BOOKS: MONUMENTA
Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.The council will bulldoze it.Her home will become a monument to a massacre. But Olga cannot ascertain which massacre... Within an atmosphere of razor-sharp political surreality, the debut novel from Lara Haworth spins a tender, magical story of familial love and loss. Read an extract here (Canongate, out now)
FILM: LONGLEGS
Channelling the spirit of '90s shockers like Se7en and Silence Of The Lambs, the new chiller from writer/director Oz Perkins (his dad Anthony played Norman Bates in Psycho) stars Maika Monroe as an FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer, played by Nicolas Cage in a performance that, even by Nicolas Cage standards, can be described as pretty out there (Cinemas nationwide, out now)
THEATRE: REUNION
A new play from Mark O'Rowe is always a theatrical event, and his latest work concerns a family gathering for a celebration on an island off the west coast of Ireland. When an unexpected visitor drops by, tensions begin to surface... Landmark Productions bring this eagerly anticipated world premiere to the Galway International Arts Festival, with an ensemble that includes Robert Sheehan, Cathy Belton, Stephen Brennan, Venetia Bowe and Catherine Walker (Black Box Theatre, Galway, until 27 July)
✨One week to go until our first preview of Mark O'Rowe's breathtaking new play #Reunion at @GalwayIntArts. Previews run from Friday 12 July
— Landmark Productions (@LandmarkIreland) July 5, 2024
(7pm Fri, Sat and Sun) ahead of opening Mon 15 July.
👉 https://t.co/OPHF2cXhgo
🗓️ 12 - 27 July pic.twitter.com/MOXqzL9bHa
EVENT: WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL
The annual Bantry book bash is upon us; many events are sold out, but tickets are still available for big names including Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch, Anne Enright, and David Nicholls, Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín, multi-award winning poet, Jason Allen-Paisant, Pulitzer Prize winner Hisham Matar, Palestinian author Adania Shibli, Jan Carson, Mark O'Connell, Paula Meehan, Irvine Welsh, Emer Martin, Sinéad Gleeson and many more (Various Locations, Bantry, West Cork, until 19 July)
@BantryBookshop is ready for the @wcorklitfest only four days away. Books by the big guns as well as fresh new wonders piled high for signing. With a dream lineup, #WCLF promises to be a week full of literary treats.📚 pic.twitter.com/UumoGA4oCd
— Cauvery Madhavan (@CauveryMadhavan) July 8, 2024
TV: THE LOCALS
The new RTÉ documentary from filmmaker Luke McManus (North Circular) takes a fly-on-the-wall look at the recent local elections in the North Inner City, following a number of candidates on the campaign trail; we've seen an early cut of this one, and it's something special (RTÉ One, Monday July 15th at 9.35pm, then on RTÉ Player)
I've been working relentlessly on a doc on the local elections in Dublin’s North Inner City - #thelocals airs at 935pm Monday July 15 on @RTEOne & @RTEplayer @DubCityCouncil @JanetPHorner @RayMcAdam #geraldinemolloy @MalachySteenson @nialring @BrianGarrigan @DanielEnnis2024 pic.twitter.com/zlNQImaheb
— Luke McManus (@lukemcmanus) July 11, 2024
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