Musictown is sadly gone! It was fun while it lasted, and will hopefully visit again next year. This week we have Sharon Von Etten, Le Galaxie, Will Butler, UFO and the Avant Gardaí in town. There’s also a mass of new theatre, with In On It, The Kiss, Charolais, Madam de Markievicz on Trial and the Games People Play, among others.

Theatre

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

The Abbey – Hedda Gabler – until May 16th
The Man in Woman’s Shoes – 14th April until 2nd May

The Gate – Romeo and Juliet – until May 16th

Smock Alley – In On It – April 20th – 25th
MacBeth – YouthAction NI – The Company Theatre Group – Thursday April 23rd

Theatre Upstairs – The Kiss – 21st Apr – 2nd May

Viking Theatre –My Fair Ladies – Apr 21 – May 9

New Theatre – Madam de Markievicz on Trial – Apr 20th – May 2nd

Gaiety Theatre –  John B Keane’s The Field – 23 April 2015 – 16 May 2015

Project Arts Centre –  Chaos –  24 Apr 2015-25 Apr 2015
Blurred Lines – 22 Apr 2015
I Rebel – Therefore We Exist – Lecture 1 – the Learning Community – 21 Apr 2015
Creative Mornings: Shane Gillen – 24 Apr 2015

Civic Theatre – The Games People Play – 20th – 25th April // 8:15pm
Tutus & Beyond… – Friday, 24th – Saturday, 25th April // 8pm
Christy Dignam & Joe Jewell: Some Songs & Stories – Thursday, 23rd April 2015 // 8:00pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Charolais – Apr 20 – May 01, 2015

Bord Gais Energy Centre – Madama Butterfly – 22 Apr 2015 – 26 Apr 2015

NCH – Sister Act – A Divine Musical Comedy – Apr 21st to 25th

Movies

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

IFI – IFI Family: Giovanni’s Island – Apr 26th

 The Hangover Lounge – To Have and Have Not/ Casablanca – Apr 26th

Sugar Club – Sat Apr25 – Encore !!! presents Shut Up And Play The Hits (LCD Soundsystem Farewell Concert)

New Releases this Week

A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Contemplating Existence
Gente de Bien
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Falling
The Good Lie

Gigs

We are no longer a music town! We’ve reverted back to being a normal town with music in it, once more. This week has a few things worth a mention, with Sharon Von Etten, Le Galaxie, Will Butler (brother of Win) and UFO being top of the list. The wonderfully named Avant Gardaí are worth checking out also! See if you find anything worth checking out below.

Mon 20 Apr
Portico – Whelan’s
Christy Moore – Vicar Street

Tue 21 Apr
UFO – The Academy
Christy Moore – Vicar Street
McBusted – 3Arena (The O2)
Strange Attractor (Album Launch) – The Sugar Club
Arcane Roots – The Academy 2
Magnitunes 2015 – The Grand Social

Wed 22 Apr
The Avant Gardaí – The Workman’s Club
The Leading Man – NCH
The Statics – Odessa
The Vamps – 3Arena (The O2)
Mark Geary – Whelan’s
Avi Avital & Ksenija Sidorova – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Alex Jordan & Co. (EP Launch) – Whelan’s

Thu 23 Apr
Sharon Van Etten – Vicar Street
Jinx Lennon – Leeson Lounge
Fleurs Promises (Promised Flowers) – NCH
Sigma – The Academy
Blood Red Mountain Band – The Sugar Club
The Young Folk – Whelan’s
Ami Grady – Whelan’s
Dermot Kennedy – The Workman’s Club
Nick Craddock – The Twisted Pepper

Fri 24 Apr
Le Club w/ Le Galaxie – The Academy
Opera on a Staircase – NCH
Havar – The Academy 2
New Valley Wolves – The Workman’s Club
Fiach Moriarty – The Button Factory
Ginger Wildheart – The Sugar Club
Abandoman – Whelan’s
The Would Be’s – Whelan’s
Harvey McKay – The Button Factory
Head High – The Twisted Pepper
Ben Pearce – The Academy

Sat 25 Apr
Will Butler – Whelan’s
Le Club w/ Le Galaxie – The Academy
Tom Beary – The Bernard Shaw
The 4 Of Us – Vicar Street
Dutch Uncles – The Workman’s Club
B.Traits – The Twisted Pepper
Vessels – Opium Rooms
Swimmers (EP Launch) – Whelan’s

Sun 26 Apr
Jimmy MacCarthy – Vicar Street
Avi Avital & Ksenija Sidorova – City Assembly House
Grace Wilde – Whelan’s
Skipper’s Alley – Whelan’s

Talks and Lectures

Sugar Club – Mon Apr 20 – The Moth StorySlam – Delusions

National Gallery of Ireland – Apr 21 2015 10:30 – Tuesday Talk 21 April – ‘Exploring images of childhood in art’

Apr 26 2015 15:00 – Sunday Lecture – ‘An image in the context of its time: Le Brocquy’s ‘A Family’, 1951′, with Catherine Marshall

Books Upstairs – Debut Writers – Rob Doyle & Aiden O’Reilly-  April 22nd, 6:30 pm

Project Arts Centre –  Creative Mornings: Shane Gillen – 24 Apr 2015

Science Gallery  –  Wednesday, April 22, 2015 – 13:00 – First Up: Moya Doherty, co-founder of Riverdance and Tyrone Productions

Home\Sick Launch Party – Wednesday, April 29, 2015 – 18:00 to 20:00

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

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

Olivier Cornett Gallery – 12th April – 30th April 2015: ‘Counterpoint’ Jordi Forniés