Five Things to do this week

Here’s a list of our top five events going on around the country.

1|film

BOYHOOD

Tonight: Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke are among the familiar faces in Richard Linklater’s film of a boy who grows up before our eyes.

GO: Cinemas nationwide.

2|theatre

GUERRILLA DAYS IN IRELAND

TUESDAY: The stage adaptation of Tom Barry’s classic War of Independence memoir runs at the Everyman in Cork until Saturday.

GO: www.everymancork.com

3|music

SLINT

TUESDAY: The American band may be 20 years beyond their Spiderland heyday, but will still attract the nostalgia merchants to this Dublin gig.

GO: www.buttonfactory.ie

4|musical

HAIRSPRAY

WEDNESDAY: The hit musical at Cork Opera House continues until Saturday before moving to the Millennium Forum in Derry from September 2.

GO: www.corkoperahouse.ie

5|music

SINEAD O’CONNOR

SATURDAY: Her new album is superb, and this gig in the National Concert Hall in Dublin could be something very special.

GO: nch.ie