Market Place Theatre June - August 2017

The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh SEASON BROCHURE JUN - AUG 2017 www.marketplacearmagh.com Box Office: 028 3752 1821 /marketplacearmagh | @mptarmagh

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THE JENNIFER MARSHALL SCHOOL OF DANCE PRESENTS

‘GOTTA DANCE!’

Fri 2 & Sat 3 June | 7.00pm | £10.00 | £8.00 [conc] i The Jennifer Marshall School Of Dance returns to The Market Place Theatre due to popular demand with their spectacular stage production of ‘Gotta Dance’. This all singing, all dancing extravaganza will entertain audiences of all ages and previous shows have been a sell out.

STONEWALL CD LAUNCH Thurs 1 Jun | 8.00pm | £10.00 i County Armagh folk group, Stonewall, will return to the Market Place Theatre to launch their much anticipated third CD.

With adorable performances from children as young as three to the outstanding routines from senior students, who will have you thinking you are in the West End! This is a great family event for all to enjoy and something you won’t want to miss!

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The group have been playing together for around ten years now and have had the pleasure of playing all over the country and further afield in places such as England, Belgium, America and even China! Having launched their previous two CD’s to sell-out crowds at the theatre, the boys are eagerly looking forward to returning to launch their third instalment.

DRINKS PROMOTIONS IN THEATRE BAR: PROSECCO £3.00

The i symbol beside some of our events indicates that the performance is being presented by an independent promoter | organisation which is hiring the theatre

3 MICHAEL MAGILL ENTERTAINMENTS PRESENTS

ROBERT MIZZELL Wed 14 June | 8.00pm | £20.00 H i

DRAMA FOR KIDS PRESENTS

INTO THE WOODS JR Sat 10 June | 6.30pm | £12.00 | £10.00 [conc] i All our students aged 3 - 16 years will perform a showcase of dances and songs. With a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods JR. is based on the Broadway production. The musical follows a Baker and his Wife who learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door. The couple embarks on a quest swindling, deceiving and stealing from such already-victimized characters as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack (fresh off the beanstalk!) - to get the special objects required to break the spell. ‘Into The Woods JR.’ is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International [MTI]. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York.

Presented by one of Northern Ireland’s leading amateur groups TUCK SHOP AVAILABLE IN THEATRE BAR AT THE SHOW

Robert Mizzell was born in Louisiana, USA. Spending his childhood days around the shores of Lake Bistineau, Robert often dreamed of being a country music star. After graduating from Doyline High School, Robert served in the US Army, and after several jobs, events in Robert’s life took him to Ireland. Once there he decided to pursue his dream to be a country music star.

Robert has made his home in Ireland for over a decade. He served his apprenticeship in Country Music since he first arrived here and is now one of the top Country artists in Ireland, his popularity spreading with extensive airplay in Europe and such distant territories as Australia.

As anyone who ever attended a Robert Mizzell show will testify, Robert with his band The Country Kings put on an energy filled show, brimming with Country flavour.

DRINKS PROMOTIONS IN THEATRE BAR: SELECTED PINTS £2.95

4 SPOTLIGHT STUDIO PRESENTS

CHARA & THE BEAST Sat 17 June | 6.30pm | £10.00 | £7.00 [Children] i After the success of ‘Alice And Wonderland’, Spotlight Studio are back this summer, re-enacting the much-loved tale of ‘Chara & The Beast!’ With a Celtic twist, audiences will be entertained by the colourful dance numbers, vibrant costumes and excellent young talent this group has to offer!

that teaches the residents of the castle that love can conquer all! Be our guest this June and come and be inspired!

Chara; a young lady so passionate to explore the world, is sent to live with her grandmother in Ireland.

On her travels, she discovers an old castle inhabited by an ugly Beast. However, it is Chara’s kind heart

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Presented by one of Northern Ireland’s leading amateur groups

STAGE STARS YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS

MUSICAL MAYHEM 3 Sat 24 June | 2.30pm & 7.00pm | £10.00 | £8.00 [children] - 7pm show | Matinee: All seats £5.00 i Now in their third year in the Market Place Theatre, Stage Stars are back to entertain you with a variety of songs and dances from some of the best loved musicals. With a cast of over eighty, the talented children and teenagers of Armagh will no doubt have you singing and dancing along!

Presented by one of Northern Ireland’s leading amateur youth theatre groups TUCK SHOP AVAILABLE IN THEATRE BAR AT THE SHOW

5 M.D RAFFERTY GUITAR SCHOOL PRESENTS

ANNUAL MUSIC SHOWCASE Sat 1 July | 8.00pm | £8.50 i

The M.D Rafferty Guitar School’s annual music showcase promises to be bigger and better than ever this year.

Students from the school will have the opportunity to show off their talents to an always packed audience in the main auditorium and there will also be special performances from the Armagh Men’s Shed and M.D Rafferty Guitar School tutors.

DRINKS PROMOTIONS IN THEATRE BAR: SOFT DRINK & CHOCOLATE BAR £2.00

MICKY BARTLETT TYPICAL Sat 22 July | 8.00pm | £10.00 Micky’s hit 30 and he’s unapologetically taking on the big issues: racism, sexism, his doctor telling him to avoid dairy. Don’t miss Northern Ireland’s favourite stand-up from BBC’s ‘Bad Language’, ‘Monumental’ and Radio 4’s ‘State Of The Nations’ with his funniest hour yet. Or so he hopes... bloody typical!

‘Consistently funny... In years to come, people will be talking about the first time they saw Micky Bartlett’ [Adam Hills].

Recommended for age 18+ as may contain material that some people could find offensive This event takes place in our Studio Theatre with an unreserved, tiered seating layout.

DRINKS PROMOTIONS IN THEATRE BAR: 4 BOTTLED BEERS £10.00 | 4 WKD £10.00

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THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL: STRIDING FORWARD - 30 YEARS OF THE JOHN HEWITT SOCIETY Mon 24 - Sat 29 July i John Hewitt knew what it was to struggle with the past, but he refused to be endlessly locked into that past. Are we capable, now, thirty years after his death and with so much more recent history to struggle with, of striding forward into the kind of future that Hewitt and others like him envisaged?

The John Hewitt International Summer School will again feature readings, talks, workshops, discussions and debate from well-known writers, performers and esteemed speakers from across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Full programme available at www.johnhewittsociety.org

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IN DREAMS BEGIN RESPONSIBILITIES: A JOURNEY IN WORDS & MUSIC Mon 24 July I 7.30pm I £12.00 i

A celebration of reconciliation on the island of Ireland over the last 100 years and the approaching 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Introduced by Olivia O’Leary, and directed by Lynne Parker, the evening will feature a cast of almost twenty of this island’s finest and most respected actors, writers and musicians, including Colette Bryce & Iarla Ó Lionáird, as they look back over the last century and chart the journey of reconciliation from 1916 to the current day through poetry, music, drama and imagery.

Readings will include work by Eavan Boland, Colette Bryce, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley and John Hewitt in this moving and evocative evening.

KABOSH THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

GREEN & BLUE

Tues 25 July I 8.30pm I £10.00 i Lawrence McKeown’s much-acclaimed play explores the painful and humorous realities faced by individuals who patrolled the border during the height of the conflict. Based on an oral archive of serving RUC and An Garda Síochána officers, collected by Diversity Challenges, this new production fuses theatre and film to look at the person behind the uniform and the different experiences of two individuals on either side of a line in the ground.

Directed by Paula McFetridge and performed by James Doran and Vincent Higgins, the production challenges assumptions about policing in our heritage and opens a discussion on the future of policing in Ireland.

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FRANKIE GAVIN & DE DANANN

TWO-FOR-ONE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

Wed 26 July I 8.30pm I £15.00 i

ADAPTED BY SAM MCCREADY FROM THE HOLOCAUST MEMOIR BY HELEN LEWIS

Founded in 2015 by one of the most celebrated Irish fiddle players of all time, Frankie Gavin and De Dannan bring something different and unique to their audiences. The band’s repertoire includes their trademark sets of lively, sometimes furious jigs and reels - but their choice of material, arrangements and playing style combine to set traditional Irish music in a wider musical and cultural context.

This 21st century line-up infuses the band’s inherited music with a bewildering range of influences from gypsy jazz to contemporary pop music, and from mainstream European classical music to sentimental Irish-American ballads.

Band line-up: Frankie Gavin: Fiddle, Viola, Flute and Whistle, Barry Brady: Accordion, Colm O’Caoimh: guitar and Vocals, Dan Bodwell: Double bass, Bernadine Casserly: Vocals

‘A TIME TO SPEAK’ Thur 27 July I 8.30pm I £12.00 i Born in 1917, Helen Lewis was forced to live in a Jewish ghetto in her native Czechoslovakia before being deported to Auschwitz during the Second World War. She managed to survive the horrors of the camp, and after the war she came to Belfast where she started a new life. A noted dancer and choreographer, she taught and inspired many dancers in her adopted city.

Helen told her remarkable story in a memoir, ‘A Time To Speak’, before her death in Belfast in 2009. Now Sam McCready has adapted for stage the dancer, choreographer and Holocaust survivor’s remarkable story of courage and survival in the Nazi Concentration Camps. This award-winning production is being performed by Joan McCready to mark the centenary of Helen’s birth.

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POETRY SPECIAL: MARK DOTY & LIZ LOCHHEAD Fri 29 July I 8.30pm I £10.00 i

‘THE RULE OF THE LAND’ WITH GARRETT CARR & JOHN PAUL CONNOLLY Fri 28 July I 7.00pm I £9.00 i There was widespread acclaim for ‘The Rule Of The Land’, Garrett Carr’s story of Ireland’s border and a portrait of its landscape and people. It was adapted for broadcast as BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book Of The Week’ in March when it was read by Armagh-born actor, John Paul Connolly.

Author and mapmaker, Garrett Carr provides introductions and John Paul will read extracts from the book which explores the turbulent history of our border landscape and changes the way we look at nationhood, land and power.

A not-to-be-missed double bill of poetry with an award-winning American poet and one of the UK’s most popular writers! Since the publication of his first collection, ‘Turtle, Swan’, in 1987, Mark Doty has been recognized as one of the most accomplished poets in America. Hailed for his elegant, intelligent verse, he is the highly acclaimed author of nine books of poetry, including ‘Deep Lane’, ‘Fire To Fire: New and Selected Poems’, which won the 2008 National Book Award, and ‘My Alexandria’, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and he was the first American to win the TS Eliot Prize in the UK.

Lanarkshire-born Liz Lochhead has lived mostly in Glasgow since studying painting at Glasgow School Of Art [1965-70]. The first collection to bring her to notice was ‘Memo For Spring’. Subsequent poetry collections include ‘Dreaming Frankenstein’ [1984], ‘The Colour Of Black & White’ [2003], ‘A Choosing, Selected Poems’ [2011] and ‘Fugitive Colours’ [2016]. In January 2011 she began her five- year stint as the second Scottish Makar, or National Poet. She was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2015.

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BELVOIR PLAYERS PRESENTS

STOP IT NURSE BY SAM CREE Sat 5 Aug | 8.00pm | £11.00 | £9.00 [conc] Belvoir Players proudly presents this hilarious Ulster comedy by Sam Cree. Set in a Belfast hospital during the 1960’s, the Ward Sister rules the roost! We follow the fortunes and misfortunes of the patients in the male surgical ward. When Sammy, a Linfield supporter is admitted, followed by Felix who supports Glentoran, we can be sure mayhem follows! Add to the mix a giddy nurse, a domineering wife, a femme fatale and an all-in wrestler, then we have all the ingredients for a typical evening of pure Cree manic magic!

Presented by one of Northern Ireland’s leading amateur theatre groups.

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FESTIVAL EVENTS AT THE MARKET PLACE THEATRE THURS 10 - FRI 11 AUG DANA MASTERS

PAT MCMANUS

Thurs 10 Aug | 8.00PM | £12.00

Thur 10 Aug | 10.30pm | FREE performance no ticket required Market Place Theatre Bar & Bistro

Originally from the Deep South in the United States, Dana grew up with the sound of soul, rhythm and blues and gospel music all around her. Her love for music developed as she grew up and led her to study music, majoring in vocal performance at university. Music took Dana from South Carolina to Minneapolis and then on to Los Angeles where she lived for four years and where she met an Irish boy who would later become her husband.

From live work with BBC radio 4 and ‘Proms In The Park’ to singing regularly with Van Morrison, Dana’s reputation as one of Ireland’s top vocalists continues to gain momentum. Dana is very excited to be writing original material again and can’t wait to share that with people! Calling Northern Ireland home, Dana is passionate about music as a vehicle to make people and communities vibrant.

Affectionately known as the ‘Professor’, Pat has been hailed as one of the top 5 Irish guitar players of all time. His rise to fame was rapid. Firstly with his two brothers as ‘Mama’s Boys’, enjoying worldwide success, until the untimely death of brother Tommy. Then with the award winning ‘Celtus’. For the past ten years Pat has headed up his own solo project constantly touring all over Europe along with band mates Paul Faloon and Martin McDermott playing their own brand of blues rock.

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CLARE SANDS | Fri 11 Aug | 6.00pm | FREE performance, no ticket required | Studio Theatre With a fiddle in one hand and a guitar in the other, Cork based Clare Sands is a 23 year old musician, songwriter and composer. She performs in a variety of genres, her own material being a unique amalgamation of Folk, Trad, Jazz & Blues. Clare released her debut album ‘Join Me At The Table’ to critical acclaim in late 2016 and has been touring extensively with renowned Irish artists Luka Bloom, Mick Flannery, Jack L, and Mary Coughlan all over Ireland and Europe following its release. She plays the ‘7 Hill Blues Festival’ with a 4 piece multi-talented eclectic band.

THE HENRY GIRLS | Fri 11 Aug | 8.00pm | £12.00 ‘The Henry Girls’ is an Irish folk and roots music group consisting of three sisters, Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin. You’ll often see The Henry Girls on stage with a fiddle, ukulele, banjo, guitar, harp, mandolin, piano and accordion. Their new album ‘Far Beyond the Stars’ was named as RTE Radio’s ‘Album Of The Week’ in March 2017, an incredible achievement.

SHOWSTOPPERS Mon 14 - Fri 18 Aug | £68.00 for the week | £100 for 2 siblings from same family | 10.00am 4.00pm daily [Friday will continue until after 7.30pm performance] | Fri performance at 7.30pm: Tickets £7.50 | £5.00 [conc] Our annual Musical Theatre workshop is back! Why not make good use of the holidays to learn or perfect your skills in acting, singing and dancing. Over the course of five days a professional director, musical director & choreographer will work with you on scenes, songs and dances from some of the most popular musicals around, before you perform ‘Showstoppers’ on The Market Place’s Main Stage in front of your own live audience. Believe us, it’s the best fun the summer can be!

Participants should wear loose clothing & trainers and bring a snack & drink.

Ages: 12-18 yrs | Max Number: 50 | Tutors: Jim McKeown | Eleanor Gilsenan | Linda Wright

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‘BITE-SIZE OPERA - UP CLOSE & PERSONAL’ FEATURING ‘COSI FAN TUTTE’ [THE SCHOOL FOR LOVERS] Sun 20 Aug | 4.00pm | £15.00 [including a glass of prosecco and light refreshments] Deception, Loyalty, Desire...Guigliemeo and Ferrando have been bragging about their new girlfriends Dorabella and Fiordiligi. Alfonso challenges them to put their girls and their own feelings to the test. Working with the girls’ servant Despina, he swaps the two pairs and watches as emotions are turned upside-down and inside out.

Working with a small team and a piano, the Studio of Northern Ireland Opera gives you the chance to get up close and personal to great opera, so join some of the island’s most talented young and emerging artists for a bite-sized version of Mozart’s opera of love, temptation and partnerswapping, to be enjoyed with a drink, light refreshments, a sense of humour and an open mind.

This event takes place in our Studio Theatre with an unreserved, cabaret-style seating layout.

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HUMPTY DUMPTY’S BIG EGGVENTURE Sat 26 Aug | 2.00pm | £8.00 | Family Ticket Of Five £35.00 i For the first time ever the classic nursery Rhyme Humpty Dumpty is brought to the stage in this wonderful live interactive all singing and dancing production.

Humpty is going on a big adventure to climb the highest wall in the Kingdom, but needs your help!

Sing along, solve puzzles, and meet lots of famous children’s characters along the way including, The Three Little Pigs, Little Bo Peep and all the animals on Old MacDonald’s Farm plus many more! With amazing costumes, dazzling stage sets and a host of colourful characters to bring you on the journey of a lifetime.

When Humpty climbs the highest wall in the Kingdom, who knows what might happen next?

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CREATIVE EXPERIENCES THIS SUMMER! Our exciting new summer workshop programme during June comes to you from Create: Innovate: Armagh.

Creatives and artists come together to host an exhibition of contemporary works at the Market Place Gallery and host a range of new workshops to accompany their exhibition.

PASTEL PAINTING Sat 3 June | 10.00am - 4.00pm | £15.00

WORKSHOPS IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ADULT AND CHILDRENS’ WORKSHOPS Enrolment closes seven days prior to workshop date | A limited number of concession rate places for families totally dependent on state benefit are available for some of the workshops | All of our young people’s workshops are recommended for a particular age range. In order to ensure that your child has the best possible experience we would ask that these are respected | Unless otherwise stated workshops are designed for people coming to a subject for the first time or for those with a casual or leisure interest. Workshops are suitable for wheelchair users. All adult classes are suitable for Age 16+.

This workshop is suitable for beginners and more experienced artists. During the workshop participants will experiment using different techniques such as mark making, blending, feathering, and overlays and learn how pastels can be used in mixed media in painting.

Participants will learn how to mix colour via the blending and the overlaying of colours, and will experiment using different types of pastel papers e.g. ingress and sandpaper. Each student will complete their own original pastel painting to take home with them. Participants will need to bring coloured soft pastels. Please bring an apron or an old t-shirt to protect clothes.

Max No: 10 | Tutor: Bridie Smyth | www.bridiesmyth.co.uk

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SILVER JEWELLERY: MAKE A BESPOKE SILVER PENDANT ON A CHAIN Sat 10 June | 10.00am - 4.00pm | £45.00 Jewellery designer Mary Murphy, will take you step-by-step through the process of handcrafting your own bespoke silver pendant. You will create your piece out of silver sheet and wire using traditional hand tools, transferring your pattern, cutting out with a piercing saw, annealing, forming and soldering using a soldering torch. In addition to this you will learn some texturing and embellishing techniques before filing, emerying and polishing to bring your silver pendant to a high quality finish for you to hang on a silver chain provided. The workshop is supported with step-by-step handouts. Suitable for beginners or those wishing to further their skills from previous silver jewellery workshops.

Max No: 10 | Suitable for 16+ | Tutor: Mary Murphy

PIN HOLE PHOTOGRAPHY Sat 17 June | 10.00AM - 4.00PM | £30.00 This experimental and vibrant workshop is perfect for those with an interest in photography. After a short introduction about pinhole photography you will make your own working pinhole camera from scratch using nothing but cardboard, tape and a piece of soda can! Once completed we’ll load it up with film and go out on a shoot. We will take care of the developing of the film and scan any successful images which you will receive by disk. No previous photography experience required. All materials will be supplied.

Max No: 8 | Suitable for 16+ | Tutor: Paul Eliasberg

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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS AT THE JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2017 Mon 24, Tues 25 and Wed 26 July | 2.45pm | 1 hour 30 mins | £50 for three-day workshop course Take the opportunity to develop your writing skills under the direction of one of our experienced creative writing facilitators, each an established writer and practitioner. All workshops run over three days, and each intensive session lasts for 1hr 30 mins, with six genres to choose from. As places are limited, advance booking at The Market Place Theatre Box Office is essential.

Getting Started: Nessa O’Mahony | Poetry: Katie Donavan & Siobhan Campbell | Short Story: Jan Carson | Memoir: Maureen Boyle | Crime Fiction: Brian McGilloway | Writing Drama For Radio: Eoin McNamee | Mary O’Donnell: General Fiction

AUGUST CRAFT MONTH AT THE MARKET PLACE THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE - WEAVE GOT IT COVERED! Fri 4 - Sat 12 Aug Coordinated by Craft NI, August Craft Month is the annual celebration of contemporary craft in Northern Ireland encouraging audiences to learn more about contemporary and traditional craft through workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations, talks, fairs and other exciting craft events at venues all

over Northern Ireland. As a regional partner The Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre have teamed up with experienced willow and textile weavers Sabine Wolniczak and Nicola Gates to host two weekends of fantastic weaving workshops.

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WILLOW BASKET WEAVING [2 DAY] Fri 4 & Sat 5 Aug [2 day] | 10.00am - 4.00pm | £80.00 & £75.00 [Conc]

INTRODUCTION TO TAPESTRY WEAVING [2 DAY] Come along and participate in exploring some of the techniques of willow basket weaving. With the assistance of experienced craft tutor and basket-maker Sabine Wolniczak from Beaghmore Baskets you will spend the two days making a natural and bespoke round shopper with handle using locally grown, harvested and seasoned willow. You are guaranteed to embark on a stimulating and invigorating experience. All materials will be supplied. Please wear sturdy flat shoes.

Max No: 8 | Tutor: Sabine Wolniczak

Fri 11 & Sat 12 Aug | 10.00am - 4.00pm | £55.00 In this two-day workshop you will learn the foundation skills of tapestry weaving on a simple frame loom. As well as covering the basic techniques, the workshop will encourage individual expression and experimentation.

On day one we will focus on learning the basics of plain weave, creating shapes and textural techniques such as rya knotting and sumak, to create a small sampler. Working at your own pace, on day two you will have the chance to create a small abstract wall hanging, exploring texture, colour and composition.

All materials will be provided but feel free to bring any favourite yarns from your own stash! The workshop is suitable for adults and young people over the age of 16.

Max No: 10 | Tutor: Nicola Gates | www.ollanua.com

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CREATE: INNOVATE: ARMAGH Fri 2 June - Sat 15 July | Foyer | Preview 1 June 7.00pm The Create: Innovate: Armagh Network is a diverse group of individuals from the creative industries. Each month creatives, innovators, enthusiasts, inventors and entrepreneurs come together at the Amma Centre for a meetup to inspire, motivate, support and connect this creative community.

This exhibition sees several members exhibiting as a collective for the first time. Don’t miss the chance to see their latest work including jewellery, photography, painting & collage, graphics, ceramics, willow basketry and sculpture, paper floristry, wood work and bespoke furniture.

Create: Innovate: artists and creatives will host a range of new workshops during June at the Market Place Theatre so you can view their fantastic work in the exhibition and then join them to learn new skills in their workshops.

Exhibiting Artists/Creatives: Alison Fitzgerald, Bridie Smyth, Ciara Campbell, Liam McArdle, Kimaria, Mary Murphy, Paul Eliasberg, Pauric Daly and Stefan Birch. For information on meetups, visit www.createinnovatearmagh.org.

MANY STYLES - REAL 1 & K9 Fri 23 June - Mon 17 July | Gallery | Preview 23 June 7.00pm ‘Many Styles’ is an exhibition of graffiti | street art works and installations by artist Real1 and artist/illustrator K9. As the graffiti | street art culture has become more popular over recent years both artists wished to demonstrate how this art scene has developed and how it is not limited in creativity or style due to its origin. Some works will also reflect upon commercialism and propaganda of today and its impact on society.

The exhibition open evening will feature music by DJ Spliff Richard followed by guest beat boxer Renis Deep, hip hop & street dance performances by JD Dance and live art by Real1. www.real1art.co.uk

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LAOCH NA LAOCHRA AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY DARA VALLELY - JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL Mon 24 July - Sat 2 Sept | Gallery & Foyer A textual, visual and theatrical exploration of the story of Cú Chulainn. This exhibition of Ulster legend is comprised of a series of paintings specially commissioned as part of the Belfast-based Irish language festival, Féile An Droichead.

The exhibition sees Armagh artist and musician Dara Vallely capture Cú Chulainn’s cultural legacy in a series of vast paintings, with text from Gael Linn’s Réamonn Ó Ciaráin. Ó Ciaráin’s translations tread the fine line between precision and nuance to give descriptions of Vallely’s visual interpretations of the warrior hero.

POETRY & PLACE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION 24 July - 2 September | Foyer Walls The Institute for Conflict Research presents a photographic exhibition by Ards Peninsula Women’s Group. The members have been working under the tutelage of community artist, Jane McComb, to produce an exhibition of photography on the theme of ‘Poetry & Place’.

The exhibition will include interpretations of the work of Louis MacNiece, who is buried in the Ards Penninsula. Jane McComb is a photographer living in Holywood, Co Down. Since her original training in France 35 years ago, she has worked in many areas of commercial and art photography, including sports and portraiture work. Jane is a member of the Blackbird Book Club at Queen’s University, Belfast, which studies the work of Irish authors, poets and dramatists.

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