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  • Agatha Christie’s Verdict Comes to The Gaiety

    AgathaChristieVerdict-GaietyFollowing the huge success of Spider’s Web, and most recently Witness For The Prosecution, the Agatha Christie Theatre Company is proud to present Verdict, the most riveting and compelling drama by the undisputed ‘Queen of Crime.’

    So what’s it about?

    Having been forced to flee persecution in his home country, the brilliant and idealistic Professor Karl Hendryk leads a content and morally upstanding life, but his world is turned upside-down when the prospect of life-saving treatment for his invalid wife persuades him to take on a new pupil against his better judgement; the spoilt, conniving minx Helen who will stop at nothing to get her way. With murderous intentions afoot, it only remains to be seen what verdict will be delivered, and if justice will prevail…

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  • Interview with Ronnie Vannucci (Big Talk/The Killers) – For Arthur’s Day

    Ronnie Big Talk 1On Thursday last, Arthur’s Day, had the great pleasure of speaking to on quarter of one of the biggest bands on the planet, Ronnie Vannucci, drummer with The Killers. Yes, he of the greatest facial hair in rock. We chatted about his new band/sideproject Big Talk

    The poor fella had just arrived from Las Vegas and was starting to feel the jetlag and it should still have been the middle of the night for him. But tons of coffee and a view of the River Liffey from Arthur’s Day HQ, helped him along the way.

    Really laid back guy, like him. He also did a kick ass name check for me. Prepare to hear it on ‘puter box/ transistor soon. Check out the interview over on Goldenplec.

  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 10 Podcast and Playlist: 28/09/2011

    culture cafe 10Show 10 already! Had some really good chats on the show, enjoyed it immensely. Hopefully you did too! Here’s what happened:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads

    2. Wonder Villians: Zola

    3. Chat with Lezsek Wolnik from The Copper Gallery and Fire (Part 1)

    4. Ben Howard: Keep Your Head Up

    5. Chat with Lezsek Wolnik from The Copper Gallery and Fire (Part 2)

    6. Miles Kane: Come Closer

    7. Chat with Aoife Murray, Children’s Book Festival organizer

    8. Alice Gold: Runaway

    9. Bitches With Wolves: Hurricane

    10. The Event Guide with Kev McCabe

    11. Lana Del Ray: Video Games

    12. Chat with Angela Dorgan, Hard Working Class Heroes (Part 1)

    13. Sleep Thieves: Hope is Dead (This week’s Recommended Free Legal available from sleepthieves.bandcamp.com)

    14. Chat with Angela Dorgan, Hard Working Class Heroes (Part 2)

    15. The Drums: Money

  • Red State: Movie Review

    REDSTATEKevin Smith goes for a more serious guise in Red State, which he has claimed will be his second last ever film. ‘Silent Bob’ has gone for a gritty look at religion and it’s by products in what has been called a horror film.

    I’m not sure why but I do respect Smith, I love Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob and respect that for Red State, he has chosen to go down the independent road.

    Down to the story: We’re introduced to three high school kids in middle America, one of whom, sees a religious protest at a funeral of a local gay kid.  Smith brilliantly uses a class room scene to show us what the area and the kids’ lives are like. The trio of sex curious teens respond to an online ad and go on a road trip to get laid.

    Of course it goes wrong, they have landed themselves slap bang in the middle of religious freak land and either tied up or in a cage. Lovely! Smith’s writing and direction here is nothing short of brilliant, beautifully building up the story.  Whether it was the content of the film or the script I’m not entirely sure but I found myself getting more frustrated as the story went on.  (more…)