Movies and Musicals

26/07/2025

Ready for your close-up? A great afternoon of music from the stage and screen including Thomas Newman’s scores from Little Women and American Beauty. Three pieces linked by Midnight from Into the Woods, The Slipper and the Rose and The BFG. Classic movie music from Sunset Boulevard by Franz Waxman and favourites too from The Producers, The Little Mermaid, Frozen, West Side Story, Gladiator and Ladies in Lavender. Plus, all the latest movie news with Garret Daly. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm.

19/07/2025

We will salute the Oscar winning lyricist Alan Bergman, who has died, aged 99, and was behind such hit songs as The Way we Were. Classic movie music by Bernard Herrmann from Citizen Kane, the music of Carter Burwell from Fargo and The Banshees of Inisherin and brilliant Bond tunes by John Barry. Robert Preston and Hugh Jackman treat us to numbers from The Music Man. Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, Angela Lansbury in Beauty and the Beast and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily we Roll along. Plus, your chance to win tickets and an overnight to see 'Little Shop of Horrors' in The Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm.

18/07/2025

🎉 We’ve got an amazing giveaway for you this weekend on Movies & Musicals with Aedín, thanks to our friends at Bord Gáis Energy!

The hit musical Little Shop of Horrors is coming to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre next Friday, 25th July, running until 9th August, and we’ve got a fabulous prize up for grabs:

🎭 Two tickets to opening night
🍸 An invite to an exclusive pre-show reception hosted by Bord Gáis Energy (details below)
🏨 An overnight stay (with breakfast!) at a nearby hotel

One lucky listener will also get to enjoy a special Bord Gáis Energy experience, usually reserved for their Rewards customers — think drinks, canapés, and a few extra treats before the show.

And after a night of theatre and fun, it’s just a short stroll back to the hotel, where a delicious breakfast (and maybe even a quick gym session) awaits the next morning.

Tune in from 1 pm Saturday for your chance to win, on FM, the RTÉ Radio App, or your Smart speaker.

RTÉ competition terms and conditions apply - see RTÉ lyric fm website

12/07/2025

Terrific trios this afternoon, including Old Friends from Merrily We Roll Along and Together Wherever We Go from Gypsy. Stunning scores from two screen versions of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and an impressive score from the 2022 film Emily, based on Emily Bronte. To France with Betty Blue and favourite songs from Hairspray, Wicked and Hamilton. Plus, your chance to win tickets and an overnight to see a concert performance of Sweeney Todd at The NCH with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and soloists. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm.

05/07/2025

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan and Toy Story and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl and Hello Dolly this afternoon. Renée Fleming duets with Leslie Odom Jr. and we’ll meet the Schuyler sisters in Hamilton. A trip to India with Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, classic movie music from Wuthering Heights and Dr Zhivago and Oscar award winning scores from Black Panther and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

We have a fantastic prize to give away today, courtesy of our sponsors Bord Gais Energy.
Kinky Boots opens in Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in mid July for 8 shows only and we have a pair of tickets for Saturday, July 19th, plus the Bord Gais Energy Rewards VIP experience to giveaway, along with an overnight stay in a nearby hotel
Along with 2 tickets and an overnight hotel stay, we're giving one lucky listener the Bord Gais Energy VIP experience, available to Bord Gais Energy customers through their rewards programme. This Bord Gais Energy VIP experience includes a complimentary meal in The VIP Lounge in Bord Gais Theatre, plus treats to make your night even more magical.​ ​
Tune in to Movies and Musicals for a chance to win
RTÉ completion terms and conditions apply.
Tank to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm

28/06/2025

Leslie Caron, the French actress and dancer will celebrate her 94th Birthday this week. Aedín features her remarkable debut screen performance opposite Gene Kelly in An American in Paris and the memorable ballet sequence scored by George Gershwin. We’ll stay in France with Amélie and visit New York with Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town. Also on the music menu, Mary Poppins, Monsters Inc. Into the Woods, Cold Mountain, War Horse and all the latest movie news with Garret Daly. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm.

21/06/2025

Beach anyone? June is Bustin’ Out All Over in Carousel and encouragement to marry in June in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers! We salute the great Argentine film score composer Lalo Schifrin on this his 93rd birthday with highlights from his fantastic Dublin concert in 2010 with the Maestro himself conducting the RTE Concert Orchestra, with music from Mission Impossible, Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Great numbers too from In the Heights, Hairspray, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Oklahoma and favourite scores from Hitchcock’s Rebecca, Up and Wuthering Heights. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm.

14/06/2025

Coming up this afternoon, a look back at the Tony Awards, including performances from Audra McDonald and Nicole Scherzinger. Music from three films celebrating 80th anniversaries this year; Brief Encounter, Anchors Aweigh and Spellbound . A stop-off in France with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Moulin Rough. Plus, hit songs from A Chorus Line, Snow White and Guys and Dolls and all the latest Movie News with Garret Daly. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm

07/06/2025

This afternoon, a chance to hear Movies and Musicals Live with Aedín Gormley recorded at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre earlier this month, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell with star vocalists Juliette Crosbie, Katie Birtill, Tom Solomon and Paul Wilkins. The radio show comes to life in front of a live audience with soundtracks from The Sound of Music, Wicked, Jaws, Barry Lyndon, favourites by Morricone, Sondheim and more!

Movies and Musicals with Aedín Gormley, Saturday 7th June, 1pm-4pm

24/05/2025

What do the films A Room with a View, Out of Africa and Back to the Future have in common? Well, they were all released 40 years ago. Aedín looks back at some of the big film releases in 1985 on today’s show. Plus, Harrison Ford hops aboard Air Force One scored by Jerry Goldsmith and ET and Elliot take to the skies with a much-loved score by John Williams. Fantastic songs from Enchanted, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George and Calamity Jane. Talk to you 1-4pm on RTE lyric fm

21/05/2025

What an amazing night at Movies and Musicals Live with Aedín Gormley at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell , with star vocalists Juliette Crosbie , Katie Birtill, Tom Solomon and Paul Wilkins. The radio show came to life in front of a live audience with soundtracks from The Sound of Music, Wicked, Jaws, Barry Lyndon, favourites by Morricone, Sondheim and more!

If you missed the concert, you can hear the broadcast on Saturday 7th June at 1pm on RTÉ lyric fm!

19/05/2025