In 1935 Erwin Schrodinger placed comedian Jason Byrne in a venue with an audience, and closed the doors. Was there a show, or NO SHOW? For those outside without tickets there was simultaneously a show, and NO SHOW. Don't be outside. Get a ticket and watch the master of comic creativity and audience interaction create a show from NO SHOW. Extra night Saturday April 12th

St. Patrick's Festival is Ireland's official celebration of our national holiday, St. Patrick's Day. Its origins lie in honoring Ireland's patron saint, St. Patrick. Initially, it was a solemn commemorative feast day dedicated to paying tribute to the saint, but over the years, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into a vibrant celebration encompassing the richness of Irish culture. Today, it is a joyful occasion marked by parades, performances, and diverse expressions of Irish heritage; a multicultural international event that is committed to displaying contemporary and traditional arts, culture

Helen Hancock soprano and Paul Cibis Piano will perform at St Anns Church, Dawson St, on 16th March at 3pm. Known for her emotionally charged perfromances, Helen and Paul will perform Benjamin Britten’s On this Island alongside a selection of songs by Schubert, Strauss and Fauré with Irish songs by Ina Boyle, Thomas Moore and settings of Máirtín Ó Direáin and Michael Ende by Kerry composer Criostóir Ó Loingsigh. Hancock and Cibis’ collaboration began with their performance Zweisamkeit (Two Togetherness) in Germany in 2024 as part of Zeitgeist Irland 24. This album was also rec

Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock & roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians who will take audiences on a powerful journey through their incredible song book. With hits including “Dreams”, “Don’t Stop”, “Everywhere”, “Rhiannon”, “Gold Dust Woman”, “Little Lies”, “Big Love” and many more. Paying tribute to their “Rumours” line up of Stevie, Mick, John, Christine & Lindsey, which remains their most

Following the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s Irish premiere of Radiohead, A Jazz Symphony in 2023, this incredible reimagining of Radiohead as arranged for jazz soloists and orchestra returns in March 2025. This Radiohead jazz creation was first conceived as a tribute album by the Noordpool Orchestra and its founder and leader Reinout Douma, who joins the RTÉ CO again to conduct this imaginative programme featuring ‘Paranoid Android’, ‘Nude’, ‘Weird Fishes’, ‘Karma Police’, ‘Exit Music’, ‘No Surprises’, ‘15 Step’, ‘Suite: Everything in Its Right Place – Pyramid

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

Considered one of the most influential British comedians since Charlie Chaplin, (he received the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy 2016 BAFTA/LA) Ricky Gervais is the creator and star of The Office, Extras, Derek, and the critically acclaimed Netflix hit After Life. Following the global success of his two previous Netflix stand-up specials ‘Humanity’ and ‘Supernature’, 2023 saw Gervais release a third special and his biggest to date, ‘Armageddon’. It won a Golden Globe, was the global number 1 most-watched show on Netflix, and followed a record-breaking in

FRED WESLEY is THE ultimate FUNK MASTER. Through the many years as musical director with The James Brown Band to the spin off group James Brown and The JB’s to many years with George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic. Fred Wesley and the new JB’s were the biggest funk group of the 90’s and now he returns to Dublin with his award winning project “Generations”. Wesley, already recognised as one of the architects of Funk, uses the project to connect to his jazz roots and to the future. Don’t worry for one moment though, this band is still all about groove so there is no need for a chair

Award winning comedian and Ireland's "queen of the offbeat" Áine Gallagher, is on a mission to prove that speaking Irish can be both accessible and hilarious. Following an incredible year where 2024 saw Áine embark on a national sell out tour and be listed among the Irish Times 50 People to Watch, Áine is back using her quirky and deadpan style as her secret weapon as she navigates Irish language learning, mistake-making, dating and mug-cake-baking to create a wholly unique comedy experience. A comedy experience that is bilingual and that guarantees to reignite your grá for the languag