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BLOOMSDAY FESTIVAL LIVE EVENTS
As long as there’s been a Bloomsday, there have been new and exciting Joycean experiences to be had. This year is no different with everything from site specific performances to virtual reality experiments. Here is a run down of some exciting live events as part of this years Bloomsday Festival.
Bloomsday at Sweny’s Pharmacy
1 Lincoln Pl, Dublin 2, D02 VP65
12th-16th June | Free Admission
Sweny’s Pharmacy is famously featured in the fifth chapter of Joyce’s Ulysses, known as the ‘Lotus Eaters’ episode. This delightful little shop has survived since 1847 and today still has all its original fixtures and fittings.
Now run by volunteers, Sweny’s opens its doors to welcome people on their Bloomsday adventure. Wait by the counter like Leopold Bloom, absorbing the authentic atmosphere. Watch the chemist at work with his herbs and ointments among “all his alabaster lilypots”.Pick up a bar of lemon soap that you can carry with you all day, just like Bloom. Get involved in a reading of Ulysses, enjoy a cup of tea and share epic tales about your own life. You might even get a chance to join in an Edwardian singsong.
On Bloomsday itself, there will be merriment in this hidden Joycean gem throughout the day and into the evening, including Kennedy’s Pub across the street at which there will be readings and performances. Further information: http://www.sweny.ie
Bloomsday at Glasnevin Cemetery
16th June | 11am onward
Glasnevin Cemetery has been celebrating Bloomsday since 2010 and it’s now a firm favourite for Bloomsday pilgrims. On 16 June 1904, Glasnevin was the venue for the funeral of the fictional Paddy Dignam, attended by Joyce’s protagonist Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. This year to celebrate this historic date Experience Glasnevin will run a series of events including a Joycean exhibition, a new Ulysses guide, a re-enactment of the ‘Hades’ episode of Ulysses performed by the Joycestagers, and a Joycean tour of the cemetery itself. Events start at 11am with a re-enactment of the funeral procession from the Hades episode of Ulysses. At noon there will be a Joycean tour of the Glasnevin Cemetary at the cost of €13 (€11 conc.)
Bloomsday at Davy Byrne’s
21 Duke Street, Dublin 2, D02 K380
16th-17th June | 12pm onward | Free Admission
Davy Byrnes pub opened its doors in 1889. Thirty one years later it was thrust in to international fame with the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses when Leopold Bloom visits for a glass of burgundy and a gorgonzola cheese sandwich in the Lestrygonians episode. Bloom stands and chats with the owner, Davy Byrne, about life and his appetite before continuing on his odyssey. Ever since Bloomsday has been celebrated, Davy Byrnes has been at its heart.
This year, the iconic pub will be hosting two days of festivities to mark the day with music, performances, and readings from Joyce’s Ulysses. Bring Ulysses to life in this historic city centre environment! Further information: davybyrnes.com
Nora: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle & James Joyce in conversation with Nuala O’Connor
Alliance Française, 1 Kildare St, Dublin 2, D02 TP94
June 15th | 6:00pm | Free admission
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce, Alliance Française Dublin is delighted to welcome Irish writer Nuala O’Connor.
Nuala’s fifth novel, Nora: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, which has been selected as the One Dublin One Book choice for 2022, is the life story of Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce. Nuala has curated the Love, Says Bloom exhibition currently exhibited at The Museum of Literature Ireland.
An event for book lovers chaired by Jean-Philippe Imbert, Professor of Comparative Literature and Sexuality Studies at DCU.
XR Ulysses
James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1, D01 WK44
14th June | 5.30pm | Free Admission
XR Ulysses is a creative project investigating possibilities for live performance using three-dimensional (3D) filming techniques in conjunction with extended reality (XR) technologies, including virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).
It is part of a series of ongoing innovative performance experiments (in Trinity College’s departments of Computer Science and Drama) hybridizing theatre and digital media. Visitors are invited to don a head-mounted display (HMD) and immerse themselves in scenes from Joyce’s book or engage characters using smartphones or tablets. The represented scenes include Buck Mulligan’s famous speech about death from the opening scene on the top of the Martello Tower at Sandycove (from Episode 1,‘Telemachus’), and Stephen Dedalus’ satirical “Parisian Parleyvoo” in Bella Cohen’s, (from Episode 15, ‘Circe’)
Bloomsday Tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland St, Dublin, D02 VR66
16th June | 11am | Free Admission
Heaney once said that the English language itself is opened “like an accordion…at the hands of a musician” in Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. Join us for a special Bloomsday Festival tour of ‘Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again’ as our guides explain some interesting connections with James Joyce and give you an insight into Heaney’s life.
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