THEATRE: THE GLASS MENAGERIE
The Everyman's summer show is a Tennessee Williams classic, a tragic semi-autobiographical tale of family, love, truth, and illusion, directed by Emma Jordan and featuring a cast led by Conversations With Friends star Natalie Radmall-Quirke - director and star talk to RTÉ Arena below (Everyman, Cork, Wednesday 2nd – Saturday 26th August)
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STREAMING: GOOD OMENS
They used up all the original book in the first season of this silly and occasionally sublime adaptation of Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman's apocalyptic fable; for its second outing, they're expanding the Good Omens universe in new directions, with an expanded role for Jon Hamm as a naked archangel with memory issues. It's worth watching for one of TV's finest double acts, David Tennant and Michael Sheen - at heart, it's a lovable buddy comedy about an angel (Sheen) and a demon (Tennant) (Amazon Prime)
MUSIC: THE BALLAD OF DARREN
The first album in eight years from Britpop legends Blur was recorded under the radar in a few weeks when they decided to reunite for a series of stadium shows that included a tour-de-force at Dublin's Malahide Castle. Short, sharp and deeply lovely, it's their finest record in decades. (CD, vinyl and streaming, out now)
EVENT: MUSICTOWN
The Complex in Dublin plays host to this year's installment of an event described as 'an essential inspection and celebration of the state of Irish music in 2023', with a trio of guest curators - the Improvised Music Company (IMC), Dublin Digital Radio & Crash Ensemble - and an eclectic line-up that features everyone from trad legend Paddy Glacklin and singer-songwriters Adrien Crowley and Anna Mieke to Nigerian-Irish trailblazer E The Artist (The Complex, Dublin, July 27th - 30th)
MusicTown 2023
— MusicTown (@musictowndublin) June 21, 2023
We take over @ComplexDublin July 27th - 30th
11 shows & 30+ artists incl guest curators @crashensemble @DublinDigiRadio @ImprovisedMusic
MusicTown is a Dublin City Council Arts Initiative
Early-bird tickets on sale now: https://t.co/zTbdnkrKfg pic.twitter.com/luPqJtlfeY
FILM: NOTHING COMPARES
Celebrate the magic of the late great Sinead O'Connor with a viewing of Kathryn Ferguson's documentary Nothing Compares, which tells the story of a singular artist's rise to stardom in her own words. Revisit her fine autobiography Rememberings while you're at it. (Watch on Paramount+ or renting/purchase via Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, and Google Play)
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm - listen back here.
