Once Interview – Megan Riordan – Girl – Interview by Frank L. Previews of Once have already started with the official opening night next Tuesday, July 14th. We had the chance to […]
Once Interview – Megan Riordan – Girl
Palfest Ireland – July 7th – 11th – Timetable
Palfest Ireland is a festival of Irish artists who are acting to raise awareness to the continuing plight of the people of Palestine. It will take the form of a series of […]
Things To Do In Dublin (6-07-15 – 12-07-15)
New at the theatre this week is A Month in the Country at the Gate and Risk Everything at the New Theatre. Some good sounds this week, with Modest Mouse is in […]
In Arabia We’d All Be Kings – Players’ Theatre – Review
In Arabia We’d All Be Kings – Players’ Theatre – Until July 11th. This is a New York story. Set in 1999, this is the story of a collection of characters on […]
Trainspotting – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Out Of Time Theatre present Trainspotting Adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel ‘Trainspotting’ by Harry Gibson 29th June – 4th July in The Boys’ School in Smock Alley This play is taken from […]
The Importance of Being Honest – Bewleys Café Theatre – Review
The Importance of Being Honest – Review by Frances Winston Bewleys Café theatre @ Powerscourt townhouse centre June 22nd – July 25th @ 1pm daily (Doors open 12.50pm) Tickets €8-€12 Oscar Wilde […]
Things To Do In Dublin (29-06-15 – 5-07-15)
This is the week Summer finally arrives with the weather men/ women telling us to wear short shorts! We trust in them completely. If you want to get to see theatre and […]
Des Keogh – My Fair Ladies – Civic Theatre – Review
Des Keogh as George Bernard Shaw – My Fair Ladies at Civic Theatre, Tallaght Phrases such as “consummate professional” are often used to describe Des Keogh, not just by theatregoers but by […]
Interview with Sonya Kelly – How to keep an Alien!
The wonderful Sonya Kelly is just about to unleash her show “How to Keep an Alien” on the unsuspecting public of Portlaoise, Letterkenny, Dunfanaghy, Cork, Edinburgh and London. This was one of […]
The Full Moon Hotel – Smock Alley – Review
The Full Moon Hotel by Philip Doherty Smock Alley Theatre – Until Saturday 27th June at 7.30pm in The Main Space This is a story with many strands all linked around a […]
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Nellie (the extraordinary story of a home birth midwife) – Written by Aileen Wymes. Although the programme notes states that the play is […]
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club – Review
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square East – June 22-26th at 7.30pm In 1998 a young gay student by the name of Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to […]
Things To Do In Dublin (22-06-15 – 28-06-15)
This is something of a gap week with the various music festivals that have taken over for the last few months. The Dublin LGBTQ Pride festival has already starter and runs until […]
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review Donal Davoren (Mark O’Halloran) is a man of words, a poet who is staying with Seamus Shields (David Ganly) in a Dublin […]
Once The Musical – On Grafton Street
Were you on Grafton street last Thursday (18th of June) at 1.20pm? If you were, you may have seen some buskers with a difference, as the cast of Once the musical were […]
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Review
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Until June 27th Ruby was a child star. She went for an audition with Mr. Headski and despite her obvious lack of […]
Glorious Madness – Anu Productions – From June 23rd
A little surprise landed in my in box yesterday in the form of a new Anu production based around 1916 which kicks off next week (June 23rd). It follows on from the […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival Programme – 7-16 August 2015
Details of the Kilkenny Arts Festival have just dropped, with names such as DruidShakespeare, Martin Hayes, Toumani Diabaté, Robert Pinsky and Mick O’Dea catching the eye. There’s also going to be a […]
Things To Do In Dublin (15-06-15 – 21-06-15)
It’s another busy one, so without further ado… The IFI Open Day takes place this week, on June 20th to be exact! There’s a great line up of movies, so well worth […]
Competition – My Fair Ladies – Pavilion Theatre
We have one pair of tickets to give away for My Fair Ladies on Wednesday the 1st July at the Pavilion theatre, Dun Laoghaire. To win the tickets, just let us the […]
Saints & Sinners – New Theatre – Review
Saints & Sinners – New Theatre – Review Jun 8th – Jun 20th @ 7.30pm Saints & Sinners is a collection of three short plays by W. B. Yeats. The first of […]
Young Hearts Run Free – Portal of Discovery – 14-06-15
Those Young Hearts are at it again, with a quirky and fun sounding event next Sunday from 4-7 in the Martello Tower, Sutton featuring readings, song and storytelling! Check out the full […]
Things To Do In Dublin (8-06-15 – 14-06-15)
Another summer week in Dublin and the usual glut of events and festivals! There’s the Zurich Dalkey Book Festival with PJ O’Rourke and Amanda Palmer among others! For the culinary arts, there’s […]
Goodbye to Marie – Civic Theatre – Review
Goodbye to Marie – Review by Frank L. Written by Joe O’Neill Civic Theatre – Wed, 3rd – Sat, 6th June 2015 // 8:15pm Their Mother is dying after a long illness […]
A Boy Called Nedd – Theatre Upstairs – Review
A Boy Called Nedd – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Emily Gillmor Murphy Dates / Times: 02 June 2015 – 13 June 2015 – 7.00PM / Tuesday – […]
One Night in Istanbul – Gaiety Theatre – Review
One Night in Istanbul – Gaiety Theatre – Review 2 June 2015 – 6 June 2015 Where were you on the 25th of May 2005? For a certain group of people that […]
Things To Do In Dublin (1-06-15 – 7-06-15)
After the madness of last week, it’s a bit quieter this week. There’s still more than enough to keep the average punter happy though. There’s Patti Smith at IMMA on Monday 1st […]
Eight Women – Smock Alley – Review
Eight women have one man in common. They all have different relationships with him. He is their father, their husband, their brother, their employer and their lover. He is Marcel, a multi-millionaire […]
60 Minutes In Dublin Vol. II – New Theatre – Review
60 minutes in Dublin Vol. ll at The New Theatre Temple Bar Maylin Productions is an interesting and enterprising young theatre company and this, its second “60 minutes in Dublin” show, is […]
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