Frankie Cosmos – Button Factory – Live Review – 23/08/18 Support on the night came from Dublin ‘garage pop’ band Squarehead. They are a three piece with guitar, bass and drums who […]
Frankie Cosmos – Button Factory – Live Review – 23/08/18
Movies This Week – 22-08-18
Movies This Week – 22-08-18 We have a new candidate for worst horror of the year with the release of Slender Man! I guess it’s always hard to gauge just what the […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 21-08-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 21-08-18 It’s the official opening of Frnkstn in the Peacock and it promises to be quite exciting despite the lack of vowels! Otherwise, it’s pretty much […]
Live Music in Dublin – 20-08-18
Live Music in Dublin – 20-08-18 A good mix of music from all over, with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever being the highlight. Jim White is always good live and is also quite […]
The Comedy of Errors – Smock Alley – Review
The Comedy of Errors – Smock Alley – Review 14 – 18 Aug | 8pm | Boys School The Comedy of Errors has a confusing plot but that’s part of the fun! […]
Movies This Week – 15-08-18
Movies This Week – 15-08-18 So, this week sees the release of Christoper Robin, which looks a lot like Paddington Bear, but is not near as good, sadly! There’s also our favourite […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 14-08-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 14-08-18 There’s a couple of new ones this week with Frnkstn in the Peacock and A Skull in Connemara in the Olympia. There’s also the Dublin […]
Live Music in Dublin – 13-08-18
Live Music in Dublin – 13-08-18 Normal service is resumed with a fine selection of gigs for you to explore. A Hawk and a Hacksaw are a particular favourite of mine. See […]
Q&A with Jon Turteltaub – Director of the Meg
Q&A with Jon Turteltaub – Director of the Meg Jon Turteltaub is best known for Phenomenon and National Treasure. HIs latest film is called the Meg which is a creature feature about […]
Movies This Week – 09-08-18
Movies This Week – 09-08-18 It’s a slow week, where the biggest release is possibly a film about the Pope? I’m finding it hard to include it in our films of the […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 08-08-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 08-08-18 It’s pretty much ‘as you were’ this week in the theatres of Dublin this week! Don’t get too excited anyway. There is one new production […]
Live Music in Dublin – 6-08-18
Live Music in Dublin – 06-08-18 After a week with a pile of festivals and much excitement, what can you expect from this week? Not very much at all really. See what […]
Visual Art in Dublin – 02-08-18
Visual Art in Dublin – 02-08-17 A quick look at what’s happening in the museums of Dublin. It’s the usual summer mix of shows and events. See what you can find below. […]
Movies This Week – 01-08-18
Movies This Week – 01-08-18 Another outing of the Marvel juggernaut (they actually have a character called that, right?), with the Ant Man and the Wasp this week. Don’t get too excited […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 31-07-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 31-07-18 It’s (almost) August, the month where theatre takes it easy! A lot of the Theatres listed below are closed, but there are a few new […]
Live Music in Dublin – 30-07-18
Live Music in Dublin – 30-07-18 It’s a bank holiday weekend and with it comes a lot of festivals! There’s All Together Now, which could actually be better than Electric Picnic? It […]
Movies This Week – 25-07-18
Movies This Week – 25-07-18 It’s the return of the king, with Tom Cruise starring in Mission Impossible – Fallout, which is getting rave reviews strangely enough. Otherwise, there’s Hotel Transylvania 3, Apostasy […]
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Film Review
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 24-07-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 24-07-18 It’s the last week of Ulysses, which is surprisingly a lot of fun. I wonder what Joyce would have made of it! School for Dinosaurs […]
Live Music in Dublin – 23-07-18
Live Music in Dublin – 23-07-18 The bold Aidan Moffat is in town with RM Hubbert, and they’re not to be missed! Otherwise the Trinity Series kicks off tonight with Grace Jones […]
Movies This Week – 18-07-18
Movies This Week – 18-07-18 There is a certain type of person who will be very excited about the release of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! I wish them well, but […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 17-07-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 17-07-18 The bold Thisispopbaby are back with their new production Come On Home in the Abbey. There’s also First Love by Mouth on Fire in the […]
Live Music in Dublin – 16-07-18
Live Music in Dublin – 16-07-18 After the madness of the last few weeks, this one is relatively quiet. See what you make of it below… Gigs of the Week – Anna […]
Copper Face Jacks: the Musical – Olympia Theatre – Review
Copper Face Jacks: the Musical – Olympia Theatre – Review by Frank L. Until August 12th 2018 Noeleen Nic Gearailt (Roseanna Purcell) lives with her old crone of a mother in a […]
Movies This Week – 11-07-18
Movies This Week – 11-07-18 Some good ones this week with First Reformed and the Impossibles 2. Surprising really, with the World Cup Finals on, but I guess the feast of football […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-07-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-07-18 Hairspray opens at the Bord Gais and Copper Face Jacks – The Musical officially opens at the Olympia (if you want some Paul Howard madness). […]
Live Music in Dublin – 09-07-18
Live Music in Dublin – 09-07-18 Another of the big summer festivals takes place in Dublin, with Longitude taking over Marlay park! Otherwise, there’s Tune Yards (who are fantastic live), Rufus Wainwright […]
This Is Elvis – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
This Is Elvis – Bord Gais Theatre – Review 3 Jul 2018 – 7 Jul 2018 The year is 1968 and Elvis is 33 years old. In the previous 12 month period, […]
Movies This Week – 04-07-18
Movies This Week – 04-07-18 This is another slow one, as the film industry gets scared of the World Cup! You’d think they’d slip the odd good one out and see what […]
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