‘Dating Amber’ is the second feature film from the very talented London-based Irish writer / director David Freyne.
With the film now hitting cinema screens in Australia and available to watch online around the world, we were delighted to speak with David about this fantastic film and hear how this semi-autobiographical tale went from the page to the screen, how he pulled together such an incredible cast to tell it and why we still need these LGBTIQ stories more than ever in 2021.
Set in Kildare, Ireland during the mid-90s, ‘Dating Amber’ is a heartwarming and hilarious coming out and coming of age story which follows Eddie and Amber as they decide to stage a relationship to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. The closeted teenagers reluctantly agree to be each other’s beards. Eddie is keen to follow his Dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. Their parallel journeys dispense with a one-size-fits-all coming-out narrat
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Irish creatives to celebrate the legacy of Eileen Gray
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A new exhibition curated by Richard Malone imagines a dialogue between the seminal modernist architect and designer, and other Irish creators
May 21, 2021
Following a turbulent year with disruptions and setbacks, the sun-drenched French Riviera will welcome an exhibition looking at the legacy of Irish architect, furniture designer, and pioneer of the modernist movement, Eileen Gray. Curated by the London-based Irish designer and multidisciplinary artist Richard Malone,
Making and Momentum: In Conversation with Eileen Gray imagines a dialogue between Gray, Malone, and seven prominent Irish artists and artisans.
The exhibition will debut at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin’s town hall in June, in conjunction with the public reopening of Gray’s E-1027, the modernist villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. From there, it will travel to Dublin’s National Museum in Collins Barracks in August and finally to Gray’s hometown of Wexford in spring 2022, a journey that echoe