How to Keep an Alien, written and performed by Sonya Kelly started its run in the Everyman Theatre on Monday the 19th of October. I was lucky enough to see it on its opening night, and it did not disappoint. The audience was treated to a brilliant night of laugh out loud comedy that lasted…
There are a few constants in life. Death, taxes and comic book fans being mad at something. In recent years one of the most common sources of fan fervour has been the trend of changing certain aspects of existing comic characters in film or in the comics themselves. While this is by no means a…
Colm Furlong examines the final chapter of the trilogy of Jacob Portman, by Ransom Riggs (No Spoilers). First came the New York Times number one best seller Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, then came its sequel Hollow City, and finally, on the 22nd of September Ransom Riggs’ Library of Souls was released. This book…
On the 25th of September, I had the pleasure of going in blind to Al Porter’s gig in the Cork Opera House. For those who have no notion as to who Al Porter is – don’t worry, I was in the exact same boat. But now I’ve been enlightened, and I’d like to do the…
Molly Forsythe speaks to the award-winning writer about his critically acclaimed short-story, Young Skins. For Colin Barrett, 2014 has been a year marked by a series of “wonderfully bewildering, gratuitous, and nice” events. His debut collection of short stories, Young Skins, has racked up an impressive number of awards including the Guardian First Book Award,…
Claire Fox speaks with comedian PJ Gallagher about his upcoming Concussion tour, overcoming his nerves and his new found love affair with radio. Best known for his roles as the bizarre Jake Stevens and the lewd Dirty Aul Wan in Naked Camera, PJ Gallagher has come a long way from working in a warehouse with…
Lottie Ryan speaks to Claire Fox about women in the media and how she will always be proud of being Gerry Ryan’s daughter. Radio presenter, dancer, columnist, blogger and fearless fashionista. Over the years Lottie Ryan has managed to clock up a rather colourful career; a remarkable feat considering she is still only 27. Having…
The life of Louie Zamperini was certainly an eventful one. Following a youth of petty crime, he eventually discovered distance running, went on to break college records and competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. When WWII broke out, Zamperini enlisted in the Air Force, and in 1943 his bomber crash-landed in the Pacific. He and…
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler was the first main stage production taken on by the Dramat Society this year. Directed by Katie Melia, the Granary Theatre saw its surroundings turned into a 1940s film noir style setting. Hedda Gabler, one of Ibsen’s most popular plays, depicts a complex woman’s struggle to deal with the suffocating existence…
“[dropcap style= boxed]I[/dropcap] attempted my first novel at 19, my second at 24, but it wasn’t until I moved to New York that the desire to try writing as a career began to take hold.” Like a lot of us out there author Louise O’Neill knew she had a novel inside her, but didn’t have…