The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin – Review by Frances Winston Published by Panmacmillan The Axeman was a real serial killer who murdered six people in New Orleans between 1918 and 1919 […]
The Axeman’s Jazz – Ray Celestin – Book Review
Fury – Movie Review
Director: David Ayer Writer: David Ayer Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman It is April 1945. The place is Germany. The Third Reich is on the verge of collapse but it […]
Things To Do In Dublin (20-10-14 – 26-10-14)
Another week in Dublin and this week the main event is the Bram Stoker Festival which has events all over the city! There’s the Shapesifter’s ball in IMMA. There is also a […]
No Smoke without Fire – Viking Theatre – Review
No Smoke without Fire – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: October 5th -26th Starring: Mary Murray The smoking ban was put in place in Ireland in 2004. Smokers who once puffed away […]
Competition – Win Tickets for Halloween – National Leprechaun Museum
We have two tickets to give away for Halloween at the National Leprechaun Museum to one lucky winner. All you have to do to win tickets is to mail us at nomoreworkhorse@gmail.com, […]
The Best of Me – Movie Review
The Best of Me – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Michael Hoffman Writers: J. Mills Goodloe (screenplay), Will Fetters (screenplay) Stars: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey There is a certain place […]
Competition – Win tickets to Frankenhooker – IFI Horrorthon
Is it that time of year already? Yes, the Horrorthon is just about to return to the IFI which an exciting line up of movies about things that go bump in the […]
Palo Alto – Movie Review
Palo Alto – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Gia Coppola Starring: Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, James Franco Directed by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia), Palo […]
Ciudad Furor Festival – Filmbase – 7th to 11th of November
This is a festival focusing on Urban spaces and taking the form of a series of talks, discussions and film screenings, all taking place in Filmbase from November 7th to 11th. It […]
New Music – Women’s Christmas – Too Rich For My Blood
Something nice and shouty this way comes! Women’s Christmas new album will be released on October 24th, with a gig in Dublin on the 1st of Nobember. Chris Judge did the art […]
Mavericks – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Mavericks by Rebecca Grimes & David Farrell The backdrop contains advertising posters including one for the Alley Theatre’s production of A Waiting for Godot and another for Burger Queen. The only prop […]
Mary Massacre – New Theatre – Review
Mary Massacre by Johnny McKnight – Review by Frank L. New Theatre – Oct 13th – Oct 18th @ 7.30pm – Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.) Johnny McKnight is a Scottish playwright, director […]
ISLA Literary Festival – Oct 17th – 19th
Possibly the best free literary festival of the year, and it’s only two days away! With John Banville, Donal Ryan (above), Claire Keegan, Hugo Hamilton and John Kelly there is some great […]
Patrick Kavanagh: A Life – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Patrick Kavanagh: A Life created and performed by PJ Brady Patrick Kavanagh (1904 – 1967) made Monaghan, its stony grey soil and inhabitants, familiar to many who never glimpsed it or had […]
Light Moves – Festival of Dance film – Limerick – 6-9th Nov
Details of the Light Moves festival taking place in Limerick between Nov 6th and 9th have just been revealed. It is a festival of Dance film, but sadly no Dirty Dancing! We […]
Competition – Win Tickets to Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Friday The 13th
Win tickets to the Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Friday The 13th. Camp Crystal Lake is looking for new unsuspecting victims… the Jameson Cult Film Club returns to Dublin for a […]
Polina – Bastien Vivès – Book Review
Polina by Bastien Vivès is publised by Random House. Polina was written and illustrated by Bastien Vivès in 2011 and published in France by Casterman. It was recently published by Jonathan Cape […]
New Music – Jape – The Hearts Desire
New music from Jape is always greeted with excitement in these parts, so it’s good to hear of a new album on the horizon, and the first single ‘The Hearts Desire’. Enjoy! […]
Carol Keogh Album Release ‘Mongrel City’ – Grand Social – Oct 17th
Carol will be known to many for her work with he Plague Monkeys and Tycho Brahe, but this is her first release under her own name. The album Mongrel City will be […]
Best new track: Dads – Chewing Ghosts
From the new album I’ll Be the Tornado from Dads. It reminds me of Archers of Loaf and Modest Mouse. Rousing stuff for a Monday.
Showrunners – Movie Review
Showrunners: the art of running a TV Show – Review by Frank L. Written and Directed by Des Doyle Increasingly “shows” are what people watch. The excitement leading up to the final […]
We Cut Corners/ Spies/ Jennifer Evans – The Academy – 16-10-14
A very impressive line up of young Irish talent is on display this Thursday in the Academy, Dublin. We Cut Corners have a number of friends performing with them and as back […]
Gold – Movie Review
Gold – Review by Frank L. Director: Niall Heery Writers: Brendan Heery, Niall Heery Stars: James Nesbitt, Maisie Williams, David Wilmot Ray (David Wilmot) in his early forties has achieved little in […]
Our Few and Evil Days – Abbey Theatre – Review
Our Few and Evil Days | Abbey Theatre | Sept 26 – Oct 11 A young man arrives at a house and is met by an older couple. It becomes clear that […]
Things To Do In Dublin (13-10-14 – 19-10-14)
The Theatre festival has come to an end for another year, but don’t lose hope! There’s still plenty on around the city. The Stanley Kubrick Season is at the Lighthouse has a […]
In Acting Shakespeare – Interview with James Da Vita
Pemberley Productions & The Lime Tree Theatre present – In Acting Shakespeare – 16 October – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire ‘In Acting Shakespeare’ is a superbly engaging one-man show, arriving on tour […]
Book Burning – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Book Burning | Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | Oct 8 – 11 At the centre of the stage stands a trunk. It is a large imposing object in the middle of […]
Sun Kil Moon – Button Factory – 9-12-14
John McEnroe with a guitar as one of my friends recently described him, Mark Kozelek is back in Dublin this December in the Button Factory. With the variety of rave reviews for […]
Jack Charles V The Crown – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Jack Charles V The Crown | Samuel Beckett Theatre | Oct 8 – 12 – Review by Emily Elphinstone One of the most exciting things about the Dublin Theatre Festival is the […]
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