The big event in theatre this week is the opening of Once, as you can see on the side of every bus around the city! There’s also a few Collapsing Horse plays in Smock Alley that are deserving of a mention along with Panned at Theatre Upstairs.

Another big week in music this week. The Longitude festival kicks off, with the indie world descending on Marley park. Saturday looks the best day with Alt-J and Caribou, but Sunday is impressive also. There’s also the Big Bang – festival of Rhythm from the 17th to the 19th. If you’re avoiding the world of festivals, there’s Bunny Wailer in the Button Factory and Art of the Song: Carole King’s Tapestry at the NCH with Cathy Davey, Gavin Glass etc.

Theatre

The Abbey – The Shadow of a Gunman – until 1 August 2015

The Gate – A Month in the Country – until 22/08/15

Smock Alley – Bears In Space – Fri 17th – Sun 19th July @ 7pm in The Main Space

2 Man 3 Musketeers – The Pajama Men – Fri 17th – Sun 19th July at 9pm

Animation Collaboration – Saturday 18th July @ 4:30pm

24 Hour Sit Com – Sunday 19th July @ 6pm

Theatre Upstairs – Panned – 14 July – 25 July 2015

Viking Theatre – Have Your Say! – July 14 – 16

New Theatre –  Risk Everything – Jul 6th – Jul 18th

Gaiety Theatre –  Riverdance 20 Returns – 23 June 2015 – 30 August 2015

Project Arts Centre – Playcation: Abyss – 13 Jul 2015 | € 10 (includes a drink)
Riddle of the Burial Grounds – Exhibitions – 11 Jun 2015 – 01 Aug 2015

Civic Theatre  – Sleeps

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Importance of Being Honest – until July 25, 2015

Bord Gais Energy Centre –
Tony Christie – 17 Jul 2015
Christopher Cross – 19 Jul 2015

Tivoli Theatre – 1916 Rising – until August 31

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema –  Labyrinth – Tue 14th July, 3PM & 8.30PM | SUN 19TH JULY, 4PM

The Dark Crystal – Wed 15th July, 3PM & 8.30PM | SUN 19TH July, 2PM

The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth – Jim Henson Double Bill – Fri 17TH July, 8.30PM

Twin Peaks 25th Anniversary Party – 22:45 Saturday 18 July 2015

7pm – 9pm Twin Peaks  Table Quiz (Tickets sold seperately, details to follow)

9pm – 10.45pm Twin Peaks Costume Party (Costumes advised)

10.45pm Screening of Lynch and Frost’s masterpiece TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME, their prequel to the celebrated television series chronicling Laura Palmer’s last days.

National Theatre Live – Everyman (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

19:00 Thursday 16 July 2015

16:00 Saturday 18 July 2015 (Encore)

IFI – FOCUS ON PIXAR: PETE DOCTER

UP – Monday 13th July 2015 – 18.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2015 – July 16th to 19th – Free Films, Workshops etc and all for the little people in your lives!

New Releases this Week

Ant-Man
The Gallows
The President
The Salt of the Earth
The Wonders
True Story

Gigs

Another big one this week in the form of Longitude, with the indie world descending on Marley park. Saturday looks the best day with Alt-J and Caribou, but Sunday is impressive also. There’s also the Big Bang – festival of Rhythm from the 17th to the 19th.

If you’re avoiding the world of festivals, there’s Bunny Wailer in the Button Factory and Art of the Song: Carole King’s Tapestry at the NCH with Cathy Davey, Gavin Glass etc.

Tue 14 Jul
Nicholas Mcdonald – The Academy 2
Bunny Wailer & The Solomonic Reggaestra – The Button Factory
Jeanette Byrne – No Regrets – The Music Of Edith Piaf- The Sugar Club

Wed 15 Jul
Bunny Wailer & The Solomonic Reggaestra – The Button Factory
Rhodes – Whelan’s
The Growlers – Whelan’s
Anton Newcombe & Tess Parks – The Sugar Club

Thu 16 Jul
The High Kings – Leopardstown
17th And 18th Century Bel Canto – NCH
Bunoscionn – Whelan’s
Neon Atlas – Whelan’s

Fri 17 Jul
Longitude 2015 – Marlay Park
An Afternoon in Buenos Aires – NCH
Art of the Song: Carole King’s Tapestry – NCH (with Cathy Davey, Gavin Glass etc.)
Tony Christie – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Beck’s Rhythm Series The Soul Rebels + Stomptown Brass – The Sugar Club
Afu-Ra – Voodoo Lounge
Goitse – Whelan’s
Kakatsitsi, Master Drummers from Ghana – Whelan’s
Mind Against – The Twisted Pepper
Drive By Eden – Whelan’s

Sat 18 Jul
Longitude 2015 – Marlay Park
Grand – The Grand Social
Sona Jobarteh – The Sugar Club
Tim Finn – Whelan’s
Department – Whelan’s
Bodhi – The Button Factory

Sun 19 Jul
Longitude 2015 – Marlay Park
Nuclear Assault – Voodoo Lounge
The Dublin Blues Cartel – Whelan’s

Talks and Lectures

Science Gallery – Sea for Society: Blue Talks – Tuesday, July 14, 2015 – 18:00 to 21:00

National Gallery of Ireland – Irish Artists in France 1860-1915 – Jul 14 2015 – 13:00

Free Talk: Caravaggio and his followers – July 18 2015 – 15:00

Art

IMMA –  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

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 – Amelia Stein, Precipice – 3 Jul 2015 — 31 Jul 2015

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery  – Tadhg McSweeney – Pictures from the Surface – July 9th – August 1st, 2015

Taylor Gallery – Micky Donnelly – Displacements – 26 June – 18 July 2015

Olivier Cornett Gallery – 5 Cavendish Row – until Aug 30th