We’re all pretty much exhausted here, with the Fringe Festival coming to an end this weekend, but we’re greeted with the exciting news that we’ve been nominated for Best Blog in two […]
Blog Awards Finalist – Best Music/ Arts & Culture Blog
Borstal Boy – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Borstal Boy runs at the Gaiety Theatre until Oct 11th. A young Brendan Behan travels to Liverpool with the makings of a bomb in his case, complete with dynamite. He is working […]
New Movie Releases – 19-09-14
Not a vintage week at the cinema, but if you’re a fan of Nick Cave looking moody, you’re in for a treat! Yeah! Elsewhere, we have a miss from Woody Allen & […]
Eeating Seals and Seagulls Eggs – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Eating Seals and Seagulls Eggs – Project Arts Centre – until 20th Sept If you ask people of a certain age about their memories of secondary school, an often repeated topic is […]
‘Roy Jenkins – A Well-Rounded Life’ – John Campbell – Book Review
‘Roy Jenkins – A Well-Rounded Life’ – John Campbell – Jonathan Cape – £30 Roy Jenkins is a titan of British politics that most under 40s in Ireland will never heard of. […]
Busker Diaries – Documentary Film
This is a short series of documentaries about the humble art of busking that deserves a mention. The first one features a young lady from Galway by the name of Katie O’Connor. […]
B(r)itches – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Review
B(r)itches – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Emily Elphinstone Following the success of last year’s hit ‘Boys and Girls’, Dylan Coburn Gray returns to the Fringe with a completely different […]
Magic in the Moonlight – Movie Review
Magic in the Moonlight– Review by Frank L. Written and Directed by Woody Allen Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden Stanley (Colin Firth) is an illusionist, who in the opening […]
Happenings – Back to the Future – Merrion Square – 18 – 09 -11
Happenings are back with one of the 80’s true gems, in the form of Back to the Future. Yes, you can go to the Enchantment under the Sea dance tomorrow night (18th […]
The Strain – TV Preview
The Strain – Preview by Mary Donnelly Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mía Maestro Tonight marks the premiere of the Strain on UK/Irish television – that is, tv for those who have […]
Rhubarb Crumble – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Rhubarb Crumble runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe until Saturday the 20th of Sept @ 8.30., Bewley’s Café Theatre. Rhubarb Crumble charts the rise and fall and rise and fall again of […]
A Walk Among the Tombstones – Movie Review
A Walk Among the Tombstones – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Scott Frank Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Brian “Astro” Bradley Liam Neeson’s tenure as the king of mid-budget off-season action […]
Ajax and Little Iliad – Peacock Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Ajax and Little Iliad – Review by Emily Elphinstone One of the best things about the Fringe festival is the opportunity to go to more immersive shows, where you don’t just get […]
Rian Unplugged – Irish Tour
Rian Unplugged takes to the roads of Ireland, making it from Meath, Laois, Clare, Donegal, Mayo, Longford, Sligo and Leitrim! The people of Dublin can’t complain as they had their chance, as […]
Guilfoyle-Nielsen Trio & PHISQA – Whelans – 22-09-14
This is the last in IMC’s Monday nights at Whelans, and we’re sad to see them go. They’re not going out with a whimper though, as they have Guilfoyle-Nielsen Trio & […]
How to Build your First Robot – Smock Alley – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
How to Build your First Robot – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – until 20th Sept. It is the 1960’s and man has one dream, to step foot on the moon. An American […]
Interview with Conall Morrison – Director of Borstal Boy – Gaiety Theatre
Behan there, done that! – Interview by Frances Winston Borstal Boy runs in the Gaeity theatre until October 11th. Tickets from €24.50 including booking fee. Show starts 7:30pm nightly with a 3pm […]
Ticket Competition – James Yorkston – Workman’s Club – 20-09-14
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winners for James Yorkston + Guests at the Workman’s Club this Saturday (September 20th). To be in with a chance of winning, […]
RM Hubbert Interview – Part 2
In the second part of the interview, I asked Hubby about the Glasgow DIY scene and the gigs in the Kazoo club. He helped Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) organise the now famous […]
Charolais – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Charolais – Review by Emily Elphinstone Telling the tale of a person and their nemesis, the protagonist and antagonist, has great precedent in theatrical history; but not often is that antagonist a […]
The Carved Soul – Smock Alley – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
The Carved Soul runs at Smock Alley until Wednesday the 17th. Ollie is quite a difficult old man. He still has a lot of life left in him though, he has a […]
Fingal Film Festival – 26th to 28th Sept
Details of the Fingal Film Festival have just been released, so I thought I’d share the love, wit the full information below. They’ve a good mix of American and more local movies, […]
Interview with Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses
We were delighted to have the chance to interview Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses. I’ve been listening to Kristin’s music for over twenty years, and Throwing Music were right alongside Pixies as […]
Pilgrim – Smock Alley Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Pilgrim – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Helen O’Leary Pilgrim is a one-man show but you don’t tire of the one man Rex Ryan because he presents himself in many guises. […]
Things to do in Dublin (15-09-14 – 21-09-14)
It’s the last week of the Tiger Dublin Fringe! If you haven’t gone to anything, you’ve been missing out! Culture Night is also this Friday the 19th of Sept. There’s events all […]
RM Hubbert on Thirteen Lost and Found – Interview Part 1
We had the chance to interview RM Hubbert (or Hubby as he is known). Hubby won the Scottish Album of the year 2013 for his album ‘Thirteen Lost and Found’ which is […]
Down and Out in Paris and London – Bewley’s Cafe – Review
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell – Review With only a table, two chairs, and a small glass of wine, the scene looks very much the same onstage, […]
Songs From A Car Park (Drury Street) – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Songs from a Car Park (Drury Street) – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review You are met at the entrance to the Car Park by a Fringe representative in an orange t-shirt who directs […]
Bastard: A Family History – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Bastard: A Family History – Review by Frank L. The stage contains a substantial vacant suspended picture frame with an open suitcase on the floor, a toaster of indeterminate age on a […]
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