And so, as the weeks continue to tumble past…we look out at the bright city of Dublin and say ‘what ya got for us?’

A couple of new plays, with Natural History of Hope at the Project and Othello at the Abbey. The Gay Theatre Festival also runs until May 15th, with a variety of new work and is always worth supporting!

The live music scene isn’t dazzling, but there is the Hot 8 Brass band in the Sugar Club. Dylan Tighe also has a  3D Listening Event at the Lighthouse on Tuesday in support of his new album Wabi-Sabi Soul. No, we don’t know what a 3D listening event means, but it sounds like fun!

The Patrick Hennessy Exhibition at IMMA is worth checking out. The RHA Annual Exhibition is in full swing.

Theatre

Abbey – Othello – 5 May – 11 June 2016
Tina’s Idea of Fun – 14 April – 14 May

Gaiety Theatre – Driving Miss Daisy – 4 May 2016 – 28 May 2016

Smock Alley – ArtMeatFlesh – Science Gallery Dublin – 12 May (NEW)

Project Arts Centre  – 
Inhabitance – 29 Apr 2016-14 May 2016
Natural History of Hope – 12 May 2016-14 May 2016 (NEW)

Civic Theatre
Language of the Mute – 9 – 10 May 2016 // 8.15pm
A Chorus Line – 10 – 14 May // 8pm (NEW)

New Theatre –  James Connolly Festival – May 9th – May 14th (NEW)

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Importance of Being Oscar – May 03 – 14, 2016 (NEW)

Viking Theatre – Meet The Quare Fellow – May 3 – 21

The Gate – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?– until June 11th

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Chicago – 11 May 2016 – 21 May 2016 (NEW)

Movies

WABI-SABI SOUL – 3D LISTENING EVENT – Lighthouse Cinema – Time 7.30pm Tuesday 10th May

Lighthouse Cinema –  De Niro Vs Pacino Season – Round 1

RAGING BULL
20:30, Tuesday 10 May 2016
14:00, Saturday 14 May 2016

DOG DAY AFTERNOON
20:30, Wednesday 11 May 2016
14:00, Sunday 15 May 2016

Lighthouse – Studio Ghibli Forever

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
3pm, Sunday May 15 2016 (Subtitled)
12.30pm, Sunday May 15 2016 (Dubbed)

New Releases this week!

Everybody Wants Some
Green Room
Mustang
Our Kind Of Traitor
The Angry Birds Movie
The Darkness
Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

Gigs

And if last week was dull, this week is… a bit worse! Still, there’s a few gigs worth a mention, particularly the Irish bands with Cian Nugent, HamsandwicH, The Mighty Stef, Roisin O. The Hot 8 Brass Band also play a couple of nights in the Sugar Club. Is there anyone that hasn’t seen them there at this stage? They may have squatters rights on that stage.

Tue 10 May
The Magic of Vienna – NCH
Bryan Adams – 3Arena
The Burning Hell – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
David Corley – The Workman’s Club

Wed 11 May
An Evening with Rita Coolidge – NCH
Le Vent Du Nord – The Sugar Club
Niall Cash – The Workman’s Club
Bunoscionn – Whelan’s
Daniel Champagne – Whelan’s (Upstairs)

Thu 12 May
Cian Nugent – Whelan’s
Daithí – Whelan’s (Late Gig)
Now This: Gary Peacock, Marc Copland, Joey Baron – Kevin Barry Recital Room – NCH
Essential Classics Elvira Madigan – NCH
Plastic Candles & Aztec Jackal – The Grand Social
Cory Henry – The Sugar Club
Nicole Maguire – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Three Underneath, Hawklion & More – The Workman’s Club

Fri 13 May
Hot 8 Brass Band – The Sugar Club
The Whileaways – The Unitarian Church
The Henry Girls – Whelan’s
HamsandwicH – The Academy
The Mighty Stef – The Button Factory
Pretty Beast – The Grand Social
The Irish Guitar Quartet – NCH
RTE NSO Jolivet, Ravel, Takemitsu, Lutoslawski – NCH
Puccini La boheme – O’Reilly Theatre
The Vagaries – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Mark Knight & Adrian Hour – The Button Factory
Mall Grab – The Grand Social

Sat 14 May
Dave Hardy & The Blue Clavon Orchestra – NCH
HamsandwicH – The Academy
The Young Folk – The Button Factory
Red Enemy & The Winter Passing – The Workman’s Club
Roisin O – Whelan’s
Monster Monster – Whelan’s
The Pale – The Grand Social
Hot 8 Brass Band – The Sugar Club
Wob! (EP Launch) – Whelan’s

Sun 15 May
Vanbrugh Quartet – Kevin Barry Recital Room – NCH
Song for ’16 Live Final – NCH
Puccini La boheme – O’Reilly Theatre
The Telescopes – The Workman’s Club
Emma Lou & The Agenda – The Grand Social
Edel Murphy & Ewan Cowley – Whelan’s
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Whelan’s

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: A Decade – 28 Apr 2016 – 08 Jan 2017

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 –Michael Canning – The Respectful Distance – 5 May 2016 — 16 Jun 2016

Kevin Kavanagh -Elaine Byrne – Whenceness – May 5th – 28th

Taylor Gallery – John Doherty – Legacy –  29 April – 21 May 2016