Christmas would not be Christmas without a spectacular musical from Festival Productions, and this year they return with ANNIE – the much-loved tale of a loveable orphan and her dream of tomorrow. The team that brought you The Sound of Music, Oliver!, The Wizard of Oz and Bugsy Malone have a real treat in store with this all-singing, all-dancing production of the classic family film. Featuring the first lady of musical theatre - Rebecca Storm - as Miss Hannigan, and Festival Productions’ own Tony Finnegan as Daddy Warbucks, supported by a cast of incredible Irish talent. This lavish pro

Join MoLI on Friday, 3 January, for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm until 9pm, with free admission and special events throughout the evening. 6.00pm-9.00pm | Exhibition Holy Show See our new exhibition in collaboration with Ireland’s most mischievous arts journal – presenting Irish life through the eyes of writers and artists. 6.30pm | Reading Niamh Mulvey Niamh Mulvey, author of The Amendments, reads from her work 7.30pm | Performance Hannah Miller Horn player Hannah Miller gives a solo performance in our atmospheric exhibition spaces. Plus late op

For your safety, please follow this pair of prancing poofs to SHAME SHOW, a sketchy comedy of catastrophic proportions from SkelpieLimmer, the creators of Scaredy Fat and Two Fingers Up. Adam and Stevie are stuck inside. Storm Seamus is about to strike. The rural fixer-upper they’ve inherited can’t hack it – and neither can their relationship. Channel-hopping their way through programmes of poofy-past, the couple confront home, happiness and heteronormativity as they battle the storm and each other’s beliefs. A worthy First Fortnight Award winner at Dublin Fringe 2024, Colm McCready