monday night cinema
The Captain
Mon 4 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Observer
★★★★ Time Out London
In the final weeks of WWII a German deserter finds a Nazi captain’s uniform and becomes dangerously absorbed in impersonating its former owner.
Noel Hill & Friends
Tue 5 Mar, 8pm
Noel Hill (Concertina) is joined by his talented friends,Tríona Ní Dhómhnaill (Songs & Piano) Liam O’Connor (Fiddle), Jack Talty ( Piano & Concertina) for this concert in aid of Daughters of Charity Mission Fund.
schools
IFI Education Programme: Keeper
Wed 6 Mar, 10.30am
Secondary School Event:
Senior Cycle French
Study Guide available for Teachers
In this year’s French film, a gently realistic debut feature, two teens grow up fast in the wake of an unexpected pregnancy.
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Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
Wed 6 Mar, 8pm
Fasten your seatbelts as Grammy Award-winning songstress and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens and Italian jazz maestro Francesco Turrisi take you on a musical voyage of discovery from Africa and the Middle East across to Europe and the Americas.
Hothouse Flowers
Thu 7 Mar, 8pm
The Irish rock band behind hits like Don’t Go and I Can See Clearly Now return to Pavilion Theatre for a very special concert.
schools
IFI Education Programme: The Silent Revolution
Fri 8 Mar, 10.30am
Secondary School Event:
Senior Cycle German
Study Guide available for Teachers
Based on true events, Silent Revolution is a captivating Cold War-era drama told from the perspective of two East-German high school students.
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Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny
Fri 8 Mar, 8pm
Two giants of the Irish trad scene, Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny are uniting for an evening of great music, a mixture of traditional songs, and originals composed by Andy.
The Matchmaker
Sat 9 Mar, 8pm
The Matchmaker stars Mary McEvoy and Jon Kenny playing a myriad of characters in John B Keane’s hilarious and earthy dramatic comedy.
monday night cinema
Colette
Mon 11 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ Radio Times
★★★★ The Guardian
Keira Knightley stars as Sidonie-Gabrielle Colettee, the daring and brilliant French novelist whose provocative debut became the toast of Paris in the 1900s.
local arts
Jekyll & Hyde
Tue 12 - Sat 16 Mar, 8pm
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic thriller, Jekyll & Hyde is the gripping tale of a brilliant mind gone horrifically awry, set to a powerful pop-rock score by Frank Wildhorn with book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.
schools
IFI Education Programme: The Chess Player
Fri 15 Mar, 10.30am
Secondary School Event:
Senior Cycle Spanish
Study Guide available for Teachers
A Spanish chess-player falls for a French journalist. Amidst a growing threat in the political atmosphere they make for Paris and find themselves in a Nazi occupation years later
special screening
Mirai
Sat 16 Mar, 2pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Hollywood News
From visionary anime director Mamoru Hosoda, this charming fantasy tells the story of four-year-old Kun, spoilt rotten and resentful of his newborn sister Mirai.
Ingenious and heartfelt Mirai will inspire the imaginations of young and old alike.
Druid’s Furniture
Wed 20 - Sat 23 Mar
Following a sell-out run at Galway International Arts Festival in 2018, Druid returns with Sonya Kelly’s Furniture; a humorous, insightful, touching and often philosophical look at who we are and how we’d like to be perceived.
Milo’s Hat Trick
Sat 24 Mar, 2pm & 4.30pm
Young audiences can expect magic, music and mischief in this delightful adventure from the multi-award winning Cahoots NI (Penguins), based on the book by Jon Agee.
monday night cinema
Burning
Mon 25 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★ The Guardian
A South Korean mystery thriller about obsession, unrequited love and alienation starring The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeung.
Joxer Daly Esq.
Wed 27 Mar, 8pm
★★★★ Mail on Sunday
A brilliant spin on the character of Joxer Daly from Seán O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, this new one-man play stars Pheilim Drew as an ordinary man living in extraordinary times.
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival
Thu 28 - Sun 31 Mar
The act of storytelling is an act of profound generosity and in 2019 Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival is thrilled to welcome some truly gifted storytellers as they gather to celebrate the transformative power of words.
mountains to sea
The Legend of Kevin
Fri 29 Mar, 11am
Schools Event
Venue: Pavilion Theatre
Who doesn’t love ponies? Especially roly-poly ponies who can fly? Come meet Kevin, the four-legged, two-winged hero of The Legend of Kevin.
mountains to sea
Age of Anger
Fri 29 Mar, 6.30pm
Venue: Pavilion Theatre
How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world―from American shooters and ISIS to Donald Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media?
mountains to sea
Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry
Fri 29 Mar, 8.30pm
Venue: Pavilion Theatre
Perched between mountains and sea, we’re delighted to welcome Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry as we explore nature and the natural world in his writing in the company of Evelyn O Rourke.