Our tips for the week include Colin Stetson (The Workman’s Club), Youth Mass (The Workman’s Club), The Handsome Family (Vicar Street) and William McCarthy at The Workman’s Club on Saturday. There’s also […]
Dublin Event Guide (24-4-17 – 30-4-17)
Interview with Ludovic Ondiviela – Choreographer of Giselle
We had the chance to talk to Ludovic Ondiviela, choreographer of Ballet Ireland’s “Giselle”, which is on tour from 22nd April to the 26th May. It runs in the Project Arts Centre […]
Interview with Ultimate Dancer – Live Collision International Festival 2017
Interview with Ultimate Dancer – Live Collision International Festival 2017 We had the chance to talk to Ultimate Dancer (aka Louise Ahl) ahead of her production YAYAYA AYAYAY at Live Collision. You can […]
Monster? – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Monster? – Theatre Upstairs – Review by P McGovern Until April 29th Monster? By Emily Gillmor Murphy at Theatre Upstairs, Burgh Quay “Choices …” The first line is given time to hang […]
Win Tickets for Giselle – Project Arts Centre – 26-04-17
We have three pairs of tickets to give away to Giselle at the Project Arts Centre on April 26th. To be in with a chance of winning, answer the following question: Name […]
Will it Fit in The Van – The Complex – Review
Will it Fit in The Van – The Complex – Review 13 April – 15 April The Complex Dublin – 15 Little Green Street, Dublin, Ireland D7 The play starts with two […]
Dublin Event Guide (17-4-17 – 23-4-17)
There’s a few new festivals in town this week, which look nice and odd! Live Collision 2017 (19 – 23 Apr 2017) is a festival of how audiences and performers collide! It’s […]
The Game – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Game – Project Arts Centre – Review 13 April 2017-14 April 2017 @ 7.30pm The Game by THEATREClub is a performance that aims to shock. It is a production that started […]
Interview with Lauren Larkin – The Game – Project Arts Centre
Interview with Lauren Larkin – The Game – Project Arts Centre Project Artists THEATREclub present The Game (2017) We had the chance to talk to Lauren Larkin, performer and co-creator of The […]
Red – Lyric Theatre – Review
Red – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown A co-production by Prime Cut Productions & the Lyric Theatre Written by John Logan 08 – 22 April It is 1958 in New […]
The Train – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Train – Abbey Theatre – Review by P McGovern Photos by Ros Kavanagh If the coinage of standing ovations has been debased by the way it is often accorded by Dublin […]
Festival of Fools – Belfast – 28 Apr – 1 May – Preview
Festival of Fools – Belfast – 28 Apr – 1 May – Preview by Cathy Brown As the Belfast Festival of Fools launches its programme for the 14th year, it has never […]
A Life in the Theatre – Smock Alley – Review
A Life in the Theatre – Smock Alley – Review 3 – 15 Apr | 8pm | Boys’ School The play opens with two men sitting at a make-up table. Robert is […]
Dublin Event Guide (10-4-17 – 16-4-17)
MusicTown 2017 runs until the 17 Apr with lots of unusual events. There’s also the Japanese Film Festival at the Lighthouse Cinema until the 13th. There’s lots of good music on with […]
ON.PULSE. – Project Arts Centre – Review
Lucia Kickham presents ON.PULSE. 06 April 2017-07 April 2017 On.Pulse created by Lucia Kickham It is described as a triple bill of new dance work. The first piece Pulse is a prologue […]
Yeats Besotted – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Yeats Besotted – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. Apr 03 – 22, 2017 | 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Yeats Besotted – Written and Directed by Cathal Quinn Unrequited love […]
All That We Found Here – New Theatre – Review
All That We Found Here – New Theatre – Review by Lisa Jewell Runs until 15 April at The New Theatre. Writer/Producer: Donagh Humphreys Director: Sarah Bradley Cast: Toni O’Rourke, Killian Coyle, […]
Underneath – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review
Underneath – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review by Emily Elphinstone Booking Information for Underneath – Dates: 31 March – 13 April – on the Peacock stage Friday 31 March Wednesday 5 […]
Silent – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review
Silent – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review by Frank L. Fishamble: The New Play Company in association with the Abbey Theatre – Silent Written and performed by Pat Kinevane From Thursday, […]
Forgotten – Abbey Theatre – Review
Forgotten – Abbey Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Pat Kinevane – Produced by Fishamble Forgotten (2006) was the first of the one man plays that Pat Kinevane created for […]
Dublin Event Guide (3-4-17 – 9-4-17)
MusicTown 2017 kicks off this week and runs from 7 – 17 Apr. There’s also the Japanese Film Festival at the Lighthouse Cinema between April 5th and 13th. The Five Lamps Arts […]
Interview with James McNulty – Director of A Life In The Theatre – Smock Alley
We had the chance to interview James McNulty, director of the new production of A Life In The Theatre which opens in Smock Alley next week. It is a play for two […]
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Theatre – Review This is the tale of two brothers, Eddie and Mickey, separated shortly after birth. The twins were born to Mrs. Johnstone (Rebecca Storm) who […]
Fizzy Drinks with Two Straws – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Fizzy Drinks with Two Straws – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Joyce Dignam Until April 8th The setting is a Wexford beach. Two sisters, ten year old Lara […]
Dublin Event Guide (27-3-17 – 2-4-17)
Sure isn’t there a grand stretch in the evening? Well, there is, there’s an extra hour and no excuse for you to sit home! Some really good gigs this week with Haley […]
Vampirella – Smock Alley – Review
Vampirella – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. The Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art Composed by Siobhán Cleary based on the […]
The Effect – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Effect – Project Arts Theatre – Review by P McGovern Rough Magic’s production of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect is a compelling theatrical experience. It rivets our attention from beginning to end, […]
The Eurydice Project – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Eurydice Project – Project Arts Centre – Review Until 1st April Orpheus meets Eurydice while walking through the forest. She is a wild tree nymph or hamadryade as they are known. […]
Dublin Dance Festival 2017 – Programme Announced
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL 2017 – 18th– 28th May 2017 If you asked me the best things I saw last year, near the top of the list would be Betroffenheit, which appeared in […]
No More Workhorse 