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DANCE The Nutcracker Suite (live) Escape the Xmas
madness, sit back and enjoy a live, big screen showing of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet The Nutcracker performed by the Royal Ballet. Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Tchaikovsky’s score is sublime throughout, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing. Tues Dec 17th. 6.15pm. The Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, D7. Tickets: lighthousecinema.ie festival Tradfest: Stephen Rea - A Celebration Tradfest is back in January 2025 and, in a nifty bit of programming, is honouring Stephen Rea, the awardwinning actor and big supporter of Irish arts. The four day festival will take place from Wednesday 22nd January to Sunday 25th of January at The Lark Theatre in Balbriggan, where Rea will be accompanied by various friends and collaborators – including Felispeaks, Sinead Cusack, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy, Matt Molloy, Maighread Ní Dhomnaill and Paddy Glackin – each night to discuss poetry and acting, as well as offer musical performances to the audience. A free digital exhibition showcasing Rea throughout his career will also be available at The Lark. The Lark Theatre, Balbriggan 23/24/25/26 January. tradfest.com. art Who’ll Care, Who’ll Even Remember? In Memoriam of John Balance Who’ll Care, Who’ll Even Remember? is an art exhibition honouring the late influential musician and artist John Balance, best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson. He was responsible for the majority of Coil’s vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric. Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia, Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes and wrote soundtracks, most notably for Derek Jamans Blue. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of his premature passing, and will have two primary influences: archival and contemporary. The curations of the archival portion will include art by Balance himself, while the contemporary segment will be the works of his friends and collaborators. Gallery X, 11 Hume St, D2. until December 21st. galleryx.ie 58