Daily Archives: August 10, 2011

Theatre: Hay Fever @ The Gate

  By Sinead Keogh | August 10, 2011 - 10:31 pm | The Culch
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Having managed to get this far in life without seeing a Noel Coward play on the stage, we put things to rights at a preview showing of Hay Fever at The Gate two weeks ago. It was brilliant and you should go to see it. It was my first time in The Gate and I was entirely taken with the counter selling tea and KitKats at the interval (there’s also a bar if you’re so inclined…) Hay Fever is an entirely undated comedy about an eccentric family, the Blisses (parents Judith and David and grown up children Sorrel and Simon) who each, unbeknownst to the others, has invited a guest to their country pile for the weekend. The laughs ensue as each one makes a hash of entertaining - from Sorrel who’s trying to shrug off years of family convention to be a proper hostess to her guest Mr Greatham, … There’s more →

Quick Review: Recent Reads #2

  By travors | August 10, 2011 - 10:57 am | Books
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. Yes I’m little bit behind the rest of planet earth in that I’ve only just finished this, the fourth in the Harry Potter series. But just in case there’s anyone out there who hasn’t gotten to it yet, I’ll try to avoid spoilers. Here we get a sense of the 3 main characters growing up and suffering from the same teen related goofiness we did at their age. And later, we get a taste of that darker writing style which stays for the rest of the series. Easily my favourite Harry Potter so far, this book shocked me just as much as it did everyone else. Brilliant, awe inspiring genius from J.K. Rowling. Scores: 4 out of 5.   Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. I read Carrion Comfort when I was a teenager and always remembered it as one of … There’s more →

Short Animation: GlowGreen Productions on Rene Magritte

  By Culch.ie | August 10, 2011 - 10:51 am | The Culch
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Newly-formed GlowGreen Productions dropped us a line to tell us about this…   It’s their blog and website about the development of a short animated film about Rene Magritte (that bloke what did the painting of the man in the bowler hat with an apple over his face). Interesting? We think so. Definitely worth a look if you want to learn how to produce on a shoestring.