OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 5th January @ 5.00pm (note earlier time) Les Troyens (Berlioz)
The Met offers worldwide HD audiences a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starstudded cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the enormous and spectacular musical forces involved.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL Wednesday 16th January @ 8.00pm Fractal - Philip Lawson & Anna Murray
Fractal is a contemporary music production company set up by composer, musician and writer Anna Murray and Irish classical guitarist Philip Lawson. It aims to create new contexts for contemporary music through informal settings and collaboration with other media. Dedicated to new Irish music, for this concert Fractal has commissioned new works for guitar and electronics from five Irish composers, to be performed as part of their debut tour by Philip Lawson. The pieces run the gamut from exciting rhythmic studies to contemplative musical meditations, each accompanied by a visual realisation of the music by Irish video artists including Maura McDonnell, Eric Grehan, Carsten Krieger and Jane Cassidy. Programme: Garrett Sholdice - 3 Interludes; Conal Ryan - Catalogue; Francis Heery - Reflected Shadow Reversed; Sebastian Adams - Tweet Piece (#2): Anna Murray - Mutter; plus Benjamin Dwyer - Étude No. 1; Fergal Dowling - Stops. “Philip Lawson… sensitive interpretations, mastery of tone and strong sense of musicality.” - Irish Composers’ Collective Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
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OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 19th January @ 5.55pm Maria Stuarda (Donizetti)
The stunning Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Director David McVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts. A Met premiere.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 22nd January @ 8.00pm
The Imposter
UK 2012 95mins Language: English A totally gripping documentary feature by Bart Layton based on bizarre true life events. In 1994, 13 year-old Texan boy Nicholas Barclay vanished without a trace. In 1997 the boy is found in Spain, with a story of kidnap by shadowy captors. His family is ecstatic to have him back no matter how strange the circumstances, but back in Texas suspicions begin to surface. How could the Barclay’s blonde, blue-eyed son have returned with darker skin and eyes? How could his personality and even accent have changed so profoundly? Why does the family not seem to notice the glaring differences? And if this person isn’t the Barclay’s missing child, who is he? And what really happened to Nicholas? A fusion of confessional interviews, strikingly creative re-enactments and suspenseful storytelling that poses questions about truth, perception and the ease of fooling people who want to be fooled. “Pure, delicious suspense.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Dazzling.” - Tirkdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer “Enthralling.” - David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter Adm. €5
Booking: 094 9023733
THEATRE Thursday 24th January @ 8.00pm
Big Guerrilla Productions - The Sand Park
The Sand Park is the sometimes hilarious account of how big-hearted Offaly farmer James Anthony Lowery, a man in his mid-fifties, came to terms with the death of his son fifteen years ago and now, more recently, that of his wife Rose. It’s a play about rural Irish life and the way we cope with the inevitable, about how life and death and humour and love and sadness all live in the same house together… And then a strange thing happens… Funny, uplifting and real, The Sand Park is a new play written and performed by Seamus O’Rourke, following on from the success of his sell-out hit comedy Victor’s Dung, which played 95 performances to packed houses around the country. The Sand Park has been getting standing ovations wherever it’s been performed. Come and see why. “Unashamedly rural, unassumingly brilliant… Utterly compelling, funny and tender, a beautifully crafted piece of theatre... O’Rourke is absolutely superb.” - Will Govan, The Moth magazine “Turns all the clichés of how the Irish deal with death upside down. I cried and I laughed, but I left the theatre with a lot to think about.” - Charlie McGettigan, Shannonside Radio Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
COMEDY Friday 25th January @ 8.00pm
David O’Doherty - Seize the David O’Doherty
The 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and 2010 Hot Press Irish Comedian of the Year is back with his musings and keyboard for another great night of original comedy. “Life is a marathon, not a sprint. But it is a sort of marathon that you really have to sprint. And there are hurdles and weights to lift. And swimming. And shooting. Life is basically The Olympics. But at the end you don’t get a medal, you die.” “A national treasure” - The Irish Times “A triumph.” - The Montreal Gazette “A beautiful mix of acute observation and startling invention.” - The Irish Times “A delightfully soft focus from a mild superhero.” - The Evening Standard, London Adm. €18 / €14 (concessions)
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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Wed 30th & Thu 31st January @ 8.00pm Jack L - The 27 Club
Iconic singer and performer par excellence Jack L presents his new smash hit show The 27 Club. Celebrating a remarkable group of artists who passed away at the age of 27, the show features the work of icons such as Janis Joplin, The Doors, Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones, Amy Winehouse, The Bunnymen, Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana, they are all interpreted by the Irish multi-platinum Jack L through his own spellbinding performance. As he explores this mysterious number, Jack interweaves their legacy not through a vale of tears but in a rip-roaring musical celebration of life itself in a dramatic and unforgettable new show that has received rave reviews from the international press following his week of shows at Edinburgh Arts Festival. “A gorgeous, versatile Baritone.” - The Washington Post “Jack L’s voice is an irresistible force of nature.” - Paris-Match “Perhaps most singular talent to have emerged from Ireland in the past decade.” - The Irish Independent Adm. €20
ARCHIVE CINEMA + LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 5th February @ 8.00pm
IFI National presents A Mayo Ciné-Concert
This remarkable programme of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive features films made in and about Mayo by amateur and professional filmmakers. It includes: Whaling Afloat and Ashore – the earliest documentary made in Ireland filmed at a whaling station on Iniskea in 1908. Waters of Providence - a film made by Fr Francis Browne SJ at the Foxford Woollen Mills in 1947 which provides a fascinating record of the community at work, at prayer and at leisure. The films will be accompanied by a score devised by internationally renowned musicians Colm and Rossa O Snodaigh of Kíla and harpist Cormac de Barra, who will use instrumental, percussive, foley and vocal elements to produce a dynamic fusion of traditional and contemporary music. This programme is funded by Arts Council Touring. Adm. €10
Booking: 094 9023733
MUSIC & PERFORMANCE Thursday 7th February @ 8.00pm
I’ll Live ‘til I Die - Celebrating the Life of Delia Murphy
Liam Clancy described Delia Murphy as a pivotal figure who took up the Irish ballad and turned it into something of her own. I’ll Live ‘til I Die is a celebration in words and song of the iconic Delia (1903-1971), the renowned Mayo-born singer who gave the Irish ballad international recognition and ensured its everlasting appeal. Musician and teacher Gerry Anderson plays and talks through Delia’s career drawing on his knowledge of the singer as the first inspiration as a folk balladeer and Traditional musician, and looking at her place in Irish music and the people she inspired as Ireland’s first lady of song. A selection of Delia’s favourite songs such as The Spinning Wheel and If I Were a Blackbird will be performed by professional actress and singer Márín O’Donovan; and Delia’s niece, the poet and playwright Carmen Cullen, adds some family reminiscences and reads from her novel Two Sisters Singing, a book inspired by the largerthan-life Delia herself. “She became a heroine and the most popular singer in the country.” - Liam Clancy Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
THEATRE Tuesday 12th February @ 8.00pm
Dyad Productions - Female Gothic
An artist, gripped by the clutching fingers of a dead past; a scientist, defying nature in the dark realm of the senses; an expectant father driven mad by creeping shadows… In the unquiet, Stygian darkness between life and death, a lone, haunted woman tells chilling tales of the macabre and terrifying, illuminating the curious frailties of human nature… The Victorian fascination with tales of mystery and the supernatural created an enduring legacy of Gothic fiction; but it is often the male writers that we remember. Many thrilling and eerie stories from the great female writers of that era have gathered dust and been forgotten. Until now. This dark celebration of female gothic is adapted and performed by Rebecca Vaughan (Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth), and directed by Olivier Award Winner, Guy Masterson. “Exquisite… Brilliant. Beautiful.” - One4Review “Holds the audience in the palm of its hand. A near perfect piece of theatre.” - The Scotsman “Wonderfully eerie... genuinely chilling.” - British Theatre Guide “Rebecca Vaughan is amazing. Brilliant work.” - Hairline magazine Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
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OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 16th February 2013 @ 5.55pm Rigoletto (Verdi)
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s gripping tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 19th February @ 8.00pm
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro)
2011 France 107mins Language: French with English subtitles Inspired by a Victor Hugo poem, director Robert Guédiguian introduces us to the world of Michel and Marie-Claire, a couple who have lived happily together for 30 years. Upstanding middle-aged factory worker and socialist shop steward Michel has just been forced into early retirement, but soon after they are attacked in their home, beaten, tied up and robbed of everything including their wedding rings. However it transpires that one of their attackers is a co-worker also made redundant, a young man who is attempting to support himself and his young dependents. An eloquent and quietly gripping film about the politics of everyday life. “Honest and affecting… honourable, immensely moving and eventually inspiring... It left me with tears in my eyes.” - Philip French, The Observer “Engaging, affecting, and never afraid to show its political heart… offers an important parable for our times.” - Film Society Lincoln Center “Richly textured... hearty... fable-like.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker “Populist, politically intelligent drama.” - Geoff Andrew, Time Out Adm. €5
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FOLK MUSIC Saturday 23rd February @ 8.00pm The Unthanks
Rachel and Becky Unthank are honest young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other. With fans as diverse as Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Elvis Costello and Rosanne Cash, The Unthanks have established themselves as the most innovative and critically acclaimed folk band in modern history. Using a kaleidoscope of unlikely instruments, their unique approach to storytelling straddles the complex relationship between modernism and learning from the past. And it is wonderful. Their second album The Bairns was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and appeared in The Best Albums of the Decade in both Uncut and The Guardian. Their latest offering, Here’s the Tender Coming (2009) was both BBC and Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year. The real deal. “Music that is so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks.” - BBC Music “They are fresh and new and I really don’t think they know how good they are.” - Robert Wyatt “A rare, undisciplined magic... formidable.” - fRoots “Absolutely exquisite.” - Paul Morley, The Observer Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
THEATRE Tuesday 26th February @ 8.00pm Beezneez - Scorpion
John McDwyer’s new play is a searing, honest appraisal of life at the end of the Celtic Tiger. Three Sales Managers meet in their Sales Director’s office, ostensibly to meet their new Managing Director but, in fact, to meet their future. For some, that is more promising than for others. As they await their call, they ‘bat the breeze’ and in scenes rich in uncompromising dialogue they fight for position and score points on one another without fear or favour. Written by the Beezneez Artistic Director, McDwyer pulls no punches with his dialogue in this important new work and, while full of witty comment and sparkling one-liners, Scorpion ultimately delivers “a bang up to date commentary on the state of Ireland in the current climate” and presents the audience with identifiable characters who will remain in the memory long after the show is over. Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
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OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 2nd March @ 5.00pm (note earlier time) Parsifal (Wagner)
The great German tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard’s new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
YOUTH THEATRE Monday 4th March @ 11.20am
Ger Carey Live - Stand-Up for Teenagers
Ger Carey is back with his new show! Stand-up for Teenagers is 90 minutes of stand-up comedy for teenagers, taking a hilarious sideways look at fame, television, music, advertising and the future for teenagers. If you are between 15 and 19, you cannot afford to miss this show!
Adm. €10 (Teachers free) NB: Booking through Armed Eye. Tel: 059 9141333
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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 5th March @ 8.00pm Samsara
USA 2011 99mins Language: None Described as an unparalleled sensory experience searching for the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives, Samsara is a new, non-verbal documentary from filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, An ‘audiovisual symphony’ filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, Samsara transports us to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders. By dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, Samsara subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern. “Transcendental...masterful... one of the most breathtaking cinematic experiences this year.” - Raffi Asdourian, The Film Stage “Awesome, gorgeous, spellbinding. Not to be missed!” - Boston Herald “A film that dazzles the eye. Who knew the world still concealed so much eccentric loveliness?” - Donald Clarke, The Irish Times “Achingly beautiful and visually transfixing... It’s a movie to get lost in.” - Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald Adm. €5
LOCAL ARTS: MUSIC CONCERT Monday 11th March @ 8.00pm
St Gerald’s College - Spring Concert
St Gerald’s College Art and Music Department proudly presents its third annual Spring Recital. The Music Department is a busy spot in St Gerald’s College with students involved in much music making both in the school and locality. Highlights of the Recital will include: the school choir who participated in the Sligo Choral Festival, the grúpa ceoil who played at the Trad for Trócaire gig in the school, solo singers and instrumentalists who have competed in All Ireland Schools Talent Search and various ensembles. A variety of genres will feature from rock to pop, classical to traditional. All are welcome to see and hear for themselves just how talented these young boys are! Adm. €10 / €5 (concessions) A variety of paintings and prints from students of all years will be on display on the night as part of a concurrent exhibition by St Gerald’s College Art students. (See ‘Visual Art’ section for details.)
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CLASSICAL MUSIC Tuesday 12th March @ 8.00pm
Deirdre Moynihan & The Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists Hidden Handel: Where Light and Shadows Merge
Hidden Handel brings together a number of Ireland’s foremost Early Music artists to perform a collection of Handel’s most joyous and profound arias. Experience the mellow and haunting sounds of original Baroque instruments. Be transported from the hectic pace of modern life by the ethereal voice of soprano soloist, Deirdre Moynihan. A celebration of the wonders of nature: dramatic melodies; vivid imagery; sweet stillness. A unique opportunity to hear international soprano Deirdre Moynihan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists perform live in the Linenhall. Don’t miss it! “Deirdre Moynihan... sheer quality.” - John Rountree, Chairman, Ardee Baroque Festival “Irish Baroque Orchestra... fresh invigorating vitality.” - Munster Express Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
FOLK MUSIC Thursday 14th March @ 8.00pm Vickers Vimy
Vickers Vimy is a five-piece collective formed by Ed Drea and Fintan Hanley, who write and perform “laid back folk tunes in the style of Paul Simon or Jack Johnson”. The Galway-based band takes its name from one of the most celebrated crossAtlantic adventures, the flight of the Vickers Vimy from New Foundland to Clifden, Connemara in 1919. Inspired by the story, Ed and Fintan wrote and recorded an album. Produced by Daragh O’Toole and mixed by Ger McDonnell, it features Colm Mac Con Iomaire from The Frames and The Swell Season and a good crew of friends, with well-known Davitt College Music teacher and school Musical Producer Eamonn Mulderrig on drums. Vickers Vimy have supported such greats as John Martyn, The Hothouse Flowers, Mundy, The Guggenheim Grotto and Maria Doyle Kennedy. They released their critically acclaimed debut single, Devil on Your Back in 2012. Their long awaited debut album That Vinyl Scratch will see light of day in March 2013. “Stand up and take a bow Vickers Vimy… you write some lovely songs and you exude a gorgeous vitality!” - Hot Press Adm. €12 / €10 (concessions)
Booking: 094 9023733
OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 16th March @ 4.00pm (note earlier time) Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai)
Zandonai’s compelling and melodic opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 19th March @ 8.00pm About Elly (Darbareye Elly)
Iran 2009 109mins Language: Persian with English subtitles The huge success of Oscar-winning A Separation resulted in director Asghar Farhadi’s back catalogue coming to international attention. Beginning with a little white lie, About Elly is a gripping psychological drama exploring social strictures and tensions that showcases one of the brightest new stars of contemporary Iranian cinema. A group of well-heeled young former college friends from Tehran head off on a break to the seaside with newcomer Elly, who they hope might hit it off with recently divorced Ahmad. But lively banter and high spirits fade as events escalate, and when Elly disappears recriminations fly as the truth emerges. “Superbly acted, morally challenging, packed with legitimate suspense, this is film-making of a high order.” – Philip French, The Observer “Fascinating psychological drama… powerfully acted, disturbing and suspenseful.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Incredibly gripping and brilliantly directed.” – Jennifer Tate, ViewLondon Adm. €5
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LOCAL ARTS: THEATRE Thursday 21st March @ 8.00pm
Garrymore Drama Group - Dancing at Lughnasa
Since its premier production at the Abbey in 1990, Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa has rapidly established itself as a modern classic in both Irish and international theatre. Set in 1936 in Ballybeg Co. Donegal, the home of the five unmarried Mundy sisters and their brother Jack, a priest recently returned from 25 years in an African leper colony, this memory play unfolds from the point of view of adult narrator Michael, then 8 years old, the illegitimate son of the youngest sister. His memories of that fateful time, centred round the festival of the Celtic god Lugh, bring into sharp focus images of love, loss, and moments of intense emotion in a play of layered meanings, conflicting rituals and family tensions. Garrymore Drama Group has been in existence since the early 1980s and is well established with many successful productions and two All Ireland Confined titles to their credit. This year they bring to life Brian Friel’s much-loved classic, in a production directed by Frankie Ralph O’Malley. Adm: €14 / €12 (concessions)
COMEDY Saturday 23rd March @ 8.00pm Pat Shortt - I Am The Band
Pat Shortt’s new one-man comedy show charts the life of solo lounge musician Dixie Walsh. The show is a tribute night where Dixie’s peers and friends (the audience) come to celebrate his career, as Dixie reminisces about the path his career has taken and the struggles he has had to endure to get to the top of his game. Pat Shortt is one of Ireland’s best-loved comedians. As Dixie Walsh, he has had one of the biggest selling number one singles with The Jumbo Breakfast Roll. A much-loved character in two of Pat’s sell out shows, Dixie now takes centre stage to tell his life story and shares his unique style of music with you. Pat Shortt’s quirky interpretation of rural Irish characters brings to life Dixie’s mother, his teacher and other locals who queue up to recall their daft memories of Dixie and his music. I Am The Band is a hilarious look at life on the back roads between Ireland’s dance halls, and a tribute to one of this country’s true music legends - Dixie Walsh. “Shortt is a master of the art of lampooning the weird and wonderful characters of rural Ireland. One of our most successful funny men seemingly has plenty of devilment up his sleeve, and it’s a pleasure to witness it close up” - Eamon Sweeney, Irish Independent Adm. €28
Booking: 094 9023733
TRADITIONAL MUSIC Monday 25th March @ 8.00pm
Iarla Ó Lionáird, Cleek Schrey & Ivan Goff
There’s no mistaking the sublime, utterly compelling vocal talents of Iarla Ó Lionáird. One of the most ambitious recording artists in Ireland today, he has performed with groups as diverse as The Gloaming, Afro Celt Sound System, Gavin Bryars, Peter Gabriel and The Crash Ensemble, while reimagining sean nós crooning in his solo albums, most recently in the critically acclaimed Foxlight. For this Music Network tour, Ó Lionáird is accompanied by Cleek Schrey’s unique fiddle playing, which fuses Irish stylings with the Old-time music of Virginia. Sharing Ó Lionáird’s pioneering spirit, Schrey has collaborated in recent years with old time fiddler Stephanie Coleman, percussive dance phenomenon Nic Gareiss, and the viol consort Sonnambula. Completing the line-up is All-Ireland champion piper and fellow New York resident Ivan Goff, who has performed in many theatrical productions as well as playing with Riverdance, Whirligig, Cathie Ryan and Lúnasa. “The finest sean nós singer in these islands today.” Hot Press “One of the most dramatic voices in contemporary music.” - The Guardian “Genius is the operative word here.” - Time Out Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 2nd April @ 8.00pm Holy Motors
France 2012 115mins Language: French, English The latest offering from director Leos Carax (Les Amants du PontNeuf) is a remarkable film located firmly in the Surrealist tradition, defying categorisation or explanation. From dawn to dusk through the streets of an eerie, beautiful and strangely fluid Paris, the mysterious Monsieur Oscar is driven by his chauffeuse Céline in a white stretch limousine to a series of situations, assuming for these ‘appointments’ a range of elaborate and preposterous disguises: an old woman, a wealthy businessman, a tramp, an assassin… While this may sound like hardcore ‘arthouse’, critics from all quarters have hailed this film as groundbreaking, extraordinary and beautiful. Come and see why for yourselves. “Captivating and compelling…weird and wonderful, rich and strange… wayward, kaleidoscopic, black comic and bizarre… a bravura exercise in pure imagination.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Exhilarating.” - Richard & Mary Corliss, TIME Magazine “[A] crazy-beautiful reverie about movies, love, the love of movies, and the inevitability of human melancholy.” - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly Adm. €5
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THEATRE Wednesday 10th April @ 8.00pm Fishamble - Forgotten
‘Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?’ Flor wants to bath himself; Dora wants her chowder now; Gustus wants his house back; Eucharia wants to make an announcement… With exhilarating theatricality and haunting honesty, Pat Kinevane’s captivating performance brings to life these sometimes forgotten voices of society. This production is now in its 7th year, with over 100 performances throughout Ireland and on tour to the UK, USA and Europe. Written and performed by Pat Kinevane, directed by Jim Culleton. Together with Silent (see below) part of an exciting double bill from Fishamble: The New Play Company, a multi-award winning Irish company dedicated to the discovery, development and production of new work for the theatre. Running time: 80 mins. “Beautifully written... vivid… uniquely memorable.” - The New Yorker “Drop everything. Book now...captivating, moving and - yes even unforgettable.” - The Irish Times “An incredibly moving piece of theatre…unequivocally beautiful.” - The Scotsman Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions) Double Deal with Silent: see both shows for €25
THEATRE Thursday 11th April @ 8.00pm Fishamble - Silent
Homeless McGoldrig once had splendid things. But he has lost it all - including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino, in this brave, bold, beautiful production. Silent has been wowing audiences on an extensive tour both nationally and internationally in Europe and the USA. Written and performed by Pat Kinevane, and directed by Jim Culleton, this production was winner of the Fringe First and Herald Angel Awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011, and Argus Angel at Brighton Festival 2012. Together with Forgotten (see above) part of an exciting double bill from Fishamble: The New Play Company. Running time: 80 mins. “Passionate one-man show… stunning.” - The New York Times “A must-see if ever there was one.” - The List “Fabulous dance of whirling words.” - The Herald “Dazzling theatricality.” - The Guardian “Remarkable. Marvellous.” - Irish Independent “A striking performance under Jim Culleton’s effective direction... pulses with the erratic noise of life.” - Irish Times Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions) Double Deal with Forgotten: see both shows for €25
Booking: 094 9023733
VOCAL MUSIC Monday 15th April @ 8.00pm Trio Mediaeval (Norway)
“Beguiling”, “intoxicating” and “mesmerizing” are just some of the superlatives used by critics to describe the extraordinary sound of Trio Medieval, a Norwegian vocal ensemble that has captivated audiences worldwide with a songbook spanning medieval music, traditional Norwegian ballads and contemporary works. The unique voices of sopranos Anna Maria Friman, Berit Opheim and Torunn Østrem Ossum blend together with seamless and unnerving accuracy, but for all the hauntingly pure harmonies and vocal finesse, the trio deliver songs from a bygone era with a tenderness that melts away the centuries. Founded in 1997, the group’s first album Words of the Angel reached Billboard’s Top 10 Bestseller list, while their most recent release Folk Songs won a Grammy nomination in 2008. The ensemble has performed in cathedrals, monasteries and industrial spaces as well as prestigious halls such as the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall and the Vienna Konzerthaus. “If you could bottle the joie de vivre that comes from the members of Trio Mediaeval you could probably sell it not just as a pick-me-up, but as some form of basic life-force.” Michael Dervan, The Irish Times Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 16th April @ 8.00pm Barbara
Germany 2012 105mins Language: German with English subtitles A simmering, impeccably crafted Cold War drama set in 1980, Barbara is a Berlin doctor who has been banished to the stifling grind of a rural East German medical centre as punishment for applying for an exit visa. Continually harassed by a local Stasi official, and plotting an escape to the West and her West German boyfriend, she finds herself growing more attached to a young fellow physician, a gentle loner whose intentions are never quite clear, and she’s eventually thrown into a dilemma between the need for freedom and the warmth and gratitude she receives from others. An Oscar-nominated film from writer/director Christian Petzold. “An enthralling little gem.” - Pauline McLeod, Daily Express “An elegant drama based on human and political dilemmas.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Tough and tender, it’s the best Iron Curtain drama since The Lives of Others.” - Philip Wilding, Empire Magazine Adm. €5
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LOCAL ARTS: THEATRE Wed 24th & Thu 25th April @ 8.00pm
Whitethorn Theatre Company - The Salvage Shop
Sylvester Tansey, owner of The Salvage Shop, is a strict taskmaster who demands loyalty from family, friends and the band he conducts in the seaside town of Garris. In his twilight years, the opera buff and bandmaster is left with his unfulfilled dreams, and the bitter memory of his band failing to win a prestigious state-wide musical competition. Now rebellion is brewing in the ranks, and the time has come for the maestro to pass on his baton, but Sylvester has a long memory and the sting of betrayal still smarts after all these years. Meanwhile his son Eddie, euphonium player in exile, invokes the intervention of the great Luciano Pavarotti as he struggles to forge a reconciliation with his father… Written by playwright Jim Nolan, directed by veteran director Frank Herraghty. A Whitethorn production in association with the Linenhall Arts Centre. Adm. €14 / €12 (concessions)
OPERA: THE MET LIVE IN HD Saturday 27th April @ 5.00 pm (note earlier time) Giulio Cesare (Handel)
The opera that conquered London in Handel’s own time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively new production. Leading countertenor David Daniels is Julius Ceasar opposite the remarkable French soprano Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Standard ticket: €24 Student/child: €12 Family of 4: €60 3 For 2 Offer: €48 for any 3 CONSECUTIVE operas
Booking: 094 9023733
WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 30th April @ 8.00pm The Giants (Les Géants)
Belgium 2011 84mins Language: French with English subtitles Director Bouli Lanners introduces us to two adolescent brothers and their friend in this joyous, heartwarming film with an endearing Mark-Twain-meets-Ken-Loach vibe that deftly negotiates between heartbreak and hilarity. Neglected by their families, the three lovable scamps fend for themselves in a house in the woods that belongs to the brothers’ late grandfather. But euphoria and bravado are tested by a picaresque series of events including encounters with a psychotic big brother and a drug dealer looking to use the house as a marijuana farm. Lushly filmed, the story is underpinned by three superb central performances by the boys. “A lovely drunken roll of a movie, brightly played by its adolescent cast, luxuriating in a Belgian countryside of whispering grass and fairytale forests.” - Xan Brooks, The Guardian “Films seldom capture the quicksilver highs and lows of being young half as well as this light-touch Belgian drama.” - Cath Clarke, Time Out Adm. €5
VISUAL ART: GALLERY Until Saturday 26th January Emma Bourke - Flora Lucida
Emma is a visual artist working mainly in the medium of glass. Her artistic practice is inspired by the natural environment in the west of Ireland where she spent her formative years, and the wild flowers and plants that populate the countryside. Captivated by these enchanting plants, Emma creates collections of these wild flowers out of glass, eternally capturing their beauty. “The transparency of the glass is intentionally maintained in order to heighten the ambiguity of an organic ecosystem. Adding colour to some petals allows each to become characteristically unique like the environment which inspires their conception.” Emma graduated with a BDes (Hons) from NCAD. One of her Degree pieces was purchased by the National Museum of Ireland, while her Thesis Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and their glass models of sea creatures was acquired by the Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass, New York as part of its Blaschka Archive. Emma received a Scholarship from the Craft Council of Ireland under the Future Makers Awards 2009. Adm. free
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VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 1st - Saturday 23rd February Olivia Irvine - Some of These Places
This exhibition shows recent paintings in oil and egg tempera on linen by Scottish artist Olivia Irvine. In the artist’s own words: “I get my inspiration from my immediate surroundings, including domestic interiors, streets, gardens and family holidays. The actual locations act as a pretext for the paintings, as they are not depictions of the real places but rather a reinvention or reinterpretation of them. The subject matter comes from sketches or paintings made on the spot, but also from studio set-ups, memories past and recent, and my imagination. Pattern, colour and gesture play as much a part as ideas and narrative, as the dynamics of the picture-making process itself throw up choices and surprises. I feel this approach, which mixes fantasy, memory and reality, better reflects how I feel about the psychological issues of place, identity and autobiography. Although these are deeply personal paintings, because they are not specific I hope that they will open the door to the viewer’s own imagination.” Since 2000, Olivia he exhibited widely in Scotland, England, Spain and the USA. Adm. free Official opening on Friday 1st February at 7.30pm. All welcome.
VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 1st - Saturday 30th March Catalyst Arts - SCORE
As part of it’s 20th birthday programme, Catalyst Arts presents SCORE - an exhibition of innovative contemporary art selected from its membership base. Catalyst Arts is an artist-led gallery in Belfast that has been at the heart of contemporary art in Northern Ireland since 1993. Twenty years on, Catalyst Arts has hosted over sixty directors and a thousand artists, spanning continents, notoriety and stages in artistic career.
Adm. free Official opening on Friday 1st March at 7.30pm. All welcome. Image: Jordan Hutchings
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VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 5th - Saturday 27th April Vauney Strahan - Substratum
An exhibition of paintings in oil on board by artist Vauney Strahan, exploring the relationship and the dialogue that exists between our inner world and the spaces that surround us. “As human beings we are continuously weaving our way in and around the physical spaces we occupy,” she explains. “What interests me however is the simultaneous navigation of a world less tangible than this physical realm… the inner landscape, the perceptual architecture of the mind and memory, the emotional and the spiritual realms. My chief artistic interest concerns the place where these two landscapes converge, where the subconscious meets the conscious; where mind meets matter.” With degrees in History of Art and Fine Art, since 2006 Strahan has exhibited widely in Ireland and has also participated in group shows in Spain and Germany. She recently moved back to Ireland to take up a Fellowship awarded by Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo. She now works from her studio in Dublin. Adm. free Official opening on Friday 5th April at 7.30pm. All welcome.
VISUAL ART: FOYER Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th January Celebrity Chair An exhibition of chairs signed by celebrities including Michael J. Fox, Daniel O’Donnell, Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, Shay Healy, James Morrison, Tommy Fleming and many more, plus four chairs painted and signed by four famous artists, together with a number of original paintings done by well known artists. Presented in association with a funraising project by the Mayo Branch of the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland. Further information from Marian Newman. Tel: 087 3157666 Adm. free
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VISUAL ART: FOYER Thursday 7th - Saturday 23rd February The Missing Spark The Missing Spark is an exhibition of paintings by 4th Year Art & Design students from GMIT Castlebar. The exhibition was instigated and co-ordinated by Seamus Burke, a sufferer of Multiple Sclerosis who is also currently a Fine Art Degree student in his 4th year at GMIT Castlebar Campus. Seamus has been involved with the arts for over 30 years, and has designed and facilitated many art projects for people with learning and associated disabilities. “The Missing Spark is a visual record of the emotions I have experienced after my job was recently terminated as a result of my M.S. condition. My colleagues in the GMIT have also interpreted their vision of the theme on canvas for this exhibition.” Further details from www.themissingspark.com Proceeds from the exhibition go to the local branch of the M.S. Society. Adm: free Official opening on Thursday 7th February at 7.30pm. All welcome.
VISUAL ART: FOYER Monday 11th - Saturday 16th March St Gerald’s College Art Exhibition St Gerald’s College Art and Music Department very proudly present their annual Art Exhibition. The Art Department in the school is a vibrant environment with on-going projects in a variety of crafts including printmaking, clay-modelling and puppetry. Students regularly go outside to create observational drawings of their locality and often attend exhibitions of contemporary artists. Students of all abilities are encouraged to express their creative side. A variety of paintings and prints from students of all years will be on display. Adm: free
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VISUAL ART: FOYER Wednesday 20th March - Saturday 6th April RehabCare Art Exhibition A colourful and engaging exhibition of visual art and craft produced by the service users at RehabCare Castlebar Resource Centre, Breaffy Road, facilitated by arts worker and textile designer Emma Gallagher. The exhibition comprises paintings on canvas by some 30 RehabCare service users - including portraits and landscapes - as well as a selection of craft pieces and hand sewn items. Adm: free
VISUAL ART: PRINT GALLERY Ongoing from Thursday 10th January Alison Laredo - Live at the Linenhall We’ve asked photographer Alison Laredo to capture some of the unforgettable performances that make up the Linenhall’s programme of events. The result is an ongoing photographic document of memorable moments as seen through Alison’s distinctive lens, a reminder of great nights and great people who have challenged, engaged and entertained, an exhibition that will continue to grow throughout the years. Alison Laredo is a professional photographer based in Castlebar. A selection of her work may be viewed on her website: www.alisonlaredo.com Adm: free Official opening on Thursday 10th January at 7.30pm. All welcome.
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A CASE FOR CRAFT A Case for Craft We are delighted to celebrate the wonderful craft workers we have in Mayo by displaying their work in our Foyer area. Over the coming months you will continue to see a range of top quality work to delight, inspire, and perhaps even tempt you...
SCULPTURE WORKSHOP WIRE ANIMALS SCULPTURE WORKSHOP for 14 years+ to adults with Kate McNamara Saturday 26th January, 11.30am - 4.00pm This workshop is designed to introduce participants to modelling, 3D design and sculptural techniques. During the workshop participants will analyse the shape, form, and texture of animals from secondary source materials such as photographs and other visual images. Then by using techniques such as twisting, hand manipulation and wire cutting each participant will create a free standing creature no bigger than 30cm high. They will also have a chance to look at images of works by wire sculpture artist David Hill. Kate McNamara is an artist and arts educator. She holds a degree in textile design from Loughborough University and a postgraduate certificate in Education in Art and Design from Manchester Metropolitan University. She has extensive experience as an art teacher and workshop facilitator. Wire Animals Sculpture Workshop takes place in the Linenhall Arts Centre’s Community Arts Room on Saturday 26th January from 11.30am to 4.00pm with 30 minutes break for lunch. The cost for the workshop is ₏12. Places are limited and early booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further details from the Linenhall Arts Centre. Tel: 094 9023733
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VISUAL ART WORKSHOP COLOUR AND MOOD a visual art workshop for 8-11 YEAR OLDS with Olivia Irvine Saturday 2nd February, 11.00am-12.30pm Join artist Olivia Irvine to explore colour and how artists use it for all sorts of different reasons. You will begin by looking around Olivia’s exhibition Some of These Places in our gallery space and talking about how she uses colour to create a variety of moods in her work. Then you will go to our Community Arts Room where Olivia will give you tips about colour mixing and how to use colour and colour combinations effectively in your art. Working with oil pastels on card, using images of places either remembered or imagined, participants will create small mood pictures. Olivia Irvine is a Scottish artist who specialises in paint and drawing. She studied art at Edinburgh College of Art and Winchester School of Art in Barcelona. She has multiple solo exhibitions to her credit. Colour and Mood visual art workshop for 8-11 year olds takes place on Saturday 2nd February from11.00am-12.30pm. The cost for the workshop is €10. Places are limited and early booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further details from the Linenhall. Tel: 094 9023733
VISUAL ART WORKSHOP THE EMOTIVE QUALITIES OF COLOUR a visual art workshop FOR ADULTS with Olivia Irvine Saturday 2nd February, 2.00pm-5.00pm A workshop exploring in an in-depth way the use of colour to create mood. Artist Olivia Irvine will lead participants on a tour of her exhibition in the Linenhall Gallery, focusing particularly on her approach to using colour. This will be followed by a hands-on workshop beginning with a short demonstration on colour mixing and combining. Then, working with imagery of places, both interior and exterior, using memory, imagination, sketches or photographs, participants will create at least two small paintings or pastels using colour to create different moods. There will be a group discussion at the end where participants are invited to comment about their own and each other’s work. The Emotive Qualities of Colour visual art workshop for adults takes place on Saturday 2nd February from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. Participants are asked to bring along at least two images of places both interior and exterior with which they will work. These could be photographs or sketches. The cost for the workshop is €20. Places are limited and early booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further details from the Linenhall. Tel: 094 9023733.
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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: VISUAL ART WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING FOR ADULTS workshop series with Gráinne O’Reilly 11.00am-1.00pm, for six Mondays from 4th February
Ever thought you would like to try your hand at painting? Here’s your chance; a relaxed series of workshops with step by step instruction from how to mix colour to the direction of the brush stroke. The workshops will include instruction in drawing, painting, colour and technique and participants will have the chance to work on landscapes, still-lifes or their own individual pieces. The workshops will focus on the use of acrylic paints. Gráinne O’Reilly is one of Mayo’s most prolific painters. She studied fine art at Sligo Institute of Technology and her work has been exhibited throughout the country, including solo shows at the Linenhall Arts Centre and Westport’s Custom House Studios. She has extensive experience in designing and facilitating visual art workshops. Introduction to Painting for Adults takes place over six Monday mornings commencing February 4th from 11.00am-1.00pm (continuing February 11th, 18th, 25th, March 4th and 11th). Cost per head for the workshop series is €60. Participants will be required to bring some of their own materials these will be outlined in the first class. Places are limited, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall. Tel: 094 9023733
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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: SINGING WORKSHOP SING YOUR PARTY PIECE IN STYLE workshop series for adults with Anne Marie Gibbons 11.00am-1.00pm, for eight Fridays from 8th February Throughout February and March the Linenhall will echo to the sound of adult voices being put through their paces by singing teacher and performer Anne Marie Gibbons. This course will take the form of an introduction to singing for adults. It is designed as a confidence-building exercise which will give those taking part the techniques and skills required to sing a song from beginning to end with self-assurance and expression. Anne Marie will coach participants in basic vocal techniques (such as breathing) while also helping them to overcome nervousness to put a song across. Plenty of fun along the way is guaranteed!! Anne Marie Gibbons is a mezzo soprano. She studied at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin and subsequently at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. She was company principal at the English National Opera for three years, and has performed multiple operatic roles including among others Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte, Flora in La Traviata, Anna in The Trojans at Carthage and Pippo in La Gazza Ladra. She has a wide-ranging oratorio and concert repertoire, and has extensive experience as a singing teacher. Sing Your Party Piece in Style takes place over eight Friday mornings commencing February 8th from 11.00am-1.00pm (continuing February continuing 15th, 22nd Feb, and 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th March). Cost per head for the workshop series is ₏100. A willingness to perform in front of the group is required. There are twelve places available, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall. Tel: 094 9023733
GIFT VOUCHERS LINENHALL GIFT VOUCHERS - THE PERFECT GIFT! Looking for a gift with a difference? May we suggest a Linenhall Gift Voucher? These handy vouchers are redeemable against all ticket sales and workshops for our forthcoming programme at the Linenhall, or even Art purchases made through the Linenhall Gallery. Available at prices to suit any pocket, these Vouchers are an ideal way of giving a gift of the Arts for any occasion!
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VISUAL ART WORKSHOP SHADOWS AND LIGHT
visual art workshop for 7-12 year olds with Breda Burns over two Saturdays 11.00am-12.30pm commencing 16th February Back by popular demand following a hugely successful outing during our 2012 Summer Camps. In this workshop you will explore how light interacts with materials of varying transparency, creating shadows and areas of luminosity. Make your own light box using layered silhouettes and materials of different transparency and colour, and discover how together they can create magical vibrant light pictures. Breda Burns is a Westport based painter. She has exhibited her work widely both in solo and group exhibitions. Breda has been teaching, leading community art projects and facilitating art workshops for many years. Shadows and Light takes place over two Saturdays commencing February 16th from 11.00am-12.30pm (continuing February 23rd). Cost per head for the workshop series is €15. Places are limited, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall. Tel@ 094 9023733
VISUAL ART WORKSHOP STENCILS AND OBJECTS
visual art workshop for 5-7 year olds with Breda Burns over two Saturdays 1.30pm-3.00pm commencing 16th February Here’s another offering that was hugely successful during our 2012 Summer Camps. Over two weeks explore the wonderful world of stencils and mark making with paint. In Week 1 of this workshop you will explore using stencils to make a stunning range of colourful designs, patterns and your own distinctive artworks. Artists have used stencils through the ages, from stencil paintings of hands on cave walls to the works of the Cubists, and from book illustrators and contemporary graffiti artists. In Week 2 you will get to grips with mark making. Marks are a fundamental element of visual art, artists make marks using all sorts of tools and materials from brushes with paint, to knives on clay. For this workshop leave your brushes at home and use an assortment of unlikely objects (anything from cutlery to toy cars!) to explore the world of mark-making with paint. Stencils and Objects takes place over two Saturdays commencing February 16th from 1.30pm-3.00pm (continuing February 23rd). Cost per head for the workshop series is €15. Places are limited, booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.
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SEAN NÓS DANCE WORKSHOPS SEAN NÓS DANCE WORKSHOPS
with Emma O’Sullivan 5 Wednesday evenings from 6th March to 3rd April Join sean-nós dancer Emma O’ Sullivan for a series of five dance classes, which will keep you on your toes (and heels!). Emma hails from Connemara. Her late grandfather, Johnny Coyne, gave Emma her first introduction to Irish traditional music, song and dance as a young child. She won the All-Ireland Sean Nós Dancing title at Oireachtas na Samhna in Letterkenny in 2009 and was a finalist in RTE’s The All Ireland Talent Show in 2010. She dances in a flowing, relaxed and spirited style, and her dancing has been described as a breath of fresh air and an experience to be relished. Described by many as a natural teacher, Emma teaches full-time passing her skills to students in primary, secondary and third level institutions throughout the west. Sean Nós Dance Workshops take place over 5 Wednesday evenings beginning 6th March (continuing 13th, 20th & 27th March, & 3rd April), as follows: Beginner children: 6.00pm-7.00pm Beginner adults: 7.15pm-8.15pm Improver adults and children: 8.30pm-9.30pm The cost for the full five sessions is €25. Booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall. Tel: 094 9023733
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WELCOME TO OUR CAFÉ ! As you may have already experienced, our bustling Linenhall Café continues to win great compliments from regulars and visitors alike for its quality, value and friendly service. So why not come along and check out our cool vibe, as you enjoy a tasty snackette, soup, wrap, sandwich, scone or sweet, and sip on what we proudly claim is the best cappucino in town! Linenhall Coffee Shop Opening Times: Mon-Fri: 10am-5.30pm Sat: 10.30am-5.30pm See you there!
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