VISUAL February – May 2018

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Programme February— May 2018

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Welcome to the Spring Season at VISUAL

We start 2018 with a look at the role of technologies, algorithms, and their potential impacts on human creativity through the work of Dennis McNulty and Alan Butler.

There’s a Sci Fi twist with some classic films and Damien O’Reilly’s B Movie posters.

Engineering plays a big role — primary schools’ workshops with Engineers Ireland and lots of talks and events exploring creativity in engineering.

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VISUAL EVENTS

Town Planners kicks off for a year long programme exploring our sense of place, co-produced with Workhouse Union and with a civic plaza in the studio gallery by Todo Por La Praxis. Plus taster sessions, drop-in activities, a busy theatre programme and the best coffee in Carlow!

Support & Funding

Getting Here GALLERY AND BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday: Closed Tues – Sat: 11am – 5.30pm Sunday: 2pm – 5pm

www.visualcarlow.ie Cover Image: TTOPOLOGY by Dennis McNulty

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VISUAL is situated in Carlow’s town centre, on the grounds of Carlow College complex. A pedestrian entrance is located on College Street, beside Carlow Cathedral.

By car: Leave the Motorway at Junction 4. VISUAL is located on the Old Dublin Road in the centre of town. Town Council pay parking (including Disabled parking and coach parking) is available onsite, and free after 6.30pm.

By public transport: Carlow is an hour from Dublin by train, with frequent daily services. VISUAL is a 5 minute walk from Carlow Train Station. Bus Eireann and JJ Kavanagh Coaches operate frequent services daily. VISUAL is a 10 minute walk from Carlow Bus Park.

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February – May 2018

New Exhibition Open Day For Jazz and Love Valentine’s Day Film – The Princess Bride Neil Delamere Bosco with Hansel and Gretel Film: Sanctuary – (relaxed screening) The Curse of the Button Accordion The Golden Years Féile Scoildrámaíocht

Thurs 1st Fri 2nd Fri 2nd Sat 3rd Mon 5th Thurs 8th – Sat 10th Tues 13th Wed 14th – Fri 16th Thurs 22nd – Sun 25th Wed 28th Fri 30th Sat 31st

Caith Amach É 10am I Wish I Could Paint (4 week course) 11am Alison Spittle 8pm The Man in Black, Johnny Cash Tribute 8pm Carlow College Literary Awards 8pm Carlow Little Theatre Society: Educating Rita 8pm Carlow Writers’ Co-Operative 8pm Sisters Act Again – St Leo’s College & St Marys CBS 11am & 7.30pm Spotlight Stage School Showcase 2pm & 7.30pm Equinox: Another Opening, Another Show 8pm Mend & Makedo Theatre Co: Jerusalem Tomorrow 8pm Luan Parle & Clive Barnes 8pm

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Thurs 5th Sat 7th – Sun 8th Fri 13th Fri 13th Wed 18th Fri 20th & Sat 21st Tues 24th Thurs 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th

Dirtbirds Live 8pm Comedy €19/17 Sci-Fi film weekend at VISUAL Various Film €8/6 I Wish I Could Draw (4 week course) 11am Visual Art €65 The Waterboys: Jim and Gary Have a Double Life 2pm Performance Free Film: Loving Vincent 8pm Film €8/6 SOLD OUT: Tommy Tiernan – Under The Influence 8pm Comedy €29 Whatever the Weather 11am / 2pm Family €5 Fibin: Toraiocht 12.30pm & 8pm Theatre €17/13 CIFE: Melophonia 8pm 3rd Level €6 The Good Father 8pm Theatre €18/16

Sat 5th & Sun 6th Fri 11th & Sat 12th Sun 13th Wed 16th Thurs 17th Fri 18th Sat 19th Sat 19th Sat 19th Sat 26th

Helen Dunne School of Dance: Wizard of Oz A Night At The Movies Carlow Youth Orchestra in concert Film: It’s Not Yet Dark Town Planners: Participation, Planning & Place Take Off Your Cornflakes National Drawing Day: VISUAL Drawing Trail TTOPOLOGY Closing Event The Nuala’s Glam Slam Jerry Fish – The Songs and Tall Tales

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1pm & 7pm 7.30pm 4pm 8pm 10am 8pm 11.30am 2pm 8pm 8pm

Visual Art Free Jazz €15/12 Film €8/6 Comedy €24/22 Family €12/40 Film €5 Theatre €16/14 Music €18/15 Schools Free

Schools €5 Visual Art €65 Comedy €12 Music €22/20 Literature Free Theatre €17/14 Literature €10 Schools €13/11 Performance €16 Performance €15/12 Theatre €16/14 Music €15 /12

Dance €16/11 Musical €20/15 Family €10/8/32 Film €8/6 Conference €25/15 Theatre €18/16 Visual Art Free Visual Art Free Comedy €21/19 Music €20/18

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PROGRAMME Staff Picks Be sure to look out for these great events, we think you will really like them!

Music: Luan Parle & Clive Barnes, Sat 31st March (see page 20) Film: Loving Vincent, Wed 18th April (see page 24) Theatre: The Good Father, Sat 28th April (see page 25) Film: Its Not Yet Dark, Wed 16th May (see page 26) Theatre: Take off your Cornflakes, Fri 18th May (see page 27)

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Book for these shows by Friday 2nd March and get a special rate to see great theatre at VISUAL: Music: Luan Parle & Clive Barnes, Sat 31st March – €10 (see page 20) Theatre: The Good Father, Sat 28th April – €12 (see page 25) Theatre: Take off your Cornflakes, Fri 18th May – €12 (see page 27)

Volunteer at VISUAL VISUAL relies on the passion and commitment of volunteers in the delivery of our programme, and we are very grateful for their support in the gallery and theatre spaces If you would like to join VISUAL as a volunteer the commitment is a morning or afternoon on available days. Volunteers enjoy free membership of the film club, special discount offers, previews and cultural day trips.

For a unique insight into art and culture and to be part of the cultural centre of Carlow, please ring Oren on 059 917 2304 or email olittle@visualcarlow.ie.

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February – May 2018

VISUAL ART F Main Gallery 3rd February – 20th May

Dennis McNulty TTOPOLOGY TTOPOLOGY, an exhibition of new and retrospective works by Dennis McNulty considers the technologies and systems that have been developed, cast aside, or revised in order to advance our human potential. Coupling technology and art, McNulty explores the fields of science, engineering, built environment, retro technologies and future possibilities.

TTOPOLOGY at VISUAL includes collaborations with musician David Donohoe and artist Bea McMahon.

Dennis McNulty’s work is informed by his background in electronic music, his training as a structural engineer and his studies in psychoacoustics (sound perception). He works with a diverse range of media such as building materials, sound, video and media systems which often employ custom built hardware and software. McNulty is artist in residence at CONNECT, Ireland’s Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications, where he is an active member of the Orthogonal Methods Group.

This exhibition is a co-production with Grazer Kunstverein, Austria, involving site responsive iterations at each venue.

TTOPOLOGY at VISUAL has been kindly supported by Thermo Air, Carlow by way of a production workshop.

F Link Gallery 3rd February – 20th May

A Topology of Research The term ‘topology’ can be used to describe the layout of different elements or parts in a system. For this season, the Link Gallery becomes a topology of research including texts, films, artworks and material from the fields of science and technology, giving an insight into McNulty’s research and thought processes.

Associated Events: Artists’ Talk Sat 3rd February, 4pm, Free — Join artists Dennis McNulty, Alan Butler and Damien O’Reilly in conversation with curator Emma Lucy O’Brien.

TTOPOLOGY Closing Events Sat 19th May 2pm, Link Gallery, FREE — Talk: Coupling: Art and Technology — Dennis McNulty in conversation with Bernard Dionysus Geoghegan, historian and digital media theorist.

3.30pm, Carlow College Library, FREE — Sound Performance: DAXA: Half Crystallised But Still Breathing. Musician David Donohue in collaboration with Dennis McNulty.

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F Digital Gallery 3rd February – 27th May

Alan Butler The Need to Argue in the Master’s Language The Need to Argue in The Masters Language is a one-person exhibition based on Butler’s on-going series of video-game photography, Down and Out in Los Santos. Since 2015, the artist has been taking photographs that document the lifestyles and environments of the homeless population of Los Santos, the fictional city in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. To date, these works have been exhibited in exhibitions, publications and photography festivals around the globe in photographic form. For this exhibition, Butler explores the subject through less photographic means for the first time using sculpture, print, video and installation to delve into the relationship between technology and representation. Alan Butler’s work often investigates the inner-workings of the internet, the implications of new media technology, and the politics of appropriation. He received his MFA from LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore (2009) and BA in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2004) where he now lectures in Fine Art Media.

F Theatre Corridor

25th January – 27th May

Damien O’Reilly B Movie Posters

Before the advent of what would become known as New Horror, the B Movie was a staple of the cinema-going experience. A big budget movie would often doublebill with a smaller, less mainstream film. Without the limits of trying to appeal to a large market or paying attention to a demographic, the B movie was a thing of unbounded creativity and uncensored ingenuity. B Movies is an ongoing series of illustrations inspired by the low budget Sci-fi and Horror movies of Golden Age Hollywood. They have been created using pen and marker. The movies depicted don’t actually exist, they are a shadow celebrating a bygone era.

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February – May 2018

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F Studio Gallery Throughout 2018

Co Produced with Workhouse Union

Town Planners

For 2018 our Studio Gallery will become a civic plaza, designed and built by Todo Por La Praxis.

Throughout 2018 this space will be used to explore our sense of place, the principles of planning and our relationships to our built environment and the world around us. This season will showcase My Carlow, a Town Narrative project devised by Studio Weave to help develop a new and positive story of Carlow.

‘Playscape’ is a workshop series led by Workhouse Union as part of Town Planners which focuses on mapping and discussing our everyday experiences to understand how young people relate and engage with the town of Carlow.

The project is co-produced with Workhouse Union and funded through the Arts Council Engaging With Architecture strand.

Conference Thurs 17th May, 10am – 4pm €25 / €15 student / unwaged

Town Planners:

Participation, Planning & Place Conference exploring the roles of narrative, collaboration and place-making in urban planning and design, with international keynotes and hands-on workshops. Co-produced with Workhouse Union as part of Town Planners 2018 and supported through partnership with DCCOI and the Irish Architecture Foundation.

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JOIN IN AT VISUAL Engineers Week Thurs 1st March 7.30pm

Engineers Week Celebrating Engineers Week Thurs 1st March 7.30pm — Three short and inspiring presentations on the relationships of creativity and engineering by Peter Flynn, Arup, Linda Doyle, Dean of Research at TCD and artist, writer (and ex-engineer), Adrian Duncan.

Film: Traces of Peter Rice, an Arup documentary Described as both one of the best engineers and architects of the twentieth century, Rice dedicated his life to championing brave innovation. The film will be screened throughout the day during Engineers Week in the VISUAL foyer.

Engineers Ireland This season, VISUAL have worked with Engineers Ireland STEPS programme to devise our primary schools workshops on creativity and engineering.

With the aim of inspiring the next generation of engineers, the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme encourages young people, teachers and parents to explore the world of engineering and to consider engineering as a career choice. Thanks to committed volunteers from the engineering industry, the STEPS programme reached 80,000 young people nationwide in 2017. STEPS is a strategic funded partner of Science Foundation Ireland and is supported by the Department of Education and Skills and a number of major engineering employers. STEPS is the only national outreach programme in Ireland dedicated to engineering.

HUDDLE H U D D L E is an art and art writing discursive project devised by Saidhbhín Gibson. The next instalment takes place this March in VISUAL. Please email hellohuddle@gmail.com for further information and to register your place.

Dance Every Tuesday 4.15pm – 6pm

Dancehall Youth Dancehall Project is an exciting dance initiative for young people from Carlow’s Dance Artist in Residence Emma Martin, in partnership with VISUAL and Carlow Regional Youth Services. With weekly dance classes (Mixed styles: hip-hop, contemporary, groove), led by experienced teacher & choreographer Olwyn Lyons and workshops with choreographer Emma Martin. Dancehall Project has been running since 2015 giving young people an opportunity to feed their creativity and learn new skills with performance opportunities throughout the year. Dancehall Project meets in VISUAL every Tuesday at 4.15pm – 6pm. There will be a work in progress performance on Thursday 29th March, check the VISUAL website for details.

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February – May 2018

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Workshop Fri 2nd March: I Wish I Could Paint Fri 13th April: I Wish I Could Draw 11am – 1pm, €65 for 4 weeks

VISUAL Taster Sessions Learn a new skill or revisit your talent in the relaxed gallery atmosphere in VISUAL, led by artist Bridget Flannery.

I Wish I Could Paint: 4 week course starting Friday 2nd March I Wish I Could Draw: 4 week course starting Friday 13th April Painting and drawing are not skills dependent on having talent. Both can be learned with practice. Bridget Flannery will provide you with the drawing and painting skills and tools to gain confidence and enjoy your new hobby – no matter what your current skill level.

Bridget Flannery can be described as a painter of nature. Her paintings have an organic relation with certain specific areas and places – bogs, strands, cliff faces and rock formations. However, she makes no attempt to reproduce the surface appearance of places. Her forms are closely akin to natural forms and shapes, but while their genesis may be in the natural world, they are largely autonomous and follow an internal logic of form and colour brought about by detailed looking, drawing and photography.

National Drawing Day Sat 19th May, 11.30am Free

National Drawing Day: VISUAL Drawing Trail Explore the art and architecture of the gallery spaces through drawing.

Visitors can follow a map to visit different points of interest inside and outside the building, creating their own art along the drawing trail. Gallery facilitators will be on hand to guide you and provide materials. Fun for all ages.

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FAMILY EVENTS

The Princess Bride The Princess Bride on the big screen is the ideal family Valentine’s Day treat on Wednesday 14th February! See page 14 for more info. See Page 14.

Bosco meets Hansel & Gretel Social media phenomenon Bosco is in VISUAL with Hansel and Gretel on Sunday 18th February. See page 15 for full details.

Family Tues 24th April 11am , 12.30m, 2pm €5

Whatever the Weather A show about courage, trying new things and stepping outside... whatever the weather! A drop of sunshine, a sprinkle of rain, a dollop of snow and a whoosh of wind. Whatever the Weather it can be fun to go outside! But that’s not what Worried Wendy thinks, she hides away inside, afraid of what the weather may bring. As each day brings a new weather the children experience a range of sensory activities, touching warm sunshine heat cushions, dancing with whirling wind sticks and catching their reflections in the puddles.

Together the children show Wendy there’s nothing to fear... Whatever the Weather they can go out to play! This is a new work from Little Bigtop, combining moments of theatrical magic with playful participation. Co-created and performed by Joanna Williams and Joanna Parkes. The show is suitable for ages 3 years – 5 years and their families.

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February – May 2018

FAMILY EVENTS Family F Lobby Gallery Available when gallery is open Free

Make and Play Space in VISUAL Play is a crucial element of experiencing the arts and we want to give all our little visitors a creative experience. Every season at VISUAL a play space is set aside just for fun, drop in at any time to a readymade space to draw, cut out, make things and have fun.

The play space is always free and always available when the gallery is open. Artist Steve Aylin will instruct you how to design and build your very own rocket, bridge or even a house!

Family Every Tuesday 11am €5 – 1 adult & 2 toddlers or 2 adults & 1 toddler

VISUAL Parent & Toddler Art class VISUAL’s Parent and Toddler group is where you’ll find the luckiest little toddlers. Enjoy a morning of fun, art and play, while offering you a chance to meet with other parents. Grandparents and child-minders are welcome.

Tea and coffee is provided.

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SCHOOL EVENTS

Tóraíocht Le Comhlacht Drámaíochta Fíbín Tóraíocht – leagan nua den scéal Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne curtha in oiriúint agus stiúrtha ag Mikel Murfi agus scríofa ag Philip Doherty (Thurs 10th April, 10am. Students: €13, teachers free). See page 25 for more information.

Schools Wed 28th February 10am Saor isteach / Adm free.

Féile Scoildrámaíochta Schools’ Drama Festival 2018 Reachtáilfear Féile Scoildrámaíochta 2018 in Amharclann G.B. Shaw nuair a léireoidh scoileanna éagsúla drámaí as Gaeilge. In association with Glór Cheatharlach and An Cumann Scoildrámaíochta, VISUAL will host its second annual Schools’ Drama Festival. Schools from across the county will stage a variety of short dramas and musicals ‘as Gaeilge’.

Schools Thurs 1st March 10am Students: €5. Teachers free.

Caith Amach É!

High Rock Productions are back at VISUAL. This hour-long stage show is a must for Leaving Cert students in preparation for their Oral Irish Examination.

Caith Amach É! is an entertaining all action show drawing on a blend of theatrical devices including comedy, puppetry, music and audience interaction to bring the ‘sraith pictiúir’ on the oral curriculum to life.

Pre-booking essential with Glór Cheatharlach on 059 9137365, 085 1340047 or eolas@glorcheatharlach.ie.

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February – May 2018

SCHOOL EVENTS VISUAL Art Events for Schools Our school workshops this season have been developed in partnership with Engineers Ireland STEPS Programme, using creative activities to introduce concepts of engineering. Senior cycle classes can book VISUAL for a focused tour and workshop on answering the Leaving Cert art appreciation question.

Email engagement@visualcarlow.ie for more information and to register your school.

Sisters Act Again Don’t miss Sisters Act Again – A collaboration between St Leo’s College and St Mary’s Academy CBS. See page 18 for more information.

Pan Celtic National Song Contest 2018 Keep an eye out for Pan Celtic National Song Contest 2018 in Seven Oaks Hotel!

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Save the date & stay tuned for more details on the first big cultural event of the Irish summer!

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VISUAL EVENTS Music Sat 10th February, 8pm €15 / €12 conc.

A VISUAL Valentines Special

For Jazz and Love Join the David Ayers Quartet for an entertaining evening of love notes and jazz, for those in pursuit of love and those who want to celebrate what they have! We’ll be serving you special love potions to indulge the senses...

Image Credit: LJA Photography

Film Wed 14th February 8pm €8 / €6 conc.

1987, Cert: PG

Comedy Fri 16th February, 8pm €24 / €22 conc. *FEW SEATS REMAINING*

The Princess Bride Fight. Die. Love… As you wish.

When the beautiful maiden Buttercup is told that her true love – farm boy Westley – is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the evil Prince Humperdinck. Westley must now undertake an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, pirate, giants and monsters to rescue Buttercup! It may be 30 years old but The Princess Bride remains a timeless family favourite.

Neil Delamere Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Pensioner One day Neil’s dad asked him to help deliver the Meals on Wheels. He agreed. Little did they know that their lives would never be the same again. Except for the bits of their lives that didn’t change.

‘You’ll be hard pressed to find a more gifted comic at the Fringe.’ ***** —The Scotsman ‘One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine. *****.’ — The Herald

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VISUAL EVENTS Family Sun 18th February, 3pm €12 / €40 family of four

Bosco meets Hansel & Gretel Bosco is Bosco, not a boy, not a girl, just a Bosco, a cheeky, lovely, funny, slightly-cracked five-year-old who lives in a box and who loves nothing more than to just be Bosco and meet all the boys and girls.

The Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre has been touring Ireland for over thirty-five years now, in all of that time creating shared memories of wonder and joy for children and adults alike.

‘Slapstick, silly and utterly spectacular from start to finish’ — Irish Examiner

Film Wed 21st February 11am €5 2016, Cert: 15A

Sanctuary This charming Irish film follows Larry and Sophie, two people with intellectual disabilities, who long to be together in a world that does everything to keep them apart.

Please note: This will be an inclusive, relaxed screening, meaning lights will be kept on low, the sound will be a little lower and the audience are free to move and be comfortable, as necessary.

Comedy Sat 24th February, 8pm €16 / €14 conc.

The Curse of the Button Accordion Comedian Sharon Mannion pens a hilarious show based on her worries, fears and advntures growing up in a Roscommon village. Will she live up to the expectations of her ex-showband star father and her Midwest FM radio-loving mother?

On receiving a shiny button accordion, Sharon is thrust into the local limelight.

But things soon turn sour, when she starts to wonder if Frank the Accordion might have her cursed.

‘Faultless performance’ **** The Reviews Hub

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VISUAL EVENTS Music Sun 25th February 3pm €18 /€15 conc. €10 for groups of 10 or more

The Golden Years The Songs We Love To Sing

The secret lies in that sub-title, ‘The songs we love to sing’.

The Golden Years is about singing! And don’t worry if you have forgotten the words. They will be up there on the screen, so you can relax and enjoy the fun. Ireland’s most popular tenor, Frank Ryan, will be joined by thrilling young soprano Sarah O’Mahony in a melody filled presentation that will take you back to a more gracious time. Come along… and bring your voices with you!

Comedy Fri 2nd March, 8pm €12

Alison Spittle Worrier Princess Alison worries. She worries so much she’s decided to do a show about it and now she can worry about making it a good show. One of Ireland’s fastest rising comedians, the star and writer of RTE’s new major series ‘Nowhere Fast’, join Alison on her first tour.

‘Whether character or citizen, Spittle comes across as a kind of genius.’ **** — IRISH TIMES

Music

Sat 3rd March, 8pm €22 / €20 conc.

The Man in Black Johnny Cash Tribute Hear all the great Cash hits, just as the great man sang them… Walk The Line, A boy Named Sue, Folsom Prison Blues, Understand Your Man, Ring of Fire and every one of his great hits…

Featuring the man from Cambridge, Ohio, USA, Terry Lee Goffee, with his band – he sings like Johnny and he looks like Johnny and he performs just like the great man, with energy, charisma and vitality! Tommy Cash (Johnny’s Brother) said, ‘The show is great, my brother would be proud’ Joanne Cash Yates (Johnny’s Sister) said ‘It’s a wonderful show, I would recommend it to anyone, you don’t impersonate my brother, you pay tribute with honour. Terry Lee does this in spades’.

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February – May 2018

VISUAL EVENTS Literature

Mon 5th March, 8pm Free

Carlow College Literary Awards The annual Carlow College/St Patrick’s Literary Awards and Creative Writing Showcase sees awards presented for Poetry and the Short Story/Flash Fiction.

The night brings together the entire college community to recognise and celebrate the very best of Carlow College/St Patrick’s literary talent. Further to this, the First Year Creative Writing class will present a showcase of their writing.

Theatre

Thurs 8th – Sat 10th March, 8pm €17 / €14 conc.

Carlow Little Theatre Society presents

Educating Rita Willy Russell Highly regarded local theatre group Carlow Little Theatre Society return to the George Bernard Shaw Theatre in March 2018 with Willy Russel’s painfully funny and passionately serious play Educating Rita.

Educating Rita is a witty, yet poignant look at a working class woman’s attempts to change her social circumstances through pursuit of an Open University qualification.

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The play centres on Frank who is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to drink and bury himself in his books. Enter Rita, a forthright twenty-something hairdresser who is eager to learn. After weeks of cajoling, Rita slowly wins over the very hesitant Frank with her innate insight and refusal to accept no for an answer.

Their relationship as teacher and student blossoms, ultimately giving Frank a new sense of self and Rita the knowledge she so craves.

The play became a hit film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters in 1983.

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Produced and Directed by Marc Grogan, with lighting by Ann Nolan. By kind permission of The Agency (London) Ltd.

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VISUAL EVENTS Don’t miss out on celebrating International Women’s Day in Carlow College on Thursday 8th March from 10am with a drumming session, Zumba dancing, mindfulness, yoga, a mental health symposium and a key note speakers on the theme ‘Press for Progress’.

Literature

Tues 13th March, 8pm €10

Carlow Writers’ Co-Operative The Carlow Writers’ Co-Operative are delighted to see their original writing, created here in Carlow, presented dramatically and energetically by American based actor Guy Moore. Guy is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. This show will consist of a rewarding and rich, moving and thoughtful performance. A wine and hors d’oeuvre reception will be part of the evening, with musical accompaniment.

Schools

Wed 14th – Fri 16th March 11am & 7.30pm €13 / €11 conc.

A collaboration between St Leo’s College and St Mary’s Academy CBS

Sisters Act Again

St. Francis Academy, San Francisco is a hopeless high school doomed for closure. Mother Superior is desperate, so calls in a favour from an old friend – Las Vegas Headliner Deloris Van Cartier. Reunited with her ‘Sisters’, Deloris once again dons the holy habit to become Sr. Mary Clarence – music teacher.

Hoping her infectious personality and unconventional methods can save the school she does what she does best and turns her demoralised delinquent students into a choir. Taking them all the way to the Choral State Championship, they learn to believe in themselves and their school for the first time. Will it be enough to save St Francis from closing?

A culmination of hard work from over one hundred and fifty Transition Year students from both St. Leo’s College and St. Mary’s Academy CBS, this show, staged at the Visual from 14th – 16th March, promises to be an energetic, colourful and talent fuelled production with stunning vocals, slick choreography and boundless talent. The performance is produced under the expert guidance of Ms. Janice De Bhroite and co-ordinated by Ms. Áine Shiels.

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VISUAL EVENTS Spotlight Stage School and Productions Presents

Performance

Thurs 22nd March, 7.30pm Fri 23rd March, 7.30pm Sat 24th March, 2pm & 6.30pm Sun 25th March, 2pm & 6.30pm €16

Performance

Wed 28th March, 8pm €15 / €12 conc.

Showcase

Spotlight Stage School presents their bi-annual class show showcasing the talents of the children of Carlow. Having had a successful year with the Olympia Panto and opening the Late Late Toy Show for the 9th year in a row the school look forward to taking a trip thru the ‘Magic of the Movies’ along with a memorable Eurovision tribute.

Delta Centre presents

Another Opening, Another Show Through a combination of acting, song and dance, Delta showcases the endless talents and abilities of the learners. As the name suggests, the learners have grown into incredible performers over the last number of years and have become ‘dab-hands’ at putting on a show. With a wonderful mix of songs from the West End, Broadway and Pop, this inclusive, innovative and inspirational performance of people with different abilities is a model to be shared with all.

This is a show about happiness, friendship and above all an opportunity for our learners to show the world just what they can do! With over a hundred performers taking part, dancing shoes firmly in place, this promises to a great show for all to enjoy.

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Theatre

Fri 30th March, 8pm €16 / €14 conc.

Mend & Makedo Theatre Co presents

Jerusalem Tomorrow Jerusalem Tomorrow is a radical reimagining of Mark’s Gospel set in contemporary times. Actors, singers and musicians tell the story of the life and death of one man in the words and stories of those who knew him. Jerusalem Tomorrow is a mystery play for the twenty-first century.

Adapted for the stage from Mark’s gospel by John MacKenna with James Gormley, Katie Jacques; Angela Keogh and John MacKenna. Lighting by Tom Kennedy

Music

Sat 31st March, 8pm €15 / €12 €10 early bird offer! See page 4

Luan Parle & Clive Barnes Meteor & Tatler Award winner Luan Parle has had numerous hits and accolades having signed her first record deal at just 12 years of age. She has written and recorded with some of the world’s most successful songwriters and producers including Grammy award winning Bill Bottrell (Sheryl Crowe, Michael Jackson, Prince, Travelling Wilburys, Elton John) & Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper, The Pretenders, Whitney Houston, The Bangles, Celine Dion).

Clive Barnes is highly regarded as one of the finest performers on the roots circuit and will accompany Luan on stage while also playing a solo set for what promises to be a very special night of music and an opportunity to see both these performers together.

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VISUAL EVENTS Comedy

Thurs 5th April, 8pm €19 / €17 conc.

Dirtbirds Live Dirtbirds internet sensation are landing in Carlow for one night only! Don’t miss this hilarious, laugh a minute comedy show. Catch Dublin north siders Carmel and Debs as they chat about life, love and the ever-changing size of Kim Kardashian’s arse. South side sickeners Eleanor and Emer will be competing about everything whilst pretending their lives are sooo amazing and of course the not so beautiful beauty bloggers Dee and Andrea will be giving their latest beauty ‘tips from da town’. A brilliant girl’s night out!

‘Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins have struck gold with their hilarious Dirtbirds sketches’ — The Independent.

‘These brilliantly funny beauty tutorials from Dirtbirds duo will have you in stitches’ — The Sun.

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SCI-FI FILM WEEKEND

Film Sat 7th April 2.30pm €8 / €6 conc. Weekend pass: €25 / €20 for all 4 films Cert: PG. Running time: 1hr 28 mins.

Directed and written by Michael Crichton and stars Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin (1973).

Film Sat 7th April 4.30pm €8 / €6 conc. Weekend pass: €25 / €20 for all 4 films Cert: PG. Running time: 2hr 11 mins.

Directed by Robert Wise (1971).

Westworld The first theatrical feature novelist Michael Crichton directed. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing, to pixelate photography to simulate an android point of view. Amusement park robots malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Westernthemed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park. A forerunner for the television series from HBO, based on the original film, which debuted in October 2016. The film was well received by critics.

The Andromeda Strain Chilling tale about a US research satellite carrying a deadly extra-terrestrial microscopic organism that crashes into a small town in Arizona. A group of top scientists are hurriedly assembled in a bid to identify and contain the lethal stowaway.

Based on Michael Crichton’s 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding. With a few exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull. The film is notable for its use of split screen in certain scenes.

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SCI-FI FILM WEEKEND

Film Sun 8th April 2.30pm €8 / €6 conc. Weekend pass: €25 / €20 for all 4 films Cert: PG. Running time: 1hr 55 mins Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright (1978|).

Film Sun 8th April 4.30pm €8 / €6 conc. Weekend pass: €25 / €20 for all 4 films Cert: PG 13. Running time: 1h 39mins.

Directed and Screenplay by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron. Starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone (2002).

Invasion of the Body Snatchers A San Francisco health inspector and his colleague discover that humans are being replaced by alien duplicates; each is a perfect copy of the person replaced, only devoid of human emotion. A box office success and very well received by critics – it is considered by some to be among the greatest film remakes from the first one in 1956, which is based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney.

Solaris A psychologist is sent to investigate unexplained behaviour of key scientists on a space station orbiting the planet Solaris. Once aboard he, too, falls victim to this unique world’s mysteries – as well as to an obsession with someone he thought he had left behind.

Based on the classic science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem, Solaris.

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Performance

Fri 13th April, 2pm Free admission

Equinox Theatre Company presents

The Waterboys Jim and Gary Have a Double Life After the success of last year’s The M House, KCAT’s Equinox Theatre Company are back in residence at the GBS. Come and join us for a sneak peek at their next show, in a work-in-progress sharing.

Equinox’s Jim and Gary are the Waterboys for last years All Ireland GAA Club champions, Carrickshock. Cerebral Palsy may have prevented them playing for their club, but nothing will stop them following their team.

Choreographer Cindy Cummings knows nothing about hurling.

She will teach them how to dance.

In return, they’ll teach her about learning to walk, learning to run, and learning to hurl.

Film Wed 18th April 8pm €8 / €6 conc.

2017 Cert: Club

Loving Vincent Armand (Douglas Booth) finds himself tasked with delivering one of Vincent van Gogh’s final letters. Along the way, he meets those who knew the artist during his final days. He becomes fascinated by the stories of a complex man and his mysterious death... This visually stunning film was shot in live action before artists hand painted every frame in the style of van Gogh.

Whatever The Weather A show about courage, trying new things and stepping outside for 3 – 5 years.

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National Theatre

Thurs 26th April 12.30pm & 8pm €17/13 schools show

Music

Fri 27th April, 8pm €6

Fíbín presents

Tóraíocht A new bilingual version of Diarmuid agus Gráinne – adapted and directed by Mikel Murfi and written by Philip Doherty. Using a bilingual text and stunning visuals, Tóraíocht is a love story full of outlandish feats and monsters! The story moves faster than any car-chase, jumps higher than any vaulter, and loves twice as much as any Frenchman, as Diarmuid and Gráinne attempt to stay one step ahead of Fionn and the Fianna! All performances will be subtitled in English.

Carlow Institute of Further Education presents

Melophonia

A live music showcase featuring the talents of the music class of 2018.

Following the phenomenal success of Sound Collective in VISUAL last April, this years’ class have put together a night of top quality performances in a variety of genres.

Theatre

Sat 28th April, 8pm €18 / €16 conc. €12 early bird offer! See page 4

Rise Productions presents

The Good Father New Year’s Eve. A house party like any other, in a suburb like any other. Two very different strangers meet, each looking for a new start and to shake off the disappointments of the past. But champagne, cheap lager and their chance encounter leads this unlikely couple to an unplanned pregnancy. Against all odds, can they make their newfound family a success?

Winner of the Stewart Parker Award, this heartfelt, moving drama charts their journey of love, loss, and redemption. After the international success of Fight Night and The Games People Play, the multi award-winning Rise Productions returns to Carlow with this touching story celebrating the triumph of hope.’

‘Hits all the humorous notes. Both performances are first-rate. A thoroughly enjoyable evening at the theatre’ – Irish Independent

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VISUAL EVENTS Dance

Sat 5th & Sun 6th May 1pm & 7pm €16 / €11

Helen Dunne School of Dance presents

Wizard of Oz

Students from Helen Dunne School of Dance (Bunclody, Castledermot and Tullow) will come together to tell the story of Dorothy and Toto’s exciting adventure in search of the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. Dancers from 3 yrs to 18 yrs will demonstrate various types of dance including classical ballet, modern theatre/jazz and tap dance. Come and find out where the Yellow Brick Road takes them!

Musical Theatre

Fri 11th & Sat 12th May 7.30pm €20 / €15 / €60 (family of 4)

Slapdash Theatre Presents

A Night At The Movies Roll up! Roll up! Step right in and take a seat. An evening of unparalleled entertainment and enjoyment awaits YOU! Sit back, relax and take it all in as we turn back time.

That’s right — Slapdash Theatre are taking you on a musical journey of delight of the very best song and dance the silver screen has to offer from the last 90 years. There’s joy, there’s tears, there’s lots of laughter and even a little bit of love. What more could you want?!

Showcasing the supreme talent of the renowned Slapdash Theatre company, this variety show is one of a kind, and not to be missed!

Theatre

Fri 11th & Sat 12th May 7.30pm €20 / €15 / €60 (family of 4)

It’s Not Yet Dark In 2008 Irish director Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (ALS). At just 34 years old, he was given four years to live; but Simon refused to give up and started to work on the script for a feature film – My Name is Emily.

It’s Not Yet Dark is inspirational, honest and particularly poignant following Simon’s recent death.

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Music

Sun 13th May, 4pm €10 / €8 conc. family of 4 €32

Carlow Youth Orchestra in concert Enjoy the orchestral sounds of the Carlow Youth Orchestra with music by Vivaldi’s Double Cello Concerto, the rousing Marche Militiare by Schubert, to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody & Leroy Anderson’s Favourites. A must for all the family and especially all music students. Musical Director: Majella Swan.

Leader: Juliet Deegan.

Theatre

Fri 18th May, 8pm €18 / €16 €12 Early bird offer! See page 4.

Show in a Bag Production

Take Off Your Cornflakes A portrait of a marriage, and yet, a love story!

Tom and Trish have celebrated their silver wedding anniversary but what happens when he wakes up with a strange woman beside him and she tells him she’s his wife? Trish has to make a choice. Which she does, armed only with humour, music and love.

Show in a Bag Production created by Rose Henderson and Pat Nolan.

Directed by Liam Halligan.

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Comedy

Sat 19th May, 8pm €21 / €19 conc.

The Nualas Glam Slam Pow! Biff! Shazam! They are back in the ring for a night of knock-out comedy gold. Who? The Nualas What? Their new show, Glam-Slam. Where? Here!

Unmissable slug-fest of musical genius from Ireland’s first ladies of comedy.

‘Non-stop belly laughs’ — Guide2Dublin ‘Inventive & wonderfully entertaining’ — Evening Herald ‘I’ve never laughed so much, absolutely brilliant.’ — Audience member.

Music

Sat 26th May, 8pm €20 / €18

Jerry Fish The Songs & Tall Tales A highly charismatic performer who refuses to countenance audiences having anything but a good time, accentuating the positive and bringing smiles to troubled faces with his swaggering vocal, generous and infectious smile and that fantastic vaudeville moustache.

Jerry is currently touring an intimate piano show, performing his favourite songs, old and new from a career spanning over two decades as well as excerpts from his sell-out fringe theatre show.

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Centre for Contemporary Art and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre

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