The Future of The Past

31 January – 2 February
2025

The Future of The Past

31 January –
2 February
2025

Welcome to Classics Now, an exciting cultural festival online, in Dublin and beyond.

Dive into the art, literature and ideas of the Ancient Greeks and Romans as interpreted and reimagined by outstanding artists today.

Following the success of our fourth festival in 2024, our fifth weekend will showcase the current burst of exploration and re-engagement with Classics and the ancient world. Artists, writers and thinkers, international and Irish, are taking Classics as a lens to examine our contemporary cultural and political preoccupations and challenges.

Our three-day programme on the first weekend of February 2025 will present a series of inviting encounters including performances and readings, both online and live, in public spaces - art galleries and cultural centres - with a number of events appealing to second and third-level students. In interviews, discussions, film screenings, musical theatre performances and exhibitions, you will see and hear from artists who are working in different genres and art forms, in thought-provoking and imaginative ways.

Come and join the new Renaissance.

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Festival Partners

Literature IrelandInstituto Italiano di Cultura DublinoThe Classical Teachers Association of IrelandThe Classical Association of IrelandThe Classical Association of Northern IrelandAdvocating Classics EducationIrish Institute of Hellenic Studies at AthensMaynooth UniversityTrinity College DublinInstituto Italiano di Cultura Dublino

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