Five For Your Radar: Making History in Cork, series two of The Last Of Us
Everyman artistic director Des Kennedy ahead of Brian Friel's Making History; and right, The Last of Us returns for season two on Monday.
A rare chance to see the Brian Friel play that had its premiere back in 1988. Set on either side of the Battle of Kinsale, it largely focuses on Hugh O’Neill and both the personal and wider implications of his resistance to the English.
The Everyman’s artistic director Des Kennedy is on directing duties, while the cast includes Aaron McCusker and Denis Conway.
The National guitarist Bryce Dessner is artist in residence at the NCH and features in a series of concerts over the weekend, under the name The Cruellest Month and curated by Sounds from a Safe Harbour and Brassland with NCH.
Cashel Day-Lewis — yes, son of Daniel — performs chamber music with Dessner and the Crash Ensemble at 6pm Saturday, while Conor O’Brien (Villagers) is among the names at the 8pm show. The Gloaming’s Thomas Bartlett and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh will perform as a duo.
, a documentary directed by Maurice O’Brien, tells the story of Dzogchen Beara, a spiritual retreat centre that’s home to a Buddhist community drawn from all over the world.
As they attempt to build Ireland’s first Tibetan Buddhist temple on a remote clifftop, it becomes clear that there are many blind spots on the road to enlightenment.
Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) return for the second season of this zombie-afflicted dystopian drama adapted from the video game of the same name.
The action jumps forward several years from when we last saw the pair (it’s over two years since they were on our screens), with Catherine O’Hara starring as Joel’s shrink.
Incognito is an annual art auction first organised by Lucinda Hall in 2017 to raise funds for the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. Incognito 2025 features over 3,500 artworks, whose creators will not be identified until after their work has sold.
Half the collection were available for purchase at the Incognito Gallery in Dublin on April 11-12. The rest will be available to buy online for €70 each from 8am on April 16.
