Live theatre, album launches and comedy sets are among the top events happening this weekend.
Field Trip’s album launch
19 April, Galway Mechanics Institute, more info here
Field Trip are a garage/jangle-pop band from Galway who released a string of singles and EPs in the late 2010s that garnered a cult following and attracted crowds to gigs all over Ireland and at some of the country’s favourite music festivals such as Electric Picnic, Body & Soul, and Arcadian Fields. They announce their triumphant return with a gig to celebrate the upcoming release of their new album, Foreign Land.
Death of a Salesman
Until 19 April, The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, more info here
One of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman explodes onto the stage in this fresh new production led by acclaimed actor David Hayman (Sid and Nancy, Dad’s Army). This timeless, powerful story takes you on a thrilling journey through the final 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life, filled with his memories, dreams, struggles and pitting a father’s expectations against his sons’ realities.
Rachel Galvo: The Shite Feminist
20 & 21 April, Cyprus Avenue, Cork and Róisín Dubh, Galway, more info here
Reflecting on the forces that have shaped her—from an Irish Catholic upbringing to awkward sexual encounters—Rachel considers the choices that threw her South Dublin life drastically off-course. In the wake of the pandemic, Rachel ditched her business degree to pursue her creative dreams at a performing arts college in London. This is a form of radical self-love, a naughty, raucous, thought-provoking and life-affirming one-woman show from one of Ireland’s most exciting new creative talents.
Making History by Brian Friel
Until 26 April, The Everyman Theatre, Cork, more info here
The Everyman presents a major revival of Making History by Brian Friel, directed by the theatre’s new artistic director Des Kennedy in his inaugural season. Set in 1591, Gaelic Ireland is on the brink of extinction under English occupation. Hugh O’Neill and Mabel Bagenal have married in secret. Irish clans have joined forces with the Spanish and the Battle of Kinsale is about to change the course of Irish history.
One Dublin One Book
Throughout April, Dublin, more info here
One Dublin One Book encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year, and is now in its 20th year. This year’s title is Dublin, Written In Our Hearts, an anthology published by The Stinging Fly. The book features work from Kevin Barry, Estelle Birdy, Niamh Campbell, Kevin Curran, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, FELISPEAKS, Sarah Gilmartin, Róisín Kiberd, Niamh Mulvey, Nuala O’Connor, Sean O’Reilly, Keith Ridgway, and Karl Whitney — to name a few.
The Book of Mormon
Throughout April, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, more info here
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 to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.
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