Arts & Culture

THIS year marks the 40th Fleadh Nua in Ennis with a wide and varied programme of events to mark the milestone, including five nights of céilithe, six evening concerts, five lunchtime concerts and sessions.

Star Trek: Into DarknessDIRECTED BY: JJ AbramsSTARRING: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe SaldanaCERT: 12A

Les Misérables****Directed by: Tom HooperStarring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda SeyfriedI didn’t go to Les Misérables in the cinema. I couldn’t. I would have been the worst, the worst person to sit anywhere near and I just couldn’t bring myself to inflict that sort of torment on somebody.

TOMMY Tiernan will be joined by author and Irish Times columnist Michael Harding on the Lime Tree Theatre stage for a conversation event focusing on Michael’s recently released memoir and his experience with depression.

Two photography exhibitions continue at the Court House Gallery, Ennistymon, this month, following their launch last weekend.

CLARE’S drama fans have a chance to enjoy two of Tom Murphy’s plays later this month.

The Cork International Choral Festival, which ran from the April 20 to 30, opened with a concert entitled Is Mairg an Té gan Ceol in St Anne’s Church of Ireland in Shandon, performed by the Cork Chamber Choir.