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Launch Conor Walsh – The Lucid Mayo pianist Conor
Walsh tragically passed away three years ago. At the time, the Swinford native was working on a release of long-form classical-contemporary piano-rooted music. His family and friends are posthumously releasing The Lucid and paying tribute to his staggering talent. A host of artists, musicians and friends will perform works dedicated to his memory including Crash Ensemble and Meltybrains? “We wanted to remind people of all the different aspects of Conor; as a brother, friend, composer, and artist,” says his sister Fiona. “The subtle approach to this album will leave his fans in awe of his simplistic beauty.” The Sugar Club, Friday March 15, €15 photo Mark McGuinness Exhibition / Book Launch Eamonn Doyle This is the big spring photo exhibition – not just in scale, though 65 of the 135 prints are over two metres in size. It’s a celebration of hometown D1 head Eamonn Doyle showcasing his city street photography trilogy i, ON and End along with his latest work K. It coincides with the launch of Made in Dublin (Thames & Hudson) which combines his trilogy with new prints and accompanying vignettes by writer Kevin Barry. As part of the St Patrick’s Festival, it is the fruition of a long-standing friendship and working partnership between Doyle and Karen Walshe and moves on to Fundación Mapfre in Madrid in September. The opening weekend will also include Made in Dublin – a nine-screen, surround-sound panoramic created in association with Doyle’s collaborators Niall Sweeney (design) and David Donohoe (sound). His photographs meld with a visceral, labyrinthine soundtrack, the city and its people merge and collide, braced against the light. Giant and diminutive figures stride and stumble, taking position on a world-stage full of obstacles, and then all moving together – their constant ebb and flow revealing a collective unconscious dance, poised on a knife-edge of past and future. At moments it seems to stretch the city itself to breaking point, and yet it is always Dublin. RHA, Friday March 15 to Monday April 22 Theatre Sure Look It, Fuck It. First seen as a work in progress in Mindfield at the Electric Picnic before moving on to Thisispopbaby’s mini-festival Where We Live, Clare Dunne’s spoken-word comedy Sure Look It, Fuck It finally comes of age and takes to the stage as a fully-fledged production. Missy is a returned emigrant back in town after years of trying to ‘make it’ in New York. As she discovers an Ireland of zero-hour contracts, pricey pints and living with parents until middle age, she grapples with job interviews, inward blues and dancing fools… and figures out what it is she really believes in. Project Arts Centre, Tuesday March 19 to Saturday March 23, 7.30pm (Saturday matinee at 2.30pm), €15-€20 88