Arts

I am really looking forward to this, Dreamboats and Petticoats, The Musical is on tour across the UK and Ireland this Autumn stopping off at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre from August 10th to September 10th. This musical was seemingly born from a series of compilation albums which topped the charts, featuring the songs of Roy Orbison, [...]

Today I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Culture Night earlier today in Dublin Castle. Minister Jimmy Deenihan who is Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht did the honours of launching the event. The night will take place on Friday September 23rd and will take place across Ireland as well as in [...]

As a follow up to my blog post about Feverpitch at Croke Park, I just had to post this video.. Yes, I make an appearance.. whoo hoo! Find out more about FeverPitch, which takes place on Septemeber 17th, here.. [...]

I’m going to be honest here, samba spectaculars aren’t really something that I would associate with Phil Lynott, or the celebration of his birthday. Here’s the blurb: On Phil Lynott’s birthday, Saturday 20th August, at 6pm MaSamba dance and music troupe will put on a spectacular street pageant to celebrate the life and work of [...]

Lately it seems like the GAA have been looking MLB and NFL and how they run activities on match days, there have been stilt walkers and lifesize furry mascots getting photos taken with kids, music on match day and a chance to get your photo taken with either the Sam Maguire or the Liam McCarthy [...]

Since Riverdance appeared as the Eurovision interval act in 1994, it became synonymous with Ireland  and how the country was represented abroad. I had seen the show on video but never live and I was delighted when I was asked to go to the opening night of the summer season in The Gaiety. When we [...]

The nice people at Druid have given me some info about ‘Big Maggie’, John B. Keane’s play which will be touring nationwide later this year. Here’s the blurb: Following recent international success with The Cripple of Inishmaan and Penelope, Druid returns to the writing of John B. Keane with a new production of Big Maggie [...]