Category: Misc
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My Poet Dark and Slender
This weekend I’m heading west for the Galway Theatre Festival and in particular to catch Roisin Stack’s new work ‘My Poet Dark and Slender’. If you’re in the Galway area, make sure to check it out but be warned tickets are selling fast. Get yours here Running at Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre, My Poet Dark…
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Second Captains in San Fran
Its been a while since I posted anything on my blog. I’ve been somewhat snowed under working on a project all summer. You’ll hear all about that when its ready. In the meantime here is a short piece I cut for my office mates Second Captains. It chronicles their visit at the start of the…
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Chance to see new theatre in London this Friday…
People of London, you’ve a golden opportunity to see some exciting theatre this weekend. On Friday at 4pm in the Gielgud Theatre, RADA you can catch a rehearsed read-through of a new work by Maureen O’Connell entitled ‘Good Girl’ Alexandra comes runner up in a Page 3 Contest and will only get the winning money…
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Seán Dennehy in the Project Fri & Sat
Seán Dennehy (All Ireland Poetry Slam Champion 2012) explores time, place, love, loss and longing through his own work and that of Thomas Moore, Louis McNeice, Leonard Cohen and others in his new show ‘Pieces’ which is on this Friday and Saturday in the Project Arts Centre at 8:15. Pieces is an evening of poetry…
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Tommy Tiernan Crooked Man airs tonight.
Tonight on TV3 you can a catch a special version of Tommy Tiernan’s Crooked Man. Its on at 10 tonight and is very very funny. Here’s a sample clip… I cut this special tv version. The original dvd version which was directed by Richard Ayoade was originally cut by a post house in London
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Todays the day to donate to ‘The Queen of Ireland’. DO IT
Over the last few weeks the good people at Blinder Films have been raising money on Indiegogo for a very exciting and important project. Its a feature documentary about ‘Panti Bliss’ called ‘the Queen of Ireland’. So far the campaign has raised over 30,000 but is still 20 grand shy of their 50k total. A…
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Blog Award Nomination
Delighted to say that I have been nominated in the 2014 Blog Awards in the Best Arts and Culture category. The shortlist will be published on 22nd August and then there’s another judging round for the finalist stage. The awards are being held on 4th October in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane. There will be…
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Behind the Blackboard
I’ve been pretty lax about updating this blog in recent weeks so I’m going to add a few bits over the next few days about whats been going on. Its been a pretty hectic couple of weeks for me personally, moving house, getting married, honeymoon, crash back to the reality of working. In that time…
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New show by Will O’Kane opens in Westport
Mayo People, put down your rudimentary stone tools and get thee to some culture… My old college buddy Will O’Kane has a new show open this Thursday in Westport. If you are in the area its well worth a trip to Custom House Studios Gallery at Westport Quay. The show is called “Mean / Appendices”…
John Murphy 