Perspectives: Circuit Des Yeux – NCH – Sunday 13th May, 8.30pm When the latest announcements for the Perspective series were made, it included some names you would expect such as Harold Budd […]
Circuit Des Yeux – NCH – Live Review – 13-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 14-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 14-05-18 Yes, I’m ignoring the monster gigs, what of it! There’s plenty of small cool ones, so I suggest you ignore Ed and Mick also… Gigs of […]
Interview with Robert Higgins – Writer of The Streets Are Ours, Smock Alley
Interview with Robert Higgins – Writer of The Streets Are Ours, Smock Alley The Streets Are Ours – Mon 14 May | 8pm | Boys’ School, Smock Alley This is your first […]
Michelle & Arlene: Love in Las Vegas – Accidental Theatre – Review
Michelle & Arlene: Love in Las Vegas – Accidental Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Until May 12th 2018 Nature abhors a vacuum they say and there is no bigger vacuum at […]
Movies This Week – 11-05-18
Movies This Week -11-05-18 If you had an average film to release this would be the week. In the land of the blind and all that! There basically isn’t a good film […]
Beach House – 7 – Album Review
Beach House – 7 – Album Review by Cathy Brown 7 is Beach House’s seventh album and it sees duo Victoria LeGrand and Alex Scally explore new territory without sacrificing the quintessential […]
Entebbe – Film Review
Entebbe – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: José Padilha Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Ménochet In cinemas May 11th People of a certain […]
Launder – Pink Cloud – EP Review
Launder – Pink Cloud – Review by Killian Laher Pink Cloud is the debut EP of John Cudlip. It opens with the lazy, hazy guitar riffs of Wonder, underpinned by an airtight […]
Sherlock Gnomes – Film Review
Sherlock Gnomes – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: John Stevenson Writers: Ben Zazove (screenplay by), Andy Riley (story by) etc. Stars: Kelly Asbury, Mary J. Blige, Emily Blunt Sherlock Gnomes is […]
How to Talk to Girls at Parties – Film Review
How to Talk to Girls at Parties – Film Review Director: John Cameron Mitchell Writers: Philippa Goslett (screenplay by), John Cameron Mitchell (screenplay by), Neil Gaiman (based on a short story by) […]
Trainspotting – Olympia Theatre – Review
Trainspotting – Olympia Theatre – Review by Keith Thompson ‘Choose life,’ Renton says. ‘Choose a job. Choose a career.’ And all the things that go with it. All the cares, worries and […]
Redoubtable – Film Review
Redoubtable – Film Review by Frank L Director: Michel Hazanavicius Writers: Michel Hazanavicius (script by), Anne Wiazemsky (adapted from the novel “Un an après” by) Stars: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 9-05-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 9-05-18 There are a few new productions in town with Autumn Royal at the Project Arts Centre and Minding Frankie at the Gaiety. The Dublin Dance […]
Live Music in Dublin – 07-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 07-05-18 It’s not a classic week, but there’s still more than enough to keep you occupied if you want to hear some tunes… Gigs of the Week […]
Peter Oren – Whelans – Live Review – 5-05-18
Peter Oren – Whelans – Live Review – 5-05-18 by Killian Laher A tough ask, playing upstairs to a sweaty Whelans on a warm bank holiday weekend for two solo artists accompanying […]
Interview with Frances McNamee – The Last Ship – Bord Gais Theatre
Interview with Frances McNamee – The Last Ship 4 Jun 2018 – 9 Jun 2018 When a bona fide rock superstar announces that they are dipping their foot in the world of […]
Circuit Des Yeux – National Concert Hall – Preview
Circuit Des Yeux – National Concert Hall – Preview One band in the Perspective series that may have passed you by is Circuit Des Yeux, who play on the 13th of May. […]
Giselle – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
Giselle – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Frank L. 2nd to 6th May 2018 English National Ballet commissioned Akram Khan to recreate the ballet “Giselle” whose first incarnation was by Adolphe […]
The Young Karl Marx – Film Review
The Young Karl Marx – Film Review Director: Raoul Peck Writers: Pascal Bonitzer (screenplay), Raoul Peck (screenplay) Stars: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps Marx (August Diehl) is a young man who, […]
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review “When I had my tracheotomy, I was blue and stopped breathing, there was something wrong with me.” We are introduced to this […]
Tully – Film Review
Tully – Film Review by Frnak L. Director(s): Jason Reitman Writers(s): Diablo Cody (screenplay), Diablo Cody Actors: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass Set in a New York suburb, Marlo […]
I Feel Pretty – Film Review
I Feel Pretty – Film Review by Katie McCann Directors: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein Writers: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein Stars: Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski It is fair to say that […]
On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey Theatre – Review
On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey Theatre – Review 27 April – 12 May 2018 Photos by Ros Kavanagh The Rafterys are not a normal family. Their mother is long since dead and […]
My Fair Ladies – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
My Fair Ladies – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Des Keogh as George Bernard Shaw Until May 26th Des Keogh’s My Fair Ladies brings back to the Dublin stage […]
Movies This Week – 2-05-18
Movies This Week -2-05-18 Normal service is resumed after the Avengers taking over the planet last week! There’s a good list of new releases below… Our Top Five Films This Week – […]
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review by Cathy Brown When Liz Harris began recording as Grouper twelve years ago, her elusive songs were guitar focused affairs making judicious use of […]
Lean on Pete – Film Review
Lean on Pete – Film Review by Killian Laher Director: Andrew Haigh Writers: Andrew Haigh, Willy Vlautin (novel) Stars: Travis Fimmel, Steve Zahn, Charlie Plummer Lean on Pete is an adaptation of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-05-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-05-18 The big event this week is the opening of the Dublin Dance Festival with Giselle in the Bord Gais Theatre, but there’s much more besides […]
A Cambodian Spring – Film Review
A Cambodian Spring – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director: Christopher Kelly Writer: Christopher Kelly Sometimes life is more interesting than art. This extraordinary documentary, filmed over six years, tells the story […]
No More Workhorse 