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The Muppets subtitled (U) 1 hour 49 mins
Comedy. Since their last adventure, the gang have gone their separate ways and found different careers and varying degrees of success. When Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, discovers the home of his heroes is under threat, he vows to help raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre by reuniting The Muppets with predictably chaotic results. **** Four stars! Empire
Dublin Cineworld Parnell Street Dublin 1
Sat 18th Feb 10.10am, Mon 20th Feb 8.40pm
Dublin UCI Blanchardstown
Fri 17th Feb 12:00, Wed 22nd Feb 5:15
Lisburn Omniplex
Wed 22nd Feb 5.30
War Horse subtitled (12a) 2 hours 26 mins
From director Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set during the First World War, the film follows the extraordinary journey of a horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets. An odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure, War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war - an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis. **** Four stars! Empire
Cork Blackpool, Reel Picture
Thurs 16th Feb 7.30
The Descendants subtitled (15) 1 hour 55 mins
Comedy drama that follows Matt King (George Clooney), a complacent and wealthy Hawaiian landowner who is forced to reappraise his comfortable existence when his wife is killed in an accident. The film examines his relationship with his two daughters as he decides whether or not to sell the land that's kept the family rich since they were awarded it by Hawaiian royalty hundreds of years previously.
Galway Wellpark, Ireland, Eye cinema
Sat 18th Feb 6.40
The Vow subtitled (12a) 1 hour 44 mins
Romantic drama starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill. The emotional and moving tale of a newly-married couple who have to re-start their relationship from the very beginning. A serious car accident causes Paige to suffer amnesia and forget everything about her life. Husband Leo makes a solemn promise to help her regain her memory - and also win her heart once more.
Dublin UCI Blanchardstown
Mon 20th Feb 4.45
Theatre Information
Second Age Theatre Company
presents
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland
WITH
Will Irvine, Maeve Fitzgerald, Enda Kilroy, Damian Kearney, Karl Quinn, Bill Murphy, Will O’Connell, Marie Ruane, Alan Howley, Mark Fitzgerald, Gavin Fullam.
Second Age, Ireland’s award winning classics theatre company, starts 2012 with one of Shakespeare’s greatest and bloodiest plays. Expect a fast-paced thriller, with a sumptuous design, and high-octane physical performances, touring nationwide to 8 venues from February 2 until March 29.
Macbeth promises to be an arresting and vivid take on one of the greatest tragedies of all time. The play is directed by David Horan, whose most recent Second Age production, Dancing at Lughnasa, was described by The Irish Times as ‘the best show in town’.
David Horan has been making considerable waves in the theatre world recently. Other previous credits include Tall Tales Theatre Company’s production of Moment, which was one of the smash hits of 2011 touring both nationally and to London’s Bush Theatre. He has been nominated for an IFTA award for his writing on the “The Importance of Being Whatever” for RTÉ.
David has assembled an exciting cast for Macbeth, including Will Irvine as Macbeth, and Maeve Fitzgerald as Lady Macbeth, both of whom he has worked with previously during the successful run of Moment.
The strong cast includes many award winning actors. Maeve Fitzgerald has been nominated for numerous awards including: Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Supporting Actress Off Westend Awards, and has won both Absolut Fringe Festival’s Best Actress award and Best Supporting Actress in the Irish Times Theatre Awards. Not only is there an impressive cast but the design team is also a multi-award winning team with Maree Kearns designing both Set and Costumes who is a previous Irish Times Best Set Design winner. Lighting will be designed by Sinead McKenna who has previously taken the Best Lighting Design award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, and Philip Stewart, a previous Best Sound Design Award Nominee. To complete the design team, Bryan Burroughs will be responsible for the Movement Direction.
Many of the cast may already be known to audiences through their work on television. Damian Kearney who plays the Porter was recently on our screens in the hit RTÉ Show Love/Hate and in The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Marie Ruane is currently starring in the new series of RTÉ’s Raw.
Fair is foul and foul is fair inside the mind of this ambitious and political Macbeth, who along with his designing wife, chooses to take destiny by the throat. Horan’s focus in this production is on the young ambitious Macbeth couple. Horan believes that previous productions have often focused on portraying the marriage as barren and infertile, but Horan believes that there are clues in the text that suggest that Lady Macbeth has had a child in a previous marriage. While staying faithful to the text, Horan’s production will examine new approaches and perspectives through innovative, theatrical expression. The three witches, traditionally played by women or portrayed as hideous hags will instead be played by men as dead soldiers.
It is Horan’s intention to take the artifice out the production, to let the audience see the mechanics of the play, and to remove all sense of pretence as an exercise in a modern, experimental approach to Shakespeare’s timeless classic.
Some performances of Macbeth will be captioned and audio described for audiences with visual and hearing impairment. . These will be facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland, the sole provider of audio description and captioning services for live performances in the Republic of Ireland, with funding from the Arts Council.
BOOKINGS / LISTINGS:
*Special rate of €18 per ticket is available for groups of 10 or more.
RUNS
Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Runs February 7 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 066 712 3055 | www.simasatire.com
Glór, Ennis, Co. Clare
Runs February 10 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 065 684 3103 | www.simasatire.com
Helix, Dublin
Opens February 21 – March 9 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
March 2nd - Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office - 01 700 7000 | www.thehelix.ie Town Hall Theatre, Galway Runs March 13 - 15 | 8.00pm | €22/€20 March 14 - Captioned & audio described performance Box Office – 091 569 777 | www.tht.ie Everyman Palace, Cork Runs March 21 - 22 | 8.00pm | €22/€20 March 21 - Captioned & audio described performance Box Office – 021 450 1673 | www.everymanpalace.com Theatre Royal, Waterford Runs March 27 | 8.00pm | €22/€20 Captioned & audio described performance Box Office – 051 874 402 | www.theatreroyal.ie