Thanks to someone called Graham Linehan, whose name sounds somewhat familiar but I don’t know why, for bringing this to my attention: PT Anderson’s new film ‘There Will Be Blood‘ about the early days of Oil prospecting. A story about ‘family, greed, religion, and oil’, it seems.

Paul Thomas Anderson is also responsible for Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love, as well as a few others I never heard of before.

Moriarty on Aint It Cool News says it’s one of the best scripts he’s read recently, and the teaser trailer above certainly peaks my interest as it looks like a real old style western. And hey, who doesn’t like watching Daniel Day Lewis acting? Looks like he’s doing his De Niro impression too, which he perfected in Gangs of new York:

A chilling tale of love death and despair in rural Ireland over a forty year period.

Opening TODAY (Monday the 25th), and running until Saturday: ‘They never Froze Walt Disney’ by Jody O’Neill.

I think, and hope, that this might prove to be a show everyone will be talking about at the Cork Midsummer Festival. I think that because I read the script a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was fucking brilliant.

Funny and poignant, dark and yet light hearted, the writing is really tight and the story unfolds beautifully. Also the two performers (Jody O’Neill and John McCarthy) are excellent actors, and though I personally haven’t seen Jack Healy direct before he is extremely well known in the Cork theatre scene, and I have a lot of respect for him from acting with him and attending his workshops.

And I hope it will be a show everyone talks about because I know Jack, Jody and John very well and I know they deserve for this play to be a huge success. And it’s stage managed by our very own Eoin!

According to the Theatermaker’s website this is “A compelling, witty and often moving piece, ‘They Never Froze Walt Disney’ flashes between the early stages of Marie and Paudie’s relationship and the unusual circumstances under which they encounter one another again, many years later”.

I highly recommend going to see this show - I have already booked for two performances! Oh, and I designed the poster
(above) and programme.

Lunchtime Theatre

They never Froze Walt Disney. by Jody O’Neill.
Unitarian Church. (Beside English Market) Princes St. at 1pm. (Running Time 45 mins approx)
June 25th - 30th.

Book now: Midsummer Festival Box Office (021) 4274077 or online at festivalbooking.net

Only spotted this now - a quote from Sarah Carey on why she is cheerful despite Fianna Fail being back in government…

So why am I cheerful? Because I’ve decided to stop feeling guilty about the children’s allowance bonanza and the SSIA windfall. I used to look at that money and think - I don’t deserve this - poor people should have this. But the poor people don’t want it! So I’m going to enjoy it. Cheers!

Well, it’s not the Brazil computer, but these steampunk workshops will show you how to make a Steampunk keyboard and monitor.

He says a mouse is the next thing.

Nice. Not that I’d ever have the patience to do it or anything

Meat opens tonight in the Granary Theatre and it should be a great show. Written by Neil O’Sullivan and directed by Donal Gallagher it stars Mark O’Brien, Gerrie O’Grady and Cormac Costello.

Meat promises to be “A spine chilling, gothic tale of sex and death (though not necessarily in that order).”

It looks to be a kind of Jack-the-Ripper-esque farce thriller drama. Or something. Fun, no doubt anyway.

Asylum productions were also responsible for:

Bedbound
“completely brilliant�
The Irish Times

And

Pondlife Angels
“…always engaging and often
superb…flawless control�
Fintan O’Toole

Meat is on at the Granary Theatre (on the Mardyke) 21st - 30th June at 7:30pm

Book now: Midsummer Festival Box Office (021) 4274077 or online at festivalbooking.net

Oh and I designed the poster and programme