Everest – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Jason Clarke, Josh BrolinMichael Kelly, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal In cinemas September […]
Everest – Film Review V2.0
You’re Not Alone – Peacock Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
You’re Not Alone – Kim Noble – Peacock Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Have you ever tried Internet dating? One of the dangers is that people tend to lie. Some people […]
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Eva O’Connor Following her success in Saoirse, her award winning play for a single actor, Eva O’Connor returns with a more […]
BC Camplight – Workmans Club – Friday October 9th
The next few months are sizing up pretty nicely on the music side of things! Another treat should be BC Camplight, who plays the Workman’s club on Friday Oct 9th. Brian Christinzio […]
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review – TDFF
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald The entire theatre goes black except for a sliver of light just off-centre […]
Everest – Film Review
Everest – Film Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Written by: William Nicholson; Simon Beaufoy Starring: Jason Clarke; Jake Gyllenhaal; Kiera Knightley; Josh Brolin; John Hawkes; Naoko Mori Everest tells […]
The Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review
Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review We meet Coleman after he returns home following the death of his father, a death he may have had a hand in! It was an […]
Mx Justin Vivian Bond …And Things of THAT Nature! – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
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 […]
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 […]
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