How is everyone doing? All well, I hope? So, what’s in store for this week then…

A few new plays with the big one being Observe the Sons… in the Abbey. There’s also Inishfallen Fare Thee Well in the New Theatre and the return of Fringe favourite Charolais in the Viking. Special mention for a free version of Measure for Measure at Dublin Castle.

There’s a Blues, Roots and Brass Festival at Whelan’s, there’s the Big Grill at Herbert Park. The Kilkenny Arts Festival is in full swing and I’m beginning to regret not planning a trip. Still time I guess…

Gigs of the week include Thundercat and Everything Shook.

Theatre

Abbey – Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme – (NEW) – until 24th Sept

Olympia – Once – until 27th August

Gaiety Theatre – Riverdance – until 4 September 2016

Smock Alley – Pygmalion – 2 Aug – 3 Sep

Project Arts Centre – RYOU-UN MARU –  10 Jun 2016-13 Aug 2016 – Exhibitions

Civic Theatre – Camp High School Musical – 25 July – 13 August

New Theatre – Inishfallen Fare Thee Well – Aug 8th – Aug 20th (NEW)

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Are You Havin’ A Laugh? – Aug 08 – 20, 2016 (NEW)

Viking Theatre – Charolais – August 8 – 20 (NEW)

The Gate – The Constant Wife – until 27th August

Dublin Castle – Measure for Measure – Free – 4 – 14 August   week nights 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 @ 7pm

Week ends 6, 7, 13 & 14 @ 3pm

Movies

Lighthouse – Films You’d Love Your Kids To See
JUMANJI – WED 10 AUG, 6.30PM
BABE – SAT 13 AUG, 3PM
THE GOONIES – TUE 9 AUG, 3PM & 8.30PM
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR – FRI 12 AUG, 8.30PM (Optional double bill with Short Circuit)*
– SUN 14 AUG, 2PM
SHORT CIRCUIT – FRI 12 AUG, 10.30PM (Optional double bill with Flight Of The Navigator)*
SUN 14 AUG, 4PM

IFI
SOME MOTHER’S SON – Wednesday 10th August 2016 @ 18.30

New Release Movies –
Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Nerve
Pete’s Dragon
The Confession: Living The War On Terror
The Idol
The Shallows
Valley of Love
Wiener-Dog

Gigs

Things are cheering up a little on the gigs scene in Dublin. Thundercat is back in town, with Roots Manuva at the NCH among others. Special mention for Everything Shook at the Dublin Food Coop with Patrick Kelleher and Donal Dineen also performing. Could be a fun night!

Mon 08 Aug
Visions of Floyd – NCH
Thundercat – The Sugar Club

Wed 10 Aug
Roots Manuva – National Concert Hall
Liosa Murphy – The Grand Social
Pa Curran – Whelan’s

Thu 11 Aug
The Boomtown Rats | Bulmers Live At Leopardstown
SinfoNua with Michael McHale – NCH
Barq, Almost Ghosts, Carron & Hvmmingbyrd – The Workman’s Club
Sharon Shannon – Whelan’s

Fri 12 Aug
RTE CO: First Ladies of Swing – NCH
All Tvvins (album release) – Tower Records
Blues, Roots and Brass Festival – Whelan’s

Sat 13 Aug
Everything Shook – Dublin Food Co-op
Kila – The Ark
Blues, Roots and Brass Festival – Whelan’s
The Lookalikes – The Workman’s Club

Sun 14 Aug
Kila – The Ark
Blues, Roots and Brass Festival – Whelan’s
Rappa – The Academy

Art

IMMA –
Simon Fujiwara The Humanizer – 20 May 2016 – 28 Aug 2016
The Passion According to Carol Rama – 24 Mar 2016 – 01 Aug 2016
IMMA Collection: A Decade – 28 Apr 2016 – 08 Jan 2017
The Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection – 15 Jul – 26 Feb 2017

RHA Gallery – Aideen Barry: Brittlefield: A Solo Survey of the Work of Aideen Barry – July 08, 2016 – August 21, 2016
Sean Lynch: Adventure: Capital, Ireland at Venice, The Irish Tour – July 08, 2016 – August 21, 2016
Una Sealy , It Takes A Village – July 08, 2016 – August 21, 2016

Douglas Hyde –August 5 – September 21, 2016
Gallery 2 – EOIN MC HUGH
Gallery 1 – ALEC SOTH – Hypnagogia

Hugh Lane Gallery –
Alan Phelan: Our Kind  – 10 March – 2 October 2016 – Our Kind is a short film by Alan Phelan which

Chester Beatty – Exhibition

Private Galleries:

Olivier Cornet Gallery – Republic –  Group show – until 31Aug

Kerlin – Brian Maguire – Over Our Heads the Hollow Seas Closed Up – until 20th August 2016

Oliver Sears – Sleeps

Kevin Kavanagh – Ulrich Vogl, Joe Scullion and Tadhg McSweeney – August 4th – August 27th 2016

Taylor Gallery – Summer Group Show – 21 July – 27 August 2015