Grace and Maggie are a young couple living in a small flat in Dublin, finding their feet in the big city and facing into every day life. Grace is from small town […]
Grace and Maggie – Cobalt Cafe Theatre – Review
Steven Berkoff – The Actor’s Lament – Gaiety Theatre – Preview
Some exciting news as Steven Berkoff will be in Dublin this September, for one week only. It is will his show ‘The Actor’s Lament’ which aims to give a vision of what […]
Things to do in Dublin (12-05-14 – 18-05-14)
So, this week it’s all about the Dublin Writers Festival for me at least! It’s quite an exciting line up, with Sebastian Barry, Johnny Vegas among many others. The Docklands Summer Festival […]
Competition – Moll – Gaiety Theatre – Ticket Giveaway
We have two tickets to give away to two lucky winners for Moll on June 2nd at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. To be in with a chance of winning, just email your […]
Yael Farber’s – Nirbhaya – Pavilion Theatre
This promises to be a difficult night at the Theatre, as it is a topic many wouldn’t dare to touch. You may remember the story as one that hit the headlines a […]
On City Water Hill – Theatre Upstairs – Review
On City Water Hill by Philip St John For his third play, St. John opts for a two hander using two men who arrange to meet at a remote, mountainous location in […]
Things to do in Dublin (05-04-14 – 11-05-14)
So, what’s new this week? The Bealtaine Festival is in full swing and runs throughout May. The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival runsfrom May 5th – 18th in many of the smaller […]
Twelfth Night – Abbey Theatre – Review
Twelfth Night was written by Shakespeare in 1601-1602 and tells the tale of twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are ship wrecked and believe the other to be dead. They both arrive in […]
Breaking Dad – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Breaking Dad – Review by Emily Elphinstone There is no doubt that Rory Nolan was born to play Ross O’Carroll-Kelly; and though I didn’t know it beforehand, he was also destined to […]
Small Plastic Wars – New Theatre – Review
Joe has recently been made redundant. He’s been kicking around the house too much and is starting to get under his wife’s feet. He needs a hobby, something to keep him occupied […]
The Lesson – Pearse Theatre – Review
The Lesson – Review by Dan O’Neill. The recent production of Eugene Ionesco’s ‘The Lesson’ by the comparatively recently formed AGNI Acting Studio had a number of marks to hit. How to […]
Bealtaine Festival – 1st to 31st May 2014
As April is just about to pass, it’s time for the Bealtaine Festival, a festival that aims to ‘Celebrate creativity as we age’! It’s a wide ranging festival with all sorts on […]
Things to do in Dublin (28-04-14 – 04-05-14)
Can it really be May already? That hardly makes sense, sure wasn’t it New Years the other day. This week sees the start of the Bealtaine Festival which runs throughout May and […]
Kiss Of The Chicken King – Project Arts Centre – Review
Kiss of the Chicken King runs at the Project Arts Centre from the 26th of April 2014 until the 3rd of May 2014 @ 8.00pm Kiss of the Chicken King is a […]
All A Dream – Chancery Lane – Review
All a Dream – runs at Chancery Lane until April 26th @ 6.30. Matinee on April 26th. As you enter the small space in Chancery Lane, a lonely piano plays in the […]
Leper + Chip – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Leper + Chip continues at Theatre Upstairs until May 3rd. Leper is so called as he burnt his leg in a fire, and Chip because of a chipped front tooth in her […]
Americanitis – The Seagull and other birds – Pan Pan – Public Rehearsal
The wonderful Pan Pan theatre company have thrown open their doors (until May 9th), so you can see what they get up to in the creative process for their latest work ‘Americanitis […]
Things to do in Dublin (21-04-14 – 27-04-14)
Easter is a distant memory (kinda) and with far too much chocolate in our systems, it’s time to get out onto the streets of Dublin! The Darklight Festival (April 24th to 27th) […]
Live Collisions – Preview
Live Collision is one of those festivals with more odd ball events in four days that you’d get in the rest of the year combined! It has an emphasis on performance art […]
Breaking Dad – Gaiety Theatre
After many months of expectation, the wait is almost over. The total Ledge is back, and you can expect more jokes about Johnny Sexton and Brian O’Driscoll than you thought possible to […]
Cornerstones – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Cornerstones Review by Joseph Kearney Dublin is my favourite city in all the world. I love her leafy Kavanagh canals, her European Boulevard Main Street, her Irishness, the spike, the rhyming slang […]
Assassination of Brian Boru – New Theatre – Review
All history of this vintage must be taken with a pinch of salt, but as legend would have it, Brian Boru was killed by a number of fleeing Norsemen who stumbled upon […]
Kilkenny Festival Highlights Announced
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2014 runs from the 8th to the 14th of August. They’ve just announced some of the highlights of this years festival and they’ve once more managed to get the […]
Potted Potter – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Potter Potter – Review by Emily Elphinstone In an era of short attention spans, it seems fitting that a show condensing all the (increasingly chunky) Harry Potter books into 70 minutes has […]
Things to do in Dublin (14-04-14 – 20-04-14)
With Good Friday falling this Friday, it’s a slower week than normal, but not to say there’s not a few gems hanging around. Check out the details below… Theatre The Abbey – […]
My Bedsit Window – Theatre Upstairs – Review
My Bedsit Window – Review by Frances Winston An aspiring actor called William Blake navigates the trials and tribulations of pursuing a career in the arts meeting both colourful and dubious characters […]
An Ideal Husband – Gate Theatre – Review
An Ideal Husband is a story of greed, morals and honour, written in 1895 by Oscar Wilde. Sir Robert Chiltern is a man that seems to have everything. He has a successful […]
Dublin Dance Festival – Preview
Dublin Dance Festival – Preview by Frances Winston The phrase “something for everyone” gets bandied about a lot but this years Dublin Dance Festival really does have an incredibly broad appeal. While […]
Things to do in Dublin (07-04-14 – 13-04-14)
This week, we’ve got a new production of ‘An Ideal Husband’ starting in the Gate. The Japanese Film Festival starts in the Lighthouse, and there’s the Spotlight seminar in the IFI. On […]
No More Workhorse 