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 […]
New Music: Raffertie – Rain – Single Review
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 […]
Down with Jazz – Festival Preview
Dirty Jazz and Foreign Rhythms in Meeting House Sq this September Fri 6th Sept, 7:30pm | Sat 7th Sept 7:30pm | Sun 8th Sept 2-8pm Down With Jazz, Meeting House Square, Temple […]
An Evening with David Sedaris – NCH Dublin – 1st April 2014
Aiken Promotions are bringing David Sedaris to Dublin on April 1st of next year. David has been described as “the Rockstar of Writers” and it will certainly not be a dull or […]
Dublin Gig Guide – September 2013
What do Youth Lagoon, Neon Neon, Glenn Jones, Kimya Dawson, Villagers and Josh Ritter have in common? Well, they’re all new to our gig guide! yes, it’s been a while, but it’s […]
Dublin Fringe Festival Preview – Highlights & Top Tips
The Fringe Festival starts tomorrow! Tomorrow! Hard to believe the wait is over. I’ve already written about a few of the big hitters (you can see our early preview here); such as: […]
Happening – Music and Jurassic Park in Granby Park – 7-09-13
Something really special is happening in Granby Park on Dominic Street, just at the back of the Ilac centre. It’s one of those positive news stories that rarely gets a mention, people […]
FAIR BALLS T’YIS – A Football Opera – Nees You!
Ever wanted the chance to sing in an opera? How about to cheer on the boys in blue on the eve of the football final? Well, read on below… Performed by a […]
Album Review | Grey Reverend | A Hero’s Lie | Ninja Tunes
“No one wants you quite the way I do” This summer’s haunting EP “Everlasting” from Brooklyn resident L.D. Brown AKA ‘Grey Reverend’ is followed up this September by the full length Album, […]
Campaign to bring back the Dublin Tenement Experience!
I made a couple of failed attempts to make it to the Dublin Tenement Experience, which took place in No. 14 Henrietta Street and ran for two months until August 31st. Anu […]
Movie Review – Upstream Colour
Kris is a young, successful woman who seems to have her life on track. On a night out she is attacked and made to swallow a strange bug. This bug makes her […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (02-09-13 to 08-09-13)
Now this is going to be a busy one! I know I always say that, but I really mean it this time. Not only does the Dublin Fringe Festival and Dublin Fashion […]
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins – Jess Walter
I’ve just returned from a staycation during which I read the beguiling Beautiful Ruins by American author Jess Walter. Walter began his career as a journalist writing for Newsweek, Washington Post and […]
New Music: Disappears – Power
A track taken from Chicago four piece’s new album ‘Era’, which is released this week.
New Movie Releases – 30-08-13
Upstream Color is the new film from the director of Primer, Shane Carruth. I’m not hugely a believer in the director as the only name worth mentioning in the production of a […]
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