CINEMAS: LOLA
After a number of acclaimed shorts, Irish filmmaker Andrew Legge makes his feature debut with this fantastical tale concerning two orphaned sisters ( (Stefanie Martini and Emma Appleton) who have devised a machine that can intercept broadcast signals from the future, and which they have named after their deceased mother. Before long, they discover the world-altering consequences of their creation... (Selected cinemas nationwide)
THEATRE: GHOSTS
After several years abroad, Helena Alving's son has returned home. He carries with him a terrifying secret... The theatrical event of the season is playwright Mark O'Rowe's new adaptation of Ibsen's theatrical masterpiece - he also directs the production - with a cast led by the incomparable Cathy Belton. The duo talk to RTÉ Arena below. (Abbey, Dublin from April 15th)
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BOOK: TWENTY THOUSAND FLEAS UNDER THE SEA
Part dog.... Part man... All hero! It's a big week for tweens, with the release of the Super Mario Brothers Movie and the arrival in bookshops of the latest installment of Dav Pilkey's much-loved Dog Man series of superhero spoofs - the last installment was the best-selling book released in the US in 2021. What's it all about? Ask your kids... (Scholastic, out now)
ART: THE DISAPPOINTED TOURIST
The Butler Gallery presents a series of over two-hundred-and-sixty paintings by the UK born, NYC-based artist, Ellen Harvey, inspired by the desire to repair what has been destroyed. The places immortalized in the paintings were supplied by members of the public who sent them to the artist in response to the question "Is there a place that you would like to visit or revisit which no longer exists?" (Butler Gallery, Kilkenny from April 15th)
(Pic: Etienne Frossard)
STREAMING: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES
That's right, it's an all-singing, all-dancing prequel to the 1978 musical classic, set four years before the original; it chronicles the lives of four girls who band together after falling victim to Rydell High School's increasingly conservative rulebook (Weekly, Paramount+)
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