Dublin: One City One Book 2010

Monday 5th April  2.20pm
Oliver Parker's 2009 adaptation of Dorian Gray starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall and Ben Chaplin. (112 mins)
When a strikingly beautiful but naïve young Dorian Gray arrives in Victorian London, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton, who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. Oliver Parker directs a ravishing cast in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s gothic masterpiece.
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or online at www.ifi.ie. Standard ticket prices will apply.

Wednesday 7th April
Start of Dublin: One City One Book 2010 with Dorian Gray himself and Merlin Holland, Oscar's grandson
 
Wednesday 7th April 7pm
 ‘Killing One Peacock with Two Stones: Dorian Gray and the downfall of Oscar Wilde’ A Talk by Merlin Holland (Wilde author and grandson of Oscar)
Wood Quay Venue, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 (entrance Winetavern Street at side of Civic Offices)
Admission free. Booking not necessary.

Wednesday 7th April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Wednesday 7th April 7pm
Dorian Gray, the novel - a discussion with Katherine O’Keeffe (UCD)
Terenure Library, Templeogue Road
BOOKING ESSENTIAL Tel: 4907035 Admission free 

Thursday 8th April until end of month (previews 6th & 7th April)
The Birthday of the Infanta - Irish premiere of the play adapted from the short story by Oscar Wilde.
 A magical and bittersweet tale of a cosseted princess and the open-hearted young hunchback who falls in love with her. This show will delight children and adults alike. Directed by Bairbre Ní Caoimh.
 Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton St. Mon-Sat at 1.10pm (doors open at 12.50pm) Tickets €15 (includes light lunch) Special family price €45 (2 adults, 2 children)
Booking: tel 086 8784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com

Thursday 8th April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Thursday 8th April - 12pm - 2pm
Dublin Airport
Readings Landside and airside. Keep an eye out for actor Michael Winder reading from Dorian Gray

Saturday 10th April
Oscar Wilde, Bosie, Lady Gregory, Sarah Bernhardt, Ada & Ernest Leverson, Bernard Shaw promenade around the city - ending with a ball at the bandstand in Stephen's Green at 4pm.

Saturday 10th April - 12pm - 2pm
Dublin Airport
Readings Landside and airside. Keep an eye out for actor Michael Winder reading from Dorian Gray 

Social Networking
World of Oscar Wilde - Digitally recreated
Become part of the 1890s following the daily lives and digital interactions of the glitterati through Facebook, Twitter and even in real life when they take to the streets. Snag photos of the famous personas walking through Dublin, tag the and watch the drama unfolding as the famous post their lives online, or create a scandal yourself when you post to their walls:
Engage in a battle of wits with Oscar Wilde
Gossip with Henry Irving
Flirt with the beautiful Ellen Terry
Investigate Sherlock’s next case with Arthur Conan Doyle 
Dublin One City One Book: Facebook
Dublin: One City One Book: twitter
 
Saturday 10th April 11am – 1pm
‘Self-Portrait Workshop for Adults’ – in association with the current exhibition, a portrait workshop for adults led by artist Beth O’Halloran. Participants will make their own self-portraits through mixed-media and collage.
Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Parnell Sq., Dublin 1
Booking essential - tel. 01 2225564. Admission free.

Saturday 10th April 3pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Charleville Mall Library, North Strand
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Saturday 10th April - 6pm
The Picture of Dorian Gray directed by Albert Lewin (1945) with Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed. (110 mins)
An excellent adaptation of Wilde's infamous novel, littered with characters of blurred sexuality and undescribed vice. Hatfield is hauntingly epicene as Dorian, and one of the queerest visions in mid-‘40s Hollywood.
 (Introduced by Albert Power, Gothic scholar and writer).
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or online at www.ifi.ie.Standard ticket prices will apply.

Sunday 11th April 2pm
'The Happy Prince' - Oscar Wilde's timeless fairy tale will appeal to all ages for its wit, humanity and charm. Performed by Michael James Ford and Trevor Knight.
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square.
Admission free - Booking not necessary.

Monday 12th April 2pm
Let's Walk and Talk on the Wilde Side - Pat Liddy leads a walk about Oscar Wilde and his celebrated Dublin Family  – ending at Pearse Street Library. Library with a short dramatised extract from ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. View a special exhibition which includes the portrait of Dorian. 
Meet at the Superintendent's Gate / Cuffe Street entrance to Stephen's Green (beside junction with Harcourt Street), Dublin 2 - Duration approximately 90 mins
Admission free. Booking not necessary.

Monday 12th April 6pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Monday 12th April 6.30pm
Dorian Gray - the Novel - a discussion with Katherine O’Keeffe (UCD)
Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry St.
Admission free - Booking not necessary 

Tuesday April 13th 10.30am
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Albert Lewin’s 1945 film starring George Sanders & Angela Lansbury
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace St., Temple Bar
School Screening - Bookings - IFI Education 01 6795744. Admission €5

Tuesday 13th April 11am
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Charleville Mall Library, North Strand
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Tues 13th April - Saturday 1st May 4.30pm. No shows Mondays
Read Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey in one afternoon! Treat yourself to Victorian Afternoon Tea, whilst the greater part of Wilde’s novella is narrated and staged for you by Lord Henry, Basil and Dorian - Gate Theatre regulars, actors Michael James Ford, Simon Coury and Michael Winder. Indulge yourself with this decadent treat – afternoon tea with theatre from Wonderland Productions.

All tickets include an afternoon tea that Oscar would approve of – exotic teas and towering cake stands laden with cream scones, crumpets, pastries and cucumber sandwiches.
At Bewleys of Grafton Street. Upstairs in the James Joyce Tearoom.
All Bewleys performances are at 4.30 pm and last approximately two hours.
Previews: Tuesday and Wednesday April 13th & 14th.  All preview tickets €19.95
Runs: Thursday 15th April – Saturday May 1st. (No performances on Mondays)
Recession Beating Offer: All tickets €24.95 until Friday 23rd April.
Tickets €29.95
Booking: Central Ticket Bureau tel:0818 205 205, www.ctb.ie
 
Wicklow-wide tour as part of Wonderland’s new residency at Mermaid Arts Centre Bray May 9th – 16th.
Tickets for Wicklow shows: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 01 2724030 www.mermaidartscentre.ie 
Starring Michael James Ford, Michael Winder and Simon Coury.
Directed by Alice Coghlan. Costumes by Tara Jones Hamilton. Props Eve Parnell. Produced by Sarah Cregan.

Tuesday 13th April 8pm
Dorian’s Decadent Poetry Jam – an evening of poetry and indulgence. Come and read your favourite decadent poet or recite your own creation. Enjoy mint tea or Turkish coffee, sweatmeats with a chicha to share.
Amir’s Delights, 5 Blooms Lane, Ormond Quay
Booking essential. Tel: 086 3784729 €15 per person
 
Wednesday 14th April 3pm
‘Wilde Family Scandals’ - Mary Josephine Travers, the daughter of Dr Robert Travers, Assistant Librarian of Marsh's, took an action against Lady Wilde for libel. Sir William Wilde was named as co-defendant. Talk by Muriel McCarthy, Keeper of Marsh’s Library.
Marsh’s Library, St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8
Admission free. Booking not necessary

Wednesday 14th April 1pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Thursday 15th April 6.30pm
‘Art for Art’s Sake: an overview of the Aesthetic Movement in 19th century visual and decorative arts’ . A talk by Valerie Moffat
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
 
Saturday 17th April 12-2pm
Actor Michael Winder reads from Dorian Gray  in bookshops and Temple Bar Book Market.
Temple Bar Square

Saturday 17th April 3pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Charleville Mall Library, North Strand
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Saturday 17th April 3.30pm (doors open at 3pm)
A performance of music inspired by Oscar Wilde, and music which Oscar Wilde heard and was inspired  by. Japanese music by Thomas Ranjo, with compositions by Emma O'Halloran and Miranda Al-Raad.
St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street
Booking not necessary. Admission by donation.

Monday 19th April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Monday 19th April 6pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Tuesday 20th April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Tuesday 20th April 7pm
‘The Contradictions of Oscar Wilde’ - a lecture by Professor Terry Eagleton, literary critic & author of  'Saint Oscar'
National Library, Kildare St.
Admission free. Booking not necessary.

Wednesday 21st April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Wednesday 21st April 1pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Thursday 22nd April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Thursday 22nd April 6.30pm
Preview of A Wilde Night Out – costumed performances from 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 'An Ideal Husband', 'A Woman of No Importance' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
St.Ann's Church, Dawson St.
Admission €5 (preview only). Booking not necessary. Complimentary tea/coffee at interval

Friday 23rd April 1.10pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Pearse Street Library
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Friday 23rd April 6.30pm
A Wilde Night Out – costumed performances from 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 'An Ideal Husband', 'A Woman of No Importance' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
St. Ann's Church, Dawson St.
Admission €10, €5 concession. Booking not necessary. Complimentary tea/coffee at interval

Saturday 24th April 6.30pm
A Wilde Night Out – costumed performances from 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 'An Ideal Husband', 'A Woman of No Importance' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
St. Ann's Church, Dawson St.
Admission €10, €5 concession. Booking not necessary. Complimentary tea/coffee at interval

Saturday 24th April 12-2pm
Actor Michael Winder reads from Dorian Gray  in bookshops and Temple Bar Book Market.
Temple Bar Square

Sunday 25th April 2pm
The Rhymers' Club Re-enactment Concert - a tribute to the Rhymer's Club, founded by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys in 1890 which became an important gathering of London-based poets during Oscar Wilde's prime. It was the cradle of many representative poetic and artistic works of the Aesthetic and Decadent Movements in late Victorian society. In the setting of a gathering of the Rhymers' Club, the concert will consist of actors' performances of the original works from some of the famous participants of the Rhymers' Club, including Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, and John Gray, the intriguing Decadent poet who was the model and main inspiration for Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray; intertwined with recitals of present-day original poetry and lyrical songs representative of the Dublin artistic circles that have carried on the spirit of the Rhymers' Club. Hosted by Oscar Wilde's best friend Ada Leverson 'The Sphinx' and a guest from the East.
 An opportunity to experience avant-garde works from Oscar Wilde's literary circle in their original context; as well as to observe the Aesthetic Movement's relevance today in its continuing influence on the arts, and to discover some of Dublin's best poetic and musical acts
The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle

Sunday 25th April 3.00pm
'The Picture of Dorian Gray  - erotic innocence?' A talk by Dr Jarlath Killeen, Trinity College Dublin.
This lecture will examine images of both childhood innocence and erotic experience in Wilde's novel, and suggest ways it comments on the Victorian 'crisis of masculinity'.
National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square
Admission free. Booking not necessary.

Monday 26th April 6pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Monday 26th April 6.30pm
Becoming John Gray: the beginning of celebrity culture? a talk by Jerusha McCormack
John Gray was an ordinary working-class man who, as the alleged model for the “Dorian” of Oscar Wilde’s novel, became a household name. How did this happen? Did Wilde in fact invent John Gray? What forces colluded to help manufacture this new kind of fame –known to us now as “celebrity culture” – and what was its price? By retelling the story of the man who became Dorian Gray, Jerusha McCormack seeks to throw new light on the power of Wilde’s novel: to create as well as to destroy those around him – and finally to conscript the very life of the author himself.
 
Jerusha McCormack is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde and his circle, Jerusha McCormack has written the definitive biography of John Gray, the young working-class lad rumoured to be the model for The Picture of Dorian Gray.  After 30 years as a lecturer in the School of English at University College, Dublin, Dr. McCormack now works as a Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she helped set up the first (and so far, the only, comprehensive Irish Studies Centre in China). Her current work is dedicated to unraveling the many ties between China and Ireland: most recently in a piece on the impact of the thinking of Zhuangzi, a Daoist sage from the 4th century BC, on Wilde’s life and writings.
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Admission free - Booking not necessary.

Tuesday 27th April 11.30am
Let's Walk and Talk on the Wilde Side - Pat Liddy leads a walk about Oscar Wilde and his celebrated Dublin Family  – ending at Pearse Street Library. Library with a short dramatised extract from ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. View a special exhibition which includes the portrait of Dorian. 
Meet at the entrance to the National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Admission free, booking not necessary

Wednesday 28th April 1pm
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde  - Documentary by 'Mind the Gap Films' celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures. An Irish Film Institute presentation.
Cabra Library, Navan Road
Admission free, booking not necessary.

Wednesday 28th April 7pm
'Dorian and Melmouth: Brothers of the Black Bargain', a talk by Dr Albert Power on Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and Charles Maturin's 'Melmouth the Wanderer'
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Admission Free. Booking not necessary

Friday, 30th of April,  1pm

Ink Slingers' Creative Writing Hour will host a session inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.  This free creative writing session is organised and led by the Centre's voluntary arts administrators.  The hour will include writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing.  It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience."

Irish Writers' Centre , Parnell Square, Dublin 1.

Thursday 6th May 11am
Pictures of a Tortured Soul. Author Oisín Mc Gann discusses the graphic novel based on “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde. (Adapted by Ian Edginton, illustrated by Ian Cubard, published by Self Made Hero.)
Booking essential at Ballymun Library

Exhibitions

Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
'Dealing with the Devil' - An entertaining and informative background exhibition about The Picture of Dorian Gray. Explores the book's origins, the Aesthetic Movement in art and literature, society portraiture, the lifestyle and costume of the Victorian dandy - and a view of Dorian in the modern world.
Includes work by contemporary artists and students from NCAD - and features a newly commissioned portrait of Dorian.
Dramatised extracts from the book at 4pm Monday 12th April and 1pm Tuesday 27th April.
Dublin City Libray & Archive, 138-144 Pearse St.
Mon-Thurs 10am – 8pm. Fri & Sat 10am – 5pm.
Admission free.

The Collection Revealed: The Reflective Eye - Artists Observing Artists.
Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Parnell Sq., Dublin 1
Rarely seen portraits of artists by artists, opening 31st March.
Tues to Thurs 10.00am– 6.00pm; Fri & Sat 10.00am–5.00pm;
Sun 11.00am–5.00pm; Closed Mondays
Admission free
 
Wilde Exhibition
Trinity College Dublin Long Room and Book of Kells Exhibition
Exhibition on Oscar Wilde in the Long Room (West End).  Reduced admission on production of programme leaflet. Two adults €13 (normal price €18)

Exhibition - Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street
From the collections of the National Library of Ireland.
Open Mon-Wed 9:30am-9pm; Thu-Fri 9:30am-5pm; Sat 9:30am-1pm
Admission free
 
Dublin City Libraries
500 copies of the book as well as audio & pre-downloaded MP3 players will be available for lending. 113 book clubs will read and discuss the book.