Archive for December, 2008
The Project Arts Centre’s is perhaps the most innovative and dynamic of Dublin’s theatres. Price-wise it is also the most student friendly, with many of the exhibitions in the gallery space being free of charge.
The Project’s programme includes all contemporary art forms: theatre, dance, live art, video and film, jazz, electronic, classical and popular music. I shall stop before I start to forget that this is a theatre page but the list goes on.
Is it just me or does the Fresh Prince seems hell-bent on heroism these days? Let’s see- ‘The Pursuit of Happyness, ‘Hancock’, and now most recently ‘Seven Pounds’ all feauture our favourite man in black as the ultimate do-gooder, a man that suffers for the sake of others, an isolated other-wordly being that saves us all from the clutches of fate. Well that’s lovely Will but how about some old fashioned Christmas cheer during the- all be it recession blasted- season to be jolly?
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It’s a classic story - one man suffers for our sins, and we are all saved. This year, that man is an elf.
Due to huge public demand (honest!), The Santaland Diaries, directed by Stewart Roche and starring Patrick O’ Donnell, will have 2 additional performances on Monday the 22nd and Tuesday the 23rd of December in Bewleys Cafe Theatre. This will be the last chance (no, really) to see the funniest Christmas show in town.
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For Michael and John life is hectic enough - a strange girl called ‘Wendy’ who says she’s your sister, a father who won’t take his medicine, a nursemaid who happens to be a large dog. But then they hear about a boy called ‘Peter Pan’, a boy who only cares for what is the most fun, and suddenly they are whisked away to ‘The Neverland’, a place where even crocodiles tell the time.
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BEARING WITNESS is a series of talks and readings which aim to engage with the political realities of today. As we approach the 60th anniversary of Amnesty’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these talks and readings address how Irish people bear witness to international events through art, debate, and politics.
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