Theatre & Film

September 30, 2010 to October 15, 2010.
Dublin Theatre Festival is one of Europe’s premier theatre events and enjoys a wonderful reputation worldwide.

The invariably huge attendances at the festival events are drawn not only from the city’s citizens but the many international visitors who attend annually.

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February 28, 2010 to March 7, 2010.
The French Film Festival screens 35mm feature films, documentaries, short films and educational films in French.

There is also a lively programme of audio-visual events, lectures, master classes and workshops, many featuring internationally renowned filmmakers.

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March 22, 2010 2:00 pm to March 25, 2010 2:00 pm.
From a small beginning in 1997 as the Irish Schools Video Competition, this festival has grown to a full blown festival, showcasing up to 200 films by young film-makers annually.

Budding film-makers aged between 7 and 18, compete for the title of Young Irish Film-maker, with the award ceremony an important part of the festival.

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March 18, 2010 to March 21, 2010.
The 2009 festival had a comedy theme, with showings in unusual venues such as the local bowling alley and cattle mart. We don’t yet know what 2010 will bring, but it will be good!

Dingle knows how to party and as well as the festival events there is lots of lively music and entertainment in the local public.

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February 18, 2010 to February 28, 2010.
There will be more than 130 screenings at this year’s Film Festival in Dublin, covering feature length films, shorts, documentaries, animated movies and a good programme for kids.

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a film buff you can test yourself in the film quiz competition, with heats taking place in branches of Dublin City Library.

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June 30, 2010 to July 4, 2010.
This festival, showing mainly films not previously screened in Ireland, is aimed not just at the Dublin gay community but at anyone interested in film.

There is a particularly strong shorts programme, as the festival is a nominating festival for the Iris Prize for the Best International Gay and Lesbian Short Film.

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April 30, 2010 to May 8, 2010.
This hotly contested annual final of a competition for amateur drama societies and clubs provides a very varied feast of theatre.

Standards are very high, the better productions are very close to professional in their staging and many Irish stars of stage and screen cut their teeth in Athlone.

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April 15, 2010 to April 30, 2010.
A rapidly growing and increasingly popular film festival which focuses mainly on films with a socio-political theme and includes speakers and seminars as well as showing full length and short films.

There is also a good and lively social side and those who have not visited Belfast before will get a real flavour of that city’s renowned hospitality.

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