A Year in Music – 2022 – Pat Barrett (Arrivalists) How was music for you in 2022? Nostalgic. Spent a lot of the year wandering through old tunes, records. I lost my […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Pat Barrett (Arrivalists)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul Page (ex Whipping Boy)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) How was music for you in 2022? If I am honest, I thought it was a disappointing year in terms of […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Cormac Gahan (plus band) of Boa Morte
A Year in Music – 2022 – Cormac Gahan (plus band) of Boa Morte How was music for you in 2022? We’ve been listening to a lot of new music this year […]
Love Songs – Project Arts Centre – Review
Love Songs – Project Arts Centre – Review Dance: 14-17 December 2022 Love Songs – Cork Opera House on February 22 Find out more about Philip Connaughton here. This is a new […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Trevor Ristow (Author)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Trevor Ristow (Author) Trevor Ristow has written a book, Waiting for Another War, covering the early days of seminal 80s indie band, the Sisters of […]
A Year In Music – 2022 – Ben Vendetta
A Year In Music – 2022 – Ben Vendetta by Killian Laher “Ben Vendetta is a former freelance music journalist who published Vendetta Magazine from 1995 to 2002, and was director of […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul McDermott
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul McDermott How was music for you in 2022? The deaths of Mimi Parker and Cathal Coughlan are foremost in my mind as I try […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Scott Morgan (loscil)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Scott Morgan (loscil) We asked some of our favourite artists/ writers to tell us about their year. You can see the results below… How was […]
Piaf – Gate Theatre – Review
Piaf – Gate Theatre – Review December 7th to Saturday January 28th 2023 We meet ‘Little Sparrow’ (Zara Devlin playing Piaf as a young girl) as she is singing on a street […]
Sleeping Beauty – The Civic – Review
Sleeping Beauty – The Civic – Review by Brian Merriman Produced by The Civic Theatre and Rob Murphy Directed by Rob Murphy Duration 150 minutes including interval (15 minutes) – 2 shows […]
White Noise – Film Review
White Noise – Film Review by Frank L. Director – Noah Baumbach Writers – Noah Baumbach (written for the screen by), Don DeLillo (based on the book by) Stars – Adam Driver, […]
Top Ten Albums of 2022 – CB
Top Ten Albums of 2022 – Cathy Brown We’ve asked some of our writers for their thoughts on the Best Albums of the year. you can see Cathy’s thoughts below… 10. Loose […]
Nocebo – Film Review
Nocebo – Film Review by Frank L. Directed – Lorcan Finnegan Stars – Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier Lorcan Finnegan follows his perturbing 2019 film Vivarium by also entitling his new […]
Lila Tristram and The Last Dinosaur – Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime Explode in Colour – Review
Lila Tristram and The Last Dinosaur – Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime Explode in Colour – Review Lila Tristram and Jamie Cameron, who records as The Last […]
The Ghosts of Baggotonia – Film Review
The Ghosts of Baggotonia – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Alan Gilsenan Baggotonia is an area in Dublin around Baggot Street Bridge which was, during the forties, fifties and sixties, […]
Top 10 Albums of 2022 – KL
Top 10 Albums of 2022 – KL by Killian Laher We’ve asked some of our writers for their thoughts on the albums of the year. you can see Killian’s thoughts below… The […]
Selvage – Smock Alley – Review
Selvage – Smock Alley – Review 1 – 4 Dec – 8pm – Boys’ School Brú Theatre Company presents Selvage Joe Fanny lives with his Granny in a small town. One day, […]
Album of the Week – 05/12/22
Album of the Week – 05/12/22 Things are getting very slow in the music world, with very few major new releases this week, but fear not… there is one absolute gem for […]
The Cure – 3Arena – Live Review – 1/12/22
The Cure – 3Arena – Live Review – 1/12/22 by Killian Laher The return of The Cure to Ireland after 3 years meant the sold-out signs went up some time ago for […]
AN LÁR – Glass Mask Theatre – Review
AN LÁR – Glass Mask Theatre – Review by Brian Merriman Premiering at Glass Mask Theatre, 41 Dawson street. Runs until Saturday, December 17th at 7pm Duration 85 minutes The innovative and […]
How To Tell A Secret – Film Review
How To Tell A Secret – Film Review by Frank L. Directors – Shaun Dunne, Anna Rodgers Writers – Shaun Dunne, Anna Rodgers Stars – Shaun Dunne, Eva-Jane Gaffney, Jade Jordan When […]
The Weir – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Weir – Abbey Theatre – Review Dates: 26 November – 14 January 2023 On the Abbey stage Images by Ros Kavanagh This is a play about ghost stories, as we meet five […]
Nyx Nótt – Themes From – Album Review
Nyx Nótt – Themes From – Album Review by Killian Laher This is the second album by Nyx Nótt, which is the instrumental work of none other than Aidan Moffat. It’s really […]
Naughty or Nice Season – Lighthouse Cinema
Naughty or Nice Season – Lighthouse Cinema The Naughty Or Nice Season is just about to kick off at the Lighthouse Cinema. Along with the usual Yuletide Favourites (Home Alone, Love Actually, […]
Beauty and the Beast – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review
Beauty and the Beast – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review by Brian Merriman Bord Gais Energy Theatre 150 minutes including interval, until January 8th. 24 November – 08 January 2023 Find […]
North Circular – Film Review
North Circular – Film Review by Frank L. Director/ Writer – Luke McManus Stars – Gemma Dunleavy, Johnny Flynn, Ian Lynch The consequences of the lockdown as a result of the Covid […]
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Dear Scott – Album Review
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Dear Scott – Album Review by Killian Laher Michael Head, formerly of Pale Fountains and Shack, is spoken about in hushed tones by those […]
Anna Mieke – Theatre – Album Review
Anna Mieke – Theatre – Album Review by Killian Laher Anna Mieke is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Wicklow. This is her second album and it’s a collection of bewitched moodiness. It […]
Album of the Week – 24/11/22
Album of the Week – 24/11/22 If this week is anything to go by, this is the start of the Christmas slump on new album releases! Next week will be the start […]
No More Workhorse 