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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 RecommendedNick Kelly + The Fat Lady SingsWhelans, Dublin Acoustic • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €15
Founder of The Fat Lady Sings. Event now moved to main venue after cancellation of another event.

	Highly RecommendedBrownbread Mixtape: "Come on Ireland!"Stag's Head, Dublin @ 20:30 Experimental • Information	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event
Poetry: Colm Keegan; Music: Elder Roche; Music and Poetry: Sarah Maria Griffin; Sketch Comedy: Sean McDonagh, Gus McDonagh, Kalle Ryan and Eva Bartley. Here's the blurb: "the brownbread mixtape is a FREE monthly gig. each gig has a theme. we invite poets, musicians, comedians and performers. they do a performance related to the theme. we all have loads of fun. simple as that."

	Highly RecommendedDonal Dineen's Spring Wash: Our Little Secrets + Patrick Kelleher + HulkThe Joinery, Dublin @ 19:30 Indie • Information	Mar 31, 2010
Bring your own beer.

	RecommendedSongs of Praise: Rock n Roll KaraokeThe Village, Dublin @ 21:00 Karaoke	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event

	39 StepsOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Mar 31, 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 "

	An Evening of Classical Twist: Vladimir JablokovNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 20:00 Classical • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €25 - €30
Vladimir Jablokov & The Slovak Festival Musicians with Special Guests Vladimir, his Musicians and special guests will perform a programme of popular standards & crossover songs & pieces from Bach to The Beatles but given a "Special Classical Twist". Popular songs will include Autumn Leaves, O! Sole Mio and You Are My Hearts Delight. Vladimir Jablokov & The Slovak Festival Musicians have already played to sell out audiences nationwide as part of the Mario Lanza, The Loveliest Night of The Year Concert Series. They will also perform a piece from their "Classical Twist" show on RTE's Late Late Show on Fri 22nd Jan 2010.

	Antics: House of DollsPOD, Dublin Rock	Mar 31, 2010

	Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA CollectionIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 31, 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 31, 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.

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Mar 31, 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!

	IntergalacticWhelans, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ	Mar 31, 2010

	Magnus BetnerAnseo, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €7
Sweden's Tommy Tiernan, they say.

	Make Art Not RubbishDraíocht, Dublin @ 10:00 Art • Information	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event
Over a seven week period well known artist and sculptor Cris Neumann will facilitate the creation of 3D works by Coolmine and Hartstown Community School students in a project that will be a fun reflection of Vodafone Ireland’s Green Agenda Policy. This educational and environmentally innovative visual arts project will explore the concepts of communication, mobility and technology and how these concepts can work in the reduction and recycling of waste. For more information and photos of the works in progress check out the website: www.makeartnotrubbish.com

	NoizeAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 21:00 DJ • Information	Mar 31, 2010
Every Thursday in Andrews Lane Theatre sees Noize, Dublin's most alternative club night which plays the most underground and alternative dance music around and also plays host to Dublin's finest bands and regularly brings in the world's best DJs/Acts to keep youse dancing.

	Philadephia, Here I Come!Gaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €25 - €55
This play established Brian Friel's reputation as a world-class writer in 1964, and became the toast of Broadway in 1966. A timeless study of youth, old age and the chasm that divides them, the play is that rare thing: a popular masterpiece.

	Solo PhotographyMill Theatre, Dublin Photography • Information	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event
Freelance photographer Hazel’s first solo show, specially commissioned by The Mill. From live music to fashion shoots, Hazel’s energetic work captures the essence of the moment, creating scenes of high drama juxtaposed with her stylized compositions and settings.

	CancelledSuffocationWhelans, Dublin @ 18:00 Metal • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €24.50 Buy Tickets
More info at www.dublinmetalevents.com

	SwitchAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Mar 31, 2010
Student Night.

	The Song RoomThe Globe, Dublin @ 20:30 Acoustic • Information	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event
Presented by Hamlet Sweeney.

	The Tinker's CurseBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €15
Includes light lunch. Emer O'Kelly of the Sunday Independent wrote: "a heart-searing, heart-searching piece of work, provoking tears and haunting the soul. If it doesn't live in dramatic memory, we have neither folk memory nor capacity for pity..... Harding's performance is nothing short of glorious -- a piece of sustained dramatic economy that is performance art of soaring, incandescent strength. Every gesture tells, every step is measured, every pause significant, every subtle change of tone adding to a threnody for a dying soul.....If audiences are not hanging out of the rafters in future venues, there is no soul for drama in Ireland."

	The X Factor Live TourThe O2, Dublin @ 20:00 Pop • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €40.20 - €49.20
Now in its sixth year, The X Factor has been proved to be a No.1 entertainment show, pulling in an amazing 14 million viewers each week and the numbers keep on growing with this year's auditions adding a new twist by taking place in front of a live audience.

	The X Factor Live TourThe O2, Dublin @ 13:30 Pop • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €40.20 - €49.20
Matinee. Now in its sixth year, The X Factor has been proved to be a No.1 entertainment show, pulling in an amazing 14 million viewers each week and the numbers keep on growing with this year's auditions adding a new twist by taking place in front of a live audience.

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Mar 31, 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.

	The GuitarmanThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 14:00 Folk	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event

	Keith HughesThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 17:30 Folk	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event

	Macbeth by William ShakespeareAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €25 - €38
‘It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood’ Over 400 years after it was written, Shakespeare’s dark depiction of ambition, guilt and murder continues to send a shiver down the spine. Macbeth’s sword is still wet with blood when he returns victorious from battle, a loyal servant to his King and a hero amongst his comrades. But when three weird sisters cross his path with mysterious prophecies, Shakespeare’s fearsome tragic hero comes face to face with his most fierce opponent yet – his destiny. Swayed by promises of greatness and the demands of a power-hungry wife, Macbeth swathes his way to power – and moral decay. Rooted in the Irish landscape at the time of Cromwell, this muscular new production from director Jimmy Fay (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Playboy of the Western World, Ages of the Moon) lays bare the darkest side of human nature. Macbeth continues our commitment to presenting the work of William Shakespeare and follows our productions of Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar and The Comedy of Errors. We are delighted that Aidan Kelly will play Macbeth and Eileen Walsh will play Lady Macbeth in this thrilling new production.

	Weaving The CryBack Loft, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €18 Buy Tickets
Weaving The Cry is based on Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge

	Lad LaneThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 20:30 Folk • Information	Mar 31, 2010
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.

	The Craic Pack Comedy ImprovLaughter Lounge, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy • Information	Mar 31, 2010 €13 Buy Tickets
The Craic Pack comedy improv is a high energy fully improvised comedy show based on the suggestions of the audience. Featuring games like Story, Accents, Scene reduction, No laughs and many more this show is a rollercoaster of improvised comedy that will help chase those recession blues away, you even get a chance to tell the comedians to Feck off! As resident performers at The Bankers comedy club The Craic Pack have performed to full houses for the past six years and are regular performers at The Bulmer’s Comedy Festival. If you like watching channel 4’s “Whose line is it any way” you will love comedy style of The Craic Pack!

	Jack Wise + Dermot McMurrow + Pat McDonnellHa'penny Bridge Inn, Dublin @ 21:30 Comedy	Mar 31, 2010 €5 - €7

	Spraoi 3The Temple Bar, Dublin @ 23:30 Folk	Mar 31, 2010 Free Event

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