A bit of thunder rolled over Newbridge earlier so I grabbed my mic to record it. Well I left the mic on the window sill and hid in the cupboard. Same difference.
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Culture File: Stephin Merritt
I spoke to Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields for Culture File on RTÉ Lyric fm this week. He speaks about his work in musical theatre and about his collaborations with New York director Chen Shi-Zheng as well as Neil Gaiman on a stage musical of ‘”Coraline”.
Culture File: Daniel Clowes
In my first piece for Culture File on RTÉ Lyric fm I spoke to Irish cartoonists Chris Judge, brenb, Maeve Clancy, Philip Barrett and Alan Nolan about the work of comix artist Daniel Clowes.
Avenue Q debuts in Dublin
Avenue Q finally makes it to Dublin with a week long run at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. I met up for a chat with some of the furry cast for The Musical Hour on 103.2 Dublin City FM.
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Avenue Q runs from Tues 3rd – Sat 7th April 2012 in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Book tickets here.
Alice in Funderland
Alice in Funderland is not only that rare bird – a new Irish musical but also the first musical to be performed in the Abbey Theatre in over 20 years. THISISPOPBABY‘s Phillip McMahon (book & lyrics) joined me on The Musical Hour this week with a playlist of musical tunes that have inspired him over the years as well as chatting about the production of Alice. We had loads of fun recording this and you can listen to the entire one hour show here:
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Alice in Funderland runs in the Abbey Theatre from 30th March 2012 until 12th May 2012. For booking click here.
Monster/Clock
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This week on The Musical Hour (every Weds 2-3pm on 103.2 Dublin City FM) I talked to the cast & crew of Monster/Clock – a puppet comedy musical starring Game of Thrones’ actor Jack Gleeson which is on at in Smock Alley from March 26th – April 7th 2012. Full details here.
Chuggers: “Do you have a minute to spare?”
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With the Irish Twittersphere all aflutter over street fundraisers I hit the streets of Dublin to see if I could chug a chugger.
This piece originally broadcast on 103.2 Dublin City FM on 09/03/12.
The Cutlery
In this tiny piece I made, my parents talk about a particular obsessive habit of mine…
The Musical Hour: Muppet Special
In our house growing up, my folks used to always say that everything I learned in life I learnt from the Muppets. A bit of an over statement perhaps, but certainly true in my education of entertainers. A song might come on the radio and I’d remark, “Oh that’s Rita Coolidge!” or an old clip of a TV cowboy might appear and I’d say “I love Roy Rogers!” How do you know who they are, my parents would cry. The answer always being, “They were on The Muppet Show!”
So, this week on my radio show The Musical Hour (normally one hour of showtunes) I dedicated the entire programme to my first love – The Muppets. It’s mostly music but features two other Muppet fanatics – the first, in a piece produced by myself, is about Bunny – a Dublin drag queen and her love of Kermit and gang and the second is a really lovely and quite moving piece by my friend and fellow broadcaster Regan Hutchins.
I don’t normally podcast The Musical Hour as it’s made up of 90% music but I’m making an exception in the case of The Muppet special. You can listen to the full show below:
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The Musical Hour broadcasts every Wednesday 2-3pm on 103.2 Dublin City FM and can streamed here.
A tipsy rant
The perils of being friends with other radio folk is that there’s always a recorder to hand and a pal willing to use it. So over a couple of glasses of wine last night Regan Hutchins, who creates wonderful radio pieces for Culture File, held up a mic to my mouth ever so slowly so as not to frighten me off like a farmer after a stray sheep. He caught me just as I began a tipsy rant about visiting Avoca for the first time. Enjoy.