So, another busy week on the streets of Dublin, with some very special events on around the City. There’s Dublin Theatre Festival with all the fun things that involves, also Hard Working Class Heroes and the Music Documentary Festival Season One Two, One Two at the Lighthouse. There’s also the Oktoberfest for those at the IFSC. Yup, it’s a busy one. There’s also Open House, with a variety of building open for you to have a good look at, around the city!
Theatre
Yes, the Dublin Theatre Festival is in full swing, and there’s a few gems on around the city. You should check them out!
Maeve’s House – Performance Tuesday 24 September to Saturday 12 October at the Peacock
The Events – starts at the Abbey Peacock stage from Oct 1st – 5th
Previews of The Hanging Gardens by Frank McGuinness at the Abbey, start on Oct 3rd.
Three Penny Opera opens on the 1st of Oct, at the Gate
Dusk Aheadh, Three Fingers below the knee, and River run are at the Project Arts Centre.
Swell Season is at Smock Alley.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is at the Viking Theatre in Clontarf, until Oct 12th
HWCH is at the New Theatre Oct 3rd to 5th
Waiting for Godot (2nd to 6th Oct 2013) is at the Gaiety Theatre
Fly me to the Moon (Oct 1st – 5th) is at the Civic Theatre
Ground Floor – Samuel Beckett Theatre (4th – 6th of Oct)
This is not my speaking voice – Temple bar Gallery
Movies
The Marlon Brando Series continues with ‘Apocalypse Now’ at the Lighthouse on September 30th.
One Two, One Two music documentary series is on at the Lighthouse, Oct 3rd to 5th.
The last ever episode of Breaking Bad is on at the Lighthouse today (Sept 30th) @ 6.15. Ok, it’s a TV show, but it’s still on in a cinema.
Gigs
Mon 30 Sep
Melaine Pain – Workman’s Club
The 1975 – The Academy
The Lennings – Whelans
Cold Comfort – Whelans
Tue 01 Oct
Stu Larsen & Natsuki Kurai – The Workman’s Club
Howard Marks – Whelans
Wed 02 Oct
CocoRosie – The Button Factory
Alison Moyet – Olympia Theatre
Sleeping With Sirens – The Academy
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires – The Sugar Club
Alessi’s Ark – Whelans
Sinnerboy – Whelans
Isaac Tichauer – The Button Factory
Thu 03 Oct
HWCH – Various Locations
Bonobo – The Olympia Theatre
Bruno Mars – The O2
The Wailers – The Academy
Finntroll – Voodoo Lounge
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires – The Sugar Club
Little Bear – Whelans
Nick Harper – Whelans
Fri 04 Oct
HWCH – Various Locations
Thundercat – The Sugar Club
Infinity Ink – The Button Factory
Janet Devlin – Village
The North Sea – Whelans
Keith Cullen – Odessa
Solar Bears – Whelans
Israel Nash Gripka – Whelans
Sat 05 Oct
HWCH – Various Locations
Jools Holland – Convention Centre
The Airborne Toxic Event – The Academy
No Age – The Grand Social
Caroline Moreau – Whelans
Tonight Alive – Academy 2
Katherine Lynch – The Sugar Club
The Statics – Whelans
Keith Moss and The Tightrope Walkers – Whelans
Sun 06 Oct
Jay Z – The O2
John Fullbright – Whelans
Superfood – The Academy 2
Ultan Conlon – Whelans
Passenger – Vicar Street
Talks/ Lectures
Home and Away: Exile in Irish Writing – 1st Oct, 10-12.30 @ National Library of Ireland
Howard Marks – Whelans – 1st Oct @ 8
Doug Allen: Life Behind the Lens – Axis Ballymun – Oct 1st @ 7.30pm – €15
Dublin Festival of History – until Oct 9th – All events are Free!
Art –
IMMA – Leonora Carrington: The Celtic Surrealist – until 26th Jan (Image Above)
RHA Gallery – Tony O’Malley , Also, Marlene McCarty: Hard-Keepers, Joanna Kidney: Dig, undig, redig etc.
Douglas Hyde – Gallery 1 – Francis Upritchard Mandrake, Gallery 2 – Ema – Votive plaques from Japan – Until 6th Nov
Dublin Divided is at the Hugh Lane Gallery until 2nd Feb.
Masterpieces of the Collection and Shades of Grey are at the National Gallery until September.
Chester Beatty (next exhibition on Oct 11th)
Private Galleries:
A bunch of new shows in the Private Galleries around Dublin.
RHA Ashford Gallery – Bennie Reilly – Rara Avis – until October 27, 2013
Peppercanister Gallery – Neil Shawcross– until 28th Sept
Kerlin. – Sam Keogh – until 9th Nov
Oliver Sears – Jason Ellis – until the 10th Oct
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery –Vanessa Donoso Lopez – until 26th Oct
Cross Gallery – shelter belt – Michael Wann – From Oct 3rd to Until 2nd Nov
