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Once

How often do you find the right person?

A modern-day musical about a busker and a Czech immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

1 hour, 23 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Nov 201601:05

Music Played

  • Glen Hansard

    And the Healing Has Begun

  • Glen Hansard

    Say It To Me Now

  • Glen Hansard

    All The Way Down

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words

    Performer: Markéta Irglová.
  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    Falling Slowly

  • Glen Hansard

    Leave

  • Hugh Drumm

    The Fair City Waltz

    Composer: Adam Lynch.
  • Markéta Irglová

    If You Want Me

  • Glen Hansard

    Lies

  • Whiskey in the Jar

  • Fergus O'Farrell, Glen Hansard, James O'Leary, Colm McCaughey & Kevin Murphy

    Gold

  • Glen Hansard

    Trying to Pull Myself Away

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    When Your Mind's Made Up

  • Glen Hansard

    Fallen From the Sky

  • Markéta Irglová

    The Hill

  • Glen Hansard

    Once

  • Glen Hansard

    And the Healing Has Begun

  • Glen Hansard

    Say It To Me Now

  • Glen Hansard

    All The Way Down

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words

    Performer: Markéta Irglová.
  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    Falling Slowly

  • Glen Hansard

    Leave

  • Hugh Drumm

    The Fair City Waltz

    Composer: Adam Lynch.
  • Markéta Irglová

    If You Want Me

  • Glen Hansard

    Lies

  • Whiskey in the Jar

  • Fergus O'Farrell, Glen Hansard, James O'Leary, Colm McCaughey & Kevin Murphy

    Gold

  • Glen Hansard

    Trying to Pull Myself Away

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    When Your Mind's Made Up

  • Glen Hansard

    Fallen From the Sky

  • Markéta Irglová

    The Hill

  • Glen Hansard

    Once

Credits

RoleContributor
GuyGlen Hansard
GirlMarketa Irglova
TimmyHugh Walsh
EamonGeoff Minogue
Guy's DadBill Hodnett
DirectorJohn Carney
WriterJohn Carney

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Jan 201123:35
  • Mon 31 Jan 201100:00
  • Mon 31 Jan 201101:30
  • Sun 26 Aug 201201:10
  • Tue 7 May 201300:30
  • Sun 11 May 201400:55
  • Tue 21 Jul 201523:45
  • Wed 22 Jul 201500:15
  • Wed 22 Jul 201500:45
  • Mon 11 Jan 201602:35
  • Sat 30 Jan 201602:35
  • Mon 21 Nov 201600:05
  • Mon 21 Nov 201601:05

Once: From screen to Broadway musical

Once: From screen to Broadway musical

Film-to-stage adaptations are common but few have such humble origins as Irish film Once.