A New Festival hits Dublin in the form of Metropolis, with Chic, Hot Chip and lots more. It really is quite exciting, looking forward to seeing what they come up with. There’s also lots of other good sounds, even if you don’t go with the Waterboys, Alabama Shakes, Everything, Everything and more.
New at the theatre includes Tingo at Smock Alley, Dusk Ahead and Visiting Mr. Green. Go explore below…
Theatre
Gaiety Theatre – Next Production – John B Keane’s The Matchmaker – 9 Nov – 14 Nov
The Gate – The Gigli Concert – 4th November – Saturday 21st November (NEW)
Smock Alley – Tingo – Nov 2nd – 6th @ 8pm in The Boys’ School (NEW)
Project Arts Centre – Foxy – 27 Oct 2015-07 Nov 2015
Dusk Ahead – 6th and 7th Nov (NEW)
Civic Theatre – Elvis is My Daddy – 4 – 5 November (NEW)
How to Keep an Alien– 6 – 7 November // 8pm (NEW)
New Theatre – Temptress – Oct 26th – Nov 7th
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Love and War: A Western Front Courtship – Nov 02 – 14, 2015 (NEW)
Theatre Upstairs – Tales from the Woods – October 27th 2015 – November 7th 2015
Viking Theatre – Visiting Mr Green – Nov 4 – 21 (NEW)
Movies
IFI – JACQUES AUDIARD RETROSPECTIVE
READ MY LIPS (WITH OPTIONAL WINE TASTING WITH RHÔNE WINE WEEK) – Monday 2nd November 2015
18.30 (with wine tasting | 20.00 for film only)
SEE HOW THEY FALL – Saturday 7th November 2015 – 15.00
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA – Wednesday 4th November, 14:00
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Sunday 08 November, 15:00
Spirited Away Halloween Screening / Ghost Stories short / LNWC Q&A – Nov02
New Releases this week!
Brooklyn
Burnt
He Named Me Malala
Kill Your Friends
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Gigs
This week witnesses the birth of a few Festival! They could actually have it outdoors, the weather has been so good in the last few weeks, but they’re having it in the RDS, so it’s rsik free on that front. Yes, the new festival is… Metropolis, and we look forward to seeing whether it’s a keeper! There’s Hot Chip, Chic, Jamie XX, Fourtet and lots more, including spoken word tents, Installations and more…
Otherwise, the Waterboys start their residency in Vicar Street, Everything, Everything, Alabama Shakes, Otherkin, the Alarmist and more…
Mon 02 Nov
Nils Lofgren – Vicar Street
Tue 03 Nov
Alabama Shakes – The Olympia Theatre
Everything Everything – The Academy
RIAM Symphony Orchestra and RIAM Chorale Concert – NCH
Wed 04 Nov
Ann Scott – Whelan’s
Kaleidoscope – Bello Bar
Alabama Shakes – The Olympia Theatre
The Waterboys – Vicar Street
Brian McFadden – Whelan’s
Thu 05 Nov
The Waterboys – Vicar Street
Slaves – The Academy
Swedish Chamber Orchestra – NCH
Years & Years – The Olympia Theatre
Loop Culture – The Button Factory
John Blek and The Rats – The Workman’s Club
Ricky Ross – The Sugar Club
The Devlins – Whelan’s
Fri 06 Nov
Otherkin – The Grand Social
The Waterboys – Vicar Street
Alarmist – The Sugar Club
My Chopin Story – NCH
RTE NSO Beethoven, Shostakovich – NCH
Lonely The Brave – The Academy 2
Years & Years – The Olympia Theatre
Lord Huron – The Button Factory
Metz – Whelan’s
Half Of Me – The Workman’s Club
Trouble Pilgrims – Bello Bar
Niamh Crowther – Whelan’s
Sat 07 Nov
Metropolis 2015 – RDS
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
The Waterboys – Vicar Street
Roisin O – Whelan’s
Paul Byrom sings The Great Irish Songbook – NCH
Frances Black & Kieran Goss – The Olympia Theatre
Popgun Warfare – Bello Bar
These Charming Men – Opium Rooms
Versive – The Mercantile
Sun 08 Nov
Metropolis 2015 – RDS
Arvo Part at 80 – Christ Church
Will Young – The Olympia Theatre
The Geddes – Whelan’s
Samantha Crain – The Workman’s Club
Sweet – Vicar Street
Talks and Lectures
Science Gallery –
Sunday, November 8, 2015 – 14:00 to 16:30
STAR* MEN SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION
Nov 3 2015 10:30 – Tuesday Talk: 3 November
‘At a Glance – Portraits by John Butler Yeats’, with Niamh MacNally
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
Grace Weir, 3 Different Nights, recurring – 7 November 2015 – 6 March 2016
RHA Gallery – Next Exhibitions –
November 18, 2015 – December 20, 2015 FUTURES Anthology RHA Gallery I
November 18, 2015 – December 20, 2015 Ailbhe Ní Bhriain Reports to an Academy RHA Gallery II
November 18, 2015 – December 20, 2015 Sean Molloy Neo Pentimenti RHA Ashford Gallery
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 –Donald Teskey – No Real Horizon – 15 Oct 2015 — 19 Nov 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 
That Audaird retrospective, oh my.