The Dublin Dance Festival kicks off this week and runs from the 18th to the 28th of May. This should be a whole lot of fun, so make sure you check out the events for this week! There’s also the International Literature Festival Dublin 2017 which runs from the 20th to 28th May 2017. I’m really looking forward to Werner Herzog in the Concert Hall next week!
Laurie Anderson concludes her residency in the NCH on Monday. There’s a very tough choice on Friday with Angel Olsen at Vicar Street and Rebekka Karijord at The Unitarian Church. I wish I could split myself in half, amoeba like and go to both! The Godfater of Alt Country Howe Gelb will also be in Whelans. He’s just such a nice man and a pleasure to be in his company!
New theatre includes the The New Irish Playbook (from 15 to 20 May) in Smock Alley. The IMMA Collection Freud Project is a must see!
Theatre
Abbey – Waiting for Godot – until 20th May
Locker Room Talk – 18th – 20th May
Bord Gais Energy Theatre – The Cranberries – 18 May 2017
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Signature Series: David Arnold – 19 May 2017
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Presents Independence Day – 20 May 2017
The Beach Boys – 21 May 201
Gaiety Theatre – The Chastitute – 25 April 2017 – 20 May 2017
Smock Alley – The New Irish Playbook 2017 – 15 – 20 May
Project Arts Centre – Dublin Dance Festival 2017
Concert – 18th May
Top 8 Hip-Hop Dance Battle – 21st May
Theatre Upstairs – The Words Are There – May 5th – 20th
New Theatre – Next Production: Young Skins – The Clancy Kid & Bait – May 22nd – Jun 3rd
Bewleys Cafe Theatre – The Confirmation Suit – May 8 – June 03, 2017
Viking Theatre – Ruby Tuesday – May 8 – 20th
Civic Theatre – Harder Faster More – May 15 – 17
The Gate – Private Lives – until 24th June
Movies
Sugar Club
Tue May16 – March on Films
Wed May17 – The Producers Presents – Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion
Sat May20 – Popcorn Presents – Justin Timberlake & The Tennessee Kids : Jonathan Demme
Sat May20 – Popcorn Presents – Stop Making Sense : Talking Heads : Jonathan Demme
Sun May21 – Popcorn Presents – La La Land
Omniplex
Secret Screenings Return with a See-it-First Action Comedy – May 15th
Lighthouse Cinema –
Met Opera: Der Rosenkavalier (Encore) – Tue 16 May 2017
NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Live) – Thu 18 May 2017
IFI –
FROM THE VAULTS: IMAGES – Wednesday 17th May 2017 @ 18.30
IFI & DUBLIN FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL: WANDA + PANEL – Barbara Loden – Saturday 20th May 2017
13.30
New Release Movies –
Colossal
Everything, Everything
Inversion
King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword
La Strada
Snatched
Gigs
Mon 15 May
Laurie Anderson Residency: The Language of the Future 3 – NCH
Take That – 3Arena
Natalie Imbruglia – Vicar Street
Tue 16 May
Take That – 3Arena
Howe Gelb Piano Trio – Whelans
Lyric Opera Sings Verdi – NCH
Lisa Mitchell – The Grand Social
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – Vicar Street
Overcoats – Whelan’s
Wed 17 May
Summer Baroque – NCH
We Banjo 3 – Whelan’s
Thu 18 May
San Fermin – The Sugar Club
The Bleeding Heart Pigeons – Whelans
The Cranberries – Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Changing Gears – Bello Bar
Matt Andersen – The Grand Social
Parekh & Singh – The Workman’s Club
Fri 19 May
Quatuor Zaide / Ducasse Trio – NCH
Declan McKenna – The Academy 2
State Lights – The Grand Social
Angel Olsen – Vicar Street
Rebekka Karijord – The Unitarian Church
Dimitri From Paris – District 8
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Signature Series: David Arnold – 19 May 2017
Sat 20 May
Family Concert: Snow White and the Seven Short Stories – NCH
The Story of Swing – Performed by The Swing Cats – NCH
Paddy Casey – Whelans
Ariana Grande – 3Arena
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Vicar Street
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Presents Independence Day – 20 May 2017
Sun 21 May
The Beach Boys – 21 May 201
Deni Boney – Whelans
Werner Herzog – NCH
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Vicar Street
Visual Art
ROSC 50 – 1967 / 2017 – 05 May 2017 to 18 Jun 2017
Jac Leirner – Institutional Ghost – 14 February – 05 June 2017
As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics – 13 Apr 2017 to 27 Aug 2017
IMMA Collection Freud Project 2016 – 2021 – 21 October 2016 – mid October 2017
RHA Gallery – Starting Soon – May 23, 2017 – August 12, 2017 187th Annual Exhibition
Douglas Hyde – April 21 – May 27, 2017
NIAMH O’MALLEY Gallery 2
DENNIS DINNEEN Gallery 1
Hugh Lane Gallery –
Frank O’Meara and Irish Artists Abroad – 13 February 2017 – 11 June 2017 Artistic Migration: Frank O’Meara and Irish Artists Abroad
Eugeen Van Mieghem: Port Life – 09 February 2017 – 11 June 2017
Chester Beatty – General Exhibition
Private Galleries:
Kerlin – Paul Winstanley – Faith After Saenredam and Other Paintings – 20th May – 1st July 2017
Oliver Sears – Barrie Cooke – Works from the Studio – 11 May 2017 — 22 Jun 2017
Taylor Gallery – Bernadette Kiely – Memory needs a landscape – 5 – 27 May 2017
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – Rectangle – a written thing – Sonia Shiel – May 4th – May 27th
No More Workhorse 