An Engineer Imagines – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marcus Robinson. Peter Rice was born in Dublin in 1935 and brought up in Dundalk. He qualified as an engineer; he […]
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review
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I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half) – Pit, The Vaults (London) – Review
I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half) – Pit, The Vaults (London) – Review by Eamon Somers Run Finished – 27th & 28th Feb 2019 I Will Still […]
The Morning After The Life Before – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
The Morning After The Life Before – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Feb 25 – Mar 16, 2019 The title of Ann Blake’s play, The Morning after the Life […]
Fighting With My Family – Film Review
Fighting With My Family – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Stephen Merchant Writer: Stephen Merchant Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn My knowledge of the WWE is limited to what […]
Swan Lake – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Swan Lake – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Frank L. Directed by Matthew Bourne 26 Feb 2019 – 2 Mar 2019 In 1995, Matthew Bourne created his version of the […]
Sauvage – Film Review
Sauvage – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet Starring Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard The ‘rent boy movie’ is a populous, if not particularly distinguished, subgenre in gay cinema. Its […]
Movies This Week – 27-02-19
Movies This Week – 27-02-19 So, this week we finally get The Hole in the Ground! Will it mean we don’t see Seána Kerslake on stages around Dublin as she is catapulted […]
Massive Attack – 3Arena – Live Review – 24-02-19
Massive Attack – 3Arena – Live Review – 24-02-19 – by Paul Kirby Massive Attack descended onto an eager audience celebrating the 21st anniversary of Mezzanine, their third studio album released in […]
Mark Hollis – 1955-2019
Mark Hollis – 1955-2019 by Killian Laher Terrible news that Mark Hollis, of Talk Talk has died. For many, a name from the distant past. I first became aware of him through […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 26-02-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 26-02-19 The big event in Dublin is definitely Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, and for all people that like a touch of Dance in their lives… it’s […]
Live Music in Dublin – 25-02-19
Live Music in Dublin – 25-02-19 It’s a bit of a strange week for gigs, with nothing too dazzling around. Still, you could do a lot worse than going to Advance Base […]
Hamnet – Project Arts Centre – Review
Hamnet – Project Arts Centre – Review Dead Centre presents – Hamnet Dates: 20 Feb – 23 Feb Hamnet is not a typo. Not a mistake or a slip of the tongue. […]
New Music – Ô Lake – Conversation
New Music – Ô Lake – Conversation Some new sounds for a Friday morning. Ô Lake is the work of French composer Sylvain Texier. “Across the reeds, on clear waters, is sailing […]
Finn – Smock Alley – Review
Finn – Smock Alley – Review by Letizia Delmastro Part of the Scene + Heard Festival 2019 Finn, a new short play by Cuckoo Lane Productions, presented as part of the Scene […]
The Tide – New Theatre – Review
The Tide – New Theatre – Review The Tide by Tara Maria Lovett 19th February – 2nd March We meet Ivy as she is drying herself on the shoreline after going for […]
E.B. The Younger – To Each His Own – Album Review
E.B. The Younger – To Each His Own – Album Review by Killian Laher With Midlake seemingly on indefinite hiatus, following bass player Paul Alexander’s excellent Two Medicine album, singer Eric Pulido […]
The South Afreakins Show – The Space, London – Review
The South Afreakins Show – The Space, London – Review by Eamon Somers Writer & Performer Robyn Paterson – Producer Impi Theatre Company Performance Dates 19th -23rd February 2019, 7.00pm The South […]
Movies This Week – 20-02-19
Movies This Week – 20-02-19 First off, this is the week the new Liam Neeson film is released! Yes, Cold Pursuit is actually meant to be quite good but has been completely […]
Before – Civic Theatre – Review
Before – Civic Theatre – Review by Simon Jewell Before by Fishamble Company – Review 15th February Before is the latest instalment from Pat Kinevane and Fishamble Theatre Company, the team that […]
East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful – Project Arts Centre – Review
East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful – Project Arts Centre – Review Prime Cut Productions – East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful (Double Bill) […]
Capernaum – Film Review
Capernaum – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Nadine Labaki Writers: Nadine Labaki (screenplay), Jihad Hojeily (screenwriter) Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole The entire movie centres on […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 19-02-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 19-02-19 Some interesting new work on around Dublin with Hamnet and East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful at the Project Arts Centre. […]
Micah P Hinson – Whelans – Live Review – 15-02-18
Micah P Hinson – Whelans – Live Review – 15-02-18 Micah P Hinson released “When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You” in October of last year. […]
Live Music in Dublin – 18-02-19
Live Music in Dublin – 18-02-19 Massive Attack are in the 3Arena this week to celebrate the release of their Mezzanine album, which is somehow 21 years old! It was released in […]
Fat Blokes – Project Arts Centre – Review
Fat Blokes – Project Arts Centre – Review Home, Southbank Centre and Scottee & Friends present – Fat Blokes – Dates: 14 Feb – 16 Feb Fat Blokes is a theatre production […]
The Kid Who Would Be King – Film Review
The Kid Who Would Be King – Film Review Director: Joe Cornish Writer: Joe Cornish Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table […]
Milkman – Audible Book Review
Milkman – Audible Book Review By: Anna Burns Narrated by: Bríd Brennan Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins The Milkman is Anna Burns’ third novel and won the Man Booker prize last […]
Glasgow Girls – Abbey Theatre – Review
Glasgow Girls – Abbey Theatre – Review 13 – 16 February 2019 Abbey Theatre presents Raw Material in association with Regular Music – Glasgow Girls This is the true story of a […]
New Music For Valentine’s Day – David Turpin – Concubine feat. Elephant
New Music – For Valentine’s Day: David Turpin – Concubine feat. Elephant A special Valentine’s day treat from David Turpin with the release of Concubine (featuring Elephant). “It’s a Valentine’s gift to […]
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