The Dublin Writers Festival is in full swing, with some great talks and gigs around the city. This week includes Ray Davies, Sebastian Barry, Johnny Vegas among many others. Two new festivals […]
Things to do in Dublin (19-05-14 – 25-05-14)
Festival of Writing & Ideas 2014 – Borris, Co. Carlow – Preview
Details of this year’s Festival of Writing and Ideas have been released, and once again it’s pretty impressive. The festival takes the form of a series of interviews/ discussions between formidable adversaries! […]
Things to do in Dublin (12-05-14 – 18-05-14)
So, this week it’s all about the Dublin Writers Festival for me at least! It’s quite an exciting line up, with Sebastian Barry, Johnny Vegas among many others. The Docklands Summer Festival […]
Bealtaine Festival – 1st to 31st May 2014
As April is just about to pass, it’s time for the Bealtaine Festival, a festival that aims to ‘Celebrate creativity as we age’! It’s a wide ranging festival with all sorts on […]
Things to do in Dublin (28-04-14 – 04-05-14)
Can it really be May already? That hardly makes sense, sure wasn’t it New Years the other day. This week sees the start of the Bealtaine Festival which runs throughout May and […]
Celebrating Seamus Heaney – National Concert Hall – 23-04-14
In truth, no one night could encompass the effect that someone like Seamus Heaney has had on Ireland. It’s an impossible task to take on, but the lovely night at the National […]
Things to do in Dublin (21-04-14 – 27-04-14)
Easter is a distant memory (kinda) and with far too much chocolate in our systems, it’s time to get out onto the streets of Dublin! The Darklight Festival (April 24th to 27th) […]
Live Collisions – Preview
Live Collision is one of those festivals with more odd ball events in four days that you’d get in the rest of the year combined! It has an emphasis on performance art […]
Battle of Clontarf Commemoration – Dublin
As we mentioned earlier in the week, it’s the anniversary of the battle of Clontarf on the 23rd of April. A thousand years ago, there was a battle where King Brian Boru […]
Things to do in Dublin (14-04-14 – 20-04-14)
With Good Friday falling this Friday, it’s a slower week than normal, but not to say there’s not a few gems hanging around. Check out the details below… Theatre The Abbey – […]
Patatap
Patatap is a wonderful creation from Lullatone & Jono Brandel. “Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. While easy to pick […]
Things to do in Dublin (07-04-14 – 13-04-14)
This week, we’ve got a new production of ‘An Ideal Husband’ starting in the Gate. The Japanese Film Festival starts in the Lighthouse, and there’s the Spotlight seminar in the IFI. On […]
The Hometurf – New Works by Derrick O’Connell
Ballyroan Library:3rd April-30th April Ten years ago Derrick O’Connell first started to paint, beginning to paint on bread boards and using household paints mixed with other media to create large, powerful statement […]
Things to do in Dublin (31-03-14 – 06-04-14)
The clocks have done their springing forward and it’s starting to feel an awful lot like Summer! Yes, we’re hoping for a good one, and it should draw people out of hibernation […]
London Attractions and Events – March 2014
London Life by Patricia Levy Mutilated skeletons, Jane Austen improvisation on the stage, photomonage and worn-out tools. Some of the wackier shows to experience in London. Remember in school when the teacher […]
Things to do in Dublin (17-02-14 – 23-03-14)
St. Patty’s day is here. Need I say anything else? Yes, tourists have engulfed our fair capital and are desperately seeking the promised land that is ‘Temple Bar’! Theatre The Abbey – […]
Things to do in Dublin (10-02-14 – 16-03-14)
It’s almost Paddy’s day, but the big day itself isn’t until next week! We still have a chunk of the festival itself on for you to explore. You can find out full […]
Celebrating Seamus Heaney – Tribute Night – National Concert Hall – 23-04-14
Seamus Heaney was Ireland’s greatest living poet and a Nobel prize winner, who sadly died in August of last year. Poetry Ireland and One City: One Book have organised a night to […]
Things to do in Dublin (03-02-14 – 09-03-14)
This week a legend of our times arrives in Dublin, with John Grant playing the Olympia on March 3rd. There are other great gigs such as Damien Jurado, Dylan Tighe, Sean Millar […]
Dublin Writers Festival 2014 – Preview – Emma Donoghue, Ray Davies etc.
Dublin Writers Festival kicks off this May, running from the 17th to the 25th. They’ve just announced a few events, with Ray Davies of the Kinks possibly the most the exciting of […]
Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined – Royal Academy of Arts, London – Review
Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2014. Photography: James Harris. / © Pezo von Ellrichshausen Review by Sean Sheehan Give them an inch and some architects will go the Zen mile, […]
Things to do in Dublin (24-02-14 – 02-03-14)
So, the Film Festival disappears for another year, and what are we left with on the streets of Dublin? Don’t worry, we’ve got lots to keep you happy. What about the Collaboration […]
Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr – Review
Image above: Beachy Head Tripper Boat, 1967 by Tony Ray-Jones © National Media Museum Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr Review by Sean Sheehan Media Space, Science Museum, […]
Things to do in Dublin (17-02-14 – 23-02-14)
It’s a big week for Film in Dublin, with JDIFF in full flow. There’s also a lot of new things at the theatre, with Sive in the Abbey and Vortex at the […]
Things to do in Dublin (10-02-14 – 16-02-14)
Love is in the air…. everywhere I look around… do do do, do do do. Yes, it’s another one of those holidays created by greeting card companies, if you want to be […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (3-2-14 – 9-2-14)
Yes, we have survived the cold of January and are now entering Spring, by most people’s reckoning. February is starting out pretty wild, but we’ll give it time to settle. This week, […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-1-14 – 2-2-14)
Bill Callahan is in Dublin, yes, that Bill Callahan, of Smog fame, and even (Smog) fame, if you want to get precious about it. It’s hard to compete with that for your […]
Cuba in Revolution – Book Review
Why is Cuba Beautiful? Review by Sean Sheehan Cuba in Revolution, texts by Richard Gott, Peter Kornbluh, Mark Sanders (Hatje Cantz) Cuba, Andrew Moore (Damiani) There should be a place in everyone’s […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (20-1-14 – 26-1-14)
Well, here wer are, back at this weeks ‘Things to do’ post, it’s like nothing ever happen, nothing happens at all, the needle returns to the start of the song and we […]
No More Workhorse 