Swansong in Gaiety and in Carrick Cineplex

So after a stunning buzzy week in Sligo with packed out audiences in the cinemobile, we are off around our tour of venues around the counties, starting with Arigna, dates, times and venues are all here.

The good news is the print doesn't leave Sligo. Our friends in the Gaiety cinema are showing Swansong starting this weekend. Times and full details are all on their site and we give you the booking number below.

We also arrive in Carrick-on-Shannon in the marvellous Cineplex from 29th onwards. Times are yet to be set but all details will be posted on their site and here of course.

Sligo Gaiety Booking line: 1520 927 011

Carrick Cineplex Booking line: 071 967 2000

We'll leave you with a lovely review from Le Cool.

The weekend's press - Martin and Jodie

Yes, more great profiles of the universally praised cast in Swansong, a lovely in depth profile of Jodie Whittaker in the Sunday Business Post and also another two page profile in the Irish Times.

Another profile of Martin in the Sunday Independent.

The Irish Times also praised the film - "McDermottroe’s yarn does exert a firm grip. Credit must go to the actors who breathe life into broadly drawn characters. Jodie Whittaker appears a decade older than her true age as Occi’s mother. Gerard McSorley is reliably seedy as his grandfather. And Martin McCann...buzzes with cross-wired energy as the title character."

Swansong gets ★★★★★ review

Great responses all round to Swansong, especially the performances, in the reviews coming in:

RTE gave a five star review - ★★★★★ "McDermottroe shows himself to be a filmmaker of real promise who can move from heart-warming to chilling and depict the remedial influence of relationships and cruelty towards the weakest with equal power"

and also "One of the real treats of cinema is experiencing a performance by a young, relatively unknown actor or actress and then thinking of the great career they have ahead of them. There are goose bumps aplenty watching Belfast man Martin McCann in 'Swansong.'"

Other reviewers have also praised the film

Breaking News - "Great performances in Swansong"

entertainment.ie - "performances that will last long in the memory, McCann's confident swagger keeps the film burning"

Interview with Martin McCann at IFTN

A detailed interview and profile of leading actor, Martin McCann in IFTN in advance of Swansong's release on Friday 10th.

Major Profile in the Sunday TImes Culture magazine

Just in case you missed it, yesterday's Sunday Times Culture magazine carried a major profile of Conor and Swansong.

Quite apart from including it in their Autumn's Hot 100 arts events they gave a long and detailed interview which can be read here.

More Press

Some more press about Swansong at home and abroad. First a profile in the Irish Examiner.

And then a lovely appraisal of Conor and the film in the Montreal Gazette - " A deeply moving Irish feature".

Conor McDermottroe to launch Swansong in Dublin

Our friends, the Light House Cinema, in Smithfield in Dublin is the fabulous venue which will screen Swansong. Conor McDermottroe will be there after the screening on Friday 10th at 6:30 to answer questions and discuss the film.

Conor then travels to Tubbercurry on Saturday 11th. The North Wests first stop on the tour by Cinema North West, to introduce the film to the town which saw it being made. Should be a great night!

Current Press

Looking forward to an interview with Conor McDermottroe, Swanson's writer/director in the upcoming Sunday Times Culture Magazine.

In the meantime, thanks to Donald Clarke in the Irish Times for noting our introduction into the distribution arena. Also you can listen to Conor McDermottroe being interviewed on RTE Radio 1 last Friday by Gavin Duffy.

Jodie Whittaker profile

A great interview with leading actress Jodie Whittaker in this weeks RTE Guide in advance of Swansong's release.

Interview at In Dublin magazine

Prior to our Swansong launch on Friday Week, some press coverage has started to flow in. In the meantime, you can read a preliminary interview with Conor over at In Dublin this week. Check it out.