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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.

	Five Lamps Arts Festival Information	Apr 22, 2010 - May 01, 2010
An initiative of Marino College of Further Education aims to bring together local, national and international artists, musicians, singers and dramatists, the festival is a 10 day long celebration of eclectic music, new art, high drama, song, dance and community participation, all shining a light on the arts in Dublin's inner city. The festival is run by volunteers.

	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 RecommendedAutechreButton Factory, Dublin @ -:30 Electronica • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €25.50 Buy Tickets
Unlike many of their more club-bound colleagues, Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brown have roots planted firmly in American electro.

	Highly RecommendedComedy Kicks: Dave McSavage + John Colleary + John LynnThe Twisted Pepper, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Apr 23, 2010
Comedy Kicks in aid of charitable organisation, Threshold.

	Highly RecommendedDigable PlanetsPOD, Dublin @ 20:00 Hip-Hop • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €19 Buy Tickets
e early 90s, their memorable moniker raised eyebrows. What, exactly, did it mean? The name sprang, they explained, from the notion that every individual is a planet. But the unique worlds that their tracks mapped out were not insular ones; as their Grammy-winning hit Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" would prove, the Planets were primed to connect with audiences weary of the aggressive posturing of gangsta rap. Filled with literate lyrics, honey-smooth flow, and inventive arrangements, their albums Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) (1993) and Blowout Comb (1994) redefined hip-hop, and set standards for the generation of soul poets and innovative producers that followed, as the new anthology Beyond The Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles effortlessly reiterates.

	Highly RecommendedLucjan Wesolowskid-Light Studios, Dublin @ 20:00 World Music	Apr 23, 2010
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.

	RecommendedScouting For GirlsOlympia Theatre, Dublin Indie • Information	Apr 23, 2010
Scouting For Girls have announced a five date Irish tour this April to celebrate the release of their new album Everybody Wants To Be On TV.

	RecommendedThe ChaptersButton Factory, Dublin @ 20:00 Indie	Apr 23, 2010 €12 Buy Tickets

	RecommendedWho is Fergus Kilpatrick?Project Arts Centre, Dublin @ 20:15 Theatre • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €12 - €15
An unknown name has been found in the records of our history. Why haven’t you been told about him? Why was he kept a secret? And who is Fergus Kilpatrick? A re-imagining of Irish history. Theatre, video and stories filled with white lies and conspiracies clash with old footage, old documents, old heroes to uncover new answers, a new company and a new truth – or do they? Winner of the Absolut Fringe Best Production Award 2009.

	A Landscape of Unknown FactsProject Arts Centre, Dublin @ 11:00 Exhibition • Information	Apr 23, 2010 Free Event
A newly commissioned solo exhibition that explores the complex and historical world of spectatorship. Adopting the early special effects technique of matte painting, Sander uses and quotes the visual intricacies associated with illusion, while critically examining the personal motivation of consumers who participate in spectator industries. Tourism, audiences, the traveller and the curious are all characters who take time out of everyday life and pay to see things. The gallery will be transformed into a single, circular screen, providing a constantly changing and looping landscape. Sander contrasts the simplicity of matte painting with the complexity of the current economic unknowns that form the background to many of our lives.

	BouncersBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy	Apr 23, 2010 €15

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Apr 23, 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!

	EvitaGaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 17:00 Theatre • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €25 - €60
Featuring some of the most famous and inspiring stage music ever written, Evita includes the classic songs "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "On This Night of a Thousand Stars", "Oh What A Circus" etc.

	Evita (2)Gaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 20:30 Theatre • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €25 - €60
Featuring some of the most famous and inspiring stage music ever written, Evita includes the classic songs "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "On This Night of a Thousand Stars", "Oh What A Circus" etc.

	Gavin MulhallWhelans, Dublin	Apr 23, 2010

	House of DollsSugar Club, Dublin Rock	Apr 23, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.

	IMRO ShowcaseSugar Club, Dublin @ 20:00 Experimental • Information	Apr 23, 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.

	Joan ArmatradingVicar Street, Dublin @ 20:00 Blues • Information	Apr 23, 2010 Buy Tickets
Armatrading's music is considered to be mostly pop with forays into blues, rock, folk, jazz, and even reggae. Her latest album, 2007's Into the Blues, debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Blues Chart, making Armatrading the first UK female artist, and the first artist born in St Kitts to earn that distinction. Into the Blues, which Armatrading calls "the CD I’ve been promising myself to write for a long time," was nominated for a Grammy Award, also making her the first female UK artist to be nominated in the Grammy Blues category.

	Jody Has A Wish ListSugar Club, Dublin	Apr 23, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.

	Karma To Burn + Year Long DisasterThe Academy, Dublin @ 20:00 Rock	Apr 23, 2010 €14.35

	Landscape Exhibitiond-Light Studios, Dublin @ 19:00 Art • Information	Apr 23, 2010 Free Event
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.
Artists featured include; Cora Cummins, Stephen Loughman, Wendy Judge, Anna Rackhard, Jonathan Hunter. Curated By Alison Pilkington.

	Let's Make PartyThe Village, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Apr 23, 2010
Regular event. Hip-hop, soul, funk.

	Massi BLAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin Techno	Apr 23, 2010

	Paidair McIllhaltonThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 17:00 Folk	Apr 23, 2010 Free Event

	PilotlightSugar Club, Dublin Indie • Information	Apr 23, 2010
	This event is part of the IMRO Showcase festival.
“The song conjures up some deep emotions about love lost and chances missed, things that might have been but never were and is quite heart-wrenching really, if you can listen to this song and not feel anything then you have no soul.” - Rawkstar.net

	RTE National Symphony Orchestra: Christianne StotijnNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 20:00 Classical • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €10 - €35
First the mysteries of the night: quicksilver, gossamer melodies mark this astonishing work from the teenage Mendelssohn, while former BBC New Generation Artist Christianne Stotijn sings a Berlioz song cycle full of light and shade, languorous, airy, melancholic. Then the sunburst of Schubert’s irresistible ‘Great’ Symphony, like no other before or since, ending in the glorious blaze of C major.

	Sharon & DaveThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 00:30 Folk	Apr 23, 2010 Free Event

	Solo PhotographyMill Theatre, Dublin Photography • Information	Apr 23, 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.

	StandWhelans, Dublin	Apr 23, 2010 €15

	The Birthday of the InfantaBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Apr 23, 2010 €15
The World Premiere of Oscar Wilde's The Birthday of the Infanta. The twelfth birthday of the Infanta, the Princess of Spain, is a grand and marvelous affair. Snake charmers, Egyptian musicians, puppets, bullfighters, monkeys and bears all come to entertain the Infanta and her friends. But the one that makes her laugh loudest is the open-hearted little Dwarf brought in from the forest to perform a wild woodland dance for her. She is so delighted that she throws him a white rose and insists that he dance again after dinner. The innocent young Dwarf is over the moon and he is sure that the Infanta has fallen in love with him. Determined to declare his devotion to her, he decides to sneak into the Palace to find her... ...but what he finds in the Palace will break his simple heart. Cover charge includes a light lunch.

	The Gravel PoetsThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 20:30 Folk Rock	Apr 23, 2010

	The GuitarmanThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 13:30 Acoustic	Apr 23, 2010 Free Event

	Yvnge & The InnocentThe Village, Dublin Folk	Apr 23, 2010 €10

	Macbeth by William ShakespeareAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Apr 23, 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.

	Ricky GervaisThe O2, Dublin @ 19:30 Comedy • Information	Apr 23, 2010 Buy Tickets
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast of all time.

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