Oscar Brophy
Oscar Brophy

Oscar Brophy hails from County Kerry in the west of Ireland. He has lived in Bratislava since 2016 and has worked variously as a teacher, comedy promoter and bar owner. His areas of interest are culture, travel and politics.

List of author's articles

Vampire Roxana lets down her fangs.

Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time

Forget the garlic — this blood-soaked party scene is fuelled by roleplay, passion and a very strict dress code.

Juraj Somolányi stands outside the Bunker Music House

What do you see in a Nazi bunker? Juraj Somolányi saw possibility

Inside the unlikely home of Bratislava’s boldest musical experiment.

Al Pillar (left) projects a Hitchcockian intensity as he directs a scene.

From teaching in Bratislava to filmmaking: Al Pillar’s journey to "Symphony of Strangers"

Bratislava could be the backdrop for the Briton’s next creative venture.

A foreign resident in Bratislava has found himself at the centre of an unexpected media storm after a second-hand sale was mistaken for a drug deal in a widely viewed Slovak TV report.
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Indian expat mistaken for drug dealer in Bratislava TV report

A resident of Bratislava was recorded selling a second hand item, but a widely viewed TV programme presented the footage as part of a report on drug dealing.

A still from The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti) film.
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The British Film Institute shines a light on Slovak cinema’s boldest chapter

Ten films that illuminate the Slovak nation’s quiet rebellion.

Some of the characters from "A Minecraft Movie"
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Chicken Jockey! Chicken Jockey! Chicken Jockey!

Minecraft mania about to sweep Slovakia.

'Dutch' on patrol somewhere in Ukraine

Trading McDonald’s for the front lines

A Slovak-Dutch soldier’s journey from fast-food shifts to Ukraine’s battlefields, driven by prophetic dreams and an unwavering sense of purpose.

Pro-Palestine protestors gather outside the US Embassy on Bratislava's Hviezdoslavovo námestie square on 22 March 2025.

This protest was for Gaza—then it turned into a showdown with a Marxist MEP and a far-right influencer

Led by members of the anti-capitalist Front movement, the protest in central Bratislava drew a modest turnout of around 80 attendees.

Eva Staroňová hosts the Glass Button Awards & Slovak Fashion Night at NY Fashion Week.

She’s got the look – and the vision

Eva Staroňová built a career in modelling but found her true calling in cultural diplomacy—now she is on a mission to showcase Slovakia to the world.

The Uprising festival.

A reggae festival in Slovakia? Against the odds, Uprising thrives

For 18 years, organisers have built a space for reggae in the heart of Europe.

Oscar Brophy, the author of the piece you are about to read.

The joke’s on me

Trying to build an English-language comedy scene in Bratislava was a ridiculous idea. So of course, I had to do it.

"Together against fascists"

Smoke a joint? Wear the wrong clothes? That could get you beaten up in 2000s Bratislava

Slovaks recount being hunted through the streets of Bratislava.

Two characters from "A Bright Room Called Day"

A new English-language theatre voice in Bratislava steps into the spotlight

Spare Parts stages Tony Kushner’s "A Bright Room Called Day", drawing parallels between Weimar Germany and Slovakia today.

Bratislava vs Dublin

Bratislava people unfriendly, claims Irish-language course

Unflattering words for "an Bhrataslaív".

MEP Ľuboš Blaha.

“I was an intellectual – then they called me a monster,” MEP Blaha claims

Ľuboš Blaha on politics, Ukraine, LGBT+ rights, multiculturalism, Elon Musk, and more.

Miro Tolla of the punk band Nihilobstat, who practiced in the Prístavný most garages in the early 1990s, about to be interviewed outside the same garages by budding documentarian Tomáš Bulánek .

Have you heard the sound from the garage?

Documentary aims to shed light on Bratislava's underground music scene.

A still from Molchat Doma's Live at Panorama Hotel video
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The Betyari z Felvidék
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TV review: Pressburg series puts multilingualism in the spotlight

Na Slovensku po slovensky? Not in Pressburg.

Nuussuaq district in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, with the Sermitsiaq mountain in the background.

“Can you imagine a war between NATO allies? Putin would laugh.”

Danes and Slovaks react to Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland.

Annamária Janeková (R) and Katarína Morháčová (L) on stage in DPOH.
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