It’s the August Bank Holiday Weekend, so as you’d expect, there’s a bunch of festivals around the country, with Castlepalooza, Indiependence Festival and The Beatyard. The Beatyard is the new festival at Dun Laoghaire that includes Four Tet and Neneh Cherry. Marc Almond is at the NCH on Saturday.
There’s also a bunch of new theatre shows with Bob & Judy in Theatre Upstairs and the Happy Prince at Bewleys (at Powerscourt). Check out the full line up below.
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 – Spring Awakening – July 28th-August 1st
Theatre Upstairs – Bob & Judy – 28 July 2015 – 8 August 2015
Viking Theatre – Pilgrim – July 20 -Aug 1
New Theatre – Magpies on the Pylon – Jul 27th – Aug 1st
Gaiety Theatre – Riverdance 20 Returns – 23 June 2015 – 30 August 2015
Project Arts Centre – Playcation: Chaos – 27 Jul 2015 | € 10 (includes a drink)
Secret Songs – 29 Jul 2015 | € 9
Civic Theatre – Camp Wizmania – TOTS CAMP – Monday, 27th July – Saturday, 15th August 2015 // 10am – 1pm
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Happy Prince – Jul 27 – Aug 15, 2015
Bord Gais Energy Centre –The Bodyguard – 22 Jul 2015 – 1 Aug 2015
Tivoli Theatre – 1916 Rising – until August 31
Movies
Lighthouse Cinema – Gaze – International LGBT Film Festival – July 30th until Aug 3rd
Willy Wonka Cinema Book Club – Mon 27th July, 6.30PM | Sun 2nd Aug, 1pm (For Kids)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Wed 29th July, 3PM & 8.30PM | Sat 1st Aug, 3PM & 10.30PM
Sugar Club – Clueless 20th Birthday – Thu Jul30
Kill Bill: Vol.1 (Tarantino Week) – Sat Aug 01
New Releases this Week
13 Minutes
Beyond The Reach
Hot Pursuit
Iris (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Gigs
A week that is a bit mad for the smaller festivals around the country, with Castlepalooza, Indiependence Festival and The Beatyard. The Beatyard is the new festival at Dun Laoghaire that includes Four Tet and Neneh Cherry.
Marc Almond is at the NCH on Saturday.
Mon 27 July
HJ Lim, Piano – John Field Room – NCH
Tue 28 Jul
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – Whelan’s
Wed 29 Jul
The Lone Bellow – Whelan’s
An Evening With Orla Fallon – NCH
Na Fianna (album launch) – Opium Rooms
Bad Sea – Whelan’s
Thu 30 Jul
Ys Festival – The Academy
Furtive Live – The Twisted Pepper
Ben Miller Band – The Workman’s Club
Rhiannon Giddens – Whelan’s
Fri 31 Jul
Castlepalooza 2015 – Charleville Castle
Indiependence Festival 2015
Kathleen Ferrier – A Life in Music – NCH
Legend – The Bob Marley Experience – Opium Rooms
Red Riot – The Grand Social
Aesthetic Perfection – Voodoo Lounge
Jeru The Damaja – The Sugar Club
Sat 01 Aug
Castlepalooza 2015 – Charleville Castle
Indiependence Festival 2015
The Beatyard 2015
This Must Be The Place: Marc Almond – NCH
Charlie & The Bhoys – The Button Factory
The Matthews – Whelan’s
Sal Vitro – Whelan’s
Robert Hood – District 8
Sun 02 Aug
Castlepalooza 2015 – Charleville Castle
Indiependence Festival 2015
The Beatyard 2015
ArnoCorps – Voodoo Lounge
Solid Sun (EP launch) – Whelan’s
Talks and Lectures
Science Gallery – A Slice of Raspberry Pi – Wednesday, July 29, 2015 – 18:00 to Wednesday, August 12, 2015 – 20:00
National Library of Ireland – Nobody’s Children? The treatment for Shell-Shocked Great War veterans in the Irish Free State (30/7/2015)
National Gallery of Ireland – Free Talk: The Art of Jack B. Yeats – Jul 27 2015 – 13:00
Free Talk: Caravaggio and his followers – Jul 28 – 13.00
Art
IMMA – Stan Douglas: Mise en Scène 05 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015
Etel Adnan – 05 Jun 2015 – 13 Sep 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 –July 31 – September 30, 2015
Gallery 1 – LUIGI GHIRRI
Gallery 2 – ALEANA EGAN – shapes from life
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 – Summer Group Show 2015 – 24 July – 29 August 2015
Olivier Cornett Gallery – 5 Cavendish Row – until Aug 30th
No More Workhorse 