Daily Archives: August 19, 2011

Free Events: Bastien & Bastienne @ Farmleigh

  By Sinead Keogh | August 19, 2011 - 3:50 pm | Events, Performance Art, The Arts
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Described as the ‘perfect production for people who would like to sample risk free opera’, Mozart’s Bastien & Bastienne is coming to Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park on Saturday September 10th. It’s a story any Irish person ought know - about two young farmers, madly in love until Bastien (the boy) goes to the big city and gets involved with another woman. When he returns Bastienne (the girl) wants nothing to do with him and so ensues the comic attempt to regain her affections. Written when Mozart was just 12, the opera is just 45 minutes long - a taster to see if you’re into it - and is performed as Opera Theatre Company’s Autumn touring production for their 25th anniversary. As it’s free at Farmleigh, the OPW are managing tickets for the event and here’s the link to enter into the lottery: http://www.farmleigh.ie/Events/Title,16393,en.html If you miss out, other (paid) performances … There’s more →

Pics: The ESB Electric Ireland Park @ Electric Picnic

  By Sinead Keogh | August 19, 2011 - 2:23 pm | Comedy, Festivals, Music
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A giant hamster wheel, see-saw, swings and more in delightfully grown up sizes will make up the ESB Electric Ireland Park at EP this year. Each one will generate energy for festivalgoers to charge their phones. Pictured above is comedian Karl Spain at the launch of the playgroundtacular news, and as well as Karl there’ll be a bunch of other comedians overseeing proceedings and running challenges throughout the weekend. These include Andrew Stanley, Gearoid Farrelly and Damian Clark. More pictures from the launch after the cut…

You HAVE to hear: Lana Del Rey

  By seanear1ey | August 19, 2011 - 12:17 pm | Music, The Culch
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Hello. Maybe you know me, maybe you don’t. If we’ve ever conversed face to face or electronically, if I’ve ever bought you a pint or suggested where to have your haircut, in fact, if I’ve ever afforded you a nicety I’m calling in a return. Please, please listen to this song. This is a personal favour to me that you’d be doing. Forget about owing me bus-fare from that time, oh and the first round is on me next time. All because I want to bring this woman into your life. Trust me you’ll thank me later. But who is ‘this woman’? ‘This woman’ has roused me to put finger to keyboard for Culch, which admittedly, I haven’t done for a while. Lana Del Rey, known by day as Lizzy Grant is a singer-songwriter out of NYC. There’s something about her that oozes 1950s, smouldering, screen-starlet and heartbroken lounge singer… … There’s more →

Whipping Boy: The Interview

  By Sue Murphy | August 19, 2011 - 9:00 am | Gigs, Music
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Keep your Joshua Trees, throw your Fitzcarraldo away because as far as you should be concerned, Heartworm by Whipping Boy was arguably one of the greatest Irish albums ever released. Receiving international critical acclaim in 1995, the band continued for another three years and another album before they disbanded in 1998. The good news for fans is that they have reformed and will be playing The Academy on the 17th of September. Culch were lucky enough to catch up with Fearghal McKee and Colm Hassett for a very hoarse chat following a long weekend…   Why reform the band? FM: We’re in the second half of the ninth wave, the good energy of man starts to come out and we as a band think this is the time now. Why did you initially disband the band? FM: We had grown too much, it didn’t work anymore… How do you feel … There’s more →