metro Arts & Entertainment Imelda May In Town On Arthurs Day If Elvis Presley and Bettie Page got a boom-boom, Imelda May would be the result. The Liberties siren is joined by velvet-voiced crooner Richard Hawley, and also The Kooks wholl likely be keeping out of the way of their nemesis Razorlight, who are playing Vicar Street tonight Tonight, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 5pm, 17.59 (returns only). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.guinness.com Calvin Harris Ready for the weekend? It comes early tonight, as the Scottish whippersnapper fires off some synth-pop anthems including, no doubt, a parp of his hit with Dizzee Rascal, Dance Wiv Me. Jamie Cullum, Soul II Soul, Republic Of Loose and Mongrel complete the line-up Tonight, TriPod, Harcourt Street D2, 5pm, 17.59 (returns only). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.guinness.com David Gray So Dolly Parton was too busy to duet on Grays Draw The Line track Kathleen. No matter, Tom Waits label mate Jolie Holland stepped in, while Annie Lennox guests on Full Steam. Gray is joined ce soir by The Enemy, The Undertones and Lisa Hannigan Tonight, Whelans, 25 Wexford Street D2, 5pm, 17.59 (returns only). Tel: (01) 478 0766. www.guinness.com life Book Now The Wailers In 1977, Bob Marley And The Wailers released the album Exodus. Ten years ago, it was voted album of the century by Time Magazine. Last night, The Wailers now featuring just one original band member and roots reggae pioneer, bassist Aston Family Man Barrett embarked on a world tour to celebrate the seminal albums 30th anniversary. Performing the record in its entirety, from Natural Mystic to One Love, the group will bring a welcome slice of sunny Kingston Town to nippy, recession-battered Dublin next month. And relaaax... Oct 28, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, 29.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.thewailers.com Arts & Entertainment The Big Interview Paul Bettany On an evolutionary n the first floor library of Londons Covent Garden Hotel, a denim-clad Paul Bettany is leafing through a newspaper supplement devoted to his latest film, Creation, the story of naturalist Charles Darwin. It being 200 years since Darwins birth and the 150th anniversary since the publication of his seminal work on evolutionary theory, On The Origin Of Species, the paper has gone to town in its spread. Evidently impressed, Bettany lets a string of expletives fall from his potty mouth before joking: I thought I was making a small romantic comedy. While the Harlesden-born actor has been there before Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst sadly springs to mind Creation is anything but. Beginning with Darwin in his forties, years before he evolved into the aged, bearded, sombre- looking scholar we all know from the pictures, the film depicts a man in crisis, afraid to present to the world his revolutionary idea that man has descended from apes. He was a social conservative and it was really difficult for him, just on that level, says Bettany. I dont think he could then stop seeing it everywhere he looked. But it made him sick. It definitely made him ill. Much of Creations action plays out in the Darwin family home as the scientist suffers the loss of his ten-year-old daughter and comes to blows with his God-fearing wife Emma (Bettanys real- life spouse, Jennifer Connelly). Bettany, 38, who previously toyed with religious controversy as the self-flagellating monk in The Da Vinci Code, makes no apologies for this. The film is unabashedly domestic, rather than political, he says. I think theres been 150 years of politics about Darwin. And what there is to illuminate is his I private life, his external and internal struggles with producing a piece of work that changed the world irrevocably. To prepare, Bettany read Origin as well as Darwins 1839 journal The Voyage Of The Beagle but admits he struggled to get his head around playing such a brainbox. Arguably, he had the greatest idea that any human being has ever had, he says. And Im an actor. A blond actor! I simply cant do that. It freaked me out at first. Then I realised if I was playing Superman, theyd put me on wires and fly me. So I can look at barnacles in a meaningful fashion. But the thing I do know about is marriage, and I do know about parenthood and I do know about loss. Those things are rocks for me to base my performance on. T his is certainly true. When Bettany was 16, his younger brother Matthew tragically died in a fall. Since then, hes said hes become obsessed with having lots of children. And in 2003, the same year he married Connelly (who has a son, Kai, from a previous relationship), Bettany became a father to their first- born son, Stellan. The family now lives quietly in Vermont, away from the carousel of parties and premieres in Hollywood. If Jennifer and I are at the Arguably, he had the greatest idea any human being has ever had. And Im an actor. A blond actor! The actor tells James Mottram about the challenges of filling the genius shoes of Charles Darwin for his new film Creation THEATRE REVIEW Too Much Of Nothing 12 metrolife Thursday, September 24, 2009 Mark O Halloran and David Wilmots comic two-hander about clinically unemployed dreamers adrift in Celtic Tiger Ireland premiered in 1999 and, while it might be in danger of becoming a period piece, theres something very identifiable about its characters: struggling poet Christy (Elliot Moriarty) and over-ambitious, under-achieving gadfly Dominic (Christopher Samuel Carroll) who loves nothing better than a good conspiracy theory. While Christy attempts to toil away on a new poem, his wide-eyed companion seems intent on interrupting him, holding forth on subjects ranging from the dangers of coffee (the bean of the devil) to the girlfriend who recently dumped him because of the workings of my digestive tract. Though it sags in places, the writing is, for the most part, funny and smart but with Christy acting as little more than a convenient foil for Dominics madcap reflections you wonder if this wouldnt have worked better as a monologue. Still, Carroll gives a nice turn as the escapist who finds that his social welfare payments have been cancelled and his days of navel-gazing might be coming to an abrupt end. Everyone knows a Dominic: the question is whether or not youd choose to spend an hour in the company of another one. Daragh Reddin Until Oct 10, Bewleys Caf Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street D2, 12.50pm, 15 (includes light lunch). Tel: 086 878 4001. www.bewleyscafetheatre.com The hoTTesT TickeTs in Town We have two pairs of tickets to see THE WAILERS Oct 28 at The Olympia, 7.30pm For a chance to win, e-mail your answer to the question below to life@metroireland.ie by noon today with Hot Tickets in the subject line. With your answer please include your name, address and a number where you can be contacted between 1pm and 3pm. Strictly one entry per person; entrants must be age 18+. Q. The lyric your life is worth much more than gold is from which Bob Marley song? A Jamming B The Heathen The winners of yesterdays tickets to see Peter Green are: Jackie Spain & Jim Quinn If you failed to secure tickets for any of the Arthurs Day events, pop down to BT2 at 1pm where The Black Swan Effect (who count Ronnie Woods son Jesse as a member) will be playing a free gig. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html