proVoke

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proVoke

– to rouse to strong feeling or action No generation in Ireland underwent such a social rebellion than the OAPs of today. Their evolution from teen to adult in the 1950s, 60s and 70s coincided with a global rise in non-conformism, rebellion and protest. With domestic TV we witnessed first-hand political upheaval across NI, USA, France, […]

GUSTO

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GUSTO

An original one-man ‘memoir’ theatre show written and performed by Billy Magra. Sprinkled with comedy and packed with slides. Premiered in The Project Arts Theatre Dublin April 2023. A personal challenge and another box ticked!

New RTE Doc Series

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New RTE Doc Series

Sideline is pleased to announce that they are in pre-production for a new two x one hour music documentary series for RTE One. More news anon.

GUSTO with Billy Magra at ATN 23

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Highly acclaimed live comedy memoir & slide show at ALL CURIOUS MINDS tent at the brilliant All Together Now Festival in Waterford Sunday August 6th at 4pm. Click for promo … More information on ALL CURIOUS MINDS https://www.alltogethernow.ie/atnnews/2023/8/1/all-curious-minds-full-programme-announced BE THERE OR BE SOMEWHERE ELSE

GUSTO with Billy Magra LIVE April 2023

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GUSTO with Billy Magra Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd April @ 7.45 pm. Book now at projectartscentre.ie – Venue Project Arts Centre, Essex Street, Dublin 2 “Fascinating storyteller … go see him” (Tommy Tiernan ) “Extremely funny, most imaginative,” (The Irish Times) The personal and comic story of how one Old Age Pioneer of Irish […]

Sideline’s REVOLTING IRELAND set for VM soon

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Sideline’s series Revolting Ireland set for Virgin Media repeat in June 2023. In this engaging and entertaining 4 part series presenter Simon Delaney (Tales of Irish Castles, The Good Wide, The Snapper) takes VM1 viewers on a journey to explore how modern Ireland emerged and developed socially, politically and culturally. The series not only wraps up the 100 […]

Billy Magra/GUSTO Live

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Sunday Indo Feb 12th Sideline’s Billy McGrath takes the plunge and returns to the world of live comedy with an original and personal slide-show – part-memoir & part stand-up.

Comedy pioneer returns to the stage

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GUSTO live Friday Feb 17th Town Hall Theatre (see link) https://tht.ie/3934/billy-magra-gusto and Saturday Feb 18th at the Record Room @ The Commercial, Limerick Blah Blah PR below GUSTO explores how one Old Age Punk survived a world of sex, Irish dancing, drugs, Sean-Nos singing, and rock’n’roll – and lived to tell the tale. In the early 1980s, […]

New TV Drama Series BURGESS GD

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SIDELINE’s Billy McGrath in FIS Summit pitch NB – Sideline are not PRODUCERS of drama. We are focused on creating premium screen projects and keen to work with like-minded creative and commercial professionals.

Citizens of Boomtown RTE/BBC 2020

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After spending most of 2019 filming in Ireland, the UK, and the USA Sideline’s feature-length film Citizens of Boomtown received its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in March 2020, days before lockdown. It later aired in 2 parts on RTE and in May 2020 as a 90-minute film in the prestigious BBC2 […]