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	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 RecommendedBrown Bread Mix Tape: Bill Coleman + Captain Bringdown + CAH-44 + Ronan GraceStag's Head, Dublin @ 20:30 Party • Information	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event
"Yet another wonderful line up of performers, who you would normally have to pay large wedges of cash to see, but for one night only, they come together and perform for art’s sake. for free. for you."

	Highly RecommendedGlen HansardOdessa Club, Dublin @ 20:00 Acoustic • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €10
All proceeds go to The Maasai Truck Fund.

	Highly RecommendedRent: The MusicalOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Musical • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €27.65 - €33.20
Have already had two successful runs in both the Cork/Wexford Opera Houses with great reviews in The Examiner, The Cork Evening Echo and the Munster Express.

	Highly RecommendedRufus WainwrightGrand Canal Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Singer Songwriter • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €40.20 - €44.20 Buy Tickets
Affectionately referred to by Elton John as "the greatest songwriter on the planet" and praised by The New York Times for his "genuine originality," Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. He is the son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and brother of Martha Wainwright but Rufus has achieved his success by carving out his own singular sound in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, dance and film.

	Highly RecommendedColum McDonnell + Neil Hickey + Rory O'HanlonHa'penny Bridge Inn, Dublin @ 21:30 Comedy	Apr 28, 2010 €5 - €7

	RecommendedCrystal AntlersWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Punk • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €16.50 Buy Tickets
Pitchfork said: "Antlers are a heavy and especially loud psych-punk band, but they lack the outsider cachet of metal or noise; their psychedelia is more shaggy than dreamy and they're not stone-rock enough to sidle up next to, say, Black Mountain or Comets on Fire."

	RecommendedPúca Puppets Stone SoupSean O'Casey Community Centre, Dublin @ 10:00 Puppetry	Apr 28, 2010 For Children
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.

	CancelledShakespears SisterButton Factory, Dublin @ 19:30 Pop • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €22.50
‘Songs From The Red Room’ is the first Shakespears Sister album for over a decade. Siobhan Fahey returns to a pop landscape that has dramatically changed during her career of more than 20 years, and yet this album represents a female pop icon at the top of her game, as effortlessly innovative and exciting as any of her contemporaries.

	RecommendedSongs of Praise: Rock n Roll KaraokeThe Village, Dublin @ 21:00 Karaoke	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event

	A Landscape of Unknown FactsProject Arts Centre, Dublin @ 11:00 Exhibition • Information	Apr 28, 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.

	Basia BulatPOD, Dublin @ 20:00 Folk Rock • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €12.50
Strange wailing folk rocky religious vibe.

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

	EvitaGaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Apr 28, 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.

	Hunting for Cockroaches by Janusz GlowackiConnolly House, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre	Apr 28, 2010 €10 - €12
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.

	IntergalacticWhelans, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event

	Johnny Taylor TrioBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 20:30 Jazz	Apr 28, 2010 €10

	Keith HughesThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 18:15 Folk	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event

	Lad LaneThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 21:30 Folk • Information	Apr 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.

	Landscape Exhibitiond-Light Studios, Dublin @ 19:00 Art • Information	Apr 28, 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.

	Mack & MabelDraíocht, Dublin @ 20:00 Musical • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €16 - €20
Take a workaholic movie director, a deli-delivery girl who becomes a movie star, throw in a soupcon of slapstick, belly laughs, professional jealousies, Bathing Beauties and the madcap Keystone Kops and you have all the ingredients that make a great musical and an unforgettable night’s entertainment. Based on the true story of movie director Mack Sennett and actress Mabel Normand, the musical follows their careers, their romance, their falling out and eventual reunion, and tracks the shift from the era of the silent movies to the talkies. Coolmine has its dancing shoes on, don’t miss it!

	Nick KellyWhelans, Dublin Acoustic • Information	Apr 28, 2010 €15
Founder of The Fat Lady Sings.

	Pull Down a HorsemanConnolly House, Dublin @ 13:15 Theatre	Apr 28, 2010 €5 - €7

	Pull Down a Horseman by Eugene McCabeLiberty Hall, Dublin @ 13:15 Theatre	Apr 28, 2010 €5 - €7
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.

	Solo PhotographyMill Theatre, Dublin Photography • Information	Apr 28, 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.

	SwitchAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Apr 28, 2010
Student Night.

	The Birthday of the InfantaBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Apr 28, 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 GuitarmanThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 14:00 Acoustic	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event

	The Song RoomThe Globe, Dublin @ 20:30 Acoustic • Information	Apr 28, 2010 Free Event
Presented by Hamlet Sweeney.

	Within The Gates by Sean O'CaseyLiberty Hall, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre	Apr 28, 2010 €8 - €10
	This event is part of the Five Lamps Arts festival.

	Macbeth by William ShakespeareAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Apr 28, 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.

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