It’s the Year of the Rooster folks, but I’m sure you already knew that, right? There is a festival taking place to celebrate the Chinese New Year with lots of events until Feb 12th.

There’s not a huge amount of gigs on, but there’s still a few good ones with Conor Oberst (Bord Gais Energy Theatre) and Frightened Rabbit (The Academy) both on next Sunday! 65daysofstatic will bring their wall of noise to the Button Factory on Saturday. Also, the 100th episode of Kaleidoscope will take place at the Sugar Club on Wednesday!

At the Theatre, there’s Hamlet at the Bord Gais and the wonderful Dublin Oldskool returns to the Project.

The IMMA Collection Freud Project is a must see!

Theatre

Abbey – Next Production: Arlington  –  10th – 25th Feb 2017

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Hamlet – 31 Jan 2017 – 4 Feb 2017 (New)

Gaiety Theatre – The Pillowman – 24 January 2017 – 5 February 2017

Smock Alley – Susanna by GF Handel – 3 + 4 Feb (New)

Project Arts Centre –  Dublin Oldschool – 03 Feb 2017-18 Feb 2017 (New)

Theatre Upstairs – Couples+Pairs/2/ – Feb 3rd – 18th 2017 (New)

New Theatre – The Collector – Jan 23rd – Feb 4th

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Animalia – Jan 30 – Feb 18, 2017 (New)

Viking Theatre – Saying Yes To Yes – Feb 1 – 4 (New)

Mill Theatre, Dundrum –  The Factory Girls – 31st Jan – 4th Feb 2017 (New)

Civic Theatre –  The Dead – 31 January (New)

The Gate – Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – until 25th Feb

O’Reilly Theatre – King Lear – 30th Jan – 4th Feb (New)

Movies

Sugar Club
Fri Feb03 – The Sugar Club Presents – Stop Making Sense : Talking Heads

Lighthouse Cinema
Cinema Book Club: A Monster Calls – Monday 30 January 2017 – 18:30

IFI –
IRISH FOCUS: TAKASERA MATJAZ PINTER, EVA PIVAC- Tuesday 31st January 2017 – 18.30

New Release Movies –
Gold (2017)
Loving
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Rings
Toni Erdmann

Gigs

There’s not a huge amount of gigs on, but there’s still a few good ones with Conor Oberst (Bord Gais Energy Theatre) and Frightened Rabbit (The Academy) both on next Sunday! 65daysofstatic will bring their wall of noise to the Button Factory on Saturday. Also, the 100th episode of Kaleidoscope will take place at the Sugar Club on Wednesday!

Mon 30 Jan
The Original Elvis TCB Band with special Guests the Imperials & Dennis Jale – NCH

Tues 31 Jan
St Petersburg Philharmonic – NCH

Wed 01 Feb
Fun Lovin Criminals – Vicar Street
Music To Watch Girls By – NCH
Kaleidoscope’s 100 – The Sugar Club

Thu 02 Feb
Exmagician – Whelan’s
John Finucane Clarinet Recital Series – NCH
Colm Wilkinson – From Les Miserables to Phantom of The Opera & Beyond – NCH
Loyle Carner – The Workman’s Club

Fri 03 Feb
Joseph – Whelan’s
RTE NSO: Hope plays Mendelssohn- NCH

Sat 04 Feb
65daysofstatic – The Button Factory
The Armed Man – NCH
Fangclub – Whelan’s
Katie Laffan & No Hot Ashes – The Workman’s Club

Sun 05 Feb
Conor Oberst – Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Frightened Rabbit – The Academy
Leman Festival Concert XXXI – NCH
Interference Feat. Glen Hansard – Vicar Street

Art

IMMA
Emily Jacir Europa – 26 November 2016 – 26 February 2017
Duncan Campbell, The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy – 25 November 2016 – 7 May 2017
IMMA Collection: A Decade – 28 Apr 2016 – 08 Jan 2017
Morph and Transform – 29 October 2016 – 29 January 2017, Project Spaces
The Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection – 15 Jul – 26 Feb 2017
15 Sep 2016 – 29 Jan 2017 Historica – Republican Aesthetics: Invited Curator Sumesh Sharma
15 Sep 2016 – 29 Jan 2017 The Plough and other stars: Invited Curator Kate Strain

IMMA Collection Freud Project, 2016 – 2021 – 21 October 2016 – mid October 2017

RHA Gallery
Daphne Wright – Emotional Archaeology
Joy Gerrard ‘shot crowd’ RHA Gallery II – January 20, 2017 – March 26, 2017

Douglas Hyde –November 18, 2016 – February 1, 2017

Gallery 1 – JOSEF SUDEK
Gallery 2 – KATHY PRENDERGAST

Hugh Lane Gallery – General Exhibition

Chester Beatty – General Exhibition

Private Galleries:

Kerlin – Siobhán Hapaska – 17th December 2016 – 4th February 2017

Oliver Sears – Sam Walsh & Liam Flynn – 2 Feb 2017 — 16 Mar 2017

Taylor Gallery – LACUNA [ 04 ] – 3 – 25 February 2017

Sharon Etgar, Vincent Hawkins, Eimear Murphy, Pauline O’Connell, Rachel Parry, Eddie Rafferty, Gerda Teljeur, Andrew Ward, Tad Wiley

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – Altered Light – Kathlyn O’Brien – January 12th – February 11th, 2017