Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
BLUEPRINT TALKS – Photograph Now
Thursday 26 February | Indigo & Cloth | 7pm, €5
Having kicked off the Blueprint Talks last month on the subject of Makers, Making Space and Indigo & Cloth are this time taking on the topic of photography in the context of design. Blueprint talks are going to be a regular feature throughout ID2015 campaign, with the events aiming to take place on the last Thursday evening of each month. Speakers here include Darragh Shanahan from the Gallery of Photography in Temple Bar. Event details are found in here.
GUINNESS AMPLIFY LAUNCH
Thursday 26 February | Mercantile | 8pm, Free
Indie-rockers The Dead Heavys, earnest types Wild Promises and Frankenstein Bolts (alias of Wexford singer-songwriter Justin Cullen) take to the stage of the Mercantile as Guinness’ Amplify campaign plugs in again, giving a huge range of up-and-coming bands stages to perform on in boozers that serve the black stuff up and down the length of the country. The acts are all given the nod by the experts on their panel as ‘ones-to-watch’ so we expect this won’t be the last we’ll be hearing of these three. Small print is here.
PROFILES.IE WEBSITE LAUNCH PARTY
Friday 27 February | Film Base | 7pm, Free
Profiles.ie is a new web-project featuring interviews with people from the field of design and the arts, selected on the merits of the social and cultural impact as well as the uniqueness of their work. It aims at being a resource for students and those more experienced within the design game. On the celebratory launch night there’s food from Sett Food Club and tunes from electronic duo Polyglove, which is Latin for ‘many gloves’. Details found here.
SEVEN QUARTERS NO. 5 w/ Alarmist and Somadrone
Friday 27 February | Whelans | 8pm, €10
Barry Lennon’s continuing series of gigs with vinyl releases attached makes it’s first appearance of the year, with sets and an attached split release from post-rock gang Alarmist who did an excellent job of making that wearisome genre classification a lot of fun, and electronica veteran Somadrone, who promises a set full of new material.
DISCOTEKKEN AALIYAH PARTY
Friday 27 February | Sugar Club | 11pm, €6/8/10/12
‘The undisputed queen of ’90s RnB’ say Discotekken and who are we to argue (TLC might, but still). After last month’s sold-out RnB club, the boys are back with a screening of Romeo Must Die and a slew of slinky slow jams from RnB Club DJs (Louis Scully and Stevie G, presumably not demanding Phil Collins) and a set from Discotekken’s Eoin Cody and Richie B with prime disco, boogie and electro-boogie. Details here.
A GUY CALLED GERALD
Saturday 28 February | Twisted Pepper | 10.30, €15/13 (members)
Continuing the stream of big name international DJs flooding this way, Mancunian house and techno pioneer will be playing an epic 4-hour set in the Pepper on Saturday night, with Conor Feeney and Colin Perkins spinning downstairs. More info here. Tickets from RA here.
THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter
Running all weekend and until March 21 | The Gate | 7.30pm, €25-30
Continuing the long-established link with the work of English playwright Harold Pinter, this month sees the production of Pinter’s The Caretaker on the Gate Theatre’s stage. The Caretaker, initially published in 1960 represented Pinter’s first major success commercially, and led to a film version later that decade. The play’s three characters, Davies (a tramp), Aston and Mick (two borthers) form a triangle of disconnected misfits. Under the direction of Toby Frow, the Gate’s production mixes comedy and tragedy, the sinister and the absurd and the absurd in what is widely considered a 20th century theatre masterpiece. Buy tickets here.
