Kneecap

Northern Irish rap sensations Kneecap announce Australian tour and venue upgrades

Belfast trio Kneecap announce their first Australian tour for March 2025, with a Sydney venue upgrade and a second Melbourne show. The trio consisting of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí deliver a concoction of satirical yet socially conscious Irish and English lyrics with their explosive live performance and we can expect one of…

Pete Dovgan

Interview: Kneecap director Rich Peppiatt on collaborating with the Irish band to tell their story and the importance of preserving indigenous languages

There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in Northern Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. From up-and-coming British director Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. The film won the Audience…

Peter Gray

Film Review: Kneecap is riotous and confronting as it bridges the gap between politics and crowd-pleasing

A far deeper, more important film than many may be expecting from what is being sold on the surface, Rich Peppiatt‘s Kneecap speaks to the importance of language preservation within the fictionalised biopic framing of its titular rap group. There’s an undeniable energy to Peppiatt’s direction as he throws an array of substances at the…

Peter Gray

Win tickets to the new Irish comedy Kneecap starring Michael Fassbender

Thanks to Madman Entertainment, we have 10 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to giveaway to the wild Irish language comedy Kneecap, a real-life story of how the titular anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. The film won the Audience Award at Sundance this year…

Peter Gray