TRAD
The Sea Road Sessions
Glór, Ennis, Co Clare 8pm €15 glor.ie Also Sun, Sligo; Tues, Donegal; Wed, Leitrim; Thurs, Cork
What a treat for the dark days of January: six fine musicians gather around to celebrate the line of communication and trade that stretched from Sweden to Scotland and Ireland. Featuring piano accordionist Alan Kelly, singer/ guitarist Kris Drever, guitarist Ian Carr, banjo player Éamonn Coyne, flute player/singer Steph Geremia, and bassist Staffan Lindors.
INDIE POP
Stars
Opium Rooms, Dublin 8pm €16
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It's no surprise that this gig was shifted from the Workmans Club to a larger venue – these excellent Canadians have shifted quite a few copies of last year's fine electro-indie No One Is Lost. The album's primary lyrical theme may be one of loss of life, but the music just makes you want to dance. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
ELECTRONIC
Zomby
Twisted Pepper, Dublin 10.30pm €15/€13
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In recent years, Zomby has probably become far better known for his social-media spats than anything else. From Hudson Mohawke to Scuba to various journalists, Zomby has never backed down from a good old-fashioned scrap. Musically, though, he's equally on point with albums Dedication, Where Were U In '92? and With Love – full of unexpected twists and dramatic soundscapes. Support from Barry Redsetta.
THEATRE
The Walworth Farce
Olympia Theatre, Dublin Previews Jan 10-13 Opens Jan 14-Feb 8 8pm €20-€55
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A self-regarding, overbearing father lives out his life as an eternal performance; so completely, in fact, that his two sons follow in his footsteps, perhaps by force, perhaps by choice, but similarly confined to a life in which nothing is entirely real. Does that sound like a Gleeson family portrait? For their sakes, we hope not. But Landmark's new production of Enda Walsh's seminal play (which he pretty much revisited with last year's Ballyturk) trades heavily on the frisson of real-life relations on stage, while the weird tragi-comedy introduces one real-world figure (not played by a Gleeson) to break through the walls of self-sustaining fiction.
