Jessie Buckley, Ciarán Hinds and Cork drama Christy take prizes – The Irish Times

Jessie Buckley continued her sweep of awards season as she picked up best actress at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (Iftas) on Friday night. The Kerry-born actor, searing as a grieving Agnes Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, was at the Dublin Convention Centre to receive her statuette. “You stay here with me. I … Read more

Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Coogan to star in season four of The White Lotus – The Journal

Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Coogan to star in season four of The White Lotus  The Journal Helena Bonham Carter to join Steve Coogan in The White Lotus season four  RTE.ie Helena Bonham Carter joins Steve Coogan for The White Lotus season four  The Guardian The White Lotus season four cast is REVEALED ahead of glamorous French Riviera-set … Read more

Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis – The Irish Times

Brendan Canty’s Christy, the hard-edged social realist tale from Cork, has scored a chart-topping 14 nominations for the upcoming Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (Iftas). The well-reviewed title, which a year ago won top prize in the Generation 14plus category at Berlin International Film Festival, is up for best film, best director and, for … Read more

Steve Coogan, Tom Burke & Hayley Squires Cast

Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires have boarded Netflix’s upcoming heist series Legends. From the creator of BBC One’s The Gold, Legends is inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, following a group of British Customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs. … Read more

Top comedian pulls out of Dublin performance MINUTES before shows starts due to sudden illness

TOP comedian Steve Coogan has pulled out of his Dublin performance last minute due to a sudden illness. The BAFTA award-winning actor was due to appear at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre for his stage production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove last night. 2 Steve Coogan has pulled out of his Dublin performance of Dr … Read more

Steve Coogan pulls out of performance of Dr Strangelove in Dublin – The Irish Times

Actor Steve Coogan had to pull out of Dr Strangelove at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last night with laryngitis. It is not known yet if he will be back for Friday night’s performance. Coogan plays four parts in the production which is based on the original 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic film of the same … Read more

21 plays, operas and dance works to see over the next 12 months – The Irish Times

With many announcements still to be made, and several independent companies taking existing productions on the road, it remains to be seen how 2024′s commendably adventurous programming will play out. Will this streak continue? Will some box-office pain influence a return to more familiar material? We choose to be hopeful. The Abbey Theatre’s revival of … Read more

50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited – The Irish Times

Spoiler alert. There will be sequels. There will be colons. Audiences are inching their way back to pre-Covid numbers, and the studios are keen to hang on to them with a ragout of familiar favourites. Sit tight for a restaffed Captain America: Brave New World (due in cinemas on February 14th), the widowhood-negotiating Bridget Jones: … Read more