Lisa O’Neill
Lisa O’Neill brings her singular voice to Belfast International Arts Festival for two intimate performances at The MAC with support from Iona Zajac.
Following her recent sold out ‘Symphony for the Moons’ shows at Dublin’s National Concert Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra and London’s Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia in December and a 4-night residency in January at The Gate Theatre, one of Ireland’s most arresting and original songwriters, Lisa O’Neill will perform two very special shows at the MAC, Belfast, on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October.
Lisa has recently released a single which features vocals from Libertines, Peter Doherty – Homeless In The Thousands (Dublin in the Digital Age) – a song she felt compelled to write in response to the growing issue of homelessness in Dublin. This is not the first time O’Neill has written about social injustices on the cusp of a change with songs like Rock the Machine about unemployment in the Dublin dock lands, When Cash Was King about the move to a cashless society and Violet Gibson about the Irish woman who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 1926.
Stage times:
- Doors: 7.30pm
- Iona Zajac (support): 8pm
- Lisa O’Neill: 9pm
Age recommendation: 14+
Photo credit – Jill Furmanovsky
O’Neill is a cultural hero in her own right… a modern artist tapped into the ancient.
Uncompromising, stunning, soul-shaking stuff.
You’ll be lucky to hear a better record all year [All of This is Chance]