HAPPENINGS: A few things worth checking out this week

Radicalisation of Bradley Manning 

‘The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning’ by Welsh playwright Tim Price, a three act play about the formative years of Chelsea Manning, will be performed by Dry Ice Theatre Company in the Axis Theatre, Ballymun on Thursday and Friday, February 16 and 17. 

This ensemble piece by final year BA Drama students of Coláiste Dhúlaigh/University of Wolverhampton and directed by tutors Michelle Read, John O’Brien and Joe Devlin, follows Bradley Manning’s life from his teenage years in Wales to his career in the US Army.

Tickets cost €10 or concession €8 (students/unwaged/OAP). Group rates of €5 are available for eight people or more. The show starts at 7pm with a short interval of 15 minutes at 8pm.  The running time is two hours.

Sutton Art Exhibition

An art exhibition – ‘Drunk By The Air’ – created by Zeus Cooney, an Irish landscape artist and Katarzyna Soswa, a Polish artist, will open on February 16 at 8pm the Marine Hotel, Sutton. 

Vernissage is the fruit of the artists’ few months’ collaboration that visitors can finally evaluate during a three-day exhibition at Marine Hotel, Sutton. 

An auction of the two of their paintings will take place on the first night and a lottery. All collected funds will be given to the Temple Street Foundation.

Refreshments and a glass of wine will be provided as well as live music. Special guest of the exhibition will be an Argentinean art critic, Marcella Aiello. For more information, email [email protected]

Art galleries walking tour

‘Relatively Speaking: A guided walking tour across three city art galleries’ will take place on Thursday, February 16 from 1-2pm

Meeting point: Project Arts Centre. Free admission, booking is essential.

Beginning at Project Arts Centre, you will be introduced to ‘Fault Bound Bodies’ by Caroline Doolin. Visitors will be guided to the next venue, the Gallery of Photography for the exhibition ‘Mother River’ by Yan Wang Preston. Finally, the tour will end at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, where you will be guided through the solo exhibition ‘Woodall’ by Hilary Lloyd.

For more information on talks and event, visit www.templebargallery.com/events

Dead Man’s Cell Phone

Most of us are still addicted to smartphones. Few of us have narrowly escaped the trap of text messaging and twitter obsessions. We live in an age with these seemingly magical devices that promise constant connection yet leave many of us feeling stranded.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone explores the paradox of modern technology’s ability to both unite and isolate people in the digital age. This play is a moving and funny exploration of how, in the midst of our fragile lives, technology can both unite and isolate us, especially in our quest for true love. It runs in Dalkey Town Hall, Dalkey, from Wednesday, February 22 to Friday 24 at 8pm. Telephone: 0879919261

Charity Cheltenham preview night

A charity Cheltenham preview night will take place in the Sallynoggin Inn on Tuesday, February 21 at 8pm. All proceeds on the night will be donated to Blackrock Hospice. 

The panel includes Hugh Cahill MC, jockey Davy Russell, trainer Andrew McNamara, journalist Donn McLean and trainer John ‘The Shark’ Hanlon. Admission is €10 and includes a free pint. Tickets are available at Sallynoggin Inn or from Liam Metcalfe on 086-6026027

Music in the Community

The Methodist Church on Brighton Road, Rathgar has, for the past six years, been a venue for classical and contemporary music-making where a committee of local enthusiasts have been attempting to bring music out from the city centre to the wider community of suburban Dublin.

On Sunday, February 19 at 3pm there will be a performance by two young musicians Miriam Kaczor (flute) and Lorna Breen (soprano) accompanied by Gabriele Dikciute (cello) in a concert titled ‘Four centuries of flute and voice’ that showcases the work of composers Bach, Roussel, Holohan, Cowell and Corigliano. Tickets are €15 with concessions €10. At the interval you can mingle with the performers while having coffee/tea with cakes and other refreshments from The Corner Bakery. Tickets available on tickets.ie

Humans need not apply

In an automated world, is it nearly time to put humans out to pasture? Does the future resemble a leisure-time utopia or a robot-tended human-zoo? Will the notion of work become a thing of the past if machines really can do everything better, faster and for longer?

This new exhibition in Science Gallery Dublin tries to answer these questions and looks at the movement of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing into the professional workforce, and what that means whether you’re a lawyer, a surgeon or a taxi driver.

The exhibition runs until May 14.

Tiny Tunes – Early Years Cabaret

This concert is a staged cabaret with original and old children’s tunes. Some involve audience participation and will include a variety of musical instruments, one of which the children will get to play. 

It promises to be a joyful 45 minutes and a perfect introduction to a theatre experience for tiny tots. Created with the support of The Ark, it’s happening at 12.15 at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, on Saturday, February 18. An earlier show at 11am is sold out. 

Eason Story Time 

Every Saturday Eason stores hold Get Into Reading: Story Time, where staff read a selected kids’ book to children aged from 0-6 (and parents too). 

It’s free and great entertainment. It happens at different times in each store, with readings at 2pm in O’Connell Street, 1pm in Blanchardstown. 11.30am in Dundrum, 11am in Liffey Valley and 3pm in Dun Laoghaire.