Shouldn’t you be outside? It’s a sin to be in on a day like today! Ok, it’s too sunny to do most things, but if you get bored sitting in the sun, […]
Things to do in Dublin (28-07-14 – 3-08-14)
The House of Magic – Movie Review
The House of Magic – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Jeremy Degruson, Ben Stassen Starring the voices of: Murray Blue, Emily Blunt, Ed Asner, Eugene Levy, Ewan McGreagor, William Shatner In […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Dublin Castle – Review
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Review by Frances Winston Dublin Castle Gardens, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2. July 23rd – August 3rd at 7.30pm nightly Tickets €6 from entertainment.ie Believe it […]
New Music – The Barr Brothers – Even the Darkness Has Arms
The Barr Brothers – Whelans – 24th October 2014. The Barr Brothers are a four piece from Montreal that are visiting our shores in October. Enjoy ‘Even the Darkness has Arms’ below. […]
An Urban Fleadh – 2nd-3rd August – Wolfe Tone Square
An Urban Fleadh – 2nd and 3rd of August – Wolfe Tone Square. A fun festival that takes place next weekend is ‘An Urban Fleadh’ in Wolfe Tone Square in Dublin. The […]
New Movie Releases – 25-07-14
So what to say about this lot? We did enjoy Norte, the End of History, but be warned it is over four hours long! It’s the type of film if you watch […]
Neil Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Review
Neil Gaiman, ‘ The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ – Review by Stuart Cross – ISBN 978-1-4722-0034-1 Neil Gaiman is on the Internet’s high score list. He is up there […]
New Music – Dad Rocks! – Body Mass Index
Something dramatic from Dad Rocks! A piano track that occasionally explodes and reminds me of Ben Folds and Postal Service. It’s from his second album ‘Year of the Flesh’. Welcome to Year […]
Joe – Movie Review
Joe- Movie Review by Frank L. Director: David Gordon Green Writers: Larry Brown (based on the novel by), Gary Hawkins Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter The title character Joe (Nicolas […]
Nirbhaya – Pavilion Theatre – Review
Nirbhaya – Pavilion Theatre – Review by Helen O’Leary This play is based on an incident that took place in Delhi less than two years ago. A young woman boarded a bus […]
Dublin Theatre Festival Preview – Vardo
ANU are back to finish what they started with Vardo, the final piece of the puzzle that begun with 2010’s World’s End lane. There was a short version of this production in […]
Electric Picnic Line up Expanded!
How close are you to the edge? Are you there thinking ‘I really should get my shit sorted and go to Electric Picnic this year’? Well, if you need to a push, […]
Norte, the End of History – Movie Review
Norte, the End of History– Movie Review Director: Lav Diaz Writers: Lav Diaz, Rody Vera Stars: Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania Fabian is top of his class in law school, but […]
Earth to Echo – Movie Review
Earth to Echo – Review Director: Dave Green Writers: Henry Gayden (screenplay), Henry Gayden (story) Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Ella Wahlestedt Earth to Echo is the story […]
Dublin Theatre Festival Preview – Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
The programme for the Dublin Theatre Festival has just been announced, and one of the more interesting looking events is Ganesh Versus the Third Reich by Back to Back theatre. It sounds […]
The Sound of Things Falling – Juan Gabriel Vasquez
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez – Review by Helen O’Leary In his acceptance speech for the 2014 IMPAC literary award Juan Gabriel Vasquez spoke of his motivation in […]
New Jersey Nights – Olympia Theatre – Review
New Jersey Nights – Review by Frances Winston The Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Dublin 2. From Friday July 18th until Saturday August 2nd at 8pm nightly. Tickets €23-€39 from Ticketmaster and usual […]
The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith – Audible Review
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith The Silkworm is the latest in the private detective series by J. K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The book seems all set to become […]
Star of the Sea – An Taibhdhearc, Galway – Review
Star of the Sea is based on Joseph O’Connor’s book of the same name, and tells the story of a famine ship crossing the Atlantic ocean in 1847 from Cobh to New […]
Things to do in Dublin (21-07-14 – 27-07-14)
The Workhorse would just like to confirm that we’re gutted about Garth! The legend that is Mr. Brooks was due to dominate Croke park next Friday, but instead we’ll have to make […]
Ballyturk – Black Box Theatre- Galway – Review
At the start of the play we are introduced to two men. We get to see their daily ritual, and the strange games they play with each other, acting out characters from […]
Oleanna – Dramsoc Theatre – Review
Oleanna by David Mamet Dramsoc Theatre UCD Student Centre, 17-19th July Oleanna, written in 1992, is an exploration of the power struggle between a college professor and his female student, who accuses […]
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon – Movie Review
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon – Review by Frank L. Directors: Beth Aala, Mike Myers Stars: Shep Gordon, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas Shep Gordon became a music manager as a result […]
New Movie Releases – 18-07-14
Mon-key, Mon-key. Yes, it has finally arrived, and has the best reviews of any of this year’s blockbusters. Should the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes not have come before the […]
Dirty Dancing – Merrion Square – 17-07-2014
Dirty Dacing in Merrion Square sounds like something you’d ring Joe Duffy to complain about, but in this case, it’s the 1987 classic of cheese. The wonderful Happening people will give you […]
Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS (with 3epkano) – 17th July 2014 – NCH
Something for tonight, that sounds a lot of fun. Irlenad does a good range of post rock bands, and 3epkano are one of the best of ’em. Check them out tonight! Fritz […]
Here are the Young Men – Rob Doyle – Book Review
‘Here are the Young Men’ – Rob Doyle – Lilliput – Review by Dan O’Neill Rob Doyle has good form as a writer; anyone with work published in The Dublin Review and […]
Low Level Panic – New Theatre – Review
Low Level Panic – New Theatre As you enter the theatre, you are confronted with the unusual sight of a woman in a bath tub. She is oblivious to the audience, clearly […]
Longitude Festival Timetable 2014 – Friday, Saturday and Sunday
It’s so close now you can feel it, can’t ya? This is always the tough bit, choices have to be made, and bets placed on who to see and who to miss. […]
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