Waterford City to come alive with ‘action-packed’ Imagine Arts Festival

An industrial school and Magdalene laundry in Waterford City and the people who lived in those institutions will be commemorated in word and performance next month as part of Imagine Arts Festival.

Details of the 15th Imagine event, which takes place October 20-30, were announced at Waterford’s City Hall, and events include theatre, dance, music, visual art, discussion and debate, with a strong focus on home- produced work.

Artists from Waterford and across Ireland will be joined by their counterparts from the US and UK for the festival, which, according to festival director Olllie Breslin, will be an “action-packed” 11 days.