5 for your radar: Joy in the Park, Everyman after Dark, Twisters...
L-R: Natalie Portman and Paddy Casey figure in Eoghan O'Sullivan's weekend plans
In partnership with Cork Mental Health Foundation, this event is a celebration of life, while highlighting the importance of minding our mental health. A free event, there’s music from the likes of Aslan and Paddy Casey, spoken word from the outspoken Tadhg Hickey, circus, music bingo, and laughter yoga, alongside a food market and so many more activities. A treat for all the senses.
With a new, state-of-the-art PA system installed in the auditorium — an upgrade they promise will bring an unequalled sound experience to audiences — the Everyman will be trying it out this weekend with a series of late-night gigs. Friday features Jack O’Rourke with the Blarney Community Choir, with support from Emma Langford and Anna Mitchell.
Saturday sees Ye Vagabonds, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Cormac McCarthy, Matthew Berrill, and Niamh Regan take to the venue, and it finishes up on Sunday with a night of comedy courtesy of Vittorio Angelone, Alison Spittle, Bernard Casey, and Andrew Ryan. Tickets from €27.
Collaboration is the essence of this annual event in the hallowed rooms of the NCH.
The National Symphony Orchestra collaborate with the brilliant band Soda Blonde on Friday night, while Crash Ensemble with a whole host of up-and-coming Irish acts across the weekend, including the sensational Rachael Lavelle, Elaine Howley, and Mohammad Syfkhan. See nch.ie for more.
Not many people were waiting on a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster but Glen Powell, the hero that film needed in 2024 (check out on Netflix if you’re staying in this weekend), leads the cast for this adrenaline-pumping thrill ride.
Alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, they come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes. Yes, plural!
Based on the novel of the same name by Laura Lippman, this seven-part show stars Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram and is set in 1960s Baltimore. When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
Portman, who we last saw in the gripping , never puts a foot wrong; marks her first major role in a scripted television series.
