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Dara O'Briain Vicar Street Sep 10, 2010

MGMT Olympia Theatre Sep 16, 2010

Michael Bublé Aviva Stadium Sep 24, 2010

André Rieu The O2 Sep 25, 2010

Santana The O2 Sep 29, 2010

Supertramp The O2 Oct 08, 2010

Imogen Heap Button Factory Oct 28, 2010

Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy Olympia Theatre Nov 01, 2010

Simply Red The O2 Nov 07, 2010

The Waterboys Grand Canal Theatre Nov 07, 2010

Gorillaz The O2 Nov 11, 2010

Michael Bolton Grand Canal Theatre Nov 11, 2010

Paul Weller Olympia Theatre Nov 16, 2010

Jimmy Eat World POD Nov 18, 2010

Gogol Bordello Olympia Theatre Nov 22, 2010

UB40 National Stadium Nov 22, 2010

Andrea Bocelli The O2 Nov 22, 2010

The War of the Worlds The O2 Nov 29, 2010

The Drums The Academy Dec 01, 2010

Arcade Fire + Vampire Weekend + Devendra Banhart The O2 Dec 05, 2010

Shakira The O2 Dec 16, 2010

Meatloaf The O2 Dec 18, 2010

You Me At Six Olympia Theatre Dec 19, 2010

JLS The O2 Jan 09, 2011

Boyzone The O2 Mar 15, 2011

Chris de Burgh The O2 Apr 21, 2011

Peter Kay The O2 Apr 28, 2011

Lenny Henry Olympia Theatre May 15, 2011

Today's Events: May 08, 2010

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	RecommendedDublin Dance Festival Information	May 08, 2010 - May 23, 2010
There is a real panoply of work within the 2010 Festival – beautiful and bold, wondrous and wild, smart and funny. Over the course of Dublin Dance Festival’s 6th edition, you can see 24 artists/companies from 9 countries over 15 days in 8 Dublin city venues. All are Irish premieres. More information here: www.dublindancefestival.ie. Box office opens on April 1st at +353 (0)1 672 8815.

	Gay Theatre Festival Information	May 03, 2010 - May 16, 2010
As a unique arts festival, the Gay Theatre Festival Dublin aims to play a distinctive role in developing a vibrant and sustainable profile on the Dublin theatre scene. Using the skills and experience of principal Directors and Executive Committee built up over the last six years organising the old International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, they aim to resource and facilitate artistic performance thus aiding artists to realise their artistic ambitions. The Festival is staffed by professionals on a voluntary basis. The Gay Theatre Festival Dublin will be centred around the city's Temple Bar area.

	Highly RecommendedSpace Dimension ControllerThe Twisted Pepper DJ	May 08, 2010

	RecommendedTed Leo & The PharmacistsWhelans Rock	May 08, 2010 €14.50

	RecommendedThe Civilians + Mia Sparrow + DJ GhostieThe Lower Deck @ 20:45 Indie • Information	May 08, 2010
All the covers on the door to the Hope Foundation. THE CIVILIANS, featuring Ciara as lead singer, will be playing their last gig for a long while here at the hallowed Lower Deck. The three piece girl band from West Cork love fun and love music and just have fun making music. Childhood friends, the girls finally got their act together to create their eclectic sounds. Best described as an experimental, shoegazing, transcendental sounding outfit. MIA SPARROW are a relatively new band that employ guitars, bass, drums, omnichord, drum machines, samples and effects to create noise firmly rooted in melody. They are playing the IMRO showcase gig in the Academy so their new sounds have not gone unnoticed.

	RecommendedThe Shawshank RedemptionGaiety Theatre @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €25 - €55
Following a hugely successful season in the Gaiety Theatre in May 2009, where it received an almost unbroken run of standing ovations, and a West End Premiere, Lane Productions are delighted to announce that THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION will return to the Gaiety Theatre by popular demand for a limited run.

	RecommendedBumper 2 BumperMeetinghouse Square @ 21:00 Dancing • Information	May 08, 2010 Free Event
	This event is part of the Dublin Dance festival.
Celebrate the Opening Night of Dublin Dance Festival 2010 by showing off your finest moves at Bumper 2 Bumper, DDF’s free, outdoor headphone disco. Grab your dancing shoes and head down to Meeting House Square, Temple Bar where Phantom 105.2 DJs will be spinning all the best floor fillers. This is a broadcast event, so you’ll need an FM radio tuned to 105.2 and your headphones to get you grooving. Start practising in front of your mirror now – and join us for a top notch knees up! Just don’t lose your brand new sweater..... Don’t forget your FM radio and headphones! Over 18s only. Event takes place outdoors – please dress appropriately for the weather.

	50 Birds \| One Stoned-Light Studios @ 09:00 Art • Information	May 08, 2010 Free Event
Superbly titled "50 Birds \| One Stone", Dun Laoghaire IADT 3rd Year Exhibition at D-light Studios. "A fine art exhibition of emerging artists."

	A Landscape of Unknown FactsProject Arts Centre @ 11:00 Exhibition • Information	May 08, 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.

	BorderlandMill Theatre Art • Information	May 08, 2010 Free Event
Drawings and paintings from Ukraine. Ukraine defines itself by opposition to its bordering states. It is not Russia, not Poland, not Tatar… It views its Soviet past as another country, yet the past is omnipresent: the border is porous. To the outsider Ukraine is also a fantastically beautiful space where the borders between the structures of civilisation – houses, tower blocks, railways – are constantly being assailed by nature. Everywhere there is green.

	Dave RooneyThe Temple Bar @ 16:00 Folk • Information	May 08, 2010 Free Event
Dave Rooney is a multi instrumentalist, singer/songwriter hailing from Dublin. A passionate musician, he has gigged across Europe for 15 years.

	DisplacementThe Joinery @ 11:00 Art • Information	May 08, 2010 Free Event
In this work, Shelley Corcoran explores, through video, projection and photography, the psychiatric mechanism of displacement and how it can be both adaptive and undesirable.

	Far From Kansas: Oklohomo!Smock Alley Theatre @ 21:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €12 - €17
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
Following their huge success at the Edinburgh Festival and The Players Theatre London last year, FAR FROM KANSAS, the 20 strong cabaret group from the internationally acclaimed London Gay Men's Chorus, bring their show to Dublin.

	Far From Kansas: Oklohomo!Smock Alley Theatre @ 16:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €12 - €17
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
Following their huge success at the Edinburgh Festival and The Players Theatre London last year, FAR FROM KANSAS, the 20 strong cabaret group from the internationally acclaimed London Gay Men's Chorus, bring their show to Dublin.

	Five Ways To DrownProject Arts Centre @ 20:00 Dancing • Information	May 08, 2010 €17 - €22
	This event is part of the Dublin Dance festival.
The living room strewn on the front garden for all to see. Five Ways to Drown looks into the interior of people’s lives and exposes the sadness, the absurdity and the banality through vignettes of dance and installation. In this public display of the private, the choreography of everyday life becomes extraordinary. Continuing junk ensemble’s explorations of how spaces can be reinvented, Five Ways to Drown creates a different perspective on live performance.

	Lying In StateDraíocht @ 20:15 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €12 - €16
When a state senator unexpectedly dies in the middle of his re-election campaign, his family and friends gather to pay their respects ... including his secret fiancée, a former erotic dancer, who arrives to claim his seat. Before long the body is misplaced, the public is rallying to vote for the late senator, the president is coming to the funeral, and a crazy group of political advisers is scheming to get their candidate re-elected. Join the Classic Revival cast as they present the Irish premiere of this hilarious American comedy, written by David C. Hyer.

	Mother / SonThe New Theatre @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
The IRISH PREMIERE of the Award Winning Comedy Drama MOTHER/SON sees Jeffrey Solomon triumph in this semi-autobiological tour-de-force. His show may have been about a young Jewish man coming out, but the real thrust of the play - and what makes it such a memorable piece of drama - is its emphasis on how his mother coped with the situation. In a series of brilliantly performed monologues, Solomon alternating between Bradley and his mother, Mandy, as they talked, sometimes argued - usually on long-distance phone calls - about his gay lifetsyle, his boyfriends, and her own feelings in coming to terms with his sexuality. Written and performed by Solomon, MOTHER/SON was inspired by his mother's support for him when he himself came out in 1990. It is a finely wrought celebration of a mother's love for her son and the lengths she will go in order to stand up for him and against unthinking prejudice. MOTHER /SON is a MUST SEE! ***** 5 Stars from Scotsgay who wrote "Brilliant Comedy ... Packs an emotional punch that will knock you from here to the end of the festival ... I dare you to watch it and leave with dry eyes!"

	Mother / Son (Matinee)The New Theatre @ 14:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
The IRISH PREMIERE of the Award Winning Comedy Drama MOTHER/SON sees Jeffrey Solomon triumph in this semi-autobiological tour-de-force. His show may have been about a young Jewish man coming out, but the real thrust of the play - and what makes it such a memorable piece of drama - is its emphasis on how his mother coped with the situation. In a series of brilliantly performed monologues, Solomon alternating between Bradley and his mother, Mandy, as they talked, sometimes argued - usually on long-distance phone calls - about his gay lifetsyle, his boyfriends, and her own feelings in coming to terms with his sexuality. Written and performed by Solomon, MOTHER/SON was inspired by his mother's support for him when he himself came out in 1990. It is a finely wrought celebration of a mother's love for her son and the lengths she will go in order to stand up for him and against unthinking prejudice. MOTHER /SON is a MUST SEE! ***** 5 Stars from Scotsgay who wrote "Brilliant Comedy ... Packs an emotional punch that will knock you from here to the end of the festival ... I dare you to watch it and leave with dry eyes!"

	No DramaThe Temple Bar @ 19:00 Folk	May 08, 2010 Free Event

	Oscar Wilde: "The Birthday of the Infanta"Bewley's Cafe Theatre @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €15
Includes light lunch.

	The GuitarmenThe Temple Bar @ 12:00 Acoustic	May 08, 2010 Free Event

	The RoomAndrew's Lane Theatre @ 22:00 Techno	May 08, 2010

	The Shawshank Redemption (1)Olympia Theatre @ 14:30 Theatre	May 08, 2010 €22.50 - €55

	The Shawshank Redemption (2)Olympia Theatre @ 19:30 Theatre	May 08, 2010 €22.50 - €55

	The TimekeepersSmock Alley Theatre @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
This MULTI AWARD WINNING DRAMA from ISRAEL has toured the world to great acclaim with this same cast for over seven years. When Hans, an outrageous young camp German homosexual and Benjamin, a conservative elderly Jewish man are thrown together.

	The Timekeepers (Matinee)Smock Alley Theatre @ 14:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
This MULTI AWARD WINNING DRAMA from ISRAEL has toured the world to great acclaim with this same cast for over seven years. When Hans, an outrageous young camp German homosexual and Benjamin, a conservative elderly Jewish man are thrown together.

	Two LovesThe New Theatre @ 18:45 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
IRISH PREMIERE. UK based Gay Actor/Writer John Martin Stevens brings his new play TWO LOVES to Dublin for the very first time. The play takes its theme from Shakespeare's Sonnets and promises to be a heady cocktail of passion, obsession and sexuality, as it explores a love triangle between a poet, a male youth and the poet's mistress. A poet invites a young man to spend the summer with him and his Mistress to help in the boy's 'education'. It soon becomes clear however that they have very different interpretations of the word education. A game of cat and mouse is played, but do we really know the identity of the mouse? "Some people find it hard to understand that one of the most popular poems in the English languauge "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" was written by a man to a male youth" remarks John the playwright. Sonnet in Italian means song and John has incorporated music into the plot and because of his love of the American Song Book, all the songs are either Ella Fitzgerald or Billy Holiday tracks.

	Two Loves (Matinee)The New Theatre @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
IRISH PREMIERE. UK based Gay Actor/Writer John Martin Stevens brings his new play TWO LOVES to Dublin for the very first time. The play takes its theme from Shakespeare's Sonnets and promises to be a heady cocktail of passion, obsession and sexuality, as it explores a love triangle between a poet, a male youth and the poet's mistress. A poet invites a young man to spend the summer with him and his Mistress to help in the boy's 'education'. It soon becomes clear however that they have very different interpretations of the word education. A game of cat and mouse is played, but do we really know the identity of the mouse? "Some people find it hard to understand that one of the most popular poems in the English languauge "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" was written by a man to a male youth" remarks John the playwright. Sonnet in Italian means song and John has incorporated music into the plot and because of his love of the American Song Book, all the songs are either Ella Fitzgerald or Billy Holiday tracks.

	Two TonesThe Temple Bar @ 00:00 Folk	May 08, 2010 Free Event

	Viva La DivaSmock Alley Theatre @ 20:00 Cabaret • Information	May 08, 2010 €12
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
In the intimate setting of the Boy's School Studio, sit back and enjoy Dublin's favourite Diva as Kristin Kapelli takes you on a magical journey with a selection of Show tunes from her favourite Broadway shows, Diva songs, power ballads plus fun with her bubbly American wit. Kristin has been performing internationally since an early age. She started out in musical theatre in the U.S. before coming to Ireland. She fronted the successful Tina Turner Tribute Band 'I Can Tina' and was also fronting her own blues band which performed at numerous festivals including the Cork Jazz Festival. Kristin starred in 'The Songs Of Mama Cass' produced by Bill Hughes and Musical Director Ronan Jonston, which received rave reviews from Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny and the HOTPRESS magazine. For five years, Kristin was the Voice of the Tassel Club, Dublin's foremost Burlesque Club and more recently she was part of the Katherine Lynch show in Vicar Street, performed at the prestigious Electric Picnic and starred in the exciting new show 'Burlectro'.

	Whore WorksThe New Theatre @ 21:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
The EUROPEAN PREMIERE of 'WHORE WORKS' is brought to Ireland courtesy of New York's Sugar Valley Theatricals and Creative Concepts Productions who are both committed to the exploration of sexuality in the lives of same gender loving men of colour. "This is my first time doing this ..." "I've never paid anyone for sex before ..." Whoring is hard work. And now the competition is getting stiffer by the day with the influx of the newly jobless. 'WHORE WORKS' takes a sharp, witty, hilarious, thought provoking, balls-out look at a black hooker's day-to-night struggle with hating and sometimes loving men who are paying him to, well ... you know. After spending two years researching, young playwright Juan Michael Porter II plays a dancer-cum-hustler, across from seasoned New York actor Bryan Webster, who plays a variety of rich older johns who hire Porter - from an aging record mogul in a hip-hop tracksuit to a manic porn-obsessed sicko with handcuffs to, well, one nice guy who falls in love with Porter and asks to see him exclusively, and not necessary for cash. Will true love ever be found? Contains Nudity and Strong Language. Not Suitable For Persons Under 16 Years.

	Whore Works (Matinee)The New Theatre @ 16:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 2010 €10 - €15
	This event is part of the Gay Theatre festival.
The EUROPEAN PREMIERE of 'WHORE WORKS' is brought to Ireland courtesy of New York's Sugar Valley Theatricals and Creative Concepts Productions who are both committed to the exploration of sexuality in the lives of same gender loving men of colour. "This is my first time doing this ..." "I've never paid anyone for sex before ..." Whoring is hard work. And now the competition is getting stiffer by the day with the influx of the newly jobless. 'WHORE WORKS' takes a sharp, witty, hilarious, thought provoking, balls-out look at a black hooker's day-to-night struggle with hating and sometimes loving men who are paying him to, well ... you know. After spending two years researching, young playwright Juan Michael Porter II plays a dancer-cum-hustler, across from seasoned New York actor Bryan Webster, who plays a variety of rich older johns who hire Porter - from an aging record mogul in a hip-hop tracksuit to a manic porn-obsessed sicko with handcuffs to, well, one nice guy who falls in love with Porter and asks to see him exclusively, and not necessary for cash. Will true love ever be found? Contains Nudity and Strong Language. Not Suitable For Persons Under 16 Years.

	ZrazyBewley's Cafe Theatre @ 20:30 Jazz	May 08, 2010 €15

	Macbeth by William ShakespeareAbbey Theatre @ 14:00 Theatre • Information	May 08, 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.

	Macbeth by William ShakespeareAbbey Theatre @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	May 08, 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.

	John Lynn + Robbie Bonham + Jason Coughlan + Andrew StanleyLaughter Lounge @ 20:30 Comedy • Information	May 08, 2010 €25
"Former school teacher gives a masterclass in stand up comedy!"