MUSICAL
Gold In The Water:
MUSIC
One Thousand Pieces in a co-production with Mermaid, Project Arts Centre & The Ark
All The Beauty & The Bloodshed (Cert: TBC)
FILM
Sophie & her father travel on holiday to Turkey for a sunshine break. 20 years later, an adult, Sophie looks back on the holiday & her relationship with her father - both the fond memories & the things lost forever. English with Open Captions (English subtitles).
Coláiste Ráithín Musical
THEATRE / SCHOOL’S SHOW
Scéal - An Evening of Story & Song SAT 11 March | 8pm €16/14
Helena interweaves tales of Irish folklore and history, with traditional Irish songs and wonderful insights into an Ireland of days gone by.
Jess Rowell: Making Waves
Neil Delamere: Delamerium FRI 17 March | 8pm €26
Expect the usual hilarious stories, wry observations and quick-witted improvisation as our comedy hero tries to makes sense of the world around him.
Back To The 80s
Enjoy a pop culture trip down memory lane with this non-stop collection of music & movie references for all ages. The jukebox score includes ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, ‘Footloose’ & ‘The Time of My Life’. VISUAL ARTS / GALLERY
The Gravediggers Wife
FILM
January - March 2023
(Cert: TBC)
MON 27 March | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 82mins
Guled & Nasra are a couple, Nasra needs an operation but the cost is beyond their means. Guled wants to return to his village to claim his inheritance but they were banished, as their marriage was forbidden. Somali with English subtitles. LOCAL ARTS
Bray Musical Society:
Oklahoma
TUE 28 - FRI 31 March | 7.30pm See website for full details. Bray Musical Society is delighted to be staging Oklahoma. After nearly three years of silence, we can’t wait to get back to what we love!
Austin Hearne Slabs ii
SAT 25 March - SAT 6 May See website for opening hours.
An immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance designed specifically for children aged 8 -13 years with mild to more complex needs. A magical sea voyage in which the audience & performers set sail in search of hidden treasure. COMEDY
Woodbrook College: WED 22 & THUR 23 March | 7.30pm €15/10 | €44 (Family Ticket)
WED 15 & THUR 16 March Bookings through box office.
Beidh ceoldráma den chéad scoth á léiriú ag daltaí na hidirbhliana Choláiste Ráithín. Taibhiú bríomhar ceoil, damhsa agus aisteoireachta! Our TY students will deliver an amazing spectacle of music, dance and drama, as they bring to the stage their musical.
Helena Byrne:
LOCAL ARTS
Legends & Divas
Performing to songs by musical legends and divas, dancers from age 3+ showcase their talents in ballet, jazz, contemporary and hip hop.
For over 80 years the Solé family has farmed in a small village. But as they prepare to spend the summer picking this year’s crops, they find themselves facing eviction & an uncertain future. Spanish with English subtitles.
What do artists need to sustain their wellbeing? What support structures are important in this? How do artists deal with the lows of a creative career? Salon guests & participants will have an opportunity to discuss these & related topics in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere.
WED 8 & THUR 9 March | 7.30pm €15
STORYTELLING
Wicklow Artists Salon
Alcarràs (Cert: TBC)
Wicklow School of Dance: SAT 25 & SUN 26 March See website for full details.
MON 20 March | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 120mins
TUE 14 March | 7.30pm Free, but booking required
MON 6 March | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 102mins
LOCAL ARTS
FILM
Wonderfully recreating the feel of a country home in 1980’s Ireland, An Cailín Ciúin, adapted from Claire Keegan’s acclaimed short story, Foster, is a genuine, deeply felt portrait of the bonds that sustain us. Irish with English subtitles. TALK / DISCUSSION
LOCAL ARTS
Phelim Drew, celebrated actor & son of The Dubliners Ronnie Drew, brings his fabulous music show to Mermaid Arts Centre.
MON 13 March | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 94mins
Documentary chronicling the life & work of artist Nan Goldin. Since the 1970s, Goldin has been an acclaimed photographer of NYC’s LGBT & new-wave communities. English with Open Captions (English subtitles).
Aftersun (Cert: 15A)
An Cailín Ciúin (Cert: 12A)
Remembering Ronnie with Phelim Drew in Songs & Stories SAT 18 March | 8pm €21
The brilliant Great Singalong Songbook celebrates the psychedelic story of the Swinging 60s with a delicious feast of chart-topping songs! You’ll be singing all afternoon! Ya Baby!
MON 27 Feb | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 117mins
FILM
MUSIC
SUN 12 March | 8pm €24
SAT 25 & SUN 26 Feb & FRI 3 - SUN 5 March See website for full details. FILM
The Swinging 60s
Opening reception Friday 24 March at 6 - 8pm. Drawing on an extensive personal archive of images collated over 20 years, Slabs ii is the second iteration of Hearne’s ‘visual detritus of contemporary life’. MUSIC
Karen Casey
FRI 24 March | 8pm €21/19
Karen has been singing songs charged with a sense of social responsibility in a career spanning over 25 years and has released 11 albums as well as contributing to numerous other artists’ projects.
Celebrating 21 Years! For full details of all events, visit:
Mermaid Arts Centre, Civic Offices, Main St., Bray, Co. Wicklow, A98 N5P1
Image Credit: Emma Roche
FILM
Return To Dust (Cert:TBC)
FILM
THUR 12 Jan | 8pm €21/19
Rough Magic: Hecuba
VISUAL ARTS / GALLERY
FRI 13 Jan | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 116mins
SAT 14 Jan 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm €5 | Duration: 17mins Suitable for 13+ years
Living (Cert:PG)
SAT 14 Jan | 5pm €9/7 | Duration: 106mins
Following a devastating medical prognosis, dour bureaucrat Mr. Williams is given a new lease of life after a chance encounter with a writer and a youthful colleauge. English with Open Captions (English subtitles). Please note earlier start time.
Corsage (Cert: TBC)
Bray One Act Drama Festival 2023
TUE 24 - SAT 28 Jan | 7.30pm €16 A full programme of one act plays which will bring a comedy mix of comedy & drama to the stage.
Michael Harding: All The Things Left Unsaid
MUSIC
Greystones Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert
LOCAL ARTS
MON 6 Feb | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 113mins
Set during the Irish Civil War, on a coastal Island, lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, suddenly find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly ends their friendship. English with Open Captions (English subtitles).
BRAY COMEDY FESTIVAL
Vitality Dance Academy Showtime 2023
Rise & Shane.... & he’s Tony Cantwell. GUTF, a YouTube hit with a host of Irelands top comedians. They create a world recognisable to anyone who’s ever turned on the TV in the morning. BRAY COMEDY FESTIVAL
Me + The Moon Workshop
A hilarious rollercoaster of her latest life experiences as she tells us all about moving in, and nearly back out with her fella for the first time during lockdown. BRAY COMEDY FESTIVAL
SAT 11 Feb Free, but booking required. 4 - 8 yrs: 11am - 12pm 9 - 12 yrs: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
The Rose Maker (Cert: TBC) MON 13 Feb | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 95mins
Eve was once a champion rose grower, but after years without a big success her business is on the verge of collapse. In a last-ditch effort to save their livelihoods, Eve’s secretary Rosa brings on three inexperienced workers to help out. French with English subtitles.
Jason Byrne Unblocked SUN 19 Feb | 8pm €26
Jason 2.0 talks about his new lease of life following heart surgery. He has cleared his arteries, mind & schedule to bring you an evening of pure unadulterated old fashioned fun.
Join Me + The Moon for a workshop & create a field of flowers inspired by artist Hervé Tullet. Working on a large piece together we will play and explore the process of painting. FILM
Enya Martin Ask Your Ma SAT 18 Feb | 8pm €29
Presenting their first ever show on stage. This family friendly show will feature our wonderful students who will be performing a variety of styles of dance. CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP
Gutf Live: Tony Cantwell & Guests incl. Shane Byrne FRI 17 Feb | 8pm €23
FRI 10 - SUN 12 Feb See website for times. €11
An evening of classical music to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The program includes Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 in D major & Mozart’s concerto for Oboe & orchestra, performed by soloist Jessica Harris.
The Banshees of Inisherin (Cert: 16)
If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise…a theatrical treat for children 5+ & everyone else is welcome too. (Teddy bears are especially welcome!)
Join us for a relaxed storytelling circle. We will have a guest teller and then open to the floor. Share a tale or listen! Donations welcome on the night towards future storytelling circles, tea & biscuits. Check website for venue details.
SAT 4 Feb | 8pm €21/17
FILM
YARN Storytelling Circle
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by Louis Lovett
THUR 16 Feb | 11am & 2pm €10 | Age Suitability: 5+ yrs
TUE 7 Feb & TUE 7 March | 8pm Free Admission
Join Ireland’s master-storyteller for a return to the stage that that is greatly anticipated by his legion of fans across the country, telling his stories with great humour, warmth and honesty.
Vienna 1877: Empress Elizabeth of Austria turns 40. Famed for her beauty, she is also a curious & intelligent woman, with a keen passion for life under increased public scrutiny. She finds herself battling between conforming as a mere “trophy” figure. German with English subtitles. LOCAL ARTS
STORYTELLING
FRI 3 Feb | 8pm €25/23
MON 23 Jan | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 113mins
Experience a unique & unprecedented virtual reality immersion in the cathedral before and after the fire. Only four spaces per screening, early booking advised. FILM
LITERATURE / TALK
Opening reception Friday 20 Jan 6 - 8pm. Roche’s solo exhibition of new work introduces her unorthodox textural paintings accompanied by a new large-scale commission of hand-screen printed works on paper by Small Night. FILM
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
How do artists get by? What paid work do they find most compatible with their art, & which, the least compatible? What do artists believe should be done to help the creative community in the future? These & other questions will be discussed during the evening.
This unorthodox love triangle yields a hilarious and touching sparkling operatic comedy & features the Irish National Opera orchestra.
SAT 21 Jan - SAT 11 March See website for opening hours.
By Marina Carr. A dynamic filmed version of Rough Magic’s remarkable theatre production.
Rebuilding Notre Dame
Emma Roche Lined Out
Irish National Opera -
Wicklow Artists Salon TUE 7 Feb | 7.30pm Free, but booking required.
THUR 2 Feb | 8pm €30/27
Loreto Abbey Dalkey TY students present ‘Seussical’, a fantastically fun musical for all the family based on the works of Dr. Seuss.
(Cert: 15A)
VIRTUAL REALITY / FILM
Seussical The Musical
OPERA
Thur 19 - Sat 21 Jan | 8pm €21
One of the greatest fiddlers of this or any generation, Kevin Burke is known far & wide, a legend in traditional Irish music. A wonderful evening guaranteed! FILM / THEATRE
Loreto Abbey Dalkey:
TALK / DISCUSSION
A reimagined biopic of Emily Brontë. Uninterested in being involved in respectable society or becoming a teacher like her older sister Charlotte, Emily prefers to live in her imagined stories. English with Open Captions (English subtitles).
A widowed cleaning lady, becomes taken with a clients Dior dress & saves her pennies to buy one of her own. She suddenly receives a back-dated warwidow's pension windfall. English with Open Captions (English subtitles). LOCAL ARTS
Emily (Cert: 15A)
MON 30 Jan | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 130mins
MON 16 Jan | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 115mins
A tender story of survival & love against odds. Elegantly shot & beautifully acted, it shows a side of Chinese society rarely seen on cinema screens. Chinese with English subtitles.
Kevin Burke
FILM
(Cert: TBC)
MON 9 Jan | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 131mins
MUSIC
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
FILM
Clara Sola (Cert: TBC) MON 20 Feb | 8pm €9/7 | Duration: 102mins
Clara has a learning difficulty & a spine malformation. Her mother won’t permit Clara to undergo surgery, she believes any change would be against God’s & impact her ability as the village healer & mystic Spanish with English subtitles.