Two extremes this week with the Beckett Summer School and Eninem at Slaine Castle. The Beckett school takes place in Trinity College Dublin, with a number of public events around the city, […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (12-08-13 to 18-08-13)
Beckett Summer School – Trinity College – 11th – 16th August – Public Events and Talks
“The Samuel Beckett Summer School offers a full week of learning and is complemented by social and cultural events each evening.” or so says the web site, it’s an excuse for academics […]
Landfall – Project Arts Centre – Review
This is a new show from Ether productions, who previously produced ‘Mirror, Mirror‘, the sell out show in last years Fringe festival. As you enter the Space Upstairs in the Project you […]
Embers – Pan Pan Theatre – Samuel Beckett Theatre
Tonight is the opening night of Pan Pan’s production of Embers by Samuel Beckett in the Beckett theatre in Trinity College. Tickets are available here. Embers is a radio play written in […]
A Nice Bed To Die In – New Theatre – Review
The tagline on the programme says it all: ‘Two women. Similar in age. About to die. That’s where the similarity ends.’ But if you missed this, not to worry, because almost every […]
Major Barbara – Abbey Theatre – Review
Major Barbara was written by Shaw in 1905 and tells the story of an unusual family, the Undershafts. Andrew Undershaft has been estranged from the family since his children were infants and […]
Dramsoc UCD – New Theatre
There’s a new state of the art theatre in South Dublin. Stiff competition for the Mill Theatre in Dundrum, you are likely to see the best of cutting edge contemporary writing, with […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (05-08-13 to 11-08-13)
This is another week of recovery, from Oxygen and Castle Palooza among others! There’s one day remaining for those wanting to visit the Big House, and there’s also the start of the […]
Briefs – Second Coming – Dublin Fringe Festival
One of the hits of last year’s Fringe Festival, Briefs are back with their second coming. It’s a mix of comedy, acrobatics and more than a dash of camp fun! It’s not […]
The Friends of Jack Kairo – The New Theatre – Review
The Friends of Jack Kairo & Jack Kairo and the long hard Kiss Goodbye – The New Theatre – Review Welcome to the world of Jack Kairo, a private detective who struggles […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (29-07-13 to 04-08-13)
This week we’re hitting the August Bank Holiday weekend, with Oxygen 2013 among other events. Oxygen has a heavy emphasis on dance music this year, with names such as David Guetta and […]
Feck Off Crows – New Theatre – Review
This play is set during the war of independence in Ireland, where a young and naive girl arrives in a nunnery to study to become a nun in a small, rural community […]
Shush – Civic Theatre – Review
Sarah Gilmartin reviews opening night of Shush at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. With all her problems, Breda is in no mood to celebrate her birthday but has little choice when her sister […]
A Streetcar Named Desire – Gate Theatre – Review
When Blanche DuBois descends on the tiny residence of her sister Stella and her husband Stan Kowalski, she is initially shocked . It is very far removed from the world they grew […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (22-07-13 to 28-07-13)
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 […]
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, […]
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