Radius Reviews

In Kitchen 85, a New – and Captivating – Cantonese Experience

The sister of Sichuan restaurant M & L, Kitchen 85 on Marlborough St is a new dining experience that fires on all cylinders.
By Dom Henderson

A TAF Murder Mystery With Twists, Turns – and a Dead Elon Musk

A complex plot and a hilarious host of characters made for a thoroughly entertaining evening with the Trinity Arts Festival last night.
By Imogen Redpath

Thanks to TAF, I Had a Tarot Reading. It Threw Up Some Surprises

As part of the Trinity Arts Festival, Catriona Paget – an astrology sceptic – gives tarot card reading a go. It doesn't go how she expects.
By Catriona Paget

In Gaiety, a Story of Violence, Twisted Love and a Beloved – Dead – Cat

Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore, currently showing in the Gaiety, is twisted, lurid and grotesquely violent, but always deeply funny.
By MaryAnn Ciosk

At El Grito, Joyful Food in a Restaurant Full of Character

It may have moved from Temple Bar to Mountjoy Sq, but El Grito – cheap, cheerful and very hard to beat – is as strong as ever.
By Dom Henderson

Former Trump Aide Anthony Scaramucci Charms a Sceptical GMB Audience

The former White House communications director could have faced a hostile crowd but his humour helped diffuse any tensions.
By Samuel Doyle

With SMF, Business Leaders Talk Diversity and Inclusion

Audiences were treated to a thought-provoking diversity discussion this week with Trinity's Student Managed Fund.
By Samuel Doyle

Gone Full Havisham Offers Heart, Soul and Guts – But Lacks Subtlety

Irene Kelleher is powerful as Emily in Gone Full Havisham, but ultimately the play feels too much like an exercise in gawking at a mad woman.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe

Under ‘God’s Stockings’, Deke’s Diner Feeds Truckers, Sailors and Rappers

While the restaurant's food could be better, a trip to Deke's Diner is still an experience worth having.
By Dom Henderson

In Peacock Theatre, a Play for Kids – Without the Clumsy Moralising

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings is about money, ethics and hope – but mostly it's about a very old man with very large wings.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe