PPAI

Arts and Entertainment
2018

1ST PLACE WINNER
Arts and Entertainment 2018

COLOURFUL CULTURE

by Sasko Lazarov

Pictured are Laura Sarah Dowdall, Dance Ireland, Blackrock and Dagmara Jerzak, Dance Ireland, Portobello, at the launch of Culture Night 2017

2ND PLACE
VASE

By Alan Betson

Master florist Lamber de Bie inspecting a special floral installation at VASE, an international display of contemporary vessels at Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin

3RD PLACE
U2 JOSHUA TREE HOMECOMING AT CROKE PARK

By Cyril Byrne

U2 during their performance of "The Joshua Tree", at Croke Park, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
JUMPING IN

By Ramsey Cardy

Coldplay singer Chris Martin on stage at Croke Park, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
ROOM

By Mark Stedman

Fela Lufadeju (Big Jack) and young Harrison Wilding (Little Jack) are pictured at the rehearsal of Room at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

By Mark Stedman

Katie Honan, who plays the role of Eli, preparing for the opening night of Let the Right One In, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
FACE MASK

By Leah Farrell

Performers dressed up in masks during the Halloween parade from Macnas, world-renowned pioneers of imagination and invention

SHORTLISTED
WAITING FOR GODOT

By Valerie O’Sullivan

Aaron Monaghan, (Estragon), and Marty Rea (Vladimir) performing in Waiting for Godotdirected by Garry Hynes, artistic director of Druid Theatre.

SHORTLISTED
BALLERINA

By Julien Behal

Dancers from Galway's Youth Ballet West during rehearsals at their studio in the city

SHORTLISTED
ARLINGTON BY ENDA WALSH ON THE ABBEY STAGE

By Cyril Byrne

Enda Walsh (left), director of Arlington, with actors Hugh O'Connor, Charlie Murphy, Oonagh Doherty and Emma Martin, on the Abbey stage, in Dublin