British film director Sir Alan Parker has died aged 76. His long career saw him create a wide range of films including music charged hits like Fame, The Commitments, Evita and Bugsy Malone, and dramas including Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, Angela’s Ashes and The Life of David Gale. After a successful career in advertising and directing commercials Parker moved in to being […]
On this day in 1980 the movie Fame was released into cinemas across America. The film would go on to inspire a television series that ran for six seasons and a 2009 remake that didn’t have the same impact of the original. Fame focuses on the lives of students at the New York School of Performing Arts, […]
Koorliny Arts Centre are staging the sensational 80’s musical Fame – The Musical this month. Presented by Laughing Horse Productions and directed by Cat Rippon, Fame – The Musical follows the highs and lows of students at New York City’s illustrious High School for the Performing Arts. It follows their struggles, triumphs and relationships as they explore ambition, […]
Twenty five years ago seven dancers joined Madonna on her Blonde Ambition World Tour. There escapades were captured in the documentary In Bed With Madonna. This fascinating documentary we find out where the performers are now and see how their moment in Madonna’s bright spotlight changed their lives for better or worth. The film touches […]
Irish girl group B*witched zoomed to the top of the charts with Cest La Vie in the late ’90s and kept on scoring hits with two albums of energetic pop tunes. The band comprised twin sisters Edele and Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou, and Sinéad O’Carroll. Edele and Keavy weren’t the only members of their family with […]
Some might argue that fame is simply “the state of being known by many people” but not Sharron. No to Famous Sharron, fame is an art that can be harnessed, taught, shared and should be taken seriously. It’s reserved for an elite group of people. Lucky for us, the larger than life character has kindly […]
Actor and dancer Gene Anthony Ray passed away ten years ago today. Ray shot to fame when he was cast in the 1980 movie ‘Fame’ as one of the central characters Leroy Johnson. Ray went on to feature in the TV series based on the film. Born in Harlem in 1962 Ray first began performing […]
Next year Black Swan Theatre is presenting a production of Tennessee Williams’s classic play, ‘A Street Car Named Desire’. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1948 but when it came time to make the movie version in 1951 some things had to be toned down a bit for the big screen. A […]
