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THEATRE
Scripted
The Lir Academy Studio 1. Sep 19 4pm Free but ticketed fringefest.com
In a few short years, The Lir has become a redoubtable feeder school for the industry, beginning the careers of a range of theatre practitioners through steady development, showcases and public productions. Here, in one of the final events of this year’s Tiger Dublin Fringe, the National Academy of Dramatic Arts hosts an afternoon of rehearsed readings featuring play excerpts from its Masters in Playwriting graduates. With the visibility of Lir students at this year’s festival, on stage and off, this may count as your first contact with a host of new talents, but certainly not your last.
ART
The Economy of Appearances. Mark Curran.
Plus: Celebrating 30 Years: Works from the permanent collection
Limerick City Gallery, Carnegie Building, Pery Sq Until Oct 30 gallery. limerick.ie
Selected works from several installments of Mark Curran's long-term multi-media research projects "addressing the predatory context resulting from migrations and flows of global capital". Photographs (detail from Financial Surrealism, above), but also film, documentary material and text. Helen Carey curated.
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