Scene + Heard: What's going on around the country

ALL AND SUNDRY: It’s probably just as well that the public don’t get to select the Turner Prize winner. 

Just like some recent democratic votes, we probably would have opted for the huge arse (Anthea Hamilton’s entry, Project for Door). Instead, the £25,000 award selected by a panel of experts went to Helen Marten for the ‘challenging’ Brood and Bitter Pass.

Meanwhile, Cork has a new theatre company in Ferocious Composure, and they’re putting on The Nun’s Wood, written by Pat Kinevane, at the Granary from Tuesday to Saturday.