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 […]
Battle of Clontarf Commemoration – Dublin
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 […]
Barn Dance VII – Stage Breakdowns
Stage breakdowns have just been released for the only place to be on Good Friday. This is actually the 7th Barn Dance and it continues to go from strength to strength. And […]
Half of a Yellow Sun- Movie Review
Half of a Yellow Sun– Review by Frank L. Directed by Biyi Bandele Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, John Boyega Half of a Yellow Sun is released EXCLUSIVELY at the IFI from […]
Mac Demarco – Salad Days – Review
This is Mac’s 3rd album under this moniker, although there are a variety of self released albums and other odd collections in existence. Mac Demarco is his stage name and he is […]
The Strange Colour of your Body’s Tears – Movie Review
The Strange Colour of your Body’s Tears – Review by Frank L. Directed by by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Stars: Klaus Tange, Ursula Bedena, Joe Koener EXCLUSIVELY at the IFI from April […]
My Bedsit Window – Theatre Upstairs – Review
My Bedsit Window – Review by Frances Winston An aspiring actor called William Blake navigates the trials and tribulations of pursuing a career in the arts meeting both colourful and dubious characters […]
Gig Guide – 09-04-2014 – Kanye West, Jack White, Wye Oak…
Your irregular Gig Guide is back, and now with added festivals! Some new gigs also, as Turin Brakes, Wye Oaks, as well as Jack White and supreme God heads Jack White and […]
The Lunchbox – Movie Review
The Lunchbox – Review by Frank L. Directed by Ritesh Batra Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui In this oblique encounter between a young housewife, Ali, and a widower on the […]
An Ideal Husband – Gate Theatre – Review
An Ideal Husband is a story of greed, morals and honour, written in 1895 by Oscar Wilde. Sir Robert Chiltern is a man that seems to have everything. He has a successful […]
The Raid 2 – Movie Review
The Raid 2 – Movie Review by Sean Kingston Dir: Gareth Evans Running time: 150 mins. Release Date: April 11th In 2011, Welsh director Gareth Evans cemented himself as the action movie […]
Calvary – Movie Review
Calvary – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: John Michael McDonagh Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, David Wilmot, Pat Shortt, David McSavage, Dylan Moran In cinemas April 11th […]
Wye Oak – Shriek – Album Review
Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack make up Wye Oak, a two piece from Baltimore, Maryland. Shreik is their fourth album to date and comes after the well received 2011 album ‘Civillian’. This […]
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