From 7 - 10 October, Dublin buildings of all types and periods will open up their doors to allow citizens explore the architecture of their city, with special tours by hundreds of professionals and enthusiasts, completely for free.

2010 is an exceptional year in Irish architecture as it sees the completion of several large-scale projects in Dublin city. To mark these new urban landmarks as well as the innovative work of Irish architects across all scales, we have adopted the theme – Big, Small, Global. Open House Dublin is a unique opportunity to explore the city in all its dimensions.

Open House Dublin is curated by Dr. Sandra O'Connell and is presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation. To see the programme as it grows, visit www.architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse

Exhibition of new paintings by young American artist, Dana Schutz. Please visit http://www.douglashydegallery.com for full details

Exhibition of photographs and one painting by visionary American outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein. Please visit http://www.douglashydegallery.com for full details

The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey

For more information and booking: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/

This major survey exhibition of Jack B Yeats promises to bring many of his great masterpieces together for the first time in almost 40 years. Guest curated by Brian O'Doherty (aka Patrick Ireland), the internationally acclaimed artist, critic and theorist, the show will explore Yeats' interest in the subject and realities of the outsider persona. Many of the great works from Yeats' late ex- pressionist phase will be included alongside his more local, political works of the 1920s. The show will be accompanied by a new publication with a major new critical text by Brian O'Doherty, as well as new texts by Dr Tricia Cusack and Dr. Thomas McEvilley.
Guest curated by Brian O'Doherty. 

For further info please visit www.themodel.ie

Butler Gallery is honoured to present Tony O'Malley: Constructions, the first exhibition dedicated entirely to the sculptural constructions of the renowned Irish artist, Tony O'Malley (1913 - 2003).  The exhibition is curated bu Butler Gallery's Director, Anna O'Sullivan.  A full colour catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
http://www.butlergallery.com

Stephen Ahern, Winner of the Gallery of Photography's Artist Award for 2010. Made over a period of 5 years, Close to Home is a quiet, rigorous exploration of the ordinary, everyday spaces we inhabit.
info@galleryofphotography.ie

An exhibition that combines painting, sculpture, drawing and animation in a tumbling, energetic series of visual artworks by Vanessa Daws. Cascade does not only reflect Vanessa's intuitive process, where one artwork triggers and shapes the idea for the next, it also refers to the artist's ongoing fascination with water, as inspiration and source of creative energy. Vanessa has exhibited widely in Ireland and in London, and her work is engaging and accessible to all ages. Cascade promises to be no exception.

Adm.: free

Open: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; 11am-5.30pm Sat
www.thelinenhall.com

The Bend of the Boyne, or Brú na Bóinne is internationally renowned for its elaborate Neolithic passage tombs, containing the largest assemblage of megalithic art in Europe.  Lost and Found explores the Megalithic Art of County Meath by conencting investigative practices of archaeologist and artist.

Prof. George Eogan's prolific factual study of Megalithic art of the county interlinks with the diverse work of four contemporary artists.  Curated by Brian Fay, Niall de Buitléar, Fiona Hallinan, Anna MacLeod and Sabina Mac Mahon query the modern day relation of iconic Megalithic art and sites in County Meath.

Admission Fre. Exhibition continues until Friday 24th September

Paraic Leahy | Lucy Sheridan | Marcel Vidal Monster Truck are pleased to present imposing nature, with Paraic Leahy, Lucy Sheridan and Marcel Vidal, three artists who draw on the natural world in their practices to tease out ideas relating to how humans interact with and frame nature, as viewer, master, co-dependent. Each artist utilizes isolation of their subjects against plain backgrounds of white or solid colour, focusing their field of vision onto specific concerns.
info@monstertruck.ie

An exciting exhibition of bronze sculptures and drawings by Mayo-based sculptor Rory Breslin. Though Breslin's exquisitely executed works are based in figurative realism, the tensions and disfigurements within them create uneasy viewing, often evoking the Classical man/monster myths of antiquity. Breslin's skill resides in his capacity to balance orthodox representation with at times a voracious and rich subconscious. A former lecturer in NCAD, and co-founder of the Head Sculpture Gallery in Dublin, Rory Breslin has had numerous solo drawing and sculpture exhibitions, both nationally and farther afield (Europe, US) and has executed a large body of public commissions.

Adm.: free

Open: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; 11am-5.30pm Sat
www.thelinenhall.com

An exciting exhibition of bronze sculptures and drawings by Mayo-based sculptor Rory Breslin. Though Breslin's exquisitely executed works are based in figurative realism, the tensions and disfigurements within them create uneasy viewing, often evoking the Classical man/monster myths of antiquity. Breslin's skill resides in his capacity to balance orthodox representation with at times a voracious and rich subconscious. A former lecturer in NCAD, and co-founder of the Head Sculpture Gallery in Dublin, Rory Breslin has had numerous solo drawing and sculpture exhibitions, both nationally and farther afield (Europe, US) and has executed a large body of public commissions.

Adm.: free

Open: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; 11am-5.30pm Sat
www.thelinenhall.com

Alternative Entertainments presents On & Off the Wall: a joint exhibition by Marie Hanlon & Margaret Tuffy. Kilkenny-born Marie is based in Dublin and represented by the Kerlin Gallery. She will exhibit a series of vibrant, abstract paintings. Mayo-born Margaret is also based in Dublin, with a studio in Temple Bar Gallery & Studios. She is a member of the Graphic Studio, Dublin. She will present a series of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and video. 

http://www.altents.ie/

This production by Siamsa Tire celebrates and explores Blasket Island living while also challenging our own notions of identity as contemporary islanders.  Premiered in 2003, Oilean marked the 50th anniversary of the departure of the Blasket Islanders to the mainland.  The Great Blasket Island, located off the coast of West Kerry still remains an almost mystical significance for many, both from Ireland and abroad.

The way of the life of the islanders and their spirit of survival is framed in this production, which captures the essence of this island community, their traditions and customs, their wealth of song and story, their love of life and their strong kinship with one another.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

The Lonesome West is a black comedy about two feuding brothers, Coleman and Valene, who have just buried their father. Their constant provoking of each other often develops into a cartoonish violence which further distresses the already melancholic local priest, young Father Welsh. This is a hysterically funny play from award winning and renowned Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. Running in the Theatre Royal Waterford from September 7th to 11th 2010. Tickets; preview 7th Sept €10. Performances 8th to 11th September €18.50/€12.

Phone our Box Office on 051 853626 or online at www.theatreroyal.ie.

Free of Charge

Mick O'Dea │Black and Tan

Black and Tan is an exhibition of portraits re-imagined through old photographs using charcoal and Indian textured paper. O'Dea brings to bear his wealth of experience as a painter of the human face and body; and as a landscape artist consciously receptive to the ever-shifting patterns of light. Throughout Black and Tan previously inanimate faces are lit up by living warmth and personality as the artist re-captures a depth in light as it falls across shoes, buckles and straps in a Dublin street or a Cork Barracks.


http://www.glor.ie/

Returning to this year's Festival with the Spirit of the Fringe 2009 award for Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?, The Company are back to delve into Joyce's seminal work and ask – where are you in this story? Join us as we rediscover what it means to be Irish. By the way, we haven't read Ulysses either… yet.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

it's 11.30am and already it's 33 degrees celsius. at the bottom of a drained swimming ppol, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths. and play for an unwinnable love.

Druid's previous partnerships with Enda Walsh (Fringe First winners, The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom) have led to sell out runs in six xountries worldwide wowing critics and audiences alike. Don't miss this dynamic duo third time round.

Tickets €25.00/18.00

Booking:

Box Office Opening Hours:10.00 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

By Phone: 091 569777
Online:www.tht.ie - anytime

Who will tell the story of your life long after you are gone? Sorcha Kenny believes her dresses will. Sparked by her fascination for second-hand and vintage garments, she has embarked on an ongoing 'dress quest' to uncover the real life stories behind the dresses lingering in wardrobes all over the country. Like photographs, they are mementos of a treasured past.

Join Sorcha as she introduces you to the generations of men and women whose stories unfold between the fabric and the thread. Expect laughter, tears and nostalgia in this sartorial expedition. The walls can't talk but the dresses sure can.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Redmond O'Toole (Brahms guitar) and Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Programme includes music by Manuel De Falla, Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, Martin Y Coll, Franz Schubert and Vivaldi. Tickets from 022-26145 and 025-24858
madeleine@classicallinks.ie

Scoozi's Children's Art Exhibition in association with Triskel

Hundreds of entries were submitted to Scoozis' Art Competition and a selection of these will be exhibited alongside the famous Artists in Triskel from the 9th - 15 September.

http://triskelart.com/

Once upon a time two budding ballerinas battled for perfection in the sugar-coated world of Ballet. Their hopes and dreams didn't survive … but they did. This is their story.

Choreographed and performed by Muirne Bloomer and Emma O'Kane, these seasoned performers will surprise and entertain as they struggle from barre to bar in their quest for peace and reconciliation.

Set to a sumptuous score by Tchaikovsky, this is The Ballet Ruse – raw, honest, with frills attached. A lunchtime show without sandwiches.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Presented by Muirne Bloomer & Emma O'Kane

Once upon a time two budding ballerinas battled for perfection in the sugar-coated world of Ballet. Those hopes and dreams didn't survive.......but they did. This is their story.

To a sumptuous score ranging from Tchaikovsky to Lady Gaga, these seasoned performers will surprise and entertain as they struggle from barre to bar in their quest for peace and reconciliation. The Ballet Ruse: raw, honest, with frills attached. This is a lunchtime show without sandwiches.

For information and tickets visit www.fringefest.com

Druid Theatre Company presents

The Silver Tassie by Seán O'Casey

Directed by Garry Hynes

Druid is back with a show you simply won't want to miss. This sweeping play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France, and their return home.
Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance, this is an epic staging of one of Seán O'Casey's great plays.
 
Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 – Druid's biggest ever company of actors – and welcomes back Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty.


http://www.glor.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Part of ABSOLUT Fringe

SIREN'S interpretation of this timeless classic presents it as a contemporary domestic drama - a shockingly modern story of a man and a woman caught in the nets of jealously and destructive love. Blurring the boundaries between theatre and live installation, public and private lives and what is seen and unseen, this classic tale resonates as much today as it did thousands of years ago.

For further information and tickets visit www.fringefest.com

'NOW'

PRESENTATIONS BY THE DAGHDHA MENTORING PROGRAMME 2010
10 – 19 SEPTEMBER
DAGHDHA SPACE, ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, JOHN'S SQUARE AND OTHER LOCATIONS

Daghdha Dance Company invites you to 'NOW', ten days of unique presentations by this year's 2009/10 Daghdha Mentoring Programme (DMP) resident artists. Admission is free and donations welcome.

For a year, Daghdha has provided an inspiring home for fourteen artists to develop their own practise.  'NOW' reveals their findings through ten days of dance, performance, installations, workshops, video, ritual, film, participation and exhibitions. Works will be presented in the stunning surroundings of Daghdha Space St. John's Church, John's Square alongside other locations to include: Faber Studios, Occupy Space and the Burren.

For full programme details please visit www.daghdha.ie

Inevitably the artists on the programme have been inspired by working and living in Limerick. With such a wide spectrum of artistic styles and mediums, 'NOW' promises a compelling  programme, not to be missed.

DMP ARTISTS
Kaspar Aus, Giorgio Convertito, Jesse den Dulk, Emmalena Fredriksson, Christina Gangos, Jessica Kelly, Amy Kinlon, Christopher Mahon, Gwen Mc Hale, Isabella Oberländer, Diane Reddington, Edd Schouten, Maria Svensson, Cathy Walsh

DMP COORDINATOR
Bush Hartshorn

NB. Some performances may contain adult material

'NOW '

Presentations by the Daghdha Mentoring Programme 2010
10 – 19th September 2010
Ten days of choreography and dance
Daghdha Space and other locations within the Limerick city

http://www.daghdha.ie/

In partnership with Fingal County Council's Arts Office
Fingal County Council's Arts Office in partnership with Draíocht are delighted to present a unique exhibition themed for Leaving Certificate art students and teachers. For this exhibition a selection of 20th Century works by Irish artists have been acquired from The Arts Council and AIB collections. This show will be accompanied by an extensive education programme which will include The National Gallery's Leaving Certificate Revision Day, mediated tours, resource packs and talks by featured artists Martin Gale, Robert Ballagh and Alice Maher. The exhibition will also feature work by Mainie Jellet, Mary Swanzy, Patrick Collins, Tony O'Malley, Charles Brady, Barrie Cooke and more.

Exploring the Exhibition Events:
- Mediated Tours of the Exhibition: Thurs 16, 23 & 30 September / 10–11AM & 12-1PM / Free
- Culture Night Mediated Tour / Friday 24 Sept, 7PM / Free
- National Gallery Revision Day @ Draíocht, Thurs 7 Oct, 10AM–3.30PM / Free
- Artist Talk Day, Alice Maher, Robert Ballagh and Martin Gale, discuss their practice, Thurs 21 Oct, From 10am / Free

All events are free and open to the public but must be booked through Draíocht's Box Office in advance, tel: 01-885 2622

Fri 10 Sep - Sat 6 Nov 2010 GROUND FLOOR GALLERY // FREE

Fun for everyone as this top Tribute Act brings us all Lady Gaga's hits. Spot prizes on the night for best Lady Gaga lookalike!

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Mariem Hassan is the voice of the Sahara, the voice of the dessert. Adored by Saharawis living in exile, Mariem Hassan is an icon that gives hope to those who still live in the territories occupied by Morocco. With her prodigious voice and intelligence, she's been able to bring up to date Saharawi music and make it attractive for 21st century music audiences. In the film we go through Mariem's misfortuned life, we discover her as a courageous and enduring character and we witness her artistic transformation into one of the most charismatic and respected figures of the World Music scene.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Mariem Hassan is the voice of the Sahara, the voice of the dessert. Adored by Saharawis living in exile, Mariem Hassan is an icon that gives hope to those who still live in the territories occupied by Morocco. With her prodigious voice and intelligence, she's been able to bring up to date Saharawi music and make it attractive for 21st century music audiences. In the film we go through Mariem's misfortuned life, we discover her as a courageous and enduring character and we witness her artistic transformation into one of the most charismatic and respected figures of the World Music scene.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Tymon Bawn Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

RTE Concert Orchestra performs "East To West" at The TLT Concert Hall Drogheda on Friday Sept. 10th. Featuring Edward HollY.

Tickets €25 / Student €15 available online at www.theTLT.ie or from the TLT Box office on 041 9878560

Programme of music by deFalla, Nin y Castellanos, Coll, Schubert and Vivaldi.

Tickets from 091 799258

Following their recent successful ventures at The Source with 'Thoroughly Modern Musicals' and 'Thoroughly Modern Musicals - The Encore', Vincé Productions are back with something a little different! Like most of us they have been missing the music from the golden years of the 60s and 70s and so they are reviving this era for you. Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, The Beach Boys and The Beatles are just a few of the acts that they will be bringing to life and they plan to do them justice!

 The cast of Vincé Productions, comprising of talented local performers, will pay tribute to the great female and male performers of this magical period of music history, performing classics such as 'Respect', 'Walk on By', 'Good Vibrations' and 'A Hard Days's Night' to name but a few. 
This two-night run is not to be missed!

 Tickets: €15/€10 concession. Contact the box office on 05040 90204 or visit  www.thesourceartscentre.ie

The Over The Edge September Writers' Gathering presents readings by poets from Ireland, the UK and Australia. Jean O'Brien, James Byrne, Niall McDevitt & Geoff Page will read their work at Café 8 @ The Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway on Friday, September 10th, 8pm. The evening will also see the launch of Behind The Masks, a collection of work by the Advanced Poetry Workshop at Galway Arts Centre, co-edited by Marie Cadden, Denise Garvey, Nicki Griffin & Tom Lavelle.


There is no entrance fee. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.

http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

be staged at the Town Hall Theatre each weekend night (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) in September. The night will contain short scenes from his most famous plays interspered with readings of his best known poems.

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €30/25
www.abbeytheatre.ie

 01 87 87 222

Vivid and insightful, this heartrending opera recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding, living in hope and fear, longing for normality for herself and her family. Opera Theatre Company's 24^th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera. Russian composer Grigory Frid, was so inspired by Anne Frank's diary that he created the opera in 1969. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's 8 piece chamber orchestra, direction is by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon.

http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/

Ramor Productions
Written and directed by Padraic McIntyre

Oh me, oh my, you make me sigh……….

Set in a pub in Cavan on a stormy St. Stephen's night. A knock at the door presents an unexpected guest in the shape of the legendary Joe Dolan, who is stranded in the town when his car breaks down. As the storm bears down, the music and craic flows, and we get a hilarious insight into the happenings of a rural pub on the night a legend drops by.

Fresh from a recent sell-out run, this hilarious new play by Padraic McIntyre features live music and a host of local characters, who will have you rolling in the aisles. A real treat for all who enjoy a great night of theatre and music.

http://www.roscommonartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

With their harmonious mixture of traditional, folk and bluegrass songs and tunes, an evening with Arcanadh is always a special treat.

Proceeds in aid of the Irish Cancer Society

More info

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-957246

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Tymon Bawn Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

The Black Mariah: CCAD / LSAD Graduate Selection

Marking the beginning of a year long residency and partnership with Triskel, The Black Mariah present an exhibition of works from a selection of graduates from CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and from LIT Limerick School of Art and Design.

Artists include, Kevin Callaghan, Colette Cronin, Trish Dolan, Sarah Feehily, Beth Fox, Aideen Greenlee, James Greenway, Mollie Anna King, Stephen Maher, Cian O'Donoghue and Maurice Reidy.

http://triskelart.com/

Love happy, money happy, beauty happy, friends happy, sports happy, McDonald's happy… Fuck My Life. What's it really like being a teenager today? And how on earth do you become a happy one? What drives teenagers to profound sadness or extreme violence?

Ireland has one of the highest teen suicide rates in Europe. Why is this? FML casts a spotlight on the lives of 15 young Corkonians in this blend of spoken word and film, true confessions and lies.

Who is the funniest, most beautiful, most dangerous? Who will fall by the wayside? Who won't live to see twenty? Who needs help? For everyone who has ever been a teenager.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

From the studio that brought you "Shrek," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" comes "How to Train Your Dragon." Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn't exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

Duration: 98mins

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

From the studio that brought you "Shrek," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" comes "How to Train Your Dragon." Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn't exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

Duration: 98mins

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Like nothing you have ever seen before, this re-imagining of a killer's crimes bristles with savage brutality and horrifying violence. It is invariably strange and sombre, poetic and captivating.

We don't say this lightly: jerk will leave you stunned and shaken at the gruesome visual world you create around this deceptively stark set. Based on cult author Dennis Cooper's novella of the same name.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Sessions are aimed at Artists/Third Level Art students who wish to develop their life drawing skills or further their own artistic practice. The sessions are untutored and participants should bring their own art materials including easels. 

No photography or video is allowed.

Price €60 per session (includes tea/coffee- lunch not included)
As places are limited advance booking is required. Contact Solstice box office for more information on 046 909 2300

Mis-Hap to play Loading Bay Sat 11 September, 4pm ESB Substation, Caroline Street, Cork A young Cork band employing a classic rock sound infused with power pop sensibilities! Mis-Hap have proudly admitted a large array of influences including David Bowie, Rory Gallagher, Rage Against the Machine, The Who, Suede , AC/DC , Adam and the Ants, Green Day and Nirvana and have shared the stage with such luminaries as The Coronas, Aslan, Boss Valenti, Juno Falls, Republic of Loose and Ham Sandwich LOADING BAY - FREE live performances every Saturday - all welcome. Triskel is delighted to continue this series of free live performances which take place at the 'Loading Bay' ESB Substation, Caroline Street. A vibrant underground music scene is now bubbling all over the country with many dynamic and creative projects. The Loading Bay at Caroline St is the perfect platform to showcase these diverse and exciting Artists. For the full array of up-coming Loading Bay gigs see Triskel's Live Music page at http://www.triskelart.com/livemusic.htm .htm

This production by Siamsa Tire celebrates and explores Blasket Island living while also challenging our own notions of identity as contemporary islanders.  Premiered in 2003, Oilean marked the 50th anniversary of the departure of the Blasket Islanders to the mainland.  The Great Blasket Island, located off the coast of West Kerry still remains an almost mystical significance for many, both from Ireland and abroad.

The way of the life of the islanders and their spirit of survival is framed in this production, which captures the essence of this island community, their traditions and customs, their wealth of song and story, their love of life and their strong kinship with one another.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

Some bands are destined to stay together, the songs a powerful cohesive in the intertwined lives of their performers. Scullion is such a band. Three decades on from their formative gigs together, their signature sound is as strong as ever. The voices of Sonny Condell and Philip King have taken on a seamless harmony, pinioned by the bravura guitar playing of Robbie Overson, who has ably filled the role of founding member Greg Boland. Folk and traditional songs with contemporary splashes of jazz and blues colour, still inhabit their shows with songs including Eyelids Into Snow, Down in The City and John The Baptist.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Some bands are destined to stay together, the songs a powerful cohesive in the intertwined lives of their performers. Scullion is such a band. Three decades on from their formative gigs together, their signature sound is as strong as ever. The voices of Sonny Condell and Philip King have taken on a seamless harmony, pinioned by the bravura guitar playing of Robbie Overson, who has ably filled the role of founding member Greg Boland. Folk and traditional songs with contemporary splashes of jazz and blues colour, still inhabit their shows with songs including Eyelids Into Snow, Down in The City and John The Baptist.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Music arranger and musican Martin McAllister is much sought after as an accompanist and as a session musician. It coudl be justifiably claimed that he has trained more people to the guitar than any other teacher in Ireland. Now is the time for the singling chicklets he has nurtured to test their wings. They come from Castleblayney, Crossmaglen, Keady and much of the South Armagh, South Monaghan area, are mostly young, and some will be taking the stage for the very first time.  The standard of all the performers is assured but this night will give you a good chance to 'look into the seeds of time and see which grain will grow and which will not'.

Tickets are on sale now at €12/10.  Book online at http://www.iontascastleblayney.ie/ticket-sales or on 042 9753400/1.

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Saturday 11^th September

Trad Féile Day Wexford. 2pm- 10pm.

A taste of traditional music, song and dance from some of the finest traditional artists in Wexford and Ireland.  Featuring Free  events and workshops with host of artists including Niall Lacy, Celtic Roots, Wexford Traditional singers and guest and and more hosted in Wexford Arts Centre and other town and  venues see www.wexfordartscentre.ie for more information.  Supported by Arts Council Deis Scheme supporting Traditional Arts

A documentation of a collaborative artists' residency programme. For the month of August 2010, Curious Tail Theatre Company hosted an innovative artists residency at the Courthouse Arts Centre, featuring performance artist Dominic Thorpe, visual artists Niamh Jackman and Emma Hill, and musician/painter Jonathan Dickson. Sketches, photography, artworks and other documentary materials will be on display in our main gallery until October 8th.

The Irish Reef is a Satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles.The Irish Reef is coming to the Courthouse Community Gallery where this woolly wonder of hyperbolic crochet, community arts, marine biology, the environment and female handicraft merges to form a fabulous quintet of great beauty and intrigue. The exhibition will run from September 12th to October 29th, 2010

Admission free

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Adult Céilí Dancing Lessons.  Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Clann Lir, an eternal tale of evil and salvation, is a story as old as Ireland itself.  According to the legend, the four children of King Lir, Fionnuala, Conn, Aodh and Fiachra were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife.

This production portrays the journey of the four Children of Lir who are doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans, but are allowed to keep their beautiful singing voices.  A glorious visual, musical and magical performance.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

At Tinahely Market Square building, upstairs

Classes on Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings
 
 
Mondays 8 - 10pm

Learn the Basics of Crochet : make flowers, simple lace and pattern reading on September 13th /20th /27th & November 15th /22nd /29th

Crochet for Intermediates: start a project, make mittens, hats, ponchos & tapestry crochet, etc. on October 11th /18th /25th

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Wednesdays 10.30am - 12.30pm

Crochet for Intermediates start a project,make mittens,hats, ponchos and tapestry crochet, etc. on September 15th /22nd /29th & November 10th /17th /24th

Learn the Basics of Crochet : make flowers, simple lace and pattern reading on October 13th /20th /27th

Fees for all the above : 3 weeks for €55, materials included for course project.

Further information and all bookings : call Irene Lundgaard 085 - 769 1854, www.yarnclasses.com

Advance booking is required.

And if you want help with a project you can also join the classes (€15 for 1 class) 

Matthew P. Morris in My Body Travels explores a new adventure. He's hitching his heels high and daring to redress his first solo piece. A 'he' who transforms to 'she' in order to walk the wild side of a lopsided reality of assumed identity, he's treading bare a silent world of desirable loneliness before finally surrendering to the natural order of serenity. A cycle of events; moments in time unravel unexpectedly to reveal where paths cross and people change our lives, often unsettling the ground beneath us. Shake it like a milkshake, moves that'll groove … all creamy and dreamy. A song might be sung. The dance will be danced. And please for a moment let there be quiet...


http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Undeniably one of the most compelling films of the year, shining a floodlight on the Rape of Nanking. The massacre depicted in the film took place over several long weeks as part of the Japanese invasion of China in December 1937. Guided by the privileged eye of acclaimed director Lu Chuan, who spent almost four years researching the script, the film abandons the noisy fanfare of political propaganda and plunges into the disorienting chaos of war. Shot in gorgeous, majestic black and white, this is an epic and truly harrowing cinematic experience. Lu's camera records both the atrocity and the humanity of the soldiers, the strength and abnegation of the women, and finally the powerful drive to survive under the most extreme conditions.

Duration: 135mins
Language: Mandarin / Subtitled

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Undeniably one of the most compelling films of the year, shining a floodlight on the Rape of Nanking. The massacre depicted in the film took place over several long weeks as part of the Japanese invasion of China in December 1937. Guided by the privileged eye of acclaimed director Lu Chuan, who spent almost four years researching the script, the film abandons the noisy fanfare of political propaganda and plunges into the disorienting chaos of war. Shot in gorgeous, majestic black and white, this is an epic and truly harrowing cinematic experience. Lu's camera records both the atrocity and the humanity of the soldiers, the strength and abnegation of the women, and finally the powerful drive to survive under the most extreme conditions.

Duration: 135mins

Language: Mandarin / Subtitled           

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Limerick Co. Co. Arts Office 'Autumn Music Series' this year focuses on French Chamber Music.

First concert in the monthly series features Triocca (flute, harp and viola) in works by Ravel, Debussy, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, etc.

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Mill Centre, Celbridge venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

Dir: Ken Wardrop - Ireland - 2009 - 80 mins - Cert: G

Ken Wardrop's debut feature proudly defies categorisation. Comprising a large number of conversations with ordinary (but remarkable) Irish women... each woman describes her own circumstances, but she also unconsciously contributes to the portrait of a composite personality. Shot in slightly grainy, attractively washed-out colours by Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle (winners of an award at the Sundance Film Festival), the participants begin by discussing dads, go on to ponder boyfriends, and then move on to sons and husbands. We begin with a baby; we end with an elderly lady philosophically contemplating decline. His & Hers is, aside from being a very touching film, an enormously impressive formal achievement... a near-perfect act of cinematic sleight of hand: a beautiful tale told apparently by accident.
Admission: €8/€6 for Friends and film circle members

A sweet and comical story of what happens when "a rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies" rambles into town on his motorbike. This is a highly entertaining musical comedy built around a number of hit songs made famous by Elvis. Songs include: 'Jailhouse Rock,' 'Blue Suede Shoes,' 'Teddy Bear,' 'Burning Love,' 'Can't Help Falling in Love with You'…and many more. Featuring a full orchestra, chorus and dancers.

Booking:
Box Office Hours: 10.00 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

By Phone 091 569777
Website www.tht.ie

Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the Sambucas aren't getting rid of it. Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist. Kay's got an itch that Gem can't scratch (but maybe Kermit can). This perfectly pitched comedy focuses around three generations of women in modern day Artane and one extraordinary year of sex, birth, death and salsa classes. Little Gem, Elaine Murphy's first full-length play, has swept the boards since its sell out run as part of the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival. It was the surprise hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the first ever Irish production to receive the prestigious Carol Tambor Award.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Psycho Spaghetti Ger Carey's 'Psycho Spaghetti' is a brilliant comedy written specifically for teenagers. This hilarious one-man show attempts to answer the age-old question: Just what is going on inside the teenage brain? The show is 100 minutes of laugh-out-loud comedy aimed at getting teenagers to laugh at themselves and view themselves as part of a bigger picture. The show is perfect for Transition Year students, LCA, Youth Reach and even grown-ups! PRICE: €10 For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

Japan  2008  114 mins  Language: Japanese with English subtitles

A tender and gentle drama that centres on a lower middle class Yokahama family, on the day they come together to observe the anniversary of a loss in the family. Grief provides a quiet backdrop in this subtle, entrancing and beautifully observed exploration of what makes modern families tick, by director Hirokazu Koreeda.

Adm.: €5
www.thelinenhall.com

There's a hole in my heart that goes all the way back to China mines the mysterious caverns of the human heart, this is an extraordinary live art multimedia piece. Combining visuals, movement and text, it is made up of many parts about holes that ultimately leaves one feeling whole. Carl Jung said, "I would rather be whole than be good".

A work that digs down deep into the depths of loneliness and shame, but even in its darkest moments, the canary still sings.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle
John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.

Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Weekly adult céilí dancing lessons.  Newcomers welcome every week.

Weekly céilí dancing classes for adults.  Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Weekly adult céilí dancing lessons.  Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Aidan Mathews works full time as a radio producer for RTÉ but has been winning prizes for his poetry books since his early 20s. During the 90s he published a novel and two quirky collections which extended the boundaries of the Irish short story.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 9pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Claire Keegan has been often compared to both John McGahern and William Trevor. Join us for the launch of her new book Foster. Claire will read and wine & canapés will be served.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free.

Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Rathcoole Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

My Husband is a Spaceman, a multi-media solo show, this is the third part of an absorbing trilogy from an incredible live artist.

A Japanese office lady is content with her single lifestyle until she encounters Robin, an English University fellow, in Tokyo. They fall in love, get married, and move to England. But married life is not what Robin expects and the eccentric Englishman takes to locking himself in a room upstairs every night.

Derived from an old Japanese folk tale of love between a peasant and a crane, this is a love story loosely based on Kazuko's experience of a cross-cultural relationship, loneliness and how to survive it. One of the most personal and affecting performers you are ever likely to see.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Suitable for 4th to 6th Class

Derek Landy, author of the book of the decade, 'Skulduggery Pleasant' will be taking to our stage again this autumn. While here Derek will talk about the wise cracking, sharp talking, well dressed detective and his supernaturally thrilling exploits. Just like his 5th book 'Mortal Coil' this meeting promises to contain 40% humor, 50% action and 100% thrills.

This event is free but booking is essential through Draíocht's Box Office on 01-8852622.
The Author will be available to sign books after the event.
Wed 15 Sep 2010 10:30-11:30AM
Main Auditorium // Free but needs to be booked in advance
Box Office: 01 885 2622

www.draiocht.ie

From an almost empty stage, a smith offers some everyday stories of travel, oil, weather, war, sustainability and survival. This lecture style performance presents stories that think about how we are doing, and approaches some big questions in a small and human way.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Dir: Michael Haneke Cert: 15A
Starring: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi, Michael Kranz, Burghart Klaussner, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock, Branko Samarovski, Roxanne Duran
Language: German

Michael Haneke's latest, mesmerising work surveys the life of a rural Protestant village in northern Germany over several months from 1913 to 1914, ending, tellingly, on the eve of World War One.

Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's latest, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May, marks his first film in the German language since Funny Games in 1997. It's also his return to Europe after remaking that same film in America two years ago. Shot in stark black and white, this precise, mesmerising work surveys the life of a rural Protestant village in northern Germany over several months from 1913 to 1914, ending, tellingly, on the eve of World War One. Moving from house to house, we visit the homes of the pastor, the baron, the doctor and the steward. As we experience the rituals and intimacies of domestic lives, strange, violent acts occur: th' doctor's horse falls over a trip wire, the crops in the field are destroyed, an accident happens in the mill... It's tempting to read the film as a comment on where German society was heading - but Haneke keeps his story and themes closer to his chest than that, so that it ends up being a more universal essay on repression and violence. Partly a portrait of a time and place in history and partly a study of how sickness in the home can lead to sickness in society, it's also a mystery that, in usual Haneke fashion, is down to us to unravel. - Dave Calhoun / London Film Festival 2009.

PRICE: €7/€5 for Night Screening & €3 for Matinee at 10.30am
For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

The 65 Kitchen Choir makes its return to the Dunamaise Theatre for the fourth year and proudly presents their all new show  "Music Lives Here".

Since its formation five years ago the choir has gone from strength to strength and is now widely acknowledged for its huge repertoire of songs, which are delivered with a unique style, under the leadership of Caroline Smith. Following its previous sell out shows the Choir return for three nights with the fantastic "Music Lives Here" show, filled from start to finish with well known classics.

Hear the Choir sing songs from some of the all time greats such as Roy Orbison, The Monkies, Tom Jones, The Bee Gees, The Mama's and The Papa's to name but a few.

Join us on a journey that will transport you back in time as you clap your hands, stomp your feet and sing along, then find yourself totally engrossed by the haunting melodies of times past, before being whisked along to sounds from the great Elvis, Crosby Stills Nash and Young. All delivered as only the 65 Kitchen Choir can. Book early to avoid disappointment.
A show not to be missed

For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Tania Hershman is a young British-Israeli author and noted agitator on behalf of the short story; Belle Boggs is an  O'Connor Award shortlistee for her debut collection.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 7.30pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Create national networking event is designed for everyone working in collaborative and participative arts across all artforms– On the day there will be an opportunity  to share ideas, experiences, ruminations, convictions and strategies for sustaining a collaborative arts practice in financially challenging times, as well as practical workshops on Dance and Social Engagement, Arts in Rural Contexts, Film-making and a range of case studies from around the country. Full programme at: www.create-ireland.ie
 (Lunch and evening buffet provided).Call Create - 01-473-6600, or email associates@create-ireland.ie to confirm attendance and book your place.
Tickets cost €40.00 for individuals, €50.00 for representatives of organizations (max 2 people) and €30.00 for Create Associates.

An initiative of Create the national development agency for collaborative arts
In partnership with axis ballymun

If you're an avid reader, you'll be delighted to know that Derek Landy, the author of Skullduggery Pleasant will be in town in September to read from and sign his latest book. That will definitely sell out, so consider yourself well warned.

Event is free but booking essential if you want to secure your place.

For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

A journey through the music of Saints, Singers, Sirens and Sinners. Beautiful venues throughout Cork city and county will host nationally and internationally acclaimed musicians, writers, singers and scholars.
www.eastcorkearlymusic for all details.

Keegan Theatre Co (USA)
"Keegan Theatre's Fool for Love is a pure celebration of playwright Sam Shepard's bumptious theatricality" WASHINGTON POST

A critical and popular success, this masterfully constructed work brings searing intensity and rare theatrical excitement to its probing, yet sharply humorous study of love, hate and the dying mythos of the American West.

More info: http://www.angrianan.com/

Irelands most dynamic and exciting ensemble which includes acclaimed local musician Diane Daly makes its debut performance at Iontas. The orchestra are serving up a treat with Vivaldis famous Four Seasons. This is intersperesed with short works by Rossini, Puccini, Wolf and popular Ulster composer Elaine Agnew. Praise for the ICO has been fulsome 'The best orchestra in this country by far' - Sunday Tribune;  'Simply Irresistible' - Irish Times; 'Another superb show from the wonderful Irish Chamber Orchestra' - Irish Examiner.  Don't miss this unique musical experience. Tickets on sale now at €18.00. 

Tickets are on sale now at €18/16.  Book online at http://www.iontascastleblayney.ie/ticket-sales or on 042 9753400/1.

It's been twelve years since John McSherry, Donogh Hennessy & Michael McGoldrick put their stamp on Irish Traditional music as members of Lunasa.  This dynamic trio have had esteemed careers as solo musicians and with the best bands in the business; The Sharon Shannon Band, Capercaille, Flook, At First Light and Coolfin.  Multi instrumentalists John McSherry & Michael McGoldrick will no doubt re-create the magic of their At First Light album on stage.  Add Hennessy's intelligent and insightful guitar playing and audiences lucky enough to witness this re-union are guaranteed a spell binding experience.

http://www.seamusenniscentre.com/

Tourmakeady-born accordionist par excellence Mary Staunton showcases her newly released album Circle of Friends in a highly anticipated evening with a stellar line-up of fellow musicians: bouzouki virtuoso Alec Finn (De Danann), bodhrán player extraordinaire Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (De Danann, Arcady) and  banjo/mandolin/fiddle all-star Mary Shannon (Bumblebees, Sharon Shannon Band, The Woodchoppers). Following up on Mary's hugely acclaimed debut album Bright Early Mornings, this looks set to be a night of Irish Trad at its very finest.

Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
Booking: 094 9023733
www.thelinenhall.com

Robin Black is an O'Connor Award shortlistee for her debut collection. Owen Hill is a poet and crime novelist and a key figure in the literary community of Berkeley.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 9.30pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Portumna Shorelines Arts Festival, 16th – 19th September, www.ShorelinesArtsFestival.com
Don't miss the 3rd annual Portumna Shorelines Arts Festival from 16th – 19th September. Highlights include a great line up of nightly entertainment attractions and a bumper programme of events to keep all the family entertained. As a multi disciplinary arts festival the programme includes the annual arts exhibition, dance, theatre, music, poetry, film, storytelling and performance.

For information on participating or helping, contact Noelle Lynskey: 087 2931055 or Mark Conroy: 087 3689507.

For up-to-date information about Shorelines Arts Festival, visit www.ShorelinesArtsFestival.com

Once upon a time two budding ballerinas battled for perfection in the sugar-coated world of Ballet. Their hopes and dreams didn't survive … but they did. This is their story.

Choreographed and performed by Muirne Bloomer and Emma O'Kane, these seasoned performers will surprise and entertain as they struggle from barre to bar in their quest for peace and reconciliation.

Set to a sumptuous score by Tchaikovsky, this is The Ballet Ruse – raw, honest, with frills attached. A lunchtime show without sandwiches.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

The Living Stream combines the talentns of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner who team up to bring some of the finest Irish traditional music to Thurles.
The words 'Button Accordion'and 'Jackie Daly' are synonymous. Described as 'probably the best accordionist in Ireland', Jackie was a central figure in groups such as De Dannan, Patrick Street, Buttons and Bows, Arcady, Reel Union and Kinvara which all attest to his music and versatility. Matt Cranitch is a spell-binding performer and an authotority on the Sliabh Luachra fiddle-style. Renowned as a fiddle-player and teacher, he is author of 'The Irish Fiddle Book' and currently plays with 'Sliabh Notes'.

 John Faulkner is an acclaimed musician and singer/songwriter. He has performed worldwide, sharing the stage with legends such as Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Kevin Burke, Arty McGlynn, Nollaig Casey, De Dannan as well as US legend John Prine.  An evening, presentred by Music Network, not to be missed, tickets €18/€16 concession.  

For further details visit www.thesourceartscentre.ie/ or phone the box office on 0504 90204

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.
Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

David Hull Promotions present A Happy Medium. Northern Ireland's very own queen of comedy May McFettridge stars as Lizzie, a woman who invites a spiritual medium into her home with unexpected and outrageously funny consequences. Olivia Nash co-stars.

More info

Are you interested in theatre and performance and aged between 14 – 21? Founded in 2005, An Grianán Youth Theatre aims to offer young people opportunities for both creative and personal development through drama and performance techniques. Acting, improv, readings and performing techniques all feature in our youth theatre programme.

An Grianán Youth Theatre is affiliated to the National Association for Youth Drama.

More info

Two young New York-based writers, one a New Yorker editor, another named by the New Yorker as one of America's twenty best writers under forty years of age. Hear them discuss their own work, the writing game and the centrality of New York to the publishing industry.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 4pm. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Lisa Richards Agency
Andrew Stanley is one of the top comics working the worldwide comedy circuit today and is always high energy and quick witted enough to keep audiences thoroughly entertained. In the past 4 years Andrew has travelled to the Adelaide Fringe Festival twice, made his debut at the Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand Comedy Festivals and was invited to the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
This show contains adult content and strong language.

Fri 17 Sep 2010 8.15PM  
Tickets: €15 / €13 conc

Box Office: 01 885 2622
Online: www.draiocht.ie

Two young American writers known for their humour, occasional irreverence and wild imaginations.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 9.30pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Tymon Bawn Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

Join us for a reading of very short narrative texts by a variety of writers and readers in solidarity with the National Day of Action for the Arts.

Venue: Central Library steps, Grand Parade Time: 11.30am. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

More information: http://ceilidancing.com/

HANG ON
Performed by two outstanding dancers, this powerful show takes place on the ground and in the air. Staged to original live music and video art, it is highly physical, often raw, sometimes sensual and always real. Fidget Feet are doing what they do best – fusing gravity-defying aerial circus skills with dance.

PARADISE DANCE HALL
It ends with a mysterious bruise, a longdistance dance, and a swallow tattoo to guide you. It starts with the people you haunt, and the traces of those who left without explanation. It's a live performance, with under-thecounter true stories. It's a blind date, with music to fill those awkward silences. It's dance for people who don't like dance. It's a guilty pleasure. It will not be sentimental, but it might be beautiful. It could get a bit x-rated. There may even be a slow-set. But whatever happens, you will not go home alone.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

A dark tale of small-town solidarity. Majority rules and a close-knit community turns on one of its own. This is Listowel Syndrome - in a small town you can't afford to make enemies and actions do have consequences. Reflecting on a recent case that saw a large number of people express their solidarity for a convicted man through a wordless gesture, it brings to mind a Faustian pact. Told through dance, text, song and live music, this is a fable told for any town at any time.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Enjoy good food and fine music!

Singer Patricia Morris performs a free lunch time concert in An Grianan's cafe bar The Eatery.

http://www.angrianan.com/

Castleblayney born Paddy Cole, one of Irelands most respected musicians, started his career with the Maurice Lynch Band before moving on to play the sax with the legendary Capitol Showband in the 1960s, which had severel number 1 hits. His band is renowned for a good time - Jazz and Rock'n'Roll, Sixties or Swing - they play it, anywhere you want.  The Paddy Cole All Stars possess that rare quality of being able to transmit their own enthusiasm for the music they play to the audience.  And the result is always the same. The audience resonds - enthusiastically, expecially in his home town.  For a guaranteed great night out, come and see one of Blayneys finest, Paddy Cole at Iontas. Tickets are on sale now at €20.00. 

Book online at http://www.iontascastleblayney.ie/ticket-sales or on 042 9753400/1.

It all started at the age of 23 when Rebecca auditioned for her first musical show, Blood Brothers and won the lead role.  After gaining rave reviews for her role Rebecca was catapulted into the world of musical theatre where she became a West End star and played some of the most demanding roles ever written for a leading lady - Eva Peron in Evita, Fantine in Les Miserables, Grizabella in Cats, Florence in Chess and many many more.  Rebecca also found time to chalk up a number of hit singles including "Putting On a Show", and "Mr. Love" and host a number of TV shows including "An Evening with Rebecca Storm" and "Rebecca at the Cork Opera House".  In 2006, Rebecca fulfilled a long held ambition when she delivered a powerful rendition of all of Barbara Streisand's classic hits in her show The Streisand Songbook.
This night promises to be an evening of superb music definitely not to be missed! 

http://www.birrtheatre.com/

O'Connor Award shortlistees. American Ron Rash has published three collections of short stories and four novels, with his latest novel, Serena, he has gained international attention. Englishman David Constantine is arguably better known as a poet, but he has published three much admired short story collections.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 7.30pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

e each weekend night (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) in September. The night will contain short scenes from his most famous plays interspered with readings of his best known poems.

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €28/25/22.50

http://www.droicheadartscentre.com/

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.
Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

http://www.musicnetwork.ie

Chaired by festival director Patrick Cotter. Is the printed book endangered? Is web publication valid? In the future will key texts be published only on Kindle? How do podcasts help in promoting the short story? Listen to a selection of festival participants discuss these crucial questions and take the opportunity to ask questions from the floor.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 2pm. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Fiore Italian (formerly Corleone) Restaurant presents this special charity fundraiser. The evening will kick off with a Fashion Show, featuring a range of fashion lines, including sports, ladies' and men's fashion. Thurles fashion houses, renowned throughout the country, have joined forces to support the evening, so an evening of style and fabulous ideas are promised! Local models of all ages will feature, choreographed by Siobhán King, with a sound track provided by DJ Max Conte. Fashion and musical energy combine to make this a great night! 
Next on the bill is Tipperary's acclaimed modern Irish band, 'A Touch of Irish'. From Thurles itself, the guys give an Irish twist to folk, old favourites and modern tunes. Quoting influences such as Christy Moore, The Pogues, The Dubliners, Rebel Hearts and Bosco, they'll bring high energy and fine live music to the stage at The Source. 
All proceeds will go to Inclusive Opportunities, a supported employment service for adults with intellectual disabilities.

 Tickets: €12/ €10 For further information visit http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/

Clann Lir, an eternal tale of evil and salvation, is a story as old as Ireland itself.  According to the legend, the four children of King Lir, Fionnuala, Conn, Aodh and Fiachra were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife.

This production portrays the journey of the four Children of Lir who are doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans, but are allowed to keep their beautiful singing voices.  A glorious visual, musical and magical performance.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

A 12 week drama course suitable for children ages 7 to 13.

More info

Orla Fallon is a singer / harpist who comes from the village of Knockananna in Co. Wicklow. A winner of The International Feis Ceoil, Orla has recorded with legendary Irish group Clannad as well as the choral group Anuna. Her debut album The Water Is Wide debuted in the Billboard World Music Top Ten. The Celtic Woman story has been one of overwhelming success and their New Journey CD has held the Number One position on the Billboard World Music Charts for a record-breaking 95 consecutive weeks. Now, after four wonderful, exciting years of touring and recording with Celtic Woman, Orla feels the time has come to embark on a different journey, touring and promoting her new solo album. Tickets €20, €19 concessions €18 Friends of the Courthouse http://mce_host/system2/bookings@tinahely-courthouse.ie a>

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Tymon Bawn Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

HANG ON
Performed by two outstanding dancers, this powerful show takes place on the ground and in the air. Staged to original live music and video art, it is highly physical, often raw, sometimes sensual and always real. Fidget Feet are doing what they do best – fusing gravity-defying aerial circus skills with dance.

Hang On was commissioned by Westmeath County Council and Backstage Theatre supported by Shawbrook, Dance Ireland and premiered at Longford Dance Festival April 2010.

PARADISE DANCE HALL
It ends with a mysterious bruise, a longdistance dance, and a swallow tattoo to guide you. It starts with the people you haunt, and the traces of those who left without explanation. It's a live performance, with under-thecounter true stories. It's a blind date, with music to fill those awkward silences. It's dance for people who don't like dance. It's a guilty pleasure. It will not be sentimental, but it might be beautiful. It could get a bit x-rated. There may even be a slow-set. But whatever happens, you will not go home alone.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Poet and short story writer Tess Gallagher talks about her own work, how it influenced and was influenced by the work of her late husband Raymond Carver.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 4pm. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Readings by award winners: Russell (Francis MacManus Winner) & D'Arcy (Hennessy Award Winner), plus the prize-winning story from this year's Seán Ó Faoláin Competition.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 12 noon. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie .

Laura Van Den Berg has been shortlisted for the O'Connor Award for her debut collection. David Vann's debut collection Legend of a Suicide has itself already become legendary.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Louis de Bernières achieved world fame for novels such as Birds Without Wings and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Nyk de Vries is a young Friesian novelist and musician who will be reading from his collection of short short narratives.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 10pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Welcome to Limerick County Council's fifth Autumn Music at Castleconnell Series and we invite you to join us on the second Tuesday of each month, commencing Tuesday September 14th in the beautiful setting of All Saints' Church Castleconnell. This year we depart from our previous focus on one composer to take a broad look at French Chamber music of the late 19th and early 20th century.

While our season of French music covers a range of styles, and features more than half-a-dozen composers (Debussy, Ravel and Fauré being the best-known), there is a distinctive flavour to the music of the period at the turn of the century which they all seem to share and which some believe reflects the Impressionist Movement in painting (Monet, Pissarro, Renoir) of the time.
 
The aim of Limerick County Council Arts Office in presenting this series is to give people in County Limerick the opportunity to enjoy live classical chamber music in a venue that is comfortable and intimate, with excellent acoustics. The emphasis of the concert programme is on the music no less than to provide a platform for some of Ireland's most talented musicians.  Almost all the musicians participating are Irish, but living and working abroad for much of the time in London, New York or Paris means they are also truly international.

Autumn Music at Castleconnell Series is an initiative of Limerick County Council Arts Office and I also gratefully acknowledge our funding partners, The Arts Council and Music Network.

Join us on Tuesday September 14th, Tuesday October 12th, Tuesday 9th November and including Tuesday December 7th @ 8pm.

http://www.lcc.ie/Arts_Culture/Events/

                                     
Vivid and insightful, this heartrending opera recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding, living in hope and fear, longing for normality for herself and her family.Sung in English, her powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe.

€20/€16 concession. 046 9092300/www.solsticeartscentre.ie

Peter Delaney to play at the Loading Bay

Saturday, 18 September, 4pm

ESB Substation, Caroline Street, Cork

Delicate and plaintive songs accompanied by the unique sounds of the ukulele

Influences include Tau Moe Family, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Hank Williams, John Jacob Niles, Elizabeth Cotton, Alan Lomax field recordings, China Miéville, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Dylan Thomas and maybe even Fernando Pessoa …

Watch Peter Delaney on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD-LRQ4Nulo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0xygc5woI&feature=related

Peter's 'Live in Amsterdam' was released in May of this year and is available from Apollolaan Records.

http://www.myspace.com/peterdelaney

LOADING BAY - FREE live performances every Saturday, 4pm - all welcome.

Triskel is delighted to continue this series of free live performances which take place at the 'Loading Bay' ESB Substation, Caroline Street. A vibrant underground music scene is now bubbling all over the country with many dynamic and creative projects. The Loading Bay at Caroline St is the perfect platform to showcase these diverse and exciting Artists.

For the full array of up-coming Loading Bay gigs see Triskel's Live Music page at

http://www.triskelart.com/livemusic.htm

Chaired by poet Billy Ramsell, a discussion about the centrality of radio to the short story. Three producers (Seamus Hosey, Di Speirs & Aidan Stanley) working for RTÉ and the BBC talk about what they look for in a story and what adjustments they need to make for different types of production. Questions from the audience will be encouraged.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 2pm. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Tess Gallagher is renowned as a poet but has published several collections of stories too, relating to both Irish and American lives. Ita Daly is a member of Aosdana and is one of Ireland's most respected novelists.

Venue: The Ballroom, Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street. Time: 8.30pm. Admission: Free, donation of €5 encouraged.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €20/16
http://www.solsticeartscentre.com/

From an almost empty stage, a smith offers some everyday stories of travel, oil, weather, war, sustainability and survival. This lecture style performance presents stories that think about how we are doing, and approaches some big questions in a small and human way.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Presentation of the 2010 Seán Ó Faoláin Prize & Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Culmination of festival with wine reception and announcement of the winners.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

http://triskelart.com/

Cork-born author David Marcus has been described for very good reasons as the Godfather of the contemporary Irish short story. We mark the first year of his passing with a reading of his story "Who's Ever Heard of an Irish Jew" by actor Jack Healy. Ticket only.

Venue: Cork Synagogue, South Terrace. Time: 4pm. Admission: Ticketed.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Literary walking tour with Jim McKeown, biographer of Frank O'Connor. Starting at the Gables Bar and MLC, Douglas Street, finishing at MacCurtain Street

Venue: Tour starts at the Munster Literature Centre, 84 Douglas Street, Cork. Time: 10am - 12 noon. Admission: Free.

This event is part of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival hosted by the Munster Literature Centre. Events will begin on time. For more information, visit http://www.munsterlit.ie or email info(AT)munsterlit.ie

Lorelei Lee and her friend Dorothy Shaw are a pair of showgirls, Dorothy the sassy one looking for true love, Lorelei the blonde hoping to marry a millionaire, with her sights set on Gus Esmond, a wealthy nerd stuck under his father's thumb. When Lorelei and Dorothy take a transatlantic cruise to Paris, an undercover detective follows to find out if Lorelei is really a gold-digging schemer. Unfortunately, the irrepressible Lorelei is a born flirt and soon finds herself in a compromising position with Sir Francis Beekman (Charles Coburn), owner of a diamond mine. The girls have to use all their wits to get out of trouble and still find love and marriage. One of the most charming, entertaining musicals of the 1950s.

Duration: 88mins
Language: English

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Lorelei Lee and her friend Dorothy Shaw are a pair of showgirls, Dorothy the sassy one looking for true love, Lorelei the blonde hoping to marry a millionaire, with her sights set on Gus Esmond, a wealthy nerd stuck under his father's thumb. When Lorelei and Dorothy take a transatlantic cruise to Paris, an undercover detective follows to find out if Lorelei is really a gold-digging schemer. Unfortunately, the irrepressible Lorelei is a born flirt and soon finds herself in a compromising position with Sir Francis Beekman (Charles Coburn), owner of a diamond mine. The girls have to use all their wits to get out of trouble and still find love and marriage. One of the most charming, entertaining musicals of the 1950s.

Duration: 88mins

Language: English

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/
 

Hosted by Leo Rickard (Uilleann Pipes) and Raphe Doyle (Guitar) and featuring Kevin Rowsome on Pipes & Lorraine Hickey on Fiddle.

Visit: www.seamusenniscentre.com for more information. Adm: 5 Euro.

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.
Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Weekly céilí dancing lessons for adults.  E5 per night

8 Week Evening Class / Mondays
This course is designed for complete beginners, those with some experience of basket making and those people who participated in Draíocht's previous one day Basket Weaving Course. Participants will be provided with a good grounding in basket weaving techniques which they will develop and use to design and create their own baskets. 8 Weeks - 20 SEPT – 15 NOV (no class Oct 25).

Book Now through Draíocht's Box Office on 01-885 2622.
For further info on this course please email niamh@draiocht.ie

Mon 20 Sep - Mon 15 Nov 2010 7.30-9.30PM
Draíocht Workshop Room // €140 // €120 conc // All materials provided

Brendan Begley: button accordion, vocals
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh: fiddle

Swerving from infectious slides to slow airs, sean-nós songs to wild, passionate polkas, Begley and Ó Raghallaigh unleash the raw power and beauty of their Kerry music. Don't miss the opportunity to hear these stellar musicians at close range in September.

Formed in 2007, Begley and Ó Raghallaigh have toured Ireland, New Zealand and the USA. Button accordion player Brendan Begley is best known as a member of Boys of the Lough, while fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's "Kitty Lie Over" CD (with piper Mick O'Brien) topped Earle Hitchner's 2003 Best Album list. Together, they have a wild, dynamic and fresh sound: according to Earle Hitchner, "theirs is some of the most maddeningly nourishing, elevating and mesmerizing Irish traditional music you'll hear today".

Ticket Prices: €15 / €12.50

Booking Phone: 025 32227

Promoted by Village Arts Centre

Clann Lir, an eternal tale of evil and salvation, is a story as old as Ireland itself.  According to the legend, the four children of King Lir, Fionnuala, Conn, Aodh and Fiachra were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife.

This production portrays the journey of the four Children of Lir who are doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans, but are allowed to keep their beautiful singing voices.  A glorious visual, musical and magical performance.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

A critical and popular success, this masterfully constructed work brings searing intensity and rare theatrical excitement to its probing, yet sharply humourous study of love, hate and the dying myths of the American west.

In a stark, low-rent motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, Eddie and May love and hate their way through life. Unable to hold on or let go, they battle to keep from drowning together. This Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights masterpiece shows the heights and depths that love can take us to, and make fools of us all.

Tickets: €16.00/12.00

Booking:
Box Office Opening Hours 10.00 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.
By Phone: 091 569777
Online:     www.tht.ie

A dark tale of small-town solidarity. Majority rules and a close-knit community turns on one of its own. This is Listowel Syndrome - in a small town you can't afford to make enemies and actions do have consequences. Reflecting on a recent case that saw a large number of people express their solidarity for a convicted man through a wordless gesture, it brings to mind a Faustian pact. Told through dance, text, song and live music, this is a fable told for any town at any time.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Gúna Nua/Civic Theatre
Written by Elaine Murphy 

Love, sex, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: Little Gem sees three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey. Kay's got an itch that Gem can't scratch … Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist … Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the sambucas aren't getting rid of it… Paul is just using Amber until he can get to Australia … and there's the hairy man who fancies Lorraine but fails to rise to the occasion. And of course let's not forget Gem, who doesn't like the neighbours coming in to 'mind' him. If all that wasn't bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and life is never the same again.

After sell-out seasons in New York, London and Paris, and a sold-out seven week run at Ireland's National Theatre and the Olympia, Gúna Nua's multi-award winning bittersweet comedy staring Anita Reeves, Neili Conroy and Genevieve Hulme-Beaman promises to be a great night out.

http://www.roscommonartscentre.ie/

Revanche is an elegantly structured and impressively acted thriller. It begins by introducing us to a couple who, though existing at the outskirts of legality, have somehow managed to forge a well-balanced, loving relationship. Alex (Johannes Krisch) works as a heavy in the brothel where Tamara (Irina Potapenko), an immigrant from the east, services seedy businessmen.

When her boss suggests a change in her professional circumstances - promising on the surface, but with sinister undercurrents - Alex elects to solve all their problems by robbing a bank. This being an Austrian film, the raid goes disastrously wrong and Alex retires to the country where, to hideout with his granddad, where he starts a strange affair with a married neighbour. Dir Gotz Spielmann 2008

2009 Oscar Nomineé

Language: German/Subtitled Duration: 121 mins

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Revanche is an elegantly structured and impressively acted thriller. It begins by introducing us to a couple who, though existing at the outskirts of legality, have somehow managed to forge a well-balanced, loving relationship. Alex (Johannes Krisch) works as a heavy in the brothel where Tamara (Irina Potapenko), an immigrant from the east, services seedy businessmen.
When her boss suggests a change in her professional circumstances - promising on the surface, but with sinister undercurrents - Alex elects to solve all their problems by robbing a bank. This being an Austrian film, the raid goes disastrously wrong and Alex retires to the country, to hideout with his granddad, where he starts a strange affair with a married neighbour. Dir Gotz Spielmann 2008

Language: German/Subtitled Duration: 121 mins

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.
Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

Ticket Prices: €12 / €10

Booking: 095 21699

Life, say Fitzgerald & Stapleton, is both absurd and alluring, a grotesque practical joke constantly pulling away chairs from under dignity and reason. Their delight in the details of human existence struggles with their conviction of its futility. Nothing is sane, reality is a hall of distorting mirrors reflecting the grimness of our own pretensions.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Interactive Theatre Australia in association with Ten42 Productions present

Faulty Towers at the Old Ground Hotel
Enter the snobbish world of manic Basil; his domineering wife, Sybil; and their hopeless language-challenged waiter, Manuel. Be one of the steady stream of bemused guests trying to make Manuel understand what it is you want. And, maybe, just maybe, in the middle of all this, you might get some service, Faulty style, of course.

Everything that can go wrong will…In fact, this can best be described as organised chaos whilst enjoying a fabulous three course meal.


http://www.glor.ie/

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dir: Niels Arden Oplev/Denmark/Sweden/2009/152 mins/Cert: 18 The film is packed with the authentic, quirky detail that informs Henning Mankell's Wallander books and the Swedish TV series based on them, though the ultimate pay-off is relatively commonplace. Tickets €6/€5. http://www.belltable.ie/

Neighbours, terrorists, friends. Can the game go too far when we're all still playing? The Paper Boy is fighting against his own extinction. He's bending the rules, looking back and making accusations.

Loud music, confessions, sex chat and satchels. He's playing games with imaginative desperation. Frantic performance and live virtual design run in tandem as Engine13 race to provoke your senses. Be incensed and a little bit moved by a group of friends, some criminal acts, a sneaky twist and a 3D world made just for you.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

15 Week Evening Class / Tuesdays
This 15 week course is for students aiming for third level art education and will assist with others preparing for the leaving certificate. The course will focus on three important areas of study for developing a good portfolio, observational studies, personal studies and keeping a notebook. The course will also incorporate art appreciation which will be explored by way of in-depth investigations of exhibitions in Draíocht's gallery programme. 15 WEEKS  21 SEPT – 01 FEB 2011   (no class Oct 26, & Dec 14 to 03 Jan).

Tue 21 Sep - Tue 1 Feb 2011 5–7PM
Draíocht Workshop Room // Course Fee €160 (no conc)

Book Now through Draíocht's Box Office on 01-885 2622.
For further info on this course please email niamh@draiocht.ie

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €20/18

http://www.theatreroyal.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Weekly adult céilí dancing lessons.  Newcomers welcome every week.

Brendan Begley: button accordion, vocals
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh: fiddle

Swerving from infectious slides to slow airs, sean-nós songs to wild, passionate polkas, Begley and Ó Raghallaigh unleash the raw power and beauty of their Kerry music. Don't miss the opportunity to hear these stellar musicians at close range in September.

Formed in 2007, Begley and Ó Raghallaigh have toured Ireland, New Zealand and the USA. Button accordion player Brendan Begley is best known as a member of Boys of the Lough, while fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's "Kitty Lie Over" CD (with piper Mick O'Brien) topped Earle Hitchner's 2003 Best Album list. Together, they have a wild, dynamic and fresh sound: according to Earle Hitchner, "theirs is some of the most maddeningly nourishing, elevating and mesmerizing Irish traditional music you'll hear today".

Ticket Prices: €12 / €10

Booking Phone: 095 21699

Promoted by Clifden Arts Society

4 Week Daytime Class / Wednesdays
This is a fun course aimed at adults who wish to explore their creative side and offers an introduction to the mediums of paint and print. This four week set of taster sessions will introduce students to different techniques, approaches and elements to both painting and print making enabling them to create their own original works of art. All materials provided.

Wed 22 Sep - Wed 13 Oct 2010 11.30AM-1.30PM
Draíocht Workshop Room //
Course Fee €60, €45 conc, OAP conc €30

 Box Office: 01 885 2622
Online: www.draiocht.ie

This season, Ladies Night will be focused on the Guna Nua/Civic Theatre smash hit and multi-award winning show Little Gem. A remarkable first play by Elaine Murphy, the show has sold out theatres in New York, London, Dublin and Paris, and at The Edinburgh Festival, winning the hearts of audiences and the admiration of critics. Ideal for a women's night out, but the men will love it too!

http://www.dunamaise.ie/

Bedrock Productions, Civic Theatre and Project Arts Centre
Love triangles, debt, murder plots and a lot of old blarney. When Hardress Cregan's family falls on hard times, only his marriage to a wealthy heiress, Anne Chute, can save it from ruin. But there's a snag – Hardress is already secretly married to the beautiful, and not so wealthy, Eily O'Connor; and Anne is in love with someone else, Hardress' best friend Kyrle. Will love win over money? Will a murderous plot succeed? And can they all live happily ever after? This classic Irish tale of The Colleen Bawn is brought vividly to life in this lively and entertaining production from director Jimmy Fay (Playboy of the Western World, Ross O'Carroll Kelly: Last Days of the Celtic Tiger). Starring: Karen Ardiff, Liz Fitzgibbon, Michael Glen Murphy, Will Irvine, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Charlie Murphy and Ciaran Taylor.

Wed 22 - Sat 25 Sep 2010 8PM
Main Auditorium

Tickets: €20 / €16 conc / €15 on Culture Night (Fri 24)
Box Office: 01 885 2622

Online: www.draiocht.ie

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.

Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

Ticket Prices: €15 / €12

Booking: 097 81079

Promoted by: Áras Inis Gluaire

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Expect passion, beauty and 50 naked female volunteer dancers in this radical performance. Spanning three striking parts, Trilogy is a disarming and buoyant venture that interrogates the joys and complexities of being a woman today.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

By John Scott and the Irish Modern Dance Theatre ACTIONS is a physical conversation between two individuals in empty space by two outstanding male dancers. It is a battle through the space using physicality, lifts, falls, text and sound, the dancers alternately throwing their bodies together then fragmenting into threads of raw movement. ACTIONS is both funny and exciting. http://www.belltable.ie Tickets €15/€12

Newcomers welcome every week.

http://www.ceilidancing.com/

Sweden's leading nyckelharpa, Peter Puma Hedlund, will perform a unique Nordic-Celtic musical fusion with uilleann piper Leo Rickard and guitarist Raphy Doyle.

Paul Anderson, the finest Scots fiddler of his generation, composed the music for Red Rose, a film about Robert Burns, and musically directed Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song. Shona Donaldson, Scotland's Traditional Singer of the Year 2009, performs Bothy Ballads and is an excellent fiddle player. With Katie MacKenzie, she recorded Pur - The Lassies' Reply, songs of Robert Burns.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Greatest Hits is Operatic Electric sound theatre played on everything from a kettle to a drum machine. For nine months now the band has been busy rehearsing in a living room, teaching themselves to play instruments and write songs. This is dark DIY sound played by four astounding professional dancers, recently turned musicians. They have carefully crafted these original greatest hits for three special performances only. You Can Call me Frances are: Jessica Kennedy, Áine Stapleton, Emma Martin and Justine Cooper.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Nordic-Celtic Connection offers a great line-up of musicians from Sweden, Ireland and Scotland. The traditional Swedish instrument, the nyckelharpa is played by Sweden's leading proponent of the stringed instrument, Peter Puma Hedlund, performing a unique Nordic-Celtic musical fusion with Dublin 'piping hot' uilleann piper Leo Rickard and Raphy Doyle on guitar and mandola (a form of the mandolin). The trio is joined by two of Scotland's top traditional musicians, Paul Anderson, the finest Scots fiddler of his generation, and Shona Donaldson, Scotland's Traditional Singer of the Year 2009.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Sweden's leading nyckelharpa, Peter Puma Hedlund, will perform a unique Nordic-Celtic musical fusion with uilleann piper Leo Rickard and guitarist Raphy Doyle.

Paul Anderson, the finest Scots fiddler of his generation, composed the music for Red Rose, a film about Robert Burns, and musically directed Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song. Shona Donaldson, Scotland's Traditional Singer of the Year 2009, performs Bothy Ballads and is an excellent fiddle player. With Katie MacKenzie, she recorded Pur - The Lassies' Reply, songs of Robert Burns.

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Thursday 23rd September                    8pm

€20/€18 Conc.

PJ Gallagher

PJ Gallagher has become one of Ireland's best-loved comedians.   He is a Vicar Street regular, where he has just kicked off his new 2010 tour, Raging.  He has played sold out shows throughout Ireland and at the biggest and best comedy festivals that the country has to offer. PJ has been an almost permanent fixture on Irish television since Naked Camera arrived to RTÉ in 2005 and since then he has gone on to make his own series, Makin' Jake, in the USA. 


http://www.glor.ie/

American fingerstyle guitarist Richard Gilewitz returns to Ireland for his 8th tour with a platter of rousing concerts full of timeless musical history, colourful imagery, amazing guitar chops, storytelling and humour. Charming his listeners with a mixture of live guitar peppered with stories about the composers who have influenced acoustic guitar music, Richard takes his audience on an dazzling and illuminating excursion through European, Contemporary and Spanish Classical works to the Traditional, Folk, Blues, and American Primitive eras. Acoustic Adventures is a journey into the past and present realm of the guitar, a sound tunnel of timeless musical history that has received standing ovations around the globe. And, boy, can he play.

Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)

Booking: 094 9023733
www.thelinenhall.com

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €30/25
http://www.watergatetheatre.com/

Jackie Daly, accordion

Matt Cranitch, fiddle

John Faulkner, guitar, bouzouki, vocals

In ancient folklore, three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. There's clearly some 'draíocht' in the waters of the upper Blackwater as this mountainous region on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry is renowned for its unique repertoire of slides and polkas as well as its very distinctive style of playing.

Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the "living stream" of Irish music. An acclaimed songwriter and composer, John is a heartfelt performer who has traded lines with the likes of Ewan MacColl, Dolores Keane, Arty McGlynn and John Prine. Button accordion wizard Jackie needs little introduction to trad fans, and his work with legendary groups such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Arcady and Kinvara is testament to his versatility. Former Fleadh Cheoil winner and master fiddler Matt Cranitch is a founder member of the group Sliabh Notes, as well as a highly respected authority on and teacher of Irish traditional music. 

Ticket Prices: €15 / €12

Booking: 044 9347777           

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Are you interested in theatre and performance and aged between 14 – 21? Founded in 2005, An Grianán Youth Theatre aims to offer young people opportunities for both creative and personal development through drama and performance techniques. Acting, improv, readings and performing techniques all feature in our youth theatre programme.

An Grianán Youth Theatre is affiliated to the National Association for Youth Drama.

More info

Calling all vultures! As part of the annual national Culture Night initiative, the Linenhall opens its doors for a bunch of fun, free, family-friendly bitesize arts chunks over the course of the evening:

6.30pm-8.00pm: FUN IN SHORTS
Fresh film fun: a 30-minute selection of some of the best short Irish Films released in the last year

7.30pm-8.30pm: READ ANYTHING GOOD LATELY?
Bring along some of your favourite books and swap with other enthusiasts.

8.00pm-8.30pm: HEAVY METAL
Explore artist Rory Breslin's exhibition and glean some insights into the mysterious world of bronze casting.

8.30pm-10.00pm: EXPRESS YOURSELF
We invite you to sing, dance, read, especially if it's original material. You will be rewarded with a glass of something on the house.

Intrigued? Come and see what we've got in store, and feel free to join in! Numbers for individual workshops will be limited, booking available only on the night. Enjoy!

Adm.: FREE!
Booking: 094 9023733
www.thelinenhall.com

Culture Night is an initiative co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture & Sport in partnership with Wicklow County Council and in association with Mermaid Arts Centre Words and Pictures. A workshop in Creative Writing and Illustraton for young people aged 9-12 years at Tinahely Public Library 7pm-8.30pm. Free but places are limited and booking is essential: 0402-38529. Led by Sylvia Cullen (writer) and Sinead Ryan (artist) The Show. A specially-commissioned creative documentary by filmmaker Terence White. Free public screening outdoors in Tinahely's Market Square, after dark on Culture Night. For details call 0402-38529 What's the Deal? Conversations about public funding of the arts - at various locations around Tinahely on Culture Night from 5pm onwards. Be careful who you talk to...Presented by the Courthouse Arts Centre in association with Curious Tail Theatre CompanyFree and interactive.Tinahely Artists Together. A group exhibition by local visual artists and craftspeople, at Riverside Business Centre, launching on Culture Night. Details to be announced or contact tinahelyartists@gmail.com for more information please phone 0404-38529 or email bookings@tinahely-courthouse.ie

Fresh Film Festival Screening & Mask Making Workshop Fresh Film Festival will host a night of screenings from Ireland's Young Film Makers 2010. A selection of Award Winning films from both the Senior Category (13-18yrs. Fresh Film Festival screening from 5pm-6.15pm and Workshop will run from 6.30pm-8.30pm Free Event.

http://www.belltable.ie/

Culture Night comes to Portlaoise this September and the Dunamaise is delighted to be part of this nationwide initiative of the Department of Tourism, Culture & Sport.  Featuring Global Trad Underground, this is a FREE concert not to be missed - booking is essential.
Culture Night is a Temple Bar Cultural Trust initiative in partnership with the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism + Laois County Council/the Dunamaise Arts Centre

For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

As part of our 2010 Culture Night celebrations, Daniel Chester will give an informal talk on his practice and the elements of research that go into his work. He will also discuss the role of forming interest groups such as the Alter/native group, and how these groups can benefit an artist living within the rural settings of Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Cavan. This talk is open to all and will be especially be of interest to arts practitioners and art interest groups, whether professional or at a more informal level.

http://www.roscommonartscentre.ie/

Daniel Chester's practice investigates issues that look at contemporary Ireland within the framework of social, political and economic conditions. Through the use of drawings, painting, video and photography, Chester aims to question the abuse of the capitalist model within modern Ireland and how this has had a dramatic effect on the Irish psyche, confidence and economic future.

Focusing on the Irish context, "Successful Flaws" looks at how the concept of motivational speakers are becoming a massive factor within global business development, and how many people are now searching for direction and guidance during the current recessional period.

Daniel Chester is a visual artist living and working in County Leitrim. He has recently completed a Masters in Visual Arts Practices through the College of Art and Design, Dun Laoghaire. He has recently exhibited in the shows "Corporate Republic" Leitrim Sculpture Centre, "White Noise" Studio Six, Temple Bar Galleries and "Public Gesture" The Lab, Dublin. 

This exhibition continues until 28th October. Viewing during centre opening hours. All welcome.

http://www.roscommonartscentre.ie/

As part of the New Ross Piano Festival
Finghin Collins (piano)
Performs with international pianists


Programme
LIBOR NOVÁCEK (piano):
Leoš Janáček: 'In the Mists'

FINGHIN COLLINS (piano):
Robert Schumann: 'Fantasiestücke', Op. 12

SA CHEN (piano) and the RENOIR QUARTET:
Frederic Chopin:  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Ticket Prices: €25 (full), €22 (conc), €10 (student)
Booking Phone: 051 421255 or via e-mail to: stmichaelsnewross@eircom.net

A triumphant return to The Source of this award winning company from Washington DC. This time performing a classic American play from Pulitzer Prize winner, Sam Shepard. Winner of the Obie Award, a critical and popular success, this masterful work brings searing intensity and theathrical excitment to its sharply humourous study of love, hate and the dying myths of the Old West. In a stark, low rent motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, Eddie and May love and hate their way through life. Unable to hold on or let go, they battle to keep from drowning together. 
Join us for Shepherd's masterpiece that shows the heights and depths that love can take us to, and make fools of us all.

Tickets: €20/ €18. For further details visit http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/

Fresh Film Festival CULTURE NIGHT As part of Culture Night, and evening of free events throughout the city on Friday September 24th, Belltable is proud to host these two event, suitable for all the family Screening Award Winning Films for 2010 5pm -6.15pm Mask Making Workshop 6.30pm-8.30pm http://www.culturenight.ie/

More information: http://ceilidancing.com/

An exhibition to celebrate 50 years of the Modern Art Collection of Trinity College, Dublin.

Please visit the Gallery's website for full details:

www.douglashydegallery.com

"Golden" the debut album by the Kit Downes Trio has been shortlisted for the highly prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010

The band has spent these years developing their own personal sound. The music is immediately arresting and stands repeated listening. It uses melody, inspired from a range of sources ranging from Bela Bartok to Keith Jarrett to Rufus Wainwright, and endeavours both to celebrate the classic piano trio tradition as well as develop it.

Tickets €15/€12. 046 909 2300/ www.solsticeartscentre.ie

€22/€20 Conc.

Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club

What do you get when you cross Tom Waits with a Circus Showband, when you mix Jacques Brel with Mink DeVille, when you lock Dr John, Dean Martin and The Fun Lovin' Criminals in the same room? The answer is Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, the most eclectic bunch of musical chameleons ever to share a stage, all guided by the beatific gaze of chief Mudbug, Mr. Jerry Fish himself.


http://www.glor.ie/

Evening Class
Forget your fancy digital cameras - learn photography at its most basic, and most exciting. Draíocht's Artist in Residence Garvan Gallagher invites you to take part in a workshop that explores the simplicity and beauty of photography. As part of this workshop, you will make your own pinhole camera, learn how an image is actually formed (in any camera) and make a pinhole image, which will be developed at the end of the session in the darkroom at Draíocht. At the end, you will have your own pinhole image and camera to take home with you.

Fri 24 Sep 2010 7-9.30PM Artist Studio // FREE

This is a free event but booking is essential through Draíocht's Box Office: 01 885 2622.
For further info please email niamh@draiocht.ie

We're delighted to be taking part in National Culture Night once again.Our events this year will include play readings by An Grianan's Theatre club featuring excerpts from Friel and McGuinness. Then we have a Crash Cabaret Culture Night special - the perfect end destination for your Letterkenny culture trail!

More info

Agus Amocht Theatre Productions present "Dwyer's" Stories about the pivotal role of pub culture in rural Ireland, and the effects of alcohol abuse on decision making. An ensemble cast brings to life the words of a new talent in playwriting, marking the stage debut of this new local theatre group. Tickets €10/8 Friends and concessions bookins@tinahely-courthouse.ie

24th - 26th BEGINNERS STONECARVING with Jackie McKenna.

25TH & 26TH STONE LETTERCUTTING with Seamus Dunbar.

25TH & 26TH DIGITAL DESIGN & GRAPHICS with Ciaran Clancy.

25TH & 26TH FILM MAKING COURSE with Dr Michael Brown.

Contact:

• info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
• http://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/programme/workshops.html

staged at the Town Hall Theatre each weekend night (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) in September. The night will contain short scenes from his most famous plays interspered with readings of his best known poems.

Friday 24th September

The Cáca Milis Culture Night Cabaret

9.00pm   Free admission

With the country celebrating Irish culture today – this is the place to be in Wexford tonight as Hostess Helena Mulkerns and Cyril Murphy on piano bring you a splendid evening of Irish music, drama, dance, short film and comedy.  Special guest is Wexford's Billy Roche - catch this unique pre-premiere appearance before his upcoming play Lay Me Down Softly.  www.cacamilis.org

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Continuing his critically acclaimed theatre tour of Ireland, Adrian Knight, one of the world's leading hypnotists, makes a first visit to The Source Arts Centre for a night of mind boobling entretainment, presented by Joe Corey Productions. 
The show is funny and upbeat and incorporates the use of music with special effects to encourage audience interaction with the participants. It opens with a mixture of mind reading and levitation to relax the audience before some of them become participants in this unique experience! With his magnetic personality and sharp wit, a veritable feast of fun is guaranteed and it will indeed be A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER!!  

Tickets: €17/ €15 concession. For further details visit: http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/

Clann Lir, an eternal tale of evil and salvation, is a story as old as Ireland itself.  According to the legend, the four children of King Lir, Fionnuala, Conn, Aodh and Fiachra were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife.

This production portrays the journey of the four Children of Lir who are doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans, but are allowed to keep their beautiful singing voices.  A glorious visual, musical and magical performance.

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

By far the best thing on The Blame Game and The Panel and of course he was the star of the sadly departed The Blizzard of Odd.

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Papilio, with Anna Rosenfelder A yellow square goes for a walk, little red dots play hide and seek and a blue circle starts to sound … Theater Papilio's first show for the very young is a highly visual theatre experience for a first time audience, an abstract play with objects, movement and voice. Accompanied by Eoin O Brien on acoustic guitar, puppeteer Anna Rosenfelder moves within a self built universe of shapes and lines, creating simple and capturing scenes and images - sometimes poetical, sometimes witty, sometimes just so ... The perfect introduction to the arts for your young adventurer. Theater Papilio is a Wicklow based theatre company. Founded by puppeteer Anna Rosenfelder in 2006 in Germany Papilio's shows and creative interventions fuse puppetry with storytelling, movement, a playful use of objects and sometimes live music to create atmospheric and unique theatre experiences for children // DUR: 30 mins // Age 2-4 yrs. Sat 25 Sep 2010 1PM & 3PM Draíocht Studio Tickets: €5 Box Office: 01 885 2622 Online: www.draiocht.ie

Des Carty Music School autumn term enrolments for our Nutgrove & Loreto Community Centre venue.

email:  descartymusicschool@gmail.com;   altents@gmail.com   

web:  www.descartymusicschool.com;   www.altents.ie

telephone:  087-9572468

As part of the New Ross Piano Festival
Finghin Collins (piano)
Performs with international pianists

Programme
SA CHEN (piano):                                                                                              
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op.31, No.3

FINGHIN COLLINS (piano) and the RENOIR QUARTET:                      
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44

ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA (piano):                                                         
Frederic Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Ticket Prices: €25 (full), €22 (conc), €10 (student)
Booking Phone: 051 421255 or via e-mail to: stmichaelsnewross@eircom.net

As part of the New Ross Piano Festival
Finghin Collins (piano)
Performs with international pianists

Programme
FINGHIN COLLINS (piano):                                                                                 
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D. 960

Ticket Prices: €25 (full), €22 (conc), €10 (student)
Booking Phone: 051 421255 or via e-mail to: stmichaelsnewross@eircom.net

This amateur production takes the audience on a nostalgic, yet thought provoking journey through World War 1 and World War 2 in the form of sketches, poetry, famous speeches, music and song. Follow in the footsteps of a young boy 'Jimmy', played by Andrew Burnside, as he enlists into the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, through his training at Finner Camp and then to the Battle of the Somme.  When the Americans entered the war, they brought with them their unique style of music which will be performed by 'Nicola Moody & The Moodettes'. Other performers include Claire & Jackie McElhinney, David Moore, David Gibson, Derek, Ross & Shirley Hussey, Nigel Scott, Neil Moody, The Home Guard & The 9th Battalion Corps of Drums Band.

Tickets are free, but all show dates so far have sold out, so early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment. 
Call our booking line on  042 9753400/1 for tickets.

More information: http://ceilidancing.com/

The Beginning - Beethoven  Symphony No. 1

The 2010/11 season opens with two works of genius by Beethoven - his vibrant first
Symphony ( 'the claw which harbingered the appearance of the lion') and the majestic Violin Concerto, performed and directed by Anthony Marwood.

Irish Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Marwood violin/director

Milhaud            Chamber Symphony No. 5, Op. 75
Beethoven        Symphony No. 1, Op. 21, C major 
Beethoven        Violin Concerto Op. 61, D major


Ticket Prices
€20 anywhere in the hall, or €30 special offer for this and the October concert (Mozart Symphony no. 40 with Jorg Widdman).

Neighbours, terrorists, friends. Can the game go too far when we're all still playing? The Paper Boy is fighting against his own extinction. He's bending the rules, looking back and making accusations.

Loud music, confessions, sex chat and satchels. He's playing games with imaginative desperation. Frantic performance and live virtual design run in tandem as Engine13 race to provoke your senses. Be incensed and a little bit moved by a group of friends, some criminal acts, a sneaky twist and a 3D world made just for you.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

SUPPER AT SOLSTICE 

Join Peter Sheridan as he conjures up the voices and accents of his 1960's childhood. This is a coming of age story, peopled with deliciously eccentric characters and surreally bizarre incidents. Brilliantly funny and seriously moving, it pulls at all the emotions.

Duration: 90 minutes

Ticket Price:€16 / 046 909 2300 / www.solsticeartscentre.ie

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera which recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instill awe. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon. Tickets  €25/20

http://www.riverbank.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Dance your socks off in the Animal Dancethon. Fun for Under 8's

Price €10
For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

A delight to music lovers of all ages, Uilleann piper Martin Nolan is joined by guitarist Dan Carollo, and singer MacDara O'Conaola (native of Inis Oírr, Ireland) come together for a well-rounded evening of traditional Irish music, song, and dance. This family concert also features the lively footwork of the Fagan Irish Dancers

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

A delight to music lovers of all ages, Uilleann piper Martin Nolan is joined by guitarist Dan Carollo, and singer MacDara O'Conaola (native of Inis Oírr, Ireland) come together for a well-rounded evening of traditional Irish music, song, and dance. This family concert also features the lively footwork of the Fagan Irish Dancers

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

As part of the New Ross Piano Festival
Finghin Collins (piano)
Performs with international pianists

Programme
FINGHIN COLLINS (piano):                                                                                  
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA and the RENOIR QUARTET:              
Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 21
SA CHEN (piano):                                                                                                    
Charles-Valentin Alkan: 'Le Vent', op. 15, No. 2
Xiaogang Ye:  'Namucuo' / 'Lake Namu', op.53 (2006)
Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux Op. 33, Nos. 3, 6 and 8; Op. 39, Nos. 4 and 9.
Maurice Ravel: 'La Valse'


Full Festival Programme at http://www.newrosspianofestival.com/wb/
Ticket Prices: €25 (full), €22 (conc), €10 (student)
Booking Phone: 051 421255 or via e-mail to: stmichaelsnewross@eircom.net

More information: http://ceilidancing.com/

An all-new, scintillating, fast-moving, colourful review of 150 years of Broadway Musicals performed by the cream of Kerry's music-theatre talent including some of the greats of music-theatre in Kerry over the past 30 years.  Directed by Aidan O'Carroll, choreographed by Collette Maguire Jensen, Aisling O'Carroll, Tara Dore and Joanna Conlon.

Tickets €17/€15

For further information call 066 712 3055 or visit www.siamsatire.com

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info

Calipo Theatre Company

Weekly céilí dancing lessons for adults.  E5 per night

Monday:     

Ballet   (Some experience)     
6.45 – 8.45PM
Hip Hop   (Experience)           
8.00 – 9.00PM

Tuesday:    
Belly Dance (Mornings)          
10.00 – 11.15AM 
Cardio Salsa                          
6.30 – 7.30PM
Salsa Dance/Samba                
7.45 – 9.00PM

Wednesday: 
Funk & Jazz Dance (Mornings)     
10.00 - 11.15AM
Child & Parent Modern Dance        
3.00 – 4.00PM 
Contemporary Dance (experience) 
6.45– 8.00PM
Hip Hop  (some experience)          
8.00– 9.00PM

Thursday:  
Contemporary Dance (Beginner)   
6.45– 8.00PM
Capoeira                                    
8.15– 9.30PM 

Friday:     
Pilates & Dance (Mornings)     
10.00 – 11.15AM
Yoga Hatha                            
6.30 – 8.00PM  
Yoga Hatha                            
8.00 – 9.30PM

Saturday:  
Body Conditioning/Contemporary Dance 
10.00–11.15AM
Ballet   (Beginner)                               
11.15 – 12.15PM 
Hip Hop   (8 – 12YRS)                          
12.15 – 1.15PM 
Hip Hop   (Adult/Teen)                           
1.15 – 2.15PM
Zumba                                                 
2.15 – 3.15PM
Funk & Jazz Dance                                 
3.15 – 4.15PM
Ballroom & Wedding Dances                    
4.15 – 5.15PM

http://www.dancetheatreireland.com/

One of Switzerland's most exciting dance companies presents three very different choreographies highlighting the exceptional dancers of the company:
American choreographer Nicolo Fonte's 'Sometime Salvation Excerpts' is a study in precise and beautiful motion; 'T  4  2' takes a humorous look at cultural habits and misunderstandings between Swiss choreographer/dancer Félix Duméril and his Japanese collaborator Misato Inoue; ' Van Gogh Variations' is Cathy Sharp's very poetic interpretation of facets of Vincent van Gogh's life based on his letters to his brother.

Tickets: €16.00/13.00
Booking:
Box Office Opening Hours 10.00 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.
By Phone: 091 569777
Online:     www.tht.ie

Chicane by Anthony Brophy and directed by Paul Meade From the award-winning partnership that took Little Gem around the world comes an explosive thriller written by one of Ireland's finest actors. Robert, a successful Dublin lawyer, is working late in his office while Ray, the cleaner, is tidying up. They chat about golf, football and the weather but both have dark secrets and when Julia, Robert's girlfriend, arrives on the scene those secrets are revealed in the most surprising and shocking way. Tickets €18/€12. http://www.belltable.ie/

Lebanon are recounted in this wrenching concentration of raw emotion. Set entirely within the claustrophobic confines of an armoured tank; the only views of the outside world are through the cross-hairs of the gun barrel. Four hot, grime-streaked, twenty-something soldiers are manning the tank amid deafening noise and a sickening rocking and bumping motion. No one obeys orders, and one by one they go into panic as they realize they have driven into a lethal trap. This must qualify as one of the most antiheroic war movies ever made; not a single character can stomach battle or shows the slightest courage towards his comrades.


Duration: 93mins
Language: Hebrew / Subtitled

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Lebanon are recounted in this wrenching concentration of raw emotion. Set entirely within the claustrophobic confines of an armoured tank; the only views of the outside world are through the cross-hairs of the gun barrel. Four hot, grime-streaked, twenty-something soldiers are manning the tank amid deafening noise and a sickening rocking and bumping motion. No one obeys orders, and one by one they go into panic as they realize they have driven into a lethal trap. This must qualify as one of the most antiheroic war movies ever made; not a single character can stomach battle or shows the slightest courage towards his comrades.

Winner Golden Lion 2009 Venice Film Festival

Duration: 93mins

Language: Hebrew / Subtitled

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/

Message of Peace tells the amazing story of a lesser-known Irish hero John Boyle O'Reilly: visionary, poet, rebel, freedom fighter, and civil rights activist. Galway troubadour Sean Tyrrell traces his journey from early childhood set against a backdrop of famine, revolution, Fenianism and penal servitude for life in Australia and his great escape from there to the USA, weaving effortlessly between narrative, instrumental and song as he traces O'Reilly's colourful life. Since the 60s, Seán Tyrrell has been a potent musical presence on the Folk/Trad scene, with a string of acclaimed CDs and collaborative projects to his name, including The Orchard, Cry of a Dreamer and The Midnight Court. A double CD of Message of Peace was released last year. This project has received funding through Deis, the Arts Council's Traditional Arts Initiative.

Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
Booking: 094 9023733
www.thelinenhall.com

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

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565+ is about survival. There comes a time in all our lives when we look for help, when we reach crisis, when we will try anything that helps. For some it is therapy, for others it is medication. For Marie O'Rourke it is the theatre.

Marie O'Rourke is a school teacher who began attending the theatre seven years ago on the advice of her doctor. Since then she has seen over 565 plays. Marie credits the theatre with saving her life.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

565+ is about survival. There comes a time in all our lives when we look for help, when we reach crisis, when we will try anything that helps. For some it is therapy, for others it is medication. For Marie O'Rourke it is the theatre.

Marie O'Rourke is a school teacher who began attending the theatre seven years ago on the advice of her doctor. Since then she has seen over 565 plays. Marie credits the theatre with saving her life.

Following the success of her sell-out show Victor and Gord, Úna McKevitt continues her practice of making theatre from everyday life, and illustrates how the celebration of theatre can enable us, the audience, to express our longings and needs with dignity and humour, redemption and forgiveness. For more information and tickets please go to http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree.  B wants a real hairdressers' scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and "a big head of dirty auld curls".  All of them want their own place in the world.  And if they can't find it, they'll create one of their own… 

Join B and D in the care home where they are residents, and where Mrs C is a carer, on their special – "very fecking special" - journey towards happiness.  

A world première, presented by the Abbey Theatre, B for Baby is a sharp-witted new play that tenderly touches the taboo and invites you to rediscover the joy of make believe.

http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Dir: Niels Arden Oplev - Denmark/Sweden - 2009 - 152 mins - 18s - Language: Swedish Faithfully adapted from the novel... the first-rate The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo unites Mikael Blomkvist, investigative journalist and editor of the left-wing Stockholm-based journal Millennium, and the abused, bisexual working-class punk Lisbeth Salander, an ace researcher and computer hacker. They're involved in tracking down a rich, elderly business tycoon's niece, who disappeared as a teenager 40 years previously. Their quarry is the white ewe of one of those corrupt, arrogantly rich Scandinavian mercantile dynasties familiar to us from the plays of Ibsen and recent movies such as Festen. The pair don't meet until nearly an hour into the film, by which time their characters are very well established, and together they follow a succession of fascinating biblical and forensic clues that point to the activities of a serial killer, or killers, and put their lives in danger. – Observer. Admission: €8/€6 for friends and film circle members 0402-38529

Austria/France  2009  96 mins  Language: French with English subtitles

Jessica Hausner (a former pupil of Michael Haneke) directs an ensemble piece about the role of miracles in the modern world. Beautifully photographed and set against the backdrop of one of the world's most famous sites of religious pilgrimage, low-key performances and a deadpan streak of humour steer away from oversentimental or pious overtones, while posing provocative questions about the value of religion to those in need.

Adm.: €5
Booking: 094 9023733
www.thelinenhall.com

Ger Careys Psycho Spagetti is a brilliant comdey written specifically for teenagers. This hilarious one man show attempts to answer the age old question: Just what is going on inside the teenage brain ???? The show is 100 minutes of laugh-out-loud comedy aimed at getting teenagers to laugh at themselves and view themselves as part of a bigger picture. The show is perfect for Transition Year Students, LCA, Youth Reach and even grown ups !!!. 

Tickets on sale now at €10.00.  Book online at http://www.iontascastleblayney.ie/ticket-sales or on 042 9753400/1.

Opera Theatre Company

Vivid and insightful, this heart-rending opera re-creates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding, living in hope and fear, and longing for normality for herself and her family. Sung in English, the focus is on Anne Frank's original words – her joy over a glimpse of blue sky, the budding love for her friend Peter, her determination to remain courageous, her humour and her resilient hopes for freedom, all of which find moving and eloquent expression in the poignant score.

Opera Theatre Company's 24th year of touring opera throughout Ireland continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera. Russian composer Grigory Frid, whose own family suffered enormously under Stalin, was so inspired by Anne Frank's diary that he created the opera in 1969. With Andrew Synnott conducting Opera Theatre Company's eight-piece chamber orchestra and with direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon, this compelling production marks the company's very first visit to Roscommon Arts Centre.

http://www.roscommonartscentre.ie/

glór & The Burren College of Art present

The National Chamber Choir: Leaving Home – Going Home

at The Burren College of Art

The National Chamber Choir of Ireland is widely regarded as Ireland's most distinguished choral ensemble, and is celebrated both nationally and internationally for its fresh and innovative sound.  The programme for the evening includes Barber's The Coolin, Poston's The Lake Isle of Inisfree, Danny Boy, Dvorak's Goin' Home and many more favourites.


http://www.glor.ie/

EVELENSES CLUB
The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 1974 American heist film starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Jerry Stiller and Martin Balsam. Based on the novel of the same title by John Godey, Peter Stone wrote the screenplay, which takes its basics from the novel but is different in approach, gleefully embracing New York City cynicism.

PRICE: €6/€5 including a cup of tea afterwards

For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

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Writer Rona Munro and actor Fiona Knowles team up for this comedy drama about a care-worker and her (potentially murderous) clients. 

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Weekly adult céilí dancing lessons.  Newcomers welcome every week.

Boston Marriage, David Mamet's classic comedy of manners, takes us into the world of two friends living on society's fringe. As they articulate their skewed perceptions of life, the language ignites into deliciously vicious banter as we witness their jealousy, fear, and desperation for love.

http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Dir: Pascal Chaumeil France 2010
Cert: 15A
Starring: Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, Francois Damiens, Andrew Lincoln
Language: French

A romantic comedy starring some of France's most acclaimed stars, Romain Duris and César Award winner Vanessa Paradis.The bulk of the story takes place in Monaco. The plot is centred around Alex, his sister, and her husband, who operate a business designed to break up relationships, but only where the woman is 'not knowingly unhappy'.
PRICE: €7/€5 for Night Screening & €3 for Matinee at 10.30am
For more info contact us on 057 8663355 or online booking at www.dunamaise.ie

Winner of the Best of Edinburgh Award 2009 this remarkable first play has sold out theatres in New York, London, Dublin and Paris, and at The Edinburgh Festival, winning the hearts of the audiences and the admiration of critics. 
Kay's got an itch that Gem can't scratch (but maybe Kermit can)... Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist... Amber has fierce bad indigetion and the sambuca's aren't helping. Then there's Paul, who's just using Amber until he can get to Australia.... and there's the hairy man who fancies Lorraine but fails to rise to the occassion... and of course Gem, who doesn't like the neighbours coming in to 'mind' him. And if all that wasn't bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and well... life is never the same again. 
Little Gem by Elaine Murphy and directed by Paul Meade is a must see.

 Tickets €20/ €18 concession. For further details visit http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

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Following a triumphant international tour including a sell-out run in Edinburgh, CIRCA comes to the Festival amidst a blaze of rave reviews and international public acclaim.

A brand new creation that remixes three previous works which have wowed audiences at Galway Arts Festival in recent years, CIRCA is movement at its most adventurous and dangerous. Combining acrobatics, dance, light, sound and video, seven performers move from highly complex tumbling sequences, to fast-paced flashes of great intricacy. Using a powerful soundtrack ranging from Leonard Cohen to Aphex Twin, this marks a new kind of circus, at once poetic, sensual and immense.

Breathless and breathtaking – prepare to be astounded!

http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Our monthly showcase of music, song, drama and spoken word, featuring artists from Tinahely,
South Wicklow, and beyond. Enjoy unusual and exciting talent in a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere. Refreshments served. No booking required.
Tickets €6/5 concessions and Friends of the Courthouse
0402-38529

Supported by the Improvised Music Company Regional Touring Scheme There is nothing to beat the rhythmic drive and sheer power of a jazz big band. Founded in 2007, the Orchestra was set up initially to enable students at the Ballymun Wind Project to see and hear what a big band would look like, as an encouragement to them in their music studies. After a performance at Electric Picnic in 2008 and residencies in the Button Factory, the group has gone from strength to strength and this year alone they have appeared twice on the Late Late Show on RTE with singers Mary Coughlan and Jerry Fish. Thu 30 Sep 2010 8PM Main Auditorium Tickets: €18 / €14 conc Box Office: 01 885 2622 Online: aidan@draiocht.ie

This exhibition demonstrates a range of painting techniques that Reel has employed through his career; from the detailed layered abstractions, to his current colour based atmospheric compositions.  Reel's work reflects an ongoing absorption with stone of both city and country, particularly that of Megalithic Meath. Patrick Reel held his first solo exhibition at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in 1973, around which time he featured in a number of contemporary Group shows including the RHA, the IELA and the Oireachtas.  His work is featured in numerous public and private collections.  As owner of the Oriel Gallery, Reel practices and resides in Navan Town. Continues until 22nd October.

Admission Free. Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm

Following on from the huge success of his book 'The Hope Prayer' Liam will present a series of performaces which explore the stories and songs behind the man and his book. Such themes as Love, Loss, Hope and Healing are presented with anecdotes and reflections from the Book linked beautifully with some new and old songs.

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Ireland's premier professional choir, the National Chamber Choir of Ireland visit Birr for the first time with a programme of beautiful choral music, The concert, which is entitled Home Sweet Home, will be conducted by David Brophy.
Home Sweet Home will offer a programme which will satisfy a wide range of musical tastes with much-loved favourites including Stephen Foster's Old Kentucky Home, Danny Boy and Samuel Barber Reincarnations Op.16.
The National Chamber Choir of Ireland is made up of extraordinary vocalists drawn from the ranks of Europe's leading choral singers. Each vocalist has a different and wide-ranging background in solo, operatic and choral performance, which enhances the choir's ability to undertake some of the most diverse and challenging choral works and contributes to the special sound that is unique to this Irish ensemble.

http://www.birrtheatre.com/

The timeless story of Phaedra's dark obsession with her stepson is placed in a contemporary Ireland that has become a fertile playing field for the capricious gods.  Racine's masterpiece of the French theatre - itself drawn from Euripides - and themes from the baroque score of Rameau's operatic response to this mythic tale, have provided the springboard for a dynamic collaboration between writer Hilary Fannin and composer/musician Ellen Cranitch.

Through Fannin's scathing humour, Rough Magic's powerful production explores the extremities of passion, and the psychology of a doomed family in its attempts to outwit fate. The music is performed live by an ensemble of Ireland's leading musicians, under the inspired direction of Ellen Cranitch.

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/

Rough Magic returns to the Festival with this hugely anticipated new show, which probes the forbidden desires lurking within an exceptionally volatile family.

The timeless story of Phaedra's dark obsession with her stepson is placed in a contemporary Ireland that has become a fertile playing field for the capricious gods.  Racine's masterpiece of the French theatre - itself drawn from Euripides - and themes from the baroque score of Rameau's operatic response to this mythic tale, have provided the springboard for a dynamic collaboration between writer Hilary Fannin and composer/musician Ellen Cranitch.

Through Fannin's scathing humour, Rough Magic's powerful production
explores the extremities of passion, and the psychology of a doomed
family in its attempts to outwit fate. The music is performed live by an
ensemble of Ireland's leading musicians, under the inspired direction
of Ellen Cranitch.

http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

€20/€15 Conc.

The Irish Chamber Orchestra September Seasons Tour       

The Irish Chamber Orchestra are serving up a treat with Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons. The Italian year is interspersed with short works by Rossini, Puccini, Wolf and Elaine Agnew.

Katherine Hunka, director/violin.

Another superb show from the wonderful Irish Chamber Orchestra               Irish Examiner

Vivaldi                The Four Seasons

Rossini                Tempesta from Sonata Nr. 6 in D major

Wolf                     Italian Serenade

Elaine Agnew     Twilight

Puccini                Chrysanthemums

Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instincts and allow yourself to lose control. Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as all your pleasures, fears, desires and memories are confronted. This intense and intimate experience bridges the point where performance art meets theatre. Everyone will have a unique response – but leaves feeling ultimately exhilarated.

Winning the Scotsman Fringe First and the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Production, this exceptional production comes to Dublin after taking the world's Festivals by storm.

For more information and tickets please go to http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Performances every half hour from 1pm - 3.30pm.

Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instincts and allow yourself to lose control. Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as all your pleasures, fears, desires and memories are confronted. This intense and intimate experience bridges the point where performance art meets theatre. Everyone will have a unique response – but leaves feeling ultimately exhilarated.

Winning the Scotsman Fringe First and the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Production, this exceptional production comes to Dublin after taking the world's Festivals by storm.

For more information and tickets please go to http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/

Performances start every half an hour from 6pm - 8.30pm

Irish born interior designer and self taught artist Tracey O'Neill has been working as a freelance artist for a number of years. She has sold countless pieces and has become very well known for her environmentally friendly art. She achieves this by reusing and recycling unwanted items such as jewellery and picture frames.

More info