Culture Night at Bewley's Cafe

The evening starts at 5:30 pm and you can book a free ticket to your chosen activity around the Café. If you would like to attend more than one activity you must book each slot separetely, there are no limits of bookings per person or per activity.

Explore the world of Bewley’s Café to learn about its rich history, see the exquisite Harry Clarke stained glass windows and the substantial collection of contemporary paintings and sculptures by Paddy Campbell. Tickets are available, book your free Cafe History Talk slot.

Enjoy music and poetry with Bewley's Café Theatre at Cafe Academy. There will be 30 min slots from 6 pm to 9:30 pm. Tickets are available, book your free Music & Poetry slot.

Schedule:

6.00 – 6.30 Theatre: from Next Please by Aisling O’Mara

Performed by Aisling O’Mara and Hazel Clifford

6.30 – 7.00 Poetry and Song: Gary Jermyn (poet) and Robert O’Connor (baritone)

7.00 – 7.30 Music: from Motherland: Songs of Twentieth Century Women

Performed by Ewan Cowley, Edel Murphy and Michelle Mason

7.30 – 8.00 Poetry and Song: Gary Jermyn and Robert O’Connor

8.00 – 8.30 Music: from Motherland: Songs of Twentieth Century Women

Ewan Cowley, Edel Murphy and Michelle Mason

8.30 – 9.00 Theatre: from Heather by Thomas Eccleshare

Performed by Dermot Magennis and Aenne Barr

9.00 – 9.30 Theatre: from The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

Performed by Michael James Ford

9.30 -10.00 Theatre: from Heather by Thomas Eccleshare

Performed by Dermot Magennis and Aenne Barr

Treat yourself to a special Culture Night cocktail in the James Joyce room, whilst browsing a mix of modern and street art exhibition from local Irish artists. Tickets are available, book your free Art Exhibition slot.

Artists:

Arlo Graham

Arlo Graham is a Dublin based artist studying sculpture in NCAD. Their work as a visual artist explores the idea of worlding, creating hypothetical futures and alternate realities through different mediums and procsses such as 3D, moving image and paint. Through these processes they atempt to draw attention and compare the feelings of uncomfortability and comfortability, with a particular concentration on the point in-between, the uncanny valley, which they try to replicate in their practice through the use of vague humanoid imagery.

Cliodhna Doherty

Cliodhna Doherty is on her way to creating a creative artistic brand that empowers women. Over the next few years, she plans on pushing my artistic voice both on and offline, along with opening her own gallery/storefront. Cliodhna has been involved in the arts for many years and has her degree in animation & design which was obtained in Belfast Arts College.

Ciara O'Neill

Ciara O'Neill is a Dublin based artist and illustrator. In 2016 she graduated from NCAD with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Visual Culture. Previously she has been a member of art collectives such as Awkward Interjection and 4 Walls. Her work has been featured in The Irish Times, Totally Dublin and Buzzfeed to name a few.

Hazel O'Shea

Hazel O'Shea is influenced by impressionist painters, particularly Monet and contemporary artists such as April Gornik, her work continues to evolve reflecting the changing influences of nature. "Art has always been her passion, she was fortunate enough during the Covid lockdowns to start exploring this once more. I am never happier when I am in my studio with a paintbrush in hand or walking in nature with my amazing family" says Hazel.

Nicole Holbrook

Nicole Holbrook is a multidisciplinary artist based in Dublin studying sculpture and expanded practice in NCAD. With an imaginative flair for manipulating her environment to produce intriguing pieces that highlight social issues that are at risk of being overlooked. With an impassioned aim to bring a lighthearted-ness to these issues she creates work that is positively charged and thought-provoking. Her work draws attention to the connections and disconnections in the world we navigate ourselves in, with underlying messages throughout that everyone can benefit from.