July 26th, 2010
Last year I did some posts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and this year in an aim to get ahead of myself this is the list of shows I am looking forward to seeing this August. I’ve inserted links to the show details where possible. The Vaudevillians, The Sun Also Rises, Assembly 30th Anniversary, Jimmy [...]
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May 4th, 2010
Recently while at the bookshop of the National Theatre in London I noticed this bookshop display. It claimed to be the Best Plays of the Decade. Given that its 2010, it did get me thinking of what the best plays since the millennium were. Included on their list were Plastcine The Seafarer Pornogrphy Stockholm blue/orange [...]
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April 25th, 2010
Two opportunities have come up in the last week to make upcoming gigs more interactive! MCD have announced that you can have a chance to choose songs that Muse will play at the Oxegen Festival this year. The band will endeavour to play at least one from the top 5 songs at Oxegen! Fans can [...]
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April 12th, 2010
As reported on DublinTheatre.ie, there is an amazing cast line up to accompany Stockard Channing – as we mentioned here – for Rough Magic’s Importance of Being Earnest in Gaiety Theatre. The Line up is as follows: Rory Keenan as John (Jack/Ernest) Worthing, Rory Nolan as Algernon Moncrieff, Aoife Duffin as Gwendolyn Fairfax and Gemma Reeves as Cecily [...]
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April 11th, 2010
Culch.ie has a pair of tickets to give away to Jarlath Regan in Sugar Club, Dublin. Its to the launch of his new show. Jarlath always puts on a fantastic show and with this being the launch of his new show “Not So Common Sense” its bound to be a good one. He will go [...]
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April 4th, 2010
I noticed this outside Abbey Theatre this week And their new brochure it outlines the details:
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March 25th, 2010
Culch.ie went to meet former Turn front man Oliver Cole on the eve of the launch of his new solo album – ‘We Albatri’. Culch.ie – Its been almost 4 years since Turn, how did the album come about? Oliver Cole – I started recording straight after Turn – I sent a girl in Germany [...]
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March 20th, 2010
A new point on the Irish cultural map was created yesterday with the opening of the new Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin. The largest capacity purpose built theatre opened with a performance by the Russian State Ballet of Swan Lake to a packed house. Among that house President Mary McAleese, Harry Crosbie, Paul Mc Guinness, [...]
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February 22nd, 2010
Two items really interest me upcoming at the NCH: On April 8th the RTE Concert Orchestra with the fantastic David Brophy conducting will perform with the River Tenors otherwise known as Apres Match. This is what the RTE website has to say. A very special evening of musical guests and comedy with Après Match stars [...]
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January 23rd, 2010
Taken from my post at DublinTheatre.ie As a huge Rough Magic and West Wing fan I am thrilled that this rumour has proven to be true! Stockard Channing is to star in Rough Magic‘s upcoming production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Gaiety Theatre. Channing (65) who will play the part of Lady [...]
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January 21st, 2010
A stalwart of the summer and the Edinburgh previews the “No Pricks Comedy Show” is making a special outing in aid of charities working in Haiti. The gig is on tonight (sorry for the late notice!) in Slattery’s Bar, Rathmines at 8pm. The gigs are organized and MC’d by Jarlath Regan and the line up [...]
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November 29th, 2009
…on stage! Today at the National Concert Hall, VideoGames Live will perform for two shows. We have already mentioned in on the site and from 6am today people were in transforming the hall in time for the first show. Some games to play as you arrive…
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September 14th, 2009
This is just a round up of my month in Edinburgh. More of a photo blog of my time there recapping the best shows and how we in the traverse put it all together in the annual turnaround movie. First up we have the 50 show and around 500 euro worth of tickets. What was [...]
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August 30th, 2009
Apologies for the delay in these reviews. Things at the traverse have been hectic as we gear up for the final day. That involves the 10 shows we have going, being disassembled and loaded out as well as maintaining a full day of shows going up on time. You’ll find me collapsed at 3am in [...]
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August 19th, 2009
Week Two and there is shows coming and going with lots more to see! This week at the Traverse we have welcomed three new shows. We say goodbye to three of the easier shows and hello to The Doubtful Guest, A Life In Three Acts and If That’s All There Is. The crew were just [...]
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