Mx Justin Vivian Bond …And Things of THAT Nature! Dates Sep 15 @ 21:15 Venue: Spiegeltent in Wolfe Tone Square In several interviews, Mx Justin Vivian Bond has expressed a strong preference […]
Mx Justin Vivian Bond …And Things of THAT Nature! – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
LOVE+ – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
LOVE+ – Claire O’Reilly Review by Emily Elphinstone Dates Sep 15 – 17 @ 19:15. Tickets €15 / €13 conc. Duration 50 mins. Venue: Project Arts Centre Cube How perfect do you […]
Vote For The Workhorse – Blog Awards
Dear People of Ireland, Get clicking! Yes, the Blog Awards are taking place again, and this time there’s public voting, with the great unwashed counting for 30% of the vote! We’ve been […]
A Walk in the Woods – Film Review
A Walk in the Woods – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Ken Kwapis Writers: Rick Kerb (screenplay), Bill Holderman (screenplay), Bill Bryson (Memoir) Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson Based […]
Agrippina – O’Reilly Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Irish Youth Opera presents Agrippina by Handel – In a co-production with Northern Ireland Opera in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra & The Lime Tree Theatre. Oscar Wilde’s subtitle for The […]
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak. Footfalls, Rockaby, Not I and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett This is a series of short plays by Beckett all featuring women as the […]
Romance with The Late David Turpin – Project Arts Centre – 17-09-15
Romance with The Late David Turpin In advance of his one-night-only concert “Romances”, at Project Arts Centre on September 17 as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, The Late David Turpin provides […]
Things To Do In Dublin (14-08-15 – 20-09-15)
Let’s just say, it’s a little mad out there. If you’re not exhausting enough by all this Fringing, then lets just throw Culture night this Friday on top of it, as well […]
It Started With Jason Donovan – Edinburgh Fringe – Review
It Started With Jason Donovan – Review by Andrew Darley Walking into Edinburgh’s New Town Theatre stage on my last night of the city’s Fringe Festival, I was cheerily greeted by the […]
Scotch & Soda – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Scotch and Soda created by Company 2, Brisbane The Spiegeltent’s warm charm with small gilded wooden chairs in circular rows around the stage provide the spot-on mood for this eclectic performance of […]
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – Martin Sharry Martin Sharry is an unusual character. He is a tall ungainly man, with scruffy hair, jeans and odd socks. He’s from […]
Breda’s Way – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Breda’s Way – Written and Performed by Breda Larkin Review by Frank L. In the summer of 1985, the small village of Ballinspittle, County Cork made waves internationally when the statue of […]
Irrational Man – Film Review V2.0
Irrational Man – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Woody Allen Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey In cinemas September 11th Even the most ardent Woody Allen fan will admit […]
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Review by Frances Winston Meeting point: Phoenix Park, Parkgate Street Entrance Tickets €16/€14 – Runs until September 19th So many pieces in Fringe are described […]
New music: Roman GianArthur – Ok Lady
Make your Friday a lot better by settling in with Roman GianArthur’s (and Janelle Monáe) take on Radiohead. Part mashup, part covers, part re-imaginings it’s just damn good. Enjoy.
Legend – Film Review V2.0
Legend – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri In cinemas September 9th Based on the book The Profession […]
Mother You – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Mother You created by Louise White Block B in Smithfield is available to let, or so the signs in the window say. It is a large open plan building measuring some 11,000 […]
The Matador – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Matador – Show in a Bag Shane O’Reilly – Review by P McGovern Matador – at Bewley’s Café Theatre @ Powersourt Centre until September 14 The publicity for this show might […]
Templemore – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Templemore – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: Sep 9-12, 2015 at The New Theatre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 Templemore opens with young Garda recruit Éadaoin (writer Áine Ryan) combing her friend […]
Remember to Breathe – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Remember to Breathe at Boys School – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P McGovern Orla Murphy’s new play which opened last night touches on themes of emigration and consequent sense of […]
The Walls Have Ears – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Walls Have Ears – Bottlenote Dates Sep 09 — 11 @ 19:30 & 21:15. Tickets €14 / €12 conc. Duration 75 mins. Venue: 13 North Great George’s Street For the most […]
Our Island – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
MIRARI Productions presents Our Island – By Barry McStay Directed by Maisie Lee 6th-12th September at the Project Cube Review by Audrey Devereux The Fringe Festival is now upon us when all […]
Grounded – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Grounded by George Brant Siren Productions – Review by Frank L. In 2012, Grounded won the Smith Prize (US$5,000.00) for a work about American politics. It was a prescient choice. The unnamed […]
The Visit – Film Review
The Visit – Film Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Director: M. Night Shyamalan Writer: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould,Deanna Dunagan, Peter Mc Robbie Some of the best horror movies are […]
The Windstealers – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Windstealers – Review by C.K. MacNamara Written by: Jane Madden Directed by: Anushka Senanayake Starring: Colin Campbell, Lloyd Cooney, Rory Corcoran, Katie Honan, Alan Mahon, Christiane O’Mahony, Roseanna Purcell. There is […]
Pasolini – Film Review
Pasolini – Film Review by Frank L. Directed Abel Ferrara Stars: Willem Dafoe, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ninetto Davoli Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered in 1975. Precisely what happened is not free from doubt. […]
Jellyfish – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Jellyfish – by Alice Malseed and Sarah Baxter Review by Frank L. Alice Malseed is of the generation who graduated just in time to get the full frontal blast of the international […]
It Folds – Peacock Theatre – Review
It Folds – Brokentalkers and Junk Ensemble Dates Sep 07 — 12 @ 19:00. The piece opens with a ghost emerging from the darkness of the stage. He is a traditional ghost, […]
Irrational Man – Film Review
Irrational Man – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey Written not surprisingly by Woody Allen, the anti-hero is Abe […]
No More Workhorse 