“Madame de Markievicz on Trial” by Ann Matthews
Come check out “Madame de Markievicz on Trial”, a new play by Ann Matthews, from 21st April to 2nd May. Ann has been involved with the Five Lamps Arts Festival in the past so we are very happy to be supporting her new play!
Monto Walk with Terry Fagan
A Walk back in time with Terry Fagan North Inner City Folklore Project. Story’s from around Dublin’s famous Red-Light district known as Monto. Hear the story’s of the famous Madams who ran the brothels, and of the women known as the “Poor Unfortunates” who walked the Streets of Monto and of the man Frank […]
Photos from the Brochure Launch
Fuss on the Bus
Fuss on the Bus follows the lives of two girls by way of a bus journey through the decades. We first meet Nell and Rita as 12-year-olds in 1954 as their bus trundles along Abbey Street, Upper Gardner Street, Drumcondra, Dublin Airport, Santry, Lusk, Skerries and Balbriggan. A whole life will be lived and loved from school days […]
Bathnight on Henrietta Street
Bathnight on Henrietta Street takes place on the 24th of July, 1969. And what’s so important you might ask? Is it that man has just landed on the moon with all Ireland gripped around their TV sets as man takes one giant leap into the unknown? Not a bit of it! It’s Bathnight on Henrietta Street and that’s […]
Dublin’s Laptop Orchestra
Dublin Laptop Orchestra’s aim is to bring theatricality and physical presence into electronic music performance. They make music with laptops, built-in cameras, motion sensors, golf controllers, and anything else they can misappropriate. The Dublin Laptop Orchestra has played with This Is How Fly, Yurodny, Crash Ensemble and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and have created numerous […]
Ether Productions Circus Cabaret Spectacular
Ether Productions Circus Theatre Company Niamh Creely and Jonathan Walsh are Ether Productions, a theatre company that revels in the world of aerial circus. Niamh, a writer who ran away with the circus and Jonathan, an award-winning boylesque performer with killer comic-timing recently performed at the Project Arts Centre with their new comedy duo show The Locked Room. […]
Reic // Recite, A Bilingual Spoken Word Event in association with Irish Writers Centre
Féachfar anocht ar nuafhilíocht le béim ar an bhfocal labhartha; idir dánta, rapcheol, agus amhráin. Cuirfidh bean an tí Ciara Ní Éanacháin fáilte roimh: Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin, MC Muipéad, Temper-Mental, MissElayneous, Marcus MacConghail, Eoin P. Ó Murchú, agus Eva O’Connor. Spoken word poetry; featuring poems, songs, and rap. Part of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Eva O’Connor Is dramadóir agus aisteoir í […]
Sing Your Song at the Grand Social
Live songs written the previous day on the train to Sligo will be performed! This is a show you will not want to miss!
The House Presents…Mary and The Pigeons, Caroline Moreau
An evening of acoustic ‘chamber-folk’ with Mary and The Pigeons and Caroline Moreau’s alluring French folk songs, sea-shanties and chanson masterpieces. Mary and The Pigeons Mary and The Pigeons’ music is described as “chamber-folk” and is inspired by the cellist/vocalist and songwriter Mary Barnecutt’s interests in modern folk music, poetry and an acoustic, minimalist string sound. She is joined […]
Music and Poetry at the Hugh Lane Gallery
Enjoy a mix of traditional Irish and classical music as well as poetry in the relaxing surroundings of the Hugh Lane Gallery with the Albiez Trio and poet Theo Dorgan.
Opening Night Ceremony
The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2015 will launch with a spectacular opening ceremony in Dublin’s Customs House on March 4th at 7pm. Admission is free and its going to be a great event! Actor John Connors will open the festival followed by a Clarion Flute Ensemble, a Fire Dance performance and Samba Drumming. Don’t miss […]
The House presents… Barry McCormack, The New Breadwinners
Barry Mc Cormack Barry McCormack is a contemporary folk singer who has released five critically acclaimed albums, the third of which, ‘Last Night, as I was Wandering’, was included in the book ‘101 Irish Records (You Must Hear Before You Die)’. The songs on Barry’s latest album, Cut Throat Lane, were described by The Handsome Family’s lyricist, Rennie […]
The Supertonic Orchestra
The Supertonic Orchestra was founded in 2010 by Przemyslaw Lozowski, a multi-instrumentalist from Lublin, Poland and, who is now based in Dublin. The Supertonic Orchestra has established itself as the most prominent Roots Folk and Klezmer ensemble in Ireland. The Orchestra has performed in many venues, festivals and cultural events across the country, never failing to attract crowds […]