The Dublin Dance Festival kicks off this week and runs from the 18th to the 28th of May. This should be a whole lot of fun, so make sure you check out […]
Dublin Event Guide (15-5-17 – 21-5-17)
Harder Faster More – Project Arts Centre – Review
Harder Faster More – Project Arts Centre – Review Red Bear Productions Presents Harder Faster More 11 May 2017-13 May 2017 7:30pm This is a selection of short interwoven plays linked by […]
New Music – Ron Sexsmith – Radio
New Music – Ron Sexsmith – Radio The Last Rider was released on 21 April 2017 on Cooking Vinyl For fans of Ron Sexsmith, this new album must come as welcome news. […]
Private Peaceful – Pavilion Theatre – Review
Private Peaceful – Pavilion Theatre – Review Wed 10 – Sat 13 May, 8pm Verdant & Pemberley Productions present Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo We meet Private Thomas “Tommo” Peaceful when he […]
The Words Are There – Theatre Upstairs – Review
The Words Are There – Theatre Upstairs – Review by P. McGovern Mat 5th – 20th 2017 World Premiere by Ronan Dempsey The Nth Degree’s production of Ronan Dempsey’s new play, The […]
Vermeer Beyond Time – Film Review
Vermeer Beyond Time – Film Review by Louise O’Meara Written & directed by: Guillaume Cottet & Jean-Pierre Cottet Starring: Pierre Arditi Narrated by: Fiona Shaw Lighthouse Cinema and at Selected Cinemas – […]
Sweet Baboo – Wild Imagination – Album Review
Sweet Baboo – Wild Imagination – Album Review Sweet Baboo is the recording name for one Stephen Black. The Welsh musician hails from a rural background (born in Trefriw, near Snowdonia) but […]
Frantz – Film Review
Frantz – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by François Ozon Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner Ozon (Swimming Pool 2003, In the House 2012) directs this story which emanates from […]
The Confirmation Suit – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Confirmation Suit – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt – Review by P. McGovern May 08 – June 03, 2017 Gary Cooke, well known to TV audiences from his Après-Match impressions of […]
Alien: Covenant – Film Review
Alien: Covenant – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012) fascinated some and bemused many with its combination of half-baked […]
Interview with Tracy Martin – Writer of Harder Faster More – Project Arts Centre
Interview with Tracy Martin – Writer of Harder Faster More Red Bear Productions Presents Harder Faster More Project Arts Centre – 11 May 2017-13 May 2017 7:30pm This is a new version […]
Both Sides Now / Wasting Paper & The Tearing Up of Fergal and Tim / Fronting – Reviews
Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival – Reviews by Bridget Deevy Both Sides Now / Wasting Paper – Pearse Centre – Until May 6th The Tearing Up of Fergal and Tim / Fronting […]
Body&Soul – New Music/ Art Announcements
Body&Soul – New Music/ Art Announcements June 23 – 25 2017 | Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath | http://www.bodyandsoul.ie It’s almost festival season, and if you haven’t made your decisions yet, you’re running […]
Miss Sloane – Film Review
Miss Sloane – Film Review by Lisa Jewell Director: John Madden Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Alison Pill, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Lithgow, Sam Waterston The murky world of Washington lobbyists and their […]
TV Picks of the Week – 08-05-17
TV PICKS OF THE WEEK By Lisa Jewell Make a date or set your DVR for our top telly choices this week Film – The Place Beyond the Pines Wednesday 10 May, […]
Dublin Event Guide (8-5-17 – 14-5-17)
It’s the second week of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2017 (1 May – 14 May), with a complete new set of plays! Culture Date with Dublin 8 is a mini […]
Dalham – Waves – Album Review
Dalham – Waves – Album Review by Killiam Laher Electronica outfit Dalham have just released a brief eight track album. At just over twenty minutes in length, an album has to work […]
Sleepless – Film Review
Sleepless – Film Review by Louise O’Meara Directed by: Baran bo Odar Written by: Andrea Berloff Starring: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan,Dermot Mulroney, Gabrielle Union, Scoot McNairy, TI. Sleepless, a remake of the […]
The Chastitute – Gaiety Theatre – Review
The Chastitute – Gaiety Theatre – Review until 20 May 2017 John Bosco McLaine (Stephen Brennan) is a fifty three year old man who has never known the gentle embrace of a […]
Mindhorn – Film Review
Mindhorn – Film Review by Bridget Deevy Director: Sean Foley Writers: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby Stars: Essie Davis, Andrea Riseborough, Kenneth Branagh From the world of Partridge, Hot Fuzz and The Mighty […]
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City – Film Review
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City – Film Review by Louise O’ Meara Director: Matt Tyrnauer Produced by: Matt Tyrnauer, Richard Hammond & Jenny Carchman This documentary film recounts the battle between […]
Scorch – The Mac – Review
Scorch – The Mac – Review by Cathy Brown Produced by Prime Cut Date: 2 May – 7 May 2017 Inspired in part by the real life case of Justine McNally, who […]
Harmonium – Film Review
Harmonium – Film Review by Frank. L. Director: Kôji Fukada Writer: Kôji Fukada Stars: Mariko Tsutsui, Tadanobu Asano, Kanji Furutachi The film begins with a young girl Hotaru (Momone Shinokawa) practising, ploddingly, […]
Bleach – Outhouse – Review – DGTF
Bleach – Outhouse – Review by P McGovern British Exist Theatre at Outhouse Theatre Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – May 1st to 14th Dan Ireland-Reeves’s one-man show, Bleach, is an absorbing journey […]
The Journey – Film Review
The Journey – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Nick Hamm Writer: Colin Bateman Stars: Freddie Highmore, Toby Stephens, John Hurt, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney The subject matter of this film is […]
The Possible Strange Fruit The Morning After – Players Theatre – Review – DGTF
The Possible Strange Fruit The Morning After– Players Theatre – Review A MÉNAGE À TROIS OF SHORT PLAYS BY LOUIS CK AND NEIL LaBUTE Players Theatre – 1 – 6 MAY 2017 […]
Montparnasse – Players Theatre – Review – DGTF
Montparnasse – Players Theatre – Review – DGTF Theatre Outre, Canada – Drama – 2nd -6th May at Players Theatre @ Trinity College Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – May 1st to 14th […]
Win Tickets to Deep Dish – Dublin Dance Festival
Win Tickets to Deep Dish – Dublin Dance Festival We have two pairs of tickets to give away to Deep Dish on May 27th at this year’s Dublin Dance Festival. Abbey Theatre, […]
Perisonic – Smock Alley – Music Current 2017 – Review
Perisonic – Smock Alley – Music Current 2017 – Review by Frank L. Created by Grainne Mulvey, Fergal Dowling, Scott McLaughlin and Mihail Cucu. Music Current 2017 – Dublin Sound Lab Sat […]
No More Workhorse 