Kilkenny Arts Festival 2014 – Preview In the glorious sunshine of the contemporary 18th century garden of no.63 Merrion Square, Eugene Downes, the new festival director launched the programme for this year’s […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2014 – Preview
IMC Gigs – Mondays at Whelans
Monday nights are not going to be the same again! IMC have taken over Whelans for three Monday nights between now and August, with seven great bands over three nights. Full details […]
Camille Claudel 1915 – Film Review
Camille Claudel 1915 – Review by Frank L. Director: Bruno Dumont Writers: Paul Claudel (letters), Camille Claudel (letters) Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman In Ireland, we are on the cusp […]
Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas 2014 – Sunday Review – 15-06-14
It was an early start to Sunday with Soundings’ Holy Trinity in the Chapel. This event was a collection of individuals telling stories under various topics and performing. Giles Duley, Lisa Dwan, […]
Jersey Boys – Film Review
Jersey Boys – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Clint Eastwood Starring: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lamenda, Vincent Piazza, Christopher Walken In cinemas June 20th This big screen version of […]
Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas 2014 – Saturday 14-06-14 – Review
The return to Borris, and while the sun was not splitting the stones like last year, it was warm enough that the lawn was filled with people sitting around and relaxing. As […]
Things to do in Dublin (16-06-14 – 22-06-14)
The World Cup continues apace but if that’s not your scene, Dublin has plenty to offer. There’s the Dublin Pride Festival which runs until June 29th. Bloomsday Festival finishes on June 16th. […]
TV: Bottom, Comedy Connections, Tigers About The House, The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins, Horizon
After the sudden death of Rik Mayall during the week, tonight BBC2 are showing a classic episode of Bottom “Gas” at 10.30pm in which Richie and Eddie are stealing gas from their […]
Bloomsday Festival 2014 Events
Can you remember when Bloomsday was only a day? Seems a long time ago now, right? At this stage it’s bordering on a week full of events, celebrating the man with the […]
Smithfield Market – Sunday 15th June – 1PM Onwards
An interesting looking event in the centre of the city on Sunday, with vintage clothes, arts & crafts, vinyl and lots of other junk. There’s also live music and DJ’s so go […]
The Food Guide to Love – Film Reveiw
The Food guide to Love – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Teresa De Pelegri and Dominic Harari Starring: Richard Coyle, Leonor Watling, Simon Delany, Bronagh Gallagher, Lorcan Cranitch, Ger Ryan, David […]
New Movie Releases – 13-06-14
Without wanting to exaggerate, there’s at least four thousand new releases this week! I guess it was a week without a blockbuster, so all the little guys put their film out. Is […]
Heaven is For Real – Film Review
Heaven is For Real – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Randall Wallace Starring: Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Lane Styles, Margo Martindale, Thomas Haden Church In cinemas June 13th […]
A Winter’s Tale – Teachers’ Club – Review
A Winters Tale – Review by Frances Winston Theatre@36, The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 2 10th – 14th June. Tickets: €12/10 As one of Shakespeare’s least performed and least consistent […]
Oculus – Film Review
Oculus – Review by Niall Curran. Director: Mike Flanagan Writers: Mike Flanagan (screenplay), Jeff Howard (screenplay), 2 more credits » Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff Mirror Mirror on the Wall […]
The Young and Prodigious T.S.Spivet – Movie Review
The Young and Prodigious T.S.Spivet (3D) – Review by Frank Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writers: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (screenplay), Reif Larsen (novel), Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet, Callum Keith Rennie | Jeunet has […]
Twin Peaks – The Entire Mystery
Do you remember the false alarm a few months ago, where a casting agent put out a advert for someone to play a waitress in a Twin Peaks Promo? It had us […]
Téip Dheireanach Krapp – New Theatre – Review
Téip Dheireanach Krapp. An Amharclann Nua. Samuel Beckett- Traschruthaithe ag Gabriel Rosenstock Review by Helen O’Leary Gearrdhráma de chuid Samuel Beckett é seo faoi sheanduine, scríbhneoir. Tá an fear seo tar éis […]
The Hotel (Strands Remix) – The Late David Turpin – Free Download
A free download from the Late David Turpin, for you to enjoy. The remix is by Strands (Stephen Shannon), who is a member of Halfset as well as a producer extraordinaire. See […]
Wellington Weekender – Workman’s Club – June 27 – 29, 2014
The Workman’s club have certainly pulled out all the stops for this mini festival, and the unusual thing is that it’s all free! I’m sure it’ll be jam packed, so get there […]
Of Horses and Men – Movie Review
Of Horses and Men – Review by Frank L. Director: Benedikt Erlingsson Writer: Benedikt Erlingsson Stars: Ingvar EggertSigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, HelgiBjörnsson The eye of a horse, like a well made mirror, has […]
The Madman and the Nun – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
A young man is asleep in an asylum cell, heavily dosed with Morphine. He is visited by a Nun, who takes pity on him and spends time by his bed side. When […]
Autumn & Winter Season at the Abbey
A new season of plays has just been announced for the Abbey and it’s exciting. That’s right, exciting! Risks are being taken and a few new faces will appear on stage. Probably […]
Benny and Jolene – Movie Review
Benny and Jolene – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Jamie Adams Writer: Jamie Adams Stars: Craig Roberts, Rosamund Hanson, Dolly Wells Telling the story of an up-and-coming indie-folk duo as they’re swept […]
Alt-J play the O2 – (27-09-14) & New Album
Some bands spend years playing small venues hoping the world will sit up and take notice and then there’s alt-J! Their first album ‘An Awesome Wave’ won the Mercury Prize, and they’ll […]
Live Guide in Dublin – 09-06-14
A quiet day, so we thought we’d have a look at the gigs on the horizon. Tinariwen (NCH) and the Art of Song: David Bowie are the two I’m most excited about. […]
Updike – Adam Begley – Book Review
Updike by Adam Begley – Review by Dan O’Neill There’s a passage Adam Begley’s ‘Updike’, a comprehensive and engaging book, that refers to John Updike joining a Recorder group to meet up […]
Things to do in Dublin (9-06-14 – 15-06-14)
The World Cup kicks off this week, and there will be two camps, those who will be trying to catch every second, and those who will learn to hate their television. I […]
Angel Olsen – Whelans – Gig Reivew – 6-6-14
Angel Olsen – Whelans – Gig Review – 6-6-14 Having released one of the albums of the year in the shape of ‘Burn your fire for no Witness’ there was an air […]
No More Workhorse 