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Bo Burnham’s Inside Inside takes the viewer on a journey inside Bo Burnham's home, inside his brain, and inside ourselves.

‘The internet means a lot to me, and no one is talking about it correctly’ said Bo Burnham in 2017. In his new comedy special Inside, Burnham rectifies this by artfully depicting the everyday crises that inform our technologically governed … Continue reading Bo Burnham’s Inside Inside takes the viewer on a journey inside Bo Burnham’s home, inside his brain, and inside ourselves.

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The Lovers’ Guide to Losing Your Mind A dark comic love story exploring themes of love, hate, and memory.

  ●●●○○ Evan McMillan’s The Lovers’ Guide to Losing Your Mind is directed by Ellen Fitzgerald. It is a dark comic love story which explores themes of love, hate, and the memories of the protagonists. The plot is about Andy … Continue reading The Lovers’ Guide to Losing Your Mind A dark comic love story exploring themes of love, hate, and memory.

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Al Lubel on Al Lubel Matthew Tallon sits down with the stand-up comedian Al Lubel to discuss childhood, his approach to comedy and the importance of pushing boundaries onstage.

“I feel that talking about myself is what makes me different from all the other comedians out there today. Because they almost never talk about Al Lubel”. This was Al Lubel’s opening joke when he first did The Tonight Show … Continue reading Al Lubel on Al Lubel Matthew Tallon sits down with the stand-up comedian Al Lubel to discuss childhood, his approach to comedy and the importance of pushing boundaries onstage.

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Good Punchline, Poor Delivery: Museum of Modern Comedy in Art For a collection that claims to question the ‘surgical’ treatment of modern art, it doesn’t diverge greatly from what you might expect from a typical contemporary art show: high ideas, inaccessible language, and a repetitive video section.

●●●○○ The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art (MoMCo), currently located in the Project Arts Centre, describes itself as “either an artwork in the guise of a speculative museum, or a museum dressed up as a contemporary installation.” Presented as … Continue reading Good Punchline, Poor Delivery: Museum of Modern Comedy in Art For a collection that claims to question the ‘surgical’ treatment of modern art, it doesn’t diverge greatly from what you might expect from a typical contemporary art show: high ideas, inaccessible language, and a repetitive video section.

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Dublin Fringe Festival: The Epic, Definitive Review Fourteen shows, sixteen days.

I always preempt the experience of attending the Dublin Fringe Festival by making a commitment to myself to maintain a level of contrived ignorance. It’s a protective measure to preserve an element of the unknown that I feel parallels the … Continue reading Dublin Fringe Festival: The Epic, Definitive Review Fourteen shows, sixteen days.

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Dublin Fringe Festival: “The Friday Night Effect” at Smock Alley Three young housemates, Jamie, Sive and Collette, embark on a night out in Dublin. We know from the beginning that Colette will be dead by the end of the night.

●●●○○ Dublin’s Fringe Festival is a safe space to test the murky waters of audience participation in theatre. Towards the end of what has been a stellar festival of exploration, Smock Alley’s audience felt decidedly content and enthusiastic. The creators … Continue reading Dublin Fringe Festival: “The Friday Night Effect” at Smock Alley Three young housemates, Jamie, Sive and Collette, embark on a night out in Dublin. We know from the beginning that Colette will be dead by the end of the night.

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‘The Incredible Jessica James’ is one dope film Maia Mathieu reviews the freshest indie rom-com on Netflix.

●●●○○ The story that Netflix‘s new indie rom-com follows is a familiar one. You have your twenty-something woman in a creative field, living in a gorgeous apartment in the big city that you know she could never afford in real … Continue reading ‘The Incredible Jessica James’ is one dope film Maia Mathieu reviews the freshest indie rom-com on Netflix.