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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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) 

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

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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           

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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

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.

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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. 

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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>

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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