Another good week ahead, with a few gems out there. I’m looking forward to the Yellow Wallpaper in the Project Arts, and The Dirty Three on Friday! Art – Eithne Jordan’s new […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 19th – 25th November
The Poor Mouth – Project Arts Centre – Review
This is a stage adaptation of the Flann O’Brien’s 1946 novel ‘An Béal Bocht’, which is a loving parody of the Gaeltacht autobiographies such as Peig Sayers and An t-Oileánach (The Islandman). […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 12th – 18th November
So, what’s new in town then? Not a bad week actually, with a few good gigs in Bon Iver tonight and the Villagers, The Poor Mouth in the Project and Eithne Jordan’s […]
Solpadeine is My Boyfriend – RTE Radio Play
Solpadeine was one of the best things from this year’s Fringe Festival! It was an interesting take on a young girl coming to Dublin from Cork, and facing into a new world, […]
Ulysses – Project Arts Centre – Review
It was quite a task to create a new stage adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, and that is what Dermot Bolger set out to do. To tame the wild beast, a sprawling […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 5th – 11th November
Another week is upon us, and this week it’s all about Ulysses. Yes, that’s right, Joyce is out of copyright about fifteen minutes, and already we’ve had a version of Dubliners with […]
The Last Summer – Gate Theatre – Review
The Last Summer is a new play written by Declan Hughes based around a college professor returning to his parents house after the death of his Mother, and having to face the […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 29th Oct – 4th Nov
We are on post Halloween hang over, with an end to the horrorthon and Bram Stoker festival. Strange considering that Halloween is on Wednesday! Still a few good bits knocking around out […]
Bram Stoker Festival
The Bram Stoker Festival starts today (26th – 28t) with events all over Dublin. Here’s a few events I like the look of… Sat 27th – 3-4.30, Christ Church – “Owen Roe […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 22nd – 28th Oct
While it’s not actually Halloween until sometime next week (Wednesday), as this is the weekend before, we get all the good shit! Cool huh? Well, maybe we’ll regret it next week, but […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 15th – 21st Oct
A moment silence for the Theatre festival, sigh, so we’ve another year to wait for the madness to begin again, but what is there to occupy us for the next seven days. […]
Your Brother, Remember? – Project Arts Centre – Review
Another odd ball piece of theatre, which would no doubt annoy our friend Fintan but would leave the rest of us with a smirk on our faces! Zachary Oberzan is one of […]
Halcyon Days – Smock Alley – Review
Halcyon Days is a two hander starring Anita Reeves and Stephen Brennan, set in an nursing home in Dublin. Patrica (Reeves) is a new arrival at the home, and seems out of […]
The Coming Storm – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review
Forced Entertainment’s production of ‘The coming storm‘ is a a loose and free flowing piece of theatre, which is enjoyable and well paced. It develops slowly from the initial scene with six […]
Silent – Review – Ballymun Axis
Fishamble’s production of Silent is a one man show written and starring by Pat Kinevane that deals with some difficult issues in a humorous fashion. Kinevane plays Tino McGoldrick (named after Rudolph […]
Record – Dylan Tighe – New Theatre – Review
Record is another unusual body of work, described by writer/ singer/ guitarist and actor (That’s a heck of a lot of slashes) Dylan Tighe as a ‘project’, as not only is it […]
The Boys of Foley Street – Anu Productions – Review
Having seen Anu productions two previous pieces in last years festival, this was probably the play I was most looking forward to in the festival, and it did not disappoint! While last […]
Conversations on a homecoming – Gaiety Theatre – Druid Murphy
This is the first of the Druid Murphy cycle, and is set in Galway in the 70’s. The story revolves around an actor returning to see his old childhood friends, after ten […]
Things to do in Dublin – 8th – 14th Oct
I’m sure you’re asking ‘is he really still banging on about the theatre festival’ and the answer is YES! Another busy week, and the last of the theatre festival, you’ll miss it […]
Whistle in the Dark – Gaiety Theatre
This is the first of the Druid Murphy plays I saw, as I seem to have booked them out of order! As they were not originally meant to be a trilogy, and […]
Things to do – 1st – 7th Oct
The Theatre festival versus Hard Working Class Heroes is a death match this week! Who will win? Music – Temper Trap play the Academy on Tuesday, with Chris Isaak in the Olympia. […]
Silent – Axis: Ballymun – Ticket Giveaway
The nice people at the Axis have offered us two tickets for Fishamble’s production of Silent on Wednesday, October 10th and a bottle of wine. Silent runs from the 10th to the […]
Dublin Theatre Festival – Special Events.
As well as the big events in the DTF there’s a number of Special Events! And how special are they, I hear you cry? Well, it varies, but there’s a few nice […]
Ballymun Axis – Autumn/ Winter 2012 Schedule
Is it that time again? Do we really have to face into Autumn/ Winter schedules? At least there’s a few good thing on to keep us entertained during the colder months and […]
Things to do in Dublin – 24th – 30th Sept
Ok, the Fringe is over, and we’re sad to see it go. I enjoyed all the madness that it contains! Still, this week sees Arthur’s Day and the start of the Theatre […]
Saint – Project Arts Centre – Review
First off, this play is mostly in Irish! Strangely enough the fringe brochure doesn’t mention this. There is also a splattering of French, but the story is mostly told through imagery and […]
Culture night preview
So, what to do on a night where the city is your oyster (well, some of it anyway), yes, that’s right, it’s Culture Night! Remember, do not feed the artists! I like […]
Oh Fuck Moment – Filmbase – Review
So, what exactly is an “Oh Fuck moment” I hear you cry? Well, the best definition was given by one of the audience last night, when she described knocking a crystal vase […]
Mass – Powerscourt Theatre – Fringe Festival – Review
Having done little or no research on this event before I went to it, I was working under the presumption that they called the event Mass as it was on a […]
No More Workhorse 