The Calling – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Jason Stone Starring: Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn Transplanting the dogged-but-damaged heroine and chilly atmospherics of The Killing to a […]
The Calling – Movie Review
Halloween at The National Leprechaun Museum
One of the many events taking place for Halloween is the Samhain event at the National Leprechaun Museum, which runs from Oct 24th to the 1st of Nov. It aims to explore […]
Glen Hansard – Vicar Street – Dec 15th
Glen is another name to add to the list of Irish artists/ bands that are performing this way around Christmas, with a night planned at Vicar street for the 15th of December. […]
Beautiful Dreamers – Directed by Louise Lowe (ANU) – Limerick
Having just recovered from the wonderful Vargo in the theatre festival this year, there’s some good news on the horizon as Louise Lowe will direct another site specific piece of theatre, this […]
No Idle Day Festival – Young Hearts Run Free – Oct 10th – 12th
There’s a quirky little music and arts festival taking place in Dublin next weekend, that you may not have heard about! It has an impressive list of performers, such as Katie Kim, […]
Things To Do In Dublin (6-10-14 – 12-10-14)
The Dublin Theatre Festival is in its last week, with lots to do around the city. The Stanley Kubrick Season is at the Lighthouse has a few classics this week.There’s also the […]
Hard Working Class Heroes – 04-10-14 – Review
The last night of the festival and after the rain of Friday night, there was more around for the Saturday gigs. I started my night with a trip to see Deaf Joe […]
The Way Back Home: Review
The Way Back Home – Branar and Teater Refleksion Dublin Theatre Festival Family Season at The Ark Irish theatre company Branar team up with Danish Teater Refleksion to bring this adaptation of […]
Hard Working Class Heroes – 02-10-14 – Review
I’m a danger to myself at ‘all your can eat’ Buffets. I take it as a challenge and set out to eat as much is as humanly possible! And so let it […]
Bailegangaire – Olympia Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Bailegangaire runs until Oct 5th. Review by Helen O’Leary Bailegangaire opens with Mommo centre stage, sitting on her throne which is also her wrought iron bed. The same old farmhouse kitchen that […]
The Mariner – Gate Theatre – Review
The Mariner – Review by Emily Elphinstone Set in rural Cork, The Mariner tells the story of Royal Navy sailor Peter Shanley (Sam O’Mahony), as he returns home following the WWI Battle […]
Brigit – Olympia Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Brigit – Dublin Theatre Festival – Until Oct 5th Seamus has had a turbulent relationship with the Catholic Church, in the past he feels he was swindled out of payment for his […]
Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Apollo – Review
Kate Bush – Live at Hammersmith Apollo – Review by Linda Buckley From the remote peninsula of the Old Head of Kinsale, I asked my mother if I could join the Kate […]
Shapeshifter’s Ball – IMMA – Oct 25th
Any event that Body and Soul are involved with is worth checking out, but when you throw in the Young Fathers playing live, it is going to be quite exciting! Young Fathers […]
Night Will Fall – Movie Review
Night Will Fall – Review by Frank L. Directed by Andre Singer Writer: Lynette Singer Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein Towards the end of the Second World War the British army trained […]
Gone Girl – Movie Review
Gone Girl Directed by: David Fincher Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon In cinemas October 2nd Any movie based on a global best selling novel that […]
Dolphins Tale 2 – Movie Review
Dolphin Tale 2 – Movie Review Director: Charles Martin Smith Writers:Charles Martin Smith, Karen Janszen (characters) Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson This is the story […]
Friendly Fire – New Theatre – Review
Friendly Fire – Review by Frances Winston 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Runs Septemer 29th – Octoer 11th @ 7.30pm nightly Tickets: €10-15 Acclaimed Irish poet Francis Ledwidge gets […]
New music: Jon Hopkins – Form By Firelight (feat. Raphaelle Standell)
For those of us who reckoned Jon Hopkins excellent album Immunity was one of the musical highlights of 2013 there is good news as he has a new EP out on November […]
Competition – Max Jury – Workman’s Club – 5-10-14
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Max Jury at the Workman’s Club on Sunday (October 5th). To be in with a chance of winning, just email […]
Violette – Movie Review
Violette – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Martin Provost Writers: Martin Provost (screenplay), Marc Abdelnour (screenplay), Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet Violette Leduc was born illegitimate in 1907 […]
Vardo – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Vardo runs at the Dublin Theatre Festival until October 12th. The final piece of the puzzle, this is the last part of the Monto cycle. The series of four immersive plays were […]
Jim Henson: The Biography – Brian Jay Jones – Review
Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones – Review by Mary Donnelly For those of us who grew up in the seventies and eighties, with access to a television, Sunday nights […]
IMRAM Festival – Oct 9th – 18th – Dublin
IMRAM is an Irish Language Literature Festival with will take place at various venues around Dublin from Oct 9th to 18th. It will features an eclectic and heady brew of literature, music, […]
New Music – Join Me In the Pines – At First Light
Another single from Join me in the Pines has just dropped. It’s ‘called At First Light’ and is a sweet and soft affair, with some lilting backing vocals. Enjoy! You can also […]
Mr. Turner – Movie Review
Mr. Turner – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Mike Leigh Starring: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson Mike Leigh’s twelfth feature film is, perhaps surprisingly, a period biography, dealing […]
Trickster – Black Box Theatre, Galway – Oct 10th & 11th
Trickster runs in the Black Box Theatre in Galway on the 10th and 11th of October. It is a new work by English artist and composer Jez Colborne, whose work has been […]
The Seagull and Other Birds – Project Arts Centre – Sept 25 – Oct 5
The Seagull and Other Birds – Dublin Theatre Festival – Sept 29th until Oct 5th Americanitis opens tonight at the Dublin theatre festival, but it already feels familiar. The many hours of […]
Unbreakable: The story of Mark Pollock – Movie Review
Unbreakable: The story of Mark Pollock – Review by Frank L. Directed by Ross Whitaker On his website in a short video Mark Pollock in a confident voice states: “When I was […]
No More Workhorse 