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Earwicker's Dream

Ireland Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin DLR Lexicon
14 Sep 2025
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Following on from the success of their tour around James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’, Janet Moran and Ronan Guilfoyle join forces again, this time to explore the intricacies of Joyce’s final novel ‘Finnegan’s Wake’. Janet is an award-winning actor and playwright, and Ronan is one of Ireland’s best-known jazz musicians, with an international career spanning more than forty years. ‘Earwicker’s Dream’ is a concert piece that unites spoken word, jazz composition and improvisation, and explores the central characters in the book.

Joyce’s brilliant text will be illuminated by a wonderful band featuring the legendary guitarist Nguyen Le - a giant figure in French jazz and famed for creating diverse projects with songs from different traditions and languages - Michael Buckley, Ireland’s leading jazz saxophonist, while innovative Irish drummer Matthew Jacobson completes the band. This will be a programme full of humour, pathos, insights into Joyce’s world, all accompanied by an improvising group at the top of their game.

Janet Moran – Spoken Word
Ronan Guilfoyle – Bass, Composition
Nguyen Le – Guitar
Michael Buckley – Saxophones
Matthew Jacobson – Drums 

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dlr Libraries along with the Arts Office form part of the Economic, Community and Cultural Development Department in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The county has eight branch libraries serving the educational and recreational needs of all who live, work or study in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area. Current library membership is 58,000 and continues to grow. 1.4 million books were issued last year.