Xenia (Part II) – Pop-Up Opera (Temple Bar) – Review by Frank L. Composed by Nick Roth Run now finished – Date – 18 May 2019 Part I of Xenia was performed […]
Xenia (Part II) – Pop-Up Opera (Temple Bar) – Review
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 21-05-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 21-05-19 We mourn the passing of the Dublin Dance Festival and the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for another year at least! So, it’s back to […]
They Float Up – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
They Float Up – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern May 06 – 25, 2019 Not for the first time, the current show at Bewley’s lunchtime theatre reminds us that […]
Robert Forster – Button Factory – Live Review – 19/05/19
Robert Forster – The Button Factory – Live Review – 19/05/19 by Killian Laher Robert Forster occupies a funny position in the music world. He’s never quite had real success, either as […]
Rosas danst Rosas – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Rosas danst Rosas – Dublin Dance Festival – Review 18—19 May 2019 This production was first performed in 1983, so its inclusion in the Dublin Dance Festival over 30 years later should […]
Live Music in Dublin – 20-05-19
Live Music in Dublin – 20-05-19 Big Thief are back in Dublin and playing Vicar Street on Tuesday night, which is the same night as the much anticipated Oh Sees in the […]
Inventions – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Inventions – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L. Inventions produced by Irish Modern Dance Theatre Dates – 16—17 May 2019 John Scott choreographed this piece for the Kilkenny Arts Festival […]
Album of the Week – 16/05/19 – Josephine Wiggs – We Fall
Album of the Week – 16/05/19 First off for those that almost made it, but not quite! There’s Interpol, the National (which we reviewed here) and Lil Kim. The one that we […]
Mycorrhiza – The Space, London – Review
Mycorrhiza – The Space – Review by Eamon Somers May 14th – 18th See the Foreword Festival Kickstarter page here. Mycorrhiza (pronounced mike-oh-rize-a) is the name given to the symbiotic association between a […]
Avenue Q – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Avenue Q – Gaiety Theatre – Review Dates: 13th May – 18th May Princeton is a recent college graduate trying to find his place in the world. First off, he has to […]
The Belly Button Girl – The New Theatre – Review
The Belly Button Girl – The New Theatre – Review By Diana Perez Garcia The New Theatre – The Belly Button Girl – from 14– 18 May, 7.30 “What if we were […]
La Natura Delle Cose – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
La Natura Delle Cose – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L La Natura delle Cose choreographed by Virgilio Sieni Run now finished – May 14th and 15th at the Abbey […]
Schlong Song – Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – Review
Schlong Song – Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – Review by Fran Winston Player’s Theatre, Trinity College – Run now finished. The poster for this stated that it contained some nudity and that […]
Halibut on the Moon – David Vann – Audible Book Review
Halibut on the Moon – David Vann – Audible Book Review by Pat Viale Mental health issues, a taboo subject in the past, have been explored more openly in recent years in […]
Swimming Tapes – Morningside – Album Review
Swimming Tapes – Morningside – Album Review by Killian Laher Swimming Tapes originally hail from the north of Ireland, and their debut album is full of jangly guitars and sweetly sung melodies. […]
Movies This Week – 15-05-19
Movies This Week – 15-05-19 With the minimum of hype, the final episode of John Wick arrives on our doors! For some reason, I was expecting the worst from this one, but […]
Pumpgirl – Smock Alley – Review
Pumpgirl – Smock Alley – Review Pumpgirl (Jolene O’Hara) works at a local garage in a border town in south Armagh. It’s a garage that gets little attention as the petrol is […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 14-05-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 14-05-19 The Dublin Dance Festival is in its last week and it continues to dominate proceedings! The other festival in town is the International Dublin Gay […]
Session – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Session – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L Session – Colin Dunne & Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – Music by Michael Gallen Irish Premiere | New Commission – Dublin Dance Festival […]
W.A.M. We Are Monchichi – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
W.A.M. We Are Monchichi – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L. Performances – May 10th and 11th – Run now finished W.A.M. We are Monchichi created by Company Wang Ramirez […]
Live Music in Dublin – 13-05-19
Live Music in Dublin – 13-05-19 There’s a lot of tasty looking gigs below, so something to look forward to for most! We’re particularly looking forward to Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers […]
The National – I Am Easy To Find – Album Review
The National – I Am Easy To Find – Album Review by Killian Laher Some years ago, The National perfected a sort of stately, classy drift in their music. Eight albums into […]
Sight Unseen – The Future of Irish Theatre – Smock Alley – Review
Sight Unseen – The Future of Irish Theatre – Smock Alley – Review An Auto-Correbt Production – Sat 11 May 2019 | 8:30pm | Main Space The team at Auto-Correbt set themselves […]
The Baby Monitor – International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – Review
The Baby Monitor – International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – Review Part of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West Dublin 1. Runs until May 11th […]
The Third Wife – Film Review
The Third Wife – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director & Writer: Ash Mayfair Rural Vietnam in the late nineteenth century, a landscape of steamy waterways and thrusting bamboo forests where nature’s […]
Revolting Women – A Rebel Cabaret – International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
Revolting Women – A Rebel Cabaret – International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – Review by Fran Winston Part of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review 9 May 2019 – 11 May 2019 A phone rings at the side of the stage. It is answered by the […]
A Streetcar Named Desire – Lyric Theatre – Review
A Streetcar Named Desire – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Produced by the Lyric Theatre 04 May – 08 June A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is an iconic […]
Album of the Week – 10/05/19 – Mac DeMarco – Here Comes The Cowboy
Album of the Week – Mac DeMarco – Here Comes The Cowboy – 10/05/19 We agonise on this decision far more than you’d suspect. There are arguments and chairs kicked over. It’s […]
No More Workhorse 