Five For Your Radar: Leeside DJs, Freakier Friday, Kilkenny Arts
Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Friday, August 8, to Saturday, September 6
An all-star cast features in the Conor McPherson-directed play The Weir. Brendan Gleeson is joined by a cast that includes Owen McDonnell, Seán McGinley,and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate). The makers say The Weir is a testament to the need for human connection, the possibility of hope, and the enduring power of storytelling.
DJs: Magic Nights by the Lee
Cork Rowing Club, Friday, August 8, to Sunday, August 17
Over the next two weekends, the riverside venue will be transformed into a one-of-a-kind pop-up nightclub, blending the spirit of underground club culture with the charm of a summer evening on the River Lee. Presented by the Good Room, responsible for Live at St Luke's, they've got some great DJs lined up, including, this weekend, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, Shane Johnson (Fish Go Deep) and Martin Roche (Get Down Edits), and legendary local clubnight Sunday Times.
Exhibition: Dlúthpháirtíocht
Laneway Gallery, Shandon, Cork, Until Sunday, August 17
The poster for Dlúthpháirtíocht.
Dlúthpháirtíocht, which means Solidarity in Irish, is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary art collective consisting of Irish and Palestinian artists. Exhibitions take place in London, Cork, Dublin, and Belfast, with funds donated to Dignity for Palestine, a charity based in Alhassiana in Gaza, which was set up by Dr Musallam Abukhalil to establish an emergency food assistance programme. The project includes prominent names in contemporary Irish art as well as Palestinian artists.
Festival: Kilkenny Arts Festival
Various venues, Until Sunday, August 17
Muireann Ryan and John Doran pictured at Kilkenny Castle ahead of Kilkenny Arts Festival 2025, opening this Thursday. Photograph by Dylan Vaughan
The 52nd Kilkenny Arts Festival is under way, with its usual mix of extensive multidisciplinary arts events, from literature to theatre to music. Among the highlights are Light Up the Castle, Because You're Free, an audio-visual show projected onto the walls of Kilkenny Castle; What Are You Afraid Of? by Peter Hanly, in which Hanly explores a years-long crippling bout of stage fright; and, on Friday night, the opera Custom of the Coast, by Indian-American composer Kamala Sankaram, with lyrics from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon.
Cinema: Freakier Friday
General release, Friday, August 8
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis return as Tess and Anna some 22 years after enduring an identity crisis in the original film Freaky Friday. Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice.
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