Small Town Ireland in the 1950s and 60s has rarely looked more frightening, depressing and claustrophobic than in Pat McCabe’s ‘Frank Pig Says Hello’, adapted over twenty years ago from his own […]
Frank Pig Says Hello – Mill Theatre – Review
New Movie Releases – 27-09-13
There are other movies released this week and even a few good ones, but I’m going to ignore them and focus on a re-release. The Wickerman: The Final Cut has arrived in […]
Album Review | ReDiviDeR | meets I Dig Monk, Tuned
ReDiviDeR, Matthew Jacobson, Colm O’Hara, Derek Whyte, Nick Roth, have a fondness for word play both in their band name and titles, (anagrams and palindromes feature heavily). This playful inquisitive spirit flows […]
Preview – Fly me to the Moon – Civic Theatre
I think I owe Marie Jones a debt. In my early years I wasn’t a massive fan of the theatre, I’d seen a few dodgy versions of Brian Friel plays and a […]
Pan Pan – Open Rehearsals
If you’ve ever wondered how the wonderful Pan Pan go about putting together their shows, or even just want a warm place to sit for a few hours, well then here’s something […]
Movie Review – In a World
Lake Bell – what a name, what a gal! The Actor slash Writer slash Director has penned the quirky, funny and touching ‘In a World’, a tribute to and comedy about the […]
The Boys – New Theatre – Review
The Boys tells the story of Michael Connor, a young man who is struggling to stay on the right side of the law and his family. Michael is a member of the […]
Arthur’s Day Dublin Gig Line up 2013
Ok, so here’s what’s on around the city. Some of the best include Jerry Fish & the Frank and Walters in the Stag’s Head, Mighty Stef in McGrattan’s and Ryan Sheridan in […]
Killruddery Film Festival – Kilruddery House – Sept 27th – 29th
What’s the nicest cinema you’ve ever been in? The Lighthouse? The IFI? Well, we’re moving up a gear this weekend, as the Killruddery Film Festival is being staged in the beautiful confines […]
Dublin Theatre Festival Highlights – Preview and Tips
What is starts today? Honest? Yes, after many months of expectation, the Theatre Festival is finally upon us! So, if you’re in a state of panic and completely disorganised, here’s what we […]
This is how we fly – Button Factory – Friday 27th September
The Bottlenote Festival is a very small festival, but perfectly formed! If you saw Mice Will Play last week as part of the Fringe, or if you’ve heard us rattle on about […]
Beautiful Irish Music – Clare Reel by Martin Hayes and Denis Cahill
From the staggering album Welcome Here Again from a few years back. Peerless fiddle from Hayes with a beautifully understated accompaniment on guitar from Cahill. Happy Monday!
Things to do in Dublin this week (23-09-13 to 29-09-13)
It’s another week of change, with the Fringe festival sadly departing for another year, but the Theatre Festival starts, so you’ve no chance of being bored. It’s also Arthurs day on Thursday […]
Fringe Festival Awards – Winners Announced
Yes, it’s the end of another Fringe Festival, and they’ve announced the winners below, according to a panel of expert fringe goers. It was a very impressive festival, and remarkably consistent. I […]
Irish music – A Plastic Rose – This Side Of Winter
The guys from A Plastic Rose have recently relocated to Nottingham to be in the thick of the music scene in the UK so the very best of luck to them with […]
Melbourne music – Milk Teddy
Some music, when you hear it for the first time, can hit the spot or scratch and itch you didn’t really realise you had. When I heard a few tracks from Melbourne […]
Thirteen – Anu Production – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Anu’s most ambitious event to date, Thirteen is a series of plays, dance and performance art pieces, debates and films around the city. The piece as a whole revolves around the similarities […]
New Movie Releases – 20th September 2013
When you’re given lemons, make lemonade! It’s a less than vintage week at the cinema this week, sadly, but it is not the workhorses’ way to complain, so we’ll make do with […]
Amanda Coogan – 13 Women – Hugh Lane
Amanda Coogan is possibly Ireland’s best known performance artist, and her work is always interesting. When you combine her with the wonderful Anu productions, what do you get? Find out tomorrow. The […]
The Herbalist – Niamh Boyce – Book Review
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 […]
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 […]
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