10 live events and films for May: Aisling Bea, Paul Simon, Mick Flannery musical...
Paul Simon and (inset) Aisling Bea.
Running since 1998, Kilkenny Roots Festival has grown over the decades and boasts a huge range of music across 30-plus venues. Philadelphia alt-country seven-piece Florry make their Irish debut on Saturday in a coup for the festival.
Bafta- and British Comedy Award-winning Irish stand-up Aisling Bea brings her new show Older than Jesus to Cork on May 1. There will be tales of travel, home, immigration, history, sex, babies, music, lovers, and enemies as Bea seeks to answer life's big questions.
As Miranda Priestly nears retirement, she reunites with Andy Sachs to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt all return for a sharp-tongued follow-up to the 2006 hit.
The community and arts festival comprises five days of release and renewal around the theme of birds. With theatre, poetry, spoken word, music, art, and dance, one of the highlights will see MayKay lay aside her presenting duties to play a set at St James' Church.
A musical drama written by Mick Flannery and based on his debut album , is directed by Julie Kelleher and stars Tommy Tiernan, making his musical theatre debut Set on the western edge of Ireland in the 1970s, it follows two brothers living with the odds stacked against them.
Jenny Keane brings The Orgasm Tour around the country in May. The show promises a blend of laugh-out-loud comedy, captivating performances, and life-changing sex education. On a mission to dismantle sexual taboos, Keane is at the Everyman, Cork on May 20; Set Theatre, Kilkenny, on May 23, Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre on May 24, and Black Box in Galway on May 26.
The legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon brings A Quiet Celebration Tour to Dublin as part of an EU trip. The show opens with a performance of the Grammy-nominated album in full, followed by classic hits and some rarely performed pieces, all arranged specifically for this tour.
Mexican acoustic/metal duo Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero celebrate 20 years of their self-titled second album. Currently on tour in the US, they play the National Stadium in Dublin on May 25, Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick on May 26, and Cork’s Cyprus Avenue on May 27.
star Joanne McNally brings her latest stand-up show to the Opera House. It follows the smash-hit show as she navigates situationships, revenge, frenemies, and rejection.
After three seasons of on Disney+, which took place across the galaxy in fan-favourite settings, takes the story to the big screen for the first Star Wars cinematic event since 2019’s . Pedro Pascal returns as Mando alongside loveable Grogu.
