St Kevin’s Academy Cup
IF you want to see the next batch of home-grown football stars and those from abroad, get down to Shanowen Road in Santry this Easter weekend.
St Kevin’s Boys’ Football Club is staging its ninth Academy Cup for Under 13 teams from Friday to Sunday, April 14-16.
Barcelona will be in town to defend their 2016 title and will be joined by Deportivo La Coruna; Belgian club KRC Genk, French team Olympique Marseilles and West Bromwich Albion. The tournament begins on Good Friday at 10am with a fixture between St Kevin’s Boys and KRC Genk.
Merrion Square Easter Egg Hunt
Families looking for a fun day out over Easter are invited to take part in the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, in aid of Barnardos.
The event, which will take place in Merrion Square, will have something to keep everyone entertained while hunting for chocolate eggs on Good Friday, April 14, and Easter Saturday, April 15.
Family tickets cost €20 and single tickets cost just €5 with every cent from the sales going to Barnardos to help their important work with children across Ireland. Tickets are on sale from www.ticketweb.ie/cadburyEEH with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to Barnardos.
Seussical
Baldoyle Musical Society presents ‘Seussical’ from April 18-22 at 8pm at St Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle.
It’s a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza which promises fun for the whole family.
‘Seussical’ weaves an inspiring story that features great musical numbers and spectacular dance routines.
Tickets are priced at €15 for adults, and €12 for children, OAPs and groups of 10 or more. Bookings can be made at www.baldoylemusicalsociety.ie or on 085-1378329.
Who stole the egg?
Tayto Park in Ashbourne has reopened just in time for Easter and it’s the place to be on Easter Sunday when an eggs-cellent crime scene inspired event is taking place.
Mr Tayto is looking for help from some young detectives to help him solve the mystery of who stole the egg’? He knows it was one of the animals in the zoo – but he doesn’t know which one!
Kids can visit the crime scene to collect clues to unlock the mystery of the disappearing egg. All participants will receive a delicious chocolate egg at the end of their visit. For more information visit www.taytopark.ie
Croke Park Easter Egg Trail
Have a cracker of an Easter with an egg’stra special Stadium Egg Hunt at Croke Park. The fantastic ‘eggs’perience includes an access-all-areas guided stadium tour, combined with an Easter Egg Hunt, all rounded off with a visit to the GAA Museum.
Tours run from April 12-17 with the exception of Good Friday on April 14. Easter Weekend tours at 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm. For more see www.crokepark.ie/easter.
Smyths Easter Egg hunt
This Easter, Smyths Toys Superstores are celebrating by having a free Easter egg hunt in all their stores. Go in-store on Saturday April 15 from 9am-2pm to join in the fun and take part in this egg-citing event.
There is a whole bunch of delicious Easter eggs up for grabs so make sure you get yours! Pick up your free clue sheet in any Smyths Toys Superstores nationwide on the day to take part. Work your way through the store to complete your clue sheet and collect a yummy chocolaty free Easter egg (while stocks last) on Saturday, April 15. No purchase necessary.
John Keating exhibition
John Keating’s solo exhibition will be open daily from 6-8.30pm at The Gallery, 26 Castle Street, Dalkey, until Tuesday, April 25.
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. In ‘Works from The Studio’, the artist sees his work as a kind of gesture figuration expressed in fragments of reality.
Masquerade
On Saturday April 15, Film Fatale Events will once more bring the great parties of the past to life as they return to Dublin with their most extravagant night to date: Masquerade at the RDS.
A carnival of curiosities awaits you, inspired by the great masked balls of Vienna, Paris, St Petersburg and Venice. In the grand tradition of the Masquerade, don your masks and hide your beautiful faces among the dukes and duchesses, counts and courtesans while you revel in the spectacle.
As this is masquerade-themed event, face-masks and fancy attire (though not necessarily ball gowns!) are mandatory in an effort to ensure that each guest flaunts their inner splendour.
Tickets are €39 and available via Ticketmaster.
Foxy Divil
Following a hugely successful national tour in 2016, including a Dublin premiere during the theatre festival, Stagemad bring their critically acclaimed play ‘Foxy Divil’ to the Mill Theatre for one night only on Thursday, April 13 at 8pm.
Frankie, a homeless man, recounts the stories of his street life. Starting from what led him to take to the streets, we discover the tales and encounter the phantoms and angels of his waking days.
He travels along the edge of sanity, held together by a cocktail of gallows humour, some strange bed-fellows and the scourge of alcohol.