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comedy Romesh Ranganathan Ranganathan rivals Rich
ard Ayoade for ubiquity across UK media channels these days. He’s got his podcast Hip Hop Saved My Life, broadcast his BBC comedy show The Ranganation this summer and has various other deals in recent years ranging from panel show host, travel shows and playing Judge Romesh in a spin on the well-trodden courtroom format. So, he’s squeezing in the The Cynic’s Mixtape tour among all these demands. Ranganathan’s mordant and deadpan style riffs on everything from his lazy eye, ethnic background and the tribulations of fatherhood. Olympia, Sunday December 7, 7pm, €30-€33 theatre A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s short story which was subtitled ‘A Tale for Children’, Collapsing Horse bring its magical realism back to the stage after an acclaimed debut at the Fringe Festival. It takes the tropes and accoutrements of the traditional world of fables and fairy-tales without ever resting upon the laurels of this domain. Narrated by Genevieve Hulme Beaman and her silent partner Manus Halligan, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings translates across all ages with seamless transitions between puppets and props and a charming design by Andrew Clancy who we featured in the magazine last month. Peacock Theatre, Tuesday December 10 to Saturday December 28, €16-€18, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4pm, 7pm. Children 8+ exhibition Pete Smyth – Local This retrospective exhibition features work from Pete Smyth’s extensive photography project documenting aspects of life in West Tallaght where he lives. Local brings together Smyth’s renowned portrait series Traveller and View from the Dearth, alongside his most recent work charting street and nightlife in and around Tallaght, “the routines, dramas and celebrations, the lending and returning…” as Ken Grant says in the foreword to this collection. Informed by his role as a community arts worker and social activist, Smyth lays bare “a place he helps shape and one that’s probably shaped him in the process.” Gallery of Photography until January 12 88