Festival season continues, and is pretty unrelenting, when you think about it! Longitude has only just left Marlay Park, and we’re back with all things funny in the Iveagh Gardens, with the […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (22-07-13 to 28-07-13)
Auditions Zoe’s Auditions – Irish Tour
Irish actor and comedian Suzanna Geraghty is taking her one woman show around Ireland, after a successful run in New York. She’ll be in Dublin in the Mill Theatre in Dublin on […]
Best Man – Project Arts Centre – Review
This is an unusual work from Carmel Winters, who previously wrote ‘B is for Baby’ which won the Irish Times best new play award in 2010. It tells the tale of the […]
The FUN in UnFUNded – Players Theatre – Review
It must be tough graduating from theatre school at the moment, you’re coming out into a world where the arts grants are being slashed and the audiences are at home counting their […]
Farm – Lir – Review
Whether you’re a city slicker or a long way from home dreaming of green fields and open spaces, there’s something for everyone in Wilfredd’s production of Farm. This show was one of […]
Dublin Theatre Festival 2013 – Preview
The press launch for the new Theatre festival is tonight, but the web site is already up and running, and lists all the events that will no doubt delight/ dazzle you in […]
Halcyon Days – Civic Theatre – Review
Can a play be a ‘minor classic’ in less than five years? In the case of ‘These Halcyon Days’ by Deirdre Kinahan, the answer is yes. A brilliantly executed and sensitive story, […]
Farm at Lir – Let’s move to the Country
One of the best pieces from last year’s Fringe Festival has returned for one week only, and can be seen twice a day in the Lir. The play is a bunch of […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (08-07-13 to 14-07-13)
10 days in Dublin is in full swing with a stupid amount of events around the city, go explore their web site for details. There’s also lots of outdoor gigs on over […]
Twelfth Night – Project Arts Centre – Review
A Christmas Play, in the Middle of Summer? What madness is this? But yet, ‘If Music be the food of love, play on’ and thus opens ‘Twelfth Night‘, an everyday tale of […]
Doctor Who…or Matthew J. Anthony?
So the news has just hit our (figurative) desk that this Sunday’s performance of The Gospel According to Matthew J. Anthony in Smock Alley is the last of its kind! Rumour has it that the […]
Kinsale Arts Festival Preview – 6th – 14th July 2013
For those looking for a weekend away, this would be one of the best options around. In the beautiful setting of Kinsale, there is another one of those little arts festivals that […]
Dublin Fringe Festival – Preview
The Fringe Festival has announced the first few shows for this year’s event which will run from the 7th until the 23rd of September. Last year’s festival has set the bar pretty […]
Guaranteed! – Civic Theatre – Review
Fishamble are tackling the big issues with their new play Guaranteed! In some ways there is no bigger issue in recent years than the actions of the Brian Cowen led government on […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (01-07-13 to 07-07-13)
Another busy week in Dublin with a new festival in the form of 10 days in Dublin. We’re all quite excited about another chance to see the wonderful Matthew J Anthony live, […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (24-06-13 to 30-06-13)
Another one of those busy summer weeks, with far too much on around the city to see and do! You Bloom is billed as Dublin’s answer to South by South West and […]
Stalemate – Civic Theatre – Review
No complex moves but some easy laughs in Stalemate at the Civic Theatre, writes Sarah Gilmartin. If you’re heading to Seamus O’Rourke’s new play in search of a carefully plotted piece of […]
Matthew J. Anthony – I’m (Still) Your Man – Interview
Two weeks back we premiered Matthew J. Anthony’s strange but beautiful video for their debut single I’m Your Man. And we at No More Workhorse were still curious about the content of the video […]
Howie the Rookie – Project Arts Centre – Review
Howie the Rookie is the tale of two men that share the same last name, Lee as in Bruce. Rookie is a pretty boy who is useless in a fight but can […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (17-06-13 to 23-06-13)
Another week on the streets of Dublin, and we’re just about to hit the longest day of the year! It’s all down hill from there. The biggest event this week has to […]
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – The New Theatre – Review
James Joyce died in 1941 and the copyright on his work ended 70 years later, meaning there has been a large number of theatrical productions of his work in the last couple […]
Shush – Abbey Theatre – Review
It is Breda’s birthday and she is home alone with her dark thoughts. She rings her son for what feels like the 100th time and contemplates how her life has reached this […]
Festival of Writing and Ideas – Borris House – Saturday Review
The Festival of Writing and Ideas took place in Borris House in Carlow last weekend (8th – 9th of June 2013). This was the first time I visited the Big House in […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (10-06-13 to 16-06-13)
This is the week of the big gig, with Robbie, Bon Jovi and Neil Young all battling for your attention! There’s lots of lovely small events around town also, if you don’t […]
Matthew J. Anthony – I’m Your Man | Video Premier
Matthew J. Anthony’s debut single “I’m Your Man” has just been released on Any Other City Records and we here at No More Workhorse have gotten our grubby little mits on the […]
World Actors Forum – Gate Theatre – 15th & 16th June
The World Actors Forum aims to let actors speak their mind! They spend their lives on stage, but rarely do we hear their opinions, so this is a chance for them to […]
Kiss me and you’ll see how important I am – Porject Arts Centre – Review
‘They teach you how to cope, there’s a formula, and if you stick to it, you’ll make it to your next birthday’. Alex is a troubled young woman suffering from severe depression […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (03-06-13 to 9-06-13)
We are entering the last part of the long weekend, the bit that makes it long I guess, a Monday to enjoy! Forbidden Fruit has ended, and all the madness that went […]
Man of Valour – Project Arts Centre – Review
Man of Valour is the story of a man battling demons from his past, quite literally! Farrell Blinks is your average young man dealing with the normal problems of day to day […]
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