Sufjan is in town for two nights at the Helix, which is the main point of interest in these parts. He’s not alone though, there’s John Prine and Tyler the Creator also visiting these shores. A special note for the Jimmy Cake who are celebrating the launch of their new album. I always thought they would be huge! Sadly, I was wrong, but they are damn good.
There’s also a good splattering of new plays, with the return of Waiting for Godot at Smock Alley and Salt Moutain at the Project, among others. See all the fun below…
Theatre
The Abbey – By The Bog Of Cats – until 12 September 2015
The Gate – Next Production – A View From The Bridge – Previews from 3rd September
Collins Barracks – Pals – The Irish at Gallipoli – until 6th Sept
Olympia Theatre – Once – extended until 12th Sept
Smock Alley – Waiting For Godot – 24th-29th August (NEW)
Viking Theatre – The Gallant John Joe – Wed 26th Aug Sold Out (NEW)
The Margulies Trilogy – Aug 27 – 29 – (NEW)
New Theatre – Language of the Mute – Aug 24th – Sep 5th (NEW)
Gaiety Theatre – Riverdance 20 Returns – 23 June 2015 – 30 August 2015
Project Arts Centre – Salt Mountain – 24 Aug 2015-29 Aug 2015 (NEW)
Civic Theatre – Sleeps
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Quiet Land – Aug 17 – Sep 05, 2015
Bord Gais Energy Centre – The Sound of Music – 17 – 29th Aug 2015
Tivoli Theatre – 1916 Rising – until August 31
Movies
THE GOONIES – THURS 27TH AUG, 3PM & 8.30PM | SAT 29TH AUG, 3PM & 10.30PM
Cinema Book Club – STAND BY ME – Kids Book Club at 13:00 Sunday 30th August
– Adults Book Club at 18:30 Monday 31st August
THE VISIT + Q&A WITH M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
7pm, Sunday 30th August
IFI – Anger is an Energy – Cinema of Protest –
DO THE RIGHT THING – Tuesday 25th August 2015 – 18:15
THE CIRCLE – Thursday 27th August 2015 – 18:30
BAMAKO – Saturday 29th August 2015 – 16:00
Tue Aug25 – The Producers Presents – Grease
Thu Aug27 – The Sugar Club Presents – The Wolf of Wall Street
Fri Aug28 – SHIFT presents “This Is Spinal Tap”
New Releases this Week
45 Years
Hitman: Agent 47
Miss Julie
Straight Outta Compton
Strange Magic
We Are Your Friends
Gigs
Sufjan is coming! Yes, the man with the difficult album about the death of his mother is in town, and we’re not quite sure how it will work live! It’s still Sufjan though, so we’re going. Otherwise, John Prine is in Vicar Street and Tyler the Creator is in the Academy. A few other tasty treats also…
Mon 24 Aug
Mini Mansions – The Workman’s Club
Tues 25 Aug
Eoin Flood: Classical Guitar – NCH
Wed 26 Aug
Tyler, the Creator – The Academy
Tchaikovsky Seasons Scriabin Sonata no.3 – NCH
Matt McGinn – Whelan’s
Running Red Lights & Sarah Hiltz – Sweeney’s
Thu 27 Aug
The Nash Brothers (EP launch) – The Button Factory
Ensemble Avalon Presents… – NCH
Wand – Whelan’s
Hunting the Brave – The Unitarian Church
Richard Richard – Whelan’s
Fri 28 Aug
Sufjan Stevens – The Helix
John Prine – Vicar Street
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – NCH
Gojira – The Academy
Brain Donation (EP Launch) – Whelan’s
Eric Martin – The Workman’s Club
Alexander Fox (EP Launch) – The Button Factory
Ryan Sheridan – Whelan’s
Dubfire – The Button Factory
Shift – The Sugar Club
Sat 29 Aug
Sufjan Stevens – The Helix
The Janoskians – The Academy
Jimmy Cake Album Launch Party- Hangar
RTE CO Screening with Live Score: Brief Encounter – NCH
Peanut Butter Wolf & Breakbeat Lou – The Sugar Club
The Little Beauties – The Grand Social
Storyman – Whelan’s
Cyril Hahn – District 8
A Guy Called Gerald – The Button Factory
Lil Louis – Opium Rooms
The Dyatonics – Whelan’s
Sun 30 Aug
The Janoskians – The Academy
Grace Wilde – Whelan’s
Thomas Leeb & Gary Lutton – Whelan’s
Talks and Lectures
Science Gallery –
INSIDER’S GUIDE WALKING TOUR WITH LE COOL – €15 – Saturday, August 29, 2015 – 14:30 to 16:30 –
Student Start Up Talks – Wednesday, August 26, 2015 – 18:00 to 20:00
National Library of Ireland – Genealogy at Lunchtime: ‘It’s off to work we go’: Mapping Ireland’s Industrial past. (25/8/2015)
Genealogy at Lunchtime: Archives to be explored at the National Irish Visual Arts Library (27/8/2015)
Free Talk: Harry Clarke in the NGI – Aug 25 2015 – 15:00
Free Talk: Depictions of childhood in the NGI collection – Aug 27 2015 – 15:00
IMMA – Art Al Fresco – Thursday 27 August, 11am-1pm
Art
IMMA – Stan Douglas: Mise en Scène 05 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015
Etel Adnan – 05 Jun 2015 – 13 Sep 2015
El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State – 18 Oct 2015
National Gallery of Ireland – Sean Scully – 9 May – 20 September 2015
RHA Gallery – Next Exhibition – September 04, 2015 – October 18, 2015 Amanda Coogan I’ll sing you a song from around the town
Douglas Hyde – until September 30, 2015
Gallery 1 – LUIGI GHIRRI
Gallery 2 – ALEANA EGAN – shapes from life
Hugh Lane Gallery – Declan Clarke: Wreckage in May – until 13 September 2015
Chester Beatty – Exhibition
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – Sean Scully – Home – 25th June – 29th August 2015
Oliver Sears –Next Show – Laurence Riddell, Enclose – 3 Sep 2015 — 8 Oct 2015
Taylor Gallery – Summer Group Show 2015 – 24 July – 29 August 2015
Olivier Cornett Gallery – 5 Cavendish Row – until Aug 30th
No More Workhorse 