The Beach Boys are one of the signature sounds of modern pop music, making them the Number One selling American band of all time, and were second only, to the Beatles, in terms of success and popularity. Hear them perform the hits Good Vibrations, California Girls, Wouldn’t It Be Nice, I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, Barbara Ann, I Can Hear Music, California Dreamin’, Sloop John B, Surfin’ USA and Surfer Girl.

 

Using nothing but thousands and thousands of cardboard boxes and the energy and ingenuity of kids and families, this work celebrates absolute simplicity and the power of children’s imaginations. Guided by performers in the role of construction workers who facilitate free play, children build an entire city - anything you can think of, as tall or as wide as you like - before the whole thing is crushed into a recyclable heap of cardboard rubble. Bop along to the sound of the city with DJs playing your favourite groovy tunes. We Built This City is not a play... it IS play.

 

David is well known to us all as someone who understands both economics and entertainment. In Outsiders he talks about the recent collusion between the insiders of the Irish political system and the financial sector. In a reflective and humourous piece – a mixture of stand up, discussion, and social observation – David will explain how we got to the state we’re in, and why we shouldn’t despair because there is a way out. Join the man who believes that Ireland’s political and social divide is not so much about rich and poor, young and old, urban and rural, but about insiders and outsiders. The insiders – found in every village, town and city – are those with a stake in our country who believe that today’s status quo must be preserved at all costs. The outsiders – who might live next door – are those who realise that the status quo is part of the problem… Directed by award-winning director Conall Morrison, Outsiders promises to be a unique, dynamic and engaging event.

 

Aidan Harte's 'Inferno' is a collection inspired by the notorious Italian masterpiece. Dante cast a cold eye on society and it's an example the artist takes seriously with sculptures and etchings in an impassioned Expressionist style. Official opening at 7pm on June 18th.

 

After leaving college, Ó Briain began working at RTÉ as a children's TV presenter. At this time he also began performing his first stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit. He admitted, "I did the trip from Donegal to Dublin to play to six people; then I turned round and drove home again. I did about three or four years playing to a lot of bad rooms, but learning as I went. It's not bad when someone gives you 40 quid for standing up and telling jokes. I remember thinking: 'This is the life.'"

 

 

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.

 

A striking young woman with a strong vocal resemblance to the young Whitney Houston and a large mop of blonde corkscrew curls, Leona Lewis won the third series of the British reality talent show The X Factor in a landslide.

 

 

 

 

 

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.