The Wise Wound – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Written by Teri FitzGerald directed by Philip Doherty Tue 22nd March – 2nd April in The Main Space This is a […]
The Wise Wound – Smock Alley – Review
The Club – Film Review
The Club – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Pablo Larraín Writers: Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larraín Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers In a windswept, remote settlement somewhere on the Chilean […]
McKenna’s Fort – New Theatre – Review
McKenna’s Fort by Arnold Thomas Fanning – New Theatre – Review Mar 21st – Apr 2nd @ 7.30pm – Tickets: €16 (€12.50 conc.) Casement is waiting for his friends to return. He […]
Rebel Rebel – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Rebel Rebel – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review Devised by Robbie O’Connor and Aisling O’Mara, Directed by Louise Lowe Performed by Aonghus Óg McAnally and Aisling O’Mara Mar 21 – Apr 16, […]
Dublin Dance Festival Preview
Dublin Dance Festival Preview – by Stephen McDermott The programme for the 2016 Dublin Dance Festival was launched last night in Drury Buildings, with works responding to 1916, exile, and identity among […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Film Review
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Film Review by David Turpin Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg Directed by Zack Snyder Conceived as a sequel to director Zack […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Groove Festival Line Up Announced
The Line up for the Groove Festival has Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July at the lovely Killruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow. The day by day breakdown is below as well as […]
Cold, Cold Heart – How The Other Half Live and Die – Album Review
Cold, Cold Heart – How The Other Half Live and Die – Album Review by Killian Laher These days there are many bands ploughing the moody instrumental rock furrow, with varying degrees […]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – Film Review
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Kirk Jones Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez, Elena Kampouris, Joey […]
Interview with Gary Keegan – Brokentalkers – Blue Boy
We had the chance to interview Gary Keegan of Brokentalkers ahead of the opening of The Blue Boy in the Project Arts Centre in April. You can see the results below. The […]
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty – Audible Book Review
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Rain Dogs is McKinty’s 5th novel featuring Sean Duffy, a Catholic D.I. working with the RUC in Carrickfergus in the […]
Win Tickets to Midnight Special – 22-03-16
We have 5 pairs of tickets to give away to a special preview screening of gripping sci-fi thriller MIDNIGHT SPECIAL in Cineworld, Parnell St tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd March at 6.30pm. To enter […]
Disorder – Film Review
Disorder – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Alice Winocour Writers: Alice Winocour, Jean-Stéphane Bron Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy Disorder (aka Maryland) is French writer-director Alice Winocour’s tense new […]
The Magic Bookshop – Monkeyshine Theatre – Preview
The Magic Bookshop is new play for the little people in your life from Monkeyshine Theatre company. It promotes a love of books and lets the stories literally jump from the page! […]
Dublin Event Guide (21-03-16 – 27-03-16)
Ok, so Patrick has departed for another year, so what are we left with? There’s a whole lot of revolution going on, with New plays in the form of McKenna’s Fort and […]
The Plough And The Stars – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Plough And The Stars – Abbey Theatre – Review by Frank L. Runs until Saturday, 23 April 2016 The Plough and the Stars – Written by Sean O’Casey and Directed by […]
Michael Collins – Film Review
Michael Collins – Film Review by Shane Larkin Director: Neil Jordan Writer: Neil Jordan Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts Many of us can be forgiven a certain measure of sentimentality […]
Interview with Arnold Thomas Fanning – Writer of McKenna’s Fort
McKenna’s Fort by Arnold Thomas Fanning – The New Theatre Mar 21st – Apr 2nd – Opens Wed 23rd @ 7.30pm – Tickets: €16 (€12.50 conc.) We had the chance to interview […]
Marguerite – Film Review
Marguerite – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Xavier Giannoli Writers: Xavier Giannoli (dialogue), Xavier Giannoli (screenplay) Stars: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau In advance of Stephen Frears’ biopic of Florence […]
10 Cloverfield Lane – Film Review
10 Cloverfield Lane – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Dan Trachtenberg Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher, Jr. J. J. Abrams, who serves as producer of Dan Trachtenberg’s […]
Sing Street – Film Review
Sing Street – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton, Don Wycherly In cinemas March 17th […]
Rock the Kasbah – Film Review
Rock the Kasbah – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Barry Levinson Writer: Mitch Glazer (screenplay) Stars: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel With an all-star cast including Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, […]
Risen – Film Review
Risen – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Kevin Reynolds Writers: Kevin Reynolds (screenplay), Paul Aiello (screenplay) Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth In time for the Easter market we have […]
Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Saturday and Sunday Line-up
More information has just been announced, with details of the line up for Saturday and Sunday line up of Forbidden Fruit. Saturday is looking pretty tasty with Tame Impala and Battles. As […]
Spider-Man Swings Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Spider-man Swings Into Marvel Cinematic Universe The latest trailer for Marvel’s upcoming epic has been released and a particular reveal has the Internet abuzz about a certain wall-crawler finally joining the Marvel […]
Interview with Fergal McCarthy – 1916: A Country is Born – A Cartoon History of the Easter Rising
1916: A Country is Born – A Cartoon History of the Easter Rising Irish Artist Fergal McCarthy is known for large scale public art projects. Recently he made a comic series called […]
Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression – Album Review by Killian Laher There’s a sense of finality about Iggy Pop’s latest album, Post Pop Depression, the title alone alludes to a universe […]
Drogheda Arts Festival 2016 – 25-04-16 to 2-05-16
Drogheda Arts Festival 2016 – 25th April – 2nd May 2016 Details of the new Drogheda Arts Festival have just been announced, and while David Holmes will probably get most of the […]
Zootropolis – Film Review
Zootropolis – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore Writers: Byron Howard (story), Jared Bush (story) Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba Once upon a time, the vast […]
No More Workhorse 