The Girls of Dublin Town is a night of music and theatre that continues tonight at the Sugar Club in Dublin. It is based on the play ‘Ladies Night’ which was staged […]
Girls of Dublin Town – Sugar Club – Review
Things To Do In Dublin (3-11-14 – 9-11-14)
Halloween is over, but there’s a couple of interesting sounding festivals in town this week, with the Dublin Burlesque Festival 2014 – Circus Macabre if you want something a bit spicy. If you’re […]
The Locked Room – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Locked Room – Project Arts Centre – Review by Conor O’Carroll Set in a white room two strangers wake up and try to make sense of their environment through mime, dance […]
The Crystal Cage – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
The Crystal Cage– Smock Alley Theatre- Review by Julie Melia Ofegus Theatre Company are back with another show for children. ‘The Crystal Cage’ runs until November 2nd in Smock Alley Theatre. As […]
70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching – Iain Sinclair – Book Review
Iain Sinclair – 70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked in 70 Films Reviewed by David Turpin Labelled by its author as a “novel of delicious fragments” and a “cubist self-portrait assembled […]
New Music – Trans Am – Insufficiently Breathless
With Trans Am just about to kick off a European tour that has cruelly ignored Ireland, we’ll have to make do with the video for their song ‘Insufficiently Breathless’ with some delicate […]
5 Favourite Horror Movies – The Late David Turpin
The Late David Turpin’s We Belong Undead (Remixes) features contributions from Hunter-Gatherer, Cathy Davey, Carriages, Strands and Jon Dots, and is available from iTunes or from thelatedavditurpin.bandcamp.com For Hallowe’en, The Late David […]
New Music – Monster Monster – Assassin
Monster Monster are an alternative pop act from Dublin who are just about to release a single ‘Assassin’, with a night in Bello Bar to celebrate. They have created a number of […]
Halloween Costume Ideas – The Late David Turpin
The Late David Turpin’s We Belong Undead (Remixes) features contributions from Hunter-Gatherer, Cathy Davey, Carriages, Strands and Jon Dots, and is available from iTunes or from thelatedavditurpin.bandcamp.com Films can be a wellspring […]
Spectres – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Spectres at Theatre Upstairs – Written by Finbarr Doyle and Jeda de Bri An inn, somewhere near the coast, the proprietor Mrs. Rance (Jennifer Laverty) checks her ledger to see who is […]
Zombie Attack! – Top 5 Zombie Movies
More suggestions from our resident Horror specialist – Mary Donnelly. You can see full details below. This is the first in a two part horror “special” as suggested by Mr NoMoreWorkhorse. I’m […]
Happenings – Hotel Transylvania & Wolf Man – Wolfe Tone Park – Today (30-10-14)
Happenings continue to happen, but at this time of year, they’re a little bit scary! Happenings have a double bill today in Wolfe Tone Park, and they’re free! Cool eh. Full details […]
Nightcrawler – Movie Review – V2.0
Nightcrawler – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton, Kevin Rahm In cinemas October 31st Although the title of this and it’s […]
Defenders of the Faith – Civic Theatre – Review
Defenders of the Faith at the Civic Theatre runs until November 1st. Set in a farm in Armagh in 1986, Defenders of the Faith is a story of a dysfunctional family heavily […]
The Last Foundling – Tom H. Mackenzie – Book Review
The Last Foundling – A little boy left behind, The mother who wanted him back – Tom H. Mackenzie – Review by Frances Winston Published by Pan and MacMillan This book could […]
Gig Announcements – tUnE-yArDs & Sharon Van Etten
A couple of gigs for early next year that have just been announced. Tune Yards is quickly approaching legendary status around these parts, and if you haven’t seen her live, she comes […]
Movies That Scared Me – Halloween Special
Movies That Scared Me – Halloween Special – by Mary Donnelly As Hallowe’en is coming around again I thought it was timely to write a post on the films that scared me. […]
The Guarantee – Movie Review
The Guarantee – Review by Frank L. Director: Ian Power Writers: Colin Murphy Stars: Peter Coonan, David Murray, Orla Fitzgerald Fishamble Theatre Company last year was responsible for bringing Colin Murphy’s play […]
Joe Prop – Smock Alley – Review
Joe Prop – Review by Frances Winston Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 – Runs 27th October – 1st November – Tickets €15/12/10 Having started as a short […]
Competition – Win Tickets for The Girls of Dublin Town – The Sugar Club
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for The Girls of Dublin at the Sugar Club on Sunday November 2nd. To be in with a chance of winning, […]
One Million Dubliners – Movie Review
One Million Dubliners – Review by Frank L. Director: Aoife Kelleher Writer: James Mitchell This is the story of Glasnevin cemetery and the more than a million bodies which have been buried […]
Halloween 2014 – National Leprechaun Museum – Review
Halloween 2014 at the National Leprechaun Museum. Entering the National Leprechaun Museum, I really had no idea what to expect. We were ushered into a small waiting room filled with paraphernalia about […]
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 […]
Things To Do In Dublin (27-10-14 – 2-11-14)
This week is actually Halloween, but it seems to have been around for a while now! I guess it’s getting longer than just a day. The Bram Stoker Festival continues until Monday […]
Competition – Win Tickets for My Brightest Diamond – Workman’s Club – Oct 31st
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for My Brightest Diamond at the Workman’s Club on Friday October 31st. To be in with a chance of winning, just […]
Competition – Win Tickets for Simone Felice – Workman’s Club – Oct 29th
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Simone Felice at the Workman’s Club on Wednesday October 29th. To be in with a chance of winning, just email […]
Nightcrawler – Movie Review
Nightcrawler – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Director: Dan Gilroy Writer: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, a young man looking to become […]
New Music – Shia LaBeouf Live – Rob Cantor
There are no words. I mean, I could write words before this video, but I’m really not sure what they would be or of what relevance. Shia was really quite good in […]
Othello – Mill Theatre – Review
Shakespeare’s Othello is currently being staged at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum, in an in-house production directed by Geoffrey O’Keeffe. Shakepeare’s Othello is a proud man, renowned in the field of battle. The […]
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