t’s a tale of teen misfits, bullying and sinister happening with some slasher gore. The set is a spartan stunningly spartan woodland, the score by Ólafur Arnalds is sublime and the mostly young cast work well. It’s certainly a welcome contrast to the panto fare elsewhere even if it does lurch a little into the land of outlandish on occasion.
A blend of political activism and visual art.
Alone Together is his assemblage of work which he says “stems from a journey made in fragments”. This is a journey worth taking with him.
We all know the salient fact about these few weeks being responsible for a huge share of annual retail turnover. Then you should also be aware that this doesn’t apply to Amazon or Arnotts but your local designers, crafts people and artists. Frost is the seasonal offering at 5 Dame Lane housing award-winning jewellery from […]
Often painted in costume to create a sense of cinematic drama and theatricality the subjects poses generally mimic those in traditional portraiture.
20 Years of Crash Ensemble - Ireland's ‘foremost contemporary music ensemble’
A celebration of improvised music and female jazz artists
T'was Aristotle who said that man is by nature a political animal and you know what he was right. He'd have probably enjoyed the Festival of Politics too if he'd stuck around.
Eat soup, chat to others about the ideas and then vote for your favourite idea. Whichever idea wins, gets the money collected at the door (€5 suggested donation) plus a matched contribution from a SOUP Dublin corporate supporter. Last time round we saw four incredible ideas pitched to a huge crowd! They ranged from saving […]
No Shape, the third release by Seattle’s Mike Hadreas has truly elevated the Genius as an equal component to the intoxicating Perfume of this performer.
We have all heard about artists being inspired by myths and legends. These artists however have created their own. The mysterious author of Gubu Dolls has built a history, an epic, a mythic narrative underlying his large-scale installation using individually created dolls, reminiscent of the epic narrative bas-reliefs of the Assyrian or Roman tradition. Deirdre Nuttall is […]
Now in its fifth year, The MART Gallery has teamed up with Eastern Midlands Regional Waste Management Office to host Ireland’s largest green creative Christmas Market hosting vendors selling Art, Design, Craft, Knits/Fashion, and Jewellery from reused / recycled materials along with businesses promoting the sharing economy. Following on from the very successful Reuse Month […]
A selection box of thought goes into the annual Dublin Flea Christmas market which returns to the Point Square this weekend.
While his fans await the release of his new LP Village with heightened relish, Banks is laying the foundations blocks for the well justified hype with a series of EPs and this sell-out tour.
Gaelynn Lea was given the opportunity of a lifetime when she won NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest. More than 6,000 artists submitted videos in which they performed an original song behind a desk of their choosing with the hope of winning a chance to play a Tiny Desk concert at NPR. Gaelynn Lea was […]
If there happened to be a mural of the year awards ceremony, then the one of Stormzy by the Subset collective in Smithfield would be on the podium. It truly has a transformative effect on the still grey-tinged surrounds but it may be gone by December 15th. Dublin City Council want it gone as it […]
Midst the fanfare of hometown musicians and their trumpeting of Christmas shows sits the unassuming Crowley. He may fly under the radar of the masses but Crowley brings a tender beauty to his compositions and considerations on existence.
Celebrate small press comics in Ireland and think of the imaginative joys the gift of a comic could bring someone.
