Mar–jun 2017

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VISUAL ARTS ALL ROADS LEAD TO BIRR

MARCH – APRIL

FRANK McGRATH B.A. Cork native, and graduate of Crawford College of Art & Design, Frank McGrath is known in Offaly since his days as artist in residence at Belmont Mills.

His work has been described as painting with the camera using a mix of traditional and contemporary methods of the photographic printing process.

He uses pinhole cameras, digital cameras, scanners as well as smart-phone screens, film, print collage, and photogrammes. The resulting images, taken from present day subjects, evoke a sense of nostalgia about a past that never was.

MAY

9th ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION

ST BRENDAN’S COMMUNITY SCHOOL, BIRR It is with sheer delight that we welcome back the students of St Brendan’s Community School for their annual exhibition. Now firmly planted in our visual arts programme, this exhibition showcases the fantastic work from our local second level students.

The exhibition will officially open on Thursday 27 April and run until the end of May.

ELEMENTS

JUNE – JULY

TINA CLAFFEY Following her successful exhibitions, Seoda – Treasure Under Foot, and SeodaTreasure of the Wetlands, Tina Claffey’s fascination with our native bogs and wetlands continues. In her new exhibition Elements she delves deeper into this natural wilderness, encouraging the viewer to slow down, as they immerse into an underworld of fantasy and mindfulness. Using traditional photographic techniques, she conveys the mood of the twilight hours, the effect of the natural elements of rain, wind, overcast skies and brilliant sunshine, while also venturing beneath the water of the mysterious bog pools to reveal the treasures and inhabitants we cannot see.

The exhibition will officially open on Friday 9 June and run until the end of July.

MAR

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THE INNOCENTS

Director: Anne Fontaine Poland 2016 | (French/Polish/Russian) 115 minutes | Cert: Club

TUESDAY 7 MARCH Starring: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza

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Set at the end of the Second World War in Poland, this sensitive and emotionally resonate drama is centred on Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, who comes to the aid of a group of nuns, many of whom have been impregnated by rampaging Soviet soldiers. Based on real events, Fontaine explores this fraught situation with great humanity and sensitivity. Mathilde protects the nuns not only from further attacks but also from the convents hierarchy who wish to conceal the scandal at all costs.

The Innocents is an emotional layered, tender and insightful drama.

ENGINEERS IRELAND

It’s all done with Mirrors THURSDAY 9 MARCH

Dr Ken blends spectacular magic tricks, illusions and stunts with extraordinary science and engineering. Trapped doors, mirrors, or camera effects? Everyone can have their own theory. Whatever you discover and more may be revealed!

Quirky stunts and illusions performed. Science discovered. Engineering explored.

9.45am, 11.15am, 12.45pm • Duration: 50 mins / Suitable 3rd – 6th Class FREE (Booking essential)

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AMERICAN LEGENDS FRIDAY 10 MARCH American Legends is a celebration of the very best of American music. It includes the songs of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond as well as a host of hits from the likes of Shania Twain, Reba McIntyre, Hal Ketchum, Tina Turner, Roy Orbison and The Eagles. American Legends features a top quality line-up of performers including veteran entertainer Joe Mac, who fronted the College Boys, Rachel Phillips, who recently starred in Nine to Five – The Musical in Belfast Opera House, and Adam McDonald, well-known for his Neil Diamond Show. If you like great foot-tapping music with a bit of craic thrown in then this is a show not to be missed.

8pm • €20/€18

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AS I OPEN MY EYES (À peine j’ouvre les yeux)

Director: Leyla Bouzid France, Tunisia, Belgium 2015, (French, Arabic) 102 minutes | Cert: CLUB

TUESDAY 14 MARCH Starring: Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari

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À peine j’ouvre les yeux gives us a look at Tunisian youth on the eve of the Jasmine Revolution. Farah (Baya Medhaffer) is a young woman at a crossroads. Her medical-school application has just been accepted, and nothing could please her mother, Hayet (Ghalia Benali), more – but Farah’s passion is for music, and her underground band is just beginning to get noticed. Their music blends rock with daring lyrics that have the raw poetry of spoken word. Soon enough, the police are alerted to the band’s subversive performances and begin to harass them, and when Farah is detained and interrogated, she realizes that one of her friends is a snitch. À peine j’ouvre les yeux is a remarkably accomplished first film, directed by Leyla Bouzid with unflagging honesty and an impeccable eye for detail.

Presented with the support of the French Embassy and the Institut Français.

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LITTLE MEN

Director: Ira Sachs USA, 2016, | (English) 85 minutes | Cert: PG

TUESDAY 21 MARCH Starring: Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Jennifer Ehle, Greg Kinnear, Paulina García

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Jake (Theo Taplitz) is a quiet, sensitive junior high school student who dreams of being an artist. His family moves from Manhattan to Brooklyn after his parents (Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle) inherit his recently deceased grandfather’s multi-story building.

Jake strikes up a friendship with Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose mother, Leonor (Paulina Garcia), runs a small dressmaking shop from the building’s first floor storefront. The two 13-year-olds quickly bond over their shared love of art and computer games. When a rent dispute develops between Jake and Tony’s parents, their friendship is tested severely. Ira Sachs’ intimate character study of Jake and Tony’s budding friendship is a deft examination of gentrification and the life-changing impact it has on family and friendships.

SATURDAY 25 MARCH Route 66, the North Kildare based 16 piece Big Band, bring their brilliant Live in Concert Show to Birr for the first time. This unique show takes the audience on a magical musical trip from the 40s right up to the present day including music by Glenn Miller, Sinatra, Tina Turner, Adele, Joe Dolan, Tom Jones and Amy Winehouse among others. With a six strong brass section, four saxophones, great rhythm section and four singers led by local man Dickie Donnelly, this is a really fabulous show not to be missed. This show has been receiving standing ovations at a host of theatres in Ireland over the past year and we have no doubt that the same will apply in Birr.

8pm • €20/€18

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I, DANIEL BLAKE

Director: Ken Loach UK/France/Belguim 2015, (English) 110 minutes | Cert: 15A

TUESDAY 28 MARCH Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires

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Newcastle carpenter Daniel Blake is recovering from a recent heart attack. He finds himself fighting a welfare system where his benefits will be taken away unless he looks for work, despite doctor’s orders preventing him from working if he does find a job. As he battles against this absurd bureaucracy, Daniel befriends Katie, a young single mother with two kids, who is also struggling with the system after relocating to Newcastle from a London homeless shelter.

Deserving of its recent Palme d’Or win, Loach and long-time collaborator screenwriter Paul Laverty, deliver a powerful work of quiet outrage that is at turns intensely moving, darkly humorous and deeply heartbreaking.

FRIDAY 31 MARCH & SATURDAY 1 APRIL Rapunzel, the epic fairytale, will be brought to life by Midland Drama Schools. With hair as long as the Amazon, and a voice as golden as an angel, will Rapunzel be able to escape the evil clutches of Mother Gothel and return to her true family? Who will rescue our fair maiden from the tower? Come along and find out!

Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm & 8pm • €12

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LOVE & FRIENDSHIP

Director: Whit Stillman Ireland/Netherlands/France 2016, (English) | 93 minutes | Cert: G

TUESDAY 4 APRIL Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel

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With razor-sharp wit and a cunning that can’t be underestimated, the beautiful and recently widowed Lady Susan Vernon takes up residence with her in-laws in a bid to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy, her sister-in-law’s wealthy and dashing younger brother. Using merciless tactics and resourcefulness, Susan outmanoeuvres all who stand in her way, while also charming and enchanting when required. Filmed entirely in Ireland and directed by Whit Stillman (Metropolitan), this adaptation of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan is a delightful jaunt where manners and social standing are key, and a lady is only as good as her last husband.

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FRIDAY 7 & SATURDAY 8 APRIL Hansel & Gretel live a wonderful life in the village of Great Giggleswick where their school teacher is a singer and their dad has just taken on the ‘three little pigs’ as apprentices. But one day they get lost in the woods and stumble across an enchanted gingerbread house. Who is the owner of the house and what does she want with Hansel & Gretel?

Can the magical woodland sprite ‘Bluebell’ help them? Come along to cheer, sing, hiss & boo as we meet Hansel and Gretel and a whole host of other characters from the village of Great Giggleswick and follow them on their adventure.

Friday 7 April: 10am (schools only); 7pm Saturday 8 April: 3pm €13/€8.50 (€25 – 1 adult/2 kids)

BI RR COMHALTAS ANNUAL CONCERT SUNDAY 9 APRIL The annual Birr Comhaltas concert is not to be missed by music lovers. Come along for a toe-tapping night of live traditional music, song, dance and stories presented by hugely talented visiting and local artists.

8pm • €15/€12 (Friends: €12)

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THE OLIVE TREE TUESDAY 11 APRIL

Director: Icíar Bollaín Spain/Germany 2016 (Spanish/German/English/French) 100 minutes | Cert: Club

Starring: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs

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A heartfelt and warm family drama about reconciliation and hope.

Lena’s family, from austerity-hit Castellón region of Spain, is struggling. Her grandfather once the proud owner of an Olive farm has withdrawn into himself. Impulsively Lena sets forth on a journey to recover her grandfather’s Olive Tree, which has been encased in the headquarters of a soulless German Multinational. Lena’s journey is a spiritual quest to reconcile her families past and to provide light to her grieving Grandfather. Uplifting, passionate and delightful, The Olive Tree is a film about hope and honoring past generations and a belief in the strength of familial bonds.

MUSIC NETWORK PRESENTS

Mia Cooper | Katherine Hunka Ioana Petcu-Colan | Helena Wood THURSDAY 20 APRIL

Four of Ireland’s finest violinists – from the country’s most prestigious orchestras to boot – come together for the very first time in what promises to be a scintillating series of concerts. Leader of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra since 2006, Mia Cooper has graced the stage with the Barbican Trio, Gould Trio, Brodsky Quartet, Fibonacci Sequence and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Katherine Hunka, leader of the Irish Chamber Orchestra since 2002, has collaborated with Murray Perriah, Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy and Anthony Marwood amongst others, while Ioana Petcu-Colan, Associate Leader of the Ulster Orchestra, has worked with artists as diverse as Martin Hayes, Arcade Fire, John Abercrombie and members of the Alban Berg and Vanbrugh quartets. Completing this stellar quartet is Helena Wood, leader of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. A seasoned performer on TV and radio, she has given numerous recitals at such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.

8pm • €17/€15 (Special Student Rate: €5) PROGRAMME: To include music by Telemann, Bartók and an exciting new commission

by Ian Wilson, inspired by Cy Twombly’s ‘Quattro Stagioni’

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HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

Director: Taika Waititi New Zealand 2016 (English) 163 minutes | Cert: 16

TUESDAY 25 APRIL Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House Waititi

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A big-hearted picture full of small, understated moments of magic, the New Zealand-based comedy-drama Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an off-kilter charmer. Directed by Taika Waititi (co-director of the uproarious vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows), this downplays the broad laughs of its predecessor, instead focusing on the emotional thrust of a mismatched buddy movie. Not that any of the central characters would admit to anything as fluffy as an emotional journey.

Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a troubled orphan, raised on hiphop and rejection. Placed with the latest in a series of foster families, this time on a farm far away from the city where he styles himself a gangster, Ricky is reluctant. But his foster aunt Bella (Rima Te Wiata) breaks down his defences with down-to-earth love and affectionate mockery. However, when a tragedy threatens to steal back the life that Ricky has come to love, the boy finds himself on the run in the bush with Bella’s grizzled husband Hec (Sam Neill) and a dog called Tupac.

Winner, Audience Award Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Winner, Best International Feature Galway Film Fleadh 2016

FOURTH WALL LAOIS THEATRE GROUP

by John B. Keane Directed by Kevin Lalor-Fitzpatrick and Michelle O’Sullivan

A FULLBLOODED, SALTY, EARTHY PLAY WITH A GREAT RING OF TRUTH AND UPROARIOUS WITH COMEDY The Irish Times

SATURDAY 29 APRIL The story of Big Maggie Polpin and her attempts to keep her family together after the death of her husband is an enduring theatre favourite. The dialogue crackles with hilarious, caustic putdowns as the indomitable Maggie deals with her feckless family and unwanted suitors. Everyone wants a part of Big Maggie and her property, but she has other ideas. John B. Keane’s wonderful creation of a rural Irish matriarch ranks with Juno, Mommo and Molly Bloom as one of the great female creations of twentieth-century Irish literature. Fourth Wall Theatre Group is the newest theatre group in County Laois, consisting of new and experienced talent.

8pm • €14/€12 (€10 second level student / group of 10 or more)

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Bealtaine Film TUESDAY 2 MAY In May 2017 access>CINEMA and the Irish Film Institute will once again organise the May Film Tour to coincide with the Bealtaine Festival (the Irish national arts festival celebrating creativity in older age) featuring a programme of curated films specially selected with older audiences in mind. Please check our website for updates.

8pm • €5 (Friends: €3)

SATURDAY 6 MAY David McSavage is Ireland’s most divisive comedian – he’s funny too! A Sacred Cow is another way at looking at all of the institutions and parts of life in Ireland that shape us. The church, politicians, alcohol and celebrities will come under scrutiny with a level of honesty and caustic wit. Not suitable for clergy, politicians, bankers and economists.

Is suitable for people that want a good night out!

8pm • €16 (Students: €12.50), Early Bird – First 30 tickets: €10

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OSCAR® SEASON ARRIVAL TUESDAY 9 MAY

Dir: Denis Villeneuve USA 2016 | (English, Russian, Mandarin) 116 mins | Cert: 12A

Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

An emotionally arresting, visually inventive science fiction based on the award-winning Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. Professor of Linguistics Dr Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is enlisted by the US government to decipher the language of extra-terrestrials who *IMDb rating 8.1 have initiated first contact. She is accompanied by scientist Ian 8pm €5, Friends €3 Donelly (Jeremy Renner) on a mission to determine the purpose of their mysterious visitation. As the military manoeuvres around the s See 5 Film get 6th operation become increasingly fraught, the two outsiders are FREE drawn together in their search Collect your loyalty for understanding. card at Box Office

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Quiet Land

by Malachy McKenna

FRIDAY 12 MAY Starring: Des Keogh and Derry Power • Directed by: Bairbre Ní Chaoimh Two elderly farmers, Eamon and Nashee, meet at a gate on a remote hillside. They are old rivals, old neighbours. Their conversation is of a gentler time. But there’s nothing gentle about today’s conversation. They are forced to confront each other with some heartbreaking truths. The Quiet Land is a celebration of the humour, resilience and endearing innocence of an older generation as it struggles to survive in the rural Ireland of today.

W I N N E R O F T H E P. J . O ’ C O N N O R A W A R D 2 0 1 4 8pm • €14/€12

Two quietly epic performances... don’t miss it. Emer O Kelly, Sunday Independent

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OSCAR® SEASON MOONLIGHT TUESDAY 16 MAY

Dir: Barry Jenkins USA 2016 | (English) 110 mins | Cert: 15A

Starring: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monáe

A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. *IMDb rating 8.1 Chiron is a reticent child, different from the other kids at 8pm €5, Friends €3 school. There’s something about the way he walks, the way he talks, that has others guessing before he does, in an s lm Fi See 5 h environment where queerness is just not an option. Junkie Ma get 6t (a tightly-wound Naomie Harris) is no help E E FR in navigating these waters, so Chiron turns to local drug kingpin Juan, who offers the Collect your loyalty card at Box Office kind of leadership and emotional support that he so sorely needs. And Juan’s relationship with his girlfriend offers the blueprint for an equal relationship. Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney.

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Josh

Christina Irish Rockabilly Nights Tour SATURDAY 20 MAY

With fire in his fingers and a controlled fury set to the rhythm of an old soul, Baltimore native Josh Christina is bringing a brand new rockabilly energy to audiences throughout the USA and Ireland in May 2017. But it's not just Josh's ever growing legion of fans who are recognising this young man's unique gift. Daryl Davis, pianist for Chuck Berry, has remarked, “Josh Christina is the future of Rock‘n’Roll”. Following the release of his first album, Josh's talents caught the attention of Nashville-based producer Kent Wells (Dolly Parton), who immediately got to work with Josh on his second album, Good Old Love, (released in March 2015). The pair quickly teamed-up again to create the fantastic current EP, I’m 21. After a scorching debut Irish TV performance on The Late Late Show last September we are delighted to be one of the few chosen venues on his tour of Ireland.

8pm • €20

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Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley are among the most celebrated and distinguished young musicians in Ireland today. Featuring banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals and percussion We Banjo 3 make a bold and extraordinary musical statement. Creativity, sensitivity and passion are present in full measure and Irish music is at the heart of what they play. Collectively, We Banjo 3 have been at the forefront of Irish banjo and fiddle for 2 decades. Their competitive success is unrivalled, Martin holding 7 All-Ireland titles, Enda with 4, while Fergal and David hold All-Ireland titles on Banjo, Fiddle, Bodhrán and Guitar. We Banjo 3 play with swing and soul, effortlessly combining the best of Irish and Bluegrass banjo music and song, mining the rich vein of the American Old Time tradition and thoroughly reinventing the banjo band sound. Modern rhythms, traditional melodies, virtuosic technique and innovative arrangements of music and song add up to an incredible feast of banjo and mandolin music – guaranteed to put a smile on your face and get your feet tapping.

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OSCAR® SEASON CONTINUES...

On Tuesday nights in May and June we will screen Oscar® nominees and winners. At time of going to print, titles were still subject to availability. We hope to screen the Hollywood’s finest – La La Land, Fences, Loving, Lion and more. Join our mail list, follow us on Facebook, see our website and local press for details of screenings during the season.

8pm • €5 (Friends: €3)

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LYNGO THEATRE

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THURSDAY 8 JUNE The Odyssey is the classic of classics, the mother of all stories, the ultimate source of myths and legends full of giants, ghosts, greeks and great adventure.

Follow Patrick Lynch as he launches Ulysses and his companions on a fantastic voyage which comes to life on our big screen while he plays with sand, stones, boats, bowls, fire and water. The use of multiple cameras will magnify table-top props down to the smallest detail to turn a storm-in-a-teacup into an Aegean tempest. Don’t miss this epic narration of the fundamental fable that everyone can follow. Come along for a thrilling ride across hostile seas and spooky islands to finally realise that no matter how far you roam, there’s no place like Homer!

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A show by Marcello Chiarenza Adapted and performed

by Patrick Lynch Music by Carlo Cialdo Capelli Design assistant Elena Marini

11.15am • €10 (Ages 6–11 School Group Rate: €8 per child – Teachers free)

TALISMAN THEATRE COMPANY

THURSDAY 15 JUNE This much loved tale of the mischievous and cheeky Pinocchio begins when the Blue Fairy magically brings Pinocchio to life! His greatest wish is to become a real boy. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tries to be good, he keeps getting into trouble. Nor can he hide the fact he’s telling tales because his nose gives him away by growing longer and longer! The fun takes off as Pinocchio tumbles in and out of adventures, but if he wants to become a real boy, he must first learn to be brave, honest and true. Join him on his amazing journey – you’ll have a whale of a time!

Ideal for Ages 4+. 10.30am & 12pm.

Prices: Adult: €13.50 / Child: €12.50 / School or Group Rate: €10.00 One teacher free with every 10 child tickets sold • Running time approx 55 mins (no interval). Booking essential! To book please call Olga directly on the Talisman Booking Line 087 6363075

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Between Your Love & Mine A Requiem by Leonard Cohen THURSDAY 22 JUNE Last summer, writer John MacKenna, began work on a requiem for theatre, in memory of young friends and in honour of those who mourn them.

The requiem was inspired, in particular, by Leonard Cohen’s hope-filled lines: Behold the gates of mercy, in arbitrary space, and none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace, o solitude of longing where love has been confined, come healing of the body, come healing of the mind. In late October 2016, just two weeks before his death, Leonard approved the final draft of Between Your Love and Mine.

8pm • €18/€16

Directed by John MacKenna Musical Director: Aisling Carter Features the voices of Eric Butler, Katie Jacques and Shane Sullivan Keyboard: Aisling Carter Cello: Lucy Deegan Violin: Annie-Rose Deegan Drums: David Deay Spoken word: Angela Keogh and John MacKenna

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Cheques payable to Birr Stage Guild Ltd. In the final hour before a show only tickets for that performance can be processed. To comply with fire regulations children (even babies) must have a ticket.

CONCESSIONS We offer concession rates, where possible, to students, under 18’s, senior citizens, unemployed and disabled. Current I.D. is essential to avail of these concessions.

GROUP RATES Group rates are available. Please enquire at Box Office.

LATECOMERS All performances start at 8pm (unless otherwise stated). Doors open 30 minutes before performance. Performances will start on time – please don’t be late! Latecomers will not be admitted until there is a suitable break, which in some cases may be the interval.

DISABLED ACCESS Birr Theatre and Arts Centre is accessible for wheelchair users.

We also have a house wheelchair for your use. This can be booked for a performance or the chair can be used to bring you from your car to your seat (please note: there are two steps to the front row seats). Please make your requirements known at the time of booking. It is advisable to book in advance.

CHILDREN Children must be accompanied by an adult at all performances.

FOOD & DRINK Wine, coffee and soft drinks will be available during the interval.

No food and drink permitted in the auditorium.

PARKING There is ample street parking. However we remind you we are located in a residential area and ask you to be conscious not to block private entrances.

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FURTHER INFORMATION Birr Theatre & Arts Centre Oxmantown Hall, Birr, Co Offaly Box Office: 057 9122911 Email: info@birrtheatre.com Web: www.birrtheatre.com Venue Manager: Emma Nee Haslam

Comhairle Chontae Uíbh Fhailí Offaly County Council

This project is supported by the Department of Social Protection and Pobal through the Community Services Programme.

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