This film screened 31st March 2016.

With money tight in a boozy, middle-class 1980s Dublin household, youngest son Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is forced to transfer from his private school to the Brothers in Synge Street where posh new boys are easy prey for the school bullies. Working on relationship advice and musical cues from his much-admired, louche, older brother (Jack Reynor), he forms a band to attract a sophisticated older woman (Lucy Boynton) who he persuades to appear in a series of music videos.

Presenting a pitch-perfect reconstruction of Dublin teen life in the 1980s, director John Carney (Once) has scored another triumph with this hilarious, warm hearted musical tale. (Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn.)

Menu

Honey roast bacon on creamy mash, savoury cabbage and white sauce with freshly chopped parsley

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Oven baked glazed salmon, buttery crushed baby potatoes and steamed garden vegetables

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Hearty barley, chunky winter vegetable and pale ale stew

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Audio Description (AD) will be available on this screening.