FILM: THE FABELMANS
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg lays himself bare onscreen for the first time with an intimate, Oscar-nominated family drama based upon his own childhood, starring Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as characters based upon his own parents. Watch out for a cameo appearance from another iconic American filmmaker, playing another iconic American filmmaker... (Cinemas nationwide).
EVENT: DUBLIN LUNAR NEW YEAR
The capital welcomes The Year of the Rabbit with a citywide festival celebrating Chinese culture, with fun for all the family (Until January 29th - find out more here).
Dublin Lunar New Year returns to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit! 🐇
— Dublin Lunar New Year (@DublinLunarNY) January 20, 2023
This year's programme consists of talks, visual arts, workshops, music and family friendly events taking place between 21 and 29 January 2023.
To check out the full programme, visit https://t.co/lgaQEaOQ6m pic.twitter.com/7WfqpJFk54
THEATRE: DANTI-DAN
Livin Dread present a welcome revival of Gina Moxley's play, an energetic, biting and poignant warning about the perils of growing up, in a production directed by Aaron Monaghan and touring nationwide until the end of February with a cast that includes Venetia Bowe and Moone Boy David Rawle - find a date near you here, and Monaghan and Moxley talk to RTÉ Arena below.
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TV: FINDING BRIGID
Celebrate St. Brigid's Day with RTÉ's epic new documentary Finding Brigid, unravelling the tangled threads of fact and folklore to reveal the truth about this elusive Goddess, presented by Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney (Tuesday, January 31 on RTÉ One at 10.15pm)
BOOK: BAD BRIDGET
Subtitled 'Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women' the new book from Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, creators of the celebrated Bad Bridget podcast, have unearthed a world in which Irish women actually outnumbered Irish men in prison, in which you could get locked up for ‘stubbornness’, and in which a serial killer called Lizzie Halliday was described by the New York Times as ‘the worst woman on earth’ (Penguin, out now)
