THEATRE: HAPPY DAYS
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company take a Samuel Beckett masterpiece on the road, with Sandra O Malley as put-upon heroine Winnie (Venues nationwide until March 11th)
FILM: DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The annual celebration of cinema returns to the capital, with a strong Irish showing, from God's Creatures to Pray For Our Sinners (Various venues, until March 4th)
MUSIC: ORTUS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Top Irish and international classical musicians perform around Cork City and County, kicking off on Sunday, February 26th with the Marmen Quartet from the UK playing Beethoven and Mozart in St. Brendan's in Bantry (Various venues, from February 26th – March 5th)
BOOK: AFFINITIES BY BRIAN DILLON
A meditation on the power and pleasures of the image, from paintings to photographs to migraine auras, from the acclaimed London-based Dubliner (Fitzcarraldo, out now).
Finished copies of the UK edition of AFFINITIES are here. Published by @FitzcarraldoEds on 16 February, and in the US in April by @NYRB_Imprints. pic.twitter.com/2TaX3ZzD6n
— Brian Dillon (@briangdillon) January 4, 2023
STREAMING: THE RELUCTANT TRAVELLER
Schitt's Creek legend Eugene Levy gets his own travel show, with stops in Tokyo, Utah, Costa Rica and South Africa (Apple+, from today)
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1 pm - listen back here.
