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MUSIC REVIEW: DJ Snoopadelic
To be in the company of Snoop Dogg is to be in good company, usually: beyond the controversy and misogyny, the rapper, songwriter and, er, actor (everyone remember Starsky & Hutch?) has a rocking...
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MUSIC REVIEW: Swingle Singers
An eclectic, effervescent vocal tuneathon adorns the City Of Derry International Choral FestivalAs the third gala concert of Derry-Londonderry's second annual international choral extravaganza begins,...
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THEATRE REVIEW: Sive
The predictable becomes penetrative and poetic in the Abbey Theatre's compelling production of John B. Keane's playSive, originally penned by Co. Kerry playwright John B. Keane in 1959, and brought...
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Belfast Festival At Queen's
Two events from this year's Belfast Festival are reviewed - a magical concoction of dance, music and poetry, and a bubbly merging of musical backgroundsNEITHER EITHER, THE MAC THEATRENeither. Either....
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DANCE REVIEW: Ludo Lusi Lusum
Derry-Londonderry's Echo Echo Dance troupe present an educational and interactive feast of fun for adults and childrenIn the very centre of Derry-Londonderry on a cold, wet and windy November night,...
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FILM REVIEW: Testament Of Youth
The Foyle Film Festival in Derry-Londonderry opens with a torrential tapestry of turbulent events in a World War I settingThe "based on a true story" narrative in films has been tinkered with, tempered...
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THEATRE REVIEW: Makaronik
Tristan & Isolde meets Isaac Asimov in Dave Duggan's dystopian play"It's only chaos out there."So speaks a confused looking girl in bleak surroundings that match the stiltedness of her speech....
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FILM REVIEW: Night Will Fall/Electricity
Movies about capturing and being captured stand out at Derry-Londonderry's Foyle Film FestivalA Holocaust documentary about a Holocaust documentary, André Singer's Night Will Fall centres on the...
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THEATRE REVIEWS: NI Panto 2014
Read reviews of three Northern Ireland pantomimes - a colourful, charming adventure, a "most amoosing" feast of fun, and a novel, playfully entertaining journeyALADDIN (Grand Opera House, Belfast)A...
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MUSIC REVIEW: Jingle Ball 2014
With the Jingle Bells comes the Jingle Ball, and, if you're ready to swing with the mood, jingle all the way. Following the obligatory warm up of disco and Chrimbo tunes, Cool FM's third annual "hip...
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FESTIVAL IN RETROSPECT: Stendhal 2014
Si's Sights And Sounds wraps up 2014 with a look at this year's extravaganza at Ballymully Cottage FarmIt is written that Stendhal Syndrome is an illness, a psychosomatic state that causes rapid...
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THEATRE REVIEW: Jack And The Beanstalk
For their 14th annual Christmas panto, Derry/Londonderry's Millennium Forum has concocted something of a comic and musical cabaret.Writer and producer David McLaughlin has tied the classic Jack and the...
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THEATRE REVIEW: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
The Londonderry Musical Society push boundaries and thrill audiences in their latest productionIt's the LMS, Jim, but not as we know them. For more than half a century, the Londonderry Musical Society...
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THEATRE REVIEW: One Sandwich Short Of A Genius
NI's Big Telly Theatre Company bring another collection of oddballs and eccentricities to the stage, to sublime effectOne cannot consider the work of Northern Ireland's Big Telly Theatre Company...
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CAPSULE REVIEW: Far From The Madding Crowd
When watching Thomas Vinterberg's Far From The Madding Crowd, adapted by David "Starter For 10" Nicholls from Thomas Hardy's novel, I recalled Sunday Times critic Camilla Long's term "The...
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MUSIC REVIEW: City Of Derry Jazz And Big Band Festival 2015
Reviews of two events at this year's jazz extravaganza in the former City Of CultureDANA MASTERS, MILLENNIUM FORUM, MAY 3 2015When South Carolina-born, Lisburn-based songstress Dana Masters first...
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Mamma Mia! Highlights The Cynicism And Necessity Of The Jukebox Musical
The success of Mamma Mia! has proved that the jukebox musical is alive and well. But is that a good thing?To get to the point, the latest production of Mamma Mia!, premiered at Belfast's Odyssey Arena...
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FILM REVIEW: Shooting For Socrates
This "football film" tries to be topical and timely but sells its cast terribly shortIn analysing James Erskine's Shooting For Socrates, one has to look beyond what the film tries to do and ask why...
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THEATRE REVIEW: EXiT
A one-man rock music play achieves pointed resonance through passionate performanceA winsome one-man spin on a popular formula, Eaman Craig's EXiT, directed by Colm S. Herron, hits the spot by opening...
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THEATRE REVIEWS: Walking To The Ark & Reservoir Dogs
A pair of recent Derry-Londonderry productions set their sights on real history and reel history respectivelyIf you told me that the theatrical landscape in the still very recent City Of Culture felt a...
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