Album of the Week – 30-08-19 Some good new releases this week, meaning the only hard thing was to choose between them! Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy has released an album in collaboration with […]
Album of the Week – 30-08-19 – Whitney – Forever Turned Around
A Million Little Pieces – Film Review
A Million Little Pieces – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson Writers: James Frey, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (screenplay) Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst The film is based on […]
The Souvenir – Film Review
The Souvenir – Film Review Director: Joanna Hogg Writer: Joanna Hogg (screenplay) Stars: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) is an aspiring filmmaker. […]
Intercession: Brighton Court – New Theatre – Review
Intercession: Brighton Court – New Theatre – Review Intercession: Brighton Court – Written and Directed by Owen Jerome Ryan 27th August – 31st August We meet three very different individuals who will all eventually meet in […]
Movies This Week – 28-08-19
Movies This Week – 28-08-19 This week we have a few very different releases. A Million Little Pieces is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson but sadly no one really seems to like it! […]
A Murder Is Announced – Olympia Theatre – Review
A Murder Is Announced – Olympia Theatre – Review by Pat Viale 26th – 31st of August Cinema and television have portrayed Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple in many shapes and sizes over […]
A Bump Along The Way – Film Review
A Bump Along The Way – Film Review by Letizia Delmastro Director: Shelly Love Writer: Tess McGowan (Written by) Stars: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds Many films have been made about […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 27-08-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 27-08-19 Well, it’s pretty much as you were in Dublin this week, but there’s still all the fun of Kinky Boots in the Bord Gais Energy […]
Live Music in Dublin – 27-08-19
Live Music in Dublin – 27-08-19 One day later than planned due to a stomach bug, here is the wonderous guide to Music in Dublin! Except it’s not that wonderful this week! […]
Crawl – Film Review
Crawl – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Alexandre Aja Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon In cinemas August 23rd This film is probably hoping to do for […]
Album of the Week – 23-08-19 – Modern Nature – How to Live
Album of the Week – 23-08-19 Some good music released this week with Shannon Lay (August) and Alexander Tucker among others. We went for an album we’ve already reviewed here by a […]
Ask Too Much of Me – Peacock Stage (Abbey) – Review
Ask Too Much of Me – Peacock Stage (Abbey) – Review Youth Theatre Ireland presents the National Youth Theatre – Ask Too Much of Me by Dylan Coburn Gray 19 – 24 […]
Kinky Boots – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Kinky Boots – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston 19 Aug 2019 – 31 Aug 2019 In the spirit of full disclosure I have to confess that I absolutely […]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Film Review
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by André Øvredal Starring Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush In her interesting true crime-whatchamacallit The Red […]
Pain and Glory – Film Review
Pain and Glory – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writer: Pedro Almodóvar (as Almodóvar) Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia Pain and Glory, the now-mononymous Almodóvar’s twenty-first feature […]
The Hunger – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Hunger – Abbey Theatre – Review A Tom Creed and Abbey Theatre co-production – The Hunger 19 – 24 August 2019 Images: Jack Vartoogian The ‘Annals of the Famine in Ireland’ […]
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019 – Preview
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019 – Preview by Frank L. The festival runs from 26th September to 13th October 2019. There are thirty productions of which four are specifically for children. There are […]
Movies This Week – 21-08-19
Movies This Week – 21-08-19 This week, we possibly have the trashiest looking horror/ thriller of the year in Crawl! Hard not to be tempted by it. Scary Stories To Tell In […]
Never Grow Old – Film Review
Never Grow Old – Film Review by Diana Pérez García Directed and written by Ivan Kavanagh Cast: Emile Hirsch, Déborah François, John Cusack Opens on Friday August 23rd Ivan Kavanagh’s western Never […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 20-08-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 20-08-19 It’s actually an exciting week for theatre, with two new productions at the Abbey; Hunger and Ask Too Much of Me. There’s also Kinky Boots […]
The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears – Album Review
The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears – Album Review by Killian Laher In a year where the Irish music scene has abounded with excellent guitar bands, The Murder Capital unleash […]
Loscil – Equivalents – Album Review
Loscil – Equivalents – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian artist Scott Morgan has been releasing exquisite ambient music under the name Loscil for about twenty years. His latest, entitled Equivalents, is […]
Live Music in Dublin – 19-08-19
Live Music in Dublin – 19-08-19 Sleepy August continues with another quiet week in the capital! The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble return to their spiritual home, the Sugar Club and there’s even a […]
Interview with Miriam Needham – Compostela – Dublin Fringe Festival
Interview with Miriam Needham – Compostela – Dublin Fringe Festival We had the chance to put some questions to Miriam Needham about Compostela, which runs in the New Theatre later this year. […]
Album of the Week – 16-08-19 – The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
Album of the Week – 16-08-19 How long have we been looking forward to this one? The Murder Capital’s debut album was released today and the hype has been building for months, […]
UglyDolls – Film Review
UglyDolls – Film Review Director: Kelly Asbury Writers: Alison Peck (screenplay by), Robert Rodriguez (story by) Stars: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe What happens to dolls that are not quite right? […]
Little Miss Sunshine – Olympia Theatre – Review
Little Miss Sunshine – A Road Musical – Olympia Theatre – Review Find out more about this production of Little Miss Sunshine – A Road Musical here. Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th […]
The Roaring Banshees – Smock Alley – Review
The Roaring Banshees – Smock Alley – Review by Letizia Delmastro The Roaring Banshees is the story of a unit of seven women, members of Cumann na mBán, the all-female party that […]
Transit – Film Review
Transit – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Directed by Christian Petzold Written by: Christian Petzold (adaptation), Anna Seghers (novel) Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Glese Opens on Friday August 16th […]
No More Workhorse 