looks at the 1999 novel and finds many reasons explaining its inspiring popularity. When a popular novel becomes “movie-fied”, I always find myself wary. One of my pet hates is people claiming to be die-hard fans of a story when they’ve only jumped on the popular-film-bandwagon. A classic example of this is the Harry…
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery Craft Week is back again for its fifth consecutive year. From the Friday 9th to Sunday 11th of November the gallery will be packed to the rafters with beautiful Irish crafts, which would make the perfect gift for anyone (Christmas is still two months away, but doesn’t hurt to…
“There are no mistakes, only opportunities” – a lesson one would not necessarily expect to learn while reading Bossypants by 30 Rock star Tina Fey. But this autobiography is every bit as full of single-tear jerking inspiration as it is of sharp wit and ruthless humour. From the beginning, with the flippantly put…
Louis Le Brocquy, despite his French sounding name, was an artist born in Dublin on November 10th 1916. In respect of Le Brocquy passing away in April of this year and with what would have been his ninety sixth birthday this month, I feel it is time somebody commemorated him in some way….
Canadian-born comedian, Tony Law, performed in the very luxurious Boole lecture hall (a big step up from the Apollo, it must be said) to an impressive crowd that filled most of the hall, he performed for forty minutes – but he had the easy job. Performing before Law were three younger acts, all of whom…
Michaél Phelan tells us what’s in store for the upcoming Dramat Short Play Festival. Dramat are about to launch an exciting few weeks of theatre, and to open their first term productions, they are presenting three original short plays, each written by students of University College Cork in the Dramat Short Play Festival. The…
The seats filled and the atmosphere was electric at the very mention of Romeo and Juliet – but did Corcadorca do the Bard any justice? Geraldine Carey reviews. It was a wet Tuesday evening when I travelled to the Cork Opera House to see the acclaimed Romeo and Juliet, a production by the Corcadorca…
The early twentieth century saw drastic changes in Ireland’s political, social and economic conditions. These changes are sharply represented in the works of Limerick artist, Sean Keating (1889-1977). The latest Crawford exhibition, Sean Keating: Contemporary Contexts, explores the works of Sean Keating and how his representation of hardship and struggle relates to the work…
Dylan White reviews Jonathan Kent’s critically acclaimed production of the famous bloody barbershop tale. Stephen Sondheim’s bone chilling masterpiece Sweeney Todd has long been regarded as one of the greatest plays of all time, with the story featuring on the silver screen in the 2007 adaptation starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. This…
Julie Daunt reviews J.K. Rowling’s new “adult” novel, which will have many Potter fans surprised (to say the least!). Firstly, let me get something straight. I was never a big fan of Harry Potter (shock horror!). Don’t get me wrong, I did read all the books and saw most of the films, but I…