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 […]
Leper + Chip – Theatre Upstairs – Review
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 […]
Woman Stood Regardless – Project Arts Centre – Review
Woman Stood Regardless – Review by Joseph Kearney Dance, contemporary, explorative, figurative dance, that’s the measure of the show tonight at The Project Arts centre; doors at 8. The piece was incepted […]
YNWA – The Official History Of Liverpool Football Club – Gaiety Theatre – Review
I was quite worried going to the Gaiety tonight. It was with fear and slight trepidation that I went along to see ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone – The Official History of Livepool […]
The Bridge Below the Town – Civic Theatre – Review
The Bridge below the town tells a story of small town life somewhere near the border in Ireland during the 1950’s. Golly Murray is an average house wife struggling to get by, […]
Pondling – Smock Alley – Review
‘Pondling’ is running in Smock Alley Theatre from March 31st – April 5th, and Axis Theatre 24th – 25th April. Pondling tells the story of a strange little girl in love with an […]
Things to do in Dublin (31-03-14 – 06-04-14)
The clocks have done their springing forward and it’s starting to feel an awful lot like Summer! Yes, we’re hoping for a good one, and it should draw people out of hibernation […]
Desire – New Theatre – Review
Desire – New Theatre – Review by Frances Winston Based on Leo Tolstoy’s short story The Devil, this adaptation by Peter Reid who also directs, tells the story of Eugene who inherits […]
Slippers – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Slippers – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Helen O’Leary “Compulsive hoarding; excessive acquisition of and inability to discard large quantities of objects that cause significant distress” is inscribed on the label of […]
Pondling – Smock Alley – Interview with Genevieve Hulme-Beaman
Pondling Interview by Emily Elphinstone. Genevieve Hulme-Beaman is an Actor, Playwright, and (if her writing is anything to go by) a bit of a creep. Since graduating from the Gaiety School of […]
Little Thing, Big Thing – Civic Theatre – Review
An unlikely couple face the challenge of getting to Dublin with a roll of film. A Nun who has recently returned from Nigeria and a ex-con recently released from Mountjoy are thrown […]
A Talent For Lying – Chancery Lane – Review
A Talent For Lying – Review by Emily Elphinstone A Talent for Lying is the tale of a (sort of) love story between Aidan and Lucy. Like many other romances in fiction, […]
Adventures In Failure – Smock Alley – Review
Adventures In Failure – Review by Frances Winston I’ve never worked in a shop but a straw poll of a few of my friends who have reveals that they did on occasion […]
Darklight Festival: Reboot – Smithfield 24-27 April 2014
Details of the Darklight Festival have landed this morning, and they’ve a few exciting events that are worth a mention. We are big fans of ‘The Act of Killing’ which landed at […]
Things to do in Dublin (24-02-14 – 30-03-14)
Dublin has recovered from the general madness of St. Patrick’s day and the world continues as before. There’s lots of new stuff to see and do around the city, so without further […]
Conservatory – Peacock Theatre – Review
An old couple sit in a pair of armchairs at the close of day. They talk as we presume they always have, sniping at each other with cheap shots and low blows, […]
Ballyturk – Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh – National Theatre, London
Some exciting news for Landmark Productions and the Galway Arts Festival with the news that Ballyturk, Enda Walsh’s new play is heading to the National Theatre, London for a five week stint […]
No More Workhorse 