Starlet – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Performances – 18 – 22 September Venue – Smock Alley Theatre – Black Box This is comedian Alison Spittle’s debut as a playwright. The plot […]
Starlet – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Al Dawes F*CKING Loves You – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Al Dawes F*cking Loves You – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Lesley-Ann Whelan The New Theatre, 17-21 September Al Dawes F*cking Loves You is performer and writer Erin McGathy’s third Dublin […]
Collapsible – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Collapsible – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review By Diana Perez Garcia Performances – 17 – 21 September Venue – Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre “I spend a lot of time on the […]
Lad – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Lad – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Paddy McGovern Performances – 17 – 21 September Venue – The New Theatre Steve is a lot of man for one man. In fact, […]
The Kitchen – Film Review
The Kitchen – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Andrea Berloff Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill Camp […]
Minefield – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Minefield – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Performances – 17 – 22 September Venue – Smock Alley Theatre – Black Box We meet Joe (Clare Monnelly) as she is sitting on a […]
Culture Night Preview
Culture Night Preview by Fran Winston From humble beginnings in 2006 Culture Night has grown to become an annual institution that sees cultural activities, venues, tours and one off events open to […]
The Farewell – Film Review
The Farewell – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lulu Wang Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen A calm, sincere and tender-hearted family drama, The Farewell is based in […]
Movies This Week – 18-09-19
Movies This Week – 18-09-19 Two days before release and Rambo: Last Blood still doesn’t have a review. Hmm, sounds like a turkey to me! Also, the Kitchen is released and again […]
Perspectives – Bertolt Brecht Songs and Poems for 2019 – NCH – Gig Review
Perspectives: Change The World – Bertolt Brecht Songs and Poems for 2019 Date – 14th and 15th of September, 2019 Venue – National Concert Hall Bertolt Brecht – “In the dark times […]
Steve Gunn – Lost Lane – 16/09/19 – Gig Review
Steve Gunn – Lost Lane – 16/09/19 – Gig Review by Killian Laher An autumnal Monday night in Dublin saw the successful gaelic football teams share the limelight with visiting guitarist Steve […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 17-09-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 17-09-19 This week is all about the Dublin Fringe Festival with a massive amount of new and exciting work on around Dublin. It’s mostly unseen work, […]
Irish Food. A Play – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Irish Food. A Play – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review By Diana Perez Garcia Performances – 15 – 18 September Venue – Rustic Stone Restaurant Words, no matter how artfully arranged, will […]
Ad Astra – Film Review
Ad Astra – Film Review Director: James Gray Writers: James Gray, Ethan Gross Stars: Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland We meet Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) as he is carrying […]
Live Music in Dublin – 16-09-19
Live Music in Dublin – 16-09-19 It’s a slow enough week in truth and the Fringe Festival is still the main event in town! There is Pere Ubu playing their last ever […]
INIT: The Warm Up Project – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
INIT: The Warm Up Project – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Performances – 15 & 16 September Venue – The Lir Academy – Studio 1 Billed as “three dancers and a DJ” […]
The Justice Syndicate – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
The Justice Syndicate – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review By Diana Perez Garcia Performances – 13 – 15 September Venue – Meeting Point @ Four Courts Luas Stop At the debriefing that […]
Gym Swim Party – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Gym Swim Party – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Danielle Galligan & Gavin Kostick In association with GSP & O’Reilly Theatre Performances – 12 – 15 September Venue – O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere […]
Making A Mark – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Making A Mark – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Talking Shop Ensemble & Run of the Mill Theatre Performances – 12 – 14 September Venue Project Arts Centre – Cube Mark Smith […]
Album of the Week – 13/09/19 – KAZU – Adult Baby
Album of the Week – 13/09/19 New releases from the Pixies (Beneath the Eyrie), Alasdair Roberts (The Fiery Margain), Jenny Hval (The Practice of Love) and Gruff Rhys (Pang!) mean there are […]
Shirley Valentine – Lyric Theatre – Review
Shirley Valentine – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown From 10 Sept – 5 Oct, 2019 ‘I used to be Shirley Valentine. What happened? Who turned me into this? It is […]
Compostela – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Compostela – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Performances – 11 – 14 September Venue – The New Theatre It is June 2018 and only days after the vote that changed Ireland forever. […]
A Symphony Of Worms – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
A Symphony Of Worms – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Letizia Delmastro Performances – 10 – 15 September Venue – Smock Alley Theatre – Boys’ School Hannah Mamalis’ name is, indeed, […]
For Sama – Film Review
For Sama – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts Al-Khateab is a photographer who in 2012 lived in Aleppo in Syria. She supported the endeavours of […]
Champions of Dance – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Champions of Dance – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Lesley-Ann Whelan Location – Peacock Theatre, Dates – 9-14th September After a long day of work, followed by picking up the kids […]
Movies This Week – 11-09-19
Movies This Week – 11-09-19 The movie that no one really asked for, Downton Abbey the movie is released this week. Don’t expect too much from it, but with a ready made […]
Bodies of Water – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Bodies of Water – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Performances – 8 – 12 September Venue – The Chocolate Factory The first thing I would say about this piece is that you’re […]
Extra Ordinary – Film Review
Extra Ordinary – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte Rose Dooley (Maeve Higgins) is a driving instructor with supernatural […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-09-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-09-19 This week is all about the Dublin Fringe Festival with a massive amount of new and exciting work on around Dublin. It’s mostly unseen work, […]
No More Workhorse 