A Year in Music 2023 – RM Hubbert by Killian Laher How are you? How are things? Currently recovering from covid, which sucks, but generally good! Do you think it’s been a good […]
A Year in Music 2023 – RM Hubbert by Killian Laher How are you? How are things? Currently recovering from covid, which sucks, but generally good! Do you think it’s been a good […]
A Year in Music – 2023 – Of All Living Things by Killian Laher Cam, Cian, Danilo and Eunice from the band of all living things How are you? How are things? We’re […]
A Year in Music – 2023 – John Lambert (Chequerboard) by Killian Laher How are you? How are things? Good thanks. Quite tired at the moment by default as I’m 8 months into […]
New Irish Music – In Your Own Way – David Hedderman David Hedderman – The Workman’s Cellar – Dec. 16, 2023 – 8 p.m. What are you doing tomorrow night? You could […]
Top Ten Albums of 2023 – Cathy Brown We’ve asked some of our regular writers for their thoughts on the best music of 2023. You can see the thoughts of Cathy Brown […]
I Like Movies – Film Review by Brian Merriman Written and Directed by Chandler Levack Music by Murray Lightburn Stars – Isaiah Lehtinen, Percy Hynes White, Anand Rajaram ‘I Like Movies’ has […]
Nournimity – Project Arts Centre – Review Nournimity by Lucia Kilger | Project Arts Centre, 13th Dec At the start of the production, the theatre is almost in complete darkness. As the […]
New Irish Music – Adrian Crowley & Marry Waterson – Watching The Starlings by Killian Laher One album to look out for next year will be Adrian Crowley’s collaboration with English folk […]
Minseach – Project Arts Centre – Review 12-13 December 2023 The word Minseach is the Irish for a she goat. We meet our she goat in the form of Sibéal Davitt, our […]
It’s a Wonderful Bleedin’ Life – Smock Alley – Review Dates: 11 – 23 Dec 2023 Christmas is a time to revisit old stories. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, Frank Capra’s 1946 classic […]
Cinderella – The Civic Panto – Review by Brian Merriman Dates: 6 Dec – 7 Jan Duration 2 hours and 15 minutes including the interval Panto’ is often billed as ‘best ever’ […]
The Lost Boys (LES PARADIS) – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director – Zeno Graton Writers – Zeno Graton, Clara Bourreau, Maarten Loix Stars – Khalil Ben Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, […]
Interview with Simon Price – Part 1 by Killian Laher No More Workhorse chatted to Simon Price about his recent book Curepedia – An A-Z of the Cure and a few other […]
New Irish Music – Chequerboard – Vermilion by Killian Laher John Lambert who records as Chequerboard has just released his latest single, Vermilion, a taster for his fourth album Souvenir which comes […]
You Belong To Me – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Dates – 6 – 21 Dec | Main Space You Belong to Me – Written by Rory Nolan The set […]
Grace – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. GRACE by James Joyce Dec 4th – 23rd, 2023 At 1pm “Grace” is one of the short stories which appears in “Dubliners”, […]
Top 10 Albums of 2023 – Killian Laher 2023 was the first ‘normal’ year for music since 2019, with COVID thankfully being a lot less prevalent than in recent years. It’s safe […]
Neil Young – Before and After – Album Review by Killian Laher Neil Young albums arrive with such regularity that they have ceased to have much impact to all but the truly […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – THE MUSICAL – Produced by Playful Productions 05 December – 07 […]
The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t – Barrett Martin – Book Review by Killian Laher Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin has written a number of books, but this is the first time […]
Veyls – The Widow EP – Review by Killian Laher Veyls is a new band consisting of Culley Johnson, Coco Medvitz and Louise Post of Veruca Salt. It’s something of a surprise […]
In The Meadows 2024 – Preview The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 – Saturday, June 08 – 2024 With the cold weather, it’s nice to think of sun-soaked days in June! One […]
Wonka – Film Review by Katie McCann Director – Paul King Writers – Simon Farnaby, Paul King, Roald Dahl Stars – Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant There are only a few […]
Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas – by Conor Grimes and Alan McKee Fri 1 Dec, 2023 — […]
Album of the Week – 1/12/23 A wise man once said ‘Never release an album in December’! Yes, while the rest of the music world is looking back at the best of […]
New Irish Music – Bren Berry – Winter Song by Killian Laher Revelino were one of the great lost bands from the 1990s. While Brendan Tallon and Ciaran Tallon (as Klubber Lang) […]
Making a Show of Myself – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Making a Show of Myself – Written and Performed by Mary Kate O’Flanagan Directed by Will O’Connell Until 2nd […]
Maestro – Film Review by Frank L. Director – Bradley Cooper Writers – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer Stars – Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) was born in […]
The Quare Fellow – Abbey Theatre – Review by M Quinn 24 November – 27 January 2024 The Quare Fellow – Written by Brendan Behan, Directed by Tom Creed Running time: Approx. […]