Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

FILM: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

The juice is loose again! 36 years (!) later, director Tim Burton revisits his dark comedy classic with a belated sequel that sees returning stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara joined by Jenna Ortega, the start of Burton's hit Netflix show Wednesday. Advance word (and a rapturous response at this year's Venice Film Festival) suggests that its an old-school return to form for the creator of Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas (Cinemas nationwide)

MUSIC: WILD GOD

After a dark decade that saw him tragically lose two sons and - by way of response - make some of the most stunning music of his career, Nick Cave reunites with his Bad Seeds for a stunning album that summons the musical gods to invoke something resembling a state of musical ecstasy. It's a joyful statement from one of music's modern greats, and we can't wait to hear it live at their eagerly anticipated Irish shows this November. Listen in full below (Out now)

BOOK: OUR LONDON LIVES

1979: two Irish outsiders in London find refuge in each other in a tale of love and loss spanning four decades; the epic new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, the celebrated author of Tatty and The Narrow Land, has already been acclaimed by The Guardian as 'an affecting portrait of the Irish diaspora experience'. Hickey is an underappreciated giant of modern Irish writing, and a new book from her warrants your immediate attention (Atlantic, out now)

EVENT: THE SEÁN CORCORAN SERIES

The Seán Corcoran Series returns to the heart of Drogheda's historic walled town with a vibrant three-day programme of the finest in traditional and multi-disciplinary arts; the stellar line-up includes the Irish debut of Palestinian cellist Naseem Alatrash, musician and composer Natalia Beylis, The Armagh Rhymers, singers Len Graham and Niamh Bury, fiddler Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, archivist Catriona Crowe, broadcaster and biologist Éanna Ní Lamhna, violinist Cora Venus Lunny, poet Theo Dorgan, filmmaker Sorcha Glackin and many more (Various venues, Drogheda, County Louth, Friday 6th – Sunday 8th September)

At 8pm Saturday 7th Sep join the Seán Corcoran Series at the Augustian Church Shop St. for CROÍ NA FÉILE a gala gathering in celebration of the true spirit of hospitality for all with a stellar line-up of talent. BOOKING: https://t.co/z7jMI54ckM@SCSLouth@Love_Drogheda pic.twitter.com/Bz7ANJRB90

— Droichead ArtsCentre (@Droichead_Arts) August 28, 2024

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