Three years after his last Cork performance, comedian Brendan Grace returns to the Opera House at the end of the month for a week long show. He talks to Play’s Maria Tracey about how four decades in the entertainment industry have shaped Cork friendships, legendary characters... and a Dino’s addiction.
“He is one of our own.” That was the turn of phrase...
Bringing the audience into the dangerous world of the Frank family, Centre Stage will present their production of The Diary of Anne Frank this weekend. Telling the tale of a 13-year old girl, and a small group of family and friends who must hide away in a tiny attic to avoid persecution by the invading Nazi forces, the play runs tonight, Friday and tomorrow Saturday from 8pm at the Aemilian...
Armed with more than 100 instruments, the five Australian musicians of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra are to perform the classic soundtracks by celebrated composer Ennio Morricone that helped bring Sergio Leone's iconic films to life. The multi-talented quintet, which has been touring the world with their one-of-a-kind musical act since 2004, will re-enact a fistful of spaghetti...
Cork based poet Thomas McCarthy will join the likes of Gerard Smyth and Jane Hayter-Hames in The Grain Store at Ballymaloe next week. McCarthy, who received the Patrick Kavanagh Award in 1977 for his first book and the American-Irish Foundation’s Literary Award in 1984, will take part in A Melody of Words- Poetry and Classical Music on Friday, February 24th from 8pm. Coupled with...
Chief support for AC/DC, rock band The Answer is to play Cyprus Avenue next month. Performing on Sunday, March 4th, The Answer has spent the last decade proving their rock 'n' roll credentials, emerging into the mainstream spotlight in 2005 with their debut single Keep Believin'. Their follow-up album Rise went on to sell over 125,000 copies worldwide, a startling achievement that...
Up and coming singing stars of Cork Institute of Technology will present an evening of entertainment next week. On Tuesday, February 21st, as part of the college’s International Student Day, €urostar- featuring singing stars, a Céilí and Irish dancing display in UCC and an International Art After Dark party at the CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery- will take place. These...
History is invention… that's the premise behind an upcoming play at the Cork Arts Theatre. Starring Cora Fenton, Mary Motorhead tells the tale of a woman who is doing six years in prison for stabbing her husband in the head with a knife. As she lies on her bed reading, and scenes of the outdoor world are seen from the window of a car projected onto the wall behind her, Motorhead...
Five friends relive their past and celebrate their future as part of the entertainment in Girls Night- The Musical. Featuring Lorraine Keane, Hilda Fay and Sorcha Furlong with West End star Jacinta Whyte and Sharon Sexton, the show is about a karaoke girls’ night out, with popular hit songs of the 80s and 90s such as I Will Survive, I Am What I Am, Lady Marmalade, It’s Raining Men...
A Knocknaheeny comedian will be performing alongside the likes of Neil Delamere and Jason Byrne at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Chris Kent is just one of a selection of local and national performers to take part in the annual event, which will be held across three weeks in Scotland’s capital city during August. “It’s for 30 days straight and you might get one...
Irish comedian Joe Rooney’s infectious enthusiasm leaves audiences of all ages in paroxysms of laughter. And for his gig at City Limits Comedy Club on Saturday, February 18th, Rooney will also throw in some hilarious musical interludes. A successful actor and writer, having played Father Damo in Father Ted and Timmy in the long-running RTÉ sitcom, Killinaskully, Rooney has also...
Follow the yellow brick road to the Firkin Crane Theatre, as the Performers' Academy present The Wizard Of Oz. Starring the cream of Cork's up-and-coming young talent, this production features all of the well-known songs from the original, with all your favourite characters and iconic moments. Directed by Killian Collins and Irene Warren, The Wizard Of Oz runs from Thursday, February 16th...
As a warm-up for their UK tour in March, Dead School are playing a free gig later this month in An Bróg. Having spent an intense few months holed up, writing songs and honing their sound, the Cork group has created an individual, full-on soundscape; dark and unsettling, but by no means sedate. This will be to the fore when the band plays An Bróg on Wednesday, February 22nd at 9pm...
Long established as one of Ireland’s foremost musical talents, Gemma Hayes is known for an eclectic blend of folk, rock and electronica, And now the artist, whose songs have starred in US hit shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Alias, One Tree Hill and The Vampire Diaries will play Cyprus Avenue on Saturday, February 18th. Hayes’s success stems from her debut album, Night on my Side,...
It's all about extremes for Tenonsaw, the Cork band set to become the breakthrough act of the year. The Fermoy-based duo of Tipperary man, Thomas Luke Anchell and Swedish classically-trained choral singer, Salt Eriksson, are set to launch their latest double A-side single, ASKOF and Sweet Little Mystery at The Roundy on Sunday, February 26th from 9pm. The songs will be available for free...
While the current economic climate is a blight for many, one former Douglas engineer has embraced the downturn.
Colin O’Donovan, whose two-part radio play, Magicka, airs today, Friday and on February 17th at 11am on Xtra Reel on UCC 98.3FM, explains that if work in his industry had not dried up, he would not have enrolled in St John’s College to follow his true passion....
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