HAPPENINGS: A few things worth checking out this week

Sergio Leone Dollars Trilogy

To coincide with a new 4k restoration of A Fistful of Dollars, the IFI is presenting screenings of Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy on consecutive Sundays throughout April.

Beginning on April 15 at 4.40pm with A Fistful of Dollars, this short season will continue on April 22 with For a Few Dollars More, and finish on April 29 with The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Full details at www.ifi.ie.

Charlie & Me

PS Productions will stage ‘Charlie & Me’ at the Sean O’Casey Theatre, East Wall, from April 10-14 (8pm nightly).

Tickets, which cost €12/€10 concessions, are available at 01-850900/ or Pat on 087-6773322. Catherine Barry’s play is based on one woman’s fight against addiction.

Spring Garden Tour

Ardgillan Castle will host a Spring Garden Tour, with head gardener Dominica McKevitt, on Thursday, April 12 at 11am. Admission is free. Places are limited and booking is recommended. For more information contact 01-8492212 or email [email protected]

Japanese Film Festival 

The Japanese Film Festival will welcome acclaimed screenwriter Mari Okada to Dublin for the Irish premiere of her directorial debut, ’Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms’.

Hot on the heels of its recent international premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival – the first screening outside of Japan – the Irish premiere of this major new anime film will take place at the Light House Cinema on Saturday, April 14 at 6pm.

Tickets are now on sale at https://lighthousecinema.ie//showing/showing-38771

The Old Dublin Society 

Seán Magee will present his lecture ‘St Thomas’s Parish Grand Jury Records’ to the Old Dublin Society at 6pm on Wednesday, April 11 in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library & Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. All welcome – admission free.

Francesco Turrisi pianist 

With support from the Improvised Music Company, pianist Francesco Turrisi will be celebrating the launch of his new album 'Northern Migrations' with a performance at Fumbally Stables, Dublin, on Saturday, April 14.

‘Northern Migrations’ features original solo piano compositions and improvisations by Francesco Turrisi and the 10-year journey of Italian pianist from the heart of the Mediterranean to the North of Europe. Tickets €12 – €16.50 are available from Eventbrite.ie

The Great Ireland Run

The 18th annual Great Ireland Run will take place in the Phoenix Park on April 15. Sponsored this year by technology brand Garmin, it is one of Ireland’s leading sporting events, and part of the world's biggest mass participation running series, The Great Run Company. 

There is something to suit everyone on the day, with the choice of a 10k or a 5k run, as well as mini events suitable for kids from three to 15-years-old. After the run, kids will take home their very own finisher's bags, which will include lots of goodies including some branded souvenirs.

Messiah on the Street

George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah was famously premiered in Dublin on April 13 in 1742, in Musick Hall on Fishamble Street, at the western extremity of Temple Bar and the event is commemorated this Friday.

The 120-strong Our Lady’s Choral Society, along with the Dublin Handelian Orchestra, will perform excerpts from Messiah outdoors on Fishamble Street itself under the direction of conductor Prionnsías Ó Duinn. It’s happening at 1pm and it’s free.

The Words Are There

‘The Words Are There’ by Ronan Dempsey will appear at dlr Mill Theatre on Friday, April 13 at 8pm.

Life has left him speechless, but in his silence lies a story…

A flat in dreamy Bettystown. He awaits her return. Amidst childhood falsehoods and fragmented memories, he struggles to find the words for this very important day.

This is a compelling and timely new piece of innovative physical theatre that delves into a lesser learned side of domestic abuse. This is a topical and relevant piece of theatre that tells a timeless story from perhaps a different perspective, particularly at a time when gender equality is at the tip of the nation’s tongue.