local arts
Hip Hop the Day Away with Hannah May
Sun 21 Jul, 3pm & 7pm
Hip hop, contemporary, singing and musical theatre show with wonderful children aspiring to be the stars they were born to be.
monday night cinema
Woman at War
Mon 22 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Washington Post
A funny, moving and utterly unique Icelandic film following a seemingly mundane woman who lives a double life as a notorious eco-terrorist.
Peggy Seeger
Tue 23 Jul, 8pm
Peggy Seeger - singer, songwriter, feminist, icon, muse - is the undisputed queen of folk and political song. Join Peggy for a memorable concert featuring some of her most loved songs, readings from her highly acclaimed memoir The First Time Ever, and plenty of relaxed family banter.
cinema
The Lehman Trilogy (Live Screening)
Thu 25 Jul, 7pm
★★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
The story of a family and an investment bank that changed the world, in an all-star production directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall).
off-site
The Martin Hayes Quartet
Sun 11 Aug, 8pm
Venue: Monkstown Parish Church
With a wealth of musical experience and exciting new ideas, The Martin Hayes Quartet (The Gloaming’s Hayes and Cahill with Liz Knowles and Doug Wieselman) is simultaneously ancient and contemporary, innovative and authentic.
Forgotten
Wed 11 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★★ The Herald
★★★★ Daily Mail
A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Fishamble’s Forgotten by Pat Kinevane has been a huge international success during the past decade. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly characters living in retirement homes around Ireland.
Silent
Thu 12 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ The Herald
★★★★ The Scotsman
Olivier Award Winner
Homeless McGoldrig has lost it all - including his mind. Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave, bleak, beautiful production for which Fishamble and Pat Kinevane won an Olivier Award in 2016.
Underneath
Fri 13 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ Scotsman
★★★★ Irish Times
★★★★ Sunday Business Post
Fishamble’s Underneath by Pat Kinevane is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life.
Before
Sat 14 Sep, 8pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Sunday Times
Before is a new play by Pat Kinevane (Forgotten, Silent, Underneath) with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good.
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!
Tara Breen, Laoise Kelly, Josephine Marsh & Nell Ní Chróinín
Thu 19 Sep, 8pm
Tara Breen, Laoise Kelly, Josephine Marsh & Nell Ní Chróinín will perform at Pavilion Theatre together in what is a stellar combination of Ireland’s leading female traditional musicians.
don’t miss
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?
don’t miss
Us/Them
Tue 8 - Sun 13 Oct
★★★★★ The Stage
★★★★★ The Guardian
Following sell-out runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s National Theatre, this multi-award-winning production comes to Pavilion Theatre as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer
Thu 17 & Fri 18 Oct, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Examiner
★★★★★ The Sunday Business Post
★★★★ The Scotsman
The story of an ordinary man who embarked upon an extraordinary adventure is brought to life in this multi-award winning, dramatic and humorous one-man show.
Airelle Besson, Sebastian Sternal & Jonas Burgwinkel Trio
Thu 24 Oct, 8pm
Three of Europe’s most exciting jazz musicians, Airelle Besson (trumpet), Sebastian Sternal (piano) & Jonas Burgwinkel (drums) will be performing together at Pavilion Theatre.
Griselda
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct, 7.30pm
Following the massive success of The Tales of Hoffmann and Orfeo ed Euridice, Irish National Opera returns to Dún Laoghaire with a stunning new production of Vivaldi’s political and romantic thriller, Griselda.
Joseph O’Connor in conversation with Liz Nugent
Wed 30 Oct, 8pm
Joseph O’Connor (Irish author) discusses his new novel on Bram Stoker with crime-writing maven Liz Nugent.
Neil Oliver
Tue 5 Nov, 8pm
Neil Oliver was born to love The British Isles. Whilst filming BBC Two’s Coast, he’s fallen in love all over again. Come and hear in his amusing an entertaining way what it all means to him!
cinema
Leonardo: The Works
Thu 7 Nov, 8pm
On Sale from Fri 31 May.
Exhibition on Screen takes a look at Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s favourite artist. Exhibition on Screen presents every single attributed painting in Ultra HD Quality, never seen before on the big screen.
selling fast
Emigrants
Sat 9 Nov
Two of the most famous Bulgarian Artists, Asen Blatechki and Kalin Vrachanski, will perform Mrozek’s “Emigrants” for the first time in Ireland.
This show will be performed in Bulgarian.