Missing Football – Viking Theatre – Review Written by Peter McKenna, Performed by Stephen Kelly Aug 31 – Sept 12 The set consists of a single, comfortable-enough-looking bed in a non-descript space […]
Missing Football – Viking Theatre – Review
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Diablo Cody Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer It is rude to refer to a lady’s age […]
Cartel Land – Film Review
Cartel Land – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Matthew Heineman Stars: Robert Hetrick It is well known that Mexico has a collection of ruthless drug cartels that are extraordinarily powerful and […]
Moonlight & Music – Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review
Moonlight and Music and Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review by Frank L. Two short plays by Jennifer Johnston Moonlight and Music – Waiting There are certain similarities between these two short […]
No Escape – Film Review
No Escape – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson From a brief glance; No Escape looks […]
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been a solo artist since the early 90s, initially recording solo albums to free himself from […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke In an […]
Proms on the Pier – Dun Laoghaire – 30-08-15 – Review
Proms on the Pier, Dun Laoighre, Co Dublin – Review by Frances Winston Sunday 30th August Appearing: Melanie McCabe, Toni Lee, Phil Coulter, Johnny Logan, Air Supply This is the inaugural year […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review V2.0
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review V2.0 by C.K. MacNamara Director: Aleksander Bach Writers: Skip Woods, Michael Finch Starring: Rupert Friensd, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto Dull, sterile and unable to measure up […]
Electric Picnic Stage Times – Main Stage, Body and Soul etc.
I bet you’re feeling pretty smart right about now, all you people that have an Electric Picnic ticket on your mantelpiece at home or stuck on your fridge. Sigh. It all looks […]
Closed Curtain – Film Review
Closed Curtain – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi Stars: Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moqadam, Jafar Panahi On 10th December 2010, Jafar Panahi was sentenced in Iran […]
Sufjan Stevens – Helix – Gig Review
Carrie & Lowell was released in March of this year. It’s an album that focuses on Sufjan’s strained relationship with his mother who died last year. The album was an abrupt change […]
Things To Do In Dublin (31-08-15 – 06-09-15)
It’s starting to get a bit Fringey around here! Yes, the Tiger returns, with the first events of the Tiger Dublin Fringe starting on the 5th of Sept. There’s It Folds, Grounded, […]
Interview with Toni Lee – Proms on the Pier
Proms on the Pier – Toni Lee performs as Karen Carpenter at Proms on the Pier on Saturday 29th Interview by Francis Winston Legendary singer Karen Carpenter is still hugely beloved decades […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann In cinemas 27th August The 2007 video game […]
Erased Tapes – Free Compilations
Erased Tapes are one of our favourite labels, with artists such as Peter Broderick, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Olafur Arnalds and Nils Farhm. They have a series of free sampler […]
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review by Audrey Devereux Written By Carmel Winters Directed by Jo Mangan An Abbey Theatre Commission for NAYD At Project Arts Centre, Dublin 24-29 August […]
Interview with Clare Dunne – Grounded – Tiger Dublin Fringe
SIREN PRODUCTIONS PRESENT – The Irish Premiere of GROUNDED by George Brant – starring Clare Dunne & directed by Selina Cartmell at Project Arts Centre as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe 2015 […]
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley – Review
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley Theatre 1662 – Review by Frank L. Runs from 24th-29th August in The Main Space Written By: Samuel Beckett Directed By: Patrick Sutton This production has […]
Miss Julie – Film Review
Miss Julie – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Liv Ullmann Writers: August Strindberg (play), Liv Ullmann (screenplay) Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton Based on the play by August Strindberg, […]
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro – Audible Review
The Buried Giant – Audio Book Written by: Kazuo Ishiguro Narrated by: David Horovitch The Buried Giant is a novel about a couple, Axl and Beatrice who go on a journey to […]
Interview with Alice Malseed – Jellyfish – Tiger Dublin Fringe
Alice Malseed – presents the world premiere of JELLYFISH at TIGER DUBLIN FRINGE 2015 At the Project Arts Centre – Project Cube – Saturday 5th- Friday 11th September @ 2pm We had […]
Straight Outta Compton – Film Review
Straight Outta Compton – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: F. Gary Gray Writers: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay) Stars: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Straight Outta Compton documents […]
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review by Killian Laher American rockers Golden Void return with their second album Berkana. The album sets the tone from the opening bars of Burbank’s Dream, […]
45 Years – Film Review
45 Years – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James After a dalliance in television as showrunner for HBO soap opera Looking, Andrew Haigh […]
Things To Do In Dublin (24-08-15 – 30-08-15)
Sufjan is in town for two nights at the Helix, which is the main point of interest in these parts. He’s not alone though, there’s John Prine and Tyler the Creator also […]
By The Bog of Cats – Abbey Theatre – Review
By the Bog of Cats – Showing on the Abbey Stage – Review Until Saturday, 12 September 2015 The Bog of Cats is a place not quite of this earth. A barren […]
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Flesh World hail from the west coast of America, yet make decidedly non-west coast sounding music. Opening […]
The Quiet Land – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Quiet Land at Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by P. McGovern August 17 – September 05, 2015 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Starring Des Keogh and Derry Power A tall milk […]
No More Workhorse 