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ILoveQatar.net
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- ILoveQatar.net
Kaifan Block 1
Get ready for an evening full of laughter with Kaifan Block 1, a social comedy theatrical production taking center stage at the Katara Opera House. Running from 2 to 5 July 2025, this engaging play combines sharp humor with meaningful social themes, promising a lively and entertaining cultural experience. Event Details: Location: Katara Opera House, Doha Dates: 2 – 5 July 2025 Entry: From QR 200 to QR 850 (depending on category) Source: Eventat Qatar Note: The details mentioned in this event listing are sourced from the organizers' official announcements and are subject to change. Please check with the organizer directly before making plans.
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Christy Moore review: A powerhouse of a performance leads to standing ovation at Live at the Marquee
Christy Moore just loves to perform for his Live at the Marquee audience, and yet another capacity night proves just how mutual that love is. Christy played the Marquee in its launch year of 2005, when Brian Wilson, the recently deceased Beach Boy, was the first artist to perform here. God only knows how Christy keeps going. He is the only artist to have attended every single Marquee. In an annual series broken only by Covid, this night was Christy's 19th year bringing his unique circus to Cork's big tent. It's hard to believe, really, that he turned 80 in May. What a powerhouse of a performance. The voice is as crystal clear as ever, the wit as sharp as a fishmonger's favourite blade. "Johnny, fill her up," he says to his technician, changing guitars. Christy Moore in concert at Live At The Marquee, Cork on Saturday. Picture: Eddie O'Hare Last year saw the release of the flawless album A Terrible Beauty, which sits up there with his all-time best work. Several of the songs featured in the tent: Cumann Na Mná and Palestine, and, of course, The Big Marquee, which he originally began writing a few years ago in the car journey down to Cork. In it, he mentions countless Cork people. "The first time I played this was in the Opera House on a tribute night for Don O'Leary of the Cork Life Centre. He's here again tonight, so we'll sing it for him. " He dedicated My Little Honda 50 to Ruby, a six-year-old attending along with two generations of her family. "Thanks to you, Ruby, you make an 80-year-old man feel really great." Christy Moore in concert at Live At The Marquee, Cork on Saturday. Picture: Eddie O'Hare Across the course of the evening, you see every shade of Christy. One minute, we are laughing at the speed of his reaction to a shout from the audience requesting a song while he's talking. "I'll be with you in five minutes, Mary. Here's a song I wrote 40 years ago. Sadly, it's entirely from my own experience. I add a new verse every year, but I can never remember the decade that I'm in." Delirium Tremens. The next minute, we are plunged into a kind of dark introspection that few of us actively seek out for our entertainment, and yet we're glad when we are floored by its stark authenticity. Like Black & Amber, Christy's a capella version of the song by Brian Brannigan of A Lazarus Soul; it's the moving tale of a woman left at home every night while her man is down the local pub: 'It's oh so lonely O he's left us on our owneo, Down the Black and Amber treatin' strangers like they're Kings'. Throughout the gig, Christy takes time to credit the many writers whose songs he records and performs. This is a regular trait in his shows. It must be a great buzz for songwriters to be name-checked by Ireland's all-time great folk artist. He mentions Hank Wedel, Martin Leahy, Jimmy McCarthy and more. "Sometimes you're singing a song, and it makes you think of another song. In 1974, I did a tour of West Cork with Jimmy Crowley, and I picked up this song." He sings Johnny Jump Up unplanned, impromptu and again a cappella. And then there's all the classic hits: Viva la Quinta Brigada, Spancil Hill, Back Home in Derry, The City of Chicago, Joxxer, Johnny Boy/Ride On, Bright Blue Rosé, The Voyage and Ordinary Man. A personal highlight for me was Christy's Yellow Triangle. A truly great song from his 1996 album Graffiti Tongue, he doesn't always play it. I'm sure it gives Christy no pleasure that his spine-chilling anti-fascist lyrics are more relevant today than ever. Politics, comedy, love and death, clapping along, singing. A night with everything. Such a powerful journey from one man's mastery to a standing ovation. Out and about at Live at the Marquee
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ten years on, Good Food visits Bennelong to see if it still delivers big-ticket thrills
Head sommelier Alex Jacques is the current shaper of Bennelong's wine list, which at one point was all-Australian (champagne excepted) but now has a considerable wealth of Old World stalwarts and rare gems. Domestic bottles are still highly championed, and there's a particularly beaut representation of NSW producers. Spirits are well chosen, martinis are textbook. The only dud note drinks-wise is the mochi garnish on a Tokyo-inspired cocktail (whisky, yoghurt-purified azuki bean, tequila and coconut spice), which tastes more like raw scone dough than anything approaching the squishy Japanese rice cake. 'The menu doesn't change very much' is a common criticism. 'That duck has been on for years!' Well, yeah, but that duck is a cracker: a roast breast of pasture-raised bird from Tathra Place near Goulburn, with extra-crisp, maltose-lacquered skin. A sauce built on duck consomme with sherry caramel and Kampot pepper boosts things further, while the leftover legs are used in party pie-sized pithivier on the bar menu. Also, with that price tag, most of us are only visiting Bennelong once a year if we're lucky. I'd be upset to take a first-timer and there wasn't the duck, or the buckwheat pikelets with marron and cultured cream, or the opening-day Opera House pavlova with meringue shaped like Utzon's sails. It's now joined by a joyous almond kataifi (spindly string pastry) with nougat and vanilla parfait. If you're looking at the rumpled carpet and slightly scuffed chairs, you're looking in the wrong direction. Look at the soaring Gotham City ceiling and bronze sheen of the Tom Dixon-designed lights. Look at the jagged skyline and the ferries and the way the sun bounces off an Old Fashioned. Top work, Bennelong team. Top work, NSW government of the 1950s for backing such ambition.
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Ten years on, Good Food visits Bennelong to see if it still delivers big-ticket thrills
Head sommelier Alex Jacques is the current shaper of Bennelong's wine list, which at one point was all-Australian (champagne excepted) but now has a considerable wealth of Old World stalwarts and rare gems. Domestic bottles are still highly championed, and there's a particularly beaut representation of NSW producers. Spirits are well chosen, martinis are textbook. The only dud note drinks-wise is the mochi garnish on a Tokyo-inspired cocktail (whisky, yoghurt-purified azuki bean, tequila and coconut spice), which tastes more like raw scone dough than anything approaching the squishy Japanese rice cake. 'The menu doesn't change very much' is a common criticism. 'That duck has been on for years!' Well, yeah, but that duck is a cracker: a roast breast of pasture-raised bird from Tathra Place near Goulburn, with extra-crisp, maltose-lacquered skin. A sauce built on duck consomme with sherry caramel and Kampot pepper boosts things further, while the leftover legs are used in party pie-sized pithivier on the bar menu. Also, with that price tag, most of us are only visiting Bennelong once a year if we're lucky. I'd be upset to take a first-timer and there wasn't the duck, or the buckwheat pikelets with marron and cultured cream, or the opening-day Opera House pavlova with meringue shaped like Utzon's sails. It's now joined by a joyous almond kataifi (spindly string pastry) with nougat and vanilla parfait. If you're looking at the rumpled carpet and slightly scuffed chairs, you're looking in the wrong direction. Look at the soaring Gotham City ceiling and bronze sheen of the Tom Dixon-designed lights. Look at the jagged skyline and the ferries and the way the sun bounces off an Old Fashioned. Top work, Bennelong team. Top work, NSW government of the 1950s for backing such ambition.
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
The Gilded Age Season 3 returns with drama and shift in power dynamics — full Episode 1 recap and Episode 2 release date
The Gilded Age Season 3: The Gilded Age is back, and the power plays are only just beginning. After a season-long hiatus, HBO's opulent period drama has returned with its third season, once again diving into the glittering world of 1880s New York high society. With old money clashing against new wealth and personal ambitions threatening to upend tradition, The Gilded Age wastes no time getting back into its trademark social tug-of-war. If Episode 1 left you craving more, we've got you covered with a detailed recap of everything that went down, from Bertha Russell's Opera House triumph to the growing tension between Ada and Agnes, and a look at when Season 3 Episode 2 will release. Here's everything you need to know. What's The Gilded Age Season 3 about? Created by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes, The Gilded Age explores the collision of wealth, power, and rigid social mores. The fresh season explores the intrigue among four central families: the nouveau-riche Russells (Baranski, Spector, Brown), the aristocratic van Rhijns (Nixon, Walter), the free-thinking Scotts (Benton, Nathan Lane), and the newly arrived Marian Brook (Jacobson). The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 1 recap In the Season 3 opener Who Is in Charge Here?, The Gilded Age turns its gaze to the once-solid bond between sisters Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski). After losing her fortune in Season 2, Agnes expected life to go on as usual until Ada, newly wealthy from her late husband's estate, casually invites the Temperance League into their Fifth Avenue parlour. Agnes's calm authority shatters as she watches Ada, for the first time, boss around servants and guests with a thrill in her voice. Every pointed question Agnes tosses Ada's way, 'Who's in charge here?' echoes the shock of a household turned upside down. For Agnes, identity and power were inseparable, as she'd always been the older sister, the decision-maker. Stripped of her savings and status, she's left to grapple with an unfamiliar role of spectator in her own home. Baranski describes this as Agnes's toughest challenge yet, learning that deference and privilege aren't guaranteed, no matter your birthright. Ada, who once shied away from every big choice, now feels the rush of calling the shots. Nixon notes Ada's decision-making 'muscles' are new and untested, but she dives in headfirst, delighting in directing household business and discovering a side of herself she never knew existed. It's a heady mix of excitement and uncertainty, as Ada balances newfound power with the fear of misstep. The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 2 release date and time New episodes drop weekly—Episode 2 of The Gilded Age Season 3 premieres Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max. Don't miss the next chapter in this lavish portrait of ambition and change. For more news and updates from the world of Hollywood, keep reading Indiatimes Entertainment.
