Tommy Tiernan Seven short years since his glorious Perrier run, the Navan laughter machine brings us a looser kind of show. Called Loose, funnily enough. See Comedy, page 22.
' Penny Spubb's Party
. The surprise sleeper hit of the first week, P8P has madames
Crilly and Wix giving us a gaggle of giggleworthy characters. Eye patches
optional. See Comedy, page 34.
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Eyecandy
Explosive theatre as a
‘ TV game show turns
nasty, providing a
a metaphor for the state
i of the US of A today. See Theatre, page 77.
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor Daniel Barenboim crosses the political divides of the Middle East to create a musical peacekeeping force. See Music, page 54.
Ferpect Crime
A Spanish comic thriller set in a department store, this could turn out to be the funniest, most surprisingly enjoyable movie at the Film Festival. See Fi/m, page 43.
The Edge of the World Wah-Wah The eagerly anticipated Michael Powell retrospective begins with this 1937 fictional account of the evacuation of St Kilda.
See Film, page 43.
Richard E Grant’s directorial debut is a touching and sensitively wrought portrait of his childhood in Swaziland. See Fi/m, page 49.
Come Again
A stinging, highly imaginative and liberally shocking look at the relationship between the world’s funniest ever comic duo, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. See Theatre, page 69.
Andrew Maxwell
Thank the bejesus that the wee Dubliner (the tallest man in his family, ever) has delivered on his promise to be bloody funny. See Comedy, page 26.
Gwyneth Herbert The woman most likely to follow Jamie Cullum from the jazz muso stage to worldwide stardom. Catch her in a club setting. See Music, page 53.
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