Five For Your Radar: Euphoria is back, Friends parody stage show in Cork...
Euphoria and Friends the Musical.
Jim Jarmusch’s latest features a stacked cast: Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits, and Adam Driver to name a few. Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, the film is told in the form of a triptych, each concerning the relationship between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. It serves as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family.
One of Ireland’s most exciting new comedy talents, co-host Killian Sundermann brings his new show to Cork this month. He’s in West Cork on Friday and Seachurch in Ballycotton on Saturday, April 11, before returning to Cyprus Avenue on April 30. He’s the third co-host to play De Barra’s in recent weeks — Shane Daniel Byrne and Tony Cantwell have set a high bar.
It’s been four years since the events of season two — and life is still complicated in East Highland. It’s likely the final season of Sam Levinson’s coming-of-age series — Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, and Sydney Sweeney are fully fledged cultural icons now, let alone film stars — so these final eight episodes are likely to push the boundaries even further. Plot details are limited, so just strap in and enjoy the ride.
The musical project of Cork man Pat Carey, How I Became a Wave released their debut album last month — he calls it “aggressively quiet music” that by its very nature provides an antidote to the cacophony of today’s world. Live, the band is a mutating feast of musicians; he told the Irish Examiner this week: “In reality, it’s just a collaborative project, with nebulous members, like Villagers or Bon Iver, where people simply join me to play something together.”
A musical comedy featuring iconic moments from all 10 seasons of the beloved sitcom, this show also has an entirely original musical score. It’s from the producers of and the director of the , as Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe navigate love, friendship, and life’s ups and downs in 1990s' New York City. It runs all week at the Opera House, with bonus early-evening shows on Friday and Saturday.
