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“He sent the textto the person thetext was about.”We all knowwhat it eelslike, the painulrealization aterhaving sent atext messageto the personit was actuallyabout. ComedianDavid O’Dohertycaptureshilariously and accurately the dawningrealization and consequent awkwardness, alongwith his trusty electric keyboard.

For David O’Doherty is not just any old Irish comedian.His style can only be described as “musical comedy”.What with shows such as

The Mighty Boosh

and

Flight of the Conchords

becoming more and more popular,so has this new genre o comedy. In 2008, O’Dohertywalked away rom the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with theprestigious

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award or his stand up,

Let’s Comedy

,which is currently touring and hits Spain this month orwhat has been dubbed, “The comedy event o the year”.O’Doherty is described as having a, “Wonderulsingular obeat style”, and goes rom, “Dry observations tomanic storytelling,”says

The Guardian

. Manic he certainlyis. In his song

FAQ for the DOD

, O’Doherty introduceshis autobiography, which he claims to have titled

Harry Potter and the DaVinci Book of Sudoku

. He continues byanswering various requently asked questions, includinghis style o comedy: “Very low energy musical whimsy- orvlemwy”, and how can you tell i you have met “The One”.O’Doherty also had a stint on Irish TV channel RTEwith his show,

The Modest Adventures of

David O’Doherty

,where each week he challenged himsel to bizarre testssuch as attempting to get to the number 27 spot- nohigher or lower- in the Irish charts. The 'love' song wascalled

Orange

, and tells a story o a ake tanning accident.In the end, it unortunately only reached number 30.So, i quick quips and hilarious yet painully honestreections are right up your street, then head down to theintimate venue Sala Calamores on Sunday 7 June to seethe cat that’s got all the comedy cream.

I like me you have done many o themuseums in Madrid and are into yourphotography, you might be in or atreat when summer nally arrives inMadrid.

From 3 June to 26 July, Madrid willbe playing host to the 12th edition o PhotoEspaña Festival. Started in 1998 asa Festival o Photography and Visual Arts,it has become critically acclaimed as oneo the most relevant visual arts events inthe world. Not only will this estival exhibitphotographic works o 248 artists rom 40dierent countries, but it will be holdingseminars and workshops also. The estivaltakes place in 60 dierent venues includingCírculo de Bellas Artes, Casa de America andMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Soía.The theme this year is ‘everyday lie’andamong the exhibits on oer is one on TheGreat American Depression in the 1930s byDorothea Lange. But what I'm really lookingorward to is Annie Leibovitz’s work hostedon Alcala 31, nearest to the metro Banco deEspaña. This exhibit organized by New York’sBrooklyn Museum will eature portraits o Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt whilst also herwork on the siege o Sarajevo.Those o you wanting to delve into theworkings o photography itsel, Alcala deHenares will be hosting several workshops onthe subject. So whether you just ancy andexhibition or something more practical, thereare plenty o ways or you to get involved.

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Internationally amous Spanishartist Joaquin Sorolla will bepaid a huge tribute by the Museodel Prado rom 26 May to thebeginning o September.

With morethan a hundred paintings on display,

madrileños

can see the acclaimed‘luminism’o the painter or themselves.As his canvases capture light throughdierent layers o colours creating vibrantimages, the scenes he depicts look asalive as a painting could ever be. Thischaracteristic brought Sorolla worldwiderecognition when the Hispanic Societyo America commissioned his mostambitious decorative project. The

Visionsof Spain

series were the result o that andare back on the Spanish soil or the rsttime since he painted them as part o thebiggest exhibition ever o his nest work.This exhibit is taking place in the Prado’snew wing and celebrates the brushand technique o the master’s modernnaturalism.With pictures coming rom all overthe world, such as private collections androm leading international museums, thisevent promises to be the highlight o thesummer’s exhibitions.

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The week at the end o June and start o July is marked by the Gay Pride Festivitiesin Madrid and, o course, culminates inthe parade that goes through the city on4 July, starting in the Chueca district.

It’sgoing to be one hell o a party, but let’s not orgetthat the event has its serious side about promotingLGTB (lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual)rights around the world. Ater the inauguralesta, held on 27 June, there will be a roundo speeches and debates, ollowed by variousevents until the big carnival-style celebrationo the ollowing Saturday.The week will attract thousands o peoplerom all over the globe, who come to show theirendorsement o tolerance and respect or thehomosexual community. Madrid, well known asan open and cosmopolitan city, will be hostingmany cultural and protest activities in honour o those who want to live their lives reely.What the

madrileños

call the “PrideFestivities”will suit all tastes going rom open-air concerts and perormances to all-night-long crazy partying in Chueca. This event isopen to all open-minded people, not just theLGBT community, so come one, come all.So, when you see the streets o Chueca linedwith garlands and ags, you will know that it istime to show o the diversity o today’s society.

FroM27 Juneon Stage

the starOf seville

A drama attributedto Lope de Vegawhich questions thelegitimacy o powerwhen it ceases to be air. The story takesplace in 13th-century Seville and eaturesthemes typically ound in works rom thatperiod: vassal versus king and the limits o loyalty, honour and love.

Ending:

7/6/2009

Venue:

Teatro Pavón

Price:

9 € & 18 € (www.servicaixa.com)

Metro:

Embajadores

MuSiCalS

grease,theMusical OfyOur life

This spectacular,large scale musicalrecreates the charm o the 50s and is aimed atall audiences.

Ending:

30/06/2009

Venue:

Nuevo Teatro Alcalá

Price:

rom 22 € to 58 €

Metro:

Goya/ Príncipe de Vergara

BOllywOODlanD: lOvenever Dies

Starring Indianactors and withmusic and the scriptin Hindi, this production is strongly inspiredby Indian lms. It tells o the love betweenMaya and Surya and the difculties theyhave to overcome: obstacles imposed by thestrict rules o their society.

Ending:

25/06/2009

Venue:

Teatro Compac Gran Vía

Price:

rom 18 € to 75 €

Metro:

Plaza de España

exhibitionS

stilettOs.fascinatiOnanDseDuctiOn

Admire heels romItaly and othercountries, created by top internationaldesigners. Go on a chronological journeyrom the 1950s right to the present day anddelight in masterpieces designed by leadingashion labels such as Prada, Manolo Blahnikand Jimmy Choo.

Ending:

30/08/2009

Venue:

Museo del Traje

Price:

Free entrance

Metro:

Moncloa / Ciudad Universitaria

Maurice DevlaMincka fauveinstinct

Staged byCaixaForum, thisocuses on the artist's avant-garde period,1900 to 1915, which made him one o the key gures in Fauvism. The exhibitionhighlights the essence o Maurice Vlaminck'swork as well as the role he played in therenewal o painting in the European avant-garde o the early 20th century.

Ending:

7/06/2009

Venue:

CaixaForum Madrid

Price:

Free entrance

Metro:

Atocha / Atocha Rene

7 June

POrtraitsOf newyOrk

A hundred worksbelonging to 50great photographers(including Diane Arbus, Cartier-Bresson,Edgard Steichen), who depict, in a realisticand aithul way, the beauty and complexityo New York across a whole century.

Ending:

14/06/2009

Venue:

Ronda de Valencia, 2

Price:

Free entrance

Metro:

Embajadores

JuanMuñOz

Organized byLondon’s TateModern, Madrid willhost the rst majorinternational retrospective o the Spanishartist. The exhibition will include sculptures,installations and drawings created by oneo the key artists capable o renewingcontemporary sculpture.

Ending:

31/08/2009

Venue:

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Soía

Price:

6 €

Metro:

Atocha

MuSeuMS

reina sOfía

(Santa Isabel, 52)

Metro:

Atocha

Open:

Monday to Saturday 10:00 until 21:00.Sundays 10:00 until 14:00. Tuesdays closed.

MuseO Del PraDO

(Paseo del Prado s/n)

Metro:

Atocha

Open:

Tuesday to Sunday rom 9:00 until19:00. Mondays closed.

MuseO thyssenBOrneMisza

(Paseo del Prado, 8)

Metro:

Atocha, Bancode España. Tuesday to Sunday rom 9:00 until19:00. Mondays closed.

QuizzeS

anyway PuB Quiznight

Thursday rom 23:00 in AnywayPub. Viriato, 64.

Metro:

Iglesia.

irish rOver

Every monday at 21:00, upstairs in the library.Join us to spark up a brain cell ater theweekend. Avenida del Brasil, 7.

Metro:

Santiago Bernabeau.

MOOres

Pub quiz in English every Monday at 21:45 inMoores Irish Pub, Calle Barceló. Lots o prizesand great un. Everyone welcome.

Metro:

Tribunal.

theMe parkS

ParQue De atracciOnes

(Fun air) Open Weekends.

Metro:

Batán. Buslines 33 & 65.

Tel:

91 463 2900

e-mail:

parque@grpr.com

PlanetariO De MaDriD

Avda. del Planetario, 16.

Tel:

91 467 34 61

Metro:

Méndez Álvaro. Closed Mondays

warner BrOs Park

Open daily rom June to Mid-September andon chosen weekends and holidays during therest o the year. Call to conrm opening times.Take the bus rom Legazpi Plaza or the trainrom Atocha

Tel:

902 024 100

www.warnerbrospark.com

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real MaDriD

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Avenida de ConchaEspina, 1.

Tel:

91 398 43 00

www.realmadrid.es

atleticO MaDriD

Estadio Vicente Calderón. Paseo Virgen delPuerto, 67.

Metro:

Pirámides.

Tel:

91 366 47 07

www.clubatleticodemadrid.com

cB estuDiantes BasketBall

Madrid Arena, Serrano 127, 28006 Madrid

Tel:

902 400 002

www.clubestudiantes.com

real MaDriD cB

Pabellon Raimundo Saporta, Paseo de LaCastellana, Madrid.

Tel:

91 398 43 32, or checkout

www.realmadridbasket.galeon.com

hOrse racinghiPóDrOMODe la zarzuela

Horse racing has returned to the La ZarzuelaRacecourse, with races to be held every Sundayuntil 28 June. Its location, right next to El Pardo,makes it the perect place to spend a Sundaymorning doing something dierent. Sport, bets,nature and, above all, lots o excitement.

Ending:

28/06/2009

Venue:

Hipódromo de La Zarzuela

Price:

9-30 €

Fun aCtivitieS

aerOBalas sky-DivingschOOl

- Aerodromo de Casa de losPinos, Cuenca. Tandem parachute jumps rom110 euros. Call 610 408 831 or 667 512 102

www.aerobalas.com

PalaciO De hielO

- Skatingrink, bowling lanes and cinema. C Silvano,77, Parque Conde de Orgaz.

Metro:

Canillas

zOO-aQuariuM DeMaDriD

Casa de Campo

Metro:

Casa de Campo.

Tel:

91 512 3770. Adults: 14.90 €. Children 3-7years old and pensioners: 12.20 €. Childrenunder 3: ree entry.

ski-kaMel sPOrtOur.

C Feijoo,9, on the corner with C CardenalCisneros, 72 (Quevedo).

Tel:

91 446 0221.

www.skikamel.com

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Now legendary international party with hip hopand RnB music taking place every Wednesdaynight at Orange Caé , Serrano Jover 5, MetroArgüelles. Open bar o beer, sangria and wineand beer pong games rom 11:30 pm - 12:30am or only 5 euros. From 12:30 till close,entrance with 2 drinks included or 10 euros. Geton the guest list at

www.europeanvibe.com

thursDaynightsfever @ Jo e

The Ultimate Student Party. Every Thursdaynight Madrid’s most amous club becomes adisco sensation with spectacular animationand the best music rom the 1970s till presentday. Free entrance or 2 drinks or 10 euros rommidnight till 1:30 am, or entrance price with 2drinks or 12 euros rom 1:30 am till close. JoyEslava, calle Arenal 11, Metro Sol / Ópera. Geton the guest list at

www.europeanvibe.com

friDaynightsfaBulOus @ Jo e

This is arguably Madrid’s most glamorous clubnight and is in session every Friday night at theJoy Eslava located in the central Puerta del Solarea o the city. Burlesque-style animation,exclusive VIP zones and the biggest houseand mainstream tunes all night long. Are youabulous enough to be there? Joy Eslava, calleArenal 11. Metro Sol/ Opera. Get guest listaccess to this party by signing up at

www.europeanvibe.com

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For all ye rugby ans out there,you’re x o telerugby has beenguaranteed. The British andIrish Lions are of on tour toSouth Arica this month withthe Grand Slam-winning Irish andWales dominatingthe side. Munsterand Irish lock PaulO’Connell has beennamed captain and the team isheaded up by head coach andormer Scotland internationalIan McGeechan. It’s the rstLions’ tour since their SouthSeas visit in 2005 when theylost all three o their testmatches against the mightyAll-Blacks. They’ll be hoping orbetter results this time againstthe reigning World Champions,the Springboks.

Also included in the squad isWelshman and y-hal StephenJones. Jones missed out on the lasttour due to the barely-t JonnyWilkinson’s selection in whatseemed an act o avouritism bycoach Sir Clive Woodward. He is joined by Irish mainstays RonanO’Gara and Brian O’Driscoll but thepivotal Peter Stringer is surprisinglyabsent. Current Player o the YearShane Williams and EnglishmanSimon Shaw have also beenincluded.The Lions’were originally called theBritish Isles and adopted their elinenickname in 1950. As the Republico Ireland is also represented inthe team, the name was alwayscontroversial. It was nally changedin 2001. The crest is the symbols o the our home nations amalgamatedon one badge. As the Lions’are, inact a team representative o twoindependent states, there is nonational anthem played at matches.A Lions’anthem was commissionedor the last tour by Clive Woodwardthough it seems to have beenunpopular amongst ans and didn’treally take o.And getting to see the action inMadrid? There are plenty o Irishpubs showing the action (seethe ads). Rugby will never beable to compete with ootballand basketball in Spain, thoughit is gaining popularity. Forceul,skilul and surprisingly graceul,the perennial game or thugs andplayed by gentlemen is well worthwatching. And i the scenes in thepubs are anything like during theSix Nations, the bar owners will belaughing all the way to the bank viathe rugby pitch.

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Now that the domestic ootballseason is over, a ew acionadoso the beautiul game may begetting cold turkey or televisedsoccer. Luckily enough, we won’thave to develop a sudden interestin bullghting as the WorldCup qualiers are on again thismonth.

The home nations are all involvedbut i you really want to jumpon the bandwagon, our hostnation Spain looks like a sure betor easy qualifcation and a longrun in the fnals. And i the sceneso jubilation that we witnessedwith their victory in the EuropeanChampionships are anything to goby, we’ll be in or one hell o a partyin the event o an ultimate Spanishvictory. Steamrolling their group withmaximum points at the moment, theSpanish have a break in preparationor the Conederations Cup.So who is playing then? O t

he homenations, Republic o Ireland, Wales andEngland are all playing in qualiers on6 June, while Northern Ireland travel toItaly or a riendly. The dear old Welshhave always had world class players butnever seem able to get their act togetheras a team. This time though, they havereason to struggle as they are in a groupwith the penalty shootout mastersGermany and Gus Hiddink’s ull time job(as opposed to his now-nished parttime one at Chelsea), Russia. Wales lieourth behind these ootballing greatsand the not-so-big Finland. The Welshare away to Azerbaijan, a game theyreally need to win to stay in the running.Republic o Ireland are second in theirgroup and, with the help o managerGiovanni Trappatoni, recently battled to adraw against his home country Italy. Thistime they are away to their main rivals inthe group ater the Italians, Bulgaria. Andi they win, they will be a nice eight pointsahead o the Eastern European side,having played them twice. The Irishalways seem to turn their qualiyingnales into donkey work however andthis time is no dierent with games theyshould have won but threw away. Irelandhave a problem with nding qualityplayers and Jack Charlton’s granny rulemay have to be rolled out once morewith a ew Englishmen o dubious Irishorigin donning the green shirt. Despitethis, they are led by Premiership strikerRobbie Keane and have other top-levelstars Richard Dunne, John O’Shea andAiden McGeady providing backboneand sparkle.It’s a well-known act that the threeCeltic home nations love to hate theEnglish in the nals. Yeah, it’s outdatedand backward, but let’s be air, the "TwoWorld Wars and one World Cup”warcry at Germany matches alongsidethe theme to

The Dambusters

is hardlythe most politically correct thing I’veever heard. Anyway, they’re up againstKazakhstan and Andorra, not known ortheir ootball prowess, but the rst is onehell o a journey or Fabio Capello’s side.Now, Stevie G. and Lampard never reallylooked great together in the middle o the park to me. However, with playerslike John Terry and Rio Ferdinand atthe back and dear old Wayne Rooneyrampaging up ront, the inventors o ootball are always going to be ready topounce and win. Whatever happens, atleast we don’t have to take up watchinga strangely-dressed man sticking ahundred swords into a bull or sport.

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What was originally seen as a bit o a joke competition (with wodgeso Saudi money tempting the FAso several big ootballing nationsinto spoiling their superstars’summer holidays and orcingthem to hal-heartedlyknock a ew goals pastsome oil-rich, ootball-poor countries) hasturned into somethingworth orsaking the barterrace or the TV screen inthe dark pub you now usuallyonly see ater midnight.

Therst reason to turn on

Telecinco

since about two years ago is the2009 FIFA Conederations Cup. Itpromises to be an interesting twoweeks as both a dry run or 2010’sWorld Cup in South Arica andas an intercontinental test orSpain’s irresistible Europeanchampions.The tournamenteatures the six currentcontinental ederationchampions alongsidethe World Cup holders and next year’sWorld Cup hosts. Spain will playOceania’s New Zealand, Asian championsIraq and hosts South Arica in GroupA. The top two teams rom that groupwill go on to meet the best tworom Group B’s Brazil, Italy,Egypt and United States.The dream nal o Iraqagainst United Statesmight be a little too muchto hope or, but there is stillthe rather sexy prospect o Spain playing Brazil, and/or acondence test against bogeyteam Italy.It’s a great reminder, too, thatwe’re just one year away romthe World Cup nally takingplace on Arican soil. Saety andsecurity issues have plaguedSouth Arica’s bid to stageootball’s big event; I don’tknow about you,but i the Iraqi ansstart complaining, Ithink I’ll watch nextyear’s tournamenton TV.

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