What’s On: Something for the Weekend

Theatre – The Walworth Farce

Already hailed as a masterpiece by the Olympia Theatre, Brendan Gleeson and sons' The Walworth Farce begins today, running over four weeks. Tickets for Saturday showings and most Fridays are sold out, but for those keen on seeing Brendan, Brian and Domhnall Gleeson bring some family value to Irish theatre, midweek seats remain available.

Irish Design 2015

Beginning this month, Irish Design 2015 will showcase a series of events and exhibitions showing exactly what our designers can do. Continuing this weekend is the Second Skin exhibition at the National Craft Gallery, exploring the links between consumption and production of various products, while at the Design Hub in Dublin Castle, the In the Making exhibition takes a look at a series of objects "mid-manufacture".

Efforts and Ideals Exhibition

The Hugh Lane Gallery-hosted exhibition offers a chance to explore the historic British first World War effort with a collection of prints, commissioned by several well-known artists of the day. Their objective was to encourage a war-weary public to support the ongoing battles in Europe. According to the gallery, it includes works illustrating “changing attitudes at the time such as women’s emerging role in the war, the industry of war and the catastrophic casualties of it”.

National Gallery of Ireland lecture on Turner

The renowned watercolour artist Joseph Turner will be discussed at a lecture on the Regency era of 1811-1820 at the National Gallery on Sunday. Regency Life through Turner's Eyes will be presented by the gallery's Adrian Le Harivel and will give some insight into the society in which he lived and worked.