Sing Street 4/5

John Carney’s Sing Street is a hugely enjoyable music-driven comedy that’s set in Ireland 30 years ago, writes Ed Power

Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer was happy to switch to drama for a play in his hometown, writes Marjorie Brennan

The Abbey, Dublin

Shaw’s satire of the rich who ignored the rumblings of WWI is still relevant, says Padraic Kileen

Venue: Mick Lally Theatre, Galway

ACTOR Don Wycherley came to national attention in the hit TV dramas Ballykissangel, Father Ted and Bachelors’ Walk.

Mary Murray tells Pádraic Killeen about Fishamble’s latest short form project

MARCH 16-22

SATURDAY

Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland project affords ordinary people the opportunity to speak their minds, writes Pádraic Killeen

Two short Irish films - 'Pentecost' and 'The Shore' - have received Oscar nominations today in the Short Film/Live Action category.

ACTORS Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards while Irish drama Albert Nobbs, which was filmed in Dublin, has received three nominations.

A short Irish film about an altar boy’s love of football has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.

The Abbey’s new version of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector demonstrates how apt the play is for our times, writes Pádraic Killeen

THE spirit of John B Keane will be celebrated in Listowel tonight with the screening of his novel Durango as part of the Kerry Film Festival.

THERE was a hint of Hollywood in the air over a west Cork fishing port as locals flocked to see themselves in a movie premiere.

Shrooms

A CLAIM that Ireland has the “best magic mushrooms in the world” leads to horror in a new Irish movie from the team who previously made the likes of I Went Down and Man About Dog.

Oh dear, we do so want our Irish films to be good … and too often, as here, they let us down.

The privately-funded Irish rom-com 'Speed Dating' collected the Audience Award at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris.

Comedian Pat Shortt is settling into small town life in the Midlands where he is halfway through shooting award-winning director Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film Garage.

"Man About Dog" star Pat Shortt will take the lead role in award-winning director Lenny Abrahamson's latest film, "Garage".

IT was a case of “lights, cameras, political action” as many of the country’s best-known film stars turned out yesterday to lend support to the campaign to retain tax incentives for the Irish film industry.