The next Jameson Cult Film Club screening to hit Dublin is the silence of the lambs next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Win tickets to be there.

Having been to a few of these and given away tickets to Snatch (Dublin and Cork) ALIEN and most recently The Blues Brothers, I can guarantee you’re in for a great movie watching experience.

You may have seen these posters up around Dublin recently:

Well you can win two tickets to the screening on Wednesday August 15. Here are the details:

Win a pair of tickets to an exclusive screening of the horror thriller, the silence of the lambs (1991) at a secret Dublin location Wednesday August 15.

The venue is only revealed to lucky ticket holders and will be completely transformed into a series of sets from the film. Guests will also be treated to ‘Buffalo Bill’ burgers while enjoying the refreshing Jameson and Ginger cocktails.

For the uninitiated, Jameson Cult Film Club is all about watching your favourite cult films at spectacular screenings, staged to transport the audience right into the world of the film.

These free events are not just your typical screening, as characters from the movie, live theatre and special effects timed perfectly with on-screen action help to create an electric atmosphere throughout the screening.

If you would like to join Clarice Starling, Dr Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill at this exclusive Jameson Cult Film Club screening in the “Baltimore State Forensic Hospital” on August 15 all you have to do is comment below. Winners will be chosen at random.

Check out www.jamesoncultfilmclub.ie for details and register for the chance to win free tickets to one of the screenings on either 14th or 15th August.

So that’s a comment below to be in with the chance of winning two tickets to Wednesday’s screening. Winners will be chosen at random and emailed Monday. Please only enter if you can go on Wednesday!

Thanks to Rebecca in Burrell PR for the competition. Appreciated as always!

the silence of the lambs © 2012 Twentieth Century Fox. Home Entertainment LLC. All Rights Reserved. Own it on Blu-ray and DVD

From the best Concert Orchestra in Ireland comes a great night of music at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Soundtracks from Avatar to X-Men. Win tickets to be there.

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Michael Seal, leader Mia Cooper, play the Olympic Fanfare and Theme, composed by John Williams for the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Recorded live at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as part of the RTÉ CO’s concert Close Encounters: A John Williams Celebration, 10 May 2012.

Here are the concert details for Saturday night:

RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy 
Saturday 28 July, 8pm, National Concert Hall, Dublin

Following on from the phenomenal sell-outs of our recent Danny Elfman and John Williams concerts, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra brings you an evening of blockbuster scores.

Classic epic film music of our time, from Avatar, X-Men, Back to the Future, Independence Day, Star Trek, Titanic, Up and more – from James Horner to Jerry Goldsmith and beyond!

The thrilling sound of an orchestra in full flight playing the best blockbuster film music of the past 30 years – book early to avoid disappointment!

Programme:

• James Horner – Avatar Suite
• Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Suite
• John Powell – Ice Age: The Meltdown Suite
• David Arnold – Independence Day Suite
• Hans Zimmer – The Way of the Sword from The Last Samurai
• Jerry Goldsmith – The Mummy
• Jerry Goldsmith – Planet of the Apes Suite
• John Williams – Battle of the Heroes from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• James Horner – Titanic Suite
• Mark Snow – Main Title Theme from The X-Files
• John Powell - X-Men: The Last Stand Suite
• Michael Giacchino – Up Suite
• Michael Giacchino – End Titles from Star Trek

Tickets are priced between €11 and €38 (concessions are €10 to €35) and booking can be made by calling 01 417 0000 or online here.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, please just comment below.

Winners chosen on Friday morning. PLEASE ONLY ENTER IF YOU CAN TAKE THE TICKETS.

Follow the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on twitter – @rte_co and on Facebook here. Their YouTube channel is here. They’ve got some great stuff up there at the moment. Thanks to Angela for offering the competition prizes.

It’s one of the top comedy events of the year, it’s for an amazing cause, it has lots of great comedians and it’s on this Saturday. Like to win tickets to the Laugh Out Loud?

There’s a great line up for Saturday. Tickets are only €21 and you can buy them here.

Here’s the information from the Temple Street website:

• Colin Murphy
• Maeve Higgins 
• Dead Cat Bounce   
• Karl Spain          
• Eric Lalor  
• Gearoid Farrelly    
• Dermot Whelan   
• Bernard O Shea  and
• David O Doherty 

The Annual Comedy Gig LOL for Temple Street is back and once again Ireland’s best loved comedians will have you rolling in the aisles to raise vital funds for Temple Street.

Established in 1872, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital is a national facility that provides paediatric care to children from all over Ireland.

Each year, over 130,000 sick children are cared for in Temple Street, of which one-third of inpatients come from outside Dublin. The Accident and Emergency Department caters for almost 50,000 children annually, making it one of the busiest A&E facilities in Europe.

We rely heavily on fundraising to ensure that the children at our hospital receive only the very highest standard of medical care available.

Join us for a fantastic night out with all your friends on Saturday 30th June in Dublin’s Vicar Street to support the children in our care.

For further information please contact Angela on T: 01 878 4344

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, leave a comment below.

PLEASE ONLY COMMENT IF YOU CAN GO. You must be able to collect the tickets in Dublin City Centre yourself too. I’ll email the winner Friday morning.

Thanks to Angi and Annette in Temple Street Fundraising for offering the tickets.

Riverdance is back in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and I have tickets to give away to it.

This prize is for the 5.30pm showing on Friday 13 July.

I’m surprised how many people haven’t seen Riverdance yet. Tis 18 years since the music was first heard in the Point and now it’s back in the Gaiety for its ninth season.

I’m slightly biased, not only having listened to the soundtrack for years now but sharing an office with the Riverdance team, but it’s an interesting show. I shared my thoughts on last year’s one here and while it wasn’t exactly what I expected, it’s still a good show that their audience will enjoy.

Here are details via the Gaiety Theatre website:

Riverdance is back! Now in its ninth summer season at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, the internationally-acclaimed and award winning celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has thrilled millions around the world returns to Dublin and you can win tickets to be there.

Charting a story of Ireland and incorporating the best in irish dance, movement and, of course, Bill Whelan’s stirring soundtrack played by brilliant musicians, this is one sure to please anyone who would love an Irish night out.

To be in with a chance of winning two tickets to the evening performance on Friday 13 at 5.30pm just leave a comment below I’ll pick a winner at random on Tuesday, July 10. I have 2 sets to give away.

Riverdance ticket prices start from €20 and can be booked online here.

Groups of 10 and more can get big discounts and even (depending on the group size) a meet and greet with the cast! For more information on that, visit http://www.riverdance.com/ireland/groups

You’ll find Riverdance on Facebook at www.facebook.com/riverdance and on twitter @riverdance. Big thanks to them for offering the competition prizes.

Would you like to come to the Body & Soul Festival at Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath this weekend? Thanks to Havana Club I have tickets for you to win.

The last music festival I was at was Wittness in 2000. I’m heading to Body & Soul, the third year of the event this weekend with high hopes and no small degree of expectation given its reputation. I’ve had to be persuaded to go but still, photos like these make it look kinda cool.

The competition, thanks to Havana Club and Casa Habana:

Havana Club, the only authentic Cuban rum in Ireland is proud to present Casa Habana, a lively, unique and intrinsic element of the 2012 Body & Soul festival experience.

An independent festival with a heart-shaped mind and a cutting-edge soul, Body & Soul once again plays host to Havana Club’s blend of hot Latin vibes and hand-crafted Cuban cocktails.

Featuring live sets and workshops from a host of renowned DJs and performers, Casa Habana is situated within the spirited corner of the Walled Gardens. While enjoying your Havana Club cocktail in the atmospheric setting, you will be transported to Cuba by the authentic tastes, sights and sounds.

With artists including Ashley Beedle, Groovalizacion, Billy Scurry, Timmy Stewart and Disconauts, Casa Habana offers Body & Soul visitors an eclectic and exciting mix of heavy beats and laid back Latin rhythms, with a veritable splash of Cuban jazz thrown in for good measure.

Entry to Casa Habana is free of charge for all Body & Soul festival goers. For more information visit Havana Club Ireland on Facebook here.

Thanks to Casa Habana from Havana Club I have a pair of festival tickets up for grabs. Just leave a comment below. The winner will be picked and emailed on Thursday.

There are also competition tickets up for grabs over on Facebook.

Thanks to Ian at Conway Communications for offering and arranging the competition.

The past week has been a great week for music with the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival having brought some of the finest chamber musicians in the world to Ireland. Come to the finalé in the National Concert Hall tonight.

Steve Reich’s ‘Drumming’ performed by Colin Currie Group

The young and vibrant Colin Currie Group offers an engaging interpretation off Steve Reich’s iconic masterpiece, Drumming.

This theatrical and captivating showcase for percussion is a non-stop fusion of bongo drums, marimbas, glockenspiels and synthesised vocals. KBC Music in Great Irish Houses is proud to present the only Irish performance of this gargantuan work.

Book it on the National Concert Hall website here.

Since their debut at the BBC Proms with Drumming, the group have performed the work to great acclaim at many major venues and Festivals including 2 sell-out events at London’s Southbank Centre and the 2011 Cheltenham Festival.

Reich himself said of their performance, “I think this man has taken this piece into another generation, yes, but beyond that into a finer level of performance and has opened it up to me as a kind of revelation, and I want to thank him.”

Tickets for Sunday night’s Irish premiere are €20 with €15 conc.

The KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival has given audiences the chance to see some of the finest chamber musicians in the world perform in beautifully intimate settings.

This year the Festival visited some buildings for the very first time, such as the Mansion House, Little Museum of Dublin, Rathfarnham Castle, Smock Alley and also for the very first time in the Festival’s 40 year history, the National Concert Hall.

The festival is on the twitter @kbcgreatmusic and on Facebook here.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to tonight’s performance – which starts at 7.30pm and ends at 9pm – just comment below.

First come, first served. Winners will be contacted by email and tickets will be left for collection at the NCH. Please only enter if you can go!

Thanks to Christine and the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival for offering the tickets and competition.

Isn’t the Science Gallery great? They’ve just announced their Science of Discworld event, with Sir Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart. I’ve got tickets to give away.

Discworld consists of a large disc resting on the backs of four giant elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle… named Great A’Tuin.

How could that not inspire a book on science?

To celebrate the lesser known festival Ankh-Morpork* City of Science 2012, Science Gallery will host a very special event with the author of the iconic Discworld series, Terry Pratchett.

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00

Joining him will be the co-authors of The Science of Discworld series, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen.

The Science of Discworld series spans three books so far, each incorporating fictional stories from Pratchett’s Discworld universe – which has a very different set of natural rules than our own – with serious scientific discussion.

Join us for a rare opportunity to discuss the origins of the universe and the beginnings of life (as well as its inevitable evolution) – all from a Discworld perspective – with the creator of Discworld and the scientists who brought it closer it to our reality.

There will be a panel discussion with the authors, followed by a Q&A session where you will get to ask them about the physics of Unseen University, the evolution of The Librarian, and how this satirical fantasy universe has inspired three books on science.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

• Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE is a novelist, best known for the long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. His latest Discworld book, Snuff is the third-fastest-selling novel since records began in the United Kingdom selling 55,000 copies in the first three days. He is also an adjunct Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin
• Ian Stewart is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a writer of popular-science and science-fiction.
• Jack Cohen is a reproductive biologist and also an author of popular-science and science-fiction books.

*The fictional Discworld city, home to everyone from werewolves to wizards, protected by the incomparable City Watch. 

http://terrypratchettbooks.com/
http://www.pjsmprints.com/
http://freespace.virgin.net/ianstewart.joat/index.htm
http://drjackcohen.com/

Book the event here (tickets are only €5) but I bought two to give away so stick your name in the comments if you want to be in with a chance.

Terry is on the twitter – @terryandrob, but then you already knew that.

Like to go to Leopardstown Racecourse TONIGHT to see The Original Rudeboys, enjoy some racing and the Ireland match? I have 3 pairs of tickets to give away.

Formed in Dublin in March 2011, and posted first video for ‘Stars In My Eyes’ on YouTube. That video has now been watched over 380,000 times. Debut single ‘Stars In My Eyes’ charted at # 18 in national charts, # 3 on iTunes.

The Original Rudeboys have supported 50 Cent, The Game, Damien Dempsey, Sinead O’Connor, Eminem, Olly Murs and UB40 in recent months.

Their album launch gig at The Grand Social, Dublin on March 31^st 2012 has sold out six weeks in advance. They are currently on a sold out tour of Ireland.

Get yourself out to Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin this evening.

Euro 2012 fever hits with the Ireland vs. Spain match taking place after racing in the Big Top, followed by another unmissable live performance from The Original Rudeboys.

Leopardstown is easily accessible from the Luas Green line with dedicated shuttle buses running from the Sandyford stop. Leopardstown is located off exit 14 or exit 15 on the M50 southbound or exit 15, M50 Northbound. Ample FREE parking is available onsite.

Tickets are available on www.liveatleopardstown.com.

Details for tonight are on the Leopardstown Racecourse here.

The Original Rudeboys are on Facebook here, on twitter @ORBsOfficial and on YouTube.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, just comment below. First come, first served – but please only enter if you can go!

You can find Leopardstown on twitter @leopardstownrc and on Facebook here. Thanks to Aileen in Entertainment Architects and to Leopardstown Racecourse.

Award winning The Parting Glass, a play about family, football, friendship and returning to Ireland is one of the best one man Irish plays I’ve ever seen.

I have tickets to be won for Saturday night’s show at the Dalkey Book Festival.

Here’s a little more about the play:

Where were you on November 18, 2009, when our World Cup dreams were dashed?

Eoin was at the heart of the drama in Stade de France.

THE PARTING GLASS is set on the infamous night when Thierry Henry caused Ireland’s exit from this year’s World Cup.

After emigrating to Germany to find work during the 80s, Eoin made a new life for himself with the help of his wife Frieda and son Dieter. Now he returns to an Ireland that has boomed and bust.

Where Dorset Street has become so posh that all the women have turned blonde and the girls buying John Player Blue at Hardwick Street flats have a different pair of pyjamas to wear to the shops every day.

Henry’s sleight of hand is used by Bolger as a metaphor for the speedy deception experienced by people in Ireland in these post boom years. After emigrating to Germany to find work during the 80’s, Eoin made a new life for himself with the help of his wife Frieda and son Dieter.

He returned to Ireland at the height of the boom, and just in time for the bust. “Where Dorset Street has become so posh that all the women have turned blonde … and the girls buying John Player Blue at Hardwick Street flats have a different pair of pyjamas to wear to the shops every day”.

‘The Parting Glass‘ is a one-man show charting Eoin’s journey through love, friendship, family and Ireland’s turbulent economic climate.

Having toured Ireland, the U.S and France, The Parting Glass is making a special appearance at the Dalkey Book Festival – just in time for the Euro’s and Father’s day!

* * * * The Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, The Guardian, Irish Examiner

“A rare achievement” The Irish Times

“A remarkable piece of storytelling” Sunday Business Post

I really liked the play when I saw it for the first time in May of this year. Dermot Bolger‘s writing is incisive, honest and brutal, the analogies drawn interesting and topical and there are some very very funny lines in there. Ray Yeates plays the role convincingly, with considerable ease, humour and a comfort in the role often absent from such plays.

It’s a very Irish play and a play very much of its time. It made me laugh, it made me angry and it made me think about family, friendship and what being Irish means, no matter where you are in the world.

When I left the venue I immediately texted friends to tell them “You *have* to see this play”. They wouldn’t go to nearly as much theatre as me, but it’s ideal for anyone into their football, into comedy and with thoughts about Ireland as it is now.

The play is 90 minutes long and is on Saturday June 16 from 7 to 8.30pm in The Vico, Castle Street. Tickets are €10 each. Book them online here.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, just leave a comment below and I’ll pick the winners and contact them tomorrow. 

Thanks to Niamh in Axis Ballymun for the competition offer.

This press release from AerTV came into me earlier and I thought it worth sharing:

Ever wonder when you scream at the TV if anyone is listening? Well, now Aertv.ie is giving you the chance to be the Voice of the nation during Thursday’s Match.

Aertv is in search of “Ireland’s Loudest Living Room” ahead of the match against Spain, which kicks off at 7.45pm GMT on Thursday 14th June.

It’s no secret that Irish soccer fans are amongst the best in the world and Ireland’s only free online TV streaming service is going live from one lucky fan’s Euro 2012 party in their living room this Thursday.

This is your chance to lead the Green Army of supporters that could not make it to Poland. We’ll cheer with you, wince with you and celebrate the goals with you. When you scream – we’ll scream. So gather as many friends together as you can and lead us through one of the most nail biting climaxes in our footballing history.

The competition to have your Euro 2012 party live streamed opens at 12pm June 12th and closes Wednesday 13 at 5pm.

To enter just click here.

Philippe Brodeur, Director of Aertv, says: “Irish fans are the best in the world and following on from the defeat on Sunday, we need to get behind the team now more than ever.  The next two matches are crucial and we’re excited to show our support by live streaming Ireland’s Loudest Living Room to the world. “

If you’re interested, check out the AerTV Facebook page.

Thanks to Steve in Bvisible for sending over the press release.