key-speakers/

26/03/2023

Have a listen to us talking about our collaborative process and season 2!

Having a career in the arts can be difficult at the best of times but never harder than during the recent lockdowns of 2020 & 2021. Not long before, Aoibheann & Andi’s worlds had collided at an artist’s retreat in Ireland at a time in their lives when their children had grown and they were all s...

18/03/2023

Raise the roof! We are now ranked 20th for “all-time” Apple podcast comedy fiction podcasts in Ireland!

09/02/2023

Interface Inagh Open Call:
Proposals are invited from practicing artists, writers and musicians based in Galway County whose work explores intersections between scientific research and the arts. The Interface studio is located in premises shared with the Inagh Valley Trust, which drives a number of innovative scientific research projects. Interface offers artists an opportunity to engage with a unique environment and to be inspired by the exciting research taking place in a spectacular landscape.

How to apply: Send one pdf including your proposal, CV, artist’s statement and eight samples of recent work or links to work, by email to [email protected].

Deadline: Friday 03 March.

What's on offer: Studio space and accommodation for two weeks and a stipend. (Please note, a driver’s license and car are essential for this residency for which the artist is entirely responsible.)

When: Autumn 2023.

Supported by Galway County Council and Arts Council of Ireland
Photo - Emilijah Jefremova

02/02/2023

An American artist and Irish writer team up to make Retreat, a project that both satirizes and lifts up the local artistic community.

13/12/2022

Great news for us! We've been shortlisted for the Hammond House Comedy award. We wrote a short ten minute piece for our entry featuring characters from the show and two new characters

Cash prizes and worldwide publication in three categories: short story, poetry and screenplay.

12/12/2022

Hey, we're on Mastodon too!

0 Posts, 2 Following, 0 Followers · RETREAT is an audio comedy series set in Knocknahay, a small village on a stoat-infested lake, somewhere in Ireland, home to the Kathleen O'Mara Residential Centre for the Arts. Six 20-minute episodes, written by female comedy duo Aoibheann McCann and Andi Ipaktc...

01/12/2022

Thanks everyone so much for sharing. We are gobsmacked by this message from Spotify!

11/10/2022

Would really appreciate your vote. Only takes two minutes! Scroll down and look for Retreat Comedy's fabulous bright logo and drag to the right! Do it or we'll send Malachy to your house.....

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26/09/2022

26/09/2022

Hey, we've changed the order of the episodes so the trailer comes up first, followed by the first episode and so on...we're learning! Keep listening, sharing, subscribing and reviewing!