So the ghosts and ghouls are back in their box for another year, and we’re left facing into the run up to… well, I won’t say it yet, but you know what the next holiday season is, don’t you? The main things of interest for me this week would be in the gigs below, with Volcano Choir and Glenn Jones both essential viewing! See if anything below tickles your fancy.
If you’re looking for a little excitement in your life, there’s always the Dublin Burlesque Festival from Nov 7th to 9th.
Theatre
It’s your last chance to see the Hanging Gardens and Three Penny Opera isn’t much better! There’s new work all over the place, so a few things to explore.
The Hanging Gardens by Frank McGuinness is at the Abbey – Last Week – until Nov 9th, our review is here.
Silent runs at the Peacock Theatre in the Abbey from Nov 6th to Dec 7th. Our review from previous run is here.
Three Penny Opera is at the Gate – until Nov 16th, our review is here.
Witness: Smashing Times Season of Plays is at the Project Arts Centre on November 5th – 9th
Chatham Saxophone Quartet & BeatleMal are at Smock Alley.
Chancers is at the Viking Theatre in Clontarf, until Oct 30th – Nov 16th.
New Writing Week is at the New Theatre from Nov 4th – 9th.
Carmen and The Importance of being Eearnest are at the Gaiety Theatre
Cyclone Rep and The Elephant Man are at the Civic Theatre
Bear in Tuxedo is at Theatre Upstars from Nov 5th to 16th
Movies
8th Polish Film Festival is at the IFI from Nov 5th – 9th.
Arnaud Desplechin Programme is at the IFI from Nov 10th to 22nd.
Lord of the Rings Marathon is at the Lighthouse Cinema on Sunday 10th Nov.
THE HABIT OF ART (ENCORE) is part of the National Theatre Live in Cinemas around Dublin, including the Lighthouse.
Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan is at the Workman’s Club on Nov 5th.
Gigs
Actually it’s a pretty special week for gigs around Dublin this week, with Volcano Choir (Justin Vernon) and the National in town. My tip would be a small gig happening though, with Glenn Jones in Molloy & Dowling. Not to be missed!
Mon 04 Nov
Jake Bugg – Olympia Theatre
Royal Wood – Whelans
Tue 05 Nov
Jake Bugg – The Olympia Theatre
Mark Lanegan – The Sugar Club
Chris Thile – Pepper Canister Church
Wed 06 Nov
Mark Lanegan – The Sugar Club
Youngblood Brass Band – Button Factory
Kaleidoscope November – Odessa Club
Max Greenwood – Whelans
Thu 07 Nov
Omar Souleyman – The Button Factory
The Mighty Stef – Whelans
Beady Eye – Olympia
Enablers – The Grand Social
Bo Burnham – Vicar Street
Fri 08 Nov
Glenn Jones – Molloy & Dowling
Phosphorescent – Whelan’s
Beady Eye – The Olympia Theatre
Gary Numan – The Button Factory
Slow Skies – The Unitarian Church
S.I.L – Whelans
The Urges – The Workman’s Club
Pokey LaFarge – The Village
Hats Off to Led Zepplin – O’Reily Hall
Joris Voorn – The Button Factory
Sat 09 Nov
Volcano Choir – Vicar Street
Mount Kimbie – The Button Factory
Girls Names – Whelans
Depeche Mode – The O2
Fenech-Soler – The Academy 2
Rachel Sermanni – The Workmans Club
Darling – Whelans
Taken – The Village
Sun 10 Nov
The National – The O2
The Dublin Blues Cartel – Whelans
Colin Hay – Whelans
Kimya Dawson – The Button Factory (cancelled sadly!)
Talks/ Lectures
The International Architecture of 1916: Alice Stopford Green’s Circle (30/10/2013) at 6.30pm – National Library of Ireland
Adam Rutherford on Creation, synthetic biology and hip-hop – €3 (7-11-13 at 6pm) – Science Gallery
Launch of Fateful Decisions by Enid O’Dowd – 4-11-13 at 6pm – Irish Writers Centre
Celine Condorelli and Maeve Connolly – In Conversations – Project Arts Centre – 05 Nov 2013 3.00pm
Art –
IMMA – Leonora Carrington: The Celtic Surrealist – until 26th Jan (Image Above)
– Eileen Gray – IMMA Kilmainham – until Jan 19th
RHA Gallery – Tony O’Malley, Joanna Kidney – until Dec 20th
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.
General Exhibition at the National Gallery
General Exhibition at the Chester Beatty
Private Galleries:
A bunch of new shows in the Private Galleries around Dublin.
Peppercanister Gallery – Coming – Conor Walton
Kerlin – Sam Keogh – until 9th Nov
Oliver Sears – John Kelly – opens the 21st Nov
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – between shows
Cross Gallery – Cristina Bunello – Of Innocence and of Experience – Nov 6th until 7th Dec
