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BLOOMSDAY IN DUBLIN 2025

For full details of this year's Bloomsday walks and our evening show at the historic Wynn's Hotel on Monday 16th June, please visit https://balloonaticstheatre.com/

Balloonatics are back once again and will be spanning the day with on-location recreations of Ulysses in Dublin city centre.

Join us on Bloomsday throughout the day: we are presenting two theatrical walks (no booking required), one outdoor performance and our traditional evening show in Wynn’s Hotel for which advance booking is advised. Full details here.

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BLOOMSDAY IN DUBLIN 2024

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BLOOMSDAY 2024 - JOIN THE BALLOONATICS

BALLOONATICS are back once again on June 16 and will be spanning the day with on-location recreations of Ulysses in Dublin city centre.

Join us on Bloomsday throughout the day: we are presenting three theatrical walks (no booking required) and our traditional evening performance in Wynn’s Hotel for which advance booking is advised.

This year’s performers are: Mark Wale, Chris Bilton, Paul O’Hanrahan and musician, John Goudie.

STREET THEATRE TOURS (free of charge; cash contribution at end appreciated)

8 am Breakfast at the Blooms

Meet at the corner of Eccles and Dorset Street.

Bloom prepares separate breakfasts for himself and his wife and takes a stroll to the nearby butcher. This tour follows the ‘Calypso’ episode of Ulysses, chapter 4.

10.30 am Bloom collects a letter

Meet at Westland Row, opposite Pearse Station entrance, under the bridge.

This tour follows Bloom’s journey to church and chemist in the ‘Lotus-Eaters’ episode of Ulysses, chapter 5.

3 p.m. Bloom’s afternoon dodges

Meet on the wide side of Grattan Bridge over the Liffey.

This tour visits sites linked with the ‘Sirens’ and ‘Cyclops’ episodes of Ulysses, chapters 11 and 12, and explores Capel Street’s Joyce connections.

EVENING JOYCE PERFORMANCE

7.30 pm Humid Nightblue Fruit

Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street

End your Bloomsday evening at this convivial Joyce gathering in this historic hotel.

This year's Balloonatics performance is

BARACAROLES AND BARRELTONES: MEN IN THE ORMOND

A dramatised reading of the ‘Sirens’ episode and related scenes from Ulysses adapted by Paul O’Hanrahan, who performs with Mark Wale, Chris Bilton and musician John Goudie.

The performance will be followed by audience readings, all welcome to participate.

Advance booking recommended: tickets on Eventbrite, €13 plus booking fee (€15 on door, if not sold out)

Book at this link: https://tinyurl.com/humidnightblue

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Bloomsday in Dublin 2023

Balloonatics are back once again on June 16th.

Long-established Joyce performers, once again we will be spanning the day with on-location recreations of Ulysses in Dublin city centre. Full details of our programme below. All street performances are free but a contribution in the hat is appreciated.

This year's performers are Paul O'Hanrahan and Mark Wale.

Street theatre tours 8 am Breakfast at the Blooms

Meet at the corner of Eccles and Dorset Street. This walk follows the ‘Calypso’ episode of Ulysses, chapter 4.

10.30 am Bloom collects a secret letter

Meet at Westland Row, opposite Pearse Station entrance, under the bridge. This walk follows the ‘Lotus-Eaters’ episode of Ulysses, chapter 5.

3 pm Joyce’s Capel Street

Meet at Grattan Bridge, wide side. This walk explores Capel Street’s Joyce connections and visits sites linked with the ‘Sirens’ and ‘Cyclops’ episodes of Ulysses, chapters 11 and 12.

No advance booking required. Contributions in hat appreciated at end of each event.

Evening event

7.30 pm Humid Nightblue Fruit

Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street

Fathers and Sons: Bloom and Stephen, Simon and Rudy A dramatised reading from Ulysses by Paul O’Hanrahan and Mark Wale.

End your Bloomsday evening at this convivial Joyce gathering in this historic hotel in central Dublin.

The performance will be followed by audience readings: all welcome to participate.

Places are limited, so please do book in advance.

Tickets are available now on Eventbrite, €10 plus booking fee.

Contact

Twitter: @paulohanrahan Facebook: Paul O’Hanrahan, Balloonatics Theatre Company

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London Bloomsday 2023

On Sunday 11 June at 11am, the London Balloonatics are returning to the streets of Tufnell Park, performing entertaining episodes from James Joyce's novel Ulysses: you can follow Leopold Bloom as he heads to the butcher's, makes breakfast for his wife Molly, bumps into acquaintances and ends up in the pub - the Dartmouth Arms plays the part of Davy Byrne's 'moral' establishment.

All free - and no knowledge of the book is needed. Full details and the chance to book your place here.

And you can read a great account of last year's walk from the Camden New Journal here.

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Bloomsday in Dublin 2022

Bloomsday 2022 in Dublin proved to be an epic event: the return of live performances with audiences, and the centenary year of Ulysses itself, first published in February 1922.

The Balloonatics were delighted to welcome record crowds, newcomers and regular Bloomsday attenders alike, to their three walks, at 8am, 10.30am and 12.30pm, with Bloom's breakfast walk also attracting an audience of construction workers on the scaffolding in Eccles Street.

In the evening, the Balloonatics returned once again to Wynn's Hotel, where a packed house enjoyed a new adaptation of the story 'Grace' from Dubliners and a high-energy celebration of a James Joyce Mass, prompting a standing ovation. As usual, the night continued with a wide selection of Joyce readings from the floor, and the communal singing of 'Love's Old Sweet Song' brought a terrific Bloomsday to a rousing close. Here's to next year!

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Balloonatics are BACK on the streets of Dublin: Bloomsday Thursday 16 June 2022

Balloonatics are celebrating Bloomsday and 100 years of Ulysses. For this special post-pandemic, centenary year, we once again offer a sequence of theatrical walks, from early morning to early afternoon.

Each walk is based on an episode from Joyce's epic novel. In the evening we return to Wynn's Hotel, our traditional port of call, for Joyce performances and readings.

Just turn up for the walks: we'll pass the hat en route. For the evening event, admission is by ticket.

8am CALYPSO

Meet at Eccles Townhouse (formerly Aurora), the site of Larry O'Rourke's, the pub on the Eccles Street/Upper Dorset Street corner. For maps click here.

Our odyssey starts with Leopold Bloom's first movements of the day, as he buys a kidney and prepares breakfast for Molly, himself and the cat.

10.30am LOTUS-EATERS

Meet at Westland Row, under the railway bridge, opposite Pearse Station.

Blooms tries to avoid being seen as he collects a letter from a secret correspondent. The circuitous route of the episode is clearer walked than read!

12.30pm LESTRYGONIANS

Meet at the Joyce Statue on North Earl Street. This walks runs via O'Connell Street to Grafton Street

After attending a funeral and a business visit to a newspaper office, Bloom has lunch on the brain as he makes his way through the heart of the Hibernian Metropolis.

7.30pm Evening Show: HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT

Wynn's Hotel, Lower Abbey Street. Advance tickets here or €10 on the night (cash only) if available

Round off your Bloomsday with a set of rehearsed readings from Ulysses, with our cast of five and live music, this year featuring the story 'Grace' from Dubliners, and a celebration of the James Joyce Mass.

Stay on for the Bloomsday Session - impromptu readings and songs from the floor.

Advance tickets available here (inc. booking fee) or you can take your chance on the night €10 (cash only if available).

This year's team of performers hails from Dublin, London and Lisbon. Our Irish and international ensemble is: Paul O'Hanrahan, Chris Bilton, Mark Wale, Paul Dornan and Mick Greer with musician John Goudie.

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BALLOONATICS BLOOMSDAY 2021 Wednesday 16 June:  all the links you need to get connected to Ulysses

Following last year’s merry Zooms around the Joycean cosmos, once again Balloonatics offer to structure your Bloomsday with literary events online.

PART ONE

8 a.m. THE BLOOMS AT BREAKFAST

In the morning we transpose our traditional Bloomsday walk into a dramatized reading online of the ‘Calypso’ episode of Ulysses. Our seasoned team includes actors Mick Greer, Paul Dornan, Chris Bilton, Paul O’Hanrahan and musician John Goudie. Join us after, too, for a post-performance Bloomian cup of tea and chat.

To register and receive a link to join, just click https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-blooms-at-breakfast-balloonatics-bloomsday-2021-tickets-158491998835?aff=ebdssbeac

PART TWO

BALLOONATICS BLOOMSDAY in association with V-SENSE, TCD presents: 3 p.m. JOYCE’S TOWER IN VIRTUAL REALITY

Néill O’Dwyer, a Research Fellow with the V-SENSE project at Trinity College Dublin has been developing ways of animating Joyce using virtual reality. For Bloomsday he has devised a short live performance which uses AltspaceVR to present the opening pages of Ulysses on location in a virtual representation of the Tower in Sandycove.

The event also features actor Cameron Brady and Paul O’Hanrahan who has been working with Néill on the overall concept for the last two years. For something exploratory and different, please join us for a live stream of the performance - just click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFy2VFIuQ_I

PART THREE 

Then in the early evening it’s time to drop in on our long-standing celebration  of Joyce: 

7.30 p.m. HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT 

Our programme for this year’s evening event consists of a first half  performance from Ulysses of Carriage to the Cemetery, Bloom’s horse-drawn  journey across Dublin to Glasnevin to attend the funeral of Paddy Dignam.  

The second half of the evening will consist of readings from the floor by those  attending. Come prepared to join in! 

To register, please just click here

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Balloonatics Bloomsday 2020

Thanks to video technology, Bloomsday with the Balloonatics began at 8am, as usual, but with performers on screens in Dublin, Lisbon, London and beyond, rather than on the city streets.  This year we heard the breakfast preparations and morning errands of Leopold Bloom in the Calypso and Lotus Eaters chapters, interspersed with moments from the Stephen Daedalus episodes Telemachus and Nestor. This was billed as ‘an experiment in approximate parallelism’, as the chapters are set at the same time - and it offered some satisfying and enlightening juxtapositions of events and descriptions. It was a great way to start the day. The Balloonatics readings were part of Awake for Bloom, a day-long event hosted by Michael O’Kelly. 

A Bloomsday fixture at Wynn’s hotel in Dublin for many years, the Balloonatics evening show Humid Nightblue Fruit began at 8pm on Zoom, with a truly global gathering of readers and viewers. It was hosted as usual by Paul O’Hanrahan in Dublin, with fellow Balloonatics in Lisbon and London, along with members of the Joyce Institute of Ireland, and Joyceans from Japan, Greece, Bulgaria, the UK, Mexico and the east and west coasts of the USA.  

Many thanks to Hazel Macmillan for the Zoomsday illustrations. 

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Balloonatics Bloomsday 2020 - what’s happening?

While the Balloonatics are unable to bring the words of James Joyce to the streets this Bloomsday, you can still enjoy Joyce in performance in your own home. 

The Balloonatics have just released Circe Splice a 15 minute audio drama, recorded in isolation, and based on a sequence from Chapter 15 of Ulysses. Click here to listen - and for the full effect, plug in your headphones to join Bloom in Nighttown, as he faces a nightmarish trial, receives the results of an intimate medical examination, and is taunted and threatened - amidst the rattle of trams, the chirp of the cuckoo clock and the exhortations of Elijah. 

EVENTS ON BLOOMSDAY TUESDAY 16 JUNE

LIVE EVENT: GENTLE SUMMER MORNING 

For the early Zoom slot on Bloomsday, 8-10 am, Paul O’Hanrahan invites you to a reading from the morning Bloom chapters, ‘Calypso’ and ‘Lotus-Eaters’, with intervals at suitable junctures for readings by participants of gobbets from the Stephen episodes, ‘Telemachus’ and ‘Nestor’. These pairs of chapters from Ulysses are set at the same time so it will be an experiment in approximate parallelism! Just click Awake for Bloom to join.  

Awake for Bloom, hosted by Michael O’Kelly, will be open all day for virtual Bloomsday participants to listen to, read and discuss all things Joyce.  

LIVE EVENT: HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT 

Join the Balloonatics at 8pm on Bloomsday for Humid Nightblue Fruit, an evening of virtual readings and performances hosted by Paul O’Hanrahan in Dublin, with Mick Greer in Lisbon, and Paul Dornan, Chris Bilton and John Goudie in London. The dramatised readings by Balloonatics will be followed by readings from the Joyce Institute of Ireland and other special guests. You can register for your free ticket and get the Zoom link in advance here. 

And click here to listen to Stephen Dedalus reflecting on Sandymount Strand on the morning of June 16th. Walking to Eternity by Paul O’Hanrahan is a complete reading of episode 3 of Ulysses, ‘Proteus’. Often considered challenging, this version aims to show its variety and lyricism. It is part of the Joyce Centre Bloomsday Festival programme. 

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Bloomsday 2019 - Dublin, Budapest, London

Many thanks to everyone who joined Paul O’Hanrahan as he brought Leopold Bloom to the streets of Dublin on Sunday June 16 for the 32nd year, starting at Eccles Street at 8am, and ending at the National Museum at about 2pm.  It was quite a promenade up O'Connell Street, as you can see from the photo above. 

Bloom at the Freemasons’ Hall

Later a full house at Wynn's Hotel from 7.30-10 p.m enjoyed Paul’s dramatised reading of Joyce's first published story, ‘The Sisters’, from 1904, followed by ‘Stranded’, an adaptation of the Bloom section of the 'Nausicaa' episode from Ulysses. 

As ever, an open Joyce session followed, and contributions from the floor included memories of the 1982 Joyce Symposium/Horizon production of 'Wandering Rocks' from Robert Nicholson, who has just published the third edition of his excellent Ulysses guide.

Mick Greer headed to Hungary for two performances. On June 14 he joined the Joycean celebrations in Szombathely, birthplace of Leopold Bloom’s father Rudolph Virag - a connection marked with a statue of Joyce himself. Mick delivered an adaptation of the ‘Cyclops’ chapter of Ulysses in the main square, including the ‘mangy mongrel’ Garryowen.

On Bloomsday itself, Mick joined the splendid breakfast at the Irish Ambassador’s residence in Budapest, and performed a selection of readings from Ulysses, including Bloom’s breakfast preparations, and Dignam’s death. 

In London, under the Bootleg Balloonatics banner, Chris Bilton, Paul Dornan, Gaby Chiappe and musician John Goudie transposed Leopold Bloom’s morning excursions to the streets of Tufnell Park. 

The walk begins 

Bloom bought his breakfast kidney from Michael the butcher at Meat NW5, while the Junction Tavern stood in for Larry O’Rourke’s. 

Larry O’Rourke

Bloom and Molly

The walk ended up at the Dartmouth Arms - Davy Byrne’s moral pub for the day - where the Bloomsday lunch of gorgonzola sandwiches sold out. 

Blazes Boylan

The afternoon continued with dramatised readings for a packed house at St Mary Brookfield Church Hall, including ‘A Mother’ from Dubliners, the Christmas dinner scene from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, with Anna Wright joining the cast, short scenes from Ulysses, including extracts from the ‘Cyclops’ chapter, and a Finnegans Wake finale, in words and song. 

Here’s to next year! 

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Bloomsday 2019

Sunday 16th June

Balloonatics re-enacts episodes from James Joyce’s Ulysses in its home city on the day on which it is set.  Newcomer of return visitor, we offer to frame your personal odyssey through Joyce’s Dublin from dawn till night on June 16th. All contributions gratefully received at the end of each walk. For the evening event, tickets are available on the door. 32nd year. 

8am BLOOM’S MORNING WALK: CALYPSO

Meet at the Eccles Street/Upper Dorset Street corner, site of Larry O’Rourke’s pub in Ulysses. 

Start your day with Leopold Bloom up and ready to prepare breakfast for Molly, himself and the cat.

9am JOYCE’S DUBLIN

Meet at the Eccles Street/Upper Dorset Street corner. Ends at Westland Row.

This walk crosses the city from north to south side, providing a commentary on various Joyce-related locations in passing. 

10.30am LOTUS-EATERS WALK

Meet at Westland Row, under the railway bridge, opposite Pearse Station

Bloom does his best to avoid being seen as he collects and reads a letter from a secret correspondent. Discover the circuitous route of this episode by walking in his footsteps. 

12.30pm LESTRYGONIANS WALK

Meet at the Joyce Statue on North Earl Street. The tour runs via Davy Byrne’s, Duke Street to the National Museum, Kildare Street. 

Episode named after cannibalistic monsters in Homer. Follow Bloom into the belly of the city as he strives to avoid being devoured by it. 

7.30pm  EVENING SHOW: HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT

Admission €10 - available at the door

Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street

Round off your Bloomsday with a dramatised reading of ‘The Sisters’ from Dubliners and Stranded from the ‘Nausicaa’ episode of Ulysses. Stay on for the Bloomsday Session: impromptu readings and songs from the floor. 

‘The Sisters’ first appeared in the Irish Homestead, a weekly magazine published by the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. Joyce made numerous revisions before the story was published in his collection Dubliners in 1914.

The drinks advertised beneath the story at the bottom of the page appear in Ulysses: there are two references to Cantrell and Cochrane’s Ginger Ale (Aromatic) - listen out during ‘The Lotus-Eaters’ walk.

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Bloomsday 2018

8am on Eccles Street and we were delighted to welcome the largest crowd we can remember, newcomers and return visitors, to Leopold Bloom’s first movements of the day. A very short, sharp shower didn’t dampen the spirits in the slightest - our odyssey had begun. 

Our walk to Westland Row took us past notable sites with James Joyce connections, including Belvedere College and the Abbey Theatre, with a pause at Mulligan’s pub for a swift re-staging of the arm-wrestling scene in the story ‘Counterparts’ from Dubliners. 

At 10am, we tracked Bloom’s mid-morning business, as he collected a letter, bumped into M’Coy, headed under the railway bridge, paused for reflection in the church, bought lemon soap, unwittingly offered a racing tip and relaxed at the baths. 

At 12.15pm, a very good crowd gathered for Bloom’s lunch-time progress. This year, the completion of tram line construction work smoothed our path. The gulls on O’Connell Bridge were as spectacular as ever, swooping down to enjoy an apple puff, a substitute for the Banbury cakes in the text (along with another first - the applewoman had real apples for sale). 

Passing the Saturday afternoon shoppers on Grafton Street, we reached Davy Byrne’s for a very lively sequence amidst the Bloomsday eaters and drinkers, before heading to our final stop, the National Library and National Museum. 

Our evening show took us to the Teachers’ Club, a building in which Joyce took singing lessons. After a new adaptation of the ‘Araby’ story from Dubliners, an energised staging of the ‘Aeolus’ episode from Ulysses, complete with the sounds of clanking machinery in three-four time, and a short celebration of a James Joyce mass, members of our near-capacity audience shared a favourite reading or moment, in our annual Joyce session. A grand communal rendition of Loves’s Old Sweet Song ended the evening - although talk of Joyce and much more continued in the Club bar, as Bloomsday 2018 came to an end. 

This year’s performers were Paul O’Hanrahan, who adapted all our Bloomsday texts, Chris Bilton and musician John Goudie. Here’s to 2019!

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Bloomsday 2018 - join us and create your own odyssey

For the 31st year in succession, the award-winning theatre company, Balloonatics, re-enacts Joyce’s Ulysses in its home city. Newcomer or return visitor, we offer to frame your personal odyssey through Joyce’s Dublin from dawn until night on June 16th. All walks are free to join - contributions gratefully received at the end. For the evening event, tickets are available on the door. 

“Wonderful Balloonatics tour” and “Incredible, engrossing live performance” were among the responses to our Bloomsday 2017 walks. 

8 am  BLOOM’S MORNING WALK

Meet at the Eccles Street / Upper Dorset Street corner, outside Eccles Townhouse, site of Larry O’Rourke’s pub in Ulysses. 

Our odyssey traditionally starts with Leopold Bloom’s first movements of the day as he buys a kidney and prepares breakfast for Molly, himself and the cat. 

08.50 am (approx.)   CROSSTOWN JOYCE

An informal walk to Westland Row stopping at a range of Joyce sites. (Starts after the morning walk.)

10 am  LOTUS-EATERS WALK

Meet at Westland Row, under the railway bridge, opposite Pearse Station

Bloom does his best to avoid being seen as he collects and reads a letter from a secret correspondent. The circuitous route of this episode is clearer in the walking than the reading!

12.15 pm   LUNCHTIME WALK

Meet at the Joyce Statue on North Earl Street. The tour runs via Davy Byrne’s, Duke Street, to the National Museum, Kildare Street. 

Follow Bloom as he staves off hunger and steers clear of Blazes Boylan en route to the National Library. 

7.30 pm  EVENING SHOW: HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT   Admission €10

Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square 

Join us in a building in which James Joyce took singing lessons, and round off your Bloomsday with a dramatised reading of ‘Araby’ from Dubliners, and the ‘Aeolus’ episode from Ulysses, not to mention a James Joyce Mass! Stay on for the Bloomsday Session: impromptu readings and songs from the floor. 

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Cover of the Official Catalogue of Araby, the Grand Oriental Fete, Dublin 1894,(National Library of Ireland) 

This year’s team of performers is Paul O’Hanrahan, Chris Bilton and musician John Goudie. 

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Bloomsday 2018

The Balloonatics will be back on 16 June 2018, bringing James Joyce’s Ulysses to the streets on which it’s set, with three walks across Dublin, starting at 8am with Leopold Bloom’s breakfast preparations in Eccles Street. Full details coming soon. 

And at 7.30pm, we’ll be presenting further episodes from Ulysses and a brand new adaptation of a story from Dubliners, followed by our annual Joyce session, in which you’re welcome to share a favourite reading or song. This year our evening show is in a new location - the Teachers’ Club in Parnell Square, a building in which James Joyce took singing lessons. 

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Bloomsday 2017

Many thanks to everyone who shared our Bloomsday odyssey this year. We were delighted to welcome the intrepid folk, newcomers and returners, who joined us at 8am for Bloom’s breakfast walk to the butcher’s shop and back. 

Our Crosstown walk at about 9am passed some notable Joyce sites, including Mulligan’s pub in Poolbeg Street. This is the location of the arm-wrestling scene in the ‘Counterparts’ story in Dubliners, which was vigorously re-enacted, even at that early hour:

Our mid-morning walk from Westland Row drew a good and appreciative crowd, and together we tracked Bloom’s progress, heading to the post office and underneath the railway arches, with a moment of contemplation in the pews of St Andrew’s Church (Joyce re-names it All Hallows). 

For our lunchtime walk, the gulls defied the wind on O’Connell Bridge, and swooped down just as Joyce describes, and we made our way to Duke Street and the buzz around Davy Byrne’s ‘moral pub’ - before heading towards the National Library and National Museum, with Bloom guiding the blind stripling across Dawson Street.

And we were delighted to welcome a sell-out crowd to Wynn’s Hotel for our evening performance of a new adaptation of the story ‘A Painful Case’ from Dubliners, followed by ‘The Dublin Horse Show’, which brought together many of the equine episodes from Ulysses. The annual Joyce session, with readings and songs from the floor, brought Bloomsday to a close, rounded off with a full-hearted communal rendition of Love’s Old Sweet Song.

This year’s performers were Paul O’Hanrahan, who adapted all our Bloomsday texts, Chris Bilton and musician John Goudie. Here’s to next year! 

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Bloomsday 2017: join us for an odyssey across the city

For the thirtieth year in succession, the award-winning theatre company, Balloonatics, re-enacts Joyce’s Ulysses in its home city. Newcomer or return visitor, we offer to frame your personal odyssey through Joyce’s Dublin, from dawn till night on June 16th. The walks are free to join - all contributions gratefully received at the end. For the evening event, tickets are available at the door. 

8am                          BLOOM’S MORNING WALK 

Meet at Aurora, the site of Larry O’Rourke’s, the pub on the Eccles Street/Upper Dorset Street corner.

Our odyssey traditionally starts with Leopold Bloom’s first movements of the day, as he buys a kidney and prepares breakfast for Molly, himself and the cat.

8.45am (approx.)      CROSSTOWN

An informal walk to Westland Row, stopping at a range of Joyce sites. (Starts after the morning walk.) 

10am                         LOTUS-EATERS WALK

Meet at Westland Row, under the railway bridge, opposite Pearse Station

Bloom does his best to avoid being seen as he collects and reads a letter from a secret correspondent. The circuitous route of this episode is clearer in the walking than the reading!

12.15pm                     LUNCHTIME WALK

Meet at the Joyce Statue on North Earl Street. The tour runs via Davy Byrne’s, Duke Street, to the National Museum, Kildare Street. 

Follow Bloom as he staves off hunger and steers clear of Blazes Boylan en route to the National Library.

7.30pm  EVENING SHOW: HUMID NIGHTBLUE FRUIT   Admission: €10  

Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street

Round off your Bloomsday with a set of dramatised readings from Ulysses and Dubliners from our experienced performers. Stay on for the Bloomsday Session: impromptu readings and songs from the floor. 

This year’s show includes a brand new adaptation of a story from Dubliners, and ‘The Dublin Horse Show’, a new selection of equine episodes and adventures from Ulysses, including the success of the 20-1 outsider Throwaway in the Gold Cup at Ascot on 16 June 1904. Here’s how The Times of London reported the event the following day:

This year’s team of performers is Paul O’Hanrahan, Chris Bilton and musician John Goudie