Well, it’s obviously not going to be epic. Go spend some time with your family for God’s sake. If you need a break, there’s a few ideas below. It’s always a good time to go to the movies actually, I tend to catch up on a few I missed over the next week.

A couple of new shows, with Pirates in the Kingdom of Enchantasia at Smock Alley and David McSavage at the Viking Theatre. There’s also some decent enough gigs, with Christy Moore and Something Happens and a few others to boot!

Theatre

The Abbey – She Stoops to Conquer -until Saturday, 31 January 2015

The Gate – Wuthering Heights – until Jan 24th



Project Arts Centre – Sleeps

Smock Alley – Pirates in the Kingdom of Enchantasia – Ofegus Theatre Company – 27th Dec – 4th Jan

Viking Theatre – David McSavage – The star of “The Savage Eye” – Sat Dec 27 8:00pm

New Theatre – Sleeps

Theatre Upstairs – Sleeps

Gaiety Theatre – Peter Pan Christmas Panto – 1st December 2014 – 11th January 2014

Civic Theatre – Sleeping Beauty – 22 December 2014 – 4 January 2015

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Harry’s Christmas by Steven Berkoff – Dec 01 – 20, 2014

Bord Gais Energy Centre – Elf the Musical – 16th Dec – 10th Jan

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema – Naughty or Nice Season –

It’s A Wonderful Life – 8.30pm Mon 22 December | 8.30pm Tue 23 December

IFI FESTIVE FAVOURITES:

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET – Tuesday 23rd December 2014 – 16.00

THE APARTMENT – Tuesday 23rd December 2014 – 18.15

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER – Sunday 21st December 2014 0 16.00

Monday 22nd December 2014 – 18.15

Gigs

Christy Moore, Mano Le Tough, Something Happens and a few other bits and bobs. Not a classic week, but a few things to keep you occupied.

Mon 22 Dec

Christy Moore – Vicar Street

Cloud Castle Lake – The Grand Social

Early House – Jingle Boogie – The Button Factory

Hvmmingbyrd – Whelan’s

Tue 23 Dec

Christy Moore – Vicar Street

Spring Break – The Button Factory

Lennon Legend – The Grand Social

Johnny Rayge – The Grand Social

Thu 25 Dec

Bromance – The Academy

Fri 26 Dec

Matador – The Button Factory

Octave One – The Grand Social

Mano Le Tough – District 8

Krystal Klear – Opium Rooms

Sat 27 Dec

Something Happens – Whelan’s

Turn – The Button Factory

Aslan – Vicar Street

Le Freak(Chic Tribute Band) – The Grand Social

Steffi & Victoria – The Twisted Pepper

Clark – District 8

Sun 28 Dec

Prison Love – Whelan’s

Trouble Pilgrims – The Workman’s Club

New Secret Weapon – Whelan’s

Art –

IMMA – until 31 Dec 2014 – IMMA Collection: Conversations

until 29 Mar 2015 – Duncan Campbell

until 01 Mar 2015 – Primal Architecture

TROVE – Dorothy Cross selects from the National Collections – 03 December 2014 – 08 March 2015 – Garden Galleries

RHA Gallery – until December 19, 2014 Karl Burke RHA Gallery II

until December 19, 2014 FUTURES 14 RHA Gallery I

until December 19, 2014 Gerard Carson RHA Ashford Gallery

Douglas Hyde –from 12 December – 25 February 2015

Gallery 1 – Niamh O’Malley

Gallery 2 – Mairead O’hEocha

Hugh Lane Gallery – Efforts and Ideals: Prints of the First World War – until 22 February 2015

General Exhibition at the National Gallery

Chester Beatty – Permanent Exhibition

Private Galleries:

Image above – Janet-Mullarney–Earthly-Creatures- Taylor Gallery Winter Group Show

Kerlin – Eoin Mc Hugh – the skies will be friendlier then – until 23rd December

Oliver Sears – Stephen Lawlor – 4 Dec 2014 — 8 Jan 2015

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery – between shows

Taylor Gallery – Winter Group Show – until 31st Jan 2015