Dreams Under the Roof
This is the story of an old man, a very special carpenter and a talented young boy. They all live in the same building; they all dream under the same roof. But how will they realise their dreams?
Using live music and a transformable wooden box, two performers tell the adventures of these three characters. Charming and engaging, and a delightful family show, Dreams Under the Roof is a universal story about the wonder of dreaming big.
It’s part of the Five Lamps Arts Festival and is taking place at 10am and 3pm in Connolly House, Marino College of Further Education. Booking is recommended by emailing fivelampsartsfestival@gmail.com or call 087-9737401.
Women Who Rock
This unique gig brings together a number of talented female musicians, who individually have already achieved great success. The performance at the Grand Social will showcase their unique styles of songwriting and performing across rock, pop, folk and blues genres.
Naoise Roo, Rosa Nutty, Montauk Hotel, Everything Shook, RUTH, i am niamh and Davina Brady are the women who rock and bring to the stage all that is great about Ireland’s female artists.
Taking place on Thursday, March 30, doors open at 8pm and tickets cost €5 on the door or from Eventbrite.ie.
Fading Memories
As part of ‘Fading Memories’, a series of international events looking at the development and regulation of how we live together as a society, the Irish Film Institute (IFI) will screen Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’ on Saturday, April 1 at 4pm, and Baran bo Odar’s ‘Who Am I – No System is Safe’ on Wednesday, April 5 at 6.20pm in partnership with Goethe Insitut Irland.
In ‘The Conversation’, surveillance expert Gene Hackman faces a moral dilemma after recording a young couple who he feels is in danger.
In hacking thriller ‘Who Am I – No System is Safe’, Benjamin (Tom Schilling) joins a group of hackers who must face the consequences when they catch the government’s attention.
Tickets for both screenings are on sale from the IFI Box Office on 01-6795744 and from www.ifi.ie.
Baldoyle Spring Show
There is nothing like a good Spring Show to get you all enthusiastic about tackling your garden again following the ravages of winter.
Howth and Sutton Horticultural Society will hold their annual Spring Show on Saturday, April 1 at St Nessan’s Community School, Moyclare Road, off Warrenhouse Road, Baldoyle, to get you in the mood as the bright nights are here again. Visitors are welcome between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
New exhibitors are welcome and all you need to know about the society and show brochures is available at www.hshs.ie or from the secretary Ann Campbell on 086-8183709. There will be free admittance for exhibitors and members, €2 for non-members.
ESB Feis Ceoil
Feis Ceoil occupies a unique position in Irish life. It is an essential element in the musical infrastructure of the country and has made an immeasurable contribution to the study and cultivation of music at all levels in Ireland.
The beloved classical music competition, ESB Feis Ceoil, takes place from Monday, March 27 to Friday, April 7 at the RDS. All of the competitions are open to the public and tickets cost just €5. For full details visit www.feisceoil.ie
John Keating exhibition
John Keating was born in Tipperary in 1953. He studied at the Crawford College of Art, Cork, Trinity College Dublin, Leicestershire and the Arts Students League of New York which he attended on a Scholarship.
He has exhibited nationally and internationally including exhibitions in USA, Italy, Spain, Greece, Monaco and China. He is also an Irish Olympian Artist Gold Medallist. ‘Works from The Studio’ is running from 6-8.30pm, from Tuesday March 28 in The Gallery Dalkey.
Yeats Besotted
Yeats Besotted charts the relationship between Irish Nobel Laureate WB Yeats and his muse and greatest love, Maud Gonne, from their very first meeting in 1889 to Senator Yeats’s resignation from the Seanad in 1928.
Ireland was changing rapidly and both were inextricably linked to many of those changes. Yeats Besotted dramatises the turbulent journey of Yeats and Gonne – he proposed at least four times – and includes the famous divorce debate of 1925 as well as Maud Gonne’s visceral attack on Queen Victoria’s visit to Ireland.
It opens in Bewley’s café theatre @ powerscourt on April 5 with shows from Monday to Saturday at 1pm. See www.bewleyscafetheatre.com
Eimear Quinn & the Dublin Brass Ensemble
The internationally renowned brass quintet Dublin Brass will perform with singer and composer Eimear Quinn for the first time at 8pm on April 1.
Eimear Quinn is well-known in Ireland and internationally as a singer and composer. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996, and since then has toured and performed extensively, including before royalty and presidents.
Dublin Brass features members of both the RTÉ Symphony and RTÉ Concert Orchestras. The ensemble is joined for the evening by percussionist Noel Eccles, harpist Geraldine O’Doherty and fiddle/viola players Marie Louise Bow and Siubhan Ni Ghriofa. Tickets and further information are available at williamjohnmorsepalmer.com/performances/breath-upon-the-flame/