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CONTENTS
F Eating Out Guide
Food for thought in our free pull out and treasure encyclopaedia of eateries. Centre pages
Family
Roddy Doyle goes easy on the wisecracks with a new four— part series on the downside of Dublin domestic in-fighting. Page 6
Bl in}
Oh-so-English purveyors of pointed pop, Blur confound ; the critics with the Parklife album. i Page 8
‘ Four Weddings and a Funeral
Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell get all ceremonial in the British romantic comedy that is having and holding the US box office. Page 10
Mayfest
The rest of the ’fest previewed,4from Iris DeMent to Fever Pitch to The Rite Of Spring.
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I CIAL WORK 73
MAYFEST
Previews 11 Listings 18 Carmina] 24 What ’3' [faring Gilbert Grape? 25 Screen Test 25 Video reviews 28 Film Index 29 Listings 33 Listings 35 Lena Fiagbe 37 Scottish Ensemble 38 Album reviews 40 Live reviews 42 Listings Rock & Blues 43 Jazz 47
Folk & World 48 Classical & Opera 49 Copacabana 51 Reviews 52 Listings Theatre 54 Dance 55
Comedy 55
Listings 57 Listings and Ski Report 58 Mayfest Shows 59 Medardo Rosso 50 Listings 51 Listings 54 John Sessions 57 Babylon 5 55 Channel Hopping 59 Listings 59 Val McDermid 71 Michael Dibdin 72 Reviews 72 Events 72 Classified 73 Competitions 79 Letters 30
The List 6—19 May 19941