THEATRE
Through a Glass Darkly
Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Until Dec 5 8pm €12-€22
projectartscentre.ie
It is unlikely that Karin, the focus of this stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman 1962 film, missed her calling as a travel agent. Holidays, she decides, are “lumps of time without any distractions”, opportunities “to look straight ahead and stare into the abyss”. The reason for this cheery sland getaway is to spend some time with the men in her life: an emotionally absent author father, an overprotective husband, and a wary adolescent brother. Already prone to mental illness, the marginalised Karin begins to slip between realities, almost the only agency afforded to her.
Corn Exchange’s attractively severe new staging gives a grey stateliness to what could be Karin’s mental disintegration or her radical emancipation. As the biblical reference of the title hints, it all depends on how you see things.
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ART
The Future Is Self-Organised
– Artist-Run Spaces
Limerick City Gallery, Pery Sq,
Until Jan 15 gallery.limerick.ie
Artist-run spaces, often combining studio facilities with exhibition programmes, have become a staple throughout Ireland, from Pallas in Dublin to 126 in Galway, Catalyst Arts in Belfast to The Black Mariah in Cork, not to mention Occupy Space in Limerick. Pallas Projects kicks off its 20th birthday series of projects with a survey featuring work and documentation, placing such spaces in the overall cultural context. AD
HOUSE
Detroit Swindle
Electric, Galway 11pm ¤7/¤5
electricgalway.com
One of the best BBC Essential Mixes of 2015 is the one Dutch duo Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets produced a few months back. It was the perfect showcase for the exquisite, bespoke house style that has become Detroit Swindle’s brand over the past couple of years. Their work includes the swaggering Figure of Speech EP for Freerange, the wide range of tracks they’ve put out on their own Heist label, and banging appearances at clubs worldwide – from Berlin’s Panorama Bar to this fine establishment in the wild, west.
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