Tag Archives: Jonny Holden

Dublin Murders. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Michael D’Arcy, Eugene O’Hare, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Ellie O’Halloran, Niall Jordan, Ian Kenny, Conleth Hill, Amy Macken, Leah McNamara, Peter McDonald, Jonny Holden, Daniel Brickenden, Sam Keeley, Niall O’Brien, Aoife Fitzpatrick, David Thomas, Aiden O’ Hare, Alexandra Moen, Jonathan Forbes, Carolyn Bracken, Antonio Aakeel, Vanessa Emme, Charlie Kelly, Amelia Crowley, Barry O’Connor, Eunice McMenamin, Ned Dennehy, Erika Roe, James Browne, Caoimhe O’Malley, Paul Roe.

Dublin Murders. Television Review. full post

(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Paula, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Denise Gough, Tom Hughes, Owen McDonnell, Siobhan Cullen, Sean McGinley, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Jane Brennan, Emily Taaffe, Ameilia Metcalfe, Jonny Holden, Edward MacLiam, Ciarán McMenamin, Aislin McGuckin, David Herlihy, Rachael Dowling, Marty Maguire, Dylan Breen, Gary Liburn, David Pearse.

 

It is infuriating when a drama on television cannot decide if it is one thing or another, especially when in theory the premise of the story is not bad, a light entertainment by the small screen and one willing to find a way to bring a necessary point of view to the adult conversation. Yet in Paula, the makers of the programme managed to make a perfectly good idea somehow unpalatable, degrading and almost thrown straight into the bin where all other nonsense is kept.

Paula, Television Review. full post

(511 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sean McGinley, Donal Gallery, Ryan Donaldson, Iara McGowan, Chris McCurry, Marcus Lamb, Jonny Holden, Andy Kellegher, Paul Kennedy.

The lies and propaganda that was used to call up millions of men during World War One never seems to be anything but staggering, almost contemptible and yet those millions took the call to arms against people they had never met in a battle to preserve the status quo; as each county in the United Kingdom offered up more and more men to the front line, so too did the sense of belonging and camaraderie take hold in the trenches.

Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)