Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ENTERTAINMENT
MOTHER
(Copper Alley, Exchange St; cover €10; 11pm-3.30am Sat; all city centre)
The best club night in the
city is ostensibly a gay night but does not discriminate: clubbers of every sexual orientation
come for the sensational DJs who throw down a mixed bag of disco, synth-pop and other
danceable styles.
CLUB
WORKMAN'S CLUB
( 01-670 6692;
www.theworkmansclub.com
;
10 Wellington Quay; all city centre)
A 300-capacity venue
and bar in the former workingmen's club of Dublin, this new spot puts the emphasis on
keeping away from the mainstream, which means a broad range of performers, from singer-
songwriters to electronic cabaret.
LIVE MUSIC
BUTTON FACTORY
( 01-670 0533; Curved St; all city centre)
This venue offers a wide selection of musical acts,
from traditional Irish music to drum and bass (and all things in between), to a non-image-
conscious crowd. One night you might be shaking your glow light to a thumping live set by
a top DJ and the next you'll be shifting from foot to foot as an esoteric Finnish band drag
their violin bows over their electric guitar strings.
LIVE MUSIC
NEW THEATRE
( 01-670 3361;
www.thenewtheatre.com
; 43 East Essex St; adult/child €15/8; all city centre)
This small
theatre's location above a left-wing bookshop should be a guide to the kind of thinking that
informs most of the performances taking place on its small stage. It's all about having a so-
cial conscience, whether by promoting new work by emerging playwrights or putting on
established works that highlight society's injustices.
THEATRE
HA'PENNY BRIDGE INN
( 01-677 0616; 42 Wellington Quay; adult/concession €6/5; all city centre)
A traditional old bar that has
Irish music downstairs on Sunday and Wednesdays, and comedy upstairs at the long-estab-
TRADITIONAL & FOLK
