Make the most of your downtime with our glossy roundup of INTERESTING things to do. This weekend we’re celebrating influential IRISH WOMEN, slipping through the LOOKING GLASS and in the mood for a NEW HAT …
CELEBRATE Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray’s legacy at the Lighthouse on Saturday, May 28. As well as a screening of Mary McGuckian’s The Price of Desire, which stars Orla Brady and explores how Gray’s contribution to 20th-century design was almost wiped out by the “Father of Modernism,” Le Corbusier, there will be a Q&A with McGuckian, costume designer Peter O’Brien and other Gray experts; a screening of the documentary Gray Matters and a selection of Eileen Gray furniture on display, courtesy of MINIMA. Tickets, from €8, are available here. The Lighthouse, Smithfield, Dublin 7; www.lighthousecinema.ie
TREAT yourself to a very special Wonderland Afternoon Tea at The Shelbourne, created to complement Alice Through The Looking Glass, which opens in Irish cinemas on May 27. Alongside dainty sandwiches and buttermilk scones there is a Pocket Watch salted caramel macaron, Mushroom Mess, a blend of lemon curd, berry compote and meringue and Queen of Hearts, a vanilla mousse with a raspberry and passion fruit centre. A Kir Royal completes the feast. Until September 4.
ELEVATE your summer occasion dressing with a visit to milliner Jennifer Wrynne’s newly-opened flagship boutique at Powerscourt Shopping Centre. The Leitrim-born designer creates bespoke hats and headpieces, all handmade, and also stocks dresses, jewellery and accessories from designers Niamh O’Neill, Tadashi Shoji, Teri Jon and Teria Yabar. Powerscourt Shopping Centre, Dublin 2; www.jenniferwrynne.com
JOIN Sinéad Gleeson, Angela Bourke and Declan Meade in celebrating the life and work of one of Ireland’s most underrated writers at “Maeve Brennan: A Celebration” at Liberty Hall on Friday May 27, part of the Irish Literature Festival. Actress Cathy Belton will be reading passages from Brennan’s celebrated Dublin stories, The Springs of Affection, re-released by The Stinging Fly next month. Tickets, from €10, are available here. www.ilfdublin.com
IMMERSE yourself in the music of David Bowie at A Secret Life at the Mill Theatre Dundrum on Saturday May 27 at 8pm. This Theatre Workshop production follows Eva, a troubled teenage runaway who inherited a love of Bowie from her mum, and is a timeline of her life, soundtracked by a back catalogue of phenomenal hits. Tickets, from €12, are available from www.milltheatre.ie.
Sarah Breen
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