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 […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 1st – 7th April 2013
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Headline Body and Soul Festival
Well, this is a surprise, and could well end up with a lot of peoople switching over from Electric Picnic to the event in Ballinlough Castle, Co. West Meath! Tip of the […]
Forbidden Fruit – Line up
In the grounds of IMMA (Royal Hospital Kilmainham) the two day festival returns on Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd. The line up is pretty damn good! Always good to have […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 18th – 24th Feb 2013
Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – starts this Thursday 21-02-13 (Mary Swanzy image above) and runs until 19th May. Kathy Moran’s exhibition starts at the Douglas Hyde (until March 28th), […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 11th – 17th Feb 2013
It’s all about Love this week at the Workhorse, and we’ll be whispering sweet nothings to anyone prepared to listen! Yes, it’s the time of year created by florists, chocolatiers and card […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 4th – 10th Feb 2013
February arrives and the bleak month of January is nothing buy a memory. So what’s worth seeing this week? There’s the Chinese New Year Festival around Dublin, as well as the list […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 28th Jan – 3rd Feb 2013
Art – Ned Kelly is gone, and shame on those that missed it! Alice Maher‘s show at IMMA (Earlsfort Terrace) is really impressive (until Feb 27th), and the Tribal Textiles from Iran continues in the […]
Camden Crawl is back! 2013 style.
Yes, this may be the first Festival of 2013, and should kick off the season nicely. I have to say this is the oddest concept of a festival. Why call a festival […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 21st – 26th Jan 2013
Today is Blue Monday, according to the radio, and yes, it’s not the most exciting out there on the streets of Dublin, but there’s a few things worth a mention. Art – […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 14th – 20th Jan 2013
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so just go this week. No more excuses! It’s a beautiful show with great landscape […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 7th – 13th Jan 2013
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. I made it to the show over the Chrismas, and was hugely impressed. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so get […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 1st – 6th Jan 2013
Even a workhorse takes the odd day off, so this is a day late this week! Ok, maybe I just forgot yesterday was Monday. So what’s new with the new year? Actually, […]
Forest Fringe – Lir – Review
Forest Fringe was set up in 2007 in Edinburgh, with its aim to provide a space for young experimental artists and actors to perform. While the festival itself is based there, it […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 12th – 18th November
So, what’s new in town then? Not a bad week actually, with a few good gigs in Bon Iver tonight and the Villagers, The Poor Mouth in the Project and Eithne Jordan’s […]
ATP – Camber Sands line ups – June 2013
I’ve been to a few ATP’s over the years, but must admit to be a bit put off by the move back to Camber Sands (those evil mutant Seagulls will be there!). […]
Other Voices – Dingle, Derry and London
Other Voices just got bigger, as in three times the size! It’s now taking place in it’s normal home of Dingle, as well as Derry (to celebrate it’s Capitcal of Culture) and […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 5th – 11th November
Another week is upon us, and this week it’s all about Ulysses. Yes, that’s right, Joyce is out of copyright about fifteen minutes, and already we’ve had a version of Dubliners with […]
Bram Stoker Festival
The Bram Stoker Festival starts today (26th – 28t) with events all over Dublin. Here’s a few events I like the look of… Sat 27th – 3-4.30, Christ Church – “Owen Roe […]
Horrorthon Preview – IFI – 25th – 29th Oct
It’s that time of year again, where the home of art house dumbs down for 4 days, for all that is good about the Horror genre. From previous years experience, it’s quite […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 22nd – 28th Oct
While it’s not actually Halloween until sometime next week (Wednesday), as this is the weekend before, we get all the good shit! Cool huh? Well, maybe we’ll regret it next week, but […]
Beck’s Vier Weekender – Hot 8 Brass Band – Meeting House Square – Review
I managed to get to this gig, despite being hard hit by man flu, but sadly not in time to see the North Strand Kontra Band, who are generally top notch, […]
Music Documentary Festival @ The Lighthouse Cinema – 19th – 21st Oct
Judging on the rain that continues to fall, this could be a weekend for the Cinema, and the Lighthouse Cinema has a mini festival of music documentaries filled with delights! There’s a […]
Your Brother, Remember? – Project Arts Centre – Review
Another odd ball piece of theatre, which would no doubt annoy our friend Fintan but would leave the rest of us with a smirk on our faces! Zachary Oberzan is one of […]
Halcyon Days – Smock Alley – Review
Halcyon Days is a two hander starring Anita Reeves and Stephen Brennan, set in an nursing home in Dublin. Patrica (Reeves) is a new arrival at the home, and seems out of […]
The Coming Storm – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review
Forced Entertainment’s production of ‘The coming storm‘ is a a loose and free flowing piece of theatre, which is enjoyable and well paced. It develops slowly from the initial scene with six […]
Record – Dylan Tighe – New Theatre – Review
Record is another unusual body of work, described by writer/ singer/ guitarist and actor (That’s a heck of a lot of slashes) Dylan Tighe as a ‘project’, as not only is it […]
Things to do in Dublin – 8th – 14th Oct
I’m sure you’re asking ‘is he really still banging on about the theatre festival’ and the answer is YES! Another busy week, and the last of the theatre festival, you’ll miss it […]
Whistle in the Dark – Gaiety Theatre
This is the first of the Druid Murphy plays I saw, as I seem to have booked them out of order! As they were not originally meant to be a trilogy, and […]
Things to do – 1st – 7th Oct
The Theatre festival versus Hard Working Class Heroes is a death match this week! Who will win? Music – Temper Trap play the Academy on Tuesday, with Chris Isaak in the Olympia. […]
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