Neil Oliver
Tue 5 Nov, 8pm
Neil Oliver was born to love these islands. 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!
just announced
Dickie Rock: The Farewell Tour
Wed 6 Nov, 8pm
Just for Old Times’ Sake
Beloved singer Dickie Rock will be joined by Sunshine FM’s Paddy Cole, comedian Sil Fox and host George Hunter for an evening of unforgettable music.
cinema
Leonardo: The Works
Thu 7 Nov, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
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.
Francis Footwork
Fri 8 Nov, 4pm & Sat 9 Nov, 12pm
From the company that brought you the award-winning The Wolf and Peter.
Once upon a dance floor…in a kingdom not so far away, lived Francis Footwork. Now Francis Footwork is no ordinary girl - she is an extraordinary dancer but King Two Lefties wants to end all dancing!
sold out
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.
monday night cinema
Never Look Away
Mon 11 Nov, 4pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Irish Independent
★★★★ The Guardian
An Oscar nominated drama loosely based on the formative years of the world-renowned painter Gerhard Richter - from Nazism through to the Cold War - from German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others).
The Bockety World of Henry & Bucket
Sun 17 Nov, 4pm & Mon 18 Nov, 10am
★★★★ The Irish Times
Henry and Bucket are best pals, although sometimes you wouldn’t think so! Like all good friends they have their ups and downs but as long as these two friends are together, transforming their rusty, dusty, battered and bockety world into a place of wonder, their adventures can take them anywhere!
special screening
The Piano
Sun 17 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
Director Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning romantic masterpiece about a musically gifted mute woman’s rebellion in a newly colonised, Victorian-era New Zealand returns to the big screen for its 25th anniversary.
monday night cinema
Sometimes Always Never
Mon 18 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Times
Bill Nighy is a Scrabble genius in this offbeat comedy-drama. Called to identify his long missing son, he and his other son head off on a road trip to the morgue - stirring up old grievances and some deadly wordplay.
Madhouse
Tue 19 & Wed 20 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ Dublin Live
★★★★ The Irish Times
Based on the true life story of comedian PJ Gallagher, Madhouse is a touching and comic coming-of-age story.
CLASS
Thu 21 - Sat 23 Nov
★★★★★ The Sunday Times (Ireland)
★★★★ The Irish Times
A parent-teacher meeting goes very wrong in CLASS, the hit play about learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever.
Des Bishop
Sat 23 Nov, 8pm
★★★★ The Scotsman
Des Bishop, one of Ireland’s most successful comedians, brings his unique stand-up and comic perspective on Irish life back to Pavilion Theatre.
special screening
Missing Link
Sun 24 Nov, 2pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Guardian
The latest family adventure from stop-motion champions Laika (Coraline, Kubo & the Two Strings) follows a Bigfoot in search of his family, with the voices of Zach Galifianakis, Hugh Jackman, Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson.
monday night cinema
Pain & Glory
Mon 25 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ London Evening Standard
★★★★ The Irish Times
Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz reunite with award-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta) in his most personal film to date, a semi-autobiographical tale of artistic crisis.
The Don Baker Band
Tue 26 Nov, 8pm
The legendary Don Baker has released 17 albums of blues-inspired music and his songs have been recorded by the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Declan O’Rourke and Liam Ó’ Maonlaí.
Don’t miss this chance to see the man Bono called “the best harmonica player in the world” perform live!
FRONTM3N
Wed 27 Nov, 8pm
The Hits of The Hollies, 10cc & The Sweet performed by Peter Howarth, Mick Wilson, and Peter Lincoln.
This terrific show is like listening to the history of British Pop Music Through The 60’s and 70’s!
special screening
Apollo 11
Thu 28 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
With never-before-seen 70mm footage and unheard audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission - the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
just announced
In the Window
Fri 29 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
In her internationally-acclaimed, one-woman, comedy hit, Nuala McKeever delivers a poignant, hilarious, cocktail that has wowed audiences from the USA to India.
cinema
Renoir: Revered and Reviled
Sun 1 Dec, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
With access to the impressive Renoir collection at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, this documentary examines the influential French Impressionist and his late-career change in style which caused controversy.
monday night cinema
The Souvenir
Mon 2 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ Time Out
Writer/director Joanna Hogg re-imagines some of her own real-life experiences coming of age in 1980s London, exploring art, memory and love. Featuring a trio of incredible performances by Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton.