Sat 25 October 2025 1:30pm

Doctor Millar & Nick Kelly

at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London

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London Breeze Film Festival UK Premiere: The Song Cycle + Q&A + Music

London Breeze is delighted to be partnering with the Irish Cultural Centre and with the support of Culture Ireland to screen the UK premiere of Nick Kelly's documentary feature film, The Song Cycle, which had its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh last year and won the audience Award at Dublin Film Festival in March 2025.

Veteran musician Nick Kelly sets out to cycle from his Dublin home to the Glastonbury Festival, carrying his guitar on his bicycle and playing shows along the way.

He’s accompanied by his long-suffering and sometimes sceptical friend and musical partner, Seán Millar AKA Doctor Millar, who tracks his progress by bus and joins him onstage every night.

On the day they finally play Glastonbury Nick turns 60, officially outliving his famous politician father. While inspired by environmental concerns, “The Song Cycle” turns out to be about other forms of sustainability too. Ultimately it encourages viewers to keep pedalling, whatever the weather, traffic, hills or humiliations they may face on the road.

We are thrilled to announce that Nick Kelly and his ‘Dogs’ musical partner, Séan Millar will perform a few songs following the screening and Q&A.

Trailer: vimeo.com/995888893/af15db5970

Sat 25 October 2025
Doors: 1pm; Starts: 1.30pm

Tickets: £12/£10

Doctor Millar

Ireland’s greatest songwriter” Hotpress “An Irish National treasure. The poet laureate of Dublin’s dark side” The Irish Times “Ireland’s Greatest lyricist” RTE guide “It’s the song that’s had the most impact on me for quite a long time. In fact, every fucking song on that album is amazing. The lyrics, the way he sings” Paolo Nutini Seán Millar Biography Seán Millar also known as Doctor Millar is a critically acclaimed multi award nominated musician, writer and theatre maker from Dublin. He has released 5 Solo albums and written, and composed for, several award winning theatre shows. His album ‘The Bitter Lie’ got him nominated for a Hotpress Heineken award for best songwriter and has made several critics best Irish albums of all time lists and was recently cited by “for these I love” as a major influence. His Album ‘The Deal’ was a Sunday times top 5 albums of the year and included in Tony Clayton Lea’s 100 Irish albums you must hear before you die. His album "Always Coming Home” had him hailed as ‘a national treasure’ by the Irish Times and The Hotpress Magazine review pointed out why his work was more relevant than Dylan and Elvis Costello- they later called him Ireland’s greatest songwriter. His 2013 album C48 was hailed as a masterpiece by Hotpress, and got 4 and 5 star reviews in the Irish Mail, State Magazine and Sunday business post, and was RTE arenas critic’s choice of the album of the year.…

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Nick Kelly

The former Fat Lady Sings vocalist, now with a solo career. 'Exquisite acoustic guitar-led pop rock. It's perfect late night music to close a long hard day with'- Classic Rock. 'Poetic, intelligent, melodic, unpretentious'- Adult Contemporary Essentials. '...as tidily precise and perfect as if the same muse that guided Donatello's hand in the carving of the spirited figure of St. George in Florence was hovering at Kelly's shoulder'- Eamon Carr, Evening Herald.

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