5 For Your Radar: White Lotus is back, Kyla Cobbler in Cork...
White Lotus returns for season three, while Kyla Cobbler is at Cork Opera House.
Singer-songwriter Fiona Kennedy presents her show Natural Woman, a collection of original songs, readings, and projections inspired by ordinary women who've done extraordinary things. She’ll be celebrating the likes of Vicky Phelan, Dervla Murphy, Mary Elmes, and Mary Crilly, among others. Accompanying projections are by the award-winning Cormac O’Connor.
An almost entirely new cast heads to the White Lotus resort in Thailand for the third season of Mike White’s all-conquering show, which began as a project during covid. There’s no Jennifer Coolidge this time, but Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick, BLACKPINK rapper Lalisa Manoban, and the brilliant Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey should keep us guessing right up to the, ahem, death.
Sean O’Hagan brings the High Llamas back for their first Irish shows in 20 years off the back of 2024’s critically album Hey Panda, the band’s 11th record. The five-piece live band are also playing at Whelan’s in Dublin on Saturday, February 15. “I think I’m a little bit more relaxed on stage now,” O’Hagan told the Irish Examiner earlier this week.
After selling out the Opera House last year, one of the fastest rising stars in comedy returns for two dates. Born in Ballincollig and racking up hundreds of thousands of fans on TikToks, posted from her Barcelona base, Kyla Cobbler sold out Dublin's Olympia last month and has another date scheduled there in April, as well as shows in London, Oslo, and Amsterdam. The only way is up in 2025 for Cobbler.
Some 80 films, including the world premieres of 10 Irish films, are among the 11-day programme of the DIFF 2025 lineup, alongside 55 Irish shorts. The opening gala is at the Lighthouse, where Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) will be walking the red carpet for the screening of Uberto Pasolini‘s The Return
