Five For Your Radar: Sabrina Carpenter, Pamela Anderson, Cork comedy
L-R: Sabrina Carpenter; Peter McGann
Written and directed by Chris O’Dowd, a Hollywood production rolls into a small Irish town and throws the spotlight on a secret that's been kept hidden since the eve of the millennium. The six-part series stars Christine Hendricks, Paddy Considine, and Peter McGann, and was filmed on location around Wicklow and Roscommon.
What a cast! Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, and Kiernan Shipka head up this drama. Anderson plays a middle-aged Las Vegas showgirl facing an uncertain future as her show comes to an end after 30 years. Directed by Gia Coppola and written by Kate Gersten, it’s adapted from Gersten’s own play, .
Chances are you’ve come across Peter McGann’s hilarious on-the-nose clips if you’re still on social media. Also enjoying some supporting acting roles in TV shows such as (RTÉ Player) and (see above), he brings his new standup show to the Everyman. Expect talk of a flying column from Cork and D-list Irish content creators.
It’s been less than a year since ‘Espresso’ was released and Sabrina Carpenter has gone from strength to strength, easily one of the biggest pop stars in the world. That's exemplified by the double Grammy wins to kickstart February. The last time she was in Dublin she played the Olympia Theatre in 2023 - less than two years on, even the 14,500-capacity 3Arena seems too small for her now.
Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice, who won the show in 2021, takes to the Opera House stage with a new two-hour show (including interval).
