The revolution is upon us! The 1916 celebrations are in full swing and getting very hard to ignore! There’s lots of talks, theatre and musical events around the city celebrating the failed Rebellion, and you can find lots of events for Easter Monday here.

Otherwise, there’s the 39 Steps opening in the Gaiety and Julius Caesar in Smock Alley. There’s a couple of new exhibitions in IMMA, with the Patrick Hennessy Exhibition among others. The RHA Annual Exhibition is in full swing and it’s always worth checking out. The Nick Miller in IMMA also comes highly recommended.

Theatre

Abbey – The Plough and the Stars 2016 – until Saturday, 23 April 2016

Gaiety Theatre –  The 39 Steps – 29 March 2016 – 2 April 2016 (NEW)

Smock Alley – The Wise Wound – 22 Mar – 2 Apr

Julius Caesar – 29 Mar – 2 Apr | 8pm | Boys School (NEW)

Project Arts Centre  – Opera Briefs – 29 Mar 2016-02 Apr 2016 | € 12 – €20 (NEW)

Civic Theatre  – Flann’s Yer Only Man – 31 March – 2 April // 8.15pm (NEW)

New Theatre –  McKenna’s Fort – Mar 21st – Apr 2nd (NEW)

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Rebel, Rebel – Mar 21 – Apr 16, 2016 (NEW)

Viking Theatre – Worth – Mar 28 – April 9 (NEW)

The Gate – Juno and the Paycock – until Sat 16 April

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Brendan Cole: A Night to Remember – 3 Apr 2016

Movies

Sugar Club

Fri Apr 01 – Popcorn Presents – Purple Rain with special guests KING

IFI – Wild Strawberries – The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wednesday 30th March 2016 – 11.00
Friday 1st April 2016 – 11.00

Lighthouse -HAMLET – 14:00, Sunday 3 April 2016 (ENCORE)

New Releases this week!

Eddie the Eagle
Mammal
Victoria

Gigs

Another slow one, and they’re starting to mount up at this stage! The saving grace of the week is the Imagining series in the NCH, with a series of nights exploring Ireland at home and abroad, with writers and musicians. There’s also Girl Band in Vicar Street and Gregory Porter in the Olympia.

Mon 28 Mar
The Vamps – 3Arena
Imagining Home: America – NCH (Rosanne Cash, Paul Brady, Maura O’Connell, Rodney Crowell, Andy Irvine, Tim O’Brien, Mick Moloney and band)

Tue 29 Mar
Imagining Home: England – NCH (Martin Carthy, Camille O’Sullivan, Cait O’Riordan, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, Cathal Coughlan, Lisa O’Neill, Kevin Rowland and Sean Read of Dexys, Declan O’Rourke)
Moonspell – The Button Factory
Sunset Sons – The Academy
Native Oak – Whelan’s (Upstairs)

Wed 30 Mar
Imagining Home: Into Europe – NCH (Lisa Dwan performs Samuel Beckett’s Not I and Footfalls; Fintan O’Toole on Roger Casement and human right’s; Barry Douglas (piano) and Camerata Ireland)
Little Mix – 3Arena
Jack Garratt – The Olympia Theatre
Niall Connolly – Whelan’s Upstairs

Thu 31 Mar
Imagining Home: On Revolution – NCH (Joseph O’Neill, Ahdaf Soueif, Hisham Matar, Adam Zagajewski, Colm Tóibín)
Riot Tapes, Chris Haze & More – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Jess Glynne – The Olympia Theatre
Gill Landry – Whelan’s
Protomartyr – The Workman’s Club

Fri 01 Apr
Imagining Home: The Literary Imagination – NCH (John Banville, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, Eavan Boland, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, John Montague, Marina Carr, Kevin Barry, Paul Muldoon. More to be announced)
Girl Band – Vicar Street
King – The Sugar Club
Fire In Cairo – A Tribute To The Cure @ Opium Rooms
Gregory Porter – The Olympia Theatre
Wyvern Lingo – The Button Factory
Sub Motion – The Grand Social

Sat 02 Apr
Imagining Home: This Is Ireland – NCH (Glen Hansard with guests to be announced)
Blanck Mass – The Grand Social
Gregory Porter – The Olympia Theatre
Matt and Kim – The Button Factory
Janet Jackson – 3Arena
Come On Live Long – The Unitarian Church
Hvmmingbyrd – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Harvest (a tribute to Neil Young) – The Sugar Club
Meatbodies – The Workman’s Club

Sun 03 Apr
Imagining Home: Out Of The Tradition – NCH (Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Usher’s Island, The Tulla Céilí Band, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Maighread & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Treasa Ní Mhiollain, Tríona Marshall, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Louis de Paor & Olwen Fouéré; Brian Conway & Brendan Dolan)
Picture This – The Academy

Art

IMMA –
Patrick Hennessy: De Profundis – 24 Mar 2016 – 24 Jul 2016 (NEW)
The Passion According to Carol Rama – 24 Mar 2016 – 01 Aug 2016 (NEW)
Grace Weir, 3 Different Nights, recurring – 7 November 2015 – 6 March 2016
IMMA Collection: Nick Miller and the studio of Edward McGuire – until 02 May 2016
IMMA Collection: Approaches to paper – until 02 May 2016
Art | Memory | Place: Artists’ Films  – 23 Feb 2016 – 03 Apr 2016

RHA Gallery –
March 22, 2016 – June 11, 2016 186th Annual Exhibition RHA Charles Gallagher Gallery
March 22, 2016 – June 11, 2015 27th of April Last RHA Atrium

Douglas Hyde –
BILL LYNCH – Gallery 1
VERNE DAWSON – Gallery 2
March 4 – May 4, 2016

Hugh Lane Gallery –
Julie Merriman: Revisions – until 10 April 2016
Jesse Jones: NO MORE FUN AND GAMES  – 11 February 2016 – 26 June 2016
Alan Phelan: Our Kind  – 10 March – 2 October 2016 – Our Kind is a short film by Alan Phelan which

Chester Beatty – Exhibition

Private Galleries:

Kerlin – Richard Gorman – Iwano – 16 March – 7 May 2016

Oliver Sears –John Kelly – 16 Mar 2016 — 29 Apr 2016

Kevin Kavanagh –Robert Ballagh – Who Fears to Speak of the Republic? – March 10th – April 7th, 2016

Taylor Gallery – Stock – 2 February – 26 March 2016