All roads lead to west Kerry this weekend for the latest installment of the winter-warming Other Voices. The names playing St James’ Church, who you’ll be seeing on TV next year — or streaming live via Other Voices’ YouTube page — include Dermot Kennedy, Shame, Amble, Florence Road, and Chalk.
The IMRO music trail around town, meanwhile, is a who’s who of new acts to keep an eye on, such as Babyrat, Essiray, and Madra Salach.
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, From Friday, November 28, until Saturday, January 24
The world-renowned, Turner Prize-nominated artist Sean Scully marks his 80th year with Tapestry, a new exhibition bringing together four distinct bodies of work, each rooted in a deep engagement with the emotional potential of abstraction.
Bringing together recent pencil works, hand-woven tapestries created with Mourne Textiles, powerful new paintings from his Stack series, and intimate oil-on-copper pieces, the exhibition highlights the way drawing functions as a foundational structure in Scully’s work.
Limited release, Friday, November 28
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery features a stellar cast.
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in the third installment of the Knives Out franchise. It’s getting a limited release in cinemas before hitting Netflix on December 12. Craig is joined by an all-star cast headed by Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, and Josh Brolin.
A murder in a church represents Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet”, with director Rian Johnson reportedly modelling the film on the locked-room mystery subgenre of crime fiction. It will be available on Netflix on December 12.
The Everyman, Cork, From Saturday, November 29, until Sunday, January 11
Directed by Cork’s queen of panto Catherine Mahon-Buckley and presented in association with CADA Performing Arts, this glittering production of Cinderella promises a fresh, fabulous twist on the timeless fairytale. The cast of last year’s sold-out run of Red Riding Hood returns, while young and old can expect all the beloved panto ingredients — laughter, music, and magic — along with dazzling costumes, outrageous fun, and a fairy godmother with more flair than ever before.
De Barra’s, Clonakilty, Sunday, November 30
Maeve Higgins is at DeBarra-Palooza for Palestine this weekend.
A series of events and fundraisers will take place throughout West Cork this weekend under the umbrella title of ‘West Cork For Gaza’. De Barra’s are hosting a plethora of acts from midday till last call, including authors Louise O’Neill and Maeve Higgins.
Beloved local stars like Setmaker and the Céilí All-Stars feature, while the big attractions include Mick Flannery, Susan O’Neill, and comedian David O’Doherty. All proceeds will be donated to Tea Collective.