Movies This Week – 03-07-19 Despite the hype surrounding Ari Aster’s last movie Heriditary, I have to say I thought it was awful! The first hour was lots of fun and then […]
Movies This Week – 03-07-19
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The Rocky Horror Show – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
The Rocky Horror Show – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review 1 Jul 2019 – 6 Jul 2019 Find out more about this production of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show here. It […]
Spider-Man: Far from Home – Film Review
Spider-Man: Far from Home – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, J. B. Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Starr, […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 02-07-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 02-07-19 We’re quite excited about Dancer from the Dance (image above) festival, which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Project Arts Centre. This summer […]
Hair of the Dog – Tristan Bates Theatre, London – Review
Hair of the Dog – Tristan Bates Theatre – Review by Eamon Somers Run now finished – June 24th-29th at 7:45 P.M Luckily, I hadn’t read the press release and therefore didn’t […]
Interview with John Scott – Dancer from the Dance: Festival of Irish Choreography – Part 2
Interview with John Scott – Dancer from the Dance: Festival of Irish Choreography – Part 2 John Scott of Irish Modern Dance Theatre curates a New Festival of Irish Dance called ‘Dancer […]
Live Music in Dublin – 01-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 01-07-19 The Trinity Series start this week, with Vampire Weekend, Janelle Monae and more besides. Combine that with the Iveagh Garden gigs, and outdoors is the place […]
A House is Dead – I Am Still The Greatest – NCH – Live Review
A House is Dead – I Am Still The Greatest – NCH – Live Review ‘All Art is quite useless according to Oscar Wilde’ – Dave Couse A House are one of […]
Metal Heart – Film Review
Metal Heart – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Hugh O’Connor Starring: Jordanne Jones, Leah McNamara, Moe Dunford, Séan Doyle, Aaron Heffernan In cinemas June 28th If ever you were in doubt […]
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review by Killian Laher Instrumental composer Seamus O’Muineachain has just released his latest album, recorded in Vietnam. It opens with the reverb-y piano of […]
Album of the Week – 28/06/19 – Crumb – Jinx
Album of the Week – 28/06/19 Find our Album of the Week – Spotify Playlist here This is a week with lots and lots of great music and none of it is […]
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 1
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 1 Killian Laher go the chance to put some questions to Karl Whitney, author of Hit Factories. You can see the […]
New Music – Slow Moving Clouds – Swansong/ Starfall
Slow Moving Clouds – Swansong/Starfall (Single Version) For fans of the wonderful dance piece Swan Lake / Loch na hEala which was part of the Dublin Theatre Festival a couple of years […]
Interview with John Scott – Dancer from the Dance: Festival of Irish Choreography – Part 1
Interview with John Scott – Dancer from the Dance: Festival of Irish Choreography – Part 1 John Scott of Irish Modern Dance Theatre curates a New Festival of Irish Dance called ‘Dancer […]
Hit Factories by Karl Whitney – Book Review
Hit Factories by Karl Whitney – Book Review by Killian Laher Irish writer Karl Whitney now bases himself in Sunderland, and a couple of years ago embarked on a journey around England, […]
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2 The book seems to be informed by music from the eighties and nineties, would that be fair? Is music as […]
In Fabric – Film Review
In Fabric – Film Review Directed by Peter Strickland Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Gwendoline Christie Review by David Turpin Peter Strickland’s 2014 erotic fantasia The Duke of Burgundy emerged fully formed […]
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review by Killian Laher After two years away, Fraser McGowan returns with a fully instrumental album as Caught In The Wake Forever. It’s […]
Movies This Week – 26-06-19
Movies This Week – 26-06-19 There are a couple of good ones this week and an awful one! In the good corner we have Apollo 11 and In Fabric! In the awful […]
Dirty Dancing – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review
Dirty Dancing – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review By Diana Perez Garcia From 24 – 29 Jun 2019 Photo credit – Alastair Muir Karl Sydow & Joey Entertainment in Association with […]
Apollo 11 – Film Review
Apollo 11 – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Director: Todd Douglas Miller Cast: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Michael Collins Opens on Friday June 28th At the close of Todd Douglas […]
Sanctuary Stage – Body&Soul 2019
Sanctuary Stage – Body&Soul 2019 The Sanctuary stage at Body&Soul was dedicated to nourishing the physical and spiritual aspects of the festival and it didn’t disappoint! Beautifully laid out with artworks and […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-06-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-06-19 There are a couple of new productions this week, with Shakers (image above) and Below Below in Smock Alley. There’s also Dirty Dancing in the […]
Body&Soul 2019 – Saturday Review – 22-06-19
Body&Soul 2019 – Saturday Review – 22-06-19 Saturday was the first full day of the festival and in the early afternoon, the Sanctuary stage provided an interesting mix of drum circles and […]
Body&Soul 2019 – Friday Review – 21-06-19
Body&Soul 2019 – Friday Review – 21-06-19 Body&Soul is now ten years old and its first night fitting fell on the longest day of the year! The pagan Gods were kind and […]
Live Music in Dublin – 24-06-19
Live Music in Dublin – 24-06-19 Stereolab are in Dublin this week, so what more do you need? There’s plenty more besides as Tame Impala and Roy Ayers also visit. Jessie Buckley […]
Album of the Week – 21/06/19 – Black Pumas
Album of the Week – 21/06/19 The problem with picking an album of the week, is that there’s some week where nothing really grabs your attention! The new Hot Chip release would […]
Body&Soul – Sunday Music Guide
Body&Soul – Sunday Music Guide Find full details on Sunday’s line up here. With the festival only hours away, it’s so close I can feel it! In most festivals, Sunday is the […]
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar by Killian Laher As grunge fizzled out and the nineties wore on, I found myself in need of more thoughtful, quieter music. A […]
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