Janet Moran’s performance exuded the confidence of a woman secure in her bodily attractiveness and willing to surrender to her drives, while David Pearse’s Bloom was steady, sane, thoughtful, loveable, Continue reading
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John Clarke, and a link to the Easter Rising
John Clarke had an extraordinary knowledge of and enthusiasm about his Irish family tree. Continue reading
Mary Kenneally at Brigidfest
Is comedy serious? Mary Kenneally on the risks and adventures of a life in comedy Continue reading
Celtic Club Programme
Events at the Celtic Club for February and March Continue reading
BrigidFest 2017
A Life in Comedy
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In Sing Street, dreams become music
A Film Review by Frances Devlin-Glass Sing Street, Screenplay Written and Directed by John Carney (2016), an independent film. This film is pure wish-fulfilment fantasy: a cheesy romance/comedy with a bit of grit in the backstories, but best of all a teen film which celebrates music and the communities it forms. Moreover, it has a … Continue reading
The Real Mrs Brown
There was no silver in Brendan O’Carroll’s childhood spoon Continue reading
Intensive course on Joyce’s Portrait on 12 March 2016
Intensive course on James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Continue reading
Brendan Grace In Australia
After 44 years in showbiz, Brendan Grace still knows how to send them home smiling.’ Continue reading
Poet, entertainer, raconteur in Bloomsday Fundraiser
He is wickedly witty. Continue reading
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