metro Arts & Entertainment life The Importance Of Being Earnest In Town Tonight Oscar Wildes classic comedy of manners in which aristocratic libertine Ernest Worthing revels in leading a double life in London and the country until his charade is unravelled at the hands of old chum Algernon and Lady a handbag!? Bracknell Until Nov 14, James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Georges Street D1, 8pm (Sat mat 1.30pm), 12 to 15. Tel: (01) 878 8547. www.jamesjoyce.ie Mozaik Cosmpolitan trad band with a noughties twist spearheaded by veteran Irish singer-songwriters Dnal Lunny and Andy Irvine, both singing and playing alongside musicians from Budapest, Holland and America Tonight, Whelans, 25 Wexford Street D2, 7.30pm, 25. Tel: 1890 200 078. www.whelanslive.com Wild Beasts Silly name aside, this British post-rock four-piece are slated for megastardom thanks to a hot new album, Two Dancers, which has earned enough four and five star reviews to form a constellation. World domination is nigh... Tonight, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 7pm, 16. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.myspace.com/wildbeasts Book Now Passion Pit Too late getting your mitts on tickets to this weeks sell-out Academy gig? No matter, the Massachusetts electro- popstars are back for more in the spring. With only one EP and one LP under their belt, its still early days to herald the quintet as the saviour of electronic pop. But debut album Manners gathers all the best bits of Hot Chip, MGMT and Empire Of The Sun, and garnishes with Michael Angelakos disarming falsetto for ultimate disco madness Mar 13, 2010, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, 21. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.passionpit.com DUBLIN FOR FREE Kings Of Leon DVD Screening Curling up in front of the box with a mug of hot cocoa tonight? Not on your nelly! Trade in your slippers for some good old-fashioned rocknroll at The Village, where a sneak preview screening of Kings Of Leon: Live In The O2 London DVD awaits. The band, recently nominated Best Act at the American Music Awards, are stars of a new DVD which documents their three-night stand this summer performing in front of 18,000 adoring sex-on-fired up fans. Tickets sold out within one-hour of going on sale, but fortunately you dont need any for tonights screening and theres free finger food. You wouldnt get that in an arena... Tonight, The Village, 26 Wexford Street D2, 8.30pm. Tel: (01) 475 8555. www.kingsofleon.com Music Interview Jon Bon Jovi Going round in a on Bon Jovi is gazing over the glittering lights of a Wembley car park from a high-rise hotel suite. I think we were actually here in 1984, supporting Kiss, he mutters, softly. We played everywhere, right from the beginning. The leather-jacketed, sharp-cheekboned New Jersey rocker and sometime actor has aged handsomely since then, as has the outfit bearing his name. As Bon Jovi the band hit their 25th anniversary, theyre established as one of the worlds most successful groups (their box-set was cheekily titled 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Cant Be Wrong). Eleventh album The Circle refreshes their characteristically punchy anthems with a reflective air; its also accompanied by an entertainingly candid documentary, When We Were Beautiful. I think theres just one boy/girl song on the whole album, says Bon Jovi. Wed started writing love songs and rehab songs, neither of which excited Richie (Sambora, co-founder/guitarist) or I then the economic downturn happened. The Circle is more about whats going on in the world; its so universal that anyone could relate to it. Those themes pervade new tracks like Work For The Working Man, and Bon Jovi is at pains to point out its not superstar fantasy: We couldnt write that from fiction, he insists. Where we grew up was just real blue collar. J Its true that such working hero spirit dates back to Bon Jovis earliest successes; think Tommy and Ginas dockside/diner romance on Livin On A Prayer. That narrative bent also set Bon Jovi apart from their peers, as current single We Werent Born To Follow suggests even if their 1986 breakthrough album Slippery When Wet bristled with the customary big hair and machismo. I always liked hard rock, but Richie and me were influenced by Dylan, Elvis Costello, Springsteen they were storytellers, it wasnt just about being heavy metal meatheads, he smiles. That combination made Bon Jovis sound ours. T heres a point in the band documentary when Sambora mentions that Jon Bon Jovi thrives on responsibility. Yeah... thats my lot in life, he replies. Hes certainly an unusually pragmatic rocknroller; he once flatly described himself as the CEO of a major corporation, and has channelled profits into a foundation that builds affordable housing (hes just opened a pay-what-you-can restaurant In your twenties and thirties, youre looking to build your legacy, and by the latter part of your forties, youre hoping to leave one After 25 years together, Bon Jovi have a long history, but they are happy to talk to Arwa Haider about the future THEATRE REVIEW Stones In His Pockets 14 metrolife Thursday, November 5, 2009 The hoTTesT TickeTs in Town We have a pair of tickets to see PASSION PIT Mar 13, 2010 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. Which Irish singer/harpist is sampled on Passion Pits Sleepyhead? A Orla Fallon B Mary OHara The winners of yesterdays tickets to see Terminus are: Ann McEwan, Virgil Hammond, Laetitia Hyver, Mary Dimas & Ryan Treacy A sleepy Co Kerry village becomes a hub of excitement when a Hollywood film production arrives and its residents are hired as extras. Theres wannabe filmmaker Charlie, failed actor Jake, decrepit Mickey the last living extra of The Quiet Man and also the production crew, among them camp director Clem and leading lady Caroline Giovanni. The filmmakers romanticisation of Ireland provides mild mirth, but despite winning an Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2001 and Broadway stints, Marie Joness drama feels more a vehicle to showcase the talents of its actors than a crystallisation of wonderful writing or ideas. The talented Conor Delaney and Simon Delaney (via shades of Peter Kay) switch dexterously between 15 different characters. However, the pivotal subplot of a community rocked by sudden tragedy for which everyone yet no one is to blame, is trivialised by Joness hackneyed characters. Ironic, given that she mocks Hollywoods penchant for stereotyping. That our first and final brief glimpse of adult Sean is of an aggressive junkie makes it hard to care about his demise, while the female impersonations veer irritatingly into Curtis/ Lemmon parody. The scene changes are simple and effective and the majority of the audience were in stitches but I cant help agreeing with the gent who said of the play on the way out: It just wasnt as funny as I remember it. Lucy White Until Sat, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 8pm, 22.50 to 35. Tel: 0818 719 300. 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