The Five Lamps Arts Festival, located in the heart of the community in Dublin’s North East Inner City, was founded in 2007 by Roisin Lonergan, a former teacher from Marino College. Since its first edition, the Festival has grown to become a center for the creation and presentation of locally relevant, artistically ambitious works and is a highly regarded and much-loved part of the community. The 5 Lamps team are hard at work crafting an exciting, inclusive, and accessible programme for this year’s Five Lamps Arts Festival. While l all the details can't be revealed just yet, they’re

The New York Times calls it "The best musical of this century". The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals". And Entertainment Weekly raves, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier winning Best Musical. This outrageous musical comedy from creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez co-writer of Avenue Q and Frozen, follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lak

Set in a Dublin tenement, Sean O Casey’s The Shadow of a Gunman takes place over a single day during the Irish War of Independence. Aspiring poet Donal Davoren is rumoured to be a gunman on the run, making him the focus of much admiration and curiosity. As riots unfold on the streets outside, his fellow residents drift in and out of the room he shares with peddler Seamus Shields, gossiping, seeking advice and bringing to life the political and everyday concerns of the time. As the reality of war moves closer to their front door, however, patriotism is challenged and courage tested whil