Beckett in the City: The Women Speak. Footfalls, Rockaby, Not I and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett This is a series of short plays by Beckett all featuring women as the […]
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Romance with The Late David Turpin – Project Arts Centre – 17-09-15
Romance with The Late David Turpin In advance of his one-night-only concert “Romances”, at Project Arts Centre on September 17 as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, The Late David Turpin provides […]
Things To Do In Dublin (14-08-15 – 20-09-15)
Let’s just say, it’s a little mad out there. If you’re not exhausting enough by all this Fringing, then lets just throw Culture night this Friday on top of it, as well […]
Scotch & Soda – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Scotch and Soda created by Company 2, Brisbane The Spiegeltent’s warm charm with small gilded wooden chairs in circular rows around the stage provide the spot-on mood for this eclectic performance of […]
Breda’s Way – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Breda’s Way – Written and Performed by Breda Larkin Review by Frank L. In the summer of 1985, the small village of Ballinspittle, County Cork made waves internationally when the statue of […]
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Review by Frances Winston Meeting point: Phoenix Park, Parkgate Street Entrance Tickets €16/€14 – Runs until September 19th So many pieces in Fringe are described […]
Mother You – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Mother You created by Louise White Block B in Smithfield is available to let, or so the signs in the window say. It is a large open plan building measuring some 11,000 […]
The Matador – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Matador – Show in a Bag Shane O’Reilly – Review by P McGovern Matador – at Bewley’s Café Theatre @ Powersourt Centre until September 14 The publicity for this show might […]
Templemore – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Templemore – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: Sep 9-12, 2015 at The New Theatre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 Templemore opens with young Garda recruit Éadaoin (writer Áine Ryan) combing her friend […]
Remember to Breathe – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Remember to Breathe at Boys School – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P McGovern Orla Murphy’s new play which opened last night touches on themes of emigration and consequent sense of […]
The Walls Have Ears – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Walls Have Ears – Bottlenote Dates Sep 09 — 11 @ 19:30 & 21:15. Tickets €14 / €12 conc. Duration 75 mins. Venue: 13 North Great George’s Street For the most […]
Our Island – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
MIRARI Productions presents Our Island – By Barry McStay Directed by Maisie Lee 6th-12th September at the Project Cube Review by Audrey Devereux The Fringe Festival is now upon us when all […]
Grounded – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Grounded by George Brant Siren Productions – Review by Frank L. In 2012, Grounded won the Smith Prize (US$5,000.00) for a work about American politics. It was a prescient choice. The unnamed […]
The Windstealers – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Windstealers – Review by C.K. MacNamara Written by: Jane Madden Directed by: Anushka Senanayake Starring: Colin Campbell, Lloyd Cooney, Rory Corcoran, Katie Honan, Alan Mahon, Christiane O’Mahony, Roseanna Purcell. There is […]
Jellyfish – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Jellyfish – by Alice Malseed and Sarah Baxter Review by Frank L. Alice Malseed is of the generation who graduated just in time to get the full frontal blast of the international […]
It Folds – Peacock Theatre – Review
It Folds – Brokentalkers and Junk Ensemble Dates Sep 07 — 12 @ 19:00. The piece opens with a ghost emerging from the darkness of the stage. He is a traditional ghost, […]
Things To Do In Dublin (07-08-15 – 13-09-15)
Ok Folks, it’s time to get your Fringe on! Yes, the madness is just about to start, with more new productions than is fair or reasonable in a three week period. Cancel […]
Interview with David Turpin – Romances – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We had the chance to interview the Late David Turpin ahead of his performance in the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival on September 17th. You can read the results below… Why is this […]
Proms on the Pier – Dun Laoghaire – 30-08-15 – Review
Proms on the Pier, Dun Laoighre, Co Dublin – Review by Frances Winston Sunday 30th August Appearing: Melanie McCabe, Toni Lee, Phil Coulter, Johnny Logan, Air Supply This is the inaugural year […]
Electric Picnic Stage Times – Main Stage, Body and Soul etc.
I bet you’re feeling pretty smart right about now, all you people that have an Electric Picnic ticket on your mantelpiece at home or stuck on your fridge. Sigh. It all looks […]
Things To Do In Dublin (31-08-15 – 06-09-15)
It’s starting to get a bit Fringey around here! Yes, the Tiger returns, with the first events of the Tiger Dublin Fringe starting on the 5th of Sept. There’s It Folds, Grounded, […]
Interview with Toni Lee – Proms on the Pier
Proms on the Pier – Toni Lee performs as Karen Carpenter at Proms on the Pier on Saturday 29th Interview by Francis Winston Legendary singer Karen Carpenter is still hugely beloved decades […]
Interview with Clare Dunne – Grounded – Tiger Dublin Fringe
SIREN PRODUCTIONS PRESENT – The Irish Premiere of GROUNDED by George Brant – starring Clare Dunne & directed by Selina Cartmell at Project Arts Centre as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe 2015 […]
Things To Do In Dublin (24-08-15 – 30-08-15)
Sufjan is in town for two nights at the Helix, which is the main point of interest in these parts. He’s not alone though, there’s John Prine and Tyler the Creator also […]
Interview Rayne Booth – Director of Dublin Gallery Weekend
We had the chance to interview Rayne Booth, Director of Dublin Gallery Weekend and member of the band Little Xs for Eyes. You can see the results below and also more details […]
Tiger Dublin Fringe Preview – Lords of Strut – Contain-a-Rave
The competition for oddest event in the fringe is always a hard fought battle, but the front runner at the moment are the Lords of Strut with their ‘Contain-a-Rave‘ event, which is […]
Things To Do In Dublin (17-08-15 – 23-08-15)
In Music, Deerhoof in Whelans, the Jungle Brothers in the Sugar Club and other than that… not much to be honest. I guess we’re all gearing up for Electric Picnic then? The […]
Samuel Beckett Summer School Public Events Programme
I wonder if Beckett ever thought he’d inspire a summer school? Yes, the Samuel Beckett Summer School returns and runs from August 9th to 14th for those who consider deeply how long […]
Things To Do In Dublin (10-08-15 – 16-08-15)
In the world of theatre, the Samuel Beckett Summer School runs this week with a number of public events. There’s also the previews of By the bog of cats in the Abbey […]
No More Workhorse 