Things to do in Dublin (28-07-14 – 3-08-14)

By No More Workhorse on July 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Shouldn’t you be outside? It’s a sin to be in on a day like today! Ok, it’s too sunny to do most things, but if you get bored sitting in the sun, here’s a list of things to investigate. The sun will never last anyway, it’s too un-Irish!

Out of the list below, we’d recommend A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Dublin Castle, Jesus and Mary Chain in Vicar Street. If you’re in need of a festival or two, there’s Castle Palooza and Indie Pendence.

Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Dublin Castle – July 3rd to 3rd of August. Our review is here.

The Abbey – Aristocrats until 2nd August. Last Week! Our review is here.

The Gate – The Price by Arthur Miller, until August 16th. It’s worth seeing, our review is here.

Project Arts Centre – 31 Jul 2014 – Exhibitions/Special event – Omnipresent – The Centre for Dying on Stage #1

Smock Alley – The Zoo Story – Amigos Theatre Company – 29th July – 9th August in The Boys’ School

Waiting for Godot – 29th July – 23rd Aug 2014 at 7:30pm

Viking Theatre has Tuesdays with Morrie until 2nd August.

New Theatre has Old Flames from July 28th until August 9th.

Gaiety Theatre has Riverdance until August 31st.

Civic Theatre – Camp Fame from 28th July until 17th August

Theatre Upstairs – Sex, Drugs and Tinned Raviloi from July 29th until August 9th

Bewleys Cafe Theatre has Crude Mechanicals until 16th of August.

Bord Gais Energy Centre – Showboat from July 29th until August 2th.

Pavillion – Nirbhaya – 21st July to 2nd of August

Movies

IFI Season – Beyond the Bechdel Test – IFI Cinema – July 3rd – 30th

“Named after American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who introduced the idea in her 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, the Bechdel Test requires that a film include at least two female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man… ”

THE CRITICAL TAKE (FREE FILM CLUB JULY 2014) – Monday 28th July 2014 – 18.30

YIELD TO THE NIGHT – Tuesday 29th July 2014 – 18.30

IFI & EXPERIMENTAL FILM CLUB: RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX – Wednesday 30th July 2014 – 18.30

Sugar Club – Thu Jul31 – “Big Star” Live In Memphis (Sneak Preview – 1st screening outside of Memphis, TN)

Lighthouse Cinema – Summer of Musicals –

GREASE (PG) – 3.30pm, 8.30pm Wed 30th July

3.30pm Sun 3rd August

GREASE: SING-ALONG SPECIAL (PG) – 10.30pm Sat 2nd August

Cinema Book Club: Fantastic Mr Fox – Monday 28 July 2014 – 18:30

GAZE – International LGBT Film Festival – Lighthouse Cinema – 31st July to 5th August

Gigs

STILL NO GARTHHHHH! Ok, I’m over it, he’s not going to come, I have to live with that and move on! There’s still the Jesus and Mary Chain, Picturehouse and Alabama 3 to keep you busy, among others below.

Mon 28 Jul
SONG CYCLE w/ Gavin Mee, Caroline Kiernan, Shane O’Reilly & more – Whelans Upstairs

Tue 29 Jul
Bear Plays Spoons – Whelan’s

Wed 30 Jul
PictureHouse – The Button Factory
Grace Wilde – Whelan’s
BadBadNotGood – The Sugar Club
Cath & Phil Tyler – The Workman’s Club
Martin Stephenson – Whelan’s

Thu 31 Jul
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Vicar Street
Toot Sweet & The Shadow Man – Whelan’s
The Chills – The Button Factory
Zaska – The Workman’s Club

Fri 01 Aug
Castle Palooza – Tullamore
Alabama 3 – Whelan’s
Indiependence Festival – Deer Farm, Mitchelstown, Cork
Legend – The Bob Marley Experience – The Button Factory
Daniel Martin Moore – The Workman’s Club
Sisters – Whelan’s
Oak Hollow – The Grand Social
Legends Of Old Skool 2 – The Academy
LTJ Bukem – The Twisted Pepper
1Late Nite Tuff Guy – The Button Factory

Sat 02 Aug
Castle Palooza – Tullamore
Indiependence Festival – Mitchelstown, Cork
Summer Showcase Festival
Megacone – The Grand Social
Spies – Whelan’s
Race The Flux – Whelan’s
Slow Magic – The Button Factory

Sun 03 Aug
Castle Palooza – Tullamore
Indiependence Festival – Mitchelstown, Cork
Dublin City Block Party (Dublin 8)
Death In The Sickroom – The Workman’s Club
Sasha – The Button Factory