This is the first novel by Niamh Boyce, which encapsulates the social history and rigid society of Ireland in the thirties . The main characters are all female and the story is […]
The Herbalist – Niamh Boyce – Book Review
Maeve Higgins – Moving City – Smock Alley – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
What is the truth about why Maeve left Dublin, Is it because Ryan Tubridy blanked her in the IFI? Or is it simply that she had slept with all the men of […]
Animus – Lir – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Two sisters, Anna and Rose Bettle, live together and share a shocking past that is clouded in mystery. They are tainted by their history and border on unhinged, with the doll of […]
Mice Will Play – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Did you know that one breed of mice, known as Black Six was the second animal ever to have its genome published after humans and accounts for 99% of all laboratory rodents? […]
New Music – Róisín O – Hold On
Róisín O’s new single ‘Hold On’ is a faint and lilting piano song, with her haunting vocals layered over. The single builds throughout, with strings adding to the sound, before they are […]
John Grant – Olympia Theatre – March 3rd, 2014
I recently had to hide my John Grant CD, to stop myself listening to it. It had been in my CD player for weeks, and I just couldn’t stop myself. It’s just […]
The Late David Turpin – Smock Alley Theatre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
I saw David Turpin‘s show in last year’s Fringe Festival so I had high expectations for this year’s performance. I was even happier at that the fact it was taking place in […]
Dublin Burlesque Festival – November 7th-9th
The Dublin Burlesque Festival returns this November, and promises to shock and surprise the curious and those on familiar ground. It runs from the 7th to the 9th of November, and full […]
David O’Doherty – Dublin Fringe Festival – Project Arts Centre – Review
In the early part of the show, David said he played his first ever comedy gig in the Norseman, only a hundred metres or so from the Project Arts Centre. He said […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (16-09-13 to 22-09-13)
So we’re a week and a bit into the Fringe Festival and already most of us are suffering from nervous exhaustion! There’s almost a complete change of events, so plenty of new […]
Beowulf: The Blockbuster! – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
This is the story of three generations of a family, one still inside the womb! The majority of the play is seen through the eyes of a young boy, growing up in […]
TV Preview – Black Orphan
TV Preview- Orphan Black- BBC 3 Friday 9pm This new Science Fiction drama comes from Canada/America and is debuting in a double bill on Friday night. Orphan and street hustler, Sarah, witnesses […]
The Last Post – Dublin Fringe Festival – The Mart – Review
The Last Post is a free flowing show that lets you wander through the inner workings of an imaginary Post Office. We get to see the sorting offices and meet the well […]
Album Review | Monochromie | ‘Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep’
Album Review: Monochromie – ‘Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep’ If you could, just for a moment, please empty your mind of all thought. Having done so, now try and imagine what melancholic […]
Dolls – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
From the red lighting to the provocative costumes to the suggestive Chubba Chubb sequence, everything in Sorcha Kenny’s Dolls asks to be noticed. As the audience takes their seats, the production is […]
The Far Side – Lighthouse Cinema – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
The Far Side is based on a series of interviews that were carried out with seven people. Four men and three women of diverse ages and interest, the only thing they have […]
New Movie Releases – 13-09-13
You know it’s not a vintage week when the big release is Insidious Chapter 2! So, where to start this week, how about… Insidious Chapter 2. I thought about the first hour […]
Lippy – Lir – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
‘Nothing will come of nothing.’ Bush Moukarzel’s wry delivery of King Lear’s famous line may have gained a laugh from the audience at last night’s production of Lippy in The Lir, but […]
Sean Millar – Odessa Club – 10th Oct 2013
Sean Millar’s new album will be released on the 26th of this month, and is called C48. Some of you may know Sean’s work without knowing you do, as he has worked […]
Album Reviews | Hidden Highways | Old Hearts Reborn | Out on a Limb
Ever since I discovered Out On A Limb Records, I have always associated Limerick’s independent label with a long line of fantastically loud and alternative guitar based bands. From Waiting Room and […]
Flightfest – Dublin Quays – 15-09-13
What the hell is a Flightfest, I hear you scream. Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last week and have missed the wall to wall media coverage […]
Bill Callahan – Olympia – 2-2-14
This site is named after a song by Will Oldham, but it could just as easily have been named after a Smog (Bill’s alter ego) song, as he’s a bit of a […]
The Unsettled Dust – Robert Aickman – Audiobook Review
Robert Aickman was best known for being a conservationist and co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association. He wrote what he described as “strange stories”, 48 short stories that were published in 8 […]
Young Hearts Run Free – Fringe Festival Events
Those wonderful people at Young Hearts Run Free have a couple of events worth a mention in the Fringe Festival, and as ever, it’s all in aid of the Simon Community. The […]
New Music – Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Have Arcade Fire got their Mojo back? It just may be the case, if the lead single off their album is anything to go by. It’s quite likely. The song is nearly […]
Leonard Cohen Stage Times @ O2, Dublin – 11th and 12th Sept 2013
Yes, the legend that is Leonard Cohen returns to our shores. It is bizarre that at the age of 78 he should be on a near constant tour, but he seems to […]
Death Becomes Him – Interview with The Late David Turpin
The Late David Turpin – formerly ‘David Turpin’ – is releasing his new (and superbly unique) third album We Belong Dead this Friday, Sept 13th. Two days later the album launch will be […]
New Music: Raffertie – Rain – Single Review
Having garnered rave reviews earlier in the year following the release of his debut long player Sleep of Reason on the Ninja Tune label, Benjamin Stefanski – AKA Raffertie – is releasing […]
Way Back Home – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
A small boy is lost in the city, he encounters a number of strange individuals while trying to find his way back home, None of them are particularly sinister, but all have […]
No More Workhorse 