The costume design section at this year’s Graduate Exhibition of the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology presents a host of fresh Irish talent. Eight young designers showcase the craftsmanship they’ve honed to perfection over their four-year degree … Continue reading Fabulists: Costume Design at IADT’s Graduate Exhibition 2017
The last time Radiohead played Ireland, I was starting secondary school and Obama had become president. That’s how long it has been. They played two dates at Malahide Castle nearly ten years ago with each night receiving two encores and … Continue reading What To Expect: The Radiohead 3Arena Setlist
What was the best Bloomsday Celebration in Dublin 2017? This year passed with an exceptional number of events, tours and tastings planned in honour of the Dublin literary legend: James Joyce. You don’t need to have read Ulysses to … Continue reading Highlights: Bloomsday Celebrations Dublin 2017
An early morning start and the signs of rain made the embrace of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Nassau Street entrance more comforting than usual. I purposely avoided the rest of the reopened gallery so that I wouldn’t be completely … Continue reading An Experience: Vermeer & The Masters of the Genre Painting @ NGI
Devolver Digital’s press conference at E3 would be better classified as a surreal and bizarre piece of performance art. It presented itself as a conference that did not take itself seriously in its opening seconds, billing itself as a “big … Continue reading Devolver Digital E3 Press Conference: Gaming Meets Performance Art
Cardboard Gangsters is nothing short of an incredible film. Set in North Dublin’s Darndale, it is full of talented local actors and Dublin music. It explores the multifaceted nature of gang culture in Darndale as it follows a group of … Continue reading Cardboard Gangsters – interview
What really is a festival? A big party, a celebration of something? Music is usually the subject of adoration, but what good is a sweet guitar riff when you are sleeping in a muddy tent, surviving on grease-laden chips and … Continue reading Five Dublin food and drink festivals to look out for this summer
After passing through two sets of locked gates and doors, entering the newly refurbished Shaw Room of the National Gallery feels like visiting the Pentagon. Emma Pearson, Press Office Assistant of the gallery, directs me to the recently built ramps … Continue reading Home Again – The Conservation of ‘The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife’
This May, Dublin theatres are experiencing a takeover of dance, music and talent from Ireland and abroad as the Dublin Dance Festival hits our stages. Dublin Dance Festival is a celebration of enquiry and experimentation through skilfully choreographed dance. As … Continue reading Dublin Dance Festival 2017 – review
●●●●● Thursday 11th May The 3 Arena, Dublin Bob Dylan, having been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature last year, has entered a new stage of his long career. Starting out in cabaret bars and cafés in Greenwich Village in … Continue reading “Impossible to Imitate” – Bob Dylan At The 3Arena
●●●●● Abbey Records | Tsuneni Ai Fionn Regan has been off the radar for a while. Five years ago, after the release of The Bunkhouse: Vol 1: Anchor Black Tattoo—a stripped-back fingerpicked guitar-and-vocals affair, Regan decided to focus on … Continue reading Tn2 Recommends: Fionn Regan – The Meetings of the Waters
●●●●● A Guy, A Car, A Band Some know him as Will Toledo, while others simply by the enticing yet waggish title that leaves new listeners puzzled: Car Seat Headrest. For Toledo, his stage name emanated from the birthplace of … Continue reading Car Seat Headrest – live review