Two extremes this week with the Beckett Summer School and Eninem at Slaine Castle. The Beckett school takes place in Trinity College Dublin, with a number of public events around the city, […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (12-08-13 to 18-08-13)
Clowns without Borders – Exhibition – Irish Aid Building
Clowns Without Borders’ (CWB) is one of the best ideas in a long time. Take some performers, send them into troubled conflict zones or very poor parts of the World and let […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (29-07-13 to 04-08-13)
This week we’re hitting the August Bank Holiday weekend, with Oxygen 2013 among other events. Oxygen has a heavy emphasis on dance music this year, with names such as David Guetta and […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (22-07-13 to 28-07-13)
Festival season continues, and is pretty unrelenting, when you think about it! Longitude has only just left Marlay Park, and we’re back with all things funny in the Iveagh Gardens, with the […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (15-07-13 to 21-07-13)
There’s a crazy event in Merrion Square, with the biggest Riverdance ever along with an outdoors event of the show (details are here). There’s also new plays such as ‘Streetcar named Desire‘ […]
Doctor Who…or Matthew J. Anthony?
So the news has just hit our (figurative) desk that this Sunday’s performance of The Gospel According to Matthew J. Anthony in Smock Alley is the last of its kind! Rumour has it that the […]
Kinsale Arts Festival Preview – 6th – 14th July 2013
For those looking for a weekend away, this would be one of the best options around. In the beautiful setting of Kinsale, there is another one of those little arts festivals that […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (01-07-13 to 07-07-13)
Another busy week in Dublin with a new festival in the form of 10 days in Dublin. We’re all quite excited about another chance to see the wonderful Matthew J Anthony live, […]
Festival of Writing and Ideas – Borris House – Sunday Review
First up on Sunday was the Sunday Assembly, which bills itself as a church with no God! The main man behind the event, Sanderson Jones described himself as a happy man that […]
Festival of Writing and Ideas – Borris House – Saturday Review
The Festival of Writing and Ideas took place in Borris House in Carlow last weekend (8th – 9th of June 2013). This was the first time I visited the Big House in […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (10-06-13 to 16-06-13)
This is the week of the big gig, with Robbie, Bon Jovi and Neil Young all battling for your attention! There’s lots of lovely small events around town also, if you don’t […]
The Festival of Writing & Ideas – Borris House, Carlow – 8th & 9th June – Preview
Borris House is an hour and a half outside Dublin, and this weekend its ‘Festival of Writing and Ideas‘ takes place. Not bothering to define itself as a writers/ artists/ music festival […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (03-06-13 to 9-06-13)
We are entering the last part of the long weekend, the bit that makes it long I guess, a Monday to enjoy! Forbidden Fruit has ended, and all the madness that went […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-05-13 to 2-06-13)
We’re just heading into the Bank Holiday weekend and there’s more than a few events around the streets of Dublin. There’s a few new plays doing the rounds as well as the […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 20th – 26th May 2013
The Dublin Writers Festival starts today! We did a preview a while back, which will give you our thoughts on what not to miss! It’s a week where the IQ of Dublin […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 6th – 12th May 2013
Oh man, everything hurts! I can’t point at a body part that is working within normal parameters! Yes, we’re recovering form the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin and three solid days of music! […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 29th April – 5th May 2013
This is a big week around the streets of Dublin, as it’s the May bank holiday weekend, with a variety of festivals and other junk to see and do. Meteor Dublin Camden […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 22nd – 28th April 2013
In terms of odd ball festivals, the Dublin Bay Prawn festival must rank pretty highly! It runs in Bray from the 25th – 28th of April. To find the full series of […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 15th – 21st April 2013
Dare I say it, but is there a touch of spring in the air? Who knows, it’ll probably snow next week. A couple of fun events this week, with Record Store day […]
The Poetry Project
To celebrate Ireland being the kings of Europe (well, the European presidency anyway), a lovely site has been put together called The Poetry Project. It’s aim is to make the world a […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 8th – 14th April 2013
‘The World is a Vampire’ said the great sage Billy Corgan, and this week, I couldn’t agree more! Ok, I don’t know what it means either, but I just wanted to say […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 1st – 7th April 2013
The feast of chocolate is at an end, and we mourn it’s passing! I hope you didn’t eat too many Easter eggs. Today, we are proud to announce that Tom Cruise is […]
Roughly Speaking – Digging for Fire – Public Talks Series
Rough Magic are presenting a series of talks and conversations to accompany their production of Declan Hughes’ Digging for Fire, which runs from Apr 18 – May 4th in the Project Arts […]
Gospel Act 2: Who (or what) is Matthew J. Anthony…?
(After having received several enquiries last week following the publication of our interview with Matthew from Matthew J. Anthony regarding their upcoming show in Smock Alley Theatre, we at NoMoreWorkhorse decided to ask Matthew if he would […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 25th – 31st March 2013
Easter is in the air, with everything coming up chocolatey! We only have another week left of the cruel abstinence of Lent! Almost there… Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 11th – 17th March 2013
Yes, it’s St. Patrick’s day. A day where all good Irish people block up their doors and windows and prepare for the celebration of the patron saint of heavy drinking! It’s gonna […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 4th – 10th March 2013
Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – until 19th May. Kathy Moran’s exhibition starts at the Douglas Hyde (until March 28th), along with Andrew Vickery in Gallery 2. Sleepwalkers is at […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 25th Feb – 3rd March 2013
This week, there’s three events on Saturday that I’d love to be at (don’t you just hate it when that happens?). Linnea Olsson, A Winged Victory and the Unthanks! There’s a lot […]
Collaborations 2013 – Smock Alley – Jack Burdell Experience
The Collaborations festival returns to Smock Alley from February 22nd to March 9th, and will present over 30 Shows, Readings and Special Events. There will be an Art Exhibition in the Banquet […]
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