Culture 10 - all the arts you need this weekend

And how was your week? Here's our handy one-stop digest of Cultural musts...

THE NUDE PARTY

One of the acts people are going gaga about from SXSW 2019. Great rowdy jams, twangs & grooves on their ace self-titled debut album. Catch them in Whelan’s, Dublin on May 15 and The Empire, Belfast on May 16.

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START WITH THIS

Developed by the team behind Welcome To Night Vale, this splendid new podcast is designed to give writers prompts and generate ideas - kickstart your creativity today!

BARRY

Our favourite new deadpan comedy returns for a second season on Sky Atlantic; for the uninitiated, the great Bill Hader plays a hitman-turned-budding-actor who keeps trying to quit the business - it can't quite quit him, however. The incomparable Henry Winkler won an Emmy for his work as Barry's pompous acting coach - it might just be the finest thing The Fonz has ever done.

TRACEY THORN'S ANOTHER PLANET: A TEENAGER IN SUBURBIA

Tracey Thorn goes back to the suburban world which made her to contrast, review and make sense of her teenage daydreams and ennui. A great study about discovering some home truths about home and yourself.

EAMONN DOYLE

Timely hometown retrospective at Dublin's RHA of Eamonn Doyle's dramatic and detailed photos. Coincides with the publication of Made In Dublin, which brings together his three books to date with new photographs and text vignettes by prize-winning author Kevin Barry.

Writer/Director Jordan Peele has deftly avoided the sophomore slump, following the Oscar-winning Get Out with a truly bonkers horror movie laced once more with wry social commentary, built for multiple viewings - bonus points for the inspired use of Luniz's hip-hop classic I Got 5 on It...

FURNITURE

Sonya Kelly's acclaimed play is a hilarious modern comedy with a killer cast that includes Niall Buggy, Rory Nolan and Ruth McGill - Druid's production is touring nationwide until May 4th - find a venue near you here.

BUNTÚS RINCE

There was some quare stuff going on in Ireland back in the day and here's the proof. Awesome compilation of far-ranging jazz, folk and fusion sounds recored in Ireland between 1969 and 1981. Compiled by Limerickman Peter Curtin and released next month by All City's Allchival offshoot

NILÜFER YANYA - MISS UNIVERSE

OMG, a star is born! Massive tunes, great confidence and extraordinary swagger and style on the London-based singer-songwriter's debut album. Songs to beam about.

HAROLD & LILLIAN

Now on Netflix - a fab doc shining a romantic light on a pair of lesser-known doyens of Hollywood who kept the 'dream machine' going.

Selections: Jim Carroll, Neil Leyden, Charlotte Ryan, Derek O'Connor

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