We’re back to hook you up with the best Netflix viewing this August. Instead of compulsively refreshing Instagram and brooding over everyone you know drinking umbrella cocktails in some tropical paradise, tune in and veg out with TN2, with our … Continue reading Netflix: What To Watch – August
Having studied The Great Gatsby for the Leaving Cert, I could write about the intricacies of its plot and language until my fingers turned blue with ink as the clock ticked down on the frenzied, nightmarish race that is English … Continue reading “The Great Gatsby” – review The Gate has removed its seats, lowered its chandeliers and transformed the entire building into the enigmatic Gatsby mansion where characters roam the dance floor, ready to whisper in your ear at one moment and dance wildly with you the next.
Listening to three 30-year-old teachers in towels talking about how much they hated their lives at four in the morning was not my typical idea of a Wednesday night. Temple Bar’s gay sauna, The Boilerhouse, had long been a … Continue reading Bed, Bath and Beyond What draws people to Temple Bar’s gay sauna, The Boilerhouse?
On 25 July, the wonderful team behind Dublin Theatre Festival announced their programme for the upcoming 60th anniversary season. This year, the festival will run from 28 September – 15 October, lasting 18 days for the city to showcase pioneering performances over … Continue reading Dublin Theatre Festival at a glance – preview
Women, Ireland: 50.09% of population (2015). Women, new Irish plays: 41% of cast. 39% of directors. 33% of playwrights (2006-2015). Irish theatre is an exciting sphere of creativity, originality, and potential. However, one area in which it falls short is … Continue reading Gender Equality in Irish Theatre?
Bunsen Burger is not new. It’s been around since 2013. It’s not a hole-in-the-wall serving an obscure and vaguely pretentious menu you’re not cool enough to understand; there are five of them between Dublin and Cork and their menu fits … Continue reading Bunsen Burger: review
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never been to a convention before. This shame is not without reason as Conventions are a tentpole of modern “nerd culture”. Cosplays, panels featuring B-Movie stars from the 80’s and asinine amounts of pop-culture merchandise … Continue reading Cherry Poppin? My First Convention: A Newbie’s Experience at MCM Dublin Comic Con
●●●●● What does it mean to be free? The feeling of entrapment is immersive within the narrative of Emma Donoghue’s play, Room, an adaptation of her 2010 best-selling novel and Academy Award-winning film. This summer, the Abbey plays host to … Continue reading ‘Room’ at the Abbey Theatre – review
Continuing our coverage of the National Gallery’s refurbishment along with their current exhibition and season, Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry, senior staff writer Rory Codd attends ‘Tracy Chevalier in conversation’ to hear from the author who is … Continue reading Tracy Chevalier @ NGI: The Author Behind the Girl with a Pearl Earring
Prisons are not known for being particularly inspiring places. The word tends to conjure up images of uniform jumpsuits, grey concrete walls, barbed wire and security guards. Nevertheless, even in such an uninspiring environment, human creativity can still thrive. Art … Continue reading Captivating Art: The Art of Prisons
●●●●○ Released in cinemas 23 June 2017 Twice Shy is writer and director Tom Ryan’s most recent independent work following Trampoline (2013). The film mainly focuses on the relationship between Maggie (Iseult Casey) and Andy (Shane Murray-Corcoran), two new university … Continue reading Twice Shy – review
I spoke to award-winning director Tom Ryan ahead of the release of his latest independent film, Twice Shy. The film is about a young couple, Andy and Maggie, and their relationship as they move from Tipperary to Dublin for university. … Continue reading Under Pressure: interview with ‘Twice Shy’ director Tom Ryan