The Field has its official opening night on Tuesday in the Gaiety, after many weeks of hype! There’s also Live Collision in the Project and Before Monsters Were Made in the same venue.

A couple of festivals this May Bank Holiday Weekend with  Vantastival 2015  and the  Kilkenny Roots Festival 2015 (John Murry, The Barr Brothers, Calexico) if you’re feeling like a road trip! In Dublin, there’s Little xs for Eyes (Everywhere Else Album Launch) and Paul Tiernan (Odessa). Other gigs worth a mention include Flying Lotus, The Charlatans, The Twilight Sad, The Districts and Andy Butler.

Theatre

Collins Barracks – Pals by Anu – Until April 30th. Tickets €5. Full details here. Last Week, make sure you see it!

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 Search of Mr B – April 27th – May 2nd at 8pm

The Art of Mindfulness – April 29th at 7pm

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

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

New Theatre – Madame 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 –  Live Collision International Festival 2015 -Apr 29th – 2nd May

Before Monsters Were Made – 30 Apr 2015-16 May 2015

Civic Theatre  – Lucinda Sly – Tues, 28th April – Sat, 2nd May-  8.15pm
Ballet Fantasia – Thursday, 30th April – Saturday, 2nd May

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

Bord Gais Energy Centre –  To Kill a Mockingbird – 4 May 2015 – 9 May 2015

Fumbally Exchange – Bernard Shaw Invites You – Wednesday, April 29 – Tuesday, May 5

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema – Bladerunner – The Final Cut – Cinema Book Club – 27th at 6.30

IFI – Feast Your Eyes – A Little Chaos – Apr 29th.

Sugar Club – The Producers Presents – The Goonies – Apr 27 & 28 – Sold out.
Fri May01 – Hunt and Gather Presents – A Night at The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sat May02 – The Sugar Club Presents – The Sugar Club Bank Holiday Weekender – Stop Making Sense DJs & Outdoor BBQ

Sun May03 – The Sugar Club Presents – The Sugar Club Bank Holiday Weekender – Ajo Arkestra Marley Movie Outdoor BBQ & DJs

Happenings – GROUNDHOG DAY – 1st May • 7pm – Leinster Cricket Club • Rathmines

THE VAN – 2nd May • 7pm – Dalymount Park • Phibsborough

New Releases this Week

Algerich
Far From The Madding Crowd
Get Up & Go
Samba
Two By Two
Unfriended

Gigs

Some of the first festivals of the year take place this weekened, with Vantastival 2015 (Co Louth – Delorentos, Goldie Lookin Chain etc.) and the  Kilkenny Roots Festival 2015 (John Murry, The Barr Brothers, Calexico) if you’re feeling like a road trip! In the big smoke, there’s a couple of good Irish album launches with Little xs for Eyes (Everywhere Else Album Launch) – Whelan’s and Paul Tiernan (Odessa). Other gigs worth a mention include Flying Lotus, The Charlatans, The Twilight Sad, The Districts and Andy Butler.

Mon 27 Apr
Bernard Fanning – Whelan’s
John O’Conor – National Concert Hall (Main Auditorium)

Tue 28 Apr
Magnitunes 2015 – The Grand Social
The Goonies – The Sugar Club
San Fermin – Whelan’s
Al Stewart – Vicar Street

Wed 29 Apr
Ronan O Snodaigh – The Grand Social
Flying Lotus – Vicar Street
Little xs for Eyes (Everywhere Else Album Launch) – Whelan’s
RTE Concert Orchestra: The John Lennon Songbook – NCH
Kevin Healy (Album Launch) – Whelan’s
The Rails – The Workman’s Club

Thu 30 Apr
Paul Tiernan – Odessa
Yes Fest – Bello Bar
King Modo – The Workman’s Club
Shawn Smith – Whelan’s
Iceage – The Workman’s Club

Fri 01 May
The Charlatans – The Academy
Moon Duo – The Workman’s Club
Vantastival 2015 – Bellurgan Park
Rise and Vote – Voodoo Lounge
Kilkenny Roots Festival 2015 – Kilkenny
RTE NSO Tchaikovsky, Mozart, R Strauss, Shostakovich – NCH
Lily, Andy Earley, Daniel de Burca & Kerencia – Whelan’s
Darling – Whelan’s
RiZA – Bello Bar

Sat 02 May
The Twilight Sad – Whelan’s
The Districts – The Academy 2
Paddy Casey – Cuckoo’s Nest
Vantastival 2015 – Bellurgan Park
Kilkenny Roots Festival 2015 – Kilkenny
Lucy Spraggan – Tower Records
Twin Atlantic – The Academy
Lemon Joy – The Button Factory
Dirty Dubsters – The Bernard Shaw
No Spill Blood – The Twisted Pepper
The Sick Livers – The Pint
My Tribe Your Tribe and Megacone – Bello Bar
Henrik Schwarz – The Twisted Pepper
Dark Sky – The Button Factory

Sun 03 May
Kilkenny Roots Festival 2015 – Kilkenny
Vantastival 2015 – Bellurgan Park
Andy Butler (Hercules and Love Affair) – The Twisted Pepper
Hypno Puppet (EP Launch) – Whelan’s
Cinco de Mayo – Bello Bar
Lucy Spraggan – Whelan’s
The Dublin Blues Cartel – Whelan’s
Hot Chocolate – Vicar Street
Jeff Mills – The Button Factory

Talks and Lectures

National Gallery of Ireland – Apr 28 2015- 10:30 – ‘Framing the Child – Irish children in photographs (1860-1970)’

Science Gallery  –  Home\Sick Launch Party – Thursday, April 30, 2015 – 18:00 to 20:00
WELCOME TO HOME\SICK – short talks by the team behind the show – Friday, May 1, 2015 – 15:00 to 16:00

IMMA – UCD + IMMA Symposium | Ireland and Mexico : Post-revolutionary Identities – Friday 24 April, 11:00am-1:30pm

Art

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

until 4th May 2015 – IMMA Collection: Conversations

Diogo Pimentão : Disequilibrium Displacement – until 05 Jul 2015

RHA Gallery – Next Exhibition – May 25, 2015 – August 08, 2015 185th Annual Exhibition

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  – between exhibitions

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