Top 10 Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Morgan Quinn Another good year for music, and isn’t it always! I get very frustrated when people say it was a bad […]
Top 10 Albums of the Year – 2018 – Editor’s Choice
A Year in Music – 2018 – Cathal Cully (Girls Names)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Cathal Cully (Girls Names) by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Pendant – Make Me Know You Sweet Lesilie Winer + Jay […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Patrick M Barrett (Hedge Schools)
A Year in Music 2018 – Patrick M Barrett (Hedge Schools) – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Kathryn Joseph – From When I Wake The Want Is. […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Kathryn Joseph’s ‘From When I Wake the Want Is’ was […]
A Year In Music – Niall McCann (Film Director)
A Year In Music – Niall McCann (Film Director) by Killian Laher Records of the year 2018 As usual I didn’t get to listen to as many records as I’d have wished […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – RM Hubbert
A Year in Music – 2018 – RM Hubbert – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? In no particular order : Bananas – Malcolm Middleton Daphne & Celeste […]
Thirst (and other bits of Flann) – Abbey (Peacock) – Review
Thirst (and other bits of Flann) – Abbey (Peacock) – Review Abbey Theatre presents Agro Grimace – Thirst (and other bits of Flann) 18 December – 5 January – On the Peacock […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Mark Eitzel
A Year in Music – 2018 – Mark Eitzel by Killian Laher It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch. What have you been up to? Ah – I’ve been co-writing […]
Best Film of 2018 – #10-01
Best Film of 2018 – #10-01 Here at the Workhorse, we love film. We love the quirky ones, the odd ball ones and the ones that are a bit messed up. Here […]
A Year In Music – 2018 – Nadine O’Regan (Journalist)
A Year In Music – 2018 – Nadine O’Regan (Journalist) – Interview by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Tough question, but the albums I’ve returned to again and […]
Best Film of 2018 – #20-11
Best Film of 2018 – #20-11 Here are some of the films we loved this year. 20. Glory – “It is a film that will frustrate you, make you feel deeply connected […]
Mary Poppins Returns – Film Review
Mary Poppins Returns – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Rob Marshall Writers: David Magee (screenplay by), David Magee (screen story by) etc. Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw With any […]
How to Catch a Star – The Ark – Review
How to Catch a Star – The Ark – Review by Lesley-Ann Whelan, Dublin 5th December-30th December Branar Teatar do Phaisti return to the Ark with their adaptation of Irish author Oliver […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-12-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-12-18 Well, it’s pretty much the same as last week, to be honest! We do have one new production to get excited about with Thirst (and […]
Bolstoff – Smock Alley – Review
Bolstoff – Smock Alley – Review BOLSTOFF: A Modern Actor’s Introduction to Advanced Contemporary Performance 14 + 15 Dec Wicker Socks Facebook Page Who was the mysterious Bolstoff and what can we […]
Live Music in Dublin – 17-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 17-12-18 Don’t expect much from this week. Sorry! We do have lots of home grown acts performing around the city though. Also, there are lots of other […]
Love Letter to Okkervil River
Love Letter to Okkervil River – by Thomas Slattery Written shortly after Okkervil River’s two recent dates in Ireland (12/10/18- Roisin Dubh, Galway & 13/10/18 – Grand Social, Dublin). One of the gigs […]
Bumblebee – Film Review
Bumblebee – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Travis Knight Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon In cinemas December 24th Previews December 14th […]
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review Author: Rob Maguire Illustrator: Aga Grandowicz This is a book aimed at the smarter child in your life. As the name […]
Come From Away – Abbey Theatre – Review
Come From Away – Abbey Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern The Abbey Theatre in a Co-Production with Junkyard Dog Productions and Smith & Brant Theatricals – Until 19th January Photography by […]
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review by Killian Laher After the choral explorations of last year’s Mysterium, Hammock return with a fully instrumental album. This one is unremiittingly lovely. Early on in […]
Aquaman – Film Review
Aquaman – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: James Wan Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman In cinemas December 12th Although […]
The House That Jack Built – Film Review
The House That Jack Built – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lars Von Trier Starring Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Riley Keough, Sofie Gråbøl Watching The House That […]
Albums of the Year – 2018 – Killian Laher
Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Killian Laher Always a struggle to distil the year’s releases into a concise ranking of 10 albums, but here goes: 10. Yo La Tengo […]
Movies This Week – 12-12-18
Movies This Week – 12-12-18 Go watch the Mortal Engines trailer below, because it’s better than the movie by all accounts! If you’re looking for a film for kids, well Spider-man: Into […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review by Killian Laher After this year’s well-received Here Lies The Body album, Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert enjoyed it […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Writers: Phil Lord (screenplay by), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man created by) etc. Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 11-12-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 11-12-18 Come From Away is the main event of the week and opens at the Abbey tonight! Otherwise, it’s much the same as last week, which […]
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18 We’re in the run up to Christmas and every year, this means a lot of Irish acts returning home to play their local venues! It’s mainly […]
