A ‘technicolour phantasmagoria’
Thu, Feb 27, 2014
PAT MCCABE’S rollercoaster new play, The Bridge Below The Town, set in 1950s small-town Ireland, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre and promises audiences a swirling drama of life, love, Butlins, and nuns who make márla men, set to a classic soundtrack.
Staged by Livin’ Dred Theatre Company, in association with NASC Theatre Network, the play centres on housewife Golly Murray who, despite being almost broken by life’s struggles, ultimately discovers the gratifying truth that love can triumph over adversity.
Read more ...New York indie-rock Renaissance man
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
HE GREW up in a counterculture atmosphere in New York’s Lower East Side, surrounded by music, comic books, and alternative ways of looking at the world. He is Jeffrey Lewis - singer, songwriter, lyricist, artist, storyteller, and comic book creator.
Read more ...Eric Bell - adventures of a Belfast blues man
Thu, Jul 05, 2012
WERE IT not for Eric Bell, Thin Lizzy may never have happened. It was the Belfastman’s idea to form the band and an imporpmtu meeting after a gig in Dublin convinced Phil Lynott that Bell’s idea was a good one.
Read more ...A unique insight into the lives of Gaza’s people
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
MOHAMED ALTAWIL could have been another Palestinian youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers and tanks, but it was his father who encouraged him to seek a different path.
Mohamed grew up in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and during his late childhood and early teens would throw rocks at Israeli soldiers. For this he spent time in prison - at only 12 years of age. His father though did not want to see his son end up going in and out of prison.
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