Contact/Reservations
Phone: +353 (0)86 8784001
E: info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Address: 78 Grafton St, Dublin 2
Bewley's Cafe Theatre, located in the former Oriental Room of the Grafton St Cafe, is Dublin's foremost stage for lunchtime drama & one of the city's most exciting venues for evening cabaret, jazz & comedy.

[E]Live at The Oriental Room presents - WOULD THE REAL JUDY GARLAND PLEASE......  : 1st January 2006

Musical style : musical/play
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : 15 euro
Actors : With Susie Kennedy and Danny Sheridan
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
Other : A play with one actor and a piano player.
About the event : Susie Kennedy plays Alice Dell, Judy Garland's stand in, on the night that Judy died in 1969. Alice rehearses a tribute show to Judy (complete with all the famous Garland songs, including Somewhere over the Rainbow, The Man that Got Away, The Trolly Song, Smile and many many more). She relives the moments of her life that touched Judy's life, and the triumphs and struggles that both women had to face. WOULD THE REAL JUDY GARLAND PLEASE....... is a great opportunity to see Susie Kennedy at her singing and acting best. An evening of theatrical and musical magic.

[E]liadan : 30th June 2006

Musical style : traditional irish
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : 15 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : sunday 18th june at 8 pm
Reviews : "Liadan makes music that is unique and personal and music woth falling in love with " john O regan - Irish Music Magazine
About the event : The sweet tones of LIADAN,s singing and instrumental style have been captivating audiences throughout Ireland, Europe and America since Spring 2004. Blending together their rich material backgrounds , there six talented young ladies create a fresh and exciting sound that explores both traditional and new material.the uniqueness of this band lies in each band members ability to shine both vocally and instrumentally.The bands stage presence displays a group personality that is both vibrant and engaging.

[E]Chiara Browne : 7th July 2006

Label : album launch
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
About the event : Signed to Warner Chappell Music at the tender age of 18, Chiara has resided in Ireland since 2000 and is a regular face on the music landscape with a residency in Whelans Bar, Dublin every Tuesday and supports to Robert Cray and Gretchen Wilson. The release of her debut album ‘Night Time’ in early summer 2006 will bring the music of this exceptional performer to the minds and souls of many.

[E]colette cassidy : 7th July 2006

Label : jazz
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : sat
About the event : Colette sings. It?s what she does. She sings from an amazing jazz repertoire. Everything from down-and-dirty dive-bar jazz to uptown, up-tempo, hot and cool. This girl can sing it all. A dynamic, striking singer of endless imagination, she holds the stage effortlessly and delivers the music and the moment from the first note to the get go. Check out where she?s singing next, and keep an eye on who?s playing with her; these days, she?s singing in some very talented company. Everyone loves jazz when it?s as good as this.

[E]Girls are gigging for it : 8th July 2006

Label : Shaz Oye and Annette Buckley
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8.30pm
Cost : 15 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Saturday
Reviews : "Tough urban hymns with a history…probably the most intense collection of songs you'll hear this year." Eamon Carr, Evening Herald “The most extraordinary voice ever to come out of Ireland.” Jackie Hayden, Hotpress
About the event : after their sell out success in May,shaz Oye and annette buckley -two of the finest vocalists and songwriters of their generation play bewleys once again..don,t miss this musical treat. xxx

[E]Bang Bangs in association with Bewleys Cafe Theatre present Ronan Byrne : 27th July 2006

Venue : Bewley's Cafe Theatre
Time : 8pm
Cost : 10
Days of week : Thusrday
Other : W/ special Guest Fiach
About the event : Ronan Byrne would best be known for his song writ ting skills and fanatic guitar playing in the legendary band Lir. Which has seen him play on five tours and there sold out show at Vicar Street. He is the co- runner of the most popular open mic in the city walls, The Fiach and Roe sessions in Thomas Reeds . . Recently completed debut album with His new band EARTHQUAKE HAIR Have Recently completed debut album to critical reviews . Ronan Byrne is at the top of the game. Check out anything that he does. He will be supported by his good friend and co-worker Fiach This will be a night to remember.

[E]"Finbar" and "out of the stables"present joe McKenns, Dermot byrne, Keith Barry and Richard Geaghty : 4th August 2006

Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 7 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : sat
About the event : Joe McKenna comes to Bewleys via New York and Belfast. He has a Powerful Lyric style that leaves the audience wanting more. Dermot Byrne is currently finishing material for his debut album "songs about superheros"

[E]Bewleys Cafe Theatre present an Evening With Louis Stewart and John Moriarty :  16th August 2006 - 30th August 2006

Musical style : Jazz
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 9 pm
Cost : 8 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Every Wednesday
About the event : World renouned jazz guitarist Louis Stewart plays a with equally talented John Moriarty for the summer months every wednesday...This is the finest jazz around.. Louis Stewart has long had a reputation as one of the world’s greatest jazz guitarists. He began teaching himself guitar at the age of 15, inspired by recordings of Barney Kessel. Throughout his career of over 40 years, he has played with jazz luminaries such as Benny Goodman, Dizzie Gillespie and George Shearing. John Moriarty is one of Ireland’s finest young musicians. His guitar style owes a lot to greats such as Johnny Smith, Pat Martino and Wes Montgomery and he also sights Louis Stewart as a major influence. Early Booking Advisable to avoid dissapointment.

[E]Volta Presents An Evening with Prionsias O’Ferfaille  :  18th September 2006 - 24th September 2006

Label : As part of Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival 0'6
Time : 8:30pm Duration: 75 mins
Cost : €12, €10 Concession
Booking : www.fringefest.com or call 1850 FRINGE (1850 374 643)
Days of week : Mon-Sat
Other : Preview: 18 Sep - 20:30 Price: €8
About the event : “A Night at the Theatre”, “An Evening with Peter Ustinov”, “This is your Life”… those nights when a great thespian looks back over a glorious career in the theatre. After a life trawling through the murky depths of the Dublin Fringe, Volta compere and name-dropper extraordinaire Prionsias O’Ferfaille feels the time has come to make himself the subject of such a show … but all is not well backstage. Vicious infighting with his cast and crew, and strained relations with the Fringe Festival Office threaten to deprive Prionsias of his moment of glory.

[L]LUNCHTIME EVENT:Bewley\\\'s Café Theatre presents the Irish Premiere of ALLERGIC TO BECKETT :  16th October 2006 - 21st October 2006

Venue : 2nd Floor, Bewley’s, Grafton Street
Time : 1.10pm daily (Doors open 12.50pm)
Cost : Admission €14 (includes light lunch)
Director : Michael James Ford
Actors : Written & Performed by GARY JERMYN
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Mon-Sat
Other : Suitable for some dogs and children.
Reviews : What the critics said about MY LIFE AS A CHATSHOW HOST “amusing and intelligently different” The Irish Times “leaves you convinced of the curative powers of fantasy” Evening Herald “an alternative, hilarious and highly original entertainment” Listowel Writers Week “surreal comedy at its very best” Turun Sanomat, Finland “hip, entertaining and accessible, streetsmart and erudite” Sunday Independent
About the event : “for me it was a cultural and medical disaster… in short it was a fiasco...” So begins Gary Jermyn’s one-man show, ALLERGIC TO BECKETT which will have its Irish Premiere in Bewley’s Café Theatre on Tuesday, 17 October 2006. In this new play, Jermyn relives a traumatic evening at a production of Endgame where he experiences an allergic reaction to the gloomy events on stage. Against the background of the hoopla and brouhaha of the Beckett centenary celebrations, he begins an odyssey through Dublin and its southern suburbs. Jermyn attempts to shake the Beckett monkey off his back in a tale which is idiosyncratic, moving and extremely funny. The 45-minute piece oscillates between reverence and irreverence for the 1969 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, performed as it is by one man and his tape recorder. Gary Jermyn has been a regular performer at Bewley’s Café Theatre where his last show My Life as a Chatshow Host enjoyed sell-out runs as well as touring nationally & overseas. ALLERGIC TO BECKETT received much critical acclaim during its World Premiere at the Lainsuojattomat Theatre Festival in Pori, Finland in September 2006. The Helsinki Sanomat newspaper said “If you see one show in the festival, see this show.’’

[L]BEWLEY'S CAFE THEATRE in Association with SHE-DEVIL THEATRE presents The World Premiere of DON'T FORGET TO BREATHE by Norma Sheahan  :  25th October 2006 - 11th November 2006

Time : Show Starts 1.10pm . Doors open 12.50pm (45 Mins)
Cost : Tickets 14 Euro ( Includes Lunch)
Director : Audrey Devereux
Booking : 0868784001 /info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Daily Mon-Sat
Other : Previews 23rd & 24th Oct
About the event : Deceit & Isolation OR Chocolate & Meditation Just some of the ways to survive the Dublin rat race. DON'T FORGET TO BREATHE is a moving journey through the eccentric mind of a young woman during the most significant hour of her life. After a failed relationship and career, it's do or die time for Theresa. Her life is a catastrophe. She's standing at the edge of a cliff wishing she were someone else. Will she fly or fall? This new one-woman show is a hilarious yet heart wrenching tale based on true events. Through circumstances beyond her control a decent woman faces charges of crime and eviction and the only shafts of light in her life are Yoga, dreams of Cuba and a rampant rabbit. But although she is belittled by society we watch Theresa find clarity in what is her final hour in hell. She records messages to family, friends and foes and turns the page into a new life. Norma Sheahan?s black comedy is an acerbic and poignant take on finding purpose in a modern existence. It?s a remarkably witty writing debut from one of Irelands well known, award-winning actors.

[E]paddy sherlock and the swinging lovers : 26th October 2006

Label : jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 15/12 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Thursday
About the event : Paddy sherlock is based in Paris but has cause a huge still here in Dublin. His tour will be taking him once more to his favourite dublin Venue. He,s got a trombone and boy does he knowhow to use it !!! girls beware. Suave , hot jazz, a great performer ,buckets of energy and style.dont miss him

[E]David MacKenzie & josh Johnston : 27th October 2006

Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 15/12 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : friday
About the event : Following the success of their sell out performance last year David(violin) Josh(piano) return for another musical mix of swing jazz, latin,blues with a nod and a wink to classical music thrown in for good measure.Over the years, they have amassed a fine collection of origional compositions, a repertoire which they show off proudly on their forthcoming cd "Notes Home".For this intimate gig they are joined by special guests Stephen Mc Farland (guitar) and Andrew Csibi (double bass)

[E]Magaret Stewart with The Bobby Schiff trio : 28th October 2006

Label : jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 18 euro/ 15 conc
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
About the event : Bobby Schiff- Composer,arranger,conductor,pianist,producer.On the Chicago and los Angeles music scene for over 35 years.Boby has led orchestras,and bands ,performed on piano and keyboards, directed and arranged for the best,Mel Torme,Peggy Lee,Bobby Rydell to name but a few.

[E]Allison Crowe : 1st November 2006

Label : Rubenesque records ltd
Musical style : rock/jazz/blues/pop/folk
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 12/9 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : wednesday
Reviews : 'Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with" record of the day (uk) "the most honest, heartfelf, and directly intimate concert in my entire life"Ross hocker (usa)
About the event : An exciting vocalist and pianist on tour from Canada, Allison crowe,s eclectic repertoire fits passionate origionals alongside Leonard cohan,, Joni mitchell,The Beatles,rock,jazz broadway and more.She is joined by special guest Billie Woods(vocal /guitar) Allison played Bewleys to a packed house last year.. don,t miss her

[E]John Leech and Grainne Hunt : 3rd November 2006

Musical style : singer/songwriter
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 8 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : friday
Reviews : "It,s only a matter if time before John Leech Delivers the heavy goods" Jackie Hayden
About the event : Kildare based singer/songwriter John Leech will showcase songs form his new ep accompanied by Grainne Hunt. He will be supported on the night by Eamon Brady

[E]Karen Mack and Michael Holland : 4th November 2006

Label : musical/comedy
Musical style : pop
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 15 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
Reviews : \\
About the event : CABARET ALERT.. hot from new york city.Award winning duo Karen Mack and Michael Holland perform for one night only. Ther zanny mix of pop improv/comedy and beautiful harmonies.. have never been seen in this city. a must see for comedy and cabaret lovers. for one night only.

[E]Aoife Doyle and the Julie Cruickshank trio : 8th November 2006

Label : jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 10 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : wednesday
About the event : This shining light of the jazz vocal world here in Dublin, aoife doyle is joined by a marvellous trio of players. Julie Cruickshank on piano,, Dave fleming on bass and Michael Harding on drums.

[E]Oliver Darley : 10th November 2006

Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 12 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday

[E]music Theatre Ireland : 12th November 2006

Musical style : John Matthews with special guest Ellen Mc Elroy
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 8 pm doors 7 30
Cost : 15 euro
Director : david Wray
Actors : John Matthews
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : sundays
Reviews : John Matthews returns for another show following the sell out success of his November 5th Show. He comes direct for West side Story at the Gaiety Theatre for en evening of theatre songs by Porter,Lehrer,Weill,Brel, Sondheim and more.. with accompianist David Wray(songs for a new world..Pavilion theatre) and guest singer Ellen McElroy (The Full monty..Olympia) John will take you on a personal journey featuring songs from some of the finest musical theatre composers with a few twists and surprises along the way.

[E]Karl Rooney/David Lyttle trio : 3rd December 2006

Musical style : jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 8 pm
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Sunday
About the event : An exciting new Irish Saxaphone trio performing origional music in the contempory swing idiom.David Lyttle is a 22 year old jazz drummer and composer , performing extensively on the Irish Jazz scene .He has studied at Banff centre Canada, Skidmore jazz institute New york ... with John Riley, Jeff \\

[E]Bewleys Café Theatre are proud to present Billy Roche reading from TALES FROM RAINWATER POND  : 5th December 2006

Time : 6.15
Cost : Admission Free
Actors : Read by Billy Roche
Booking : No Booking. First Come First Served. Limited seating
Days of week : Tuesday
Reviews : ‘like a stone dropped in a pond the implications ripple… in the imagination long after the final sentence. The Irish Times Roche swoops and soars with an almost Syngian delight. His almost cavalier, free-wheeling imagination is a rare thing of beauty. RTE Guide. “rugged and melancholy, severe but generous” Sunday Times. “The man has a way of conveying small town life both in his delivery and writing which comes across as simplistic but that paints stage pictures so vivid you at times forget he is the only one on stage.” The Echo.
About the event : Billy Roche will read a selection of stories from his acclaimed new collection, followed by short discussion and signings. The first book of short stories by renowned playwright, Billy Roche. Each of these twelve stories has, at its heart, the strange, beautiful and eerie place known as Rainwater Pond, which acts as a sort of silent witness to the passage of years and interactions of characters. Billy Roche is considered to be one of the most influential playwrights of his generation. ‘A Handful of Stars’ (1988) was his first stage play and it was produced at the Bush Theatre in London. It won the John Whiting and Plays and Players Award. His next play, ‘Poor Beast in the Rain’ (1989) won the 1989 George Devine Award and the Thames Television Award. The latter provided Billy with a bursary to become writer-in-residence at the Bush Theatre and to write his third play ‘Belfry’, completing Billy’s ‘Wexford Trilogy’. ‘Belfry’ won the London Fringe Award for best play in 1991. The Trilogy was filmed for the BBC and directed by the late Stuart Burge. His other work includes ‘Amphibians’ (1992) and ‘The Cavalcaders’ (Dublin, The Abbey, Peacock Stage, 1993). ‘Amphibians’ was Billy’s fourth play, which was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was first performed at The Pit, directed by Michael Attenborough. Billy wrote the screenplay for the film ‘Trojan Eddie’ (1997) which was directed by Gilles McKinnon and starred Stephen Rea and Richard Harris. It received the Best Film Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1996. Billy has been writer in association with both the Abbey Theatre and Druid Theatre. In 2001, his play ‘On Such as We’ was performed at the Abbey Theatre and starred Brendan Gleeson. Now putting his considerable acting experience and talent to use, Billy is touring a rehearsed reading of a selection of the stories from Tales From Rainwater Pond.

[L]LunchTime Event: REBECCA'S ROBIN by Deirdre Kinahan  :  12th December 2006 - 6th January 2007

Label : A magical Christams Story for 6-12yr olds.
Time : 1.10pm ( Doors open 12.50pm, Performance is 45 mins long)
Cost : €15 Adults /€13 Children ( includes hearty soup and granary bread)
Director : Alan King
Actors : Georgina McKevitt
Author : Deirdre Kinahan
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Daily Mon- Sat
Other : A Charming and Contemporary Christmas Tale for Children.
Reviews : 'Tis the season to be jolly and this little playlet certainly does the trick' I. Times **** (4 stars) Irish Sunday Mail
About the event : Written specifically for the cosy setting that is Bewley’s Café Theatre, Rebecca’s Robin is a truly Dublin Drama inviting children from 6 to 12 years on an enchanted journey through the city’s changing streetscapes. It is the last day of school before Christmas and Rebecca’s friend Illyas doesn’t show up for the Christmas play in which they both appear as Martians!. Rebecca calls to his house after school and finds that the entire family have disappeared. Determined not to miss her friend, Rebecca returns on Christmas Eve to find a little red robin fluttering through the deserted kitchen window. Rebecca believes that this robin can lead her to Illyas, and so follows him on a magical journey where leprechaun bus-drivers, historical statues, mystic monks and boisterous shoppers all guide her on her way. Rebecca’s Robin is a beautiful story of friendship in the culturally diverse metropolis that is Dublin in 2006. This simple story traces the changing face of a city through the delicate honesty of a child’s eye. ADVANCED BOOKING IS STRONGLY ADVISED. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO SHOWS ON DEC 24TH,25TH,26TH,31ST AND JAN 1ST

[E]Maria Tecce : 16th December 2006

Label : Torch Song
Musical style : Jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors open: 8.30pm
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
Reviews : "Elegant...cool..seductive...kill for tickets if you have to" Prague Post. "Wonderful talent! superb...i will be featuring more of ms Tecce in future programms".Michael Parkinson , bbc 2
About the event : Heartbreak,longing,smouldering passion and the agony and ecstasy of love are all on the cards for this special night , celebrating the launch of Marias new album TORCH SONG.This Boston born Italian american has already sold out venues in Ireland,Prague,New york and London, and her shows not only highlight her powerful and demonstrative vocal talent but also the effortless skills of a seasoned actor/performer. Maria is joined on stage by Dave Redmond(bass) , and Phil Ware(piano) for a smoulderingnight with a touch of Christmas spice sprinkled in.

[E]Bewleys Cafe Theatre present Classical Sunday With Brenden McQuaile and Guests : 22nd December 2006

Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors open: 8.30pm
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Director : Brendan Mcquaile
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : friday
About the event : An Evening of classical songs and light opera from some of irelands finest tenors and sopranos.Journey through the world of Opera and enjoy some of the finest music ever written.

[E]The Christmas show : 23rd December 2006

Label : easy listening
Musical style : jazz and otheres
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 9 pm
Cost : 18/15 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
About the event : This is a lighthearted, romantic attempt to put a bit of yuletide spirit into all those jaded x mas shoppers and stressed out scrooges...get hip to the sounds of Christmas with susannah de wrixon and her various festive songs and stories and other bits and pieces.She is joined by the lovely Cian Boylan, Dave White and Tom Dunne..sweets are promised.. book your table and relax...ho ho ho

[E]Albert Niland : 30th December 2006

Musical style : singer/songwriter
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 18/15 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
Reviews : "This is refreshing spirit shocking music" Irish Times " an amazing talent"Tom Dunne today fm "an artist with one of the most glorious set of Flamenco fingers and a voice that would make the coldest heart sing"In Dublin
About the event : Best known for his version of Kate Bush,s "Wuthering Heights" Niland has recieved critical acclaim from all corners of the music business, with an invitation from Planxty at their 2003 reunion and airplay from the likes of Jools Holland. Nilands blend of Spanish guitar and powerful vocals are not to be missed. Finally we get to hear this artist do his own gig in Bewleys having played along with Freddie White for the past few months every monday... about time Albert!

[E]Recent Productions at Bewleys Cafe Theatre  :  1st January 2007 - 31st December 2007

Days of week : Monday
About the event : [L]Bewley's Cafe Theatre Lunchtime Productions

[E]The Harvest Ministers : 2nd February 2007

Label : rock/pop
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8.30 On Stage 9pm
Cost : 15 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
About the event : The Harvest Ministers featuring singer/songwriter Will Merriman make a welcome return to the live concert scene when they play bewleys theatre on Friday 20th oct 2006. The Band will release their 5th studio album in 2007 so for fans this will bw a chance to heat a small preview of the material likely to feature on the album.Special guests on the night are Margaret Healy and eve Macklin

[L]Lunchtime Event : Bewley\\\'s Café Theatre presents Requiem of Love By Patricia Burke Brogan :  6th February 2007 - 4th March 2007

Venue : Daily Mon- Sat
Time : Doors open 12.50pm Show starts 1.10pm
Cost : €15 / € 13 Includes light lunch
Director : Caroline Fitzgerald
Actors : Donncha Crowley
Author : Patricia Burke Brogan
Booking : 0868784001 0r info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Monday
Other : Preview Feb 5th
Reviews : “A production that creates a strong, lingering contrast between O'Kelly's hopeless situation and the beauty of the language used to describe it.” I. Times Nov 0'5
About the event : John O'Kelly, who deserted his wife, Nora, many years earlier, returns at night to the graveyard where that morning she was buried, to talk and reminisce about their tempestuous yet tender lives together. O'Kelly is a man who's life has been thwarted largely by his own weakness but now having to face up to his wife's mortality must question his own. Having left her many years before, after being accused of a death for which he may not have been responsible, he has spent years in the wilderness. Nora stayed at home and raised their family while he brawled and boozed his way around Australia. Now as O'Kelly attempts to come to terms with the death of his estranged wife he may be facing his own redemption… Patricia Burke Brogan is a painter, poet and playwright. She is perhaps best known for her multi-award winning play Eclipsed, which was one of the very first to highlight the plight of women in the Magdeline Laundries. Donncha Crowley is a very familiar face on Irish Stage and Screen most recently seen in Fair City, and the soon to be screened Tudors and Kings. Caroline Fitzgerald is one of this countries leading director's who returns to Bewley's Café Theatre following her acclaimed production of Ulick O Connor's Submarine in August '06. Following its Premiere in Pavilion Theatre in Nov 05 and It's run as part of Project 06 in Galway this powerful One-Man drama comes to Bewley's Café Theatre for a limited run.

[E]Who the hell does she think she is :  9th February 2007 - 10th February 2007

Label : Play
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 8 30
Cost : 10 euro
Booking : 086 8784001
About the event : Shopfloor present "who the hell does she think she is" a play in one act, devised by the members of GLTB community drama group which has been formned since april 2006.It follows the fortunes of the Carter family whose lives are turned upsidedown by the return of Poppy, who walked out on them 19years ago.Poppy is determined to pick up where she left off but matters are complicated by the fact that no one wants to know her.Carl thinks she,s dead and Clare,Chris girlfriend wants to keep her that way!..added to the mix are the pressures of an impending Valentines day ,saucy sex girl Jenny and the lecherous Mr Jay, both of whom want a piece of the action.The play takes a fun look at a crazy situation,has a live musical score and introduces some exciting new talent from the gltb dublin community.

[E]Bang bangs and Bewley's café theatre present Peter Mc Grane : 22nd February 2007

Time : Doors open 8pm
Cost : 10 euro
Days of week : Thursday
Other : w/special guest
About the event : Peter Mc Grane is a flamenco and classical guitarist from Dublin. He specialises in playing a fusion of flamenco and jazz. Drawing comparisons too Paco De Lucia and Al Di Meola His playing is a mixture of fast rhythmic compositions and rolling melodies. For years peter studied his craft (flamenco guitar) in Andalucia in southern Spain. There he studied with two of Andalucia's most renound performers and teachers: Jose Igancio Franco and Carbonero . Peter went on to perform in Spain with various dance troupes. His years of learning and performing in Spain is the basis for his astonishing song-writing. He explores the acoustic side of jazz in collaboration with two jazz singers, a fiddle player and bassist. Peter transforms his collective in through the looking glass of flamenco. Peter has built up a large and loyal following here in Dublin. Also, over the past few years Peter has been touring Europe with an experimental electric band The Gumm. He is called back to France on a regular basis where they are based. . This show in Bewley's will be one not to be missed

[E]Ciaran Flynn : 2nd March 2007

Label : singer/songwriter
Musical style : folk,
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors open: 8.30pm
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
About the event : Songwriter Ciaran Flynn returns to Bewleys theatre with his own brand of folk music. His Humorous narritive,crafted lyrics and accomplished guitar playing are complemented on stage by a lone violin. Since the release of his ep, Ciaran has played to audiences accross Ireland,Uk , Scandinavia, and America, leaving trails of critical acclaim and radio airplay in his wake

[E]The Laughable History of Movies (through comedy!) : 6th March 2007

Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre, Grafton Street
Time : 9pm
Cost : E10 / E12
Actors : James Goldsbury and Eleanor Tiernan
Days of week : Tuesday
About the event : Yes, it's the time of year that every botoxed, de-toxed, no-toxed coke-head in Hollywood eagerly awaits. No it's not the Oscars, it's the Laughable History Of Movies - A comedy show which parodies all of your favourite movies from Brando to Frodo to when Harry Met Sally's Offside Orgasm! Award winning Dublin comedians James Goldsbury and Eleanor Tiernan present a journey through the best and the worst of movies. Laugh at their possibly libelous interpretation of detective Sam Spade, the Cork version of Goodfellas and bizarrely, the Spanish version of The Full Monty and you'll never look at a French sex movie the same way again (Not that anyone should be looking at that filth anyway!) Even big brainless Arnie as U.S. president gets a good going over. So if you're looking for a different night out, then get on your Hollywood bling, strap on your Jimmy Choo's, Manolo's or Clarks and get to Bewley's Café theatre on the 6th of February. The Laughable History of Movies - Shorter, sharper and funnier than that big bash in LA.

[E]Art Polonia in Association with Bewleys Cafe Theatre presents a Concert: Polish Movements / chord  : 17th March 2007

Label : Featuring Jacek Hałas & Alicja Choromańska-Hałas
Time : 7pm
Cost : 5 euro
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Saturday
About the event : Jacek Hałas (vocal, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, Jewish harp) Alicja Choromańska-Hałas ( folk drums - bebenek, tapan,) Featuring songs and tunes from different ethnical groups living and travelling through Poland and Central/Eastern Europe over many hundreds of years, a musical journey including many traditions such as the songs of wandering minstrels, gypsies, Klezmer and other Jewish traditional songs. Jacek Hałas & Alicja Choromańska-Hałas are musicians who have practised Polish and European traditional culture for many years and participated in many ethno-musical expeditions in Poland, Russia and the Caucasus. They derive their inspiration from living tradition as well as from archive collections or score. They combine dancing energy, artistry of performing, unique instrumentation and - coming from long - term standing experience - ability of interactive collaboration with the audience. Special by Jacek Hałas: songs of wandering minstrels (pieśni dziadowskie). Jacek has researched the traces of homeless' rural songs in living tradition, ethnographic recordings and private archives, to bring them to life during solo performances. Homeless - "dziady" of ancient Poland, sang songs about saints, miracles, the end of the world, about death, wandering souls love and eternity. The main accompanying instrument was a hurdy-gurdy.

[L]Yucca Productions in association with Bewleys Café Theatre presents BEAR HUG by Robin French :  19th March 2007 - 7th April 2007

Venue : Daily Mon- Sat
Time : Doors open at 12.50p.m. Show starts at 1.10p.m. Show lasts 30 mins (Not suitable for young children)
Cost : € 15/ €13 (includes light lunch.)
Director : Donal Courtney
Actors : Philip Judge, Jessica Freed & Jose Montero
Author : Robin French
Booking : 00353868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Tuesday
Other : PREVIEWS on Monday 19th , Opens Tues 20th March
Reviews : "Yucca Productions and director Donal Courtney have got their paws firmly around this miniature helping of absurdity **** (4 STARS " Irish Theatre Magazine "Robin French's script is clever, Donal Courtney's direction is well judged and an accomplished cast adds a gloss to the proceedings **** ( 4 STARS)" Irish Times "Phillip Judge & Jessica Freed are excellent as the bemused parents" Irish Mail On Sunday "This half hour play serves up all the bare necessities to make a great lunchtime show, ensuring you'll return to the office with a smile on your face" METRO
About the event : BEAR HUG is back by popular demand from its successful run at the Dublin Fringe Festival. Linda, David and their 18yr old son Michael are the perfect middle class family but for one small problem - Michael has turned into a bear! Funny, absurd, quirky, poignant - a play about the ultimate dysfunctional family where problem child or "bear" will inevitably be sent to the zoo! First performed as part of the Royal Court's Young Playwright's season in 2004, BEAR HUG had its Irish Premiere during the 2006 Dublin Fringe Festival.

[E]Bewleys Cafe Theatre presents Leslie Dowdall and Mike Hanrahan : 21st March 2007

Label : folk/rock
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : 8 pm
Cost : 18 euro/ 15 conc
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Wednesday
Reviews : This show is like a wonderful rollercoaster ride through a sea of emotions that stays with you long after the night has faded
About the event : Leslie dowdall and Mike Hanrahan release their first recording

[E]BEWLEY'S CAFE THEATRE Double Bill: REBECCA COLLINS/ TRIPLE PIGLET : 26th March 2007

Time : Doors 8.30pm
Cost : Adm. 10 euro
Booking : +00353 868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Monday
About the event : Singer-songwriter Rebecca Collins brings her excellent band to Bewley's Theatre to promote her intriguing debut release "At Sea". Expect a night of dark swirling song and unusual grooves. The line up will be: Kevin Brady (drums) David Redmond (bass) Justin Carroll (keys) Bill Blackmore (trumpet) and Sean Og (saxophones and bass clarinet). Also featuring on the night will be the wonderful Dublin-based avant-folk trio Triple Piglet who will play a mixture of original and Balkan compositions. Triple Piglet are: Justin Carroll (harmonium), Simone Mendonca (violin) and David Redmond (double bass). www.rebeccacollins.net www.myspace.com/rebeccacollinsmusic

[E]Myles Drennan Trio : 28th March 2007

Musical style : jazz
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 10 euro/ 5 students
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : wednesdays
Reviews : Starting the 28th of March Irelands finest piano jazz trios, will take to the stage in Bewleys cafe theatre every wednesday night.You won,t find better entertainment of a wednesday night for a modest ten euro. Myles Drennan, Dave Redmond, and we welcome back Saen Carpio form his time in New york.. Jazz lovers take note

[E]Live At The Oriental Room:Cafe Boheme : 14th April 2007

Label : Boulevard Belville
Musical style : Cabaret
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8.30
Cost : 18 euro/ 15 conc
Director : Cian boylan on piano, Hugh Buckley on guitar , Isabelle Ni Chuirean on accordion.
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : saturday
Reviews : "Dreamy and dripping with romance" Chichester observer "Highly Entertaining" irish times
About the event : Two girls leave Dublin for Paris to discover the romance and adventure of the city, the birth place of Edith Piaf and the Eiffel Tower, and to perform the French music they love so much in the cabarets and cafes of Pigalle and the left Bank.Embracing the bohemian life, their stories unfold, leading them to Boulevard Belville (the birthplace of Edith Piaf), the parisian markets and squares ,sewn together by gems of french cabaret music by Piaf,Brel, Sasha Distel,Michael LeGrand,Charles Trenet and French Cafe songs from Derbys Debut Album "sweet Pea"

[E]Bewley's Cafe Theatre presents Nancy Falkow, Fran King and Duncan Maitland : 15th April 2007

Label : 3 Songwriters
Time : Doors Open 8pm
Cost : TICKETS 10 EURO
Booking : 0868784001 OR INFO@BEWLEYSCAFETHEATRE.COM
Days of week : Sunday
About the event : What do you get when you put an American, an Englishman and an Irishman on stage with three guitars, a shed-load of harmonies and a little percussion? You get an incredibly entertaining evening filled with lots of pop songs. Nancy Falkow a Philadelphia transplant, Duncan Maitland a Stoke-On-Trent, England transplant and native Dubliner Fran King will share the stage for one night only. Three of Dublin's strongest songwriters join forces and sing together Crosby Stills & Nash style! Expect originals from all of their independent releases as well as few surprises in the mix. For more information on each performer please visit: http://www.myspace.com/nancyfalkow http://www.myspace.com/frankingband http://www.myspace.com/duncanmaitland

[L]LUNCHTIME THEATRE: Placid Productions in Association with Bewleys Cafe Theatre prsent THIS IS A PLAY by Daniel McIvor :  17th April 2007 - 12th May 2007

Venue : Bewley's Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors open 12:50pm Show starts 1:10pm (40min)
Cost : Tickets €15 & €13 (includes light lunch)
Director : Simon Manahan
Actors : Geraldine Plunkett, Marcus Lamb and Judith Ryan
Author : Daniel Mc Ivor
Booking : +3530868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Daily
Reviews : **** ( 4 stars) 'Fantastic Fun' Irish Daily Mail
About the event : This is a Play is a fast paced energetic comedy; it is a play within a play. Three actors make their entrance in the woeful A Stranger among Us, an experimental off, off, Broadway piece set in a sleepy American town. As they perform the play we are privy to their internal dialogue about the play they are acting in, the writer, director and each other. We also get to hear intermittently the composer's idea's that are pretty off, off as well. As the play progresses so too does the fun. The Older Female Actress can barely tolerate her co-stars. She would prefer to be chain smoking in the green room than on stage with the forgetful Male Actor and the deluded Female Actor who thinks she is about to be ricocheted to super stardom. The elements of being in a bad play and their disdain for each other combine and explode with hilarious consequences. . Starring Geraldine Plunkett, one of Ireland's best known and well loved actresses ,Glenroe, The Clinic. She is joined for the first time on stage together, by real life son Marcus Lamb, a young Robert de Niro ! Appearing with them is Judith Ryan as the Female Actor. Daniel MacIvor is one of Canada's best known playwrights. His plays include Never Swim Alone and Jump.

[E]Bang Bangs and Bewley's Café Theatre presentNiall James Holohan and The Readers Wive\\\\\\\'s : 19th April 2007

Time : Doors 8pm
Cost : 10 euro
Booking : bangbangs@gmail.com
Days of week : Thursday
Other : w/ very special guest
About the event : Reader's Wives : a documentary on social realism, pulped with a large cast of pissed off professionals. Here's the biog you were all looking for .. Captained and steered by the insanely productive Dublin City born songwriter Niall James Holohan (who had been cavorting under his given name, Niall James Holohan ; the dark prince of pop until recently) Reader's Wives is an altogether dustier, more definitive production than Niall's previous lo-fi offerings, throwing f***ked up blues in the pot with avante garde pop music & stirring the sh*t with topical lyrics yielding a wonderful concession to humour, wit and sarcasm. Yep. Reader's Wives are an odd assemblage of individualists. A bunch of pissed of professionals, if you will, will gather backstage, deadly serious about their work (and about the business of playing out fo their skin) simply so that their audience can have a good time. Niall himself often presents himself as an artiste-bohemian, always an air of weariness, even though he will more often parody the role for the craic and the band around him (the line-up of which is ever-changing) is always one that plays with youthful energy, mature versatility and restless anticipation that marks the way they attack every note. What's that? Words describing music, you said? Oh Yes. We're going there. Long slender dashes extend west from the Dardanelles and Black Sea and over the vivid nerve ends of stripped tree tops, battered old amber lamps and tiny back gardens jostling for Netherland position, a vast emotional landscape, the colour of a dusty unpeeled spud, a mordant peninsula of the Eurasian land mass and the sense that this meal's been well earned emerges, wearing a three quater length coat and asking have you heard of Victor's Mother Juliet? Vivid. Dark. Honest. Insightful and Always Fun as any of your Europe's Red Light Districts, mysterious as the untouched canvas of the Gezicht op Auvers ..this is what you might call Americana, for Europe. It's materials, subjects and targets relate to Europena history, folklore and European geography. The resulting sound is something akin to the dream-like experience of falling into a tub of firm breasts armed only with a bottle of Wild Turkey rare breed and the life you can hear being lived beyond the lines, is real. Ms.Dublin, Ms.London, Ms.Krakow, Ms.Berlin ..Ms.Brighton, Ms.New York, Ms.Prague, stay still. The wrong side of the tracks never tasted so good. The wrong side of the tracks never tasted so ill. This will be show not to be missed……..

[E]The Great American Song Book : 20th April 2007

Venue : Bewleys
Time : 8pm
Cost : 15euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
Other : Kathy Nugent & Colm “Stride” O’Brien
About the event : COLM "STRIDE" O’BRIEN–PIANO Classically trained, he specializes in the fields of Ragtime, Stride Piano and Musicals. Since 1990, he has played a series of 20 Solo Concerts in the National Concert Hall Dublin including 3 Performances there this year, featuring in several with Paddy Cole & Ronnie Drew. He has played extensively on the Concert stage in Canada and the United States, where he recorded his CD "Scott Joplin, Gershwin, Fats Waller & All That". His playing of Scott Joplin Ragtime, recorded in Dublin, has received a lot of airplay on Irish TV & Radio. He is the only Irishman to be invited to play at the prestigious Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia Missouri, where he has received 3 invitations in 90, 95 & 96. He was invited back again in June 2006. In Ireland, he has played at many venues including regular appearances at the Cork & Derry Jazz Festivals. In 2002 he received an AIMS award as Best Musical Director for his show "Jesus Christ Superstar". He has appeared twice on the Late Late Show. Kathy Nugent is one of Ireland's most talented and versatile performers and is equally at home in theater, concert hall, cabaret and television. Her theatre credits include Jesus Christ Superstar, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Willie Russell's John, Paul, George, Ringo 'n Bert. Her television credits include the Make Mine Music series which ran on RTE for two years, the Bank of Ireland Proms and the Gay Byrne music series in which she guested with Samantha Mumba and Ronan Keating.

[E]Bewley's Cafe Theatre presents Songs of life and love - MADE IN DONEGAL  : 22nd April 2007

Time : doors 8pm
Cost : 15 euro/ 12 euro
Days of week : Sunday
About the event : John McNutt, singer/songwriter from Downings will perform songs from his CD This Time and Place and his recently released album Christmas Truce 1914” on the 22th of April. You can expect an evening of the quiet note and thoughtful voice synchronised to perfection. John is tightening the curve from Django Reinhard-inspired guitar pieces to a series of poetically induced emotive songs straight from the heart. Addicted to guitar music from youth, his songs are a mix of tradition, modernity and observations of life itself at home in Donegal and abroad.

[E]Binneas : 2nd May 2007

Label : classical/trad
Musical style : string quartet
Venue : bewleys cafe Theatre
Time : doors open: 8.30pm
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Wednesday
Reviews : "This ensemble consists of four highly talented musicians, they performed with remarkable musicianship and understanding for musical form" "The presence in the sound of violinists,Miki Tsunda and Siona Loughnane was quite astonishing. The Binneas quartet plays with enjoyment,formidable technique and great musical imagination"
About the event : The Binneas quartet first came together as students of the Victorian college of the arts in Melbourne australia. They are prize winners in the inaugural Shostakovich String quartet competition held in st Petersburg Russia in 1987. They have performed in music festivals and concerts throughout Europe and Australia. Today their individual careers -which involve touring,orchestral playing, cruise ship serenading , world music, teaching and parenting-inform their music making as much as their devotion to the art of string quartet playing. The Binneas Quartet,s first series of concerts in ireland in May includes works from Haydn,to Piazzola and an exciting collaboration with renouned singer Eilin Ni Bheaglaoich, together they all premier four new songs from the sean nos tradition arranged for string quarter by John lynch

[E]Robin James Hurt & Sharky Double bill : 10th May 2007

Label : Folk, Scottish
Venue : Bewleys
Time : 8pm
Cost : 10 euro
Days of week : Thursday
About the event : "Sharkey hails from Kilcar in S/W Donegal and was raised in a traditional Irish cottage in the shadow of Sliabh a Liag mountain on the shores of Donegal Bay. Born into a family of vagabonds and poets, his parents immersed him in the music of the 60's, and in particular The Beatles, from a young age. After moving to Dublin, around the turn of the new century, his girlfriend taught him to play guitar and, putting this together with his inherited knack for poetry, Sharkey began writing songs. Now, having done the rounds of some of the various Open Mic venues in Dublin and having supported the likes of Damian Dempsey and The Drifters he is currently planning on releasing his Debut EP this summer. For more information check out www.myspace.com/paddysharkey ROBIN JAMES HURT Born in Belfast, raised in Penicuik, Scotland and living in Dublin for many moons now, Robin James Hurt plays guitar like a ‘demon gadgie’ (Edinburgh vernacular). He also sings like a wee bird, plays mandolin like a man doling, and writes and arranges music to be performed by himself and others. Robin has a rich background in touring and recording worldwide with all manner of Irish and Scots musicians - from the old guard and the more established (such as Ronnie Drew, Sinead O’Connor, and many others) to the contemporary and challenging (West Seventies, Gael Slí, Jody Trehy, Martin Egan, Bohínta, Martin Furey, Black Romantics, many more…). Robin James Hurt is now also performing solo, bringing to the public a fascinating collection of material. The style is his own, the songs and tunes run the gamut of Irish and Northern British folk music, also taking in original compositions, a little story-telling, and a hell of a lot of nifty guitar picking - all performed with genuine warmth and passion. Robin’s debut solo release, a 4-track EP entitled “The Spider’s Legs”, was released in March 2007. You can find Robin James Hurt performing live regularly in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere… For more information, click onto www.myspace.com/robinjameshurt

[E]Bewley's Café Theatre presents MISSING FOOTBALL by Peter McKenna :  14th May 2007 - 16th June 2007

Time : Lunchtime Daily 1.10pm ( Doors open 12.50pm)
Cost : Tickets 15 E/ 13 E ( Includes Light Lunch)
Director : Alan King
Actors : Staring Stephen Kelly as Stephen Wright
Author : Peter McKenna
Booking : Booking 00353868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Mon - Sat
Reviews : 'Stephen Kelly gives a first-rate performance as Stevo..' The Irish Mail On Sunday "A pure and simple piece of theatre.... salty and invigorating." Irish Times "... BRILLIANT BOTH ON STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION,WITH AN EMINENTLY CONFIDENT PERFORMANCE FROM KELLY". IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE
About the event : In an age where football is front page news and players earn more than movie stars, Stephen Wright was a boy about to make it big. For as along as he can remember, people have been telling him that he's good enough to be a professional footballer. 'Stephen has the talent and temperament' everyone says so. On the verge of signing for Nottingham Forest and following in the footsteps of his hero Roy Keane, a life of wealth and celebrity beckons. A life spent living out his boyhood dreams. Fast-forward ten years and it's a different story. He never made it to Nottingham and he can only see Roy Keane on the television. As he begins to recall the glory days he only now realises that there is more to life than Missing Football. Missing Football by the well known scriptwriter Peter Mc Kenna ( RTE'S The Clinic) was the winner of the 2002 OZ Whithead Award. It was originally staged at the Rubicon Gallery in 2002 and subsequently ran for over two months at Bewley's Café Theatre in 2003. This new production, directed by Bewley's Café Theatre, Artistic Director Alan King sees Stephen Kelly reprise his critically acclaimed role of Stephen Wright, which he originated in 2003. Stephen Kelly was most recently playing Mark in the very successful national tour of Conor Mc Phersons Dublin Carol, which concluded at Andrews Lane in April 2007. In addition he went for trials for Crewe Alexandera and has played alongside Alan Quinn and Damien Duff for Dublin. BOOKINMG STRONGLY ADVISED

[E]Bang Bangs and Bewley's Café Theatre present John Conneely  : 17th May 2007

Label : Music
Venue : Bewleys
Time : 8.pm
Cost : 10.euro
Days of week : Thursday

[E]Bewley's Cafe Theatre presents Adam Matthews  : 20th May 2007

Musical style : singer/songwriter
Time : Doors open 7pm
Cost : 7 euro
Booking : 0868784001 0r info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Sunday
Other : with special guests Paul Bradley, Nathan McGibney and Janet Grogan's
About the event : After a headline gig at Whelans, and a prodigious support slot in the Village for The Coronas, this young performer is sure to make waves on the dublin scene, with his unique voice and unconventional song writing. in his intense shows the audience is lulled in with his sultry mood and smooth performance. Adam Matthews, the 20 year old, Dublin based singer/songwriter, plays with support from Paul Bradley on piano, Nathan McGibney on guitar and Janet Grogan's powerful vocals. Expect an acoustic extravaganza.

[E]LIVE at the Oriental Room - The Blood Red Mountain Band : 24th May 2007

Musical style : Alt Country
Venue : Bewley's
Time : 8pm
Cost : 12 euro
Days of week : Thursday
Reviews : '...an enticing home-brew of traditional music and left-field rock' METRO Newspapaer
About the event : The Blood Red Mountain Band with support from The Terribles An evening of live, acoustic music with The Blood Red Mountain Band, who, in an overcrowded market of uninspiring modern rock and disposable pop music, are a much yearned-for breath of fresh air. This is music without the jarring self-consciousness; music with unashamed melodies, with guts and soul, seemingly conjured up in a time when life was simpler, and the livin’ was easy. This last year has seen BRMB build up a growing fan base, gigging at some of Dublin's best known venues, appearing at the renowed 'Festival of World Cultures' and playing a live slot on Ray D'Arcy's today FM show. And seeing them live, it's not hard to know why. From delicate fiddle-led country love songs to barn-storming hoe-down numbers, The Blood Red Mountain Band will entice even the most reluctant of feet to stomp.

[E]Ray Heffernen : 1st June 2007

Label : singer/songwriter
Musical style : amazing
Venue : bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : doors 8 30
Cost : 15 Euro/ 12 Euro
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : Friday
About the event : Although Ray Heffernan is best known for writing

[E]Live At The Oriental Room Presents Oh Yay, Oh Yay, Oh Yay! An Evening with Shaz OYE : 15th June 2007

Musical style : Alternative / Acoustic / Roots Music
Time : Doors 8.30pm
Cost : 15 euro.
Booking : 086 8784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Friday
Reviews : ³OYE has an extraordinary voice which can reach parts other voices don¹t even know exist all the weight of a Leonard Cohen or a Nick Cave allied to the swooping flexibility of Kate Bush. Some debut from one of the finest vocalists ever to come out of Ireland. It will be a serious omission if she fails to work her way into the hearts of all and sundry, both at home and abroad² Jackie Hayden, Hotpress Magazine. ³Her voice is truly remarkable; a versatile and velvety croon that is full of rich textures and heart-melting soul...Songs steeped in intelligence and insight.² Eamon Sweeney, Day and Night, Irish Independent, 4 Stars
About the event : If you can imagine the secret love child of Nina Simone and Antony Hegarty of the Johnson's you're getting close to what Shaz OYE can do! This Dublin born singer-songwriter has used her truly remarkable voice to create a sublime debut which she self-financed, produced and released in 2006 to overwhelming praise. 'Truth according to shaz OYE', reveals a compassionate soul who, in the time-honoured tradition of greats like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, loves telling stories through her music. Shaz began 2007 on a high when both Hotpress Magazine and Tony Clayton-Lea of The Irish Times nominated 'Truth According to Shaz OYE' as one of their top Irish Albums of 2006. Proving she's not just a critic's favourite, the readers of Hotpress voted her into the top ten of four categories in the annual HotPress Magazine Reader's Poll; Best Irish Female Artists, Best Irish Debut Albums, Most Promising Acts and Best Irish Album Covers. Her recent single release 'Sylvia Falling' went to number one in download charts in its first week of release.

[L]LunchTime Theatre: Tall Tales Theatre Company in association with Bewley's Café Theatre present Txts- A season of 3 new Irish plays written by women :  18th June 2007 - 18th August 2007

Venue : Bewley's Café Theatre
Time : All perfs daily at 1.10pm (Doors opens from 12.50pm)
Cost : € 15/€13 [includes light lunch - ] SEASON TICKET - ALL THREE PLAYS € 36
Director : David Horan, Alan King and Geoff Gould
Actors : Cast's Includes Will O'Connell, Karl Shiels, John Cronin, Dorothy Cotter , Neil Watkins, Alison McKenna and Aoife Duffin
Author : Deirdre Kinahan, Iseult Golden & Elizabeth Moynihan
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Mon - Sat
About the event : Tall Tales Theatre Company celebrates its tenth birthday in collaboration with Bewley's Café Theatre by presenting this exciting season of new writing - Txts HUE AND CRY , by Deirdre Kinahan | Opens June 20 Hue & Cry is a moving and funny play exploring grief and its inevitable fallout. Two Dublin cousins, Damian and Kevin are reunited on the eve of a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of denial, disillusion and dark laughter. FIREWORKS by Iseult Golden | Opens July 11 Fireworks is a delicious and quirky tale of love and robbery! The story unfolds in the dead of the night, when a masked man climbs silently into a building, a bag full of explosives and a safe full of money. Trouble is someone else is breaking in that night and he's not happy to see her! What follows is a delightful concoction of near misses, lovers' tiffs and a slapstick game of hide and seek culminating in an explosive finale! TIC, by Elizabeth Moynihan | Opens August 1 Set in Ireland in 1890, this intriguing tale of threatened love explores the predicament of a beautiful Anglo-Irish woman afflicted by a condition no one understands. In this unforgiving time of ignorance and superstition, can a couple's love overcome a society's rigid intolerance? All three plays have be published in one volume `Txts' which will make a great memento or gift for friends and audiences. BOOK EARLY TO AVIOD DISSAPOINTMENT

[E]Fever..the story of Peggy Lee : 24th June 2007

Label : THE STORY OF PEGGY LEE
Musical style : Jazz
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : 18 euro/ 15 conc
Days of week : friday
Reviews : "susannah has everything needed to interpret the songs associated with peggy lee-voice,timing, a sense of rythm and a feeling for the nuances of a lyric" g farren sunday indo
About the event : the life and work of Peggy Lee get a workout with susannah de wrixon and the Phil ware trio, it is a great story and wonderful songs that tell of her life , her ups and downs her successes and failures... this show has already been around the block if you haven,t seen it you are missing out.. jazz fans take note.

[L]LunchTime Theatre: Tall Tales Theatre Company in association with Bewley's Café Theatre presentThe World Premiere of FIREWORKS by Iseult Golden : 10th July - 28th July 2007 :  10th July 2007 - 28th July 2007

Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : All perfs daily at 1.10pm (Doors opens from 12.50pm)
Cost : € 15/€13 [includes light lunch ] SEASON TICKET - ALL THREE PLAYS € 36
Director : Alan King
Actors : Dorothy Cotter, John Cronin & Neil Watkins,
Author : Iseult Golden
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Daily Mon- Sat
Reviews : This kooky caper if such fantastic fun” Sunday Independent "an exciting and entertaining comedy " METRO “Alan King directs with an excellent eye for movement and detail…” Sunday Independent “The script is as sharp as a needle…” Sunday Independent
About the event : FIREWORKS is a delicious and quirky tale of love and robbery! The story unfolds in the dead of the night, when a masked man climbs silently into a building, a bag full of explosives and a safe full of money. Trouble is someone else is breaking in that night and he's not happy to see her! What follows is a delightful concoction of near misses, lovers' tiffs and a slapstick game of hide and seek culminating in an explosive finale!

[L]LUNCHTIME THEATRE: Tall Tales Theatre Company in association with Bewley's Café Theatre presentThe World Premiere of TIC by Elizabeth Moynihan :  30th July 2007 - 18th August 2007

Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : All perfs daily at 1.10pm (Doors opens from 12.50pm)
Cost : € 15/€13 [includes light lunch ]
Director : Geoff Gould
Actors : Alison McKenna, Russell Smith, Aoife Duffin and Denis Foley
Author : Elizabeth Moynihan
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Mon-Sat
Other : Previews 30th , 31st July. Opens Aug 1st
About the event : Set in Ireland in 1890, this intriguing tale of threatened love explores the predicament of a beautiful Anglo-Irish woman afflicted by a condition no one understands. In this unforgiving time of ignorance and superstition, can a couple's love overcome a society's rigid intolerance?BOOKING EARLY IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT

[E]Bewleys Cafe Theatre presents Mark DuBerry : 3rd August 2007

Musical style : electro-acoustic/progressive/jazz-fusion
Venue : Bewleys Café Theatre
Time : Doors open 8.30 pm
Cost : 10 euro
Booking : +3538688784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Friday
Other : Garvan Gallagher on bass and Steve Hogan on drums
Reviews : "This album is a delicious feast - dig in and enjoy!¨ - from reviews on CD-Baby ¨Mark DuBerry is a songwriter blending the likes of jazz rock, electronic, prog rock and synth based compositions. This 8 track album is a lovely blend of jazzy electric guitars, some almost classical acoustic guitar sounds and lush washes of synth. The overall sounds range from the almost Steve Reich like repetitive guitar sounds of opening track Tribute to a much more prog rock sounding version of the likes of The Future Sound of London, take in a bit of seventies breezy jazz rock along the way and you end up with a highly entertaining album.¨ - from a review at Road Records, Dublin
About the event : Bewleys Cafe Theatre presents Mark DuBerry plays Head Room, with Garvan Gallagher on bass and Steve Hogan on drums: 3rd August 2007 http://www.markduberry.com About the event: "Head Room takes you on a personal tour of your imagination.¨

[E]Live At The Oriental Room - An Evening with Celine Carroll : 10th August 2007

Musical style : singer/songwriter
Venue : Bewleys Cafe Theatre
Time : Doors 8 30
Cost : €15
Booking : 086 8784001
Days of week : friday
Reviews : Reviews:' We don't really need another singer/songwriter but when they're this good, you just have to re-arrange the furniture and make room'....Jackie Hayden Hotpress Magazine.
About the event : CELINE'S music has been described from Soft-Jazz to Bluesy Country to Damn Fine Acoustic Soul. An accomplished Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, pianist, she simply writes songs that suit everyone. Onstage she delivers a live acoustic performance of groove,dynamics,passionate lyrics and melody-driven songs with her band. And with buckets of soul, she is a songwriter who will draw you in on the opening chord. This girl packs the place every time she played Bewleys....You've gotta see her

[E]LIVE at the Oriental Room – Margaret Stewart with The Hugh Buckley Trio :  17th August 2007 - 18th August 2007

Time : Doors @ 8pm
Cost : €18
Days of week : Friday and Saturday
About the event : Don’t miss Margaret’s last show before heading back to the U.S. It will be and eclectic show, with a bit of Jazz, Blues and whatever else suites her fancy. And you never know who may drop by to sit in. Margaret’s shows sell out so make reservations early.

[E]LIVE at the Oriental Room - Robbie McDonald : 19th August 2007

Time : Doors @ 8.30
Cost : 10
Booking : 0868784001 or info@beweyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Sunday
About the event : The current issue of GCN gave Mighty Quiet a four out of four-star review, referring to Mighty Quiet as "one hell of a debut." Current press: "Gay relationships often take unexpected turns, but when singer/songwriter Robbie McDonald suggested that his boyfriend take up meditation, it was the beginning of a very strange end, and a brilliant debut... It's a quiet, spiritual album that can't stop itself from bursting forth with a kind of post-Sondheim Broadway flavour, like Hedwig and the Angry Inch meets Damien Rice." GCN, Ireland "Immediately one of my all-time favourite CDs."

[E]Live At The Oriental Room - The Mysterious Chords : 24th August 2007

Time : Doors @ 8.30pm
Cost : €10
Booking : 0868784001 or info@bewleyscafetheatre.com
Days of week : Friday
About the event : The Mysterious Chords were formed in 2002 by Pat Fagan. The line up is Pat Fagan (acoustic guitar and vocals), Troy Devaney (Vocals) and Kieran Cox (guitar). Their songs have been described as melodic and the vocal harmonies and acoustic guitar playing have helped to establish ‘The Mysterious Chords’ as exciting live performers. Influences range from Lennon & McCartney, Paul Simon, Neil Young up to the Classical Guitar greats of John Williams, Segovia etc. If you are a fan of the acoustic guitar or any of the above legendary performers you will definitely enjoy one of The Mysterious Chords gigs.

[E]LIVE at the Oriental Room - Cormac O Caiomh : 31st August 2007

Time : Doors @8.30
Cost : €10 (includes 2 free cds!)
Booking : 0868784001 or info@beweyscafetheatre.com<