It’s beginning to look… a lot like Christmas! A new month begins and the last of the year of 2014, where did it all go exactly? We’ll have to make use of the little we have left, while fitting in the office party, Christmas shopping etc.

There’s some interesting new events on around the city. There’s a few new things at the theatre, with She Stoops to Conquer at the Abbey and the wonderfully named The Montherfucker with the Hat at the New Theatre. On the gig front, there’s Morrissey, Cathy Davey, Silver Apples, Lily and Madeleine and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. There’s also the opening of the new exhibition in IMMA called Trove where Dorothy Cross picks form the National Collection.

Theatre

The Abbey – She Stoops to Conquer -From 4 December 2014 To Saturday, 31 January 2015

Follow– at the Peacock – until 6th Dec

The Gate – Wuthering Heights – until Jan 24th.

Project Arts Centre –  High Heels in Low Places – 1st to 6th Dec

Fused – 1st to 13th of Dec

Smock Alley – Chaos Theory – Dreamgun – Dec 1st to 6th

The Elixir of Love: Concert Performance – Dec 4th

Dublin Flamenco Festival – Nov 30th to 7th Dec

Viking Theatre – Down & Out in Paris – Nov 26 – Dec 6th

New Theatre – The Motherfucker With the Hat – Dec 1st – 20th

Theatre Upstairs – Tic Tac – November 25th – 6th Dec

Gaiety Theatre –   Peter Pan Christmas Panto – 1st December 2014 – 11th January 2014

Civic Theatre –  A Mother’s Love – 1 – 6 December

Swan Lake – 4 – 6 December // 8:00pm and matinee performance on 6 December at 3pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Harry’s Christmas by Steven Berkoff – Dec 01 – 20, 2014

Holia – Dec 04 – 06, 2014 | 8pm (doors open 7.30pm)

Bord Gais Energy Centre – La Traviata, Glyndebourne Tour 2014 – 3 – 6 Dec 2014

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema – Naughty or Nice Season – Scrooged – 4/12/14 at 9.30

IFI Family Christmas – PETER AND THE WOLF – Sunday 7th December 2014 @ 11.00

Cineworld – The Old Vic’s The Crucible  – Thursday 4th Dec – 19:00 & Sunday 7th Dec – 14:00

Gigs

In a word, Morrissey! Yes, he’s back in town, but there’s lots more to see if you’re in the mood for something more, ahem, optimistic! We’d recommend Cathy Davey, Silver Apples, Lily and Madeleine and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

Mon 01 Dec
Morrissey – 3Arena (The O2)
Silver Apples – The Button Factory
Lily and Madeleine – The Sugar Club

Tue 02 Dec
Cathy Davey and We Cut Corners – Whelan’s
Shane Filan – The Olympia Theatre

Wed 03 Dec
Brian Casey – Whelan’s
The Magic Numbers – The Academy
Sinkane – Opium Rooms
Nite Jewel – Whelan’s
The Bonny Men – The Grand Social
Annie Mac – The Academy

Thu 04 Dec
Hozier – The Olympia Theatre
Cat Dowling – The Workman’s Club
Xmas with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble feat Lauriana Mae – The Sugar Club
Foxes – The Academy
Ailie Blunnie – Whelan’s
The Coronas – Whelan’s

Fri 05 Dec
Xmas with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble feat Lauriana Mae – The Sugar Club
The Blades – The Olympia Theatre
The Doors Alive – The Academy
Saxon – The Academy
Storyman – The Workman’s Club
Kicking Bird – The Grand Social
Laura Elizabeth Hughes – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre
Sleaford mods – Whelan’s
Sissy – Whelan’s

Sat 06 Dec
Xmas with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble feat Lauriana Mae – The Sugar Club
Sabaton – The Academy
Chris Rea – The Olympia Theatre
Join Me in the Pines – Abner Browns Barbershop
Gesaffelstein – District 8
Alice Boman – Whelan’s
The Riptide Movement – Vicar Street
Coasts – Whelan’s
André Rieu – The O2
Chewing on Tinfoil – The Grand Social
Ben Prevo and Dick Farrelly – JJ Smyth’s
Orchid Collective – Whelan’s

Sun 07 Dec
Ben Howard – The Olympia Theatre
HamsandwicH – The Unitarian Church
D.F.F. – Whelan’s
André Rieu – The O2
Louis Stewart Quartet – JJ Smyth’s
Morbid Angel – The Academy
Metá Metá – The Button Factory
Casey Black – Whelan’s
Willie Nile – BelloBar
God Knows, MynameisjOhn & Nanu Nanu – The Workman’s Club
Glimmermen and Miriam Ingram – Odessa

Talks/ Lectures

NLI –Noli Timere: Reflections on the life and work of Seamus Heaney – 2nd Dec

National Galley of Ireland – Dec 7 2014 – Art & Architecture of Ireland Lecture

Irish Writer’s Centre –  Wed 3 Dec – A Celebration in Memory of Dorothy Molloy

 Science Gallery of Ireland – HRB RED ALERT: BIOART – Thursday, December 4, 2014 – 18:00 – €10

Art –

IMMA – until 31 Dec 2014 – IMMA Collection: Conversations

until 29 Mar 2015 – Duncan Campbell

until 01 Mar 2015 – Primal Architecture

TROVE – Dorothy Cross selects from the National Collections – 03 December 2014 – 08 March 2015 – Garden Galleries

RHA Gallery – until December 19, 2014 Karl Burke RHA Gallery II
until December 19, 2014 FUTURES 14 RHA Gallery I
until December 19, 2014 Gerard Carson RHA Ashford Gallery

Douglas Hyde – until 03 December 2014
Gallery 1 – Peter Gallo

Gallery 2 – Lois Weinberger – Invasion

Hugh Lane Gallery – Efforts and Ideals: Prints of the First World War  – until 22 February 2015

General Exhibition at the National Gallery

Chester Beatty – Permanent Exhibition

Private Galleries:

Kerlin – Eoin Mc Hugh – the skies will be friendlier then – until 23rd December

Oliver Sears – Stephen Lawlor – 4 Dec 2014 — 8 Jan 2015

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery  – Dermot Seymour – Fliskmahaigo – until 20th Dec

Taylor Gallery – Martin Gale – Territory  – until 6 December 201

The Doorway Gallery – until 4 December 2014 – Chris Wilson – Small Islands