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 […]
Templemore – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
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 […]
Legend – Film Review
Legend – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Brian Helgeland Writer: Brian Helgeland, John Pearson (book) Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton A paranoid schizophrenic walk into a bar. Bristling with all […]
Things To Do In Dublin (07-08-15 – 13-09-15)
Ok Folks, it’s time to get your Fringe on! Yes, the madness is just about to start, with more new productions than is fair or reasonable in a three week period. Cancel […]
Low – Ones and Sixes – Album Review
Low – Ones and Sixes – Review by Killian Laher Of the many bands that emerged in the mid-nineties who couldn’t be pigeonholed into ‘grunge’, it’s perhaps a surprise that one band […]
No Escape – Film Review V2.0
No Escape – Film Review by Frances Winston Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson Owen Wilson has made so many fluffy […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review V2.0
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Frances Winston. Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke Based on […]
Dope – Film Review
Dope – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Forest Whitaker At the start three dictionary definitions of the word “Dope” appear across the […]
Interview with David Turpin – Romances – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We had the chance to interview the Late David Turpin ahead of his performance in the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival on September 17th. You can read the results below… Why is this […]
Fly me to the Moon – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Fly me to the Moon – Gaiety Theatre – Review 2 September 2015 – 12 September 2015 Featuring Tara Lynne O Neil and Katie Tumelty Written and Directed by Marie Jones Francis […]
Missing Football – Viking Theatre – Review
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 […]
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 […]
No More Workhorse 