There’s some really good gigs this week with Explosions in the Sky, Kimya Dawson & Little Wings and Ought among many others. It’s rare to have so many to choose from!

Cascando is the big event in theatre this week, with Pan Pan exploring another radio play by Beckett. The image below might give you an idea of what to expect with hooded individuals and reflective surfaces! We shall see but it looks like it could be a lot of fun! Anu also kick off Sunder this week, but that’s been sold out since the day the tickets were released.

The Patrick Hennessy Exhibition at IMMA is worth checking out. The RHA Annual Exhibition is in full swing. The Nick Miller in IMMA also comes highly recommended.

Theatre

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

Anu – Sunder – 19th April – 7th May

Samuel Beckett Theatre – Cascando – Pan Pan Theatre – 19 – 23 April 2016

Gaiety Theatre – The Matchmaker – 11 April 2016 – 23 April 2016 (NEW)

Smock Alley – 
April Bright – 20 – 23 Apr | Boys School (NEW)
Testimonies – 22 Apr | 1pm & 7:30pm | Main Space (NEW)

Project Arts Centre  –  
Recovery – 19 Apr 2016-23 Apr 2016 | € 10 – €14  (NEW)
Northern Star – 21 Apr 2016-07 May 2016 | € 15 – €25 (NEW)

Civic Theatre  – Franner and Joey 19 – 23 April // 8.15pm (NEW)

New Theatre –  Hamlet by William Shakespeare – AC Productions – Apr 11th – Apr 23rd @ 7.30pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Apr 18 – 30, 2016 | 1pm (NEW)

Viking Theatre – Padraig Potts’ Guide To Walking – 18 – 30 April (NEW)

The Gate – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- Previews from 21st

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – The Barber of Seville – 20 Apr 2016 – 23 Apr 2016

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema –  Japanese Film Festival –
Tamako in Moratorium – 18 April 2016 | 18:00 – Light House Cinema,
Jokyo Monogatari – 19 April 2016 | 18:00 – Light House Cinema,
The Apology King – 20 April 2016 | 18:00 – Light House Cinema,
Early Summer – 21 April 2016 | 18:00 – Light House Cinema,

Petal Dance – 20 April 2016 | 14:00 – The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

Sugar Club
Mon Apr18 – Popcorn Presents – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Sun Apr24 – Dublin Greek Film Festival Presents:Fundraiser for refugees in Greece

IFI – FUTURES PAST SCHEDULE

GATTACA – Apr 17th (14.00)
Guest speakers: Shaun O’Boyle (Research Officer, Science Gallery Dublin and podcast producer) and Aoife McLysaght (Professor of Genetics, TCD).

THE BIGGER PICTURE: METROPOLIS – Apr 18th (18.30)
Guest Speaker: Lynn Scarff, Director of Science Gallery Dublin.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE – Apr 23rd (14.00)
Guest Speakers: Claire O’Connell (The Irish Times) and Fergal O’Brien (Professor of Biomaterials, AMBER and RCSI).

IFI FAMILY: WALL-E – Apr 24th (11.00)
Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40 family ticket (2 adults + 2 children, 1 adult + 3 children).

New Releases this week!

Bastille Day
Friend Request
Jane Got A Gun
Louder Than Bombs
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Miles Ahead
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Gigs

In the average week you get one, maybe two really good gigs. This week I could hand on heart recommend Explosions in the Sky, Kimya Dawson & Little Wings and Ought. It has the makings of a special week, so get out there…

There’s also an unusual event in the NCH on Tuesday called A Night by the Ocean. Full details here.

Mon 18 Apr
A Chocolate Box of Song – NCH
The Lumineers – The Olympia Theatre
Mission of Burma – Opium Rooms
Marlon Williams – Whelan’s
Little Mix – 3Arena

Tue 19 Apr
A Night by the Ocean – John Field Room, NCH
Kimya Dawson & Little Wings – The Workman’s Club
Flamin’ Groovies – Whelan’s

Wed 20 Apr
Explosions In The Sky – Vicar Street
Mise Eire Screening with Live Score – NCH
Ra The Rugged Man – The Sugar Club
For Foresters, Tommy Callaghan & More – Whelan’s (Upstairs)

Thu 21 Apr
The Dead Heavys – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Yundi, piano – NCH
Bry – The Academy
Dierks Bentley – The Olympia Theatre
Shakey Graves – Whelan’s
The King Khan & BBQ Show – The Workman’s Club

Fri 22 Apr
Korpiklaani & Moonsorrow – The Button Factory
Fox Jaw – Whelan’s (Whelan’s)
Kip Moore – The Academy
Bell X1 – Vicar Street
Onra & Mo Kolours – The Sugar Club

Sat 23 Apr
UB40 – 3Arena
Anderson – Whelan’s (Upstairs)

Bell X1 – Vicar Street
Zaska (Single Launch) – The Sugar Club
The Slow Readers Club – The Workman’s Club

Sun 24 Apr
Ought – Whelan’s

Puccini’s Tosca – NCH

Art

IMMA –
Patrick Hennessy: De Profundis – 24 Mar 2016 – 24 Jul 2016
The Passion According to Carol Rama – 24 Mar 2016 – 01 Aug 2016
IMMA Collection: Nick Miller and the studio of Edward McGuire – until 02 May 2016
IMMA Collection: Approaches to paper – until 02 May 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 –Michael Boran – Through the Undergrowth – April 7th – 30th, 2016

Taylor Gallery – Patricia Burns – Dublin Paintings – 1 – 23 April 2016