FOR years, events like this have coalesced uncategoriscable rag bags of actor/poet and dance/performance artists with the "alternative" cabaret/ stand up circuit. Now, running Wednesday to Friday in the first week of each month the idea is shoe horned into Temple Bar's Arthouse and given a smidgin of technology; it is then marketed as some hip, amorphous, middle class, youth culture thing.

There's lots of video in this month's line up (finishing tonight). Mark Long's four minute product of a camcorder day out in Glendalough is interesting, featuring artist Alice Maher and her Rapunzel ropes and wedding dresses - although you could just as happily watch it all at home.

Some live performances use Chief Random Chaos, in white stick under his mohawk, treats you to the baffling comedy of an incantation followed by a mock game show routine about an endoscope; the high speed video animation here is very interesting.

John Byrne gives a comic piss take on all things performance arty, while fellow Northerner Abbie Spallen is a relief with Chickenbahy, her more functional, sour pussed, lyric theatrical monologue.

The fundamental wine bar idea here is way wrong, leading to a glacial, half embarrassed atmosphere at times - a long, long way from the Exploding Cinema type events which Clubhouse vaguely emulates. Still, batty and unfocused as it is, it's not expensive and is at least a little bit different.