EASTER RISING
BD Festival
Glendalough House, Co Wicklow 5pm €60
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Known formerly as the Barn Dance Festival, this Easter bash features not only music (Leftfield DJ Ben Sims (above), Omar S, Mundy, Hot Sprockets, Eskies, Interskalactic) but also visual art and food. NB: this is a Bring Your Own Beer event.
LAUNCH
Everything Shook
Trinity Enterprise Centre Pearse St, Dublin 8pm €14
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Good Friday may be a black day as far as the pubs are concerned, but that's not going to stop Everything Shook. The new Dublin group, featuring Jessica Kennedy and Áine Stapleton from You Can Call Me Frances with Robyn Bromfield (Catscars), are using this show to launch their debut EP Argento Nights. Support from Sunken Foal, Haüer and Donal Dineen – and there's a free copy of the EP for all who attend.
THEATRE
The Girl Who Believed in Magic
Project Arts Centre. Previews Mar 28-Apr 1. Until Apr 8. 7.30pm/9.30pm. €16/14
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Theatrical songstress Julie Feeney first began performing in her living room, staging magic shows for her family using cardboard props. She didn't know then that these childhood games foretold her future, though she was canny enough to charge an entry fee. In The Girl Who Believed in Magic, Feeney has employed some professional assistance: director Mikel Murfi, designer Paul Keogan, and costumier Umit Kutluk. The score is culled from Feeney's back catalogue, weaving a narrative from song that is as much about a search for magic as it is for love.
