Arcade Fire are getting the hang of this viral advertising yoke, but I guess you’re always going to get attention if you get Roman Coppola to do your videos for you. This […]
Arcade Fire – Here comes the Night Time
Germinal – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Take four people – three men, one woman – put them on a confined planet/strange world, have them uncover the rudiments of communication and the development of speech and music and you […]
Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Text – Book Review
Is What You See What You Get? – by Sean Sheehan Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts, edited by Claire Bracken and Emma Radley (Cork University Press, 2013) You might think […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (30-09-13 to 6-10-13)
So, another busy week on the streets of Dublin, with some very special events on around the City. There’s Dublin Theatre Festival with all the fun things that involves, also Hard Working Class […]
This is how we Fly – Button Factory – Review
This is how we Fly is an unusual collection of musicians, comprising of fiddle, clarinet, percussive dance and drums, but more than that, it is a collection of highly talents musicians, a […]
How I live now – Q&A – Lighthouse Cinema
Last night in the Lighthouse Cinema, there was a preview of ‘How I live now’, the new movie which stars Saoirse Ronan and tells the tale of a young woman who falls […]
Frank Pig Says Hello – Mill Theatre – Review
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 […]
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? […]
No More Workhorse 