So we’re a week and a bit into the Fringe Festival and already most of us are suffering from nervous exhaustion! There’s almost a complete change of events, so plenty of new […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (16-09-13 to 22-09-13)
Beowulf: The Blockbuster! – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
This is the story of three generations of a family, one still inside the womb! The majority of the play is seen through the eyes of a young boy, growing up in […]
The Last Post – Dublin Fringe Festival – The Mart – Review
The Last Post is a free flowing show that lets you wander through the inner workings of an imaginary Post Office. We get to see the sorting offices and meet the well […]
Dolls – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
From the red lighting to the provocative costumes to the suggestive Chubba Chubb sequence, everything in Sorcha Kenny’s Dolls asks to be noticed. As the audience takes their seats, the production is […]
The Far Side – Lighthouse Cinema – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
The Far Side is based on a series of interviews that were carried out with seven people. Four men and three women of diverse ages and interest, the only thing they have […]
Lippy – Lir – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
‘Nothing will come of nothing.’ Bush Moukarzel’s wry delivery of King Lear’s famous line may have gained a laugh from the audience at last night’s production of Lippy in The Lir, but […]
Sean Millar – Odessa Club – 10th Oct 2013
Sean Millar’s new album will be released on the 26th of this month, and is called C48. Some of you may know Sean’s work without knowing you do, as he has worked […]
Death Becomes Him – Interview with The Late David Turpin
The Late David Turpin – formerly ‘David Turpin’ – is releasing his new (and superbly unique) third album We Belong Dead this Friday, Sept 13th. Two days later the album launch will be […]
Way Back Home – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
A small boy is lost in the city, he encounters a number of strange individuals while trying to find his way back home, None of them are particularly sinister, but all have […]
Postscript – New Theatre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Postscript was a very different animal from many of the others I’ve seen at the Fringe festival so far, there was no singing or dancing, no burlesque show, just a well acted […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (09-09-13 to 15-09-13)
I think it’s fair to say that Fringe Fever is in the air, as this is the first full week of the Fringe. It makes the job here a little more difficult […]
Bunk – Project Arts Centre – Review – Dublin Fringe Festival
PaperDolls return to the Fringe Festival after a sell out run in last years show. This new performance has moved its focus to the bed, but not in the romantic notion, instead […]
You remember the stories you wish were True – Project Arts Centre – Review – Dublin Fringe Festival
Imagine losing all your belongings, so you are only left with whatever you could fit in a suitcase? Megan Riordan experienced just that, as she returned from a year touring the world […]
Babble – Replay Theatre Company – Review
Babble for babies is an innovative piece of new theatre from Northern Irish theatre company Replay. Replay have been making theatre for young audiences since 1988 and their pieces are devised to […]
Break – Project Arts Centre – Revew – Dublin Fringe Festival
Break opens with a mass brawl, teachers push, bite, kick and slap each other as all hell has breaks loose. So how did things get to this point? Where did it all […]
Dublin Fringe Festival Preview – Highlights & Top Tips
The Fringe Festival starts tomorrow! Tomorrow! Hard to believe the wait is over. I’ve already written about a few of the big hitters (you can see our early preview here); such as: […]
FAIR BALLS T’YIS – A Football Opera – Nees You!
Ever wanted the chance to sing in an opera? How about to cheer on the boys in blue on the eve of the football final? Well, read on below… Performed by a […]
Campaign to bring back the Dublin Tenement Experience!
I made a couple of failed attempts to make it to the Dublin Tenement Experience, which took place in No. 14 Henrietta Street and ran for two months until August 31st. Anu […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (02-09-13 to 08-09-13)
Now this is going to be a busy one! I know I always say that, but I really mean it this time. Not only does the Dublin Fringe Festival and Dublin Fashion […]
Accidental Death of an Anarchist – New Theatre – Review
In 1969, Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a fourth story window of a Police station in Milan. This event formed the starting point for a work of fiction by Dario Fo, a satire […]
Reenactment of Bloody Sunday – Sat 31st August
Ever wanted to be a Docker or Jacobs Worker? Or even one of the poor of Dublin? If so, now is your chance to be involved in an official recreation of the […]
Distance from the Event – Civic Theatre – Sat, 31st Aug 2013 – Preview
Collapsing Horse are one of the bright young companies of Irish theatre. Their show Monster/ Clock made a lot of people sit up and take notice, and it received praise such as […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (26-08-13 to 01-09-13)
Is that really September creeping around the corner? The big event of this week is clearly the Picnic, but if you don’t have tickets by this stage, you won’t be going as […]
Dublin Fringe Festival 2013 | Booking Office Opens – Schedule and Quick Guide
Yes, for those that have just returned from a long stay on a desert island, the Fringe Festival is takes place between the 5th and 22nd of September. It’s director Roise Goan’s […]
From Bond to Beckett – Gavan O’Herlihy to play Pozzo at Dublin Theatre Festival
Gavan O’Herlihy has starred in a wide variety of movies and TV shows, from ‘Never say never again’ to ‘Superman III’, and from ‘Twin Peaks’ to ‘Star Trek: Voyager’. He started his […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (19-08-13 to 25-08-13)
The Ukulele Hooley is the highlight of the new festivals this week, as Dun Laoghaire embraces one of the coolest instruments around. There’s a variety of performances, lessons and workshops, so worth […]
Choir Required for ‘The Events’ – Dublin Theatre Festival
This could well be the strangest request we’ve heard. The Events is a play by David Greig which questions ‘just how far forgiveness will stretch in the wake of tragedy’. They have […]
Embers – Pan Pan – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review
So often romanticised in literature for its ability to heal and reaffirm, the sea and its tidal cosseting offers the author an instinctive setting for desperate escapes and new beginnings. Two former […]
Dublin Fringe Festival 2013 – Programme Launch
There was an air of expectation amongst the crowd that gathered outside Dublin’s newest venue, the Liquor room under the Clarence hotel. It’s always fun to be there at the start of […]
No More Workhorse 