So, we enter the second week of Halloween, in its new extended form! Due to the bank holiday weekend being last weekend, Halloween has been stretched a bit further than normal. It’s not a bad thing, is it?
There’s a mass of new things to see in the theatre, with An Inspector Calls, Cirque des Rêves, Temptress, Tales from the Woods, Foxy and more. There’s also some great gigs, with Richard Hawley, Randy Newman, Deerhunter, McAlmont & Butler and Best Coast.
Go explore below…
Theatre
The Abbey – Oedipus in a new version by Wayne Jordan – 24 September – 31 October
Shibboleth – Until 31st Oct 2015 – Showing on the Peacock Stage
Smock Alley – Cirque des Rêves – October 26th – 31st in The Boys’ School (New)
Show Me Love – Dublin Youth Theatre – October 27th – 31st in The Main Space (New)
Viking Theatre – Pilgrim – Oct 26 – 31
New Theatre – Temptress – Oct 26th – Nov 7th (NEW)
Gaiety Theatre – An Inspector Calls – 27 October 2015 – 31 October 2015 (NEW)
The Gate – A View From The Bridge until 31st Oct
Theatre Upstairs – Tales from the Woods – October 27th 2015 – November 7th 2015 (NEW)
Project Arts Centre – Foxy – 27 Oct 2015-07 Nov 2015 (NEW)
Standard Lives – 28 Oct 2015 | € 5/3
Civic Theatre – Separated at Birth – 29 October // 8:00pm
Gay Byrne – Live on Stage – 30 October // 8:00pm
Jackula – 31 October // 12pm and 3pm
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Contractions – Oct 13 – 31, 2015 | 1pm
Movies
IFI – Horrorthon – final day of the events is today, 26-10-15
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS HALLOWEEN SCREENING – Sat 31st October, 10pm
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT – Wed 28h October, 8:30pm
WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE (35MM) – Thu 29th October, 8:30pm
CANDYMAN – Fri 30th October, 8:30pm
HOCUS POCUS – Sat 31st October, 3pm & 10:30pm
SCREAM HALLOWEEN PARTY (SCREAM 1 + 2 €10 DOUBLE BILL) – Sat 31st October 9:30pm (Party from 8pm)
Meeting House Square – Outdoor Cinema
Banshee Blacktop – Sat 31 Oct 2015, 21:30
Beetle Juice – Sat 31 Oct 2015, 19:30
The Thing (1982) – Fri 30 Oct 2015, 20:30
Poltergeist – Fri 30 Oct 2015, 18:00
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1976) – Thu 29 Oct 2015, 20:30
Ghostbusters – Thu 29 Oct 2015, 18:00
The Fly – Wed 28 Oct 2015, 20:15
Hotel Transylvania – Wed 28 Oct 2015, 18:00
Young Frankenstein (1974) – Tue 27 Oct 2015, 20:15
Paranorman – Tue 27 Oct 2015, 18:00
Fri Oct30 – Ghostbusters / Thriller / Fancy Dress / 80s MTV Vids
Sat Oct31 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Extravaganza 10th Anniversary
New Releases this week!
Burnt
Fresh Dressed
Listen To Me Marlon
Spectre
Taxi Tehran
They Will Have To Kill Us First
Gigs
There are a few tasty treats this week, with Richard Hawley, Randy Newman, Deerhunter, McAlmont & Butler, Best Coast and more. See if anything tickles your fancy… The Godfather screening with the live score in the NCH could be special!
Mon 26 Oct
Liturgy – Whelan’s
Deathcrusher 2015 – Vicar Street
Lower Dens – The Button Factory
Ryan Bingham – Opium Rooms
Brendan O’Shea – Whelan’s
Tue 27 Oct
Randy Newman – Vicar Street
Tom Mann – The Academy 2
VANT – Whelan’s
Black Pope – Bello Bar
Brand New Zeros – Abner Browns Barbershop
GoGo Penguin – The Sugar Club
Wed 28 Oct
Simone Felice – The Workman’s Club
Randy Newman – Vicar Street
Paul Harrington’s Irish Jukebox Heroes – NCH
Sinnerboy – Whelan’s
Ostgut Ton Zehn – District 8
Thu 29 Oct
Dana Masters and the Linley Hamilton Band – The Sugar Club
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – NCH
Val Normal and Color//Sound – The Workman’s Club
The Academic – Whelan’s
Fri 30 Oct
Richard Hawley – Vicar Street
Taken – The Olympia Theatre
“With a song in my heart” – NCH
RTE NSO Sibelius, Gerald Barry, Rachmaninov – NCH
Bars and Melody – The Academy
Lucy Rose – The Button Factory
Citizens – The Grand Social
Halloween Party | Red Moon Bayonets & More – Bello Bar
The Whileaways (Album Launch) – Whelan’s
Pranks and Tanks General – Whelan’s
Sat 31 Oct
Best Coast – The Academy
RTE CO Screening with Live Score: The Godfather – NCH
CC Brez – Whelan’s
Stomptown Brass – Whelan’s
Mariachi San Patricio – Bello Bar
Halloween Fancy Dress Party – Vicar Street
Skalloween – The Grand Social
Sun 1 Nov
Deerhunter – The Button Factory
McAlmont & Butler – Vicar Street
Sing Out Sunday – The Helix
A Night For Pieta House – Olympia Theatre
Jamie Lawson – Whelan’s
Talks and Lectures
NLI – Children’s Mask Making Workshop (28/10/2015)
Yeats Tour & Trail for mid-term. (29/10/2015)
Science Gallery –
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 -19:00 – SECRET SUPPER
Thursday, October 29, 2015 -18:00 0 Atmosphere: in conversation
Friday, October 30, 2015 – 18:30 to 19:30 – The Pirate Cinema
Oct 27 2015 0 10:30 – Tuesday Talk: 27 October
‘The impact of ‘Dracula’ (1897) and other key works by Bram Stoker’, with Paul Murray,
Oct 30 2015 – 12:00
Halloween Event *THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED*
Risk life and limb and join “Danger is Everywhere” (Penguin Books) author and comedian David O’Doherty and illustrator Chris Judge
Art
IMMA –
What We Call Love: From Surrealism to Now – 12 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
Featuring modern and contemporary masterworks from the world’s leading collections by ABRAMOVIĆ, BRANCUSI, DALÍ, DUCHAMP, ERNST, GIACOMETTI, OPPENHEIM, PICASSO, WARHOL, YOKO ONO, and many more.
Chloe Dewe Mathews: Shot at Dawn – 09 Oct 2015 – 07 Feb 2016
RHA Gallery – Interlude Festival
October 9 – December 2, 2015
Gallery 1 – CHRIS MARTIN
Gallery 2 – SEANIE BARRON – Sticks
Hugh Lane (1875-1915): Dublin’s Legacy and Loss – until 04 October 2015 Hugh Lane (1875-2015): Dublin’s Legacy and Loss celebrates Hugh Percy Lane. – until 10th Jan
Chester Beatty – Exhibition
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – William McKeown – Cloud Cuckoo Land – 16 October–21 November 2015
Oliver Sears –In Residence – 1 Oct 2015 — 31 Oct 2015
Kevin Kavanagh – Paul Nugent – October 8th – November 7th, 2015.
Taylor Gallery –David Quinn – 23 October – 14 November 2015
Olivier Cornett Gallery – Conrad Frankel – 18 October – 8 November 2015
No More Workhorse 