Daily Archives: May 1, 2010

International Gay Theatre Festival

  By Niamh | May 1, 2010 - 3:39 pm | The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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Yes I know, I know, I already posted about the Absolut Gay Theatre Festival - but guess what? There are two Dublin gay theatre festivals on at the same time every year. No doubt there is a complicated and interesting back story to that one so if anyone would like to enlighten me, please do The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF) is in it’s seventh year having first debuted in summer 2004 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. The festival celebrates the contributions of gay people to theatre, past and present with performances and shows with broadly gay themes, relevance or by gay writers. Slightly less expensive than the other festival, tickets for IDGTF performances range in price from €8-€15 in venues such as The Teachers Club on Parnell Square, The Complex on Smithfield Square, James Joyce Centre and The Cobalt Café, both on … There’s more →

Splitting Hairs With Daragh From CODES.

  By Cubo-futurist | May 1, 2010 - 10:30 am | The Culch
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Culch.ie is a long time fan of CODES. This last year has been incredible for the band as they’ve seen their album gain critical acclaim, played some awesome gigs and have released some excellent anthemic singles. We chatted with lead singer Daragh last October and talked about the music and gigging. Six months later, we chat to him about……other things. Please welcome our newest Culchie, Rú from Talk to Strangers, chatting with Daragh Anderson, in the first of a series of interviews with bands and artists. - Darren Codes’ singer talks to strangers about the rules of Goldeneye, how to assassinate Posh Spice, Harry Potter, the unknowing benefits of Volcanic ash and gooseberry marmalade… Hello Daragh from Codes! How the devil are you? Splendid thanks. Do you know much about Cryptography? A little, we dabble in the dark arts… Do you get this Harry Potter obsession at all? I like … There’s more →

Sandi Thom - Merchants and Thieves

  By Darren Byrne | May 1, 2010 - 9:00 am | Music, The Culch
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Merchants and Thieves is the third studio release from Scottish singer/songwriter Sandi Thom. It’s the first to be released on Thom’s own label and this brings with it a change of direction for the her. Sandi Thom became both famous and infamous for one song - the extremely catchy and virally marketed I Wish I Was A Punkrocker was huge and seemed to be everywhere for a time. But Thom’s album Smile…It Confuses People proved she was not just a one trick pony. Unfortunately, her difficult second album was fairly poor, lacking any of the life and excitement of her debut. Merchants and Thieves is more of a reinvention. Abandoning pop to a degree, and instead creating a blues sound, Thom has forced her song writing talents to evolve and has managed to put together an album of superb songs. The C&W Maggie McCall opens the album and you immediately … There’s more →