Dublin: One City, One Book

Extended until May 31st

Wonderland Productions’ Dubliners is a self-guided audio-walking tour on headphones that invites you to tour the streets and historic buildings in which Joyce set his classic stories, whilst you listen to his stories in situ, as they are told and performed for you on headphones by a large ensemble cast led by the celebrated Joycean actor Barry Mc Govern.

Dubliners - A Half Day's Adventure:

Mon – Sat audio-walks start at Dublin Writer’s Museum from 10.30. Sun & Bank Hols audio-walks start at Dublin Writer’s Museum at 11.00. The Half Day’s Adventure takes approximately 4-5 hours to complete on foot, with pub breaks.
Shorter route and story suggestions, from 2-4 hours are available on the day.Tickets €12/10 concession.

Dubliners - A Full Days Epic:

Mon - Sat audio-walks start at Dublin Writer's Museum at 10.00 sharp. Sun & Bank Hols audio-walks start at 11.00 sharp.  Tickets €19/15 concession.

"The street was busy with unusual traffic, loud with the horns of motorists and the gongs of impatient tram-drivers". 

When James Joyce wrote Dubliners  and captured part of the essence of Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century it is no surprise that Dublin's trams feature again and again in the stories. The new "electric trams" had become hugely popular in a few short years. This was indeed the heyday of the tram although neither Joyce nor the characters who reach out to us from Dubliners were aware that the electric tram's period of dominance would be short and sweet and that in a few short decades it would be replaced by the motor bus. Indeed, Dublin was well ahead of most comparable cities in embracing the electric tram. Thankfully, the start of the 21st century saw the return of trams to Dublin, as light rail in the shape of the modern Luas returned to some of the routes which the old network or spider's web of trams had served so well, albeit for a short period.

Screening at the IFI on Saturday, April 21st at 16.15 as part of Dublin: One City, One Book.

As part of Dublin: One City, One Book and continuing it's collaboration with Dublin City Public Libraries, the IFI presents John Huston's The Dead on April 21st at 4.15pm. Adapted from the final story in the Dubliners collection, the film is set during the annual dinner party of the elderly Morkan sisters on the Feast of the Epiphany in 1904.

John Huston’s subtle direction and Angelica Huston and Donal McCann’s delicately pitched performances perfectly capture the social atmosphere and emotional nuances of Joyce’s original text.

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One City One Book - James Joyce's 'Dubliners' - Arena arts and culture programme, Friday 13th April 2012.

Evelyn O'Rourke reports on James Joyce's book 'Dubliners'.

Listen to or download MP3 from RTÉ. (Length: 00:08:10)

The Contemporary Music Centre in association with the Royal Irish Academy of Music presents Musical Tales 2012, a journey in music and film inspired by the words of James Joyce. Featuring The Milesian Quartet, Rachel Croash - Soprano; Brian Dunning - Flautist. Curated by Irish composer Benjamin Dwyer.

Programme

Myriorama (Penelope Sleeps). Composed by Rob Canning

Afterjoyce I. Composed by Benjamin Dwyer

The Snotgreen 'C' (sea). Composed by Michael Holohan

His Final Journey. Composed by Michael Holohan

The Great Leveller. Composed by Vincent Kennedy

Aeolus. Composed by Trevor Knight

Four Joyce Songs. Composed by Eric Sweeney