2022/2023 SCHEDULE
Welcome to our 2022/2023 Event Cinema season at Light House Dublin and Pálás Galway. This season we’re bringing you another colourful, varied programme of opera, ballet, theatre, art and music from from around the world. Provocative, visually stunning and filled with world class talent, prepare to witness these breath-taking performances on the big screen. All our Event Cinema performances have allocated seating so you can choose “the best seat in the house” for every visit.
Why not visit us early or stay after the performance to enjoy glass of wine, craft beer or cocktail in our bar which you can also take into the screen with you.
Book your tickets online or at our box office in person from 12pm daily or over the phone from 2pm daily.
We look forward to welcoming you!
LIGHT HOUSE CINEMA
www.lighthousecinema.ie
01 872 8006
2pm – 6pm daily
(Box office phone lines)
Smithfield, Dublin 7
PÁLÁS CINEMA www.palas.ie
091 394 800 2pm – 6pm daily
(Box office phone lines)
15 Merchants Rd Lower, Galway
Madama
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.
Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
LIVE: TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER | 7:15PM (190 mins)
AIDA
Love and duty collide and nations clash in Verdi’s political drama, starring Elena Stikhina and Angel Blue and conducted by Antonio Pappano and Mark Elder.
Robert Carsen
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER | 6:45PM (205 mins)
LA BOHÈME
Puccini’s opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak features a star-studded cast, conducted by Kevin John Edusei, Evelino Pidò and Paul Wynne Griffiths.
Robert Carsen
LIVE: THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER | 7:15PM (180 mins)
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
With vocal fireworks, scheming lovers and one very busy barber, Rossini’s comic opera is packed with fun and mischief.
Moshe Leiser / Patrice Caurier
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY | 7:00PM (225 mins)
TURANDOT
Puccini’s final opera is a glorious pageant of rich colour, dance and drama in Andrei Serban’s classic staging.
Andrei Serban
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH | 7:15PM (200 mins)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness.
David McVicar
RECORDED: THURSDAY 27 APRIL | 6:45PM (240 mins)
IL TROVATORE
A devastating curse rises from the ashes in Verdi’s monumental tale of superstition and rivalry.
Adele Thomas
LIVE: TUESDAY 13 JUNE | 7:15PM (205 mins)
MAYERLING
Dangerous desires, family secrets and political intrigues – a true story told through ballet.
Kenneth MacMillan
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER | 7:15PM (205 mins)
A DIAMOND CELEBRATION
A dazzling showcase marking 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House.
Various
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER | 7:15PM (TBC)
THE NUTCRACKER
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family.
Peter Wright ENCORE: SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER | 2:00PM (165 mins)
LIVE: THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER | 7:15PM (165 mins)
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Tita’s emotions are transferred through her food to those who eat it and as her mood changes the consequences for those around her become ever more startling.
Christopher Wheeldon
RECORDED: THURSDAY 19 JANUARY | 7:15PM (190 mins)
CINDERELLA
Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score.
Frederick Ashton
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL | 7:15PM (205 mins)
The Sleeping Beauty
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TICKET PRICES: ADULT €18 | CHILD €10
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Magic and fairytale characters are brought to life through ballet – a family favourite.
Marius Petipa
LIVE: WEDNESDAY 24 MAY | 7:15PM (180 mins)
Hopper
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN TICKET PRICES: ADULT €15 | CHILD €12
HOPPER
Phil Grabsky
RECORDED: TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER | 6:30PM (90 mins)
ENCORE: SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER | 12:00PM (90 mins)
CÉZANNE: PORTRAITS OF A LIFE
This film takes audiences to the places Cézanne lived and worked and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps one of the least known and yet most important of all the Impressionists.
Phil Grabsky
RECORDED: TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER | 6:30PM (85 mins)
ENCORE: SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER | 12:00PM (85 mins)
MARY CASSATT: PAINTING THE MODERN WOMANLIFE
A riveting tale of great social and cultural change; a time when women were fighting for their rights and the language of art was completely re-written.
Ali Ray ENCORE: SUNDAY 12 MARCH | 12:00PM (90 mins)
RECORDED: WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH | 6:30PM (90 mins)
VERMEER: THE BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION
This new Exhibition on Screen film invites audiences to a private view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curator of the show.
David Bickerstaff
RECORDED: TUESDAY 18 APRIL | 6:30PM (90 mins)
ENCORE: SUNDAY 23 APRIL | 12:00PM (90 mins)
TOKYO STORIES
A beautifully illustrated and richly detailed film, looking at a city which has undergone constant destruction and renewal over its 400-year history, resulting in one of the most vibrant and interesting cities on the planet.
David Bickerstaff
RECORDED: TUESDAY 23 MAY | 6:30PM (90 mins)
ENCORE: SUNDAY 28 MAY | 12:00PM (90 mins)
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN 87 Combined with expert interviews, diaries, and a startling visual reflection of American life, Hopper brings to life America’s arguably most influential artist.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN
After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish.
Emily Burns | Caroline Quentin, Laurie Davidson, Natalie Simpson, Kelvin Fletcher
RECORDED: THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER | 8:00PM (180 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER | 12:00PM (180 mins)
THE SEAGULL
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) makes her West End debut in this 21st century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness.
Jamie Lloyd | Emilia Clarke, Tom Rhys Harries, Daniel Monks, Sophie Wu, Indira Varma
RECORDED: THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER | 7:00PM (180 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER | 12:30PM (180 mins)
THE CRUCIBLE
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power.
Lyndsey Turner | Erin Doherty, Brendan Cowell
RECORDED: THURSDAY 26 JANUARY | 7:00PM (180 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 31 JANUARY | 12:00PM (180 mins)
OTHELLO
An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).
Clint Dyer | Giles Terera, Rosie McEwan, Paul Hilton
RECORDED: THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY | 7:00PM (180 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY | 12:00PM (180 mins)
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE TICKET PRICES: ADULT €15 | CHILD €12
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MEDEA
Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance.
Carlo Rizzi | Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, Janai Brugger
LIVE: SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER | 5:55PM (186 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER | 12:00PM (186 mins)
LA TRAVIATA
Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy.
Daniele Callegari | Nadine Sierra, Stephen Costello, Luca Salsi
LIVE: SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER | 4:55PM (191 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER | 12:00PM (191 mins)
THE HOURS
The powerful story follows three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, Kathleen Kim
LIVE: SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER | 5:55PM (193 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER | 12:00PM (193 mins)
FEDORA
Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations, Fedora requires a cast of thrilling voices to take flight, and the Met’s new production promises to deliver.
Marco Armiliato | Sonya Yoncheva, Rosa Feola, Piotr Beczala, Artur Rucinski
LIVE: SATURDAY 14 JANUARY | 5:55PM (161 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 17 JANUARY | 12:00PM (161 mins)
LOHENGRIN
Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud, who seeks to lay her low.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Piotr Beczala, Evgeny Nikitin
LIVE: SATURDAY 18 MARCH | 4:00PM (294 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 21 MARCH | 12:00PM (294 mins)
FALSTAFF
Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy.
Daniele Rustioni | Hera Hyesang Park, Ailyn Pérez, Marie-Nicole Lemieux
LIVE: SATURDAY 1 APRIL | 5:30PM (180 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 4 APRIL | 12:00PM (180 mins)
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart.
Simone Young | Lise Davidsen, Erin Morley, Isabel Leonard, Katharine Goeldner
LIVE: SATURDAY 15 APRIL | 5:00PM (282 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 18 APRIL | 12:00PM (282 mins)
CHAMPION
Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Lationa Moore, Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Stephanie Blythe
LIVE: SATURDAY 29 APRIL | 5:55PM (200 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 2 MAY | 12:00PM (200 mins)
DON GIOVANNI
Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re- setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the dark corners of the story and its characters.
Nathalie Stutzmann| Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, Ying Fang, Ben Bliss, Peter Mattei
LIVE: SATURDAY 20 MAY | 5:55PM (194 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 23 MAY | 12:00PM (194 mins)
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DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
(The Magic Flute) A daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best production I’ve ever witnessed of Mozart’s opera.”
Nathalie Stutzmann | Erin Morley, Kathryn Lewek, Lawrence Brownlee, Brenton Ryan, Thomas Oliemans
LIVE: SATURDAY 3 JUNE | 5:55PM (210 mins)
ENCORE: TUESDAY 6 JUNE | 12:00PM (210 mins)
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GRATEFUL DEAD MEET UP ‘22
This highly anticipated fan event, “Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022” is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of one of the Grateful Dead’s most iconic gigs from the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Apr. 17, 1972.
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron McKernan, Keith Godchaux, Donna Jean Godchaux
RECORDED: TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER | 8:30PM (100 mins)
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SMITHFIELD, DUBLIN 7, D07 R6YE
15 MERCHANTS RD LOWER, GALWAY, H91 F6DF
1 QUEEN STREET CAR PARK
2 SMITHFIELD LUAS STATION
3 CHURCH STREET BUS STOP
4 BLACKHALL PLACE BUS STOP
AARAN QUAY BUS STOP
1 min 3 mins 5 mins 5 mins 7 mins
1 JURYS CAR PARK
HYNES CAR PARK
Q PARK EYRE SQAURE
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2 mins 3 mins 4 mins 8 mins 8 mins
BY FOOT: Temple Bar Area: 15 mins / O’Connell Street area: 20 mins / Grafton Street area: 30 mins
PLAN YOUR VISIT DUBLIN GALWAY PLAN YOUR VISIT BY BUS: Stop 401 Spanish Arch / Stop 424 Jurys Inn Hotel
BY BUS: Stop 1647 Blackhall Place, Law Society: 37, 39, 39a, 70 / Stop 1477 Arran Quay, Church Street: 25, 25a, 25b, 25x, 26, 37, 39, 39a, 51d, 51x, 66, 66a, 66b, 66x, 67, 67x, 69, 70, 79, 79a, 90, 145 / Stop 1615, Mary’s Lane: 83
BY LUAS: Stop Smithfield, Red Luas Line: From The Point: 12 mins / From Busaras: 7 mins / From Abbey Street: 5 mins
For nearby bike parking, Dublin Bike stations, and car parks please use the above map as a guide. Be sure to avail of our special rate in Queen Street Park Rite car park – ask at box office for more information.
BY FOOT: Galway Train Station: 10mins / National University of Ireland Galway: 15mins / Town Hall Theatre: 11mins / Spanish Arch: 1min
5 For nearby bike parking, Bikeshare stations, and car parks please use the above map as a guide. Be sure to avail of our special rate in Park Rite Hynes Yard car park, Mer chants Rd – ask at box office for more information