St. Patty’s day is here. Need I say anything else? Yes, tourists have engulfed our fair capital and are desperately seeking the promised land that is ‘Temple Bar’!
Theatre
The Abbey – Sive by John B Keane continues (until 12th April). We thought it was lots of fun. Our review is here.
Conservatory is at the Peacock until April 12th.
The Gate – The Vortex by Noel Coward continues (until March 22nd). Our review is here.
Project Arts Centre – Agnes runs from the 15th until the 22nd of March. Our review will be with you shortly!
Smock Alley has The Master and Margarita: A Fairy Tale of Dublin – from the 19th to the 22nd.
Powerscourt Theatre has the Rising until the 21st.
Viking Theatre has Mother of all the Behans from March 18th to the 21st.
The New Theatre has Puck Foilte on the 21st of March.
Samuel Beckett Theatre – has Node on the 23rd of March.
The Gaiety Theatre has Stones in his pockets from March 5th until 29th. Our review is here.
The Civic Theatre has David O’Doherty from March 20th.
Theatre Upstairs sleeps.
Bewleys Cafe Theatre has Fishes at lunchtime until March 10th to April 5th. The Good Thief by Conor McPherson from Mar 18 – 21, 2014
Chancery Lane has Terminus from March 7th – 18th.
Bord Gais Energy Centre – Offset – from March 21st until 23rd.
Movies
A Long Way from Home – Lighthouse Cinema – March 18th at 16.10.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll season is on at the IFI, with part three ‘Rock n Roll’ running this month, with:
JUBILEE – Tuesday 18th March 2014- 18.30
Gigs
The Sugar Club is the place to be this week with Prefuse 73 and Doom! Both are worth checking out.
Monday 17th March
The Music Of Shaun Davey – National Concert Hall – €13.50 – €42.50
All Time Low – Olympia Theatre – €29
St Patrick’s Day Post Parade Party – The Button Factory
The Workman’s Club And Garage Bar Present Paddy’s Weekender – The Workman’s Club – 6.00pm
Moodymann – The Grand Social – €19.50 – 9.00pm
Mo Hat Mo Gheansai – Powerscourt Townhouse Centre – 1.00pm
Tuesday 18th March
Drake – The O2 – €59.40
Fall Out Boy – Olympia Theatre – €42
Miles Smiles – The Sugar Club – €22.50 – 7.30pm
Wednesday 19th March 2014
Ami Grady – Plus Guests Brian Dooley And Simon Kenny – Upstairs at Whelan’s – €10 – 8.00pm
Dublin Laptop Orchestra – The Laptop as an Instrument – Trinity College Dublin – 6.30pm
Thursday 20th March 2014
Paolo Nutini – Olympia Theatre
Toy Soldier – Upstairs at Whelan’s – €5 – 8.00pm
Twin Forks – Whelan’s – €13
The Curators Club with Mike Nielson – Odessa Club – €11.50
STC Searchlight Showcase – The Button Factory – 8.00pm
Songs & Sonatas – National Concert Hall – €5 – €10
Friday 21st March 2014
Prefuse 73 – The Sugar Club – €18.15 – 10.00pm
Daithi – The Button Factory – €12 – 11.00pm
Don Baker Plus Guests – Upstairs at Whelan’s – 8.00pm
Rackhouse Pilfer – Whelan’s – €8 – €10 – 8.00pm
Tankcsapda – The Button Factory – €25 – €35 – 7.00pm
Ugly Duckling The Twisted Pepper – €14 – 8.00pm
John O’Gallagher Trio – Chancery Lane – 8.00pm
Saturday 22nd March 2014
Paulo Alexandre Jorge & Solo Sax Project – Centre For Creative Practices – €7 – €10 – 8.00pm
Nicole Maguire – Whelan’s
Friends Of Emmet – The Sugar Club – €12 – 7.30pm
Jeannette Byrne – No Regrets – The Music Of Edith Piaf – Chancery Lane – €15 – €20 – 8.00pm
Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny – Pavilion Theatre – €20 – €22.50
Breach – The Academy
Nicole Maguire – Upstairs at Whelan’s – €10
Rising – Honouring The Legacy of Ronnie James Dio – The Button Factory – €15 – €20 – 7.00pm
Sunday 23rd March 2014
DOOM with Live Drummer – The Sugar Club – €27.50
Franz Ferdinand – Olympia Theatre – €28.40
The Voice of Ireland – Live Show – The Helix – €25 – €80
Mary Coughlan – Whelan’s – €18.50
Talks/ Lectures
Bord Gais Theatre – Offset – March 21st to 23rd.
National Gallery of Ireland – Mar 20 2014 – 18:30 – The Artist Gerard Byrne in Conversation
Gutter Bookshop – Writers at Smock Alley: John Connolly with music from Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell
Art –
Connemara by Dorothy Cross is in full swin at the RHA.
If you fancy a road trip, there’s no better place than Visual in Carlow, for the rest of the Pat Scott retrospective! So much to see.
IMMA – Pat Scott – Image and Space – until 18th May.
RHA Gallery – Ciaran Lennon until 27th April
James Hanley RHA: Souvenirs – April 27, 2014
Dorothy Cross – Connemara – until April 27th.
Douglas Hyde – until 19 March 2014
Gallery 1 – Andrea Büttner
Gallery 2 – Coptic Textiles
Hugh Lane Gallery – Sleepwalkers with Gavin Murphy until 25th of May.
General Exhibition at the National Gallery
Costumes Parisiens, fashion plates from 1912-1914at the Chester Beatty until March 30th
Gallery of Photography – John Myers – until 30th March
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – Fortnightly Features Presents – 21st March until 13th May
Oliver Sears – Ed Milano The Nature of Time – until 27 March2014
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – Ulrich Vogl – until 22nd March 2014
Cross Gallery – Cara Thorpe – Lost and Found – until 12th April
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