Gail Bell
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âThe scale and standard of TradFest just keeps getting better and betterâ: Joanie Madden (opens the original)
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A STREET is named after her in the Bronx, New York â Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies St, no less â and she has been listed in Irish America Magazineâs âtop 100 Irish Americansâ, but none of that matters when your next big gig is the Irish driving test. Back in her âsecond homeâ in Miltown Malbay in Co Clare, the irrepressible leader of one of the most successful Irish trad bands in history was determined to finally get her Irish driving licence ahead of the Grammy-nominated gr
Guildford Four: Paddy Armstrongâs incredible story returns to Belfast stage (opens the original)
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THE horrific ordeal of Paddy Armstrong â one of the wrongly convicted Guildford Four â is still a cautionary tale for our times, says the actor soon to bring his story back into focus on the Belfast stage. Dublin-based Don Wycherley, who has been wowing audiences across Ireland and England with one-man show, The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong, believes such shocking miscarriages of justice could still happen today. âThis was 1974, a time when the Irish were scared to be Irish and afraid
Belfast theatre star Lucia McLaughlin makes West End history as Les Misérablesâ first Irish Cosette (opens the original)
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AS Belfast rising theatre star, Lucia McLaughlin, looked out at the audience sitting rapt in their seats at Londonâs Sondheim theatre, she took a deep breath and let herself be swept up in the moment. Somewhere, among the hundreds of faces all looking in her direction, was her mother and father - âand about 30â relatives and friends who had booked tickets to share this moment with her: her West End debut as Cosette â believed to be the showâs first Irish Cosette - in Cameron Mackintosh
Anna-Jane Casey on becoming Judy Garland: âThis isnât pretty Judy â itâs the woman behind the legendâ (opens the original)
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WITH a surname like âCaseyâ, musical theatre star Anna-Jane Casey feels itâs about time she had an Irish premiere and now with Judy â End of the Rainbow, the dreams that she dared to dream - to borrow a line from the Wizard of Ozâs starâs famous tune - really are coming true. The Lancashire actor and musical theatre veteran was recently in Dublin for a promotional photo shoot, emerging from her makeover as a glammed up âJudyâ for the show being resurrected by Irish theatre produc
NI Operaâs Carmen star Noah Stewart on violence, racism and his extraordinary journey to the stage (opens the original)
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WHEN Carmen â another âfirstâ for NI Operaâs annual showcase â opens in September, New York operatic star, Noah Stewart, will be more aware than ever of the importance of his performance. For this brand-new staging â viewed through a âcontemporary lensâ - he must carefully portray the violent unravelling of Don Jose: a role he has played more than any other in his stellar career to date, while being acutely aware of the growing outcry over violence against women. With this in min
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