BOOK: PLAYING DEAD
You might know Robert Sheehan from his TV roles in Misfits, Love/Hate and The Umbrella Academy - later this month he takes to the stage in Mark O'Rowe's new play Reunion for the Dublin Theatre Festival. In the meantime, enjoy this illuminating memoir detailing his jheartfelt journey to inner peace, via the joys of meditation - he talks to Brendan O'Connor below (Penguin, out now)
FILM: SPEAK NO EVIL
James McAvoy has come a long way since his TV breakthrough 20 years ago in Shameless; these days the versatile Scots actor alternates between eclectic passion projects (like a recent acclaimed stage production of Cyrano De Bergerac) and big Hollywood movies - here, he transforms himself into a hulking brute for this US remake of the acclaimed Danish psychological thriller, starring alongside talented Dubliner Aisling Franciosi (Cinemas nationwide)
THEATRE: AWFUL AUNTIE
Following their entertaining production of Gangsta Granny, Birmingham Stage Company return to Ireland with a new production of David Walliams' bestselling adventure story, suitable for ages 6+ and featuring a very large owl, a very small ghost and a very awful Auntie! (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, until September 15th)
TV: THE BOY THAT NEVER WAS
After their son is presumed dead in a Moroccan earthquake, a couple's world is turned upside down when they spot a boy in Dublin, leading them on a desperate search for the truth... Based on the novel by Karen Perry, RTÉ One's gripping new Sunday night show stars Colin Morgan and Toni O'Rourke in a twisty-turny psychological thriller - if you missed the first two episodes, catch up here via RTÉ Player and then tune in to RTÉ One on Sundays at 9.30pm.
STREAMING: THE PERFECT COUPLE
Aussie icon Nicole Kidman has found a solid groove in recent years fronting a series of top-tier TV projects, from Big Little Lies and The Undoing to Nine Perfect Strangers, Special Ops: Lioness and now this Netflix mini-series based on the page turner by Elin Hilderbrand, a gamourous murder-mystery with La Kidman leading a killer ensemble that includes Irish duo Eve Hewson and Jack Reynor and French screen legend Isabelle Adjani (Netflix, now streaming)
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