Celeb diary
We’re looking at what our favourite stars are up to and events you can’t miss...
Gracie Abrams has announced a Dublin headline show at 3Olympia Theatre on Tuesday, September 26, in celebration of her highly-anticipated forthcoming debut album Good
Riddance on
February 24. Written in 2021, it followed a period of extensive touring, including supporting Olivia Rodrigo on the US leg of her Sour tour).
Tickets for the Dublin gig, priced from €24.90, are on sale
now.
■ Nottingham Playhouse, in association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and UK Productions Ltd, have announced the full cast of the world premiere of Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of Christy Lefteri’s gripping best-selling novel, The Beekeeper Of Aleppo.
The production opens at Nottingham Playhouse on February 3 before heading to Liverpool Playhouse and then a national tour in the Spring and early Summer, including Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre from April 11 to 15.
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre has announced that singer Gareth Gates and Rupaul’s Drag
Race star Divina de Campo will star in the award-winning THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, which will have its Irish premiere in Dublin from the May 9 to 13, 2023. When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, Spongebob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show!
Tickets are priced from €21.50 and on sale now through Ticketmaster.
Noel Gallagher‘s forthcoming outdoor concert in Dublin, which we featured in last week’s Celeb Diary, appears to be up in the air.
The gig at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham was due to take place on August 27 but a statement shared on Gallagher’s Twitter page by MCD Productions stated,“the recent announcement of Noel Gallagher’s 2023 outdoor concert at RHK Dublin was premature... and was due to over-enthusiasm on our behalf. MCD apologises... and we hope to be in a position to update you in due course.”
■ One of the biggest names in electronic music, renowned Swedish DJ Eric Prydz, will play his first Dublin show in 11 years at The Forbidden fruit Festival at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham June Bank Holiday Weekend Saturday 3 and Sunday 4, 2023.
Joining Prydz in the line-up will be rapper Central Cee, one of the most-streamed hip-hop artists in the world, Japanese-british singer
Rina Sawayama and Mercury Prize-nominated rapper slowthai.
Weekend Tickets for Forbidden
Fruit Festival 2023 are on sale now via Ticketmaster and usual outlets, priced from €129 including booking fee. Or for more information, visit www.forbiddenfruit.ie.
Longitude returns to Marlay Park this summer from Saturday, July 1 to Sunday, July 2 — and the first round of acts have just been announced. Global superstar producer and DJ Calvin Harris will headline Saturday night — his first show in Ireland in 10 years.
And DJ and producer MK will also perform on the Saturday.
Having headlined Longitude in 2018, Travis Scott will return to the main stage on Sunday, July 2 due to demand. US
trapper Lil Uzivert will also make his hugelyanticipated Longitude debut on that day.
Joining Calvin Harris, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi
Vert and MK across the weekend will be Annemarie, Belters Only, blk., Metro Boomin, Lil Tjay, Joel Corry, RAYE, Joey Bada$$, FLO, Glorilla, Ken Carson,venbee, Songer, Travis X Elzzz, and there are also many more artists still to be announced.
Two-day tickets, priced at €199.50 while day tickets are €99.90, including boking fee, are on sale now at Ticketmaster.ie.
For more information, see www. longitude.ie. his summer from July 7 to 9 Otherside Music Festival returns to the incredible setting of Rock Farm in Slane Co. Meath, creating three magical days and nights celebrating music, dance, comedy, conversation, wellness, food and connection.
Otherside is a community with togetherness at its core, with a voyage of discovery into the historical heart of Ireland, away from the daily grind and towards mischief and friendship, awaiting guests.
So whether you fancy a morning swim to reset, an afternoon at the comedy club, feasting with friends in the banquet hall or front and centre at the main stage, enjoy the festival at your pace.
This year’s line-up includes Bombay Bicycle Club, CMAT, Genesis Owusu, Kolsch, Maya Jane Coles, Tommy Lefroy, La La and many more.
Three-day camping tickets, priced from €149. are on sale now at othersidefestival.ie.