One of the more unusual events in the New Year’s Festival is the Spoken Word Festival which will include a variety of events of a literary nature. The Christmas period isn’t exactly […]
NYF Dublin – Spoken Word Festival
Things To Do In Dublin (15-12-14 – 21-12-14)
Ok, we’ve pulled out all the stops with the wrapping paper backdrop, so it’s officially Christmas. But let us not forget what Christmas is really all about… presents! New plays this week […]
Odd Christmas Gifts – Zoots the Kalimba Recorder
This is the first in an incredibly short run of odd ball presents we’ve come up (if you think of any more, let us know!). This is a thing, it’s a, well, […]
Busker Diaries #2 – Documentary Film
You may remember a while back we featured the first Busker Diary, which is a series of short films aimed at showing why people take to the streets to perform music. The […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Movie Review V2.0
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, […]
Dublin Oldschool – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dublin Oldschool – Project Arts Centre A near empty stage greets you on arrival to the space upstairs in the Project. It is filled with two microphones, placed central on the stage. […]
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival – Preview
JDIFF runs from the 19th – 29th of March and while it is still a few months away, they’ve just announced some of the more exciting events to tempt and titillate. First […]
Digital Biscuit – Ireland’s Film and Technology Forum – 28-30 Jan 2015
This is one for all you film nerds out there, or even the next Neil Jordan or Jim Sheridan. Digital Biscuit is Ireland’s Film and Techonology Forum and is now entering its […]
Blade Runner – The Final Cut – 14-12-14
This is one of those movies that has entered the realm of enigma. Its original cinema release met with a variety of views from the critics and performed poorly at the box […]
Hamlet – Smock Alley – Review
Hamlet at Smock Alley. Review by Helen O’Leary. This production of Hamlet currently running marks the 450th birthday of Shakespeare and is directed by Aisling Smith. This is a fairly modern interpretation […]
Ensemble Ériu – Ensemble Ériu – Album Review
Ensemble Ériu are a septet that play traditional Irish music with a subtle twist. They say themselves, the music they perform is “rooted in the styles of West and North County Clare” […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Movie Review
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Review by David Turpin Directed by Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellan, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett […]
Jennie Abrahamson – The War – Supports Peter Gabriel at 3 Arena
If you are going to Peter Gabriel tonight, make sure you get there early to see support act Jennie Abrahamson. She is also filling in for Kate Bush on ‘Don’t Give Up’ […]
Petals – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Petals at Theatre Upstairs. Kate Gilmore, in this one woman play, takes the role of a young girl in her mid to late teens who recounts her sexual experience, needs and awareness. […]
Dublin Art Gallery Map – NYF Dublin Art Trail
A good way of finding your way around the Art Galleries of Dublin is the Dublin Gallery Map. This is a new site (and physical map) that allows you to explore the […]
New Music – Draag – Lavender Hole
This one has that nice heavy guitar sound that you associate with bands of the mid 90’s. Something of a throw back, but in a good way! See what you think below. […]
Fused – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dan Bergin – FUSED – Project Arts Centre Do you remember point and click computer games? If you are of a certain age you probably will. They were an adventure game before […]
The Great Museum – Movie Review
The Great Museum– Review by Frank L. Directed by Johannes Holzhausen Writers: Johannes Holzhausen (concept), Constantin Wulff (concept) The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is one of the great museums of the world. It […]
Romping Through Dracula – At It Again – Book Review
Find out more about ‘At it again’ here. At it again have been… at it again! This is the second in the series of handy pocket sized books on the literary classics […]
Things To Do In Dublin (8-12-14 – 14-12-14)
Another week in Dublin and really, everything is tinsel, reindeer and Santa. We mostly try to offer an alternative, but the movies are dominated by the Christmas vibe. Although, can you really […]
Favourite Films of 2014 – David Turpin
It’s December which is the season for making lists, and we are no different here at the Workhorse. We asked David Turpin to add his two cents with a list of his […]
More Fool Me – Stephen Fry – Audible Review
Audible review: “More Fool Me” Stephen Fry Written and Narrated by: Stephen Fry Mr Stephen Fry brings his third autobiography after “Moab is my Washpot” and “The Fry Chronicles” to the audio […]
Godseepd You! Black Emperor – 18-04-14 – Vicar Street
Did I ever tell you about the time I saw Godspeed You! Black Emperor three times in three days? Possibly a story for another day. One of my personal favourite bands for […]
Harry’s Christmas – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
HARRY’S CHRISTMAS by Steven Berkoff Even if this play is less than one hour in duration and has but a single actor, it is a play which engages the enormity of Christmas […]
Two Gallants – We Are Undone – Workman’s Club – 19-02-14
Two Gallants have chosen today to announce their new album which will be released on the 30th of January and also a date in the Workman’s club on February 19th. Is it […]
The Motherfucker with the Hat – New Theatre – Review
Jackie returns home to his girlfriend Veronica in ebullient form. He has just found a job and life is looking up. He has flowers and tickets to the cinema that night and […]
Follow – Abbey Theatre
Folllow runs at the Abbey Theatre until Dec 6th. Follow opened on the Peacock stage in the Abbey last Friday night but this is a production that has been around for a […]
Chaos Theory – Smock Alley – Review
Chaos Theory runs at Smock Alley until Dec 6th. Smock Alley provided its usual warm welcome last night, and a cold one it was too. The theatre’s Christmas tree was already a-twinkling […]
Competition – Win Tickets for Stars – Opium Rooms – 10-01-15
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Stars at the Opium Rooms (Note Venue Change!) on the 10th of Janary. To be in with a chance of […]
No More Workhorse