THE LUTHIER
Thursday 14th July – Saturday 16th July @ 1pm
The New Theatre
43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar
Tickets: €10 www.thenewtheatre.com / 01 670 3361
Written by Lucy Caldwell, directed by Davey Kelleher, performed by Rob Malone
The Luthier by Lucy Caldwell is a monologue inspired by a story in the New York Times in June 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/arts/music/02luth.html?pagewanted=1&hp
The play centres around a young apprentice luthier – a violin repairman – in Ramallah. His name is Dawood Al-Suleiman, and his story reveals, as he repairs a violin, a memory from ten years previously, when he was aged nine.
“White phosphorus ignites in the air and when it comes in contact with the skin it burns to the bone and beyond. It burns at 816˚ Celsius or 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit until the oxygen supply is cut off or there is nothing left to burn. You can stand on the other side of the street and watch your mother and your sister and your baby brothers melt and turn to smoke before your eyes and there is nothing you can do, nothing”.
The Luthier was first com
missioned by Origin Theatre Company New York (Artistic Director George C. Heslin) for First Irish Festival and opened at 59E59 Theatre in October 2009.
Lucy Caldwell is the author of three novels, a short story collection, several stage plays and radio dramas. Multitudes, her collection of short stories, was published in May. Her novel All the Beggars Riding was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and was chosen as Belfast’s One City One Book in 2013. Other awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2012, the Dylan Thomas Award, the George Devine Award, the Imison Award, the Commonwealth Writers’ Award and a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Palestinian Cookery Classes with the Silk Road Kitchen
Thursday 14th and Friday 15th July @ 5pm
Silk Road Kitchen
Unit 12, K.C.R Industrial Estate, Kimmage, Dublin 12
Places limited to 15. Book early to avoid disappointment!
To book your place at this PalFest event, please email Katie at palfestireland@gmail.com.
Tickets €40 for two hour class (payable on the day)
Abraham Phelan, the head chef behi
nd the famous Silk Road Café in the Chester Beatty Library, will be hosting a Palestinian cookery lesson on Saturday 11th July in the Silk Road Kitchen, Kimmage as part of PalFest Ireland. Abraham has more than 40 years of experience in cooking Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food and he has had several restaurants in Greece and Ireland. Places at the cookery lesson are restricted to 15, so please book early to avoid disappointment. The lesson will explore the flavours and textures of Palestinian cookery which is such a vital and vibrant part of the culture and way of life of Palestine. The class will include traditional Palestinian brunch recipes such as hummus, falafel, baba ganoush and shakshoka.
IRELAND: BEACON OF BOYCOTT
Thursday 14th July, 6pm
The New Theatre
43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar
Tickets: €10 on the door
Come join a special guest Dublin Singer/Songwriter for an hour of music and talk and discussion on boycott, with Cathryn O’Reilly of the Dunnes Stores Strikers and Muhanad Al Qaisy from the Olive Tree Campaign in Bethlehem.
THE OLIVE TREE
Monday 11th – Saturday 16th July 2016 @ 7:30pm
The New Theatre
43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar
Tickets: €12.50 www.thenewtheatre.com / 01 670 3361
Written and performed by Katie O’Kelly, directed by Davey Kelleher
From a dull day in Tesco to the dusty fields of Palestine.
In the blink of an eye.
What the fuck just happened?
A rainy day in Dublin. A jaded supermarket employee rips a boycott sticker off a bottle of olive oil. And the Palestinian olive tree of history comes to life before her…
A magic realist journey into the stories and struggles of Palestine, past, present and future.
“Remarkably funny…lyrical and intelligent language makes the political personal” – The Reviews Hub
“O’Kelly performs all the roles with a clean, clear and sharp wit” – No More Workhorse
“A story told with magic and emotional realness” – Pure M Magazine
JAZZ4PALESTINE
Thursday 14th July 2016, doors 8:30pm (music 9pm)
JJ Smyths Pub
12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Tickets: €10 on the door
Join PalFest Ireland in the home of Jazz in Dublin, JJ Smyths, for an unmissable evening of Palfest Jazz on July 14th!
With a fantastic line up of artists this promises to be one of the great events for the festival.
Featuring Johnny Taylor (piano), Dave Fleming (bass) and Myles Drennan (drums).
Guests Carmel McCreagh and Fiachra Trench.
Ciaran Wilde.
Hugh Buckley.
Trevor Knight and Honor Heffernan.
And you never know who might appear on the night!