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waxworks is inconsistent - some look like the result of a hastily conceived school project.
Still, the Chamber of Horrors (Dracula has a starring role) is pretty good. The 'plus' in the
name refers to the interactive use of video and music.
ORIGINAL PRINT GALLERY
GALLERY
( 01-677 3657;
www.originalprint.ie
;
Black Church Studio, 4 Temple Bar; 10.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat, 2-5pm
Sun; all city centre)
F
This gallery specialises in original, limited-edition prints, including
etchings, lithographs and silk-screens, mostly by Irish artists.
HANDEL WITH CARE
In 1742 the nearly broke GF Handel conducted the very first performance of his epic work
Messiah
in the since-
demolished
Neal's Music Hall
on Fishamble St, the city's oldest street. Ironically, Jonathon Swift - author of
Gulliver's Travels
and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral - suggested the choirs of St Patrick's and Christchurch par-
ticipate, but then he revoked his invitation, vowing to 'punish such vicars for their…rebellion, disobedience, per-
fidy and ingratitude.' The concert went ahead nonetheless, and the celebrated work is now performed in Dublin
annually at the original spot - now a hotel that bears the composer's name.
