FESTIVAL
Jig of Life: The Kate Bush Project
Grand Social 8pm thegrandsocial.ie
Didn’t get to see Kate Bush in London? Not to worry. As part of Imram, Caitríona O’Leary will perform a selection of Bush’s songs, which have been “transcreated” into Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock. O’Leary is joined by musicians Roger Doyle, Adrian Hart, Éamonn Galldubh and Mark Keogh. TCL
FILM
Daughter of Darkness
IFI, 6.30pm
The boys love Ballyconnen cailín Emmy (Siobhan McKenna) but she is rather less keen on them, as a young boxer (Maxwell Reed) finds out to his cost. Concerned Fr Corcoran (Liam Redmond) packs the proto bunny boiler off to Yorkshire. But that may not be far enough. TB
THEATRE
Mr Foley, The Radio Operator
An Taibhdhearc, Galway 10am, noon
Anyone who has seen Louis Lovett’s performances for young audiences will appreciate the complexity and possibilities of children’s theatre. Recently returned from Sydney Opera House – a first for Irish theatre for family audiences – Theatre Lovett come to Baboró with a new piece by Frances Kay in collaboration with the company, about Jack Foley, a one-time circus contender now alone with his radio, conjuring up his past.
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