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Next up: I will be launching None of That: A Black Books Podcast

Just a quick entry about the fact that I was researching one of the locations for None Of That podcast, and came across this blog by an Italian writer.

http://www.bohemianwanderer.com/en/2014/08/serendipita-bookfinders-cafe-bookshop-a-belfast/

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Black Sails is the best show you aren't watching!

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Moving to LA for Pilot Season - the actor's Mecca

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How to Find Good Actors, or The Pitfalls of the Novice Filmmaker.

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Arcade Fire and the subdued reception in Belfast: A study in the radio-industrial complex.

𝔚 hen Arcade Fire decide to call it a day, they will be hailed as the most influential band of the early 21st Century, so when Belfast musi...
Playboy of the Western World, a play for the 21st century.

UPDATE 𝕺n May 10-12 I'll be performing in J.M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. The play is considered one of the great wor...