It’s rare enough that we get excited about a gig in the O2, as we generally feel more at home in small dingy venues, but hearing So played in full? Well, it […]
Peter Gabriel – O2, Dublin – December 10th 2014
Americanitis – The Seagull and other birds – Pan Pan – Public Rehearsal
The wonderful Pan Pan theatre company have thrown open their doors (until May 9th), so you can see what they get up to in the creative process for their latest work ‘Americanitis […]
Exhibition – Movie Review
Exhibition Review by Frank L. Directed by Joanna Hogg Stars: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston For her third feature film, Hogg chooses a childless, married couple of some twenty years standing […]
Orcas – Yearling – Album Review
This is the second outing of Orcas after their 2012 self titled album. The band themselves are a two piece featuring Benoît Pioulard (who we featured previously here) and Rafael Anton Irisarri […]
The Amazing Spiderman 2 – Movie Review
The Amazing Spiderman 2 – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Marc Webb Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field In cinemas April 18th […]
Things to do in Dublin (21-04-14 – 27-04-14)
Easter is a distant memory (kinda) and with far too much chocolate in our systems, it’s time to get out onto the streets of Dublin! The Darklight Festival (April 24th to 27th) […]
TV: The World of Liberace, Prisoners of War, Community, Crisis
I only found myself in a cinema a handful of times over the last 12 months, but a movie I saw and enjoyed was Behind the Candelabra. Sky Arts 2 are showing […]
Live Collisions – Preview
Live Collision is one of those festivals with more odd ball events in four days that you’d get in the rest of the year combined! It has an emphasis on performance art […]
Breaking Dad – Gaiety Theatre
After many months of expectation, the wait is almost over. The total Ledge is back, and you can expect more jokes about Johnny Sexton and Brian O’Driscoll than you thought possible to […]
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air – Darragh McKeon – Book Review
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air by Darragh McKeon – Book Review by Helen O’Leary There are several things that particularly appeal about this debut novel that is set in April […]
New Movie Releases – 18-04-14
‘Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a Spiderman can. Spins a web, any, size, catching thieves just like they’re flies. Look out, here comes the Spiderman…’ Yes, this week sees the second installment of […]
Battle of Clontarf Commemoration – Dublin
As we mentioned earlier in the week, it’s the anniversary of the battle of Clontarf on the 23rd of April. A thousand years ago, there was a battle where King Brian Boru […]
Record Store Day Events Dublin – April 19th 2014
Is it really that time of year again? Yes, the fabulous Record Store Day returns to the streets of Dublin, and there’s some quite fab events on around the city. You can […]
Frog Music – Emma Donoghue – Audible Review
There is something that draws you in about the world that Emma Donoghue has created for her latest novel ‘Frog Music’. The book is set in San Francisco during 1876. It is […]
The Love Punch – Movie Review
The Love Punch – Review By Emily Elphinstone Director/ Writer: Joel Hopkins Stars: Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Spall Release Date – April 18th ‘The Love Punch’ may well be the most […]
Cornerstones – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Cornerstones Review by Joseph Kearney Dublin is my favourite city in all the world. I love her leafy Kavanagh canals, her European Boulevard Main Street, her Irishness, the spike, the rhyming slang […]
Assassination of Brian Boru – New Theatre – Review
All history of this vintage must be taken with a pinch of salt, but as legend would have it, Brian Boru was killed by a number of fleeing Norsemen who stumbled upon […]
New Music – Tune-yards – Wait for a Minute
The second single off Tune-yards new album has just been released, and you can find the results below. It sounds like another pop gem, and the African beats are nowhere to be […]
The Sea – Movie Review
The Sea – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Stephen Brown Starring: Ciarán Hinds, Rufus Sewell, Natascha McElhone, Sinéad Cusack, Bonnie Wright, Charlotte Rampling, Ruth Bradley, Karl Johnson as Blunden, Missy Keating […]
Kilkenny Festival Highlights Announced
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2014 runs from the 8th to the 14th of August. They’ve just announced some of the highlights of this years festival and they’ve once more managed to get the […]
Potted Potter – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Potter Potter – Review by Emily Elphinstone In an era of short attention spans, it seems fitting that a show condensing all the (increasingly chunky) Harry Potter books into 70 minutes has […]
Bulmers Live – Leopardstown – Gigs
Another good list of gigs has just been announced for June, July & August at Leopardstown, on their regular Thursday night line up! The one that’s grabbing the headlines is Johnny Marr, […]
Film Freak – Christopher Fowler – Book Review
Film Freak by Christopher Folwer – Review by Mary Donnelly Like many readers I came to Christopher Fowler after seeing the rather arresting cover of Spanky in the horror section of a […]
Things to do in Dublin (14-04-14 – 20-04-14)
With Good Friday falling this Friday, it’s a slower week than normal, but not to say there’s not a few gems hanging around. Check out the details below… Theatre The Abbey – […]
D.F.F. – Button Factory – 12-04-14 – Review
D.F.F. played in the Button Factory last night to launch their new album ‘Pouric Songs’. DFF are a ‘supergroup’ including the talents of Dave Flynn, Vyvienne Long, Niwel Tsumbu, Dan Bodwell, Aidan Dunphy, […]
TV: 10 New Series to Look Out For in 2014
This week I’m taking a look at what television has to offer us this year by previewing some of the new releases in the States. Not sure if all of these are […]
Join me in the Pines – Unitarian Church – 11/04/14 – Review
There’s always a moment of worry when you hear of an artist recording a solo project, away from his day job with a major rock band. Are they fulfilling their childhood dream […]
Gruf Rhys and Alasdair Roberts @ Dublin Writers Festival 2014
The Programme of the 2014 Dublin Writers Festival has just been announced. We’ll do a full review of the programme later, but there’s a couple of events that jumped off the page […]
New Movie Releases – 11-04-14
Calvary – This one is probably going to be the Irish film of the year. John Michael McDonagh’s follow up to the Guard. Summary: After he is threatened during a confession, a […]
No More Workhorse 