Monday Movie Night @IFI Belltable: Dance First

Join us at The Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick for the latest installment in the IFI@Belltable Monday movie night series, Dance First.

In Dance First, Gabriel Byrne plays Samuel Beckett – with young Beckett played by Fionn O’Shea – in a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.

Parisian bon vivant, World War II resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse, Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. In this playful film, we see his life through his mistakes and fraught relationships with James Joyce (Aidan Gillen), his wife Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire), and his lover Barbara Bray (Maxine Peake).

With inventive direction by James Marsh (Man on Wire, The Theory of Everything), and an engagingly dry lead performance from Byrne in a dual role, which sees Beckett engage in dialogue with himself, Dance First is an insightful exploration into the life and work of a literary genius.

• Trailer
• Directed by James Marsh
• Duration: 100 minutes
• Language(s): English (mainly) with the odd sprinkle of French (with English subtitles)

Tickets may be purchased in advance from The Belltable, here.

Note: Please RSVP only after purchasing your ticket(s) and you are committed to attending. Thank you.

The Belltable Cafe (in the foyer of the Belltable Arts Centre) opens approx. 30 minutes before the start of the movie (start time: 20:00 h sharp). Tea, coffee, snacks, wine, beer, etc., will be available. I shall be there from approximately 19:30 h if any of you wish to come along. We usually take our seats at approx. 19:50 h.