A Music and Arts web site, based in Dublin.
Interview with Artist Alan James Burns – Silicon Synapse by Phoebe Moore Artist Alan James Burns chats to No More Workhorse about his new piece Silicon Synapse and his wider artistic endeavours. […]
Gigs in 2020 We’ve had a look at the next few months and picked our favourite gigs! Any of these would make good Christmas presents for the music nerd in your life! […]
So Long, My Son – Film Review Director: Xiaoshuai Wang Writers: Mei Ah, Xiaoshuai Wang Stars: Liya Ai, Jiang Du, Zhao-Yan Guo-Zhang We meet Yaojun (Wang Jingchun) and Liyun (Yong Mei) as […]
Beanpole – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Kantemir Balagov Writers: Kantemir Balagov, Aleksandr Terekhov Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov The place is Leningrad. The time is Autumn 1945. It […]
This is NOT a Cult – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L In the advertising material for this production, it states it is set in “the near future (where) the seas […]
Movie of the Week – 11-12-19 It’s a slow week as the world waits for… Star Wars! We have Jumanji: The Next Level, along with a few arthouse flicks in Beanpole, Citizen […]
The Kingmaker – Film Review Director: Lauren Greenfield Stars: Andres Bautista, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imee Marcos Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 with a regime that was renowned amongst […]
Jumanji: The Next Level – Film Review by G. O’Byrne Director: Jake Kasdan Writers: Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart Responsible adults will know that Jumanji: The […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-12-19 It’s almost Christmas, and unfortunately, that means it’s all a bit quiet in the world of Theatre. Fear not though, as we do have a […]
Fontaines DC – Vicar Street – Live Review – 08-12-19 by Killian Laher The Fontaines DC have had quite a year. Their Dogrel album is topping end of year polls all over […]
loscil – lifelike – Album Review by Killian Laher This is the music for a game of the same name composed by Scott Morgan, following soon after his excellent Equivalents album. This […]
Live Music in Dublin – 09-12-19 Gruff Rhys is in Whelans tonight (Monday) to play music from his new album Pang! There’s also the final sounds from A House on Thursday in […]
Top 10 Albums of 2019 – Killian Laher Although I don’t believe music should be a competition, I do like an ‘album of the year’ list. Every year should have one! To […]
Motherless Brooklyn – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Edward Norton Starring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe In cinemas December 6th Edward […]
Honey Boy – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Alma Har’el Writer: Shia LaBeouf Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe We are first introduced to Otis (Lucas Hedges), aged 22, as […]
Album of the Week -06/12/19 Actually, just looking at the list below, there’s a significant drop off in the number of albums released in December! I guess we focus on shopping and […]
Ordinary Love – Film Review Directed by: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Starring: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville In cinemas December 6th It’s been so long since I saw Liam Neeson in anything […]
Theatre in 2020 – Preview Think of it, the year is 2020, a distant future where we all have flying cars and carry laser guns. Sadly, it never happened, but we do […]
Christmas Craicers – Bohemian Theatre – Review by P McGovern Bohemian Theatre in Phibsborough December 3 – 7 at 7:30 PM Christmas Craicers – Six Short Festive Plays at the Bohemian Theatre, […]
Beauty and the Beast – Grand Opera House – Review by Cathy Brown Until Jan 20th 2020 This year’s annual Christmas panto at the Grand Opera House see Northern Ireland’s favourite dame, […]
Orson Welles’ Christmas Carol – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. 3rd December – 14th December In 1938 Orson Welles following his famous Halloween broadcast of the “War of the Worlds” […]
Citizen K – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Alex Gibney Featuring: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Anton Drel, Maria Logan, Alexei Navalny, Tatyana Lysova, Leonid Nevzlin, Igor Malashenko and Derk Sauer In cinemas […]
Movie of the Week – 04-12-19 This week, we have the hard-hitting Ordinary Love, which stars Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville. There’s also the story of the trapped Thai boy’s soccer team […]
The Last Right – Film review by Fran Winston Directed by : Aoife Crehan Starring: Michiel Huisman, Niamh Algar, Samuel Bottomley, Jim Norton, Colm Meany In cinemas December 6th It has been […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 03-12-19 There’s plenty of Christmas Carols doing the rounds, with the New Theatre offering us Orson Welles’ Christmas Carol this week! Overfried opens at the Project […]
Peter Pan – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Multi-talented writer and director Paul Boyd returns to the Lyric Theatre this Christmas. Following last year’s trip to Wonderland, this time, he’s […]
Endgame – Project Arts Centre – Review by P McGovern Until 7th December 2019 Photos by Ros Kavanagh “This is not much fun” says Andrew Bennett’s Hamm early in Gavin Quinn’s production […]
Live Music in Dublin – 02-12-19 This week, the fabulous Aldous Harding plays Vicar street (Tues). There’s also Fontaines D.C. in Vicar Street on Saturday, along with a few other gems. See […]
Album of the Week – 29/11/19 What are the chances of any album released between now and Christmas appearing in any ‘Best of the Year’ list? Slim to say the least, especially […]
