Movies This Week – 9-10-19 I guess the biggest surprise this week is that the new Ang Lee movie is a bit suspect! No critic seems to like Gemini Man, starring Will […]
Movies This Week – 9-10-19
Bait – Film Review
Bait – Film Review Director: Mark Jenkin Writer: Mark Jenkin Stars: Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd This film arrives with a massive weight of expectation from reviews such as this one […]
Washington Black – Esi Edugyan – Audio Book Review
Washington Black – Esi Edugyan – Audio Book Review Narrated by: Dion Graham Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins Categories: Fiction, Literary We meet George Washington Black as a child, growing up […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 8-10-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 8-10-19 It’s the last week of the Dublin Theatre Festival, so make the most of it! Redemption Falls opens tomorrow at the Abbey. There’s also lots […]
Live Music in Dublin – 07-10-19
Live Music in Dublin – 07-10-19 It’s a relatively quiet week, but there are still a few gems out there for you to get excited about. The Penguin Cafe play the National […]
The Beacon – Gate Theatre – Review
The Beacon – Gate Theatre – Review by Conor O’Carroll The Beacon runs at the Gate Theatre until the 26th October. The setting is an island off the west coast of Ireland. […]
Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review Venue – Samuel Beckett Theatre Until Oct 6th There is always a sense of entering into the unknown when a […]
Pike St. – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Pike St. – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review by Phoebe Moore Until Oct 6th A solo show is no easy thing. One actor to hold and to entertain an audience from lights […]
Album of the Week – 03-10-19 – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
Album of the Week – 03-10-19 Were you one of those people waiting to listen to the new Nick Cave album when it went exclusively live on Youtube at 10pm last night? […]
MÁM – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
MÁM – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review Teaċ Daṁsa, Ireland – MÁM Until Oct 5th Mám 1 : Mountain pass. Mám 2 : Yoke. Faoi mhám an pheaca, under the yoke of […]
Joker – Film Review
Joker – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by Todd Phillips Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy In cinemas October 4th Make no mistake, Joker may be a comic book […]
Walking to Jerusalem – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Walking to Jerusalem – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review by Phoebe Moore Until Oct 6th, 2019 Treading borders, treading boards The Balfour declaration, 2nd of November 1917: an innocuous piece of paper […]
Judy – Film Review
Judy – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Rupert Goold Writers: Tom Edge (screenplay by), Peter Quilter (based on the stageplay “End of the Rainbow” by) Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn […]
Cabaret – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Cabaret – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review 1st – 5th Oct 2019 This is a musical based on a play that in turn was based on a novel. It also later […]
Movies This Week – 2-10-19
Movies This Week – 2-10-19 This week it’s all about the letter J, as we have the much hyped Joker film release along with the Judy biopic, which arrives with a bit […]
Werewolf – Film Review
Werewolf – Film Review by Aisling Foster Written & directed by Adrian Panek Cinematographer: Dominik Danilczyk Starring Kamil Polnisiak, Sonia Mietielika & Nicolas Przygoda This is not a horror movie, though it […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-10-19
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-10-19 It’s the second week of the Dublin Theatre Festival, so lots to see around Dublin! There’s the new production by the people who brought us […]
Pasolini’s Salò Redubbed – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Pasolini’s Salò Redubbed – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review Dylan Tighe and the Abbey Theatre, Ireland Until Oct 5th Contains graphic scenes of a violent and sexual nature. Suitable for ages 18+ […]
Bill Callahan – Vicar Street – Live Review – 29/09/19
Bill Callahan – Vicar Street – Live Review – 29/09/19 by Killian Laher Bill Callahan returned to Dublin after a gap of five years to play a long sold-out Vicar St. Those […]
Live Music in Dublin – 30-09-19
Live Music in Dublin – 30-09-19 Has everyone recovered from Bill Callahan last night? The Divine Comedy return to the Bord Gais Energy theatre next Sunday, in our gig of the week! […]
Chastity Belt – Chastity Belt – Album Review
Chastity Belt – Chastity Belt – Album Review by Killian Laher Chastity Belt are an all-female group from Seattle and this is their fourth album. From the word go, it’s a great-sounding […]
Hecuba – Project Arts Centre – Review
Hecuba – Project Arts Centre – Review until Oct 6th, 2019 Part of the Dublin Theatre Festival Hecuba (Aislin McGuckin) is in the throne room of her ruined city. She holds the […]
Last Orders At The Dockside – Abbey Theatre – Review
Last Orders At The Dockside – Abbey Theatre – Review 23 September – 26 October 2019 Photos by Ros Kavanagh An Abbey Theatre production commissioned by Dublin Port The year is 1980 […]
The Playboy of the Western World – Gaiety Theatre – Review
The Playboy of the Western World – Gaiety Theatre – Review By Diana Perez Garcia Until October 5th, 2019 Part of the Dublin Theatre Festival Venue – Gaiety Theatre I turn to […]
The Open – The Space, London – Review
The Open – The Space Theatre, London – Review by Eamon Somers until 12th October. The Open opens with Bella lying on the grass sipping champagne and eating strawberries. She is on […]
The Goldfinch – Film Review
The Goldfinch – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: John Crowley Starring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Kidman In cinemas September […]
DIIV – Deceiver – Album Review
DIIV – Deceiver – Album Review by Killian Laher DIIV return after a three year gap and some publicised rehab with a far more focused album than previous ones. For a start […]
Album of the Week – 27/09/19 – Girl Band – The Talkies
Album of the Week – 27/09/19 New releases this week include 65daysofstatic (replicr, 2019), Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith (Songs From the Bardo) and Moon Duo (Stars Are the […]
The First Pegeen – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
The First Pegeen – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern The First Pegeen George O’Brien – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre September 24 – October 12, 2019 Although the relationship between J […]
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