Five For Your Radar: Safe Harbour in Cork, new streaming show The Paper...
Actress Clelia Murphy and novelist Max Porter are both involved in upcoming events in Cork.
Claudia Carroll’s novel The Secrets of Primrose Square gets a stage premiere at the Everyman this weekend before a week-long run at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre (September 9-13). Directed by Mark Lambert, the production stars Clelia Murphy, Marion O’Dwyer, and Leia Murphy in a moving, funny and heartfelt tale of love, loss and resilience, comprising three interwoven stories.
A sequel/spinoff to the US Office, Domhnall Gleeson gives us his best American accent as he stars as Ned Sampson, the editor-in-chief of the struggling newspaper. Following the success of the original office-based documentary, the same in-world camera crew and production team who followed the goings on at Dunder Mifflin decide to shift focus to the Truth Teller. Early reviews are mixed, and it looks like being a show that'll split opinion.
Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, and Charlie Day lead a stellar cast in this Ethan Coen-directed noir spy comedy, which Coen co-wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke. Qualley plays a small-town private investigator, Honey O'Donahue, who, as the tagline puts it, only has two desires - and one of them is justice. She delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
Promising visual art and film on top of the usual musical collaborations, the biennial Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival returns to Cork City next week. It begins at 6pm Thursday at Cork Opera House, with Remembering Talos - a huge collaborative tribute to the late Eoin French aka Talos, who passed away last year and was a key member of the Sounds team. Later in the evening, the Opening Ritual is at Elizabeth Fort and Bantum and Arveene will have people dancing in the Pav that night. The film will have its European premiere at the festival, with writer Max Porter and star Cillian Murphy in attendance.
In 2021, Irish Examiner columnist Annmarie O’Connor was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, a progressive condition that impacts both body and mind. Forced to step back from her styling career, she charts her journey from devastating diagnosis to embracing a new role as activist, advocate, and unexpected agent of change. A frank and funny memoir about picking up the pieces when personal tragedy hits.
