The First Fortnight Festival is the main attraction, and thank God for it, as it would be pretty dull out there otherwise! There is quite a bit of new work at the theatre though, with Aidan Gillen in Smock Alley performing the Dead. There are also three new shows in the Project, and new work at Bewleys and the Viking among others.
There’s also a new Tarantino film at the cinema with the Hateful Eight opening, which should be fun with a bit of luck. The music scene is pretty bleak though, so slim pickings on that front. See what you can find below…
Theatre
Abbey Theatre – You Never Can Tell – 2 December – 6 February
Gaiety Theatre – Little Red Riding Hood Pantomime – 29 November 2015 – 10 January 2016
The Dead by James Joyce – Jan 5th-9th – A reading of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ by Aidan Gillen (NEW)
Yer Only mBan – January 6th at 7pm in the Boys’ School (NEW)
Project Arts Centre –
Big Bobby, Little Bobby – 06 Jan 2016-09 Jan 2016 | € 14 (NEW)
Overshadowed – 06 Jan 2016-09 Jan 2016 | € 14 (NEW)
East of Berlin – 07 Jan 2016-16 Jan 2016 | € 10 – € 16 (NEW)
Civic Theatre – Apres Match – Jan 8th
Tommy Tiernan – Jan 9th
New Theatre – Sleeps – Next Production – Lockdown – Jan 11th – Jan 16th
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Sure Thing – Jan 04 – 23
Theatre Upstairs – Sleeps
Viking Theatre – The Aran Islands – Jan 6-23
The Gate – The Importance of Being Earnest – until 30th Jan
Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Mary Poppins – 3 Dec 2015 – 9 Jan 2016
Movies
Last Hijack (PREVIEW + Q&A JAN 7th) – 8.30
The Dead – Wednesday 6th January 2016 – 18.30
New Releases this week!
Bolshoi Babylon
The Hateful Eight
Last Hijack
A War
Gigs
It would be fair to say this week is a bit crap on the music front, with the general assumption that people are broke or spending their money on the sales. There’s a few bits and pieces below… David O’Doherty plays the keyboard so I’ve included him below!
Mon 04 Jan
30th Vibe For Philo – Vicar Street
Tues 05 Jan
Emily Kavanagh + Brian Farrell – Upstairs Whelans
Wed 06 Jan
Kaleidoscope – Bello Bar
Fri 08 Jan
The Nos Music Awards – The Sugar Club
RTE National Symphony Orchestra – Elgar, Bloch, Prokofiev – National Concert Hall
Therapy Sessions – The Workman’s Club
David O’Doherty – Whelan’s
Sat 09 Jan
Rebel Rebel – The Grand Social
Corinthian – Sports and Mental Health – The Sugar Club
David O’Doherty – Whelan’s
Sun 10 Jan
Spooky Ghost – The Grand Social
David O’Doherty – Whelan’s
Reeling in the Showband Years – National Concert Hall
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 –
Mick O’Dea PRHA: The Foggy Dew – January 15, 2015 – February 21, 2016
David Farrell: Before, During, After … Almost – January 15, 2015 – February 21, 2016
December 11, 2015 – February 24, 2016 -Gallery 2 – MERLIN JAMES – Meeting at the Building
Gallery 1 – SERGE CHARCHOUNE
Hugh Lane (1875-2015): Dublin’s Legacy and Loss celebrates Hugh Percy Lane. – until 10th Jan
Chester Beatty – Exhibition
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – Liliane Tomasko – Sense – 28 November 2015 – 16 January 2016
Oliver Sears –Sasha Sykes & Sara Flynn – Caliology & Lineage – 26 Nov 2015 — 21 Jan 2016
Kevin Kavanagh – Aileen Murphy and Kathy Tynan – Opens Thursday 7th January at 6pm
Taylor Gallery – Winter Group Show – 18 December 2015 – 30 January 2016
No More Workhorse 