Scene & Heard - Entertainment round up

Sad though not unexpected news out of Middle Abbey St, Dublin, this week as it was announced that the Twisted Pepper is to cease operations as a club. It said on its Facebook page: “We’ll be refurbishing the space with a new bar and food focus, mixed with another 5-10 random ideas that will inevitably ‘make no sense’... We’ll keep some fans, lose some fans, and hopefully gain some new ones. Maybe we’ll even regain some old ones.” Plenty of bands and DJs, Irish and international, have played the Pepper, and it’s going to be a big loss to the Dublin clubbing scene, but it’s hard to dismiss such an optimistic goodbye. They’re putting on a stellar farewell bash this weekend - good luck trying to get in, though.