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Christmas
Cinema, Dance, Event Cinema
Cinema: Prokofiev’s Cinderella
Sun 7 Dec, 3pm
The Royal Ballet (Encore Screening)
This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s founding choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family set in an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
sold out
Cinema, Event Cinema
Cinema: Inter Alia
Sun 7 Dec, 8pm
National Theatre Live: Encore
Judge Jessica Parks (Rosamund Pike) juggles justice, motherhood, and marriage until one event threatens everything. From Suzie Miller and Justin Martin, creators of Prima Facie, comes a powerful new play on masculinity and motherhood.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
Good One
Mon 8 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Financial Times
A slow-burning, elegant indie drama from India Donaldson following 17-year-old Sam on a Catskills camping trip, revealing adult frustrations, complex relationships, and unspoken truths through intimate, character-driven storytelling.
Cinema, Event Cinema
André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert
Tue 9 Dec, 7pm
This holiday season, the magic begins on the big screen. Join André Rieu for his 2025 Christmas Concert, Merry Christmas, and experience joyful carols, beautiful waltzes, and plenty of surprises – it’s the ultimate Christmas cinema event!
sold out
Music
Phil Coulter
Wed 10 Dec, 8pm
Over 40 years since its release, Classic Tranquillity returns to the stage - an evening of beloved melodies, candlelit atmosphere, and timeless music from Phil Coulter’s landmark album featuring Steal Away, The Town I Loved So Well and many more.
sold out
Music, Christmas
Christmas with the Dublin Gospel Choir
Thu 11 Dec, 8pm
Join the Dublin Gospel Choir for a soul-stirring evening of festive joy and powerful harmonies as they celebrate 30 years of gospel magic.
Music
Andrea Vanzo
Fri 12 Dec, 8pm
Andrea Vanzo is an award-winning composer and musician based in Bologna, Italy, who merges modern classical with elements of the pop soundscape to create a new cinematic musical language.
Music, Christmas
Eimear Quinn
Sat 13 Dec, 8pm
Songs of Winter Dreaming
The Eurovision winner returns to Pavilion Theatre with her ethereal voice, performing seasonal treasures and Celtic classics alongside the Mamisa String Quartet and guitarist Robbie Overson.
sold out
Music
Ye Vagabonds
Sun 14 Dec, 8pm
Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn are an award-winning folk duo who weave rich harmonies and timeless stories into songs that feel both traditional and new.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
The Marching Band
Mon 15 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
7 Nominations incl. Best Film, César Awards 2025
Emmanuel Courcol’s French comedy-drama follows two newly discovered brothers who bond over music, blending humour, warmth, and charismatic performances from Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin.
Family, Schools, Christmas
Julia Donaldson’s The Smeds and the Smoos
Tue 16 - Sun 28 Dec
THE PERFECT FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREAT
Zoom into outer space this Christmas, with two warring aliens in Julia Donaldson’s playful, Olivier-nominated hit show. Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up!
Cinema, Dance, Event Cinema, Christmas
Cinema: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Thu 18 Dec, 7pm
The Royal Ballet (Encore Screening)
Peter Wright’s beloved production, where fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky.
Cinema, Event Cinema, Christmas
It’s a Wonderful Life
Fri 19 Dec, 8pm
Christmas Movies
Frank Capra’s classic Christmas tale follows George Bailey (James Stewart), who struggles with his own desires against always doing the right thing. At the peak of his desperation, a guardian angel arrives to remind him how worthwhile his life has been.
Cinema, Family, Christmas
Elf
Sat 20 Dec, 5.30pm
Christmas Movies
Will Ferrell stars as Buddy the Elf in this modern Christmas classic about a human raised in the North Pole who heads to New York looking for his real father - teaching the whole city the true meaning of Christmas in the process.
Literary, Talks, Offsite
Grianstad 2025
Sun 21 Dec, Sunset
Dedicated to Manchán Magan
Created by Una Mullally, Grianstad is an immersive audio experience timed to the sun setting on the winter solstice. Audiences are encouraged to use headphones to journey outdoors towards the sunset, and to take in the light.
Cinema, Family, Christmas
Home Alone
Sun 21 Dec, 5.30pm
Christmas Movies
The beloved family comedy starring Macaulay Culkin as ten-year-old Kevin McCallister who is inadvertently left home alone by his family when they go on vacation.
Family, Christmas
There’s a Monster in Your Christmas Show
Wed 31 Dec - Sun 4 Jan
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as Tom Fletcher’s beloved Who’s in Your Book? series returns with a Christmas version of this hit show.
Cinema, Event Cinema
Caravaggio
Thu 8 Jan, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
Five years in the making, this film reveals Caravaggio as never before - through his own words, hidden self-portraits, and the enduring mystery of his dramatic life and disappearance.
Theatre
Cosima with Mary Murray
Fri 9 & Sat 10 Jan, 8pm
by Sheena Lambert
Cosima was more than the wife of Richard Wagner and daughter of Franz Liszt. After sell-out runs and rave reviews, Mary Murray’s electric performance breathes new life into this powerful woman, placing her firmly centre stage.