CULTURE notes for APRIL
Ah, April – a time for Easter holidays, spring showers and fresh blooms, plus a host of cultural happenings... SEE Disney’s live-action Dumbo, above, directed by Tim Burton, out March 29; and Alan Mulligan’s psychological thriller The Limit Of, out April 5, starring IFTA-nominated Dublin native Sarah Carroll and rising star Laurence O’Fuarain. EXPERIENCE Limerick in 1919 with Bread Not Profits, a theatre production commemorating the centenary of the Limerick Soviet – a citywide workers’ strike in protest of British military occupation, from April 17-27, limetreetheatre.ie. CATCH The West Waterford Festival of Food in Dungarvan April 26-28, featuring foraging trails, demos and dining experiences, westwaterfordfestivaloffood.com; and Spanish Wine Week April 8-14, with tastings, talks, and offers across the country, spanishwineweek.ie. VISIT Hillsborough Castle and Gardens in Co Down, which opens its doors in April following a five-year transformation of the 18th century Georgian house and gardens, hrp.org.uk/hillsborough-castle. HEAR Cellist Raphaela Gromes and pianist Julian Riem, who tour Ireland with Music Network April 3-11, musicnetwork.ie; A Night for Aware, which sees artists including Ryan Sheridan, The Henry Girls and The Blizzards perform in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on April 7, ticketmaster.ie; and MusicTown returns to Dublin April 5-21, with concerts and masterclasses, musictown.ie. SEE Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company’s Merlin at Dublin’s Project Arts Centre March 28-30 before it hits Tipperary, Limerick and Cork, iselichiodi.com; and Rise Productions’ Spotless, Gary Duggan’s suburban thriller directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks, featuring an all-female cast, which makes its world premiere this month with
MEG WALKER rounds up
the must-catch music, film, art, theatre and food events for the month ahead.
a nationwide tour that runs until May 9, riseproductions.ie. VIEW Made in Dublin (Thames & Hudson, approx €41) featuring Eamonn Doyle’s three photography series illustrating a city undergoing change, which coincides with an exhibition of Doyle’s work at the RHA until April 22, rhagallery.ie; and Mark Dion: Our Plundered Planet at Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery April 4 until September 1, hughlane.ie. WATCH RTÉ 2’s new series The Fitting Room, presented by Paddy Smyth, with Ruedi Maguire, Zoe Carol and Ciara O’Doherty, which airs on April 18.