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The Speks
Sun 15 Sep, 2pm & 4pm
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats!
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Pavarotti
Sun 15 Sep, 8pm & Tue 17 Sep, 5pm
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard turns his focus from The Beatles to superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti, combining stunning concert video, interviews and never-before-seen footage to create a portrait of opera’s best loved singer.
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Birds of Passage
Mon 16 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Guardian
Visually stunning and based on actual events, this breathtaking drama recounts how one indigenous family became involved in the Colombian drug trade.
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Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Tue 17 Sep
★★★★★ The Playlist
An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen - the inspiration for his song So Long, Marianne.
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Aeneid Book VI
Wed 18 Sep, 8pm
With Stephen Rea & Neil Martin
Seamus Heaney’s last great project was his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VI. Actor Stephen Rea will read the full work with the live soundscape created by composer and cellist Neil Martin.
Tara Breen, Laoise Kelly, Josephine Marsh & Nell Ní Chróinín
Thu 19 Sep, 8pm
Music Network
A stellar combination of Ireland’s leading female traditional musicians.
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Culture Night 2019
Fri 20 Sep
Free Events (Booking Required)
Join us for Culture Night 2019, with free performances from Hania Rani and Glasshouse plus cinema screenings of Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace and shorts for young audiences.
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Shorts for Wee Ones
Fri 20 Sep, 2.30pm
Culture Night 2019
This collection of short films from around the world will delight anyone over the age of three. With tales of a mystery fish and a very frisky egg, plus the coolest Tyrannosaurus Rex of all time!
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Shorts for Middle Ones
Fri 20 Sep, 4pm
Culture Night 2019
Fresh and inventive, this collection of new short films from around the world for audiences aged eight and over, features both live action and animation with stories of paper-based canine superheroes and escaped budgerigars.
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Hania Rani
Fri 20 Sep, 7pm
Culture Night 2019
Berlin-based Polish pianist and composer Hania Rani will perform a mesmerizing solo recital, fresh off the release of her stunning debut solo album Esja.
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Glasshouse: Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Orphée
Fri 20 Sep, 8.30pm
Culture Night 2019
Glasshouse will give an immersive performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s album ‘Orphée’ in a new arrangement by Aran O’Grady, using diverse instrumentation and audiovisual accompaniment
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Amazing Grace
Fri 20 Sep, 10pm
Culture Night 2019
★★★★★ Rolling Stone
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★★ Time Out
A thrilling documentary with rare footage of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 gospel concert at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
Route 66 Big Band
Sat 21 Sep, 8pm
Route 66, a 16 piece Big Band and singers, bring their fabulous ‘Live in Concert’ show back to Pavilion Theatre, taking the audience on a magical musical tour from the 40s right up to date with numbers made famous by Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Adele, Joe Dolan and many more, all played with a fabulous big band sound.
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Rigoletto on the Lake
Sun 22 Sep, 3pm
Encore Screening
Verdi’s masterpiece – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – will delight audiences with a powerhouse combination of entertainment and emotional intensity from the spectacular shore of Lake Constance, Austria.
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Dylan Moran
Sun 22 Sep, 8pm
The wonderful Dylan Moran has announced an intimate warm-up show at Pavilion Theatre.
Moran will once again offer his unique take on love, politics, misery and the everyday absurdities of life, all served with poetical panache from one of the finest comedians of his generation.
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In Safe Hands
Mon 23 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
A warm, human drama about the adoption system in France and the people it touches.
The Alternative
Tue 24 - Sun 29 Sep
As part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
Fishamble’s A Play for Ireland asks, “what if Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom?” The year is 2019 and it is the eve of the Referendum. The final debate is set to begin at BBC Dublin: Should Ireland leave the UK?
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We the Animals
Mon 30 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Washington Post
★★★★ The Guardian
Based on Justin Torres’s semi-autobiographical novel, this coming-of-age drama follows the youngest of three brothers as he awakens to a world beyond that of his volatile family.
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Vermeer & Music
Tue 1 Oct, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
Filmed at an exclusive National Gallery exhibition in London as well as the US and the Netherlands, this documentary guides us through Vermeer’s life story and displays his paintings - including Girl with a Pearl Earring - in glorious HD.
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Dillie Keane (Fascinating Aïda)
Wed 2 Oct, 8pm
★★★★ The Stage
Back due to phenomenal demand, the Mistress of Cabaret will perform an array of irreverent songs, funny and bittersweet, with Michael Roulston on piano.