Five For Your Radar: Safe Harbour, Downton Abbey, Cork theatre...
The Downton Abbey film, Clonakilty Guitar Festival, and the European premiere of Cillian Murphy's new film feature among the upcoming highlights.
The biennial festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with a burgeoning lineup of music, visual arts, food, and film. Co-curator Cillian Murphy premieres his new movie at the Arc, before taking part in a Q&A at the Opera House. Dorothy Cross’s heads up the visual programme. As for the music, artists have been in residency for the week, working together on new pieces that will be aired for the first time in shows - both scheduled and secret - over the weekend.
Directed by Simon Curtis and written by series creator Julian Fellowes, brings the beloved saga to a close. Returning cast members include Michelle Dockery and Hugh Bonneville alongside Paul Giamatti and Dominic West. Moving the action forward to a new decade in the 1930s, Mary finds herself in a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble as the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace as Downton’s next generation steps into the future.
Death by Cues present as part of Catalyst, a collaboration between Cork Arts Theatre and The Everyman. Directed by Donal O’Keeffe, three strangers are brought to the same room in hell and locked inside by a mysterious valet. While Garcin (Oisín Carroll) and Estelle (Emely Tenhagen) believe their damnation to be a mistake, Inez (Kayleigh Carroll) accepts their fate as justified. Darkly humorous, the play examines what happens after death, the significance of our existence through the lens of others, and how self-perception differs from how others perceive us.
The legendary singer-songwriter is now officially ‘retired’ and living in an old convent outside Clonakilty. He was at the centre of the 1960s London folk scene and played with the likes of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. He opens his songbook during this return to De Barra’s as part of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival.
Set in New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, the eight-part series follows brothers Jake (Jude Law), the ambitious owner of a rising VIP hotspot, and Vince (Jason Bateman - who also directed the first two episodes), who returns to the business unexpectedly. Trouble soon follows; opening the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built. It’s giving The Bear but the big-name cast is intriguing.
