Dublin Culture Meetup Group (Age 25-50)

Hello!
Meetup time: 745pm
Film time: 815pm
https://ifi.ie/film/french-film-festival-the-ice-tower/
Please buy your ticket in advance as this will sell out.
I'm in seat H16, try book near me!
Tickets €1 cheaper if bought at the cinema.
Thanks
Alan

Lucile Hadžihalilović

117 mins, France, 2025, Digital, Subtitled

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(LA TOUR DE GLACE)

Jeanne (Clara Pacini), a 16-year-old runaway, takes refuge in a film studio where she falls under the spell of the enigmatic Cristina (Marion Cotillard), who is starring in an adaptation of The Snow Queen. A mutual but potentially dangerous fascination begins to grow between the actress and the girl. As Jeanne becomes increasingly entranced by the Snow Queen’s icy realm, the boundary between the real and the imagined begins to blur, but does Jeanne love the Queen enough to make the sacrifice she demands? A dark, mesmerising modern fairy tale.

Notes by David O’Mahony

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution, Berlin International Film Festival 2025

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Lucile Hadžihalilović.

Hello!
Wicked - the movie! Part 2!
Meeting place: The cafe in the cinema.
Meeting time: 530pm.
Movie time: 550pm.
We will take our seats at: 540pm.
PLEASE buy in advance as this will definitely sell out.
Thanks!
Alan

https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/wicked-for-good

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award® nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Olivier award winner and Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Tony nominee Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.Wicked: For Good also stars Emmy nominee Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Glinda’s fawning assistants, Pfannee and ShenShen and BAFTA and Grammy nominee Sharon D. Clarke (Caroline, or Change) as the voice of Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear.The film is produced by returning Tony and Emmy winning powerhouse Marc Platt p.g.a. and by multiple Tony winner David Stone. The executive producers are Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The first film, Wicked, released in November 2024, earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and won the Oscars® for Costume Design and Production Design. To date, the film has grossed $750 million worldwide.Wicked: For Good is based on the generation-defining musical stage play with music and lyrics by legendary Grammy and Oscar® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire. The screenplay is by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox. The film score is by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/dublin-gothic/

Hello!
Meeting time: 635pm+
Meeting place: The balcony upstairs.
We take our seats at 655pm.
It starts at 7pm.
I'm in seat C15
Tickets from €15.
Please book your ticket soon as this will sell out soon - it is the only Friday performance with reduced prices.
Thanks!
Alan.

Written by Barbara Bergin and directed by Caroline Byrne, the world premiere of this wild, exuberant ride through our capital’s twentieth century comes to the Abbey Stage this November.

Dublin Gothic is a loser’s history of the city and its people, told through a joyous mix of literary styles. This extraordinary tragicomedy follows three generations of residents in one Dublin 1 house across a century of social upheaval.

Set against the backdrop of a transforming city and teeming with Dublin wit and character, let this glorious collection of endearing and dastardly locals entertain you as they dance through time and struggle to keep the only thing they have to lose: the roof over their heads.

Hello! 🙂

Meeting place: at the Phoenix Park Tearooms.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WjLjBLUiM297a9HCA

We start and finish at the same place.

Meeting time: 930am.

The Plan: 3 hours walk in the Phoenix Park including a food break.

Toilets: Heuston, at the break and at Heuston again.

Note / Disclaimer: Attending this event and every event in this group is entirely in every way at your own risk.

Any questions, message me.

Please please don't forget to join us!

Thanks!

Alan