The Examination – Project Arts Centre – Review This is a new work by Brokentalkers which explores prison life in Ireland. We meet two individuals with differing views of the world. One […]
The Examination – Project Arts Centre – Review
Live Music in Dublin – 04-03-19
Live Music in Dublin – 04-03-19 This week, you could go to the Gloaming pretty much every night between now and… oblivion? Yes, they start their residency in the NCH with about […]
The Country Girls – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Country Girls – Abbey Theatre – Review Until April 6th Kate (Grace Collender) has just received some great news. She is to receive a scholarship to one of the best schools […]
The Lonely Luchador – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
The Lonely Luchador – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Letizia Delmastro Part of the Scene and Heard festival The Lonely Luchador, presented as part of the Scene and Heard theatre festival […]
The Hole in the Ground – Film Review
The Hole in the Ground – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Lee Cronin Starring: Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey In cinemas March 1st Irish […]
What They Had – Film Review
What They Had – Film Review by Grant Ryan Director: Elizabeth Chomko Writer: Elizabeth Chomko Stars: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster We see a woman in her 70s, Ruth (Blythe Danner), […]
I Shall Wear Purple – Grand Opera House – Review
I Shall Wear Purple – Grand Opera House – Review by Cathy Brown Dates: Tue 26 February 2019 – Sat 02 March 2019 Rosemary Jenkinson and c21 Theatre Company’s fourth collaboration I […]
The Wickedness of Oz – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Wickedness of Oz – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L. Written and performed by Kate Gilmore Dates: 25 Feb – 02 Mar 2019 This single hander was originally seen […]
Haven – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Haven – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Sean Coyle Part of the Scene + Heard Festival Run finished – Feb 26th and 27th No Drama Theatre present ‘Haven’, as part of […]
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marcus Robinson. Peter Rice was born in Dublin in 1935 and brought up in Dundalk. He qualified as an engineer; he […]
I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half) – Pit, The Vaults (London) – Review
I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half) – Pit, The Vaults (London) – Review by Eamon Somers Run Finished – 27th & 28th Feb 2019 I Will Still […]
The Morning After The Life Before – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
The Morning After The Life Before – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Feb 25 – Mar 16, 2019 The title of Ann Blake’s play, The Morning after the Life […]
Fighting With My Family – Film Review
Fighting With My Family – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Stephen Merchant Writer: Stephen Merchant Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn My knowledge of the WWE is limited to what […]
Swan Lake – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Swan Lake – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Frank L. Directed by Matthew Bourne 26 Feb 2019 – 2 Mar 2019 In 1995, Matthew Bourne created his version of the […]
Sauvage – Film Review
Sauvage – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet Starring Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard The ‘rent boy movie’ is a populous, if not particularly distinguished, subgenre in gay cinema. Its […]
Movies This Week – 27-02-19
Movies This Week – 27-02-19 So, this week we finally get The Hole in the Ground! Will it mean we don’t see Seána Kerslake on stages around Dublin as she is catapulted […]
Massive Attack – 3Arena – Live Review – 24-02-19
Massive Attack – 3Arena – Live Review – 24-02-19 – by Paul Kirby Massive Attack descended onto an eager audience celebrating the 21st anniversary of Mezzanine, their third studio album released in […]
Mark Hollis – 1955-2019
Mark Hollis – 1955-2019 by Killian Laher Terrible news that Mark Hollis, of Talk Talk has died. For many, a name from the distant past. I first became aware of him through […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 26-02-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 26-02-19 The big event in Dublin is definitely Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, and for all people that like a touch of Dance in their lives… it’s […]
Live Music in Dublin – 25-02-19
Live Music in Dublin – 25-02-19 It’s a bit of a strange week for gigs, with nothing too dazzling around. Still, you could do a lot worse than going to Advance Base […]
Hamnet – Project Arts Centre – Review
Hamnet – Project Arts Centre – Review Dead Centre presents – Hamnet Dates: 20 Feb – 23 Feb Hamnet is not a typo. Not a mistake or a slip of the tongue. […]
New Music – Ô Lake – Conversation
New Music – Ô Lake – Conversation Some new sounds for a Friday morning. Ô Lake is the work of French composer Sylvain Texier. “Across the reeds, on clear waters, is sailing […]
Finn – Smock Alley – Review
Finn – Smock Alley – Review by Letizia Delmastro Part of the Scene + Heard Festival 2019 Finn, a new short play by Cuckoo Lane Productions, presented as part of the Scene […]
The Tide – New Theatre – Review
The Tide – New Theatre – Review The Tide by Tara Maria Lovett 19th February – 2nd March We meet Ivy as she is drying herself on the shoreline after going for […]
E.B. The Younger – To Each His Own – Album Review
E.B. The Younger – To Each His Own – Album Review by Killian Laher With Midlake seemingly on indefinite hiatus, following bass player Paul Alexander’s excellent Two Medicine album, singer Eric Pulido […]
The South Afreakins Show – The Space, London – Review
The South Afreakins Show – The Space, London – Review by Eamon Somers Writer & Performer Robyn Paterson – Producer Impi Theatre Company Performance Dates 19th -23rd February 2019, 7.00pm The South […]
Movies This Week – 20-02-19
Movies This Week – 20-02-19 First off, this is the week the new Liam Neeson film is released! Yes, Cold Pursuit is actually meant to be quite good but has been completely […]
Before – Civic Theatre – Review
Before – Civic Theatre – Review by Simon Jewell Before by Fishamble Company – Review 15th February Before is the latest instalment from Pat Kinevane and Fishamble Theatre Company, the team that […]
East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful – Project Arts Centre – Review
East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful – Project Arts Centre – Review Prime Cut Productions – East Belfast Boy & Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful (Double Bill) […]
No More Workhorse 