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 Gary [...]
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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 Bracknell [...]
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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 the best? [...]
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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 finding [...]
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August 14th, 2009
In this blog I will be looking at Seawall, Luck, Foil Arms and Hog, Stefan Goalaszewiski, Des Bishop, Rich Hall, Sammy J and Les Infant Terrible.
Two pieces of advice for anyone coming over – bring a jacket and book your shows as things are selling out!
Also the awards have started. The Trav have one 4 [...]
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August 11th, 2009
Culch.ie’s Edinburgh representatives uses his time off to see Dead Cat Bounce, Matinee, Shane Lagan, Jarlath Regan and Newsrevue before getting back to work.
The fringe doesn’t start in my opinion until someone hands you a flyer walking down the royal mile and says come see my show. Therefore as of today it has started! Flyering [...]
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August 7th, 2009
On Arrival in Edinburgh there were boring things to take care of – hostels, insurance bank accounts etc but then the fun begins. Planning what tickets to get! For many weeks, immense planning has gone into a complicated excel document. Try to balance show times, lengths and duration, when i will have time off, what [...]
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