axis, ballymun - Theatre Archive

Tenchi Shinmei - Japanese Taiko Drumming

29th July 2010

Concert featuring Wadaiko Artist Art Lee, Grand Champion of the 2005 Tokyo International Wadaiko Contest, the most prestigious Taiko competition in the world. The concert will feature solo performances by Art in a variety of styles and group performances by Wadaiko Ensemble TOKARA from Japan, Dublin's own Taiseiyo Taiko Ireland, and International Taiko workshop participants. For more info see www.taikoireland.com

THE PICTURES: The Graduate

26th July 2010

‘The Pictures’ takes place in our 211 seater theatre, so you can enjoy the big screen in comfort. It shows a wide variety of films, from classics to modern, so there is something for everyone.

Roots, Rock & Reggae

23rd July 2010

Featuring 'The Trenchtown Experience' (Dublin's Finest Bob Marley Tribute Band), 'The Mutts' (Rock Band, covering old and current hits), 'The Ned Kelly's' (Trad) and Mick Duffy (Singer/Songwriter). All proceeds donated to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.

THE PICTURES: Last Chance Harvey

28th June 2010

‘The Pictures’ takes place in our 211 seater theatre, so you can enjoy the big screen in comfort. It shows a wide variety of films, from classics to modern, so there is something for everyone.

Tickets: Members €2/Non-Members €4

Membership: €3

The 60's Experience

25th June 2010

'The 60's Experience' is a fully live music show that features the music of Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Drifters and many more. Re-live the raw sound and melodic vocals that made the sixties the standard that all other decades try to live up to.

It Runs In The Family by Ray Cooney

17th June 2010 to 19th June 2010

It’s three days to Christmas and Dr David Mortimer is preparing to address a conference of neuro-surgeons with a speech certain to guarantee him a knighthood. In rushes a visitor. A nurse he had a fling with 18 years ago. Mortimer learns that as a result of their fling she bore him a son. A son who is at this moment rampaging round the hospital searching for his wayward father! Attempting to cover up such a catastrophe on this important day sets the fibs fizzing.

The Parting Glass

1st June 2010 to 11th June 2010

“Thierry Henry is there to stretch out his hand for two illicit flicks of his wrist - one to stop the ball crossing the by-line, the second to tee it up for a flick across the box for Gallas to score.”

Where were you when our World Cup dreams were dashed?

Eoin was at the heart of the drama in Stade de France, Nov 18^th 2009. Reunited with Mick and Shane, the three amigos on that fateful night…

AXIS ON TOUR: The Parting Glass by Dermot Bolger

1st June 2010 to 25th July 2010

“Thierry Henry is there to stretch out his hand for two illicit flicks of his wrist - one to stop the ball crossing the by-line, the second to tee it up for a flick across the box for Gallas to score.

Where were you when our World Cup dreams were dashed?

Eoin was at the heart of the drama in Stade de France, Nov 18th 2009. Reunited with Mick and Shane, the three amigos on that fateful night…

THE PICTURES: Bealtaine Film

31st May 2010

‘The Pictures’ takes place in our 211 seater theatre, so you can enjoy the big screen in comfort. It shows a wide variety of films, from classics to modern, so there is something for everyone. This month’s screening is ‘Bealtaine Film'.

Finders Keepers by Peter Sheridan

25th May 2010 to 29th May 2010

‘Finders Keepers’ is the coming of age story of Pancho, his best friend Redser and their urgent young lives spent on the Royal Canal.

Set in North Inner City Dublin, against the background of the declining Dublin Docklands of the early 1970’s, the play gives insight into the larger than life world of teenage imaginations.

The Parting Glass by Dermot Bolger

18th May 2010 to 22nd May 2010

Before it’s world premiere in June, axis presents an exclusive run of previews of the new play from acclaimed writer Dermot Bolger. Even before it’s opening, ‘The Parting Glass’ has been invited to take part in the Underground Zero Festival at the PS122 venue in New York this coming July! Shot through with caustic wit and sharp home truths, ‘The Parting Glass’ is an examination of Ireland over the past two decades, and Thierry Henry’s left hand!

THE PASSION OF JEROME By Dermot Bolger

4th May 2010 to 8th May 2010

Jerome Furlong is a successful businessman whose life has been carefully constructed from layer upon layer of lies. That is until one night in a squalid Ballymun Tower flat that he is using to have an affair, he is suddenly faced with a supernatural power beyond his understanding and control. Intrigued? Come along and see for yourself what really happens on the 12th floor, if you have the courage.