local arts
Rathdown School Centenary Gala Concert
Tue 26 Mar, 7pm
Rathdown School Gala Concert will be a showcase event highlighting the talent and tradition of performing arts the school has to offer.
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.
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The World of Darkmouth
Thu 28 Mar, 11am
Schools Events
Venue: dlr LexIcon, Level 4
Have you heard of the Legends? These monstrous, human-eating creatures have invaded the Irish town of Darkmouth and it’s up to twelve-year-old Finn and his friends to fight the beasts and save the world.
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Talking to the Enemy
Thu 28 Mar, 7.30pm
Venue: dlr LexIcon, The Studio
In this very special opening event, poet Damian Gorman meets Professor Rosemary Hollis. Rosemary argues that ‘Talking to the enemy’ is not necessarily about conflict resolution or peace building.
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The Writing Life
Thu 28 Mar, 8.30pm
Venue: dlr LexIcon, Level 4
Dame Margaret Drabble is the author of 18 novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Red Queen, and the highly-acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby.
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Festival Club
Thu 28 Mar, 9.30pm
Venue: The Library Bar, Haddington Hotel
Enjoy an intimate interlude of songs, readings and talk from three acclaimed artists from County Meath.
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Tradoodle
Fri 29 Mar, 10am & 12pm
Venue: dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Join Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) with Joanna Williams, Little Bigtop in this specially-created performance for Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, young imaginations will be enthralled by some of our best-loved bedtime songs such as Seoithín Seothó and Dún do Shúile, as well as lullabies from other cultures and traditions.
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Poetry Workshop with Damian Gorman
Fri 29 Mar, 11am
Venue: dlr LexIcon Level 5, Meeting Room 2
Damian Gorman is one of Northern Ireland’s most successful and versatile contemporary writers. For Mountains to Sea he has designed a workshop for adult writers at any level who wish to take what is in them to write outside of themselves, ‘into the company of strangers’.
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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.
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Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood
Fri 29 Mar, 4pm
Venue: dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Roald Dahl’s most revolting rhyme is brought to musical life on stage by composer & pianist Conor Linehan and singer & actress Kathy-Rose O Brien
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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?
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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.
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Notions
Fri 29 Mar, 9.30pm
Venue: dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Constantly inventive and unerringly precise, the poems in John Kelly’s debut collection reveal an author at home with both the stand-alone lyric and the longer, apparently improvisational pieces that contribute so much to this book’s extraordinary brio and style.
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We Are Going To The Zoo Workshop
Sat 30 Mar, 10am
Venue: dlr LexIcon, Room 1, Level 3
Kitty loves animals and she LOVES drawing. When she visits Dublin Zoo with her dad and her sister, she ends up with her own exhibition on the zoo’s front lawn.
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Knights and Bikes with Gabrielle Kent
Sat 30 Mar, 10am
Venue: dlr LexIcon, Level 4
Welcome to the sleepy Cornish island of Penfurzy, where nothing exciting ever happens. Or does it? We join Demelza and her new best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they explore the island and uncover the mysteries of the Penfurzy Knights.
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Creative Writing Workshop with Mary O’Donnell
Sat 30 Mar, 10am
Venue: dlr LexIcon Level 5, Room 3
Develop your writing skills under the direction of novelist, poet and academic Mary O’Donnell whose previous publications include Where They Lie (2014), best-selling debut novel The Light Makers and Empire.
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The Importance of Being Aisling
Sat 30 Mar, 10am
Venue: Pavilion Theatre
Meet Complete Aislings Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght whose entirely authentic voices elicit a proper snort on every page in the sequel to their best-selling Oh My God What a Complete Aisling.
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Now We Can Talk Openly About Everything
Sat 30 Mar, 10.30am
Venue: dlr LexIcon Lab, Level 3
Martina Evans’ latest collection Now We Can Talk Openly About Men comes in two parts, dramatic monologues touching on the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War from a woman’s perspective.
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The Beetle Show with M.G. Leonard
Sat 30 Mar, 11am
Venue: dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Think you know the humble beetle? What about the Bombardier, who shoots acid from its bum? Or the Horned Dung Beetle, the strongest creature in the natural world?