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 […]
Dolls – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
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 […]
TV Preview – Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Fans of Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse (do they exist?) can stand jubilant as Joss Whedon is back with another TV series riding high after his triumphant blockbuster movie Avengers Assemble . […]
Postscript – New Theatre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Postscript was a very different animal from many of the others I’ve seen at the Fringe festival so far, there was no singing or dancing, no burlesque show, just a well acted […]
Movie Review – Justin and the Knights of Valour
For a childs first cinema outing, you won’t get much better than Justin and the Knights of Valour. My daughter and I attended a preview screening on Saturday morning with great excitement. […]
Rites of Passage: Evolving our Past | Peppercanister Church | Dublin Fringe Festival | Review
The idea is simple, to wrap up Ireland’s history in three hours of talk and music, should be easy enough to achieve, right? Or as Keith Molony said, to put Ireland on […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (09-09-13 to 15-09-13)
I think it’s fair to say that Fringe Fever is in the air, as this is the first full week of the Fringe. It makes the job here a little more difficult […]
Bunk – Project Arts Centre – Review – Dublin Fringe Festival
PaperDolls return to the Fringe Festival after a sell out run in last years show. This new performance has moved its focus to the bed, but not in the romantic notion, instead […]
Granby Park – Music and Cinema Happening – 07-09-13
Ireland seemed to have skipped a season and have gone straight from Summer to Winter, but this did little to dampen the enthusiasm of those that went to Granby Park at the […]
You remember the stories you wish were True – Project Arts Centre – Review – Dublin Fringe Festival
Imagine losing all your belongings, so you are only left with whatever you could fit in a suitcase? Megan Riordan experienced just that, as she returned from a year touring the world […]
Babble – Replay Theatre Company – Review
Babble for babies is an innovative piece of new theatre from Northern Irish theatre company Replay. Replay have been making theatre for young audiences since 1988 and their pieces are devised to […]
Break – Project Arts Centre – Revew – Dublin Fringe Festival
Break opens with a mass brawl, teachers push, bite, kick and slap each other as all hell has breaks loose. So how did things get to this point? Where did it all […]
TV preview- Bates Motel
TV preview- Bates Motel- Universal Channel -Thursday 9pm The autumn season seems to be getting under way with the return of all out winter favorites. In the last few weeks The Newsroom, […]
New Music – Indie Cindy
Another track drops from the Pixies, called ‘Indie Cindy’. It’s from a new four track EP, imaginatively called EP1. Track List: 1. Andro Queen, 2. Another Toe In The Ocean, 3. Indie […]
New Movie Releases – 06-09-13
It’s another good week at the cinemas of Ireland, and there’s more than enough to choose from, for most people anyway! From the first time I saw this trailer for Ain’t them […]
Rites of Passage – Dublin Fringe Festival
Rites of Passage is a series of discussions on Ireland’s past, present and future. They’ve gathered together the great and the good from all walks of Irish and international life to discuss […]
No More Workhorse 