The Audi Dublin International Film Festival is in full swing and runs until 28th of Feb, with a huge amount of events on around the city. There’s a massive amount of New […]
Dublin Event Guide (22-2-16 – 28-2-16)
Interview Sharon Mannion – The Curse of the Button Accordion – Smock Alley
We had the chance to interview Sharon Mannion – Writer and Performer of ‘The Curse of the Button Accordion’ which runs at Smock Alley as part of the ‘Scene and Heard Festival’. […]
Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Line Up Announced
Picture it, it’s a sun soaked Dublin, you wake in the morning and a day of music awaits! Is there a hint of Summer in the air? The first hint of it […]
Dublin Event Guide (25-1-16 – 31-1-16)
The Tradfest kicks off and there’s lots of events around the city to celebrate! It runs from the 27th to the 31st, so a short run and lots packed into it. Lessness […]
Longitude Festival – Line Up Announced!
This is much, much better than I expected. Last year, the Longitude Festival line up went towards the world of dance. This year, it’s much rockier, and the better for it! Kendrick, […]
PJ Harvey Returns
PJ is about to release her 9th studio album! She has released a few treats for us to savour before the single later this week. There’s already announcements of various gigs in […]
Temple Bar TradFest – Preview
Temple Bar TradFest – Preview by Fran Winston Runs Wednesday 27th – Sunday 31st January. Eleven years after its inception the Temple Bar TradFest continues to go from strength to strength and […]
Dance With First Fortnight
As most of you should know by this stage, the First Fortnight Festival is now in full swing, with odd and fun happenings all over Dublin and beyond. There is a focus […]
Dublin Event Guide (4-1-16 – 10-1-16)
The First Fortnight Festival is the main attraction, and thank God for it, as it would be pretty dull out there otherwise! There is quite a bit of new work at the […]
Interview with Paul Timoney – Hello Myself – First Fortnight
Interview with storyteller Paul Timoney, conducting the Hello Myself workshop for children as part of First Fortnight Festival 2016 in association with new Year’s Festival at Smock Alley Theatre on New Year’s […]
Dublin Event Guide (28-12-15 – 3-1-16)
The big event this week is definitely the New Year Festival which is a great idea, considering how little is on otherwise! It’s a three day festival from the 30th to the […]
NYF Dublin – Spoken Word Festival Details
Details have just dropped of the Spoken Word Festival at this year’s NYF, Dublin. There are a few treats in store, with Poets v Rappers and Soundings Holy Trinity (with Dylan Haskins, […]
Dublin Event Guide (14-12-15 – 20-12-15)
Wait, I feel a disturbance in the force, is there some, strange film out this week? Yes, this is the week some people have been looking forward to for about a year. […]
Unspoken – Project Arts Centre – Review
Unspoken – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L. Choreographed by Aisling McCormick, music by Danny Forde Part of the Rough Magic Seeds Programme This is a new piece of dance […]
Dublin Event Guide (30-11-15 – 6-12-15)
Batten down the hatches, it’s December on Tuesday and there’s no point denying it any longer, it’s Christmas! There’s Christmas movies all around and lots of Irish bands playing their home coming […]
VFX Summit 2015 – Sunday – 22-11-15
VFX Summit – Sunday 22-11-15 – Review by Conor MacNamara Housed in Google’s very own venue, The Foundry seems a suitable backdrop for the third annual Irish Visual Effects and Animation Summit; […]
VFX Summit Dublin – Saturday 21-11-15
VFX Summit – Dublin – Gordon House, Barrow Street – 21-11-15 The VFX summit returned to Dublin to a new venue of Google (Gordon House, Barrow street). An interesting venue in itself […]
Dublin Dance Festival 2016 – Highlights
Dublin Dance Festival – Highlights by Stephen McDermott Identity, migration and territory are among the themes that will feature as part of the 2016 Dublin Dance Festival. The highly contemporaneous programme also […]
Win Tickets to Ibrahim Electric – Strut – Peacock Theatre – 18th November 2015
We have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner to Ibrahim Electric at Strut at the Peacock Theatre on Wednesday 18th November. To win the tickets, just tell […]
Metropolis – RDS – Live Review – 8/11/15
Metropolis – RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 – Review by Frances Winston – Sunday 8th November 2015 A trip beyond the pale meant that I was unable to attend this event on the […]
Metropolis Stage Times
Guess what? It’s the Metropolis Stage Times! So, checking for nasty clashes and tough choices. Hmm. Jamie XX or Chic on Sunday… ouch! See what you think below…
Story Machines – Theatre and Technology Symposium Nov 7th & 8th
This is a series of talks and readings all on the subject of technology and theatre, which tie in with the Festival of Curiosity. You can find full details here, or else […]
Dublin Event Guide (2-11-15 – 8-11-15)
A New Festival hits Dublin in the form of Metropolis, with Chic, Hot Chip and lots more. It really is quite exciting, looking forward to seeing what they come up with. There’s […]
Interlude – RHA – Live Review – 25-10-15
Interlude – RHA – Live Review – 25-10-15 It was very early in the night that I realised Interlude was not like other festivals. Gone are the portaloos and mile long queue […]
Dublin Event Guide (26-10-15 – 1-11-15)
So, we enter the second week of Halloween, in its new extended form! Due to the bank holiday weekend being last weekend, Halloween has been stretched a bit further than normal. It’s […]
Flamenco Flashmobs Hit Dublin Today!
As part of the Flamenco Festival which runs from the 10th to the 25th of October, there will be a series of Flamenco Flashmobs around the city today and tomorrow. How wonderful […]
Dublin Event Guide (19-10-15 – 25-10-15)
This year, Halloween seems to have grown! There’s two weekends of spooky fun, with the Bram Stoker Festival and the Horrorthon taking place this weekend to go with the Bank Holiday Weekend. […]
Win Tickets to Goodnight Mommy – IFI Horrorthon
One of the institutions of Irish cinema, the wonderful IFI Horrorthon runs from October 22nd – 26th with an amazing array of horror flicks to explore. The good people behind the festival […]
Free Gig – Anderson and The Hot Sprockets – Meeting House Square – 17-10-15 – Dublin2020
Fancy a free gig this weekend? As the Dublin2020 bid book is just about to be handed over, they’ve decided to have a bit of a party to celebrate! It’s a first […]
No More Workhorse 