TV PICKS OF THE WEEK By Lisa Jewell Make a date or set your DVR for our top telly choices this week Documentary – Child of Our Time Tuesday 4 April, 9pm, […]
TV Picks of the Week – 3-04-17
Dublin Event Guide (3-4-17 – 9-4-17)
MusicTown 2017 kicks off this week and runs from 7 – 17 Apr. There’s also the Japanese Film Festival at the Lighthouse Cinema between April 5th and 13th. The Five Lamps Arts […]
Birdcage Walk – Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review
Birdcage Walk – Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Helen Dunmore’s latest novel is a subtle and elegiac work set in a world in flux. It is 1792 and […]
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me – Album Review
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me – Album Review by Killian Laher This album is like few others. Recorded in the aftermath of Phil Elverum’s wife’s death from pancreatic cancer, […]
Ghost in the Shell – Film Review
Ghost in the Shell – Film Review – by Pia Maltri Director: Rupert Sanders Writers: Masamune Shirow (based on the comic ‘The Ghost in the Shell’ by), Jamie Moss (screenplay) Stars: Scarlett […]
Interview with James McNulty – Director of A Life In The Theatre – Smock Alley
We had the chance to interview James McNulty, director of the new production of A Life In The Theatre which opens in Smock Alley next week. It is a play for two […]
Graduation – Film Review
Graduation – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Cristian Mungiu Writer: Cristian Mungiu Stars: Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici Christian Mungui is a writer and director known for his investigation of […]
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Theatre – Review This is the tale of two brothers, Eddie and Mickey, separated shortly after birth. The twins were born to Mrs. Johnstone (Rebecca Storm) who […]
Hauschka – What If – Album Review
Hauschka – What If – Album Review by Killian Laher German composer Hauschka is nothing if not prolific, with the intervening 18 months or so since his last full release punctuated by […]
The Boss Baby – Film Review
The Boss Baby – Film Review Director: Tom McGrath Writers: Marla Frazee (book), Michael McCullers (screenplay) Stars: Miles Christopher Bakshi, Alec Baldwin, Eric Bell Jr. The title of the film will give […]
Fizzy Drinks with Two Straws – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Fizzy Drinks with Two Straws – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Joyce Dignam Until April 8th The setting is a Wexford beach. Two sisters, ten year old Lara […]
Jens Lekman – Whelans – Gig Review – 28-03-17
Jens Lekman – Whelans – Gig Review – 28-03-17 In February of this year, Jens Lekman released his fourth album ‘Life Will See You Now’ on Secretly Canadian. The Swedish folk singer […]
Gleason – Film Review
Gleason – Film Review Director: Clay Tweel (as J. Clay Tweel) Writer: Clay Tweel (as J. Clay Tweel) Stars: Steve Gleason, Mike Gleason, Scott Fujita Steve Gleason was never a major star […]
A Thousand Hours – Endless Grey – Album Review
A Thousand Hours – Endless Grey – Album Review by Killian Laher With an album title like that, it’s clear that Alaskan band A Thousand Hours are in thrall to the Cure. […]
Smurfs: The Lost Village – Film Review
Smurfs: The Lost Village – Film Review Director: Kelly Asbury Writers: Stacey Harman, Pamela Ribon Stars: Ariel Winter, Michelle Rodriguez, Julia Roberts The Smurfs return with the third instalment of their reboot […]
A Dangerous Crossing – Book Review
A Dangerous Crossing – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone With no end in sight to the war in Syria, and the apparently endless stream of refugees displaced by the violence, it becomes […]
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy – Album Review
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy – Album Review by Killian Laher I approached this one with excitement and dread in equal measure. Since the Jesus and Mary Chain […]
TV Picks of the Week – 27-03-17
TV PICKS OF THE WEEK By Lisa Jewell Our top three picks for your telly watching this week. Drama – The Good Fight Thursday 30 March, 9pm, More 4 Fans of The […]
Dublin Event Guide (27-3-17 – 2-4-17)
Sure isn’t there a grand stretch in the evening? Well, there is, there’s an extra hour and no excuse for you to sit home! Some really good gigs this week with Haley […]
Vampirella – Smock Alley – Review
Vampirella – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. The Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art Composed by Siobhán Cleary based on the […]
The Tsar of Love and Techno – Anthony Marra – Audible Book Review
The Tsar of Love and Techno – Anthony Marra – Audible Book Review by Pat V. American writer Anthony Marra’s second book is a collection of interlinked short stories following the turbulent […]
Electric Picnic Sells Out Without Announcing A Band?
Electric Picnic Sells Out Without Announcing A Band? Yesterday I received two emails from Electric Picnic newslwetter. The first was to tell me the festival had sold out, the second was to […]
The Effect – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Effect – Project Arts Theatre – Review by P McGovern Rough Magic’s production of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect is a compelling theatrical experience. It rivets our attention from beginning to end, […]
Life – Film Review
Life – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Daniel Espinosa Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds A reasonably fleet, surprise-free B-movie, Daniel Espinoza’s Life takes the […]
Aquarius – Film Review
Aquarius – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho Stars: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos Aquarius is a two-storied apartment block built in the fifties […]
The Eurydice Project – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Eurydice Project – Project Arts Centre – Review Until 1st April Orpheus meets Eurydice while walking through the forest. She is a wild tree nymph or hamadryade as they are known. […]
Dublin Dance Festival 2017 – Programme Announced
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL 2017 – 18th– 28th May 2017 If you asked me the best things I saw last year, near the top of the list would be Betroffenheit, which appeared in […]
The Last Days of Cleopatra – The New Theatre – Review
The Last Days of Cleopatra – The New Theatre – Review Mar 20th – Apr 1st @ 7.30pm The is the story of a family going through a difficult time. Their mother […]
Dublin by Lamplight – Abbey Theatre – Review
Dublin by Lamplight – Abbey Theatre – Review by Conor O’Carroll Until April 1st on the Abbey Main Stage. Dublin By Lamplight, by Michael West in collaboration with the company and Directed […]
No More Workhorse 