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Bloomsday Festival 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monday, 16 June 2025 at 4pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Join us at The James Joyce Centre for a special Bloomsday performance of Declan Gorman<\/strong>‘s acclaimed one-act play The Dubliners Dilemma<\/strong><\/em> on Monday, June 16th at 4pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dubliners Dilemma<\/em> was premiered in Ireland in 2012 and has toured to Norway, USA, India, Russia, and all over Ireland. Described as a \u201ctruly mesmerizing performance\u201d (Metro Herald<\/em>), it finds London publisher Grant Richards re-reading the manuscript of Dubliners <\/em>in 1914, eight full years after he initially rejected it on the grounds it might breach strict obscenity laws. Joyce\u2019s Dublin comes to wild life around him, a city of innocence and perversion: of sexual predators, gigolos, gamblers and drinkers mingling among street children, housemaids and exquisite concert singers. Entranced again by the literary gifts of the truculent Irish author who refused to change a single word, Richards must decide whether to take the risk second time around, and be the one finally to bring the genius of Joyce to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and performed by Declan Gorman. Directed by Gerard Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGorman holds the audience enraptured throughout with a truly mesmerising performance. This original adaptation is by no means exclusively for die-hard Joyce fans, making a brilliant introduction for newcomers!\u201d Metro Herald<\/em>, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGorman is a compelling performer, at his best when undertaking childhood roles and in his element with Joyce\u2019s obsequious characters \u2026 an animated and intelligent performance.\u201d Irish Theatre Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are \u20ac15.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Bloomsday Festival<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is organised by\u00a0The James Joyce Centre<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in partnership with F\u00e1ilte Ireland, Olhausen\u2019s Sausages, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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