Free Events: Aidan Bishop Previews ‘Misspelled’ @ The International Bar

Irish comedy’s heartthrob Aidan Bishop (hey, it’s not often they’re good lookin’, it’s worth the mention) is heading off to Edinburgh pretty soon for his fourth consecutive run at the Fringe. Before he does, he’s doing a week of preview shows at The International Bar on Wicklow Street (‘The Inter’ to regulars) and they’re 100% free in. Interested? ‘Misspelled’ is described as a ‘brand new stand-up comedy show’ in which ‘Aidan Bishop asks if dyslexics make the best comedians’. The resident MC at the Inter and well known brother-of-Des grew up with undiagnosed dyslexia and the new one-hour show explores his childhood and how dyslexia has changed his life. Sounds like heavy going, but they say tragedy breeds comedy and we’ve heard on the grapevine that this one’s worth a look. Running Monday 18th to Friday 22nd at 7.15pm (doors at 7pm) it’s totally free and 100% misspelled.

Made In Temple Bar Festival, July 15th to 24th.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Temple Bar’s regeneration as Dublin’s Cultural Quarter, over the next ten days, Temple Bar is the place to be for arts and culture in the capital, with its Cultural Trust having organised an impressive array of events covering music, theatre, comedy, visual arts, film and family. In fact, the whole thing is just so impressive that I’m going to liberally slice from their press release. There are dozens of really interesting, unique events planned and it’s difficult to predict highlights. Liberally sprinkled on the smörgåsbord are such delights as… Conversations about Culture, a unique outdoor photographic exhibition which will change every day featuring images of people as they pass through Temple Bar during the festival and their opinions on culture. Movies on the Street: Two movies also celebrating anniversaries this year will be screened on Cow’s Lane - Breakfast at Tiffany’s which is 50 … There’s more