This is something of a gap week with the various music festivals that have taken over for the last few months. The Dublin LGBTQ Pride festival has already starter and runs until the 28th of June. Full details can be found here.
The best the world of music has to offer you include Ron Sexsmith, Gemma Hayes and Gavin Glass in a week that could be described by one word, slow! New plays this week include Nellie at the Viking Theatre and the Full Moon Hotel in Smock Alley.
Theatre
The Abbey – Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts – 4 June 2015 – 27 June 2015
The Shadow of a Gunman – 12 June 2015 – 1 August 2015
The Gate – The Gigli Concert – May 21st to June 27th
Smock Alley – Murder in Ballybrittas – June 22nd at 8pm
August Destiny – June 23rd & 24th at 8pm
The Full Moon Hotel – June 22nd-27th at 7.30pm
Theatre Upstairs – A Lesson in when to Quit – 16 June – 27 June 2015
Viking Theatre – Nellie – June 22 – July 4
New Theatre – Flying Turtle Productions at The Abbey School of Drama – Jun 22nd – Jun 27th
Gaiety Theatre – Riverdance 20 Returns – 23 June 2015 – 30 August 2015
Project Arts Centre – Playcation – Winterreise – 22nd June
Playcation Summer Readings – 22 Jun 2015-27 Jul 2015 | € 10 (includes a drink)
Riddle of the Burial Grounds – Exhibitions – 11 Jun 2015 – 01 Aug 2015
Civic Theatre – My Fair Ladies – Friday, 26th – Saturday, 27th June 2015 // 8pm
Movies, Musicals & More – Sunday, 28th June 2015 // 3pm and 8pm
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Importance of Being Honest – Jun 22 – Jul 25, 201
Bord Gais Energy Centre – Mamma Mia! – 23 Jun 2015 – 4 Jul 2015
Movies
Lighthouse Cinema – Bill Murray Season – All through June
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (35MM) – 8:30pm Wednesday June 24, 2015
GHOSTBUSTERS DOUBLE BILL – 9pm Saturday June 27 2015
Lighthouse Cinema -THE AUDIENCE (HELEN MIRREN) – 19:00 Thursday 25 June 2015 (Encore)
Sugar Club – Wed Jun24 – ChoiceCuts Presents – Sylva – Screening ( Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest)
Sat Jun27 – Film Fatale Presents – The Seven Year Itch & The Fabulous Fifties Cheeky Tiki Party
New Releases this Week
Minions
She’s Funny That Way
Slow West
Station To Station
The Wrecking Crew
Gigs
Our personal recommendations include Ron Sexsmith, Gemma Hayes and Gavin Glass in a week that could be described by one word, slow!
Tue 23 Jun
The Who – 3Arena (The O2)
Ron Sexsmith – Whelan’s
RTE Concert Orchestra Signature Series: Piotr Beczala – NCH
Wed 24 Jun
Seamus Fogarty – The Workman’s Club
Frank Yamma – Whelan’s
Counting Crows – Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey’s Holy Holy and Glenn Gregory – The Olympia Theatre
Thu 25 Jun
Delorentos – Leopardstown
East 17 – The Academy
Fri 26 Jun
From Opera to George Gershwin – NCH
RTE NSO Summer Evening Series – NCH
Mastadon – Olympia Theatre
Memorial Concert For Journalist George Byrne – Whelan’s
Frankie Lane & Paul Kelly – The DC Music Club
EUPHORIA Pride Opening Party 2015 with DJ PAGANO – The Button Factory
The North Sea – Anniversary – Album Launch – The Grand Social
Kodaline – Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
Not Squares (Album Launch) – The Grand Social
Sat 27 Jun
Gemma Hayes – Whelan’s
Manu Chao – Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Killarney Festival 2015 – Killarney
Scala & Kolacny Brothers – The Olympia Theatre
Naoise Roo (Album Launch) – The Twisted Pepper
Woodlark (Single Launch) – Whelan’s
Red Enemy & Bitch Falcon – The Workman’s Club
Attention Bébé – The Button Factory
Christian Smith – Voodoo Lounge
EUPHORIA Pride Opening Party 2015 with DJ PAGANO – The Button Factory
Sun 28 Jun
Gavin Glass – Whelan’s
Killarney Festival 2015 – Killarney
Lynched & John Flynn – The Sugar Club
Athrú – Whelan’s
Talks and Lectures
National Library of Ireland – Songs from the Swans at Coole (24/6/2015) – A new song cycle exploring poetry of W.B.Yeats
National Gallery of Ireland – Jun 23 2015 10:30 – Tuesday Talk – ‘National Print Museum’, with Carla Marrina
Jun 28 2015 15:00 – Sunday Lecture 28 June – ‘Donegal County Museum’, with Judith McCarthy,
Sugar Club – Mon Jun 22 – The Moth StorySlam – Fools
Art
IMMA – Gerda Frömel, A Retrospective – 09 April – 05 July
Karla Black – 01 May 2015 – 26 Jul 2015
Stan Douglas: Mise en Scène 05 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015
Etel Adnan – 05 Jun 2015 – 13 Sep 2015
IMMA Collection: Fragments – 01 May 2015 – 26 Jul 2015
Diogo Pimentão : Disequilibrium Displacement – until 05 Jul 2015
National Gallery of Ireland – Sean Scully – 9 May – 20 September 2015
RHA Gallery – May 25, 2015 – August 08, 2015 185th Annual Exhibition
Douglas Hyde – May 22 – July 22, 2015
Gallery 1 – SAM KEOGH – Four Fold
Gallery 2 – WOODEN SHIPS – An exhibition of small found objects
Hugh Lane Gallery – Declan Clarke: Wreckage in May – 30 April 2015 – 13 September 2015
Chester Beatty – Seven Treasures: Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London – until June 14th
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – Sean Scully – Home – 25th June – 29th August 2015
Oliver Sears – Jeff Schneider & Nest Design – 21 May 2015 — 25 Jun 2015
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – Dumitru Gorzo – Strata – 11th June – 4th July 2015
Taylor Gallery – Micky Donnelly – Displacements – 26 June – 18 July 2015
Olivier Cornett Gallery – 5 Cavendish Row – Opening June 7th
No More Workhorse 