The empty chair… is a short film written, directed and acted in by six men drawn from the Belong Club in Waterford who attended a drama class run by WWETB (Waterford & Wexford Education & Training Board). The club is supported by Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABI), which has been providing services to people...
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Waterford Native Elijah Egan is making his mark in the Irish film industry
Waterford Native Elijah Egan is making his mark in the Irish film industry
WATERFORD native and Dublin-based Elijah Egan has been tipped as a name to watch in the Irish film industry, after his production First Kiss won Best Film and Best Cinematography at the March on Film awards last month. Elijah, who grew up in Woodstown, trained in the Gaiety School of Acting and Inchicore College. He...
Hollywood star "blown away" by South Kilkenny
Hollywood star "blown away" by South Kilkenny
HOLLYWOOD actor Miguel Ferrer visited South Kilkenny last week where he researched his Irish ancestral roots. Mr Ferrer (60) and his wife Lori Weintraub visited a number of locations in South Kilkenny including Knockeen and Tullahought. Son of the late Rosemary Clooney and a fi rst cousin of George Clooney, the...
Comeraghs go Wild
Comeraghs go Wild
The screening of a poignant film documentary immortalising bachelor farmer life in the Comeraghs in the presence of the film’s producer and a food & culture evening, entitled Comeraghlicious, are two new events added to the programme for Comeraghs Wild Festival (19th-22nd September), organisers have...
Slieverue screenwriter's films screened at Cannes
Slieverue screenwriter's films screened at Cannes
Two films by Slieverue-based screenwriter Sean Ryan were screened on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, on Wednesday: action/ western Revenge and black comedy The Lunch Break. Sean has been writing screenplays for almost ten years, one of which was screened at the acclaimed ‘Le Marché du Film –...
Review: Waterford Film Festival
Review: Waterford Film Festival
It’s good to see that Waterford Film Festival has made it to its fifth year and has settled into the good facilities at Greyfriar’s Gallery. The place was welcoming, with coloured spotlights outside, a great set of black “legs” or drapes to darken the space, a state of the art projection system and some proper chairs...
The Sweet & Lowdown: Michael Doyle
The Sweet & Lowdown: Michael Doyle
With his hair care skills in constant demand by many of the country’s best known stars, Ferrybank native Michael Doyle is a busy man. We caught up with him during a recent whistlestop visit to Peter Marks salon in Waterford. Son of the late Peter and Margaret (Peggie) Doyle, Michael grew up at 136 Rockenham,...
Review: WIT/Nemeton Graduate Show
Review: WIT/Nemeton Graduate Show
The WIT/Nemeton Higher Diploma in TV Production is now in its fifth year and the thirty minute documentaries these students produce as part of their graduation requirements are of a good broadcastable quality and frequently some each year are taken up by TG4 for broadcast. Nemeton hire the fine SGC Cinema in...
Season of
Season of
‘Tis the season to be whatever . . . And television is part of that season. Goodwill or misery . . . It’s got it all. Prime Time was lamenting a Waterford family being evicted by a lending organisation who had the law and the judge on their side. Oh the cruelty of it. Then it was The Royal Variety...
Waterford Film Festival
Waterford Film Festival
Now in its third year, Waterford Film Festival has survived, but only just, due to withdrawal of some funding and sponsorship. All the events or showings took place at Greyfriars Gallery, and the downstairs was warm and attractive with black drapes, and a raised section of seating. There were annoying sound-system...
Review: All’s well that ends well
Review: All’s well that ends well
It was a week for Shakespeare, with Red Kettle’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a tent and the next night in Dungarvan’s excellent cinema, for a piece of history – the first Shakespeare play broadcast from London’s national Theatre via satellite to cinema screens around the world. O joy, o unconfined rapture. The...
Set phasers for stunning as ‘Star Trek' makes A triumphant cinematic return
Set phasers for stunning as ‘Star Trek' makes A triumphant cinematic return
‘Star Trek’ is back. And how. JJ Abrams’ re-invention of the series will please fans and non-nerds alike, thanks to a movie which appeals as much to those clued into dilithium crystals as to those who have never before encountered James T Kirk. In true ‘Trek’ fashion, there’s a time travel...
