Gig of the Week: A performance full of surprises from Fermanagh singer Róis
Gig of the Week: A performance full of surprises from Fermanagh singer Róis
A solemn start gives way to Aphex Twin-style big, dirty beats at the Workmans Club
Steve Cummins
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Róis: those here for that emerging folk star will have been taken aback by a set of new material that climaxed in experimental electronica, full-on rave and pop-infused dance beats
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The Irish Sun
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- The Irish Sun
Ikea stores across UK have free family events this summer – including outdoor cinemas, kitchen raves and Funland days
Plus, how to survive six weeks of the school summer holidays FUN DAY Ikea stores across UK have free family events this summer – including outdoor cinemas, kitchen raves and Funland days LET'S face it, a trip to the ikea Markethall followed by a plate of meatballs ni the restuarant is a day out in itself. But the furniture stores are turning themselves into full-on family attractions this summer, with a range of free events including outdoor Disney cinema, quizzes and 'Roomset raves.' 4 Ikea stores offer different events across their stores - most of which are free Credit: IKEA 4 At Wednesbury, Ikea has an outdoor cinema experience with £1.95 ice creams Credit: IKEA Win one of 8 incredible holidays to the Caribbean, Mexico and Greece by voting in The Sun's Travel Awards - enter to win here And until August 15, this includes a free outdoor cinema at Ikea Wednesbury, near Birmingham. The outdoor cinema experience features a giant inflatable movie screen, comfy seating and headphones to enjoy the film. The films being played are Disney classics - so are suitable for all ages - and it is completely free to go to. Read more on travel inspo SHOW BOAT I tried new Omaze-style draw for superyacht holidays & lived like a billionaire Whilst you're there, you can also grab one of Ikea's new ice cream flavours for just £1.95. If you aren't close to Wednesbury, then there are plenty of other stores with events. For example, at the Cardiff store you could head to a car boot sale on the last two Sundays of August and September, attend an adults-only Sip and Paint, or a kids hot air balloon workshop. Again, all of these activities are free to do. Over in Gateshead, there are quiz nights for the family where you are asked Ikea trivia and have to solve home decor brain teasers, with prizes up for grabs. UK Basks in Glorious Sunshine: Thousands Flock to Beaches as Heatwave Hits Several other locations including Edinburgh, Lakeside and Croydon also have quizzes. Heading to Ikea during the day and want to tire out the kids? Well then head to Funland which features in several Ikea stores, which includes indoor and outdoor play space, activities, selfie pods, face painting and music. Or you could head into a 'Roomset Rave' which could see you quite literally dancing in the kitchen. Pretty much all of the stores also have craft sessions, which could involve building a hot air balloon, personalising your storage boxes, or creating a cardboard city. There are even family paint and sip sessions at the Reading and Sheffield stores (though in the latter, kids must be 16-years-old or over). Some of the events do require booking, but pretty much all of them are free. One thing worth bearing in mind though, is that to attend a lot of the events you will need an Ikea family card. But this is also free to get and will earn you rewards and offers on things in store. How to survive six weeks of school summer holidays IF you are struggling with the six week summer holidays, you've come to the right place... BATTLING BOREDOM: Despite hours of activities and playdates, if your kids are already complaining there's nothing to do, parenting expert Liat Hughes Joshi says: 'Don't feel you have to organise every second of the holidays. Kids benefit from boredom and learn to make their own fun. 'Boredom can trigger creative and imaginative play but you need to encourage kids to get used to not being told how to spend their time. 'Ride out the pleas of boredom. Counter it with comments such as, 'What do you think you could do?' and maybe have a list of 'I'm bored' activity ideas on the fridge.' SCREEN OVERLOAD: It's tempting during the holidays to rely on a digital babysitter but don't let them gawp their whole summer away in front of a screen. Liat says: 'It's unfair to expect older kids to power down but it's important to set some ground rules. 'Set family tech rules together. If you're often distracted by your phone, follow the rules too. Maybe tell the kids they aren't allowed any screen time until they've done set chores, some exercise, or a board game. 'Are there times when you'd like to ban screens completely? Perhaps during dinner or when they have friends over to visit. 'Tech is a battleground for parents, but you have to set boundaries. Stand firm and be prepared to be unpopular.' TOO MUCH TOGETHERNESS: You love your kids, but being with them 24/7 can be exhausting. Do not feel guilty if you need a bit of downtime. Liat says: 'If you're juggling work and household tasks as well as occupying the kids, it's normal to start feeling overwhelmed or jaded and in need of some peace. 'If you can't afford or don't want to send your kids to all-day camps, look for free kids' workshops so you can get on with jobs or have a break for a couple of hours. 'Seeking a spell of quiet every now and then doesn't make you a bad parent — in fact it will probably make you more positive and enthusiastic when you are with the kids.' SCHEDULING CONFLICT: Schedules can go out the window during holidays, but late nights and early mornings can mean tired and unhappy children. Dr Tamara Bugembe, paediatrician and founder of says: 'Children get grumpy, test boundaries and become challenging when routines are broken. 'Sticking to some kind of routine during the holidays is a good idea. 'We release hormones at different times of the day and when regular meal times and bed times are broken, it causes dips and peaks in mood. 'Holidays are about having fun but an early night once or twice a week will make everyone happier.' EXCESS ENERGY: Make sure kids get out in the fresh air to tire them out — and make them healthier and happier. Dr Bugembe says: 'Sunshine also tops up vital vitamin D levels which helps improve bone strength and energy levels in children. Our levels run low in winter so let the kids stock up in warmer weather. 'Letting them run around in shorts and a T-shirt is the best way to top up. Make sure they're wearing sun cream, get outside and have fun. 'Encourage them to try healthy habits such as cycling and walking. They'll hopefully get hooked and want to carry them on when the weather gets colder.' Still looking for things to do this summer? These are the five free days out for your kids – and you don't need to be on benefits. Plus, the 10 days out in the UK that cost less than a pint from free-to-visit lidos to cheap cinema mornings. 4 Most stores have craft sessions too Credit: IKEA
RTÉ News
2 days ago
- RTÉ News
Ambient Orbit: exploring ambient sound in Irish sacred spaces
Peter Curtin, the producer of Ambient Orbit, gives an overview and insight into their upcoming events in Kilkenny, Cork, and Limerick. Ambient Orbit began broadcasting on RTÉ lyric fm in the winter of 2022. Around this time, we were beginning to hear the fruits of music that had been recorded in new and curious ways during the second wave of the pandemic. Artists looking to overcome the logistical challenges of recording in an era of restrictions had innovatively set-up recording spaces outdoors. Suddenly, environmental ambience was an intrinsic part of jazz and electronic music with cicadas transporting us to a back garden in Chicago or resonant bird song bringing us to a leafy park in Berlin. Music welcomed the sound of the natural world and there was a perfect synchronicity to it. My colleague Áine Gallagher and I recognised the potential for occupying this space on RTÉ lyric where field recordings from the Irish landscape could be captured and mixed with ambient music; creating an immersive and meditative experience that would allow listeners to reset and escape the noise of everyday life. Since the first episode on October 10th 2022, the non-presenter led programme - now entering its seventh series this October - has collaborated with field recordists, sound designers and ornithologists such as Seán Ronayne, Tadhg O'Sullivan, Fintan O'Brien and Aoife O'Neill in addition to broadcasting field recordings submitted by listeners. Towards the end of the second series, we explored the idea of bringing the programme to a live setting. It seemed fitting that ancient Irish neolithic sites of mythical and sacred significance would be the setting, and solstice celebrations which mark the Gaelic calendar, would be the occasion. Through sound and music, we would attempt to channel how our ancestors would have celebrated the solstice in ancient times. For the summer solstice in June 2023, we invited musicians Larissa O'Grady (violin), Ryan Hargadon (saxophone) and Rachael Lavelle (vocal) to Lough Gur, the oldest standing stone circle in Ireland. With two directional mics pointing towards the lake and the surrounding woods, the musicians responded live to the unfolding dawn chorus and the rising sun. We have marked every winter and summer solstice since then; visiting the Céide Fields, the Hill of Uisneach and Loughcrew along the way, soundtracked by the unique surrounding environment and music from Dan Walsh, Méabh McKenna, RÓIS, Neil Ó'Lochlainn, Niamh Dalton, Gareth Quinn Redmond, Elaine Howley, David Kitt, Elaine Malone and Clara Webster. The show has also been performed live at Another Love Story, Gleo Festival in Limerick, Open Ear on Sherkin Island and Culture Night 2024 in collaboration with the Douglas Hyde Gallery from Trinity College. On 14th August, Ambient Orbit partners with Kilkenny Arts Festival to broadcast from one of the chambers of Dunmore Cave, which were formed over millions of years. Kate Ellis, Nick Roth, Adam Buttimer and RÓIS will join us and we're excited to hear their experimental sounds reverberate around the historical chambers of the cave. Before returning for a new season on RTÉ lyric fm in October, we will be heading to Cork City on September 10th to broadcast from St Anne's Church, with the Shandon Bells providing the backdrop to our programme in collaboration with Sounds from a Safe Harbour. In this hectic contemporary world of digital distraction, we strive to create a peaceful programme of beautiful sounds and music to help the listener to relax, rewind and focus.
Extra.ie
3 days ago
- Extra.ie
FILM OF THE WEEK: Weapons - Reviewed by Roe mcDermott
Zach Cregger's Weapons opens with so much eerie confidence that, for a while, it feels like something truly great. The concept is irresistible: at precisely 2.17am, seventeen children from the same class wake up and walk out of their homes, arms outstretched, into the suburban dark, running out of view of any camera until they disappear. It's an image that strikes like a match – odd, arresting, already iconic – and the sequence that follows is thick with mood, mystery and that rare kind of horror-film promise that anything could happen, and probably will. A child's voice narrates, sweetly and ominously, setting the story up as something between a local legend and a modern parable. As George Harrison's 'Beware of Darkness' swells on the soundtrack, it becomes clear that whatever Weapons is, it won't be ordinary. Cregger is a born mood conjurer – his camera glides with menace and his tone is confidently off-kilter. Like Osgood Perkins' 2024 Longlegs, Weapons thrives on atmosphere. The comparisons go further: both films offer meticulously crafted openings, strikingly unsettling world-building and the promise of something psychologically shattering, only to later reveal something stranger and sillier. Where Longlegs gives us a bizarre villain who slightly deflated the dread, Weapons goes further, introducing a theatrical, camp antagonist whose late arrival will delight some and derail others. There's a gallows-humour energy that kicks in around the midpoint, and while Cregger clearly relishes the tonal shift, it sends the film down a more cartoonish path, pulling focus away from the human horror it set up so well. The story unfolds in chapters, each showing the same days or hours from different perspectives – a teacher (Julia Garner), a parent (Josh Brolin), a police officer (Alden Ehrenreich), a troubled teen (Austin Abrams), and others best left unspoiled. It's a Rashomon-style structure that seems to promise a prismatic emotional complexity. While it's cleverly constructed and delivers some satisfying plot mechanics, the effect is mostly aesthetic. Characters remain thin, serving the puzzle more than the plot, and the repetition doesn't deepen the mystery so much as stretch it out. Still, the cast – especially Garner and Brolin – bring texture where they can, and the sense of being spun around in an elegant, escalating web keeps you engaged, if not always emotionally invested. There are flashes of something weightier under the surface, and for a while it seems like the film is edging towards allegory. The town turning in on itself, the violence of fearful parents, a dream sequence involving a machine gun, and of course the image of a class of children disappearing without trace all hint at the shadow of school shootings, the terror of not knowing what your child might be exposed to, or what kind of world they are inheriting. But these echoes remain faint and unfulfilled, breadcrumbs rather than a path, and any political or emotional resonance is quickly overtaken by the story's more outlandish twists and truly silly visual choices (some of which were spoiled in early trailers that are best avoided). Still, it's hard to deny the film's magnetism, while it lasts. Cregger has grown more ambitious since Barbarian, and in many ways, Weapons is a better film. It's more confident, inventive and carefully composed. But for all its polish and promise, it still feels like a genre exercise in search of a centre, a film more interested in playing with structure and style than saying something lasting. By the time the climax arrives – gruesome, bizarre, darkly funny and occasionally slapstick – the haunting power of that first hour has mostly drained away. What began as a nightmare ends as a bit of a joke, and a particular choice about the resolution avoids a harrowing and complex reckoning that would have been far more intriguing. For some, that might be the point: a nasty fairy tale with no moral, no safety net, no grappling. But for a film that seems to promise something bigger, stranger, and more profound, Weapon hits a little wide of the mark.
