Ireland excels at a lot of things. Literature. Preachy rock stars. Potato-based snacks. But in television we have long punched below our weight: compare and contrast our history of underachievement on the small screen with the ambitious, cutting-edge TV produced by nations of a similar size, from Borgen (Denmark) to Wellington Paranormal (New Zealand). Still, … Read more
How agreeable are you? Partly for my job, I have to be as agreeable as possible. The role of being a diplomat is to have really great relationships that enable you to represent your country and to pursue the interests of your country. Also, working with a team where you want them to be confident, … Read more
Philippa Dunne is back in her old neighbourhood. As a student in Dublin, the Amandaland star rented with a group of girls near the Black Church, close to the Gate Theatre, never imagining as she walked past the theatre every morning that she would one day be on its stage. “That was for real actors. … Read more
Anne-Marie Duff has the best laugh – loud, full bodied and infectious. She’s sitting in her kitchen in London in front of a white fridge freezer festooned with the usual domestic ephemera, wearing a pretty black top accessorised with fine gold jewellery. She’s talking, on the video call, about how her Catholicism shaped her growing … Read more
Dublin actor Barry Ward on his new role in ITV’s ‘Protection’, starring in the adaptation of award-winning Irish novel ‘Trespasses’, working with Sharon Horgan and how he deals with interest in his private life Barry Ward as DS Paul Brandice in ‘Protection’. Photo: ITV Not many actors can say that being the school messer landed … Read more
Amandaland (BBC One, Wednesday) is a spin-off of Motherland, the Sharon Horgan school-gates comedy that wryly chronicled the horrors of getting your kids out the door each morning and the hell of interacting with teachers and other parents. Horgan returns as co-producer of Amandaland, which takes up the story of Motherland’s obliviously posh “alpha mum” … Read more
Sharon Horgan says filming of Bad Sisters was ‘shut down’ after the death of her father TheJournal.ie Bad Sisters shut down after Horgan’s father’s death RTÉ News Bad Sisters’ new season was ‘shut down’ as Sharon Horgan grieved EVOKE Bad Sisters filming had to be shut down after death of Sharon Horgan’s father BreakingNews.ie Source link
When the Kneecap movie had its world premiere at Sundance a year ago its Irish-language rapping stars arrived in style. It was probably the first time an armoured and graffitied PSNI Land Rover had been driven through the streets of Utah, bringing the band and a little piece of Belfast to the western United States. … Read more