What's on

In Paris for the first night of his play ‘The Testament of Mary’ at the Théâtre de l’Odéon, Colm Tóibín will discuss his striking portrait of the Virgin Mary as well as his latest novel, ‘Nora Webster’.

An extraordinary story centred around Jack, a spirited 5-year-old, who is looked after by his devoted mother in a confined space that Ma has euphemistically named ‘Room’… until they enact a risky plan to escape.

An evening of jazz with the Irish improvising saxophonist and Argentinian guitarist.

Multi-media artist Andrew Kearney is fascinated by the way that the built environment can bring to life real and imaginary memories, desires or dreams.

Arthur Beesley is Correspondent for The Irish Times; he will discuss the challenges for Ireland in post-Brexit Europe.

Visit our Old Library which houses 8,000 historic books including three illuminated manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages.

Following award-winning runs in Ireland, Australia, New York, Los Angeles and London, Fishamble returns to the CCI with this blackly comic tale of a life lived in secret.

Centred around the wizardry of concertina player and electronic sound designer Pádraig Rynne, Notify seamlessly fuses musical tradition with forward-looking innovation.

Throw on a touch of green and come and join us! Events on Sunday for all the family... and Irish food on sale.

Turning pop, dance and entertainment into circus, acrobatics and comedy, brothers Seamus and Sean-tastic will have all age groups in stitches!

A founding member of The Frames and master of trad, Colm Mac Con Iomaire’s musical authority springs from the creative tension in his early life, a place of naturally occurring opposites… Irish and English, rural and urban, classical and traditional, old and new.

Three pioneers in the world of Irish traditional music united with two of their leading heirs quite simply make Usher’s Island a ‘supergroup’.

Love is madness. When Patrick, a young man with mental health issues, becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.

Mná a’ ti Lasairfhíona is a singer-songwriter deeply rooted in the sean-nós singing style of her home on Inisheere, and equally, her innovative approach to Irish music and her new slant on traditional singing makes her endeavors more appealing.

Veritable path-breakers, these three poets continue to find new ways to tell truths of femininity, language, sexuality and culture.