A Music and Arts web site, based in Dublin.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by André Øvredal Starring Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush In her interesting true crime-whatchamacallit The Red […]
Pain and Glory – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writer: Pedro Almodóvar (as Almodóvar) Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia Pain and Glory, the now-mononymous Almodóvar’s twenty-first feature […]
The Hunger – Abbey Theatre – Review A Tom Creed and Abbey Theatre co-production – The Hunger 19 – 24 August 2019 Images: Jack Vartoogian The ‘Annals of the Famine in Ireland’ […]
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019 – Preview by Frank L. The festival runs from 26th September to 13th October 2019. There are thirty productions of which four are specifically for children. There are […]
Movies This Week – 21-08-19 This week, we possibly have the trashiest looking horror/ thriller of the year in Crawl! Hard not to be tempted by it. Scary Stories To Tell In […]
Never Grow Old – Film Review by Diana Pérez García Directed and written by Ivan Kavanagh Cast: Emile Hirsch, Déborah François, John Cusack Opens on Friday August 23rd Ivan Kavanagh’s western Never […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 20-08-19 It’s actually an exciting week for theatre, with two new productions at the Abbey; Hunger and Ask Too Much of Me. There’s also Kinky Boots […]
The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears – Album Review by Killian Laher In a year where the Irish music scene has abounded with excellent guitar bands, The Murder Capital unleash […]
Loscil – Equivalents – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian artist Scott Morgan has been releasing exquisite ambient music under the name Loscil for about twenty years. His latest, entitled Equivalents, is […]
Live Music in Dublin – 19-08-19 Sleepy August continues with another quiet week in the capital! The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble return to their spiritual home, the Sugar Club and there’s even a […]
Interview with Miriam Needham – Compostela – Dublin Fringe Festival We had the chance to put some questions to Miriam Needham about Compostela, which runs in the New Theatre later this year. […]
Album of the Week – 16-08-19 How long have we been looking forward to this one? The Murder Capital’s debut album was released today and the hype has been building for months, […]
UglyDolls – Film Review Director: Kelly Asbury Writers: Alison Peck (screenplay by), Robert Rodriguez (story by) Stars: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe What happens to dolls that are not quite right? […]
Little Miss Sunshine – A Road Musical – Olympia Theatre – Review Find out more about this production of Little Miss Sunshine – A Road Musical here. Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th […]
The Roaring Banshees – Smock Alley – Review by Letizia Delmastro The Roaring Banshees is the story of a unit of seven women, members of Cumann na mBán, the all-female party that […]
Transit – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Directed by Christian Petzold Written by: Christian Petzold (adaptation), Anna Seghers (novel) Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Glese Opens on Friday August 16th […]
Movies This Week – 14-08-19 Well, it’s finally here! Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood arrives on the back of a very successful marketing campaign that kept it in the media for […]
Modern Nature – How To Live – Album Review by Killian Laher Modern Nature are a group made up of Jack Cooper from Ultimate Painting/Mazes and Will Young from BEAK>, amongst others. […]
Where Are You From? – Abbey Theatre (Peacock) – Review by Frank L. This was the final piece of the Young Curators Festival at the Peacock. It was previously shown as a […]
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Film Review Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood tells the story of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 13-08-19 Skin Tight is really quite impressive and continues in the New Theatre for one more week. Get to see it if you can! Otherwise, the […]
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place – Album Review by Killian Laher This Is Not A Safe Place is Ride’s second album since reforming, and their sixth overall. Here, the […]
Live Music in Dublin – 12-08-19 Another week that’s a little dull around Dublin, but there are a few festivals to cheer things up! Another Love Story is a definite highlight, along […]
Skin Tight – New Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern 6th August – 17th August @ 7:30pm (+ Matinees @ 2:30pm on Sat 10th & 17th) Skin Tight, New Zealand playwright Gary […]
Q&A with Director Ry Russo-Young- The Sun is Also a Star ‘The Sun is also a Star’ opens today nationwide. Starting with Yara Shahidi, talk about how you found your two leads—was […]
Animals – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sophie Hyde Writer: Emma Jane Unsworth Stars: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) are two young women […]
Album of the Week – 9-08-19 So, what are the new releases this week that are worth checking out? Well, there’s WHY? with AOKOHIO (which is getting some nasty reviews) and really […]
The Sun is also a Star – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Ry Russo-Young Writers: Tracy Oliver (screenplay), Nicola Yoon (novel) Stars: Yara Shahidi, Anais Lee, Charles Melton Let’s start with […]
Gaza – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell “Gaza’ or “the Gaza Strip” is a regular feature in news bulletins but it is invariably as part […]
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