Most of the world is on holidays this week, so it’s a quiet one! There’s still a few events around the place with Knockan Stockan in Blessington, and the Festival of Curiosity around the city from the 23rd to the 26th. There’s also the Comedy Festival in the Iveagh Gardens from the 23rd to the 26th.

New in the world of theatre, there’s Leper + Chip which we loved first time out and also Three Days of Rain in the New Theatre. 

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 – Leper + Chip’s One Night Stand (An Evening in Two Halves) – July 20th at 8pm in The Main Space

Dr. Death + The Medi-Evil Medicine Show – July 23rd in The Main Space

Festival of Curiosity – 23rd to 26th

Theatre Upstairs – Panned – 14 July – 25 July 2015

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

New Theatre –  Three Days of Rain – Jul 20th – Jul 25th

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

Project Arts Centre –  Playcation: Cosmic Fear – Talks/Readings – 20 Jul 2015 | € 10 (includes a drink)

Peter Galison & Robb Moss In Conversation – 20 July

Civic Theatre  –  Let’s Make a Ballet – Monday, 20th – Friday, 24th July 2015 // 11am – 1pm / 2pm – 4pm

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

Bord Gais Energy Centre –The Bodyguard – 22 Jul 2015 – 1 Aug 2015

Tivoli Theatre – 1916 Rising – until August 31

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema –  The Neverending Story – Tues 21st July 3PM & 8.30PM | Sat 25TH July, 3PM & 10.30PM

Man and Superman (RALPH FIENNES) – 16:00 Saturday 25 July 2015 (Encore)

Sugar Club – Fri Jul24 – Mean Screen Presents – Mean Girls Film Screening and Prom Night

IFI -ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CINEMA
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CINEMA: THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON – Tuesday 21st July 2015 – 20.30
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CINEMA: THE DAMNED: DON’T YOU WISH THAT WE WERE DEAD – Thursday 23rd July 2015 – 20.30
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CINEMA: SALAD DAYS – Friday 24th July 2015 – 20.30

THE HANGOVER LOUNGE: CITIZEN KANE/THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS – Orson Welles- Sunday 26th July 2015 – 14.00/16.15

New Releases this Week

Best Of Enemies
Inside Out
Southpaw
The Legend Of Barney Thomson
You’re Ugly Too

Gigs

Another week to relax for the most part, but there’s few a few fun sounding events. Damo plays in Leopardstown, and then there’s Knockan Stockan in Blessington. There’s also ‘The Nina in Me’ by Karen Underwood in the NCH on Saturday (Image Above).

Wed 22 Jul
Chuck Prophet – Whelan’s

Thu 23 July
Damien Dempsey – Leopardstown
Bilal – The Sugar Club
Cult Called Man (EP Launch) – Whelan’s
Fiona Maria – Whelan’s

Fri 24 July
KnockanStockan – Blessington Lakes
Movie Classics – NCH
Kevin Fitzpatrick – Chopin Valses (Complete) – NCH
The Ground Will Shake – Tower Records
Ed Sheeran – Croke Park
Scott Maher (Album Launch) – Whelan’s

Sat 25 July
KnockanStockan – Blessington Lakes
The Nina in Me – NCH
Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon / Dr. DOOOM / Black Elvis) & Kutmasta Kurt – Sugar Club
Gavin James (EP Launch) – Whelan’s
Ed Sheeran – Croke Park
McCrary Sisters – The Sugar Club
Penrose (EP launch) – The Grand Social
Lavelle – Whelan’s
Etienne de Crécy (DJ Set) – Hangar
Third Son & Several Definitions – The Button Factory
Truss – The Twisted Pepper

Sun 26 July
The Dublin Blues Cartel – Whelan’s

Talks and Lectures

Science Gallery – COPYRIGHT OR WRONG?: Artistic License in Ireland – Thursday, July 23, 2015 – 18:00 to 19:15

National Library of Ireland – World Building with Patricia Forde, author of ‘The Wordsmith’ (23/7/2015)

National Gallery of Ireland – Free Talk: Costumes in Art- Jul 21 2015 @ 13:00
Free Talk: Harry Clarke in the NGI – Jul 21 2015 @ 15:00

Free Talk: Depictions of the West of Ireland – Jul 25 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