I’ve already posted a LOT about 3 Mobile Broadband over at Aonach.com, but while I may have taken the piece of crap back and gotten a refund, many others still struggle on with 3 trying to get them to provide the service they were promised.

Mr. T asked bloggers to unite and get this shambles some extra coverage… and so I am posting again about the horribleness that is the 3 Mobile Broadband modem service.

Do read through my posts on Aonach if you want the details of my experience and what led to me throwing it back in their face, or go to Boards.ie and read posts from the countless people who are still not getting the service they were promised.

Whatever you do - DON’T GET A 3 MOBILE BROADBAND MODEM!!!

Two monologues on either side of an interval might not be everyone’s idea of a good play, but this one works well - not least because of the quality of the production it gets in the Granary.

The only real pity about the enterprise is that such a small audience turned up to see it. The new talent on show deserves a warmer welcome in Cork over the next few nights.

Given that this was the first production in the latest New Directors’ Festival at the Granary, the most noteworthy thing about it was the top-drawer performance from Nick Kavanagh.

For a young actor it was an expertly modulated performance, flicking between characters at ease and finding an easy and assured tone over a 45-minute monologue.

Mark O’Rowe’s acclaimed play is like a film eagerly described from a barstool.

Director Eoin Ó hAnnracháin builds on the queasiness and intensity towards a slow release of tragic and twisted consequences.

The second monologue is given quite a convincing performance by Stephen McCann as his character’s story overlaps with Kavanagh’s.

It is the kind of play that could be sound-tracked to death but Ó hAnnracháin wisely lets the script make the music through the talents of the actors.

A new director could be forgiven for falling to the temptations of staging a production that draws attention to itself in all the worst ways by attaching all kinds of bells and whistles and directorial signatures. But the collective talents at work on this piece seem to be too cool to fall for that.

Good work, deserving a good audience.

Liam Heylin, Evening Echo, Thursday October 11th.

Howie The Rookie runs in the Granary Theater until Saturday the 13th of October.

This film looks worth a look, though I’ve skimmed the Cork Film festival catalog and it doesn’t seem to be on.
Anyway… there seem to be a couple of clips on youtube, and the website has some additional ones. It must have been made a good while ago, as ‘Superman’ in one clip is talking about Christopher Reeves still being alive. Check it out.

After a long break from activity, the Bulletin is back! And there is a
lot of plays and interesting events in the next couple of weeks, not
to mention the Cork Film Festival! For those of you who are into
acting, the Working Actor’s Workshop has re-started, and you can read
more about it at the end of the Bulletin. Hope you find the
information useful!

Best wishes,

Marcus

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Howie the Rookie - directed by our very own Eoin Ó hAnnracháin - is opening tomorrow night. As I am in Dublin I will be there for the last show on Saturday night. Between now and then… don’t miss it! It’s meant to be a great play, and I know Eoin will do an excellent job directing. It’s written by the guy who wrote Intermission, it seems.