You are living in Musictown, and you may not event know it!  Go explore here. There’s also some free lunchtime gigs in the Hugh Lane you can check out here. There’s also the 12 Point Festival, with even more gigs around the city. Otherwise, there’s a tough choice on Saturday with Godspeed! and Julian Cope playing the same night. I think the druid will win out for me.

There’s a few new productions in the world of theatre, with previews of Hedda Gabler and The Man in the Woman’s Shoes at the Abbey. There’s also a preview of Glasslands in the IFI and the Lighthouse.

Theatre

Collins Barracks – Pals by Anu – Until April 30th. Tickets €5. Full details here.

The Abbey – Hedda Gabler – Previews start April 10th

The Man in Woman’s Shoes – 14th April until 2nd May

The Gate – Romeo and Juliet – until May 16th

Smock Alley – Sea Legs & Liza Flume – April 16th

Alarmist / OKO / Redivider – Improvised Music Company & Musictown – April 17th at 6pm

Theatre Upstairs – The Man in Two Pieces – 07 – 18 Apr

Viking Theatre – In Search of Mr B – Apr 6 – 18

New Theatre – The Passengers – Apr 6th – Apr 18th

Gaiety Theatre –   R&R 100 Presents The Gondoliers – 14 April 2015 – 18 April 2015

Project Arts Centre –   The 12 Points Festival – 15th to 18th Apr

Civic Theatre – What Would Ma Say – Mon, 13th – Sat 18th April // 8:00pm
Mojo Mickybo – Wed 15th – Sat 18th April // 8.15pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Are You Havin’ A Laugh – Mar 30 – Apr 18, 2015

Bord Gais Energy Centre –Jersey Boys – 1 Apr 2015 – 18 Apr 2015

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema – Japanese Film Festival – 15th to 23rd of April

Modern Girls V Mean Girls (DOUBLE BILL) – 22:00, Saturday 18 April 2015

The Hard Problem  – 19:00 Thursday 16 April 2015

Glassland preview Screening + Q&A with Gerard Barrett – Tuesday 14 April 2015 @ 19:00

IFI – Glassland (+ Q&A APRIL 17TH) – Gerard Barrett

Sugar Club – Sat Apr 18 Film Fatale Presents – Chinatown and the Dirty Thirties Vintage Party

New Releases this Week

A Little Chaos
Child 44
Dark Horse
Glassland
The Decent One
The Salvation

Gigs

You are living in Musictown, and you may not event know it! It’s a celebration of music in Dublin, that is taking place this week with events all over the capital, some of them free! Go explore here. There’s also some free lunchtime gigs in the Hugh Lane you can check out here.

There’s also the 12 Point Festival, with even more gigs around the city. I guess it will be a busy week then!

Otherwise, there’s a tough choice on Saturday with Godspeed! and Julian Cope playing the same night. I think the druid will win out for me.

Mon 13 Apr
MusicTown 2015 – Messiah in the Street @ 13:00 – Fishamble St., D2
A Celebration of Handel – NCH
Frogbelly and Symphony – The Grand Social

Tue 14 Apr
MusicTown 2015 Carron – Hugh Lane

Ergodos Musicians present Songs – The Little Museum of Dublin
RTE Concert Orchestra Signature Series: Storm Large – NCH
Ben Howard – 3Arena
Caitlín & Ciarán – Whelan’s
Magnitunes 2015 – The Grand Social

Wed 15 Apr
MusicTown 2015 – Mustang Sally Strikes Again – 13:00 – Central Library, Ilac Centre
12 Points Festival presents Auditive Connection, Moskus, Stuff – Project Arts Centre
Bowies Piano Man – The Grand Social
Maud in Cahoots – Odessa
Rackhouse Pilfer – Whelan’s
Billy Treacy – Whelan’s
Shift K3Y – The Twisted Pepper

Thu 16 Apr
A.M.P. Trio, Elias Stemeseder, Virta – 12 Points – Project Arts Centre
Daniel Lanois – Vicar Street
New York Philharmonic – NCH
Tiz McNamara – Whelan’s
Color//Sound – Whelan’s

Fri 17 Apr
Alarmist-OKO-Redivider – 12 Points – Smock Alley
Lower Than Atlantis – The Academy 2
Mark Olson – The Mercantile
The Urges (single launch) – The Grand Social
Watch The Sky – Whelan’s
Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Whelan’s
Benjamin Russell & David O’Shea – The Unitarian Church
Skelocrats – Bello Bar
Anathema – The Academy
Mmoths – Hangar
Albert Hammond – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Mixtapes From The Underground – The Workman’s Club
DJ Ben Manson – The Button Factory
Rich Medina – The Sugar Club

Sat 18 Apr
Concorde – Hugh Lane – 1.05
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Vicar Street
Julian Cope – Whelan’s
Seanie Vaughan – The Button Factory
Taken – The Academy
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra – The Grand Social
John Heckle – The Twisted Pepper
Jaymo & Andy George – The Button Factory

Sun 19 Apr
MusicTown 2015
The Airborne Toxic Event – The Academy
Charley Pride – Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Sasha McVeigh and Sonia Leigh – Whelan’s

Talks and Lectures

Lighthouse Cinema – Glassland preview Screening + Q&A with Gerard Barrett – Tuesday 14 April 2015 @ 19:00

IFI – Glassland (+ Q&A APRIL 17TH) – Gerard Barrett

National Gallery of Ireland – Apr 14 2015 @ 10:30 – ‘The Barrytown Trilogy’. Writer Roddy Doyle in conversation with Evelyn O’Rourke, RTE. Free public lecture

Apr 19 2015 15:00 – ‘Hooked on Poetry’. Poet John Montague in conversation with Professor Emeritus Ciarán Benson

Science Gallery  –  Wednesday, April 15, 2015 – 13:00 – First Up: Niall Sweeney, designer & Rory O’Neill, drag queen and author.

Art

IMMA – Gerda Frömel, A Retrospective  – 09 April – 05 July

until 4th May 2015 – IMMA Collection: Conversations

The Beholder’s Share – until 26 April 2015 – The Beholder’s Share examines unrealised and unexisting projects from the IMMA Collection. The focus of the exhibition is the role that the viewer can play in imaginatively completing an unrealised work.

RHA Gallery -until April 26, 2015

Joe Dunne RHA Ashford Gallery
The Untold Want RHA Gallery I

Douglas Hyde –until May 13, 2015
Gallery 1 – ROSE WYLIE
Gallery 2 – INDIAN MATCHBOX LABELS

Hugh Lane Gallery – Efforts and Ideals: Prints of the First World War – until 31 May 2015 Curator: Dr. Margarita Cappock

Chester Beatty – Seven Treasures: Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London – until June 14th

Private Galleries:

Kerlin – Isabel Nolan – Bent Knees are a Give – 1st April – 16th May 2015

Oliver Sears – Liam Flynn, SPIN – 9 Apr 2015 — 14 May 2015

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery  – Diana Copperwhite – A Million and One Things Under the Sun – 2nd – 25th April

Taylor Gallery – John Doherty – Contours – 17 April – 9 May 2015

LACUNA [ 03 ]  17 April – 9 May 2015

Tim Morris – War – 20 March – 11 April 2015

The Doorway Gallery – Kate Beagan’s Solo show – “I came upon a Place” – April 9th – 30th