Recommended Events
Prospect Obtained
A stimulating two person exhibition of paintings, which seeks to illustrate dimensions of the landscape as a procedure to recall and transmit. The exhibition is on at the A.D.F gallery at 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast admission is free and the gallery is fully accessible. This exhibition features work by two artists whose artistic concerns predominately lie in response to their landscape. Nature informs the work and creates a visual transporter for imagination and reflection. This is the first time these two artists have been brought together and each of them offers us a unique and contrasting insight into their beliefs about nature and its personal force. The work will be on show until the of 25th July.
The Puffincat Club
Following a nine month live-scene hiatus, comedy group Diet of Worms return to relaunch their much lauded and loved Puffincat Club, the home of odd-ball humour and fun in our nation's capital. Having already played host to such alt-com royalty as Pappy's Fun Club, Freeze! and Maeve Higgins, the Puffincat Club is back to re-claim its crown as Ireland's Most Funnest Comedy Thing. The re-inaugural show takes place in the fancy new digs of Shebeen Chic, 4 George's Street, Dublin 2 on Sunday July 12th at 8pm. Admission is €5. July 12th's line-up will include Jarlath Regan (The Panel), Damian Clark (I Dare Ya), Gearóid Farrelly (So You Think You're Funny 2008), Paul Currie (The oddest, most brilliant comedian you haven't seen yet) and one more special mystery guest, still to be announced. Your hosts for the evening are Diet of Worms. Philippa Dunne, Amy Stephenson, Rory Connolly, Niall Gaffney and Shane Langan, collectively known as Diet of Worms, are one of the most interesting and engaging young comedy acts in Ireland today. They have been regulars on the Irish and International comedy circuits for the last three years, taking three full-length shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 2007's 'Diet of Worms on (Melted) Ice' being performed completely in a swimming pool. They have quickly gained a cult following with their off-centre live performances, their highly successful online Puffincat cartoon series and the broadcast of Dublin Stories on RTE2 last January.
After Miss Julie
July 1945. A country house in England. On a sweltering evening, celebrations for the British Labour Party's landslide election victory are in full swing. Miss Julie descends into the servant's kitchen to seek out John, her father's chauffeur. A passionate midsummer night turns to tragedy as they test the limits of their new freedom. Class suspicions and resentments, sexual desire and the struggle against repressive social attitudes all feature in this tense, sharp drama which combines Strindberg's original vision with Patrick Marber's own consummate skill in drawing believable and psychologically astute characters whose every word has deadly meaning. 'After Muss Julie' is Marber's version of Strindberg's 'Miss Julie' and runs at Smock Alley Theatre from July 9th to 25th, Mon-Sat at 8pm. Tickets are priced €20/€15 with low price previews on July 7th and 8th
Heart of Darkness
Come on a five thousand mile journey to the very centre of a continent, to the very heart of darkness. The greatest and most influential novella of the 20th century is performed entire and complete by Gavin Kostick. It is a penetrating psychological study, a troubling masterpiece of modernism, a passionate denunciation of the secret crimes of the West. This will be your only chance to see this hugely popular performance by in Dublin before its run at the Southbank Centre as part of the London Festival of Literature 2009. This performance is five and half hours long, which includes two twenty minute breaks. Light refreshments will be served during these breaks. Tickets are priced at €15/10.
