FILM: SORRY BABY
Acclaimed at Sundance and Cannes, writer, director and actor Eva Victor makes one of the year's most notable moviemaking debuts with this bittersweet dramedy about a woman who faces a traumatic event and tries to move on with her life. Featuring winning performances from Victor and Naomi Ackle, it tackles serious issues with nuance, sensitivity, grace and humour, announcing the arrival of a talent to watch - the filmmaker talks to RTÉ Arena below (Selected cinemas nationwide)
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STREAMING: FISK
Your new favourite sitcom is this Aussie winner, which follows lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk (the brilliant Helen Flanagan, who also co-created the series) as she navigates her new job at a low-rent law firm after her career and marriage collapse. The latest season (S3) just dropped on Netflix - if you haven't seen the previous two, (a) you're in for a treat and (b) we're jealous, because you get to watch them all for the first time (Now streaming)
MUSIC: ESKER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Based in Galway, the Esker Festival Orchestra was set up in 2014 to provide a high-quality and meaningful musical opportunity for young emerging musicians from the west of Ireland and beyond. The final performance in a series of summer shows features beloved orchestral masterworks such as Richard Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, Igor Stravinsky’s 1919 Firebird Suite and Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. As well as the world premiere of a new composition for orchestra after W.B. Yeats’ play Purgatory, by composer, conductor and Esker Festival Founder Peter Joyce (23rd August, Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway)
THEATRE: WHY MAGIC?
Fresh from its World Premiere at The National Theatre of Iceland, and based on experiences from writer/performer Daniel Cremins' own life, Why Magic tells the story of a young boy who always struggled to fit in. One evening after witnessing magician Paul Daniels on television, everything changes. He discovers the world of magic, a world that gives him a form of confidence that nothing else ever did. But how does he navigate this world? And how can he manifest his dream into a reality? This is tale of self-discovery filled with interactive and visual magic (28th August, The Everyman, Cork)
GAMES: CARDS FOR HUMANITY
A party game for people who care about the future, Cards for Humanity invites players to debate and explore what they have in common - from childhood memories to values, hopes, and ideas for positive change. It's available in digital format, free to download and use at home, at events or over dinner with friends. Shaped by GOAL NextGen's Connection Council, a unique group of changemakers working at the intersection of culture and activism, the game marks the latest creative collaboration between GOAL NextGen and an extended of international creatives and cultural connectors that includes Leon Diop, founder of Black and Irish and Gaff, founder of Seanchoíche, the modern Irish storytelling night. Download the game for free here.
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