The Plough and the Stars was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1926. The audience rioted. Now regarded as a masterpiece, this provocative play is an essential part of our understanding of 1916. Recently performed during the centenary of the Easter Rising, Olivier Award-winning director Sean Holmes returns with this production of Sean O’Casey’s absorbing play. Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time. The residents of a Dublin tenement shelter from the violence that sweeps through t

NIGHTHAWKS returns to the UNITED ARTS CLUB (just off Baggot Street Lower) at 8pm on Saturday, April 11th. It is a great line-up (see below) and tickets have gone on sale. (PLEASE NOTE – This venue has very limited capacity. Please buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment. These shows always sell out.) The top-quality line-up on the night includes: Music NØMADS BEAD MADRA CAORACH Stand-Up Comedy AIDEEN McQUEEN CORMAC GRIFFITH Writer DAVE TYNAN

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. We believe that everyone should be able to experience and participate in arts and creativity.