The Importance of Being Honest – Review by Frances Winston Bewleys Café theatre @ Powerscourt townhouse centre June 22nd – July 25th @ 1pm daily (Doors open 12.50pm) Tickets €8-€12 Oscar Wilde […]
The Importance of Being Honest – Bewleys Café Theatre – Review
Amy – Movie Review
Amy – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Asif Kapadia Stars: Amy Winehouse, Yasiin Bey, Mark Ronson Amy Winehouse spent so much time in the public eye, with paparazzi following her every […]
Things To Do In Dublin (29-06-15 – 5-07-15)
This is the week Summer finally arrives with the weather men/ women telling us to wear short shorts! We trust in them completely. If you want to get to see theatre and […]
Des Keogh – My Fair Ladies – Civic Theatre – Review
Des Keogh as George Bernard Shaw – My Fair Ladies at Civic Theatre, Tallaght Phrases such as “consummate professional” are often used to describe Des Keogh, not just by theatregoers but by […]
Interview with Sonya Kelly – How to keep an Alien!
The wonderful Sonya Kelly is just about to unleash her show “How to Keep an Alien” on the unsuspecting public of Portlaoise, Letterkenny, Dunfanaghy, Cork, Edinburgh and London. This was one of […]
Proms on the Pier – August 29-30 – Dun Laoighaire Harbour
Proms on the Pier – Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August. Dun Laoighre Harbour, Dun Laoighaire, Co. Dublin. – Preview by Frances Winston Dun Laoighaire Pier has always been a popular attraction […]
The Who – 3 Arena – Gig Review
The Who – 3 Arena – Gig Review by Killian Laher So much for hoping they’d die before they got old! This tour is billed as The Who Hits 50, and on […]
Competition – Electric Eel Shock – Workman’s Club – 28-06-15
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Electric Eel Shock on Sunday 28th June at the Workman’s Club, Dublin. To win the tickets, just tell us how […]
Competition – Lubomyr Melnyk – Pavilion Theatre – 10-07-15
We have one pair of tickets to give away for Lubomyr Melnyk on Friday the 10th July at the Pavilion theatre, Dun Laoghaire. To win the tickets, just tell us the name […]
The Full Moon Hotel – Smock Alley – Review
The Full Moon Hotel by Philip Doherty Smock Alley Theatre – Until Saturday 27th June at 7.30pm in The Main Space This is a story with many strands all linked around a […]
Station to Station – Movie Review
Station to Station – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Doug Aitken Visual artist Doug Aitken pseudo-documentary of a coast to coast railway adventure attempts to take America’s cultural temperature by stopping at […]
John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure – Album Announcement
John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure released Friday, 2nd OCTOBER 2015 via BELLA UNION Some exciting news on John Grant as he has just announced his new album Grey Tickles, Black […]
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Nellie (the extraordinary story of a home birth midwife) – Written by Aileen Wymes. Although the programme notes states that the play is […]
She’s Funny That Way – Movie Review
She’s Funny That Way – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Peter Bogdanovich Starring: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans Peter Boogdanovich’s She’s Funny That Way attempts to strike out at […]
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club – Review
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square East – June 22-26th at 7.30pm In 1998 a young gay student by the name of Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to […]
New Music – Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
It seems a long time since we’ve heard from Mercury Rev, and indeed their last album Snowflake Midnight was released in 2008! Some good news then in the form of a new […]
The Look of Silence – Movie Review
The Look of Silence – Review by Frank L. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer This is a companion piece to Oppenheimer’s “Act of Killing”. It relates to the same massacre of a million […]
Slow West – Movie Review
Slow West – Review by C.K. MacNamara Writer/Director: John Maclean Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Caren Pistorius, Ben Mendelsohn Newly minted Director John Maclean’s debut film “Slow West” adopts an appropriate title […]
The Go! Team – Whelan’s – 20-06-15 – Gig Review
It is fair to say that the Go! Team seemed like a big band playing a small venue! The six piece band complete with roadies and sound engineer took to the stage […]
Things To Do In Dublin (22-06-15 – 28-06-15)
This is something of a gap week with the various music festivals that have taken over for the last few months. The Dublin LGBTQ Pride festival has already starter and runs until […]
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review Donal Davoren (Mark O’Halloran) is a man of words, a poet who is staying with Seamus Shields (David Ganly) in a Dublin […]
Once The Musical – On Grafton Street
Were you on Grafton street last Thursday (18th of June) at 1.20pm? If you were, you may have seen some buskers with a difference, as the cast of Once the musical were […]
Entourage – Movie Review
Entourage – Movie Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Doug Ellin Starring: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Debi Mazar, Haley Joel Osmet, Billy Bob Thornton Based on the TV […]
Mogwai – The Olympia – 18-06-15 – Gig Review
Mogwai @ The Olympia, Dublin – 18-06-15 – Review by Killian Laher Hard to believe Mogwai have been around for twenty years as this is billed as their 20th anniversary tour. On […]
Gavin Glass – Sunday Songs – Album Launch – Whelan’s – 28-06-15
Songwriter and sometimes DJ for TX FM, the great Gavin Glass will have his official album launch in Whelan’s next Sunday. It’s already one of the Irish albums of the year, so […]
Mr. Holmes – Movie Review – V2.0
Mr. Holmes – Review by Frank L. Directed by Bill Condon Starring: Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker, Patrick Kennedy, Phil Davis, Roger Allam, Hiroyuki Sanada Adapted from the novel […]
Ezra Furman – Workman’s Club – 20-10-15
October may seem a long way away right now, but I’d imagine if you leave this much longer these tickets could be a distant memory! Ezra Furman is just about to release […]
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review by Killian Laher Bully play a brand of shouty, early 90s style alt-rock. Singer Alicia Bognanno does a fine Courtney Love on the sub two-minute […]
Les Combattants – Movie Review
Les Combattants – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Thomas Cailley Starring: Kévin Azaïs and Adéle Haenel The award winning Les Combattants is an example of extreme polarity; a quirky spin on the […]
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