Things To Do In Dublin (11-04-15 – 17-05-15)

By No More Workhorse on May 10, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

ILFD starts on the 16th of May, which is the International Literature Festival Dublin. There’s a mass of events around the city, with some big names including Peter Carey, Jon Ronson and Anthony Horowitz. Check out the full programme here.

A slow week for gigs but there is a few ones of interest, with the April Verch band and Viet Cong, along with Duke Special and O Emperor among others.

The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival takes place from May 4th to 17th, with many productions from home and abroad taking place around the City. It is a fascinating time for Gay Theatre with the Equality vote only a few weeks away, so check out the full line up here.

New Plays include Deadly at the Peacock and My Second Self and Maeves House at the Civic.

Theatre

The Abbey – Hedda Gabler – until May 16th
Deadly – May 11th to 15th.

The Gate – Romeo and Juliet – until May 16th

Smock Alley – House of Spirit: The Art of Mandala – May 1st – 12th in The Banquet Hall

Theatre Upstairs – The Rehearsed Readings – 05 – 16 May

Viking Theatre – Port Authority – May 13 – 30

New Theatre – Teanga an Ghrá – May 11th – May 16th

Gaiety Theatre – John B Keane’s The Field – 23 April 2015 – 30 May 2015 (Extended)

Project Arts Centre – Before Monsters Were Made – 30 Apr 2015-16 May 2015

Little Thing, Big Thing – 5 May 2015-16 May 2015 | € 18/16

Civic Theatre – My Second Self – Mon 11th – Sat 16th May 2015 // 8:15pm
Maeves House – Abbey Theatre on Tour – Thursday, 14th – Saturday, 16th May // 8:00pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Being Norwegian – May 5th – 30th, 2015 | 1pm

Bord Gais Energy Centre – between shows

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema –Man And Superman (Ralph Fiennes) – 19:00 Thursday 14 May 2015

Vincent Van Gogh – A New Way of Seeing – 14:00 Saturday 16 May 2015

Sugar Club – Tue May12 – This is Spinal Tap

Big Shot – Thursday 14th May 2015

Sun May10 – March On Film Finalists’s Screenings and Awards Event

New Releases this Week

A Royal Night Out
Clouds of Sil Maria
Lambert & Stamp
Mad Max: Fury Road
Pitch Perfect 2
Still
The Tribe

Gigs

Mon 11 May
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber – NCH

Tue 12 May
On/Off Jazz album launch – National Concert Hall
Pierce Turner (The Wexford Legend) – NCH John Field Room

Wed 13 May
The April Verch – The Sugar Club
Viet Cong – The Workman’s Club
Songs In The Key of D – National Concert Hall
Roesy – Whelan’s
Daniel Groenland & the Major 7ths – Whelan’s

Thu 14 May
Clockwork Orchestra – The Workman’s Club
All The Young Dudes – Songs for Tony Fenton – Vicar Street
Mary Gauthier – The Button Factory
Chris Smither – Whelan’s
Slugabed – The Grand Social

Fri 15 May
Mark Knopfler – 3Arena
Alien Envoy – The Button Factory
Paul Brady – Vicar Street
Tandem Felix – The Workman’s Club
Rae Morris – The Academy (Green Room)
New Secret Weapon, Leo Drezden and Zebra – The Sugar Club
Enda Reilly – The Unitarian Church
Bryan Kearney – The Button Factory

Sat 16 May
People Under The Stairs – The Sugar Club
O Emperor – The Workman’s Club
The Eskies (Album Launch) – Whelan’s
Duke Special – Vicar Street
Diode & The Corded Ware – Block T
Delia – The Academy 2
Hollie McNish – The Sugar Club
Jam City – Whelan’s
Gerd Janson – The Twisted Pepper
Thomas Jack – The Button Factory

Sun 17 May
Indiana – The Workman’s Club
Paul Brady – Vicar Street
Mary Coughlan – Whelan’s
Leon Somov & Jazzu – The Button Factory

Talks and Lectures

National Gallery of Ireland – May 12 2015 14:15 – Special Exhibition Talk: Sean Scully in conversation with Sean Rainbird, Director, NGI. Free public lecture.

May 17 2015 – 15:00 – ‘Sean Scully in context’, with Dr Declan Long, NCAD.

Science Gallery – Injection #1 Signing and Talk with Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire – Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – 18:00 to 20:30
XCake – Tuesday, May 12, 2015 – 18:30 to 20:00

IMMA -15 May 2015 – 13:15 Artists Response | Eilis O Connell