Bloomsday Film Festival: Ulysses – A Magic Lantern Odyssey

The James Joyce Centre presents Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Odyssey, a one-of-a-kid visual show popular during Joyce’s time!

Join us in Belvedere House on Sunday, 14th June at 5.30pm for a magical performance in celebration of James Joyce’s novel.

Playing with the kind of entertainments familiar to Joyce in Late Victorian and Edwardian Dublin, this is a fun creative take on several key episodes in Joyce’s novel. Devised by magic lanternists Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker, the show is inspired by Keith Williams’s groundbreaking book on popular Victorian media in Joyce’s work: James Joyce and Cinematicity: Before and After Film.

Using a magnificent ‘triunial’ (or three lens) brass and mahogany magic lantern, Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Odyssey features original lantern slides from the period alongside specially created modern slides. With live narration by Les Doherty and musical accompaniment by Chris Guilfoyle (guitar) and Morgan Cooke (piano).

Tickets are €10.