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EXHIBITION • TEXAS • EVENT Hot Press photographer Kathrin Baumbach chronicles life in rural Texas – in all its glory and DUFFY ANDREW Imelda May complexity – in her new exhibition. Running at Copper House Gallery, Dublin, as part of PhotoIreland 2014, Texas documents the time Baumbach spent with a farming family in the Lone Star State. Putting her talent for quiet observation to great use, she has created a fascinating exploration of Texan exceptionalism, American gun culture and more. A great showcase for her filmic, striking approach to photography.

• COPPER HOUSE GALLERY, DUBLIN UNTIL JULY 31 •

THEATRE • THE PRICE •

Written by Arthur Miller, The Price sees two estranged brothers reunited for the first time in 16 years to divide up their dead parents’ estate. One of the brothers stayed in the boys’ hometown to care for their sick father while the other left home and forged a successful career as a surgeon. Set in New York, the play originally opened on Broadway in 1968. In typical Miller fashion the claustrophobic domestic setting quickly becomes a medium for asking bigger questions about society: dealing with family, regret, loyalty and the prices that the individual characters pay in persuing their life choices.

• THE GATE THEATRE, DUBLIN. UNTIL AUGUST 16 • • GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL • JULY 14 - 27 EXHIBITION There’s something for everyone in Galway this summer. The annual arts festival welcomes big musical names like The National, rockabilly queen • TERRACOTTA WARRIORS • Imelda May, indie-popsters The Coronas, Celtic rockers The Waterboys and Cathy Davey, who is premiering material from her next record. Plus, More than an exhibition, Terracotta Warriors: The Army there will be a greatly anticipated run of Ballyturk, the new play from of the First Emperor of China, is a journey through Disco Pigs creator Enda Walsh, starring Cork acting star Cillian Murphy one of the most astonishing archaeological finds (alas, sold out) and the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Joseph of the 20th century. After his death, China's first O’Connor’s Star Of The Sea. Even if you aren’t attending a performance, Emperor Qin Shi Huang was sealed into his tomb the festival is sure to create an impression, as it welcomes Kurt with a Terracotta Army; over 8,000 life-size clay Perschke’s RedBall Project, in which a huge red ball is squeezed between guardians that remained untouched until their buildings and over bridges, adding a fresh perspective to familiar accidental discovery in 1974. Beginning this month, landmarks. Plus there will be plenty of theatre workshops, readings and The Ambassador Theatre is offering a chance to get late night events over the course of the fortnight. Details of this and a taste of the world famous attraction by housing other highlights at giaf.ie over 150 perfect replicas of the Emperor’s silent bodyguards.

• THE AMBASSADOR, DUBLIN, JULY 4 – OCTOBER 5 •

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