October 15th, 2009
The first Refresh Dublin is taking place on Thursday October 29th at 6pm at the Science Gallery. Refresh is a global initiative to get people in various aspects of the web, multimedia and New Media industries together to share ideas, visions, discuss, debate and learn from each other. Or as Refresh put it: “Refresh is [...]
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September 18th, 2009
Last evening I saw one of the most interesting shows I’ve seen at Absolut Fringe thus far. It’s Group Therapy for One by a young and exciting theatre company called TheatreClub. “Shane’s a bit fucked up. He wants us all to go to his gaff, where he’s holding an inquest into his life. With the [...]
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September 9th, 2009
“To celebrate the release of Nick Cave’s new novel The Death Of Bunny Munro, there will be a tour of live events throughout Europe. Taking place in intimate theatre settings these unique shows will be a mix of readings and live music, with Nick joined by Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey.” [official blurb [...]
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September 7th, 2009
I’ve just heard this clip being mentioned on Sean Moncrieff’s show on Newstalk and I’m really not sure what to make of it. Is it staged? If so, is it acceptable? Are they really that desperate for press coverage and ratings or am I completely cynical?
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September 6th, 2009
Fascinatng, disturbing, engaging, thought-provoking and encouraging. These are some of the words I would use to describe my first Absolut Fringe Festival 2009 experience – Point Blank at the Project Arts Centre. Upon finishing high school, Nada is faced with the challenge of deciding what she wants to do with her life. Despite the expectations of [...]
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August 6th, 2009
The veil of uncertainty over whether or not the Cois Fharraige festival was going ahead this year finally lifted today and it’s all systems go according to promoters MCD. It’s the third year of Ireland’s music and water sports festival taking place down on the west coast in Kilkee, Co.Clare over 3 days from September [...]
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June 23rd, 2009
The annual 31st Galway Arts Festival is just under 3 weeks away and once again they’ve got a huge programme of music, dance, theatre, comedy, street performance, literature and visual arts events to satisfy all appetities. It takes place in Galway from July 13th to 26th in various venues around the city featuring both Irish [...]
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June 9th, 2009
I started going to Gardiner Street Gospel mass in March. Why? Multiple reasons: I had heard their recordings & warmed to them. I live within walking distance Gardiner St. My head was all over the place, needed some sorting out & I thought “it can’t hurt to try this”. At the risk of sounding a [...]
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June 8th, 2009
The annual NCAD Graduate Exhibition is taking place this week at the NCAD campus and the Digital Hub, both on Thomas St, Dublin 8 (near Guinness Storehouse for those not Dublin-wise). I’ve popped along to this every year for the past few years and it’s always been thoroughly enjoyable & inspirational. On show is work [...]
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May 25th, 2009
This Thursday evening sees SweetTalk 35 hitting The Sugar Club with a feast of graphic design & illustration deliciousness. 3 amazingly talented designers/typographers/illustrators will be speaking about their work: Alex Trochut (work produced for Nike, Coca-Cola, the The Guardian, British Airways, Addidas) Ian Stevenson (MTV, E4, Paul Smith, Perrier) Gaetan Billault (Jo’Burger, Bodytonic, Snyth Eastwood, [...]
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May 19th, 2009
It’s that time of year again – the days are getting longer, the sun is coming out to play (well hopefully) & there’s soul in the air! The 3rd annual Dublin City Soul Festival hits the capital this week from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th of May. There’s an amazing array of musicians from all [...]
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May 14th, 2009
The fabulous Gardiner Street Gospel Choir are performing at The Theatre @ The Helix, DCU on Saturday June 6th. The choir have been together for just over 9 years & are at the centre of the weekly Gardiner Street Gospel Mass at St. Francis Xavier’s church in Gardiner Street since they formed. They’ve gone from strength [...]
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May 6th, 2009
That’s essentially the message behind Special Olympics Ireland’s latest fundraing event. Taking place as part of the opening festivities for Fleadh Nua 2009 in Ennis, Co.Clare on Sunday May 17th, SOI are looking for people to help them break the world record for the largest ceili ever. What can you do? It’s pretty easy to [...]
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