Strait talker: Keith Barry unbound
Self-described "mentalist" Keith Barry tours Australia in August. Having seen enigmatic magician and hypnotist Keith Barry in action several times in Ireland, I’ve never had any doubt as to his talents...
View ArticleMrs Brown’s Boys draws big audience
Brendan O'Carroll as Agnes Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys. (Pic: Channel Seven) Irish sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys was a ratings hit for Channel Seven on Wednesday night, with almost one million viewers tuning...
View ArticleBeckett classic weaving into Sydney
Richard Roxburgh (left) and Hugo Weaving will feature in a new production of Waiting For Godot. (Pic: Sydney Theatre Company) Sydney Theatre Company will run a production of Samuel Beckett’s classic...
View ArticleTommy Fleming postpones Aussie tour
Tommy Fleming will return to Australia in May 2013. Irish singer Tommy Fleming has postponed his upcoming Australian tour until May 2013, as he takes more time to grieve over his parents’ deaths. The...
View ArticleOut of the shadows, a troubled classic
Andrea Riseborough (centre) as Belfast woman Collette McVeigh in Shadow Dancer. Rating: Three/Five JAMES Marsh’s new Northern Ireland thriller Shadow Dancer arrives in the same year that Martin...
View ArticleThrowin’ shapes, sean-nós style
When the curtain went up on Rian – Liam Ó Maonlaí’s collaborative avant garde performance with contemporary dance troupe Fabulous Beast last night at Sydney’s Theatre Royal – my reviewer’s heart sank...
View ArticleIrish Film “North Circular Road” Australian Premiere
North Circular Road is an Irish film directed by Donal Nugent and tells the story of a young couple who, after moving into their dream home, encounter ghosts and find themselves wrapped up in a...
View ArticleAisling Society Monthly Talk
Members and friends of the Aisling Society are invited to a talk by Susannah Fullerton, “The Importance of Being Oscar” which will cover the life and works of the ever-fascinating Oscar Wilde. The...
View ArticlePoetry of the Easter Rising – One Performance Only
Bloomsday in Melbourne presents “A Terrible Beauty – Poetry of the Easter Rising”, intimate poems about the Rising from the point of view of its executed leaders and their peers. There will also be...
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