Ink & Ivories

 

 

 

Monday 20th May 2013

Doors open at 6.30 pm.

Admission E 5/ E 7

A one of a kind intimate, acoustic Salon of poets & Pianists.
Presented by Jonathan Armas Mc Glinn, (D.U.B - Dublin Underground Beats) in collaboration with The Back Loft's in house programme for acoustic music, La Cat Acoustic.

"EMERGENT"

An exhibition of new paintings by Paul Swan

Opening Reception - Wednesday 29^th May @ 6pm

Daily Viewings - Thursday 30^th May to Tuesday  4^th June, 
12-6pm or by appointment 

Arguably Paul Swan's best work to date, these recent paintings represent a strongly-emerging spatial sense as well as a move towards a more vibrant and intense colour palette. Figural elements in this largely abstract work have become more pervasive and yet are suggestive, mostly defying definition. Paul is fascinated with natural, phenomenal experience as well as theories in physics and psychophysics, so that his work is imbued with the sense of the immediate and the infinite, the convergence of the present and the past. He regards his paintings as conveyors of non-verbal meaning, as objects of communication and of healing.

The Back Loft c/o La Catedral Studios, 7-11, St. Augustine Street, Dublin 8

Mr Joyce Is Leaving Paris

The Dublin Theatre Company presents 

 Mr Joyce Is Leaving Paris, by Tom Gallacher

As part of Summer Stage@the Back Loft Theater

16th of June until end August 2013

The play will run every evening except Sunday from 8pm.

Tickets are priced at €18 for individual tickets and €15 for group bookings. 

For Bookings contact 083 156 33 91 Monday to Friday between 10am-5pm or email backloftmrjoyce@gmail.com

The  Back Loft Theatre and The Dublin Theatre Company are pleased to announce a new summer theatre programme, entitled “Summer Stage @ The Back Loft Theatre” in association with DIAGEO, which will take place in The Back Loft, 7-11 Augustine Street (off Thomas Street) during the months of June, July and August 2013.  

The Back Loft Theatre is an unusual, bohemian style venue, located in a restored former Victorian factory in The Liberties which can hold a 70 seated audience.  It currently houses 24 artists’ studios and mounts exhibitions and theatrical events in its large warehouse style open space.  This is the first classical theatre programme the venue has embarked upon that will run for a lengthy period.

This summer Dublin Theatre Company will stage   Mr Joyce is Leaving Paris, by Tom Gallacher, Directed by Ronan Wilmot.  It will open on Bloomsday, June 16^th. Ronan Wilmot has previously directed Mr Joyce is Leaving Paris in London at The King’s Head; Islington and in 1997 in Berlin at Friends of Italian Opera; Plaz de Lufbruke. 

Mr Wilmot said, “We are delighted to stage Mr Joyce is Leaving Paris in such a unique and attractive venue for an extended period over the summer months.  We are delighted that DIAGEO have supported us. The Back Loft Theatre is a charming artistic centre located in what was originally a hive of sweat shop industry!”

General information

Mr Joyce is Leaving Paris is a play about James Joyce when he was living in Trieste in Italy with Nora Barnacle and their children.  He was teaching in The Berlitz College and was also the opera critic for the local newspaper.  His brother Stanislaus comes from Dublin to support them as they were living in dire poverty while Joyce was drinking and not writing.

The second part of the evening is set in Paris in 1939 as the Germans are advancing on Paris and Joyce is about to travel to Zurich in Switzerland.  He is now an ageing, nearly blind man and he is confronted by ghosts/friends from his past that he has used in his famous novels –Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake, and The Portrait of The Artist As A Young Man.

A gripping, moving, fascinating insight into Ireland’s most famous writer.

Ronan Wilmot - Director

Ronan Wilmot has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, the Young Vic, The Liverpool Playhouse 7;84 Co. in the UK; in Ireland with the Abbey, the Peacock, the Gate, the Project, the Focus and Dublin Stage One in Ireland. He set up Portrait Theatre Co. to co-direct with Cicely Berry OBE “Murder in the Cathedral” by TS Eliot in Christ Church Cathedral in 1991 during European City of Culture which ran for nine weeks.

He formed The Dublin Theatre Co. to present “Mr Joyce is Leaving Paris,” “Waiting for Godot” and “Exiles” by James Joyce in Berlin in 1996, 1997 and 1998. He directed “The Ginger Man,” by JP Dunleavy in The New Theatre and it toured to New York and Canada in 2000.

As artistic director of The New Theatre, Dublin he has directed “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Entertainer”. He wrote and directed “The Man Who gave The Beatles Away” and directed “Fool for Love “in November 2003.  As an actor, films include; “The Field”, “In The Name of the Father”, “The Snapper”, “The Van”, TV includes “The Insurance Man” and “Shergar”, BBC TV and “Wanderly Wagon”, “On Home Ground” and “Bachelor’s Walk,” RTE. 

He set up and co-directed The Clifden Country Blues Festival for eight years, 1989-1996.  He has directed “The Hostage”, “The Shadow of a Gunman”, “Shirley Valentine” and “Stags and Hens” at The New Theatre. Adapted and directed “Reunion” by Fred Uhlman for The New Theatre (2010) performed by Daniel Reardon, a world premiere.  He directed “The Quare Fellow” by Brendan Behan at The New Theatre 2010 which ran for nine weeks.

He currently acts in “The Tailor and Ansty” and “The Watchman” and recently directed “Apples” in The New Theatre.

FLANN'S YER ONLY MAN

Tuesday 28th of May
Doors open at 7:30 pm
Show starts at 8:00 pm
Admission:10€ / 8€ for groups of 10

Duration: 60 mins



Last opportunity to see this unique comedy performance in Dublin before its featured performance at the Listowel Writers' Week 2013.
Flann’s Yer Only Man  is an entertainment based on the life and work of Flann O’Brien, aka Myles na Gopaleen, aka Brian O’Nolan (1911-1966) -  Ireland’s finest satirist since Jonathan Swift.
Val O’Donnell performs a wide range of extracts from the humorist’s novels and from his celebrated Cruiskeen Lawn column in the Irish Times - linked with key events in the writer’s life.

VISIT Open Studios

11th MAY 2013 - 12pm-6pm

Come and meet the artists in their studios!

Coming up on Saturday 11th May @ La Catedral Studios and the Back Loft! VISIT Open Studios and the second coming of Feel Free to Jam, where musicians are invited to bring their instruments and jam around our piano at the back Loft. Lunchtime gourmet food and sangria will be prepared by staff member Dylan and will be served throughout the day. Our quaint little Cafe will be open and the Back Loft will showcase art work by the studio artists. 

12-6pm (and maybe later) It promises to be a great day!

Visit 2013 is a weekend event which will see artist’s studios organisations all over Dublin city opening their doors to the public. Artists make their artworks in buildings that are scattered throughout the city, and Visit 2013 invites you to enter these usually private spaces, talk to the artists and see their work first hand.

In Dublin City, artist’s studios old and new exist in a variety of buildings including industrial warehouses, Georgian buildings, converted stables and former shop units. You might not be aware that the building on the corner or down the road from your house is actually a hub of artistic activity. If you have ever been curious about what goes on inside an artists studios, Visit 2013 is your chance to find out!
More information on participant studios: www.visitstudios.com

Coppers Uncovered

Presented by D'Gathering
Doors open at 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm sharp

Tues 16th Apr - Sean O'Casey Theatre, East Wall Wed 17th Apr - The Back Loft, St Augustine St, D8 Thurs 18th Apr - The Back Loft, St Augustine St, D8 Fri 19th Apr - The Back Loft, St Augustine St, D8 Sat 20th Apr - The Mill Theatre, Dundrum Tickets €12/€10 concession Journey through a night out as ‘David Attenborough’ examines the mating rituals of the Irish. Can a ‘Dub’ and ‘Culchie’ possibly make a match or will their cultural differences prove too much of a barrier? Following the great success of our debut last November we are back with a feature length presentation that follows a man's quest to find love in a crowded nightclub.. Attenborough trails four lads attempting to summon enough ‘Dutch’ courage to make a move while their female counterparts grow impatient. Will the strongest male act in time before disappearing into the drunken abyss? All manner of mis-haps and misunderstandings of a typical night out are explored in this laugh-a-minute story about the trials and tribulations of single life and the difficulties of finding that rose beneath the broken pint glasses. Put simply, it will be a show rather than a play. Come for the ride! (No pun intended!!) To reserve tickets today simply email CoppersCloakroom@gmail.com

ANGELS OF THE ODD CABARET

Angels of the Odd I is the first in a series of new nights of peculiar theatre and strange cabaret @ the Back Loft.

Born from a desire to create a space with limitless potential for new creativity, we bring you a night that is sure to amaze. High-spirited, bawdy and unsettling, the Angels of the Odd will guide you into another realm that is riddled with peculiar creatures of the heavens and the earth. A collision of different styles and worlds, Angels of the Odd will bring you on a journey into Ireland's gothic underbelly.

As a collective, Angels of the Odd are:
Smilin' Kanker (Alternative Miss Ireland winner, Cabaret oddity)
Niamh Creely (Ether Productions co-founder, Aerialist, Dancer)
Philip Doherty (Gonzo Theatre Founder, Playwright, Director)
Paddy Walsh (Musical Director, harbinger of weirdness)
Shane O'Connor (Actor, Musician, Miscreant)
and Lucy Rhinehart (Burlesque and cabaret performer, Writer, Producer, God botherer).

€10/€8 unwaged. 
Doors and cafe open at 7pm, show starts 8pm sharp and will end at 10.30pm as the Back Loft is an early night venue. 

There will be an official secret after party.

Event page is: https://www.facebook.com/events/136214419889667/?fref=ts

Overall page is: https://www.facebook.com/AngelsOfTheOdd?fref=ts