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  • The Beauty Queen of Leenane at The Gaiety

    Beauty queen of leenane Martin McDonogh’s ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’ opens at The Gaiety on May 12th. Directed by Joe Hill Gibbins and starring Rosaleen Lenehan, Derbhle Crotty, Frank Laverty and Johnny Ward, this has been described as ‘comic brilliance’ by The Daily Telegraph.

    It’s also the Winner of The Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Writers’ Guild Award For Best New Play

    What’s it about?

    High in the Mountains of Galway live a lonely spinster Maureen and her devilishly manipulative mother Mag. Maureen longs for the romance that will spirit her away. But if she goes, who will stir the lumps of out of Mag’s Complan? (more…)

  • Pineapple is coming your way!

    This weekend saw the first performances of Philip McMahon’s new play ‘Pineapple’. Now it’s coming to Dublin after it’s opening at the Drogheda Arts Festival. Directed by David Horan, you can catch Pineapple in Draíocht Theatre in Blanchardstown and in the Axis in Ballymun.

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  • Glasvegas: Live At The Academy Nonreview

    glasvegasWhy call this a Nonreview? Couple of factors, I rushed from my radio show to the Academy on Thursday 28th April to see Glasvegas.  Getting into the venue at 2050,  I legged it downstairs to Twin Atlantic and caught literally one song, ‘Crash Land’ Great energy and vibe, really liked their sound.

    Normally when I go to a gig, I make sure to see the opening act, if I review the gig I think it’s only fair. At this gig, time constraints were against me and this didn’t happen so I went into the main venue as Glasvegas were just starting.

    The Academy was pretty packed so I got stuck at the back pretty near the bar. From here I learned a lesson, get to the venue early. If you’re not on the ground floor, The Academy is far from an amazing venue. The sound dims and it seems there are constant flows of people going for beer, which doesn’t help trying to get into a gig. (more…)

  • Culture Cafe: 28/4/2011

    Nessy and Andrew from SceneNotHerd
    Nessy and Andrew from SceneNotHerd

    Episode 52:

    I can definitely say that no two radio shows are ever the same. Thanks to Andrew from SceneNotHerd for coming into the studio and joining in all the fun, especially when during the pre-recorded interview with Math from Dodgy, some nice person decided to set off the fire alarm. This meant not only did the DCUfm studio have to be evacuated but also the entire Hub building. Cheers to whoever did that appreciate it, not only did we hear the alarm but it also cut across our audio output so I will podcast Math’s interview as a Nessycast.

    Here’s what went down:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick:Crossroads

    2. The Kanyu Tree: Radio

    3. And So I Watch You From Afar: Search Party Animal (This week’s Recommended Free Legal Download available from The Richter Collective’s website)

    4. Interview with Math from Dodgy

    5. Dodgy: Good Enough

    6. Interview with Andrew from SceneNotHerd

    7. Claire Maguire: The Shield and The Sword

    8. Frankie & The Heartstrings: That Postcard

    9. Brother: Darling Buds of May

    Then it was over, thanks to Andrew for being so patient.