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Celebrate autumn with us at the James Joyce Centre with four exciting events!
** Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Comet
Saturday, 1st November at 6.30pm
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Prepare for a dazzling evening where literature meets the cosmos. On All Hallows’ Day (1st November) at 6.30pm, journalist and Joyce scholar Senan Molony unveils a striking new celestial discovery hidden within James Joyce’s Ulysses.
What if the blazing trail of Halley’s Comet streaks not only through the heavens, but through the very pages of the 20th century’s greatest novel? Join us as Molony explores how Joyce’s fascination with astronomy, astrology, and cosmic symbolism illuminates the intertwined fates of Leopold Bloom, Molly, and Blazes Boylan — each orbiting their destinies like heavenly bodies in an eternal dance. Timed to coincide with the arrival of a new interstellar visitor to our solar system in late 2025, this lecture invites you to look upward — and inward.
Doors open at 6pm. The event is free but booking is essential.
** Stories from Dubliners: A Volta Theatre Production
Saturday, 15th November at 7pm
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The Volta Theatre Company, in association with Bewley’s Café Theatre (https://www.bewleyscafetheatre.com/?mc_cid=6d11171ef4&mc_eid=UNIQID) and the James Joyce Centre, presents Stories from Dubliners on Saturday, 15th November 2025 at 7pm.
Back by popular demand, Volta’s celebrated adaptation of Dubliners has been expanded to include adaptations of four stories from Joyce’s debut work: “Eveline,” “Two Gallants,” “A Little Cloud,” and “Counterparts.”
These four short stories from Joyce’s debut work are vivid ‘slices of life’ from early 20th century Dublin. Stunningly accompanied by live music, the stories portray a society in paralysis in immaculately detailed scenes: in “Eveline,” a young woman agonises over eloping to Buenas Aires with her sailor lover. In “Two Gallants,” a sordid pair of ne-er-do-wells mooch around Dublin on the make. “A Little Cloud” sees a sensitive soul thrown by a meeting with an old college friend back from London, while “Counterparts” takes us on a doomed pub crawl with an ungainly, bad-tempered law clerk.
At once funny and tragic, Joyce’s tales are populated with an array of colourful characters who remain entirely contemporary, despite the bowler hats and Edwardian collars.
Adapted and directed by Jim Roche and Liam Hourican
Starring Oliver Flitcroft, Liam Hourican, Gillian Roberts, and Jim Roche
Keyboard and violin: Feilimidh Nunan
Clarinet: Conor Shiels
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets €25.
** Lotus Eater: Songs & Verses from the Poetry Stroll
Saturday, 22nd November at 7pm
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Through music, poetry, and storytelling, The Poetry Stroll (https://www.poetrystroll.com/?mc_cid=6d11171ef4&mc_eid=UNIQID) brings to life the history and literary landmarks of Dublin on Saturday, 22nd November 2025 at 7pm.
After a year of tracing the footsteps of James Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell — and many others — around Sweny’s Pharmacy, Merrion Square Park, and Finn’s Hotel, the songs and verses performed during The Poetry Stroll have now been gathered on an album Lotus Eater: Songs & Verses.
Join us for an evening of Joycean songs, poetry set to music, and a few original pieces into the bargain — by singer-songwriter Remco Jacobs, aka the Lotus Eater.
Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets are €10.
** A Christmas Carol
Friday & Saturday, 12th & 13th December at 7pm
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Bewley’s Café Theatre (https://www.bewleyscafetheatre.com/?mc_cid=6d11171ef4&mc_eid=UNIQID) and the James Joyce Centre present Charles Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol! Watch as you are transported back to Victorian London and follow the heartwarming journey of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Performed by Michael James Ford, Sinead Murphy, and Sam Ford, the performance will take you on Scrooge’s ghostly journey to redemption, accompanied by a richly atmospheric live musical score. A sell-out hit at the Viking Theatre for the past nine years, it is the perfect way to experience Dickens’ masterpiece and share his world of phantoms, darkness, merriment, and everlasting goodwill.
“Don’t miss this delightful version of the classic.” Sunday Independent
“…fine dramatic storytelling…perfect for the season.” Red Curtain Review
“It lingers in the mind…it really is superb.” Donnchadh O’Laoire
Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets are €20.
The James Joyce Centre makes great effort to keep our events free and open to the public. We rely upon public and private donations in order to do so. We would greatly appreciate it if you would consider making a donation.
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The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/?mc_cid=6d11171ef4&mc_eid=UNIQID) .
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