DruidShakespeare – Preview by Emily Elphinstone This morning saw a very exciting announcement, as Druid revealed full details of their latest project: DruidShakespeare, to mark the company’s 40th anniversary year celebrations. DruidShakespeare […]
DruidShakespeare – Preview
Still Alice – Movie Review – V2.0
Still Alice – Movie Review by Frank L. Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland Writers: Lisa Genova (novel), Richard Glatzer (screenplay) Stars:Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart Alice Rowland (Julianne Moore) is at […]
Difret – Movie Review
Difret – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: Zeresenay Mehari Writer: Zeresenay Mehari (screenplay) Stars: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Rahel Teshome Based on true events that occurred in 1996, this is the […]
Competition – Win Tickets to Pianist Joanna MacGregor –
We have two tickets to give away to three lucky winners (3 x 2) for Joanna MacGregor at the The Pillar Room, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1 on Friday 20 March. To be […]
Metamorphosis – Smock Alley – Collaborations Festival Review
Metamorphosis by Kepler Theatre Company ran as part of the Collaborations Festival at Smock Alley – Review by Helen O’Leary. Metamorphosis was a novella first published by Franz Kafka in 1915 and […]
New Music – Sam Pinkerton – A Story in Parts
Something dreamy for a time I should probably be asleep! Sam Pinkerto has just released a new EP, A Story in Parts. It wafts and soothes, with her lovely voice, guitar and […]
Chappie – Movie Review
Chappie – Movie Review by Conor MacNamara Director: Neill Blomkamp Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman Neill Blomkamp’s newest film Chappie has us revisiting the sci-fi […]
King Creosote – The Button Factory – 19-05-15
Some good news on a Wednesday lunchtime, with Scottish hero King Creosote visiting these shores for one night only, that being the 19th of May. It’s a Tuesday night, which isn’t ideal […]
Returning to Haifa – New Theatre – Review
Returning to Haifa – New Theatre – Review by P McGovern The intersection of the personal and the political often makes for interesting drama. Especially when handled with restraint, acknowledging the complexities […]
Appropriate Behaviour – Movie Review
Appropriate Behaviour – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Desiree Akhnavan Writer: Desiree Akhavan (screenplay) Stars: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer Desiree Akhnavan not only directed but also wrote and […]
Kill the Messenger – Movie Review
Kill the Messenger – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Michael Cuesta Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Andy García In […]
The Pillowman – Gaiety Theatre – Review
The Pillowman – by Martin McDonagh Gaiety Theatre – 2 March 2015 – 14 March 2015 The play opens with a writer, Katurian, waiting to be interrogated in a room. He is joined […]
Still Alice – Movie Review
Still Alice – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish In cinemas March 6th As the film […]
Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You – Album Review
Album Review: Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You – released 2nd March – Review by Killian Laher All your nineties chancer bands are, one by one, returning with a vengeance. Swervedriver […]
The Gloaming – NCH – 1-3-15 – Review
The Gloaming – National Concert Hall – 1-03-15 – Review When the Gloaming took to the stage at five past eight, I’m sure they took a few by surprise. There was certainly […]
Things To Do In Dublin (2-03-15 – 8-03-15)
There’s a new festival this week with the Five Lamps kicking off on March 4th and running until the 14th. There’s also some fine new additions in the world of theatre, with […]
New Music – Annie Wolf – Accomplice
Annie Graham is a Wicklow who formed Annie Wolf in 2014. Their new single ‘Accomplice’ is a swirling guitar track with is refreshingly raw. Enjoy it below. In late 2014, Annie (Graham) […]
Run/ Don’t Run – Civic Theatre – Review
It is 1999 and a hot summer in New York. Gene is an Irish American living in Spanish Harlem with a Dominican girlfriend Perdita. When his Irish cousin Eoin turns up on […]
Portraits of a time in Bohemia – Lillie’s Bordello – Review
Portraits of a time in Bohemia – Written and Sung by Christof van der Berg – Review by Frank L. Bohemia is not the place in Europe famous for glass but that […]
Competition – Win Tickets for Ériu – IMMA – 16th March
ÉRIU– A Celebration of an Age-Old Tradition, Body&Soul Style. The Eve of St Patrick’s Day, 16th MARCH, 2015. – Irish Museum of Modern Art, DUBLIN We have two tickets to give away […]
Duke Garwood – Heavy Love – Album Review
Duke Garwood – Heavy Love – Album Review by Killian Laher Blues guitarist Duke Garwood has achieved recent acclaim through his work with Mark Lanegan, so it is perhaps opportune that he […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Movie Review
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Review by Frank L. Directed by John Madden Writer: Ol Parker (screenplay) Stars: Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Bill Nighy This is the sequel to the […]
The Hole – Powerscourt Theatre – Review
The Hole written by John Sheehy – Review by Frank L. Bewleys Café Theatre is to be congratulated in finding a suitable nearby location in the Powerscourt Centre while its Grafton Street […]
JDIFF – Programme Announced – 19th – 29th March
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 19th to 29th March 2015 At the Lighthouse this morning Grainne Humphreys, festival director, introduced some of the highlights of the programme which will include over 130 […]
Paper Souls – Movie Review
Paper Souls – Review by Frank L. Directed by Vincent Lannoo Writer: François Uzan (screenplay) Stars: Stéphane Guillon, Julie Gayet, Jonathan Zaccaï The film begins with a widow giving a splendid graveside […]
Slender – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Slender written by Shane O’Regan – Review by Frank L. Set deep in a forest somewhere in Ireland a young couple, Alex (Stephen O’Leary) and Rachael (Hilary Bowen-Walsh), are on a weekend […]
The Tallest Man on Earth – Vicar Street – Oct 21st
Ok, October seems a long way away at this point, but still something to look forward to. The Tallest Man on Earth has long been a favourite of this site, so we’re […]
Backstreet Boys: Show’em what you’re made of – Movie Reivew
BACKSTREET BOYS: SHOW’EM WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF Review: LAW “Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of” is a documentary made by Stephen Kijak, spanning the 2 years the band spent making […]
Witness – Civic Theatre – Review
This is a tale told from two perspectives, a mother and a son. It is the story of a crime that became headline news and shocked a nation, but the origin seems […]
No More Workhorse 