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	Emergenza Information	Dec 09, 2009 - Apr 27, 2010
Emergenza is the world's biggest festival for unsigned bands, with an average of 6,000 bands participating every year in 200 different cities all over the world. Every year the national finalists gets to spend three days in Germany at the Taubertal Open Air festival, where the world final takes place, with an average of 30,000 people showing up over the weekend. This is where, every year, the best band wins a professional production for their first album and where plenty of other musicians are rewarder for their skills with prizes from the festival's sponsors.

	IMRO Showcase Information	Mar 26, 2010 - May 01, 2010
First hosted in 1992, Ireland’s most established new band showcase has provided a live platform for scores of up and coming Irish acts over the years. Recent acts to have featured include Fight Like Apes, Declan O’Rourke, Halves and Delorentos to name but a few. Ronan Yourell from Dublin band Delorentos said of the tour “It was an important step in the development of our band as we gained invaluable experience through the gigs and also met some really cool people!” A number of artists will be chosen from the tour to perform in a ‘Best of Showcase’ gig which will take place in Dublin venue The Academy on May 1st.

	Highly RecommendedThe UnthanksWhelans, Dublin Folk • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €20 Buy Tickets
“Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it at least forever.” - Paul Morley "Even more satisfying, compelling and varied than the Mercury-nominated The Bairns. Haunting, original and magnificent.” - **** The Guardian "They are like the morning dew that hasn't steamed off yet, they are new and fresh and I really don't think they know how good they are." – Robert Wyatt

	RecommendedJohn Colleary + Jason Coughlin + Chris KentHa'penny Bridge Inn, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy	Mar 28, 2010 €5 - €7

	RecommendedThe Charley Boorman ShowVicar Street, Dublin @ 20:00 Monologue • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €23
Following the phenomenal success of his last biking adventure from Sydney to Tokyo, the intrepid actor, adventurer and author Charley Boorman has decided to take a break from trekking around the world and stay a little closer to home. The star of the hugely popular ‘Long Way Round', ‘Long Way Down', ‘Race To Dakar' and ‘By Any Means...' journeys will be live on stage for an evening of chat and hilarious anecdotes from his worldwide escapades. This is accompanied by some never before seen video footage from his trips - on a mammoth screen. This is Boorman laid bare!

	RecommendedThe Hot Sprockets + Scarecrow DiscoWhelans, Dublin @ 21:00 Folk Rock	Mar 28, 2010

	39 StepsOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €31.20
MCD's blurb: "This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff upper lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. Irish audiences will have their own opportunity to see the West End’s longest-running comedy "

	Alex Mathias Trio: Music of Sonny RollinsThe Twisted Pepper, Dublin @ 20:00 Jazz	Mar 28, 2010

	As Topic and ToolThe Joinery, Dublin @ 11:00 Art • Information	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event
In ‘As topic and tool’ Fiona Marron pursues her interests in the relationships between labour, knowledge and value, using the mining industry as a model. While many of her video installations to date have explored various aspects of trade within the economy, this new work shifts to investigate the area at a more primary level – all the while, pursuing her underpinning interest in human behaviour and social relations.

	Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA CollectionIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €0
Between Metaphor and Object features a range of works from the IMMA Collection, primarily sculptures and installation works from the 1990s. It provides perspectives on the diversity of practice that is represented in the IMMA Collection from this period, explores its particularities, and considers them in the context of international trends of the decade. The title of the exhibition references perceived polarities in art since the 1960s and also proposes the idea of the continuous flux visited upon artworks in the mind of the viewer between symbolism and objecthood. Notably the exhibition incorporates a number of pieces from the Weltkunst Collection, which is on loan to IMMA since 1994. This significant collection of British sculpture and drawings of the 1980s and ‘90s will return to the Weltkunst Foundation in 2010 and the exhibition acknowledges the generous loan of these works.

	Coconut RaftProject Arts Centre, Dublin @ 20:15 Theatre • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €12 - €15
History is just buried truth; all that we are left with is a fiction based on something someone once sang. A darkly comic tale of three murderers and what they found on the night they broke out of jail. From an idea by Alice Bourke comes Coconut Raft, a new play with live music, written and performed by unlikely collaborators Seán Carpio, Bobby McGlynn and Bryan Quinn.

	Colette QuartetBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Latin	Mar 28, 2010 €12

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €10
Nobody has ever seen a living dinosaur, but scientists can give us a good idea of what they looked like and how they moved. We often imagine dinosaurs as colossal flesh-eating beasts that lived on our planet for an incredible 160 million years. Some were indeed gigantic, but many were only as heavy as a Labrador dog and many were vegetarian! Did you know that the Ornithomimus could run faster than an Olympic sprinter? See how the sociable Triceratops lived in herds, caring for and protecting their young. Meet Dilophosaurus, a relative of the first dinosaur found in Scotland. Come face to face with the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the fiercest land predators ever known. This massive animatronic model, 4 metres tall and 7 metres long, is so lifelike you’ll think it’s the real thing! Walk past the head of a hungry Tyrannosaurus and watch as his terrifying jaws go SNAP!

	Escapades: Colette QuartetBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 20:15 Latin • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €15
a series of monthly gigs entitled ‘Escapades’ performed by Colettequartet. Each performance 'Escapade' is a one-off and focuses on a different musical genre aligned to Jazz and infuses it with new life. Perfect for musical magpies!

	La LocandieraDraíocht, Dublin @ 20:00 Cabaret • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €40 - €45
Classic comedy, live music, scrumptious food - Wonderland’s hit staging of La Locandiera turns the ever-popular Betelnut Cafe into 18th Century Florence. The seductive innkeeper Mirandolina has every man at her feet – they cover her in diamonds and cower about her like puppy dogs, until ‘the declared enemy of Italian women’, the Ulster Gentleman checks in, that is. ‘La Locandiera’ is one of Italy’s most celebrated comedy plays. Wonderland’s sparkling period production includes a scrumptious 3 course dinner, accompanied by a generous helping of live Neapolitan arias and folk songs from Mirandolina and her admirers. Mirandolina will serve your dinner to you, whilst her suitors caper, court and swordfight for her attention. This interactive comedy dining experience is a must-see for our dinner theatre audiences.

	N.C.LawlorWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Acoustic	Mar 28, 2010

	Royal Irish Academy of Music Gala ConcertNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 19:30 Classical • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €10 - €25
Benjamin Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Haydn Missa In Angustiis "Nelson Mass", Hob. Xxii:11 In D Minor Nielsen Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Naoise Ó Bríain, flute) Martin Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (Aoife McCambridge, oboe) Barber Summer of 1915 (Aoife O'Connell, soprano) A veritable feast of music-making by musicians from the Royal Irish Academy of Music, all in aid of Belvedere Youth Club.

	The Sunday RoastThe Mercantile, Dublin DJ	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event
This is an experimental exhibition which attempts to addresses the question of what happens when artworks become part of a collection and are subsequently shown in many different contexts. Working from a potential list of works, the artworks will be changed during the course of the exhibition, with removal of artworks generating absences which call to mind gaps in our memory and point to the partially hidden nature of Museum collections. Additions of works will draw out new and perhaps unexpected associations, and new narratives will emerge within the overall structure of the exhibition. Other strategies such as repositioning works within the exhibition will be used to alter the pace of the exhibition. A list of these potential works will not be disclosed in advance.

	You Me At SixOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Information	Mar 28, 2010 €23.50
Awful kiddy-rock.

	Harry PrendegastThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 11:30 Folk	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event

	Big Dog & BearThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 14:00 Folk	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event

	Lad LaneThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 17:30 Folk • Information	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event
Ladlane formed in 2004 in Dublin. The band features Eugene Quinn from Templeogue, Dublin on guitar/banjo/vocals, Ray Dempsey from Ballyduff, Co. Waterford on accordion and Colm Keane from somewhere in north county Dublin on fiddle/vocals.

	Weaving The CryBack Loft, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 28, 2010 €18 Buy Tickets
Weaving The Cry is based on Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge

	Zebra 3The Temple Bar, Dublin @ 21:15 Folk	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event

	Que Pezon!The Mezz, Dublin @ 22:00 World Music • Information	Mar 28, 2010 Free Event
Que Pezon! is a Dublin based band. The group is best described as a international musical community who believe in "organic, free-range music".They have been performing tirelessly for the past 7 years. For a true experience of International conFusion check out Que Pezon! in The Mezz, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, every Sunday from 10 pm.

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