We survived Metropolis, but there are even more festivals this week, with the Dublin Book Festival kicking off. There’s also a mass of new plays with the Forgotten, Beowulf, The Unlucky Cabin Boy, The Bells Of and more…
There are some great gigs with John Grant, Megadeth (ahem), Kelley Stoltz, Inni-K and Kurt Vile. Not a bad week, all in all…
Theatre
Abbey Theatre – The Forgotten/L’Oublié(e) – 10 – 14 Nov (NEW)
Gaiety Theatre – John B Keane’s The Matchmaker – 9 Nov – 14 Nov (NEW)
The Gate – The Gigli Concert – until Saturday 21st November
Smock Alley – Dublin Book Festival – Nov 12ht – 15th (NEW)
Project Arts Centre – Beowulf: The Blockbuster – 10 Nov 2015-21 Nov 2015 | € 18/16 (NEW)
Through A Glass Darkly – 12 Nov 2015-05 Dec 2015
Civic Theatre – The Unlucky Cabin Boy – 13 – 14 November (NEW)
Wrapped– 10 – 14 November – (NEW)
New Theatre – New Writing Week – Various Authors – Nov 9th – Nov 14th (NEW)
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Love and War: A Western Front Courtship – Nov 02 – 14, 2015
Theatre Upstairs – The Bells of – 10th – 21st Nov (NEW)
Viking Theatre – Visiting Mr Green – Nov 4 – 21
Movies
The Dublin Arabic Film Festival at the IFI
DAFF: THE PROPHET – Friday 13th Nov 2015 20.00
DAFF: DOLPHINS – Saturday 14th Nov 2015 14.00
DAFF: CAIRO TIME – Saturday 14th Nov 2015 16.00
DAFF: I AM NOJOOM, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED – Sunday 15th Nov 2015 13.30
DAFF: THE IDOL = Sunday 15th Nov 2015 18.30
RYAN’S DAUGHTER – 15th November, 14:00
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Wednesday 11 November, 15:00
New Releases this week!
A Christmas Star
Fathers and Daughters
Steve Jobs
Tangerine
The Fear of 13
The Hallow
The Lady in the Van
Gigs
This week is all about two words; John Grant! There are some other exciting gigs with Megadeth (ahem), Kelley Stoltz, Inni-K and Kurt Vile. Not a bad week, all in all…
Mon 09 Nov
John Grant – Vicar Street
Megadeth – 3Arena
Vintage Trouble and Slydigs – The Academy
Bully – Whelan’s
Tue 10 Nov
John Grant – Vicar Street
Kelley Stoltz – Whelan’s
Eagles Of Death Metal – The Olympia Theatre
Afterlight: Music of Ireland, 1890-2015 – NCH
South Pacific – NCH
Joey Badass – The Academy
High On Fire – The Button Factory
Y&T – Opium Rooms
Wed 11 Nov
Jack and Jack – The Academy
Texas – The Olympia Theatre
Music and Science – NCH
South Pacific – NCH
JD & The Straight Shot – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Chewing on Tinfoil – Whelan’s
ReDiviDeR – Arthur’s Pub
Thu 12 Nov
Kacey Musgraves – The Academy
Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles – The Sugar Club
Afterlight: Music of Ireland, 1890-2015 – NCH
South Pacific – NCH
Marc O’Reilly – Whelan’s
We Raise Bears, I Am Niamh, Hawklion & The Ground Will Shake – The Workman’s Club
Fri 13 Nov
Dave Matthews Band – 3Arena
Tucan – The Workman’s Club
South Pacific – NCH
Joris Voorn – The Button Factory
Stiff Little Fingers – The Academy
Fujiya & Miyagi – Hangar
Breathe – The Sugar Club
The Shades (Debut Single Launch) – The Grand Social
Element X – On The Rox
Andy McKee – The Button Factory
Dessa – The Mercantile
Le Boom – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Hail The Ghost – Whelan’s
Robocobra Quartet – Bello Bar
Loco Dice – District 8
Julio Bashmore – The Academy
Sat 14 Nov
Inni-K – Bello Bar
the Mountain Goats – Whelan’s
Everyday Solution – The Grand Social
South Pacific – NCH
Owensie – Tower Records
The Original Rudeboys – The Academy
Legendary Shack Shakers – The Grand Social
The Stylistics – Vicar Street
Heroes in Hiding – Opium Rooms
Mother Mooch (Album Launch) – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Bob Moses (Album Launch) – The Button Factory
Sun 15 Nov
Kurt Vile and the Violators – Vicar Street
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Presents Back To The Future
Talib Kweli – The Sugar Club
Davie Furey – Whelan’s
Áine Cahill – Whelan’s
Talks and Lectures
Dublin Book Festival – 12th to the 15th of Nov
Nov 10 2015 10:30 – Tuesday Talk: 10 November – ‘The Yeats Sisters
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
Cross Gallery – Joe Vanek – 03 November – 7 November
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 