Films

UK, 2023

Performer and co-creator: Andrew Scott; adaptor e co-creator: Simon Stephens; director and co-creator: Sam Yates; designer and co-creator: Rosanna Vize; lighting designer: James Farncombe; sound designer: Dan Balfour; video designer: Jack Phelan; movement director: Michela Meazza; music: Kelly Moran; costume designer: Natalie Pryce;

Running time: 100′

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival 2024 – Critics’ Circle Theatre Award 2024 – WhatsOnStage Awards 2024

Reservations for VANYA (March 28th, 20:30) are closed. Free entry still applies.

SYNOPSIS

Inspired by Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”, the play follows a group of characters living on a rural estate in the Russian countryside, entangled in a web of unrequited love and longing. At the centre is Uncle Vanya, who feels like he wasted his life serving his late mother’s former husband. The Irish actor Andrew Scott brings to life these multiple characters, exploring the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.

ACTOR

Born in 1976, in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Scott is an internationally acclaimed actor in theatre, film and television. Winner of a Critics’ Choice Television Award, a BAFTA, a WhatsOnStage and an Olivier Award. Among his major theatrical successes, prior to Vanya: Three Kings, Present Laughter, Design for Living, Hamlet. For television he worked in Ripley, The Pursuit of Love, Fleabag, Sherlock (BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor). His recent films include: All of Us Strangers, Catherine Called Birdy, Sam Mendes‘ 1917, Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall, Matthew Warchus’ Pride (BIFA for Best Supporting Actor), Locke and The Stag (Irish Film Festa 2014) and Handsome Devil (Irish Film Festa 2018)

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Ireland, 2022

Director/writer Luke McManus; cinematography: Paddy Jordan, Richard Kendrick, Evan Barry, Jamie Goldrick, Luke McManus; editing: John Murphy; producers: Luke McManus, Elaine Gallagher; production company: Madhouse Films. Irish location: Dublin

With John Francis Flynn, Séan Ó Túama, Eoghan O’Ceannabháin, Ian Lynch, Gemma Dunleavy

Running time: 85’

SYNOPSIS

North Circular is a documentary musical that travels the length of Dublin’s North Circular Road, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country’s most beloved and infamous places. The film evokes many narratives from the history of the city and nation, from colonialism, to mental health, to the struggle for women’s liberation while also engaging with urgent issues of today. The film also includes musical performances from artists local to the North Circular.

DIRECTOR

Luke McManus is a filmmaker based in Grangegorman, just off the North Circular Road. Luke has produced and directed award-winning documentary projects for NBC, Netflix, RTÉ, Virgin Media Television, TG4, NDR/ARD, Al Jazeera and Channel 4, winning four IFTAs, one Celtic Media Award and the Radharc Award in the process. His debut feature as producer was The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid (Irish Film Festa 2019), which won the George Morrison Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Irish Film & Television Awards and the Best Irish Film Award at the Dublin International Film Festival. North Circular is his debut feature documentary as a director.

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Northern Ireland, 2024.

Director: Michael Head; writer: Colin Broderick; original story by: Mark McCausland; cinematography: Sebastian Cort; editing: Aideen Johnson; production design: Paul Savulescu; costumes: Anne-Louise Bresnahan; music: Mark McCausland; casting: Rachel Head; producers: Jake Jacovides, Ismail Ismail; production company: Foxsake Films. Irish Location: Omagh

Cast: Brenock O’Connor, Olwen Colgan, Tara Lynne O’Neil, Leah O’Rourke, Amy McElhatton, Joe Savino, Ian Toner, Kimberly Wyatt, Maura Higgins

Running time: 92’

SYNOPSIS

Based on the semi-autobiographical experiences of local Omagh musician Mark McCausland, The Spin follows two unlikely friends who are down on their luck in all aspects of their lives and are about to be evicted from their small record store, Boneyard Records. They get wind of a sale of some records that, unbeknown to the seller, are worth a small fortune and take an epic road trip down south to obtain the holy grail of vinyl records and secure a bargain that might save their music store and change their fortunes.

DIRECTOR

Michael Head is a critically acclaimed and award-winning actor, director, and playwright/screenwriter. His first feature The Last Heist (based on the stage play ‘Time’), won best feature at the British Independent Film Awards in 2022. In 2024, he directed Bermondsey Tales and The Spin.

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