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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Community Arts in Dublin – Culture File
Perhaps the most famous line in Portrait of the Artist goes like this: ‘Ireland is the old sow that eats her own farrow’. Some things never change. The ‘peace dividend’ of Brian Lenihan’s attack on the Irish economy, was a fall in rents. Dublin got something it had never had before, cheap unused buildings. This… Read more
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Death of a Salesman – Episode 4 – Reading Plays
Death of a Salesman is perhaps Arthur Millers best known play. A seminal work of twentieth century American theatre, it touches on themes as diverse as the death of masculinity, family dysfunction, the role of women, and the changing nature of work in a rapidly advancing, materialist society. The play was written shortly after the… Read more
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Mad Scientists of Music Live – Pictures from the Gig
Photos from last nights incredible experimental music night in Twisted Pepper. Featuring Deathness Injection, Siam Collective, Karakara, Infotoxin, Glotchbot, Luxury Mollusc and MarQu VR. More photos below… Read more
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The Baltimore Waltz – Episode 3 – Reading Plays
This weeks play – The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel. The play was recently produced by Acting Out at the Harbour Playhouse in Dublin, and we’re joined by the cast Michael J. Kunze, Niamh Denyer and Brian Graham Higgins. The Baltimore Waltz was first produced off-Broadway at the Circle Repertory Company in 1992, and first… Read more
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Mad Scientists of Music Live – Playlist
The event is called ‘Mad Scientists of Music’, and it’s on Tuesday 16th September in Twisted Pepper. We’ll have chiptune, circuitbending and experimental electro-acoustic noise stuff, from a variety of crazy Irish experimental artists. Acts featured on the night include Deathness Injection, KaraKara, Luxury Mollusc, Siam Collective, MarQu Vr & The Trumpets of Time &… Read more
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Poster for Mad Scientists Gig
Awesome new poster for the Mad Scientists Gig next week, by Gamepaq founder and A4 Sound member Andrew Edgar. Read more
