CorkIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.corkindependent.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.corkindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.corkindependent.com CorkIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7479&Itemid=89 Fionn Regan is a singer songwriter. Not another one, I hear you say. But Fionn Regan is not one of the identikit maudlin singer songwriters who seemed to be only type of musician we could produce a few years ago. The Wicklow man is more of a singer songwriter in the classic American mode and has drawn comparison with the likes of Neil Young, Ryan Adams and inevitably and horribly for him, Bob Dylan. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7480&Itemid=89 Passion Pit is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos, who formed the band with Ian Hultquist (synths), Ayad al Adhamy (synths, samplers), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, synths) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit play uplifting upbeat melodic synth rock with panache and enthusiasm. Their positive, fun outlook makes them a great live act and they have been selling out venues all over Europe on their current tour. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7481&Itemid=89 There is now another way for music fans to get their hands on free tickets for their Heineken Green Spheres gigs. Kicking off at Passion Pit in Cork on Friday 12 March, die-hard fans who aren't lucky enough to get tickets from heinekenmusic.ie can now get tickets on the night. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7482&Itemid=89 Support for Cork's Heineken Green Spheres show with Passion Pit has just been announced. Joining the Boston five piece on 12 March will be the American band Shuttle and Kildare natives Planet Parade. They join Passion Pit for the next occurence of the Heineken Green Spheres experience further bolstering the series' interstellar credentials. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7483&Itemid=89 Cork Opera House in association with Barecheek Theatre Company with the participation of the Cork Operatic Society is delighted to present Ireland's first professional production Rent to the main stage. The musical went on to win every major best musical award, including the Tony Award, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Rent played its final performance on Broadway on 7 September 2008 after playing 5,124 performances. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7484&Itemid=89 Thursday 4 March What: The Grunts + support Where: Crane Lane Theatre When: 8pm What: Lucy Wainwright Roche Where: Cyprus Avenue When: 8.30pm Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7485&Itemid=89 Frank Twomey and Pakie O'Callaghan are back with a hilarious new show, 'Life After Santa Ponsa', at the Everyman Palace Theatre for five performances, from 9 March to 13 March. In the final part of the Santa Ponsa trilogy, the lads return from serving time in a Spanish prison having been framed for something they didn't do. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7486&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: Kevin Gildea, City Limits, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 March @ 9pm. Kevin Gildea began his comedy career in the sketch group Mr Trellis, alongside Barry Murphy and Ardal O' Hanlon. They co-founded The Comedy Cellar, Dublin's longest-running comedy club. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7487&Itemid=89 Tom MCrae has just released his new album 'Alphabet of Hurricanes' to an appreciative critical response this month. He begins an Irish tour by playing in Cork in Cyprus Avenue this Tuesday. McRae has been quietly moving up the ranks of the most respected songwriters in the world today after releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums over the last nine years. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7329&Itemid=89 Power of Dream's influential first album, 'Immigrants, Emigrants and Me' is twenty years old this year. It described the Ireland of twenty years ago through the mouth of an 18-year-old with a particularly mature facility for song writing. While the Ireland that Craig Power described, was one lacking immigrants and mostly focussed more on emigration, it was both very dissimilar and very similar to Ireland now. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7330&Itemid=89 Baby Dee must be one of the most interesting characters that has ever been part of the firmament of performers involved in popular music. Her 2008 album 'Safe Inside the Day' was critically lauded and brought her a whole new audience. She has been, by turns, a performance artist, songwriter, classically trained harpist, circus sideshow veteran, and transgender street legend. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7331&Itemid=89 Bass Clef is rooted in deepest London and has a very distinct sound and live stage show. He is a dance artist that criss crosses musical boundaries with abandon, armed with his trombone, effects, and percussive instruments of choice. Bass Clef is a rough and ready mix of dance (hall) inspirations – twenty first century urban roots music, Caribbean rhythms, messed up glitch, hypnotic brass and classic 'hands in the air' rave dynamics which all swirl around the Bass Clef sound-system experience. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7332&Itemid=89 While Beckett's major works are very well known, and oft-referenced, it is always interesting to see what an artist produced before their most famous works. The End and The Calmative are two novellas Beckett produced in the years before he changed the face of modern theatre with Waiting for Godot. The End and The Calmative will be performed by Conor Lovett and directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7333&Itemid=89 Brendan Benson spent years ploughing his own idiosyncratic furrow underneath the mainstream. His albums mesh perfect power pop melodies with a rough-hewn low-fi sensibility. Despite the popiness and obvious accessibility, he never achieved wide success. His albums are perfectly formed slices of West Coast magic. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7334&Itemid=89 National Dance Company Wales, formerly Diversions, arrives for a performance in Cork under its new name with work by cutting-edge international choreographers. The double bill will comprise 'Veil of Stars' by Andonis Foniadakis, his debut work with the Company, and a new commission from Netherlands-based choreographer Itzik Galili. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7335&Itemid=89 O'Doherty is a charmingly whimsical but utterly endearing comedian with a penchant for combining his comedic performance with tunes played on his miniature electronic keyboard. He brings his new show to Cork this Saturday. There are many comedians who seem to be frustrated musicians. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7336&Itemid=89 Thursday 25 February What: Baby Dee + The Cairo Song Where: Crane Lane Theatre When: 8pm Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7337&Itemid=89 With touchdown of Passion Pit's Heineken Green Spheres show imminent, the final countdown for Cork music fans to apply is on. Would-be gig goers have until Monday 1 March to apply for free tickets on www.heinekenmusic.ie for the gig, which takes place in The Savoy theatre on 12 March. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7338&Itemid=89 Mick Flannery's success continues apace and he returns to play some Cork gigs, including an 'all ages' performance. He is one of the most talented musicians to have come out of Cork. Despite his tender years he is establishing himself as a major Irish artist. A few weeks ago Mick and John Spillane were the subject of an RTE 1 'The View' music special. In it the two played their own songs and each other's songs. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7339&Itemid=89 The always-excellent independent Limerick label Out On A Limb will have a label night that will take place in The Quad this Friday 26 February. Unusually, this is the first label night they have held in Cork in three years. What did we do? Out ON A Limb has already toured to Dublin, Galway and Limerick. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7340&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: David O'Doherty, The Pavilion, Saturday 27 February @ 8pm. O'Doherty is a charmingly whimsical but utterly endearing comedian with a penchant for combining his comedic performance with tunes played on his miniature electronic keyboard. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7229&Itemid=89 Their demented characters were hilariously funny and unforgettable yet they also had that ring of reality, so we all recognised something of the characters they portrayed. We knew characters that had a tincture of the creations of Kenny and Shortt. His new show is a return to the kind of comedy he made his name with in the eighties and uses the changing face of contemporary Ireland to display a new cast of characters and use his observational style to great effect. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7230&Itemid=89 Few bands embody the spirit of Spinal Tap quite as well as Hayseed Dixie. Hayseed Dixie is an American band which began in 2000 with the release of their first album, 'A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC'. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a cross between bluegrass and rock music. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7231&Itemid=89 The French were the first to embrace his unique blend of quirky alternative folk-rock-pop, sending Charlie Winston's debut single 'Like A Hobo' to the top of the charts on its release last year and his album 'Hobo' to number 1 and huge sales (it is now certified platinum). French newspaper Le Figaro went as far as to baptise him as the singer it had been waiting for since Bob Dylan or Tom Waits. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7232&Itemid=89 Bootleg returns with an excellent line up to start its 2010. The exciting Le Galaxie headline with support coming from Cork bands Cajole and Bully and Thotbott. Le Galaxie have made their name as an instrumental synth band that is staking a claim to be the best Irish electro-dance band around. They describe their music as "musical maximalism", "high-energy mega electro rock" and as sounding like "collapsing synth supernovas and thunderous drum star fields". Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7233&Itemid=89 The sad demise, hopefully temporarily, of the much loved Kino has opened a gap in the art-house, independent cinema market in Cork. This niche is being rapidly filled and the latest is Cork Cine Club at the Half Moon Theatre. Films that represent the cream of world cinema will be shown on ten Sunday evenings kicking off on Sunday 21 February. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7234&Itemid=89 Thursday 18 February What: Fundraiser for Haiti with Mick Flannery, The Roaring Forties + more Where: The Savoy When: 8pm Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7235&Itemid=89 The definitive feel-good musical, Guys and Dolls, is the first fully staged musical to be performed at CIT's Cork School of Music Stack Auditorium. It is a classic from the golden period of musicals and ran for more than 1,200 performances. This production opens on Wednesday 24 February, for four performances only. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7236&Itemid=89 Menopause the Musical has a strange ring to it. Maybe I'm not the target audience however. If you are of the other persuasion, then it could be more your thing. It has been hugely successful all over the world and returns to Ireland again. The previous West End run and Irish tour were a hit with audiences and critics alike. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7237&Itemid=89 Louth comedian Patrick McDonnell must be familiar to everyone from his numerous appearances on some of the most popular shows on Irish television. The longest running show he was involved in is the ever popular Naked Camera, together with PJ Gallagher and our own Maeve Higgins. The hidden camera show has run for three series and its popularity shows no signs of flagging. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7238&Itemid=89 Ponyo, also known as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is an adorable tale of a magical fish-girl called Ponyo (voiced by Noah Lindsey Cyrus) who becomes enamoured with a human boy, Sosuke (Frankie Jonas). The film is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who is most well known for his other widely released animated films, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7239&Itemid=89 Patrick McDonnell, City Limits, Saturday 20 February @ 9pm. Louth comedian Patrick McDonnell has appeared on some of the most popular shows on Irish television. He is in the ever-popular Naked Camera, together with PJ Gallagher and our own Maeve Higgins. The hidden camera show has run for three series. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7181&Itemid=89 The Irish premiere of Marion Wyatt's version of 'The Good Sisters' is almost upon us. I caught up with two different but also very similar members of the cast. Our two interviewees bookend the age range of the play's cast. Precocious Laura Noonan is only 18 but has lived in London for the past few years, while Noreen Prendergast is a veteran of theatre in Cork and has had a long and decorated career. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7182&Itemid=89 Despite possessing an overly serious and long-winded name, Derry quartet 'And So I Watch You From Afar' are anything but. Energetic, affable and fun, they have been generating huge hype in Ireland and much farther afield for more than six month now. Luckily we get a chance to catch them now for free before they get really big. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7183&Itemid=89 At Swim Two Birds has become one of the famous of modern Irish novels and established the author, Flann O'Brien at the top table of Irish literature with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. It is a stunning work of metaficitional genius, acclaimed throughout the world, yet imbued with a distinctively Irish sense of humour and worldview. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7185&Itemid=89 From a background as a mildly incompetent civil engineer, Eleanor Tiernan has become one of the rising stars of Irish comedy. She has described her comedy style as being "like a teacher who has been let go from her job for doing something really inappropriate but is still in denial about it!" She is a stand up who also dabbles in theatre very successfully. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7186&Itemid=89 Thursday 11 February What: The Doors Alive Where: The Pavilion When: 8pm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7187&Itemid=89 This week Electric Underground will feature the manifold talents of Mad EP and Sunken Foal. Mad EP is Matthew Peters, Iowa native and recent UK transplant, with a vast and impressive background in electronic and classical music. Peters brings his talents to bear on Mad EP productions in such a way that the end results are diverse and unclassifiable, calmly defying expectations as he skims through every imaginable genre to reach the outer limits of a territory that is indisputably his own. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7188&Itemid=89 Cork band My Evil Ex's debut album 'Lust' will be launched at an action packed night at the Pavilion on Valentine's Night. To mark the highly anticipated album launch, the band will be throwing the mother of 'anti-Valentine's' parties with burlesque dancers, street performers and others. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7189&Itemid=89 The 1980s chart topper turned MBE recipient and multi Brit award winner is back touring her stunning ninth studio album. 'Love is the Way', released was last April on Rough Trade. Since Fairground Attraction hit the charts with 'Perfect' in 1988, Reader has gone on to achieve great distinction in her folk solo career. Since the early 80s Eddi Reader has helped to define the landscape in which folk artists and singer-songwriters navigate. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7190&Itemid=89 Planetlove returns to Cork on Saturday 20 February with one of the biggest DJs on the planet; Sander van Doorn! Since bursting onto DJ Mag's Top 100 Poll at Number 32 in 2006, van Doorn's music career has rapidly built momentum with the Dutchman now proudly ranked as the world's Number 10 DJ. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7191&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: Eleanor Tiernan, City Limits, Friday & Saturday @ 9pm. Tickets €15/12. From a background as a mildly incompetent civil engineer, Eleanor Tiernan has become one of the rising stars of Irish comedy. She has described her comedy style as being "like a teacher who has been let go from her job for doing something really inappropriate but is still in denial about it!" Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7203&Itemid=89 The third heat of Corks Got Talent was held in Scott's Bar and it was another fantastic night with 18 acts battling it out for a place in the semi final. The acts played to a packed audience with Dave Mac of Red FM acting as MC. The contestants were among the best yet and the evening included hip-hop, rock, opera, traditional Irish, classical and pop. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7039&Itemid=89 Perceptions of playwright and director Martin McDonagh, in Ireland at least, occupy a strange and unfortunate place. As regards many second generation Irish, we can be as ambivalent about them as they are about us. When he achieves successes, such as when he won an Academy award for Best Live Action Short Film or when he received a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award nomination for 'In Bruges' in 2008. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7040&Itemid=89 This is a powerful story, which combines a classic murder story with political plots that involve Muslim extremists and the Catholic ring wing in the Spanish city of Seville. It is the third novel by Robert Wilson that features the Spanish detective Javier Falcon. In 'The Hidden Assassins' Falcon has to investigate a mysterious murder and at the same time an explosion that demolished a block of flats in another part of the city. Are they connected? Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7041&Itemid=89 You may have heard of 'Hardy Bucks', but then again you may not have. It probably depends on your age profile and how much you watch YouTube. Over the past year a bunch of lads from Co Mayo have become a genuine Irish internet phenomenon. Earlier this year they won RTE's online Storyland competition, so the Hardy Bucks are hoping their creation can make it onto the small screen. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7042&Itemid=89 The ESB Substation in Caroline Street is the unusual setting for this concert by Eduardo Niebla, hailed by many as a world class virtuoso flamenco jazz guitar maestro who is currently recording his new album and will present this live on a 10 date concert tour of Ireland. Incredibly, his new album is his twenty third of a long and varied career. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7043&Itemid=89 Thursday 4 February What: Haiti Fundraiser Cajole and Bully, The Vital Spark + others Where: Cyprus Avenue When: 8pm Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7044&Itemid=89 Jennifer Batten first became known when she rose from the guitar underground, and the guitar magazines promptly began chronicling her savvy musicianship and highly original approach to the electric guitar in print in the '80s. At one point Batten was in six different bands, playing everything from straight ahead rock, to metal, fusion, and funk. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7045&Itemid=89 Cork's biggest Valentine's party will take place on Friday 12 February at 8pm at the Savoy Theatre and it will be free! "We have a simple plan", says Jackie, Marketing Manager at the Savoy Theatre. "We want to offer all Munster singles an enchanting night out where they get to mix and mingle with other like minded singles and meet people they wouldn't normally meet in their everyday circle." Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7046&Itemid=89 Francesco Turrisi presents this latest evolution of his Tarab ensemble, which has become eloquent in its linking of modal jazz to traditional music from across Europe. Over the course of 2010, the group takes on a major project and will devise new music over four cycles, each with a very special guest artist, starting in Cork with Iranian tombak master Pedram Khavar- Zamini. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7047&Itemid=89 DFA heavyweight Shit Robot plays a one off intimate gig in one of the city's newest music spots. Numbers at the gig will be limited to 100 people capacity only. One of the DFA originals, Shit Robot cut his teeth as a DJ in NYC through the ‘90s and early 2000s alongside the likes of James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Luke Jenner of The Rapture, curating renowned nights like Plant. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7048&Itemid=89 The great Russian composer Shostakovich is the worthy subject for a one man show performed by Jack Healy. Shostakovich was twelve at the time of the Russian Revolution and lived right throughout the Stalin era. In 1936 he became the focus of Stalin's wrath when the dictator walked out of his opera, 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' in a rage. This was followed a few days later by a damning but unsigned 'review' in Pravda which seemed to intimate that Shostakovich would soon be either missing or in prison. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7049&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: The Hardy Bucks play Cyprus Avenue on Tuesday 9 February at 9pm. Tickets are €10. Their brand of humour is modern in its docu-drama style and very rural in its depiction of the lives of two best friends, Eddie Durkin and Billy 'Buzz' McDonnell. Set in the fictional town of Castletown, the show follows Eddie and Buzz and their mates around town. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7050&Itemid=89 The RTE Vanbrugh Quartet performs Mozart's alluring String Quartet No. 16, Shostakovich's emotive string quartet No. 7 and the dramatic first quartet from Beethoven's popular Razumovsky quartets. Now in its twenty-third concert season, the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet is one of Europe's most successful quartets, internationally recognised for its beauty of sound, clarity of texture and integrity of interpretation within an unusually wide and varied range of repertoire. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6911&Itemid=89 He is forever to be associated with one chapter of his comedic life; Fr Ted. It's not the worst thing to be identified with - it put his name on the map - but Ardal O'Hanlon just wants to move on. It's twelve years since the last episode of Fr Ted was made, but far from fading in people's memories, if anything, it has become more popular than ever. Ardal can't escape it; his three children and their friends love it. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6912&Itemid=89 The Ballincollig Winter Music Festival kicks off this month with gigs running from 28 to 31 January. Featuring acts such as Altan, Mundy and Liam O Maonlai, a host of traditional and contemporary musicians will perform. The festival officially starts on Thursday 28 January at the main venue, the White Horse Inn, West Village with a Dermot Byrne, Bríd Harper and Alec Finn concert, at €15 per ticket. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6913&Itemid=89 Several months ago Cork had the pleasure of seeing 'The Lonesome West', the third play in Martin McDonagh's 'Leenane Trilogy'. Now, in reverse order, we have the chance to see the multi award-winning first part of the same trilogy. 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' showcases Martin McDonagh's trademark bleakly comic touch and tells the tale of the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain, lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative, ageing mother. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6914&Itemid=89 Thursday 28 January What: Burn Us Both with Fingersmith and Trev Moran Where: Cyprus Avenue When: 9pm Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6915&Itemid=89 Much feted company CoisCéim Dance Theatre celebrates 15 years of award-winning productions by opening 2010 with a double bill of work in Cork. 'As You Are' is directed by long-time CoisCéim dancer Muirne Bloomer who is making her CoisCéim directorial debut and 'Faun', directed by CoisCéim artistic director, David Bolger. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6916&Itemid=89 Think your band is as groundbreaking as Radiohead, or as genre bending as Animal Collective, or even just a great live band like Chic? Then prove it by submitting music to IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation). They have announced a call for entries for the 2010 IMRO Showcase Tour. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6917&Itemid=89 Cobhite Maeve Higgins is another talented Corkonian lured away to the big smoke. Perhaps we in Cork should start a petition to get her back… for now though, Maeve is returning for one of her welcome comedic visits to Cork to play the Firkin Crane in February. She is to get her cheeky chops around the cares of the world the when her 'Blabbing Away' show hits the Firkin Crane on Saturday 6 February. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6918&Itemid=89 Much feted Malcolm Middleton returns to Cork with his 'Long Dark Night' tour this week. He released his fifth solo album, 'Waxing Gibbous' – his third in as many years –last year to a ripple of critical applause. The album's release was preceded by news that it'd be Middleton's last solo effort – at least for a while, allowing the songwriter to take a break from such concerns and focus on other musical projects. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6919&Itemid=89 EQ is Cork's newest live music night, set up to give emerging bands a chance to showcase their original material live. With three acts per night, EQ should be a night of great music; great bands in a great venue and it won't even cost a thing. Cork has always has a vibrant band scene, and now, more so than ever there is no shortage of talented groups, many of who might not be that well known. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6920&Itemid=89 Radioactive Man (aka Keith Tenniswood) will be playing a DJ set as part of Electric Underground's Bloc weekend warm up party this Friday. He began his musical career, aged nine, when his father thrust a guitar in his hand. Destiny also took charge when he met up with Andrew Weatherall and The Sabres Of Paradise and began working with Weatherall manipulating sound on the Sabres tour. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6921&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: Neil Delamere plays Cork Opera House, on Thursday 28, Friday 29 and Saturday 30 January at 8pm. This fame of his is mainly due to appearing on 'The Panel' on RTE for a few years now, but presenting his new show 'The Republic of Telly' has also helped. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6798&Itemid=89 Nearly everyone who watches Irish TV will know Neil Delamere's curiously Irish face by now. The Offaly native with the French-sounding name, meaning 'of the sea' (very fancy) has been a big hit with irish audiences over the past few years This fame of his is mainly due to appearing on 'The Panel' on RTE for a few years now, but presenting his new show 'The Republic of Telly' has also helped. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6799&Itemid=89 Readens will hold a fundraiser in aid of Haitians who have been made homeless after the recent earthquake. The Help Haiti Haven Earthquake Appeal is on Friday 22 January from 8pm. Haven has been working in Haiti for many years and has people on the ground helping the aid effort at the moment. Over 200,000 Haitians are currently homeless and many more are without food or water. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6800&Itemid=89 Hosted by Terry Prone tonight at the Cork Opera House, Ireland's leading commentators on economics and politics will debate the state of the nation and discuss the central theses of their new books. They will examine the current crisis and how the country arrived at this point and will debate where we should go from here. Corkman Matt Cooper is regarded as one of Ireland's most respected journalists. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6801&Itemid=89 Thursday 21 January What: Novella Hermosa Where: The Roundy When: 10pm Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6802&Itemid=89 Born in Sligo and based in Dublin, John Colleary is a familiar face on the Irish comedy scene, making regular appearances at a host of venues throughout the country. He has recently become something of a fixture on our TV screens through his appearances on IFTA nominated series 'The Savage Eye' which was shown recently on RTE 2. He also appeared and wrote the project Ha Ha episode 'Touching People' with Bernard O'Shea. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6803&Itemid=89 Mentalist Keith Barry is one of the leading lights of a new brand of young magicians known as 'mentalists' who are re-popularising the their profession. He is known for an array of mystifying talents ranging from hypnotic effects such as inducing temporary amnesia and paralysis, to bizarre magic such as stopping his pulse and dying on stage! Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6804&Itemid=89 The Revenge is the alias of Graeme Clark. Graeme began producing in his early teenage years, making a skewed blend of electronic music using a couple of his dad's old drum machines and a sampler. Influenced by his parents' collection of rock, soul and funk as well as eighties daytime radio and the burgeoning rave scene, he began the process of dissecting and reimagining the music. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6805&Itemid=89 Terror and the Sublime: Art in an Age of Anxiety features continues to run in the Crawford Gallery. It features works by thirty-three artists, from the late eighteenth century to the present, whose subject-matter reflects the spirit of their times. Whether it is the nineteenth century painter Francis Danby, identifying in the mountains of Norway a metaphor for the challenges facing his survival as an artist, or contemporary sculptor Jim Sanborn. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6806&Itemid=89 This duo are one of the best new Irish bands we've heard in a few years. They comprise of guitarist Jamie Clarke and drummer Marc Gallagher. To ensure a full and rich sound, Clarke loops his guitar to create depth and breadth. He also sings and plays piano. Gallagher plays drums and percussion. The band has just released their second EP this month entitled 'Patterns' and is playing an Irish tour in support of the record. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6807&Itemid=89 Artist Samuel Walsh certainly has no fear of taking on sacred cows of literature, as he show in his latest exhibition. In it, he takes 'The Divine Comedy', the 14th century allegory, written by Dante Alighieri and known as one of the greatest works of literature ever. In 2002, Samuel Walsh spent two months as a resident artist at the Musee de Pont-Aven. While there he began work on paintings based on 'The Divine Comedy', beginning with 'The Inferno'. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6808&Itemid=89 Comedy of the week: John Colleary plays the City Limits Comedy Club this Saturday 23 January. Doors are at 9pm and admission is €15. Born in Sligo and based in Dublin, John Colleary is a familiar face on the Irish comedy scene making regular appearances at a host of venues throughout the country. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6809&Itemid=89 Zaum is a fortnightly event held on a Monday in the Quad. It is aimed at allowing performers and artists a forum to get their work out to the public. So far they have had singer songwriters, comedians, noise artists, an Irish trad band and shown films. It offers diverse acts an interested audience to play to. Many of the participants would be involved in other projects but performing side projects or one off improvisations. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6698&Itemid=89 Stockholm native Axel Willner, better known as The Field, is one of the biggest breakthrough acts of the last few years. Despite his first album 'From Here We Go Sublime' being an electronic album, it received huge critical praise from critics across a whole range of genres. The album itself crossed boundaries with its blessed out minimal techno and traces of trance, which was indeed sublime. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6699&Itemid=89 It is perhaps a year that had many moments we would like to forget, but here in this compilation are some of the biggest stories in the period September 2008 to September 2009 as depicted by Irish Times reporters. The stories are accompanied by stunning colour photography by the paper's photographers. From September 2008, politics and the economic situation dominated much of the headlines and these stories of the financial crisis and the political response are well covered in the book. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100