Blanchardstown

31 Oct 2019
Theatre

Performance of Frankie’s Guys at Draíocht

Back by popular demand ... 'Frankie's Guys - A celebration of 'Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' is a fast paced, energetic production with an authentic live concert feel.

26 Oct 2019
Theatre

MadHouse by Una McKevitt & PJ Gallagher

Madhouse is based on the unbelievable true life story of comedian PJ Gallagher.

When PJ was ten, his Ma, a nurse, moved six men with schizophrenia into the family home to care for them full time. Many psychiatric institutions were closing down and there were few places for long term residents to go. She did everything for them from administering their medication to cutting their hair.

23 Oct 2019
Film

Screening of Float Like A Butterfly (2018) at Draíocht

From the producers of ‘Once’ and ‘Sing Street’, comes ‘Float Like a Butterfly’, a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of classic film Billy Elliot and inspired vaguely by Katie Taylor, the film concerns a young 15 year old Traveller girl who, as a huge fan of Mohammad Ali, trains herself into a state of boxing excellence.

18 Oct 2019
Music

Jake Carter to take the stage in Draíocht

Fresh off the back of what has been a roller coaster 18 months for Jake Carter, the pop singer and Dancing With The Stars 2018 winner has enjoyed enormous success in recent times with his recent single releases, as well as packing out venues across the country including Dublin’s Vicar St. and Cork Opera House.

16 Oct 2019
Film

Draíocht to host screening of Spliced

n a handball alley between three concrete walls, a conversation is taking place between a hurler, an artist and a musician. Timmy is contemplating life outside the sporting institution that raised him: the GAA.

10 Oct 2019
Film

Screening of Romeo & Juliet (1996)

The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Jets and Sharks of West Side Story when they form rival gangs. 

01 Oct 2019
arts

Drawing in a Digitally Mediated World

Exhibiting artist Sean Molloy invites your students to explore the exhibition ‘Estuary’ and reimagine drawing, as he guides you on a journey from the baroque era to the present day, exploring traditional old-master drawing techniques.

30 Oct 2019
arts

Portfolio Preparation Guidance

Are you in 5th or 6th year and planning on going to art college? On the first Tuesday of every month, Draíocht will facilitate Portfolio Preparation Guidance sessions with artist Andrew Carson during October-December.