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Comedy
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Main Auditorium
Lisa Richards Agency presents
David O'Doherty is Looking Up 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, 2010 Hot Press Irish Comedian of the Year, 1990 East Leinster under 14 triple jump bronze medalist, founder member of Destiny's Child, inventor of the iPad, star of 2Fast 2Furious, and until recently he always mispronounced the word 'hyperbole'. The number one ranked person called ‘David O’Doherty’ on Google returns to the Civic Theatre with small keyboards/talking. Saturday 21st January 2012 @ 8pm Admission: €16
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Main
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47
Roses
With
Peter Sheridan
Directed
by Maggie Byrne
Peter
Sheridan conjures up the voices, sights and songs of his 1960’s
childhood in Dublin, in a powerful coming-of-age story, peopled with
deliciously eccentric characters and wonderfully bizarre incidents.
By turns brilliantly funny and intensely moving, this remarkable
performance packs a considerable punch – a cultural gem.
“Peter Sheridan writes at the crossroads where hilarity and
heartbreak, tenderness and savagery meet. The people who live there
are often cruel, often magnificent, and always, always human. He
captures them perfectly.”
Roddy Doyle
“He’s funny, he’s
self-deprecating, he’s street-wise, he’s naughty’ ‘pure theatre’”
Emer O’Kelly,
Sunday Independent
Wednesday 4th – Saturday 7th January 2012 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Super
Saver: €10 Wednesday 4th
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Main
Auditorium
Frances Black
When Nanci Griffith called
Frances Black “the sweetest voice of Ireland,” she was paying
tribute to someone who has been one of Ireland’s best-loved and
most enduring artists since the late ‘80s, with a string of best-selling
albums, awards and other accolades to her name. Frances signed
to DARA Records and the release of her first solo album, Talk to
Me, was the number 1 best-selling album in
Ireland for 10 weeks. She had a
massive hit single with ‘All The Lies That You Told Me,’ penned
by the late, great Christie Hennessy. Frances released six more
best-selling solo albums, The Sky Road, The Smile On Your Face,
Don’t Get Me Wrong, How High the Moon, The Best Of Frances
Black, and This Love Will Carry, all of which contain beautiful
melodies and stirring lyrics delivered with passion
and feeling. She sings with a
conviction and depth of emotion that reflect the inner strength
and spirit that has helped her come through the challenges of
her own life. The extent of Frances’ popularity and talent has
been reflected in the awards and accolades that she has received
for her albums and live performances. She has twice been the
recipient of one of the highest honours in Irish music, the
prestigious Irish Recorded Music Association’s Best Irish Female
Award, and was also delighted to receive a National
Entertainment ‘Personality of the Year’ award, as it has always
been vitally important to her to connect with her audiences
during a performance.
“There's a unique
quality to her voice, a trembling
timbre that envelopes and involves the listener. Frances
continues to charm more fans with her combination of
steely grit and femininity.” – Evening Herald
Friday 30th December 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18
concession
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Loose End Studio Bull Alley Training College presents Hecube Tuesday 20th - Wednesday 21st December 2011@ 8.15pm Thursday 22nd December 2011@ 5pm & 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium We’ve Only Just Begun – The Music of the Carpenters Starring Kim Dickenson They were the biggest-selling group of the 70s. No fewer than ten of their singles went on to become million-sellers, and by 2005 combined worldwide sales of albums and singles well exceeded 100 million units. Yet The Carpenters were much more than creators of beautifully crafted and hugely successful hit records. Within the space of just a few years their unique and inimitable sound had brought a new dimension to the world of popular music. We’ve Only Just Begun celebrates the fantastic songs of The Carpenters. The sensational vocals of Kim Dickinson have an uncanny resemblance to Karen Carpenter’s and will take you on a musical journey through the wonderful hit songs of The Carpenters. Authentic costumes and fully live musicianship are trademarks of this stunning show. Join Kim Dickinson in a trip down memory lane as we remember the music of the world’s greatest duo.
Wednesday 28th December 2011@ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession
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Main Auditorium
The Fureys and Davey Arthur
After the Christmas excitement has died down, enjoy an evening of songs, music and stories from legends of Irish music, the Fureys & Davey Arthur who will be making their 7th concert appearance here in the Civic Theatre. George, Eddie and Davey have thrilled audiences around the world for more than 33 years where their audiences have included Tony Blair, Mary McAleese, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Pope John Paul. Don’t miss yet another one of their concerts when you can hear them sing all their hits including ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc.
Thursday 29th December 2011@ 8pm Admission: €25 & €22.50 concession
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Main
Auditorium
Centre
Stage Theatre Company presents
Little Miss Muffet’s Magical Christmas
Little
Miss Muffet’s Tuffet is magic and on every Christmas Day it makes a
dream come true, and Ditzi Devilola the Dim Witch wants it! When
it’s stolen, poor Miss Muffet is in great distress – but help is at
hand, from the handsome Prince, Jack and Jill, and a very surprising
ally! Will Ditzi Devilola get away with the Magic Tuffet, or can the
friends from Nursery Land stop them in time for Christmas…? Perhaps…
but then of course… there is always that spider……!
Little Miss Muffet’s Magical Christmas is suitable for children
aged 4-7
Tuesday
20th December 2011@ 7pm
Admission: €10
School
performances available on 19th & 20th December
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Loose
End Studio
Laugh
and be amazed at our
Magical Comedy Show
With a
gourmet 3 course dinner
Enjoy an
evening of mystery, magic, ventriloquism and fantastic food with
award-winning magician Jack Wise who is a top-notch Irish
magician who blends sophisticated comedy with jaw- dropping magic
tricks. His unrivalled experience and sure-fire comedic delivery
offers a hilarious trip through the shadier side of magic. With his
lightning-fast hands and razor- sharp wit this intimate evening of
fun entertainment is served with an excellent 3 course dinner from
the Interval Bistro. What better way to celebrate your Christmas
night out?
Book
early as there are only 60 tickets available per show
Wednesday
14th – Friday 16th December 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €36
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Gay
Byrne – Live On Stage
A
unique opportunity to hear some of the greatest show-biz stories
never told in this hilarious evening’s entertainment, described
as “a master class in comedy”.
Listen
to the behind-the-scenes stories of the stars and the
star-makers with Ireland’s foremost legendary broadcaster in his
first solo stage show.
Thursday 15th & Friday 16th December @ 8pm
Admission: €25
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Main Auditorium Ireland’s Greatest Voices - The Three Tenors & Star Violinist Ireland’s hottest trio - Declan Kelly, David Martin, Aled Hall - promise you a night to remember. This thrilling concert is packed with the world’s most beautiful and magical feel-good songs, from Sinatra (My Way), Michael Jackson (Heal The World), Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water), Leonard Cohen (Hallelujah) and Josef Locke (Goodbye), to Pavarotti (Nessun Dorma) and Elvis (Love Me Tender / Can’t Help Falling in Love) plus a rousing Irish Selection! Currently, the most popular and successful Irish trio, The Three Tenors will treat you to a fabulous night of popular hit songs & laughter.
Saturday
17th December
2011@ 8pm
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Main
Auditorium
Frankie
Gavin & De Dannan - Up Close & Personal Tour
Frankie Gavin is one of the genuine legends of Irish music and
in September he entered the Guinness World Records as the fastest
fiddle player in the world. De Dannan has been responsible
over many years for bringing some of Ireland’s immensely talented
traditional performers to the world stage. The current band has
performed everywhere from The White House & US Capitol Building to
Beijing Opera House and in addition has performed and recorded with
a long list of musical luminaries which includes The Rolling Stones.
The
current De Dannan ensemble is led by Frankie Gavin on
fiddle, flutes & whistles with Barry Brady on accordion,
Eric Cunningham on percussion, flutes & whistles, Mike Galvin
on bouzouki & guitars and Michelle Lally on vocals.
“Frankie Gavin and De Dannan are the jewel in the crown, and as the
musicians hit top gear some of the fast reels in particular are
mesmerizing” – Carl Dixon, The Irish Examiner, August 2009
Thursday
8th December 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €18 concession
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Loose
End Studio
Bull
Alley Training College presents
Henry
IV Part Two
By
William Shakespeare
Directed
by Simon Manahan
Continues Prince Hal's journey toward kingship, and his ultimate
rejection of Falstaff. The tone of much of the play is elegiac,
focusing on Falstaff's twilight years.
Tuesday
6th - Saturday 10th December 2011@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main
Auditorium
David
McSavage
David
McSavage is one of Ireland's most popular comedians and street
entertainers. His cutting commentary and performances cover all
aspects of life and nothing is safe from his truth-induced
interpretations. From The Barman (Mick the Bull) to Father Finnegan
to former President Mary Robinson, audiences relate to each
character from the many aspects of Irish life. He devised, wrote and
starred in the critically acclaimed six part TV series The Savage
Eye on RTÉ. The show was nominated for an IFTA award for Best
Entertainment Series and the third series will be being screened by
RTÉ in 2012.
“McSavage is brilliantly and wickedly funny” Irish Independent
“the
most divisive comedian in the country” Evening Herald
Friday
9th December 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €18 & €15 concession
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Main Auditorium
Dublin Gospel Choir
The hand-clapping, foot-stomping Dublin Gospel Choir began 2011 with a real sense of purpose after their latest album Doing Their Thing became the first gospel album to enter the Top 30 in Ireland. Packed full of true gospel classics and tracks sure to become favourite in the future. The Dublin Gospel Choir followed up a very successful Irish campaign with an album release in the UK.
Having sold out their last performance here in almost record time, Dublin Gospel Choir return to the Civic for a very special concert that not only presents arguably Ireland’s best exponents of gospel music, but also some exciting new material that wasn’t performed on their last visit to Tallaght in 2010
“A must-see – who’d have thought gospel would be this cool?” Irish Times “Gladdens the heart and brings a smile to the face……Uplifting stuff” Hot Press
Saturday 10th December 2011@ 8pm Admission: €20
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Main Auditorium
Robert C Kelly Presents...
Adèle
King
In
Trading Faces Or... Who Gives A Tuck?
"The show
that lifts everything... Especially your spirits!"
Fifty-something dowdy Dublin dreamer Eve has decided that the
answer to a new and exciting life is cosmetic surgery - but will
a new face, a tight tummy and a "trout pout" really make her
dreams come true? Laugh (if your Botox will allow) and
celebrate with Eve as she goes on this hilarious and often
touching journey to realise her new look and discover "Who Gives
A Tuck?..."
"You'll be in stitches - and so will she!"
Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th December
2011@ 8pm
Admission: €25
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Ireland presents
Scheherazade and 1001 Arabian nights
Choreography: Morgann Runacre-Temple
Ballet
Ireland presents Scheherazade and 1001 Arabian nights as a new
full-length production based on the story of "1001 Nights" of
which Scheherazade, the legendary Persian queen, is the
storyteller. Scheherazade and 1001 Arabian nights The Shahriyar,
the Sultan of ancient Persia, is enjoying the pleasures and
entertainment of his concubines and favourite wife Zobeide. His
brother suggests that Zobeide is unfaithful and recommends that
they pretend to go on a hunting trip. As soon as the King and
his brother have departed, the male slaves are freed and there
is an orgy within the harem. Zobeide chooses the handsome Golden
Slave, and they fall into a passionate embrace. With the revelry
in full swing, the King returns unexpectedly. Enraged at
Zobeide's betrayal, he orders that all be killed. After all have
perished and only Zobeide remains, the King hesitates. She begs
his forgiveness, but eventually realizes the futility of it all.
She then stabs herself, falling at his feet. Here, the 1910
ballet ends and Ballet Ireland takes up the tale. In the
original text, the story continues: Betrayed by his former wife,
King Shahriyar vows to marry, love and then behead a new bride
each night, never to be betrayed again. Having murdered
thousands of women, he encounters the beautiful and wise
Scheherazade, who pleads to tell a story before her impending
execution. For 1001 nights, he postpones her execution
enthralled, as he awaits her next tale of Sinbad the Sailor, the
Genie of the Lamp and the Little Hunchback, amongst others. Her
enchanting stories bewitch him and he makes her his Queen.
Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd
December
2011@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16
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End Studio
Bull
Alley Training College presents
Henry
IV Part one
By
William Shakespeare
Directed
by Alan Kinsella
Bolingbroke – now King Henry IV – is having an unquiet reign. Having
deposed Richard II, there are conflicts on his borders with Scotland
and Wales; and he has turned upon the Earls who helped him win the
crown. His son, Prince Hal is spending most of his time with low
companions in disreputable taverns in the company of Falstaff.
Tuesday
29th November – Saturday 3rd December 2011@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Jackie Johnston
Agency presents
Dickie Rock
The Civic Theatre is
delighted to welcome back one of Ireland’s legendary show band
performers, Dickie Rock. He is still as popular as ever after
a career spanning more than 40 years. Following a third RTE
documentary about Dickie and his place at the forefront of the Irish
Showband scene, his loyal fans throughout the country have been
clamouring for a chance to relive those glory days. So join Dickie
for a great night of entertainment. Dickie will also be giving every
member of the audience a complimentary copy of his autobiography.
Sunday 4th December
2011@ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
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Opera Theatre Company
Ireland’s National
Touring Opera Company presents
Mozart’s The Magic
Flute
Sung in English and
directed by Annilese Miskimmon,
Enchanting and
evocative, Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece The Magic Flute, is a
lyrical love story, set against an atmospheric backdrop of fantasy
and mischief. The Queen of the Night is determined to use her only
daughter Pamina as a pawn in the continuing war with her estranged
husband, Sarastro. She recruits Tamino, a prince and Papageno, a
bird-catcher to steal her daughter away from her father. Will Tamino
survive his dangerous quest? Will Papageno find the woman of his
dreams? and will love prevail over hate? Mozart’s most popular opera
is for all ages and opera aficionados and newcomers alike.
Celebrating 25 years
of touring opera throughout Ireland, Opera Theatre Company is
delighted to return to the Civic theatre with this magical and
uplifting opera.
The sublime score
ripples with irresistible charm; from the stratospheric arias of the
Queen of the Night, to the glorious melodies of Papageno, both
reflecting Mozart’s dramatic genius and love for life.
‘A terrific night’s
entertainment… this company is driven by ideas, takes risks, and
always a fresh and interesting approach’ Sunday Business Post
Tuesday 29th November
2011@ 8pm
Admission: €28 & €25
concession
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Main Auditorium
Play on Words Theatre
and Fairbank Productions
presents
Tom Crean -
Antarctic Explorer
Written and performed
by Aidan Dooley,
This multi-award
winning and critically acclaimed show has now played to over quarter
of a million people worldwide and continues to break box office
records wherever it plays.
‘Aidan Dooley gives a
compelling solo performance in this ripping good yarn about
real-life adventurer Tom Crean...the charismatic Dooley recounts the
riveting tale of an ordinary man who showed extraordinary courage’.
Robert Dominguez New York Daily New
www.tomcrean.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd –
Saturday 26th November 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16
concession
Super Saver: €10
Tuesday 22nd November
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Loose
End Studio
Bull
Alley Training College presents
Street Scene
By Elmer
Rice
Written
in 1928, this American classic is a vibrant, earthy and realistic
depiction of a day in the life of tenants of an apartment block in
New York. Tuesday 22nd - Saturday 26th November 2011@ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Tall Tales Theatre Company & Solstice Arts Centre present
Bogboy
From the
writer of this years hit MOMENT
Deirdre Kinahan
Directed by Jo Mangan
Two lost souls. One beautiful friendship and a secret that won't
stay buried. When Brigit leaves the chaos of her life in Dublin she
meets reclusive local farmer Hughie Dolan and finds her first hopes
for a future. “I want to be like other people, other people who
come into the caf, put down their shopping and have a scone, just
sit there having a scone, ya know, away from all the shite…” But the
idyllic life she imagines in Meath soon unravels
BogBoy is a
moving, intriguing and funny new play from one of Ireland’s most
dynamic small theatre companies.
Tuesday 15th – Saturday 19th November
2011@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Super Saver €10 Tuesday 15th November
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Loose
End Studio
Bull
Alley Training College presents
Biedermann and the Firebugs
By Max
Frisch
Directed
by Niall Jordan
Described as an epic parable comedy, it is set in a town having
problems with arsonists. Written in the years following World War
II, as a metaphor for Nazism and fascism, the play shows how
"normal" citizens can be taken in by evil.
Tuesday
15th - Saturday 19th November 2011@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Music
Jackie Johnston
Agency presents
Brian Kennedy
The Civic Theatre is
delighted to welcome back Brian Kennedy. This critically
acclaimed singer/songwriter will take his audiences on a
spellbinding, roller-coaster ride, while making it all look easy. He
will perform a unique collection of beautiful songs, classics
including Clifford T Ward’s ‘Gaye’, U2's ‘Stuck In A
Moment’, Gerry Rafferty’s ‘Get It Right Next Time’ and
Van Morrison's ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, along with his hits such as
‘You Raise Me Up’, ‘Life, Love & Happiness’, ‘Put the Message in
The Box’, ‘Get On With Your Short Life’, ‘A Better Man’
and ‘Crazy Love’.
Sunday 20th November 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
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Main Auditorium
Harold’s
Cross/Tallaght Musical Society Present
Hot Mikado
Directed by Pat
McElwain,
Musical Direction by
Dermot O'Callaghan
Choreography by Laura
Martin
East meets West
head-on in this hilarious 1940's-style update of a Gilbert and
Sullivan favourite. Featuring an intoxicating mix of styles and
influences, classics such as "A Wand'ring Minstrel I", “I’ve got a
Little List”, and "Three Little Maids" are transmuted into
show-stopping blues, swing, hot gospel numbers and scorching torch
songs.
Find out what happens
when the clean lines and colour of Japanese design combine with the
big band sights and sounds of popular American song and dance!
Tuesday 8th
– Saturday 12th November 2011@ 8pm
Admission: €20.
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Loose End Studio
Drama
Mend
& Makedo Theatre Company presents Redemption Song Written by John MacKenna Directed by Marian Brophy John MacKenna’s new one-man play is a warm, moving, often funny and sometimes terrifyingly sad retelling of the story of three people – Joe, Mary and their son. It’s a powerful and gripping contemporary retelling of an old story. Joe is a small-time builder. As he says himself, “If you never get too big, you never go out of business.” Joe’s marriage to Mary has broken up and Joe's son has been executed as a result of his involvement in a political uprising. And then there's the question of whether the young man really is Joe’s son - at the time of her pregnancy Mary had talked about “a stranger standing in the doorway, surrounded by light.” But work has been Joe’s answer to every problem life has thrown at him. One evening, two young men call to his door with stunning news – they’ve given a lift to a hitch-hiker and they swear the man was Joe’s dead son. Everything changes – “If a man has hope, he has something,” Joe says. Tuesday 8th – Saturday 12th November @ 8.15pm Admission: €15. Super Saver: €10 Tuesday 8th November
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Axis presentsWhen Jolie Met ChristieDirected by: Ray YeatesPerformed by: Aonghus McAnallyBefore his death in 2007, Christie Hennessy had hoped to tell his own story in a collaborative theatre and musical production with axis. However, sadly, fate intervened before Christie could do so. As a tribute to him, and using Christie’s musical hero Al Jolson as a catalyst, axis Director Ray Yeates, playwright Seán McCarthy and Musical performer Aonghus McAnally created this special show.A compelling cabaret-theatre show inspired by the life and music of Christie Hennessy, as told by Al Jolson. Christie Hennessy, one of Ireland’s great singer-songwriters and much loved performers was fascinated with Al Jolson and spent much of his boyhood in Tralee imitating the great Broadway troubadour. Sometimes this fascination became an obsession for Christie as he listened again and again to his favourite Jolson songs.In When Jolie Met Christie Al Jolson speaks of his admiration for Christie and his new understanding of him now they are together in the afterlife. Al compares the struggles and triumphs of their two careers. Jolson, the controversial superstar meets the humble painter-decorator from Tralee in a 90-minute musical meditation featuring many of Christie’s greatest hits. What is the motivation behind all the great performers? And what sacrifices do they make as they try to follow their dream? This is a quirky, funny and sometimes dark meditation on the price of fame.“This show is all heart… It’s the music that does the talking. One suspects that’s how Hennessy would have liked it” The Irish Times
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Hotbuckle productions presents
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Adrian
Preater
Hotbuckle explodes
onto the stage with this new, innovative adaptation of one of
Dickens’ greatest novels. With all the comedy, mystery, violent
melodrama, suspense and poignancy of the original, it tells of Pip’s
journey from boyhood to manhood as he seeks to find out who he is
and his place in an inhospitable world. It is a story of love and
loss, of guilt and shame, of fear and courage and has some of the
most vivid and memorable characters in all of English literature.
With the bicentenary of Dickens’ birth coming next year, this
electrifying, exhilarating and moving production is a must-see.
Thursday 27th – Saturday 29th October
2011
@ 8pm
Admission €20 & €16 concession
Super Saver: €10 Thursday 27th October
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Main Auditorium
Dublin City Jazz Orchestra
The
Dublin City Jazz Orchestra is a 17 piece big band comprising some of
the best musical talent in Ireland. It was formed in 2007 by the
legendary saxophonist Ciaran Wilde with trumpeter Ray Martin. With
four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones and a four man rhythm
section, this ensemble will blow your mind playing big band music
from the ‘40s and the ‘50s along with some more modern tunes to mix
it up! Following on from a performance at Electric Picnic in 2008,
the orchestra has appeared at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Festival
of World Cultures, Culture Night and the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival
as well as two appearances on the Late Late Show in 2010 and 2011.
Presented with
funding from the Music Network Performance and Training Award
Wednesday 26th
October @ 8pm
Admission: All
Tickets €15
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Main Auditorium
Focus Theatre presents the world premiere of
The Hen Night Epiphany
By Jimmy Murphy
Directed by Joe Devlin
A week before the wedding of her dreams, a woman
wonders if some secrets should never be kept no matter what the
cost. The Hen Night Epiphany is a heart lifting tale of five
women who take to the countryside for a night of fun and laughter
that leaves their lives turned upside down. The Hen Night
Epiphany promises to be an emotional evening of laughter and
tears with a hen night you will never forget. We guarantee you a
great night in the theatre!
Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd October 2011 @
8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Super Saver: €10 Tuesday 18th October
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| Local Arts |
Loose End
F-troupe presents
their new play
Faith
Written by James
Butler
Bernie struggles with
her faith and is displeased with the feckless attitude of her only
son, Joey. Her brother Banjo is no beacon of light to her either.
Just as well she doesn't know that there are two Marys pregnant and
it's not even close to Christmas.
Thursday 20th - Saturday 22nd October
2011 @ 8.15pm
Admission: €10
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| Dinner Theatre |
Main Auditorium
Interactive Theatre Australia,
in association with Ten42 productions presents
Faulty Towers - The Dining
Experience
Faulty Towers ….The Dining Experience, where the audience come to dinner as if they were coming to dinner at the infamous Faulty Towers Hotel. During the course of the evening they will chat with their companions, be entertained by Basil, Sybil and Manuel and eat a fabulous 3-course dinner. Basil will meet the audience in the bar/foyer area from whence the evening’s entertainment will commence. Throughout the evening the three actors will move between the tables having private jokes with some of the guests, encouraging them to chat among themselves, as they would do at a regular hotel and drawing out the “wise guys” who can handle a bit of repartee. Between courses Basil, Sybil and Manuel will enact scenes from the series after which they will return to “serving the customers” and engaging in a more intimate way with the different parties. Acclaimed both nationally and internationally this interactive comedy dining experience is a must-see for fans of all ages - just don't mention the war! Tables seat groups of 8 Thursday 13th – Saturday 15th October 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €45 (includes a 3 course set menu dinner)
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| Musical |
Greenhill’s Variety Group presents
Seussical – The Musical
With arrangement by Josef Weinberger
Seussical is based
on the works of Dr. Seuss and weaves together his most famous tales
and characters from at least fifteen of his books. The show follows
the adventures of Horton, an elephant who one day hears voices
coming from a speck of dust. He soon discovers that within this tiny
speck exists the smallest planet in the universe! On this tiny
planet lives a tiny race of creatures known as Whos. Although
ridiculed by the other animals in the Jungle of Nool for believing
in something he cannot see, Horton stubbornly persists in his belief
that the Whos exist. Travelling everywhere from the Jungle of Nool
to McEligott’s Pool, some of the characters fall in love, some have
desperate adventures and some even save the world.
With direction by Damien Douglas, musical direction from Sarah
Lynch-Barrett and choreography by Laura Martin this promises to be a
spectacular follow-on from their award-winning production of The
Wedding Singer.
Tuesday 4th – Saturday October 8th @ 8pm.
Admission: €20
Super Saver: €10 Tuesday 4th October
Matinee: Saturday 8th @ 3pm.
Matinee admission: €15 & €10 children
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| Drama |
Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival on Tour
HotForTheatre
presents
I Heart Alice
Heart I
By Amy Conroy
Developed with Clare
Barrett
Alice and Alice are
coming out…. Finally.
This documentary
piece is an unflinching and astonishingly personal love story that
spans six decades. Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted
winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a
show…. reluctantly.
Defying stereotype,
they’re here to share with you something they’ve never dared before.
This fresh, human and hilarious piece from defiant new company
HotForTheatre, I Heart Alice Heart I explores the monumental
journey of a most unlikely couple. It will seduce you, it will move
you, and it will touch you… in all the right places.
I Heart Alice
Heart I is part of ReViewed: A showcase of successful Irish
productions restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish
Theatre Institute
“I
Heart Alice Heart I is an impeccably executed piece of
documentary theatre. As such, it is simultaneously contrived and
authentic, emotionally manipulative and genuinely affecting, as it
recasts “reality” in theatrical form.” Sara Keating, Irish Times
Preview: Thursday 29th September – all tickets €10
Friday 30th September & Saturday 1st October @
8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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| Professional Actors in Training |
Loose
End Studio
Bull
Alley Training College presents
The
Admirable Crichton
By JM
Barrie
Directed
by Katherine Murphy
From the
author of Peter Pan, this is one of his other great successes. It is
a gentle examination of the English class structure of the Edwardian
era. The Loam family and their servants find themselves shipwrecked
on an island, and it is survival of the fittest...
Tuesday
27th September – Saturday 1st October
2011 @
8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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| Drama |
Main Auditorium
Lane Productions presents
Waiting for
IKEA
Written and Performed by Georgina
McKevitt &
Jacinta Sheerin
Waiting for IKEA is the story of two lifelong friends,
Chrissie and Jade. They have been best friends since early
childhood, growing up in a block of flats in Dublin’s City
Centre. Over the years they have shared, as every friendship
does, heartache and laughs, however, when Chrissie’s boyfriend
left her with their young baby to raise, Jade starts to share
the duties of raising a child to help her struggling friend.
Chrissie’s son Dean is now eight, and the girls have provided
him with a solid family unit, but Jade craves her own life. She
does not know where she ends and Chrissie begins. They have
become an entangled ying and yang, happy with their lot until
Jade finds true love in Australian boy Ben, and he asks her to
accompany him back to Oz.
Now
both girls are faced with having to find their own two feet,
find their own balance, and live their own lives. Up until now
they have been existing, waiting around for life to find them.
Waiting’s over, it's time for change.
Waiting for IKEA explores the bond of true friendship, how
demanding it can be, but more importantly how rewarding it is.
Tuesday 20th – Saturday 24th
September
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €20 &€16 concession
Super Saver: €10 Tuesday 20th
September
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| Psychic, Medium & Clairvoyant |
International Clairvoyant – Medium Val Hood As seen on ‘Most Haunted’ Val Hood is now one of the Worlds most popular and powerful mediums. Her insightful personal readings and inspirational shows, tours and events bring hope and happiness to hundreds of bereaved people and their families every year. Val receives letters, calls and emails from all over the World after every public appearance from people claiming lasting emotional benefit from her work. She is passionate about people and about removing the fears surrounding mediumship and loss for people of all backgrounds. Worldwide interest has seen Val become the new phenomenon of Clairvoyance and Mediumship on TV, Radio and in the Press. Her recent appearance on Most Haunted was described as a real insight into the paranormal.Having spiritual gifts and the power to connect with others, has led Val to being called in to help various organizations and social groups. She is in constant demand helping landlords with haunted homes and pubs and has helped war memorial groups. Val began demonstrating the positive and compassionate application of her gifts in front of audiences in spiritualist churches in the late 1990’s. Today her audiences are much more substantial having become one of the Worlds most sought after mediums. Contacting departed loved ones is not sinister or morbid. Often there is fun and humour - and for me it is part of everyday life. Val says her first sightings of people from the paranormal world was when she was eight. “Love continues to flow after death and my role is to give people the contact they need to reconcile themselves with their loss and make sense of those former relationships." Monday 19th September @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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Main Auditorium
Drama
Town Hall Theatre
presents
Faithhealer
By Brian Friel
Directed by Andrew Flynn.
Faith Healer is widely
recognised as one of the masterpieces of Ireland's greatest
living playwright. Frank is a faith healer. Travelling with his
two companions, Grace and Teddy, he roams Scotland and Wales
healing the sick. By the edge of forests, at the base of
mountains, in remote coastal villages, the lame, the ill and the
broken hearted gather for the Fantastic Francis Hardy: Faith
Healer. But who is Frank? Are his miracles real or imaginary?
And what is the true price the saved must pay? Haunting, tender
and passionate,
Faith Healer takes us
into the heart of what it means to believe. As we are drawn
deeper into the world of Frank and his companions, our
certainties fall away as we are led towards the play’s
magisterial, unforgettable climax.
Tuesday 13th
– Saturday 17th September 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 &
€16 concession
Super Saver: €10
Tuesday 13th September
http://www.youtube.com/TownHallTheatre1
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| Music |
Main Auditorium
Chris Kavanagh & The Patriots presents Legend of Luke Kelly Chris Kavanagh and The Patriots return with their Legend of Luke Kelly show. Civic Theatre audiences can once again look forward to a fantastic night of paying tribute and enjoying the music of the legendary Luke Kelly. Lead singer Chris Kavanagh bears a remarkable resemblance to Luke while his singing talent captures the depth and passion of the great man. Chris also plays the long neck 5 string banjo, which was Luke’s favourite instrument. He is joined onstage by the accomplished musicians that make up The Patriots, all of whom consider it an honour to bring Luke’s memory back to the live stage. Thursday 8th September @ 8pm Admission: €15 |
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| Music |
Main Auditorium
Don Baker
Musician, actor, songwriter, author and famed harmonica player,
Don Baker is the Irish maestro of the blues. A hugely talented
performer whose life experiences have influenced his music, he
is one of this country's great performers. Mark Feltham (who has
played with Oasis, Joe Cocker and Rory Gallagher) rates him as
the greatest acoustic harmonica player in the world, as does
Charlie McCoy and U2's Bono.
Book
now for what is guaranteed to be an incredible night’s
entertainment by this legendary Irish performer.
Friday 9th September 2011 @
8pm
Admission: €20 & 18 concession
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| Comedy |
Main Auditorium
Comedy
Jarlath Regan –
Shock and Ahhh!!
Jarlath Regan
wanted to be a comedian for his entire life. It’s a good thing he
got fired from his last office job or he never would have realised
his ambition. Five years, three sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows and
two best-selling books later and his audiences couldn’t be happier
he’s on stage and not behind a desk. The critics have called his
brand of on the money observational humour a form of ‘comedy
genius.’ Don’t believe the hype? Come and see him now and make up
your own mind.
“Side-splitting
stuff.” Metro
Saturday 10th September @ 8pm
Admission: €15
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| Drama |
Main
Auditorium
Fishamble: The New Play Company presents
Noah & The Tower Flower
Written by Sean
McLoughlin Special previews – only Irish dates prior to New York transfer. Natalie is looking forward to getting a new flat and a new start. But when she meets Noah, her future is threatened by the chance of falling in love. Noah and The Tower Flower is about two Dubliners, Noah and Natalie, struggling to leave their pasts behind as they begin to fall in love. A comic love story, set in the heart of Ballymun, it was premiered by Fishamble in 2007, and won the Irish Times Best New Play Award and the Stewart Parker Trust Award for Best First Play. Fishamble will bring this production to the 78th Street Theater Lab as part of the First Irish Festival in New York, with support from Culture Ireland, immediately after the special preview performances at the Civic. “It’s a little cracker…Mary Murray and Darren Healy are as funny, endearing and accomplished as could be hoped for…Jim Culleton directs with a great touch of liveliness and subtlety.” The Sunday Independent Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd September 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €12
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| Music Fundraiser |
Main Auditorium
A night
of song and music with
Sonny
Knowles
featuring and in aid of Tallaght Youth Band
Friday
12th August 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 &
€15
concession
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| Ballet Workshop |
Main Auditorium
Ballet Workshop
The Jays on Treasure Island
Ballet Ireland’s Annual Summer School launches a new voyage of
excitement and discovery as we embark on our eleventh expedition,
The Jays on Treasure Island. A fun filled week of workshops,
encompassing art, mime, drama and dance, which develop into the
highlight of the week, a performance held onstage, professionally
lit and dressed, open to parents, family, friends and neighbours.
This year’s ballet takes loose inspiration from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s tale of adventure on the high seas, as we follow the
endeavours and exploits of The Jays; Jim, Jessie, Jo, Jenna, Jus,
Jan & Jane as they try to capture the troves of hidden treasure
without themselves being captured! Can they escape the evil
intentions of Long John Silver and his band of buccaneers and
unearth the fortunes buried beneath Spyglass Hill or will they
succumb to the ghastly ends the pirates plan?
Emphasis throughout
the week is placed on all the component parts that make up ballet;
music, drama, mime and painting as well as the dance. Participants
will explore all of their creative abilities, and will contribute
their own ideas into how we can make Treasure Island into a
performance. The summer school will comprise the usually
daily series of workshops, centered in dance and led by four
professional dancers from Ballet Ireland’s core company. An
additional element this year will be a second series of workshops,
centered in arts and crafts, led by two professional creative
artists. During these workshops, participants will create masks and
headdresses and properties, and these will be incorporated into the
performance held onstage on Friday 22nd July.
Inspiration, laughter
and joy will be available in copious quantities throughout the week,
and all participants will have an individual contribution to make as
they develop their performance skills. The summer school is open to
all, young and old, boys and girls, experienced and first-timer; the
workshops are geared to the abilities of those taking part and are
designed to nurture and challenge. None taking part will ever forget
the experience, many young performers return year after year to the
summer school. Places are limited and uptake is fast so early
booking is advisable.
Group A:
6-8 years
Group B:
9 + (this group will be further divided within each session,
those aged
12 and over and those aged16 over)
Monday 18th
– Friday 23rd July 2011
Admission:
€165 per child or €300 for 2 children from
the same family
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| Drama |
Main Auditorium
Drama
Beezneez Theatre
Company presents
Don’t Dress for
Dinner
Don't Dress for
Dinner is a frenetic comedy of mistaken identity with more
twists than a corkscrew. When Jacqueline decides to visit her mother
for a few days, her husband Bernard sees an opportunity for a cosy
weekend with his new mistress. His bachelor pal Robert calls to
announce his return from Hong Kong, so Bernard invites him along as
his alibi, also hiring a Cordon Bleu cook to provide a delicious
dinner. But when Jacqueline realizes Robert is coming for a visit
everything changes, and the high speed farce begins! From the
company that brought Love Is…. and Tuesday’s with Morrie
to The Civic, Don’t Dress for Dinner carries a Beezneez cast
iron guarantee of a good night out.
Monday 4th
– Wednesday 6th July 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20
& €16 concession
Super Saver – All
tickets €10 Monday 4th July
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| Professional Actors in Training |
Main Auditorium
Gaiety School of
Acting
Advanced Performance Year's Showcase
The class will be performing a mix of Classical/Shakespearean and modern scenes, 8 of which have been chosen by course tutor John Delaney and some extra scenes which they have chosen and rehearsed themselves to emphasise their versatility. Wednesday 29th June 2011 @ 8pmAdmission €5
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| Professional Actors in Training |
Main Auditorium
Gaiety School of
Acting Youth Theatre Company presents
Never is an
awfully long time The Youth Theatre Company is the most advanced branch of training for young people in The Gaiety School of Acting, Ireland’s National Theatre School. Members develop their theatre skills in a company environment and many go on to work professionally in theatre. The company comprises young actors from 16 - 19 years of age. This original play, a sell out when it opened in Dublin in 2010, tells the stories of 3 girls plucked from fairytales and faced with situations where no prince will save them. But they do not need to be saved; following a dark night of the soul each girl finds her own way. Brilliantly charged with music, colour and pace this play is, as one reviewer says “a highly energetic production that builds to several cacophonous crescendos.” These performances are a unique opportunity to see the next generation of talented actors before they set off to perform in The Arthur Cottrell Theatre, Kingston, London as part of The International Youth Arts Festival. Thursday 30th June 2011 @ 8pm Friday 1st July @ 8pm Admission €12 & €10 concession
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| Drama/Comedy |
Main Auditorium
Man 1 – Bank 0
Starring Patrick
Combs
He
lodged a $95,000 fake, junk mail cheque into his account as a joke.
…. It cashed!!!!
The rest is ACTUAL
history.
Broadway World
said it is, ‘One of the funniest, most fascinating and fastest
moving solo plays to hit New York in many a season. Two hours of
nonstop laughter, it's also an edge-of-your seat adventure loaded
with unbelievable real-life surprises.’ This outrageously funny and
dramatic comedy is selling out, winning awards and wowing audiences
everywhere. Smash hit sold out runs in New York, at the Just for
Laughs Festival in Montreal, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston,
at HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and at theaters around the
world.
Don’t miss this
amazing-but-true story of how Patrick Combs deposited a $95,093.35
junk-mail cheque – as a joke – and how it erupted into a staggering
and funny David vs. Goliath-like adventure.
"Combs
has refined his storytelling to an art...the comedy value of
watching a bank beg for its cash back is priceless."
TIME OUT NY
"HILARIOUS
and AMAZING.. This is - by far the BEST PERFORMANCE I saw. I
can't recommend it enough."
raves the Orlando City Beat.
"JAW-DROPPINGLY
FUNNY...literally had us SCREAMING WITH LAUGHTER. Patrick is
a BRILLIANT STORYTELLER."
said Janet Munsil, director of UNO Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbETzaZJl0
Check
out Patrick on the bank holiday Monday’s [May 2] The John
Murray Show on RTE Radio 1
Friday 24th June @
8pm
Admission: €18 & €15
concession
http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v 02051115m29stjmspatcombs-pid0-929640.mp3 Patricks interview with Brendan O'Connor on The Saturday Night Show April 30th on RTE 1 television (40mins into recording) http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097376 Patrick on Ireland AM, TV3: on May 3rd http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=35335&locID=1.65.74&date=2011-05-03&date_mode=1&page=1&show_cal=2&newspanel= &showspanel=1&web_only=&full_episodes=
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| Dance Theatre |
Main Auditorium
Muirne Bloomer & Emma
O'Kane present
The Ballet Ruse
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. ‘an unconfined joy and delight” Emer O’Kelly, Irish Independent 19/09/10 ‘a laugh out loud 40 minute show’ Totally Dublin Blog Duration: 43mins Thursday 9th June 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €12 & €10 concession
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| Youth Drama |
Main Auditorium
DADA presents
The Witches
By Roald Dahl
Adapted by David Wood
In
this wonderful adaptation by David Wood, The Witches
has something for everyone, young and old alike. Performers range
from just 3 years of age right up to adults. So, don’t be scared…
Come along and see what treats are in store!
Tuesday 31st
May – Saturday 4th June 2011 @ 7pm
Admission: €15 & €10
(children under 10)
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| Comedy/Drama |
Robert
C Kelly by arrangement with Avalon® Promotions Ltd in
association with Liberty Bell presents
Grumpy Old Women
By
JENNY ECLAIR and JUDITH HOLDER
Starring Adèle King, Flo McSweeney and Una Crawford O’Brien
“A
slickly scripted evening of comedy” ****
The Times
“The
perfect ticket….more uplifting than a reinforced Wonderbra” ****
Evening Standard
“The
rampaging, rumbustious show is tailor-made for women” *****
Daily Mail
Have
you reached that certain age? Are you more likely to be shaking
your rolling pin than your booty? Are you a little bit hot, a
little bit hairy? Then join us for a live grump fest. Three
furious females take to the stage for an orgy of middle aged
mayhem, 90 minutes of theatrical HRT with not a thong in sight.
The three women on the edge, braving it out on this tour of a
nation on the edge, all previously starred in the smash hit
“Menopause the Musical”. Adèle King, Flo McSweeney and Una
Crawford O’Brien all brought the nation mirth and mayhem in
“Menopause” and will do the same again now in the fabulously
funny West End hit, specially re-written for Ireland in 2011.
Scary
enough on their own, together they are a force of nature.
Treading the boards (and making them creak) across the country,
they’re coming to a theatre near you. So ‘phone your friends,
even the ones who are getting on your nerves. Make a night of
it; be honest, you’ve not really had a good laugh since Aine
spilt the chemical jacks that time in Portmarnock.
Treat
yourselves, after all, you know what they say – if you can’t
beat them, join them. Don’t forget your bifocals and remember,
we do not permit heckling, however, we do allow some tutting!
Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th May 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €25 Thursday 26th May @ 8pm, Admission: €30 & €28 concession Friday 27th May @ 8.30pm, Admission: €30 & €28 concession Saturday 28th May @ 8.30pm Admission: €30 & €28 concession
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| Dinner Theatre |
Loose End Studio
Laugh and be amazed at our
Magical Comedy Show
with a gourmet 3 Course Dinner
Enjoy an evening of mystery, magic, ventriloquism and fantastic food
in the Loose End studio.
Jack Wise is a top notch Irish magician who blends sophisticated
comedy with jaw- dropping magic tricks. His unrivalled experience
and sure-fire comedic delivery offers you a hilarious trip through
the shadier side of magic. With his lightning-fast hands and razor-
sharp wit this intimate evening of fun entertainment is served with
an excellent 3 course dinner from the Interval Bistro. What better
way to kick start your summer?
Book early as there are only 58 tickets available.
Friday 27th
May 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €36
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| Professional Actors in Training |
Main Auditorium Bull Alley Theatre
Training Company presents Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim Monday 16th – Saturday 21st May 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €19 & €16 concession |
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| Drama |
Main Auditorium
Ten42 Productions presents
The Tinker’s Curse
Written and Performed by Michael Harding
With Live Music performed by Finbar Coady
The Tinker’s Curse
tells the story of a traveling man who climbs Croagh Patrick
to do penance for the sins of a lifetime. Performed by the writer,
accompanied by musician Finbar Coady, The
Tinker’s Curse is a funny and sad night in the theatre; a
rare insight into the joys and sorrows that make up a life. Harding
plays Rattigan, a traveler old enough to remember when the traveling
people had a place in the scheme of things, fixing pots and pans.
Along the way we meet his wife Julia, the 7th daughter of
a 7th daughter, his daughter Michelle, who is blissfully
unaware of the effects of her blossoming sexuality, and Johnny
Reilly, a “buffer” or settled man who comes a-courting.
‘He stands on the
stage, defeated, shambolic, rambling. He is a helpless father, a
bewildered husband, an angry butt of majority hatred.....a traveling
man..... The Tinker’s Curse is a
heart-searing, heart-searching piece of work, provoking tears and
haunting the soul......If audiences are not hanging out of the
rafters in future venues, there is no soul for drama in Ireland’.
Emer O Kelly (Sunday Independent Jan 2010)
Thursday 12th
– Saturday 14th May 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16
concession
Super Saver – All
tickets €10 Thursday 12th May
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| Music |
Main Auditorium
Somewhere Under The Rainbow
Starring Sharon Sexton as Liza Minnelli
What is life like, living somewhere under the rainbow?
‘The Original Sally Bowles’, ‘The Recovering Alcoholic’, ‘The
Musical Theatre Sensation’, ‘The Chemical Drug Addict’, ‘The Tony
Award Winner’, ‘Frank Sinatra’s god daughter’, ‘The Golden Globe
Winner’, ‘The Oscar Nominated Actress’, ‘Liza with a “z”’ …….these
are just some of the many titles which Liza Minnelli found herself
living under throughout her lifetime.
Beneath the surface of sequins, feathers and razzle dazzle that is
so often associated with Miss Minnelli, lies a truly captivating
character, who has lived one of the toughest, most fascinating and
remarkable lives in show business! Join Sharon Sexton’s Liza in the
intimate setting of her dressing room as she performs pieces from
her infamous musical catalogue and shares the secrets, stories and
memories that make up a mesmerising career, including the memories
of what was undoubtedly the most demanding role she ever played,
that of ‘Judy Garland’s daughter’.
An
original script written by TG4’s Cillian O’ Donnachadha, (Glas
Vegas, Seacht, Ros Na Run) an extract of this
piece was the hit of the 2009 DIGTF Winter Festival Theatre Shorts.
‘Sharon Sexton’s uncanny resemblance to a young Liza is striking.
But her capacity to get under the skin of her icon is her real
skill. No one in fringe theatre can convince an audience that a
superstar is plausibly playing…but having squeezed into this packed
venue, I am almost certain I saw the ‘real thing’.
Featuring the hits Mein Herr, Some People, Cabaret, Stepping Out,
New York, New York and more!
Promotional Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ges8Rx-4ink&feature=related
Friday 6th
May 2011
@ 8pm
Admission:
€20 & €16 concession
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Pat Egan Sound Ltd
presents
Vladimir &
Classical Twist
Vladimir Jablokov is
a young violin virtuoso from Bratislava, Slovakia. He arrived in
Ireland in 2004 and formed the Slovak Festival Quartet with some
friends. He has played some of Ireland’s most prestigious venues
including The Gaiety Theatre, National Concert Hall, Cork Opera
House, Marley Park and at Áras an Uachtaráin and now the Civic
Theatre. Vladimir’s main musical focus at the moment is his small
ensemble, Classical Twist, (two violins, viola, double bass,
piano & drums) and their wonderful fusion of classical music, jazz,
pop & rock. From Bach to Bowie and from Mozart to the Rolling Stones
via Lynard Skynyrd, Classical Twist puts a fresh,
contemporary spin on some of the greatest melodies ever written.
Classical Twist’s inventive and dazzling musicianship and
rhythmic arrangements are delivered with verve in an accessible and
approachable style.
Life On Mars' - David Bowie cover by Vladimir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta4UgVL272g&feature=related Thursday 5th May 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €18 & €16 concession
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Céim
Eile
Céim
Eile
Irish
Dance Theatre Festival is the brainchild of Irish
dancer
and choreographer Ronan McCormack. It features three
exciting, original productions that offer a fresh
perspective on an age old tradition Irish Dance.
Although the productions all feature Irish
step-dancing, they each, in their own unique way,
bring the audience to a place far beyond the feis!
Monday18th
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Saturday 23rd April
2011
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Puck Productions
presents Up & Over It As seen on the Late Late Show International Irish Dance superstars Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding present their electro-pop inspired, alternative Irish Dance show. It's out with the old velvet-clad, tin-whistle-blowing, diddly-idleness and in with a high-octane, multimedia leap into 2011. This is Irish Dance for the post-pop generation. Up & Over It took the Internet by storm last year with over 6 million hits on YouTube, made appearances on CNN, Good Morning America and The Rachael Ray show and amassed celebrity fans Perez Hilton, Ellen DeGeneres and even Justin Beiber. http://www.youtube.com/upandoverit#p/u/1/iANRO3I30nM Stretching the concept of Irish Dance to its limits, dancers Cleary & Harding and video artist Jonny Reed, now bring their full-length stage show to Dublin. “Get ready for another Irish Dance takeover of the world” - The Washington Post www.upandoverit.com Tuesday 19th April @ 6.30pm & 8.30pm Wednesday 20th April @ 9.00pm Thursday 21st April @ 6.30pm Friday 22nd April @ 9.00pm Saturday 23rd April @ 1pm & 8pm Admission: €20 & €15 concession Running time 1.15hrs / no interval
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Loose End Studio
Máire Clerkin presents The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer * Directed by Dan O’Connor If you thought Irish Dancers were all curly-haired cutie pies with perfect posture, meet a scowling girl from London in this outrageous antidote to “Riverdance”. Written and performed by Máire Clerkin, The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer is an uproarious yet poignant one-woman play. Amid astounding bursts of rhythm and physical theatre, this ugly-duckling-never-quite-swan recounts her experiences of sex and booze and rock and roll like only a convent educated Irish catholic girl can. The audience is brought on a hilariously candid coming-of-age journey through the pre-wig world of Irish dancing. An all-together more innocent time ... or so we thought! “Clerkin’s comic memoir of her misspent youth is one of the unexpected highlights of the Hollywood Fringe” – LA Arts Examiner * PG-13 some adult language Monday 18th April @ 8.15pm Tuesday 19th April @ 8.15pm Wednesday 20th April @ 8.45pm Thursday 21st April @ 8.15pm Friday 22nd April @ 8.45pm Saturday 23rd April @ 4.00pm & 8.15pm Admission: €16 & €12 concession Family ticket: €65 (4 person family ticket) Running time 1hrs / no interval
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Main Auditorium
Music
NOISEmoves Youth
Dance Festival
The 2011
NOISEmoves
Youth Dance Festival is bigger and better! After the huge success of
the inaugural 2010 event, this year has film screenings,
masterclasses and performances. The highlight of the
festival is the performance at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght. Young
dancers from South Dublin County bring new moves and original work
to the professional stage with invited guests.
NOISEmoves
is an initiative of the South Dublin County Council Arts Office
Dance Residency programme and is part of the networked NOISE South
Dublin Community. The youth dance festival is supported by the Arts
Council, South Dublin County Council’s Arts Office, RUA RED, South
Dublin Arts Centre and the Civic Theatre, Tallaght.
Sunday 17th
April 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €5
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Tall Tales Theatre Company &
Solstice Arts Centre
Present
Moment
By Deirdre Kinahan.
Fresh from success at the Bush
Theatre in London, Moment is a thrilling new play by one
of Ireland’s most celebrated new playwrights. On a
seemingly ordinary evening an Irish family sit down to tea. The
difference tonight is that Nial is home – back from prison
having committed a dark crime many years earlier - with some
news to share and a conscience to clear. Fast, witty and
frighteningly real, Moment takes you on a journey through
trauma wrapped up in tablecloths and teacake.
'very accomplished writing,
remarkably strong performances. Deirdre Kinahan takes the theme
head on, she is wonderfully funny and Moment is
definitely one to go to'. RTE Arena
Tuesday 12th –
Saturday 16th April 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Super Saver – All tickets €10 Wednesday 13th
April
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Play on Words presents
O’Sullivan Beara – The Last
Gaelic Chieftain
Written and performed by Aidan
Dooley
From the same company who
produced Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer, Aidan Dooley
returns with the Irish touring premiere of his new one man show.
O’Sullivan Beara - The last
Gaelic Chieftain is the last Rebel left standing against the
Crown after the Battle of Kinsale. Using Celtic myths, an
original score and brilliant storytelling, Aidan tells the true
tale of how this heroic leader of the Beara people tried
valiantly to save his clan from the vicious onslaught of the
angry Tudor Queen intent on ensuring Ireland would never aid the
Spanish again.
‘unmissable’.. Irish Examiner.
Tuesday 5th –
Saturday 9th April 2011 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Super Saver –
All tickets €10 Tuesday 5th April
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Loose End Studio
Institute of Technology
Tallaght Drama Society presents
The Importance of being
Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Set in the 19th century; two
young women share a fascination for the name Earnest and the man
who supposedly bears it. The only issue is Earnest is a
fabrication of a certain Jack’s escapades. Meanwhile in order to
cement his relationship with the object of his affection, Jack
must face up to his apparent double life, obtain approval of a
high-handed in-law, control tantrums of his meddling friend and
convince his sweetheart to stay in love albeit his name is not
Earnest. This insightful period comedy is full of wit, banter
and of course great craic!
Monday 4th, Tuesday
5th, Thursday 7th & Friday 8th
April 2011 @ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Loose End
F-troupe presents
their new play
Faith
Written by James
Butler
Bernie struggles with
her faith and is displeased with the feckless attitude of her only
son, Joey. Her brother Banjo is no beacon of light to her either.
Just as well she doesn't know that there are two Marys pregnant and
it's not even close to Christmas.
Tuesday 29th
March – Friday 2nd April
2011
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10
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Main Auditorium
National Dance Company Wales
Present
By Singing Light &
Quixoteland
These ravishing and entrancing new commissions from two
international choreographers at the top of their game created with
National Dance Company Wales.
By Singing Light
Marking his choreographic debut with the Company, American
choreographer Stephen Petronio’s gorgeous By Singing Light is
inspired by the beautiful poetry of Dylan Thomas with an exquisite,
original score from fellow New Yorker Son Lux, incorporating
traditional Welsh music by Mansel Thomas.
Quixoteland
Gustavo Ramírez Sansano has created a
character-filled new dance that is based on the glorious Minkus’
ballet score for Don Quixote from the physicality of
the dance to the beautiful set, the Spaniard delights with a visual
feast.
“Hippest of New York’s modern-dance
choreographers” New York Times
on Stephen Petronio
“If you only see one dance show in your life, see
this” Western Mail
Tuesday 29th March
2011 @
8pm
Admission: €20 & €16
concession
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Main Auditorium
Five Lamps Theatre Company presents
Dear Frankie
By Niamh Gleeson
For over twenty years Ireland tuned in,
as Frankie Byrne solved the problems of a nation at lunchtime on
Radio Éireann. Lovelorn teenagers, jealous husbands, concerned
mammies, all wrote in looking for answers to their problems. Dear
Frankie is the bittersweet story of Ireland’s iconic agony aunt,
tracing the life of this glamorous, successful and popular Irish
figure as she considers the burning social issues of the time - and
all the while, concealing deep sorrows in her own life. Funny,
astonishing and moving, with a three-strong cast, and the wonderful
Nuala Hayes in the title role.
Monday 21st – Saturday 26th March
2011
@ 8pm
Matinee Saturday 26th March @ 3pm - Matinee all tickets
€10
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
Monday night sold out
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Impressions of Vincent in the Blessed Twilight
A kaleidoscopic
presentation inspired by the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh; his
torment, his genius and his vision as interpreted by author Neville
Carlyle Style. First presented in Dublin 22 years ago, this revival
is directed by Simon Manahan. Exuberant, emotional and ultimately
devastating.
Wednesday 16th – Saturday 26th
March
2011 @ 8.15pm
No
performance on Thursday 17th or Sunday 20th March
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Luke Kelly Tribute
On 30th
January 1984 it is said that the whole of Ireland grieved at the
early death of
Luke Kelly. He has left an
indelible mark as the greatest folk artist of the 20th century. In
October 2001 a band formed to pay tribute to the king of balladeers
in a show entitled A Tribute to Luke Kelly. It was launched
in Dublin’s Hotpress HQ before an audience which included Luke’s
siblings and relations and proved to be such a success that the band
was booked for a three month residency at the Olympia Theatre. The
band has since amazed audiences with powerful performances in
prominent venues. Lead singer Chris Cavanaugh bears a remarkable
resemblance to Luke while his singing talent captures the depth and
passion of the great man. He is joined on stage by accomplished
musicians who all consider it an honour to bring Luke’s music back
to the live stage. This is a concert not to be missed!
Chris' first album of original material entitled ‘Voice of the
People’ will be available at these concerts.
Friday 18th – Saturday 19th March
2011
@ 8 pm
Admission: €15
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Main Auditorium It’s a Funny Old World with Brendan Grace It's a funny old world when seen through the eyes of Brendan Grace. The sanctimonious priest who knows more than he's telling: ''Blessed is he who gets married in the nick of time''. The father of the bride makes a speech at his daughter’s wedding: ''She could have married someone with money; she could have married someone who was working. She could have married someone who wasn't working but was willing to work.” Then there's the schoolboy with the unspeakable personal habits and a fine line in sympathy pleas. Brendan Grace is all of these and more. Each cock-eyed portrait he paints has a ring of truth that brings audiences to the point of apoplexy. Brendan's material owes more to the best of the traditional stand-up comics than it does to modern alternative humour and his show is very much a show for all the family. There is sincerity about his act that endears him to you, and his off-stage persona is very much a 'man of the people' as he makes himself available after each show for a photo and a 'meet and greet'. Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th March 2011 @ 8pm Admission: €30
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Masks and Faces
Colley Cibber was
such a well-known figure that he appears alongside other figures of
the day in this charming sentimental comedy about Restoration
theatrical and literary figures.
Tuesday 8th – Saturday 12th March
2011
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Gúna Nua presents
Shakespeare in
Rehearsal
From multi-award
winning theatre company Gúna Nua and award-winning director Liam
Halligan comes an innovative and interactive event for secondary
school students.
Liam Halligan, a team
of actors, and a box of costume pieces and props will replicate for
your students a rehearsal room for Shakespeare's plays. Students
will be introduced to the language structure, to character
interpretation and scene work, to the given circumstances; character
motivation, the possible social and political context, and the
challenges of the text for present day actors. Your students will
then be encouraged and facilitated to ask questions and to make
suggestions, effectively to direct the scene. The actors will take
these questions and suggestions on board and replay the scene
accordingly, to sometimes powerful and sometimes comic effect.
Engagement with your students is our principal concern. We achieve
this through performance, reminding ourselves at all times that
William Shakespeare was primarily a working professional actor and
writer.
Wednesday 9th
& Thursday 10th March 2011 @ 10am & 12.30pm
Admission: €10
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Main Auditorium
The Illegals
The Double Tribute –
Dreams of Hotel California…
The fabulous
Illegals return with their unique tribute to two of the world’s
most enduring rock bands. On top of their usual immaculate
recreation of the very best of the Eagles, the band also pays a
special tribute to those other giants of the West Coast sound –
Fleetwood Mac. The band features the vocal talents of
Ireland’s Eurovision winner from 1993, Niamh Kavanagh. Niamh was
also Ireland’s finalist at the 2010 Eurovision in Oslo and is often
described as the ‘Rolls-Royce’ of Irish vocalists. Niamh and the
band will belt out a superb set of songs including ‘Dreams’, ‘Go
Your Own Way’, ‘Rhiannon’ and a particularly rocking version of ‘The
Chain’ – the now-famous intro music for the BBC’s Formula One. All
this as well as superb renditions of all the Eagles favourites,
‘Lying Eyes’, ‘Hotel California’, ‘Desperado’, ‘I Can’t Tell You
Why’, a rousing ‘Heartache Tonight’ and others. Having
crafted their sound for almost 15 years, The Illegals serve
up a brilliant reproduction of the close harmony vocals, ringing
acoustics and punchy rock guitars that epitomise America‘s two top
bands.
Saturday 12th March
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Thomas of Woodstock
Directed by Niall Jordon
Also known as Richard
the Second, Part One, the play is a Prequel to the better-known
Richard II and is also attributed to Shakespeare. Thomas is one of
the sons of Edward III and leads a rebellion against Richard,
resulting in Thomas' assassination. Another view of the fascinating
Plantagenet dynastic conflict.
Tuesday 1st – Saturday 5th March
2011
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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TheatreCorp and Town Hall Theatre presents
The Glass Menagerie
By
Tennessee Williams
Directed by Max Hafler
“So what are we going to do with the rest of our
lives?”
Tennessee Williams’ classic play about dreams, responsibility,
memory and escape is brought to vibrant life in this new production.
One of the greatest plays ever written by an
American writer, The Glass Menagerie is based on Williams’
guilt-ridden attempt to flee his own mother in order to claim his
artistic destiny. A son longs to escape
from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the
future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
As the family works hard to survive, the mother struggles to free
herself of a dependent daughter and make her face reality, whilst
she herself uses her own fantasies of a glamorous past in the Deep
South to keep her own reality bearable. Her son meanwhile tries
desperately to keep his own dreams alive. At
the centre of the play is the enduring figure of Williams’ mother:
elusive yet seductive, nostalgic for patrician Southern life,
fascinating yet repelling.
Tuesday 1st – Saturday 5th March
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
Special Spring Saver:
all tickets €10 on Tuesday 1st March
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Richard of Bordeaux
Directed by Alan Kinsella
This intriguing
portrait of King Richard II by Gordon Daviot attempts to rescue the
king from the villainy depicted by Shakespeare and popular culture.
The other side of the coin, freed of Tudor propaganda, with many of
Shakespeare’s characters depicted quite differently.
Tuesday 22nd – Saturday 26th February
2011
@
8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Opera Theatre Company presents Don Pasquale
Directed by Annilese Miskimmon
Donizetti’s clever comedy of love and money Don Pasquale,
directed with mischief and invention by Opera Theatre Company’s
artistic director, Annilese Miskimmon (as seen in her sell-out
production of The Marriage of Figaro). Rich Don Pasquale
plans to ruin his nephew’s love-match, but money doesn’t always win
the day…..
Saturday 26th February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €28 & €25 concession
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Sex, Lies & the
KKK
By Abie Philbin
Bowman
The night Barack
Obama was elected US President, Abie Philbin Bowman exclusively
interviewed the Ku Klux Klan. “I hate the Nazis, but I'd love to
have interviewed Hitler, just as the Allied tanks rolled into
Berlin”. The creator of Jesus: The Guantanamo Years is back
to tackle Thierry Henri and homophobic marriage. Boycotted by the
DUP, taken seriously by Al Qaeda, Abie Philbin Bowman returns to
Civic direct from Los Angeles and Edinburgh. Find out why you
shouldn’t trust American condoms and why the Pope is really a Bond
villain.
“With his rapid-fire
delivery, wit and taste for paradox, he calls to mind both Swift's
Modest Proposal and Robin Williams” (LA Weekly)
“A rising
star” (TIME)
Tuesday15th
- Saturday 19th February 2011 @ 8.15pm
Admission: €14 & €11
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Main Auditorium
Mike Denver
with
Special Guests Philomena Begley and Ray Lynam.
Ireland's most popular country singer Mike Denver has once
again had a sellout nationwide tour throughout Ireland in 2010. His
2011 concert will no doubt follow a similar pattern. Mike has
already built up a huge following in his relatively short time on
the Irish circuit with 7 hit albums and 3 three best-selling DVDs.
With his excellent band and a super stage show this promises to be
the concert of the year.
His special guests include the legendary
country singer Ray Lynham, &
Philomena Begley
amongst others.
Saturday 19th February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €25
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Kevin McAleer
Kevin McAleer is
one of the original gurus of modern Irish comedy, but he is still
churning out original, cutting-edge nonsense like a headless spring
chicken. His live shows are a master class in the fine arts of comic
timing and delivery, while the new material plays relentlessly with
the jumble of words in his head, until the entire English language
collapses on the floor in hysterical laughter.
“Dizzying rocket trips of the imagination” (Evening Herald)
Friday 18th February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €18 & €16 concession
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Prior to touring Australia
The Gúna Nua/Civic
Theatre Production of
Little Gem
By Elaine Murphy
Starring Genevieve
Hulme-Beaman, Anita Reeves, Neili Conroy
Love, sex, birth,
death, dildos and salsa classes: three generations of Dublin women
on a wild and constantly surprising journey. An extraordinary year
of courage, comedy and romance in the multi-award winning hit of the
2008 Dublin Fringe Festival and the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This remarkable first
play by Dublin woman Elaine Murphy has won the Fishamble Award for
Best New Irish Play and Best Female Performance at the Dublin Fringe
Festival 2008, The BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award (The Stewart
Parker Trust) 2009, the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award 2009,
and the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Award for Best
Theatre Script 2009. The production has been nominated for Best New
Play and Anita Reeves for Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre
Awards and for Best Actress in The Stage Awards, Edinburgh.
“This is a play that,
like its characters, gurgles and giggles with life even in the face
of death. Murphy and her brilliant cast make us care about every
breath these women take, and make you want to hug them” **** (The
Guardian, Lyn Gardner)
Thursday 10th – Wednesday 16th February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Methusalem
Directed by Neville
Carlyle Style
Iwan Goll’s
expressionist play is a classic from the Weimar period in Germany
and is in turn quirky, fantastical and surreal as it explores
contemporary obsessions with money, greed, shopping, revolution and
the commodity of romance.
Tuesday 1st – Saturday 5th February
2011
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Irish Modern Dance Theatre presents
Actions
By
John Scott
Actions is the
hit dance piece which received rave reviews and wild audience
acclaim in New York, at the Internationale Tanzmesse NRW Festival in
Germany and Dublin Dance Festival. Actions is a physical
conversation between two individuals in empty space by two
outstanding male dancers. Actions 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.
“A
powerhouse duo, athletic in sneakers and drenching their sweat pants
in a sheen of sweat after extensive explosive movement sequences” (Culturebot/New
York Arts magazine)
“For sheer impact and
perfection in performance, nothing could touch the athleticism and
polished ease of …. John Scott’s Actions. Here was lean, raw
movement, a series of urgently driven lifts and falls,,,,
Actions brims with exuberance” (Seona Mac Reamoinn/Irish Theatre
Magazine)
Thursday 3rd February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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Main Auditorium
We’ve Only Just
Begun - The Carpenters Tribute
They were the
biggest-selling group of the 70s. No fewer than ten of their singles
went on to become million-sellers, and by 2005 combined worldwide
sales of albums and singles well exceeded 100 million units. Yet The
Carpenters were much more than creators of beautifully crafted and
hugely successful hit records. Within the space of just a few years
their unique and inimitable sound had brought a new dimension to the
world of popular music. We’ve Only Just Begun celebrates the
fantastic songs of The Carpenters. The sensational vocal of Kim
Dickinson has an uncanny resemblance to Karen Carpenter’s and will
take you on a musical journey through the wonderful hit songs of The
Carpenters. Authentic costumes and fully live musicianship are
trademarks of this stunning show. Join Kim Dickinson in a trip down
memory lane as we remember the music of the world’s greatest duo.
Saturday 5th February
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €17 & €15 concession
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| Youth Arts |
Tenderfoot Apprentice – noun. MEANING learner, probationer, tyro, novice, neophyte, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy/girl, novitiate, pupil, student; beginner, starter, greenhorn. TENDERFOOT. OPPOSITE veteran. In September 2010, 41 transition year students from 7 schools in South County Dublin signed on for their first day of TENDERFOOT, the Civic Theatre's apprentice theatre programme. Transition year is all about experience – new experiences and new ways of learning. Apprenticeship is all about learning by doing. TENDERFOOT offers transition year students interested in theatre an opportunity to learn about all aspects of the art of theatre in a hands-on way. The plays in the TENDERFOOT programme are written, performed, produced and designed by the students under the guidance of their tutors. TENDERFOOT tutors are all working theatre professionals. The work in this programme is the work of young theatre artists - our TENDERFEET. We hope you enjoy their first tentative steps. TENDERFOOT is funded by The Civic Theatre, South Dublin County Arts Office and The Arts Council’s Young Ensemble Scheme. Thursday 27th & Friday 28th January 2011 @ 12pm Saturday 29th January @ 3pm & 8pm Admission: €10 & €5 concession
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David O'Doherty
David
O'Doherty is the stage name of David O'Doherty- comedian, writer
and East Leinster
14s triple jump
bronze medalist. David first stepped on stage in 1998 and since
then he has toured around the world, received the if.com Award
(formerly the Perrier Award) at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, and
performed alongside comedians such as Demetri Martin, Rich Hall
and Flight of the Conchords. His plans for the next year are: 1.
write the greatest comedy show ever. 2. write the greatest
television show ever. 3. master and defeat both life AND death.
"A tiny keyboard and a great talent". (The List, Edinburgh)
Friday
21st
January
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €16
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Main Auditorium
South Dublin County Arts Office presents
Noise: Battle of the Bands Final
Noise Battle of the Bands
Final will present the finalists chosen in the three
November heats. The competition is sponsored for young musicians
ages 15 – 25 by South Dublin County Council to provide a chance
for them to win 5 days studio time in Contact Studio. The
winners will have their own CD recorded in this high quality
studio. This
year’s Noise judges represent some great names in radio,
music and reviewing with competition judges being Paul McLoone,
Catherine Dowling and Chris Wasser
Sunday 9th January
2011
@ 8pm
Admission: €5
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| Christmas |
Ulster Theatre
Company present
Scrooge’s
Christmas
Directed by
Michael Poynor
This Christmas we
have a boisterously funny and energetic Christmas Pantomime to
delight all ages with the classic story of the meanest miser of
them all – Ebenezer Scrooge!
In Scrooge's
Christmas you will see Victorian London in all her winter finery
as Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by his cheeky
nephew Fred, with the help of a trio of hilarious ghosts, a Dame
no pantomime should be without, and a host of colourful
characters Dickens might have written if he’d had a lot less
shame.
The laughter is
infectious, the songs…..ridiculous, and the production is
choc-a-bloc with every stage trick in the book. You’ll laugh,
you’ll cry, you’ll have another mince pie as Scrooge’s Christmas
gets the holiday season off to a perfect start.
Scrooge's
Christmas is being staged by the Ulster Theatre Company who
previously presented Sleeping Beauty in 2008. The company is
well known for being the producers of the best of seasonal
entertainment in Ireland for more than two decades.
Tuesday
14th - Sunday 2nd January 2011
Admission: Family
€65 (4 persons), Adults
€20, Concessions €16
Performance Schedule
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| Comedy |
Main Auditorium
Lisa Richards comedy
presents PJ Gallagher SOLD OUT PJ Gallagher has become one of Ireland’s best-loved comedians. He has played sold out shows throughout Ireland and at the biggest and best comedy festivals that the country has to offer including Kilkenny Cat Laughs and The Carlsberg Comedy Carnival. He has been an almost permanent fixture on Irish television since Naked Camera arrived to RTE in 2005 and since then he has gone on to make his own series Makin' Jake, in the USA. Recently he made a documentary, Back in the Saddle, all about his exploits and adventures in his other passion of motorbike racing. He is still racing and hopes to one day make it to the Manx TT. On 2FM, PJ has become a regular contributor to the Colm Hayes Breakfast Show where he can still pretend to be other people and characters, without having to show his face or get caught out! Since releasing his second stand up DVD, Just Jokes, with Universal in 2009 PJ has been working on his next TV projects: a new comedy series and a second documentary on Irish Travellers. “For a man who ambushes people as they go about their everyday business, makes them uncomfortable and mines their embarrassment for laughs, there is something strangely appropriate about PJ Gallagher’s route into comedy.” (The Sunday Times Culture Magazine) Thursday 30th December 2010 @ 9.30pm Admission: €20
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Loose
End Bull Alley presents Richard II Directed by Gerard Lee One of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays, it deals with the manipulations and flaws of a hedonistic Richard II, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland. The play reflects the dark perspective of the Elizabethan vision and had fascinated critics down through the centuries, with King Richard’s deeply poetic and metaphysical musings on the nature of kingship and identity. Tuesday 14th – Saturday 18th December 2010 @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession |
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Loose End
Bull Alley presents
Edward III
Directed by Una Kavanagh
Continuing Bull Alley’s series of Royal Blood plays, dealing
with the intrigues, romances and wars of the medieval Edward
III, King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine
against Scotland and France. This 1596 play, attributed to a
collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, contains
several direct quotes from the Sonnets and is seldom performed.
An Irish premiere that has waited for 414 years!
Thursday 9th– Saturday 11th
December
2010
@ 8.15pm
Saturday 11th December @ 3pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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| Music |
Main Auditorium
Dublin Gospel Choir
‘Doing
Their Thing’
Not too
many acts can boast of collaborations with music industry
heavyweights such as Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, John Legend,
Damien Rice, and The Chieftains. But that is exactly what the
Dublin Gospel Choir has achieved over the last few years,
aside from releasing their own records and playing to many
thousands of people during their busy touring schedule. From
their modest beginnings as a local school choir in Dublin’s
inner city 15 years ago, they have become a household name in
Ireland, playing a host of concerts each year, plus a large
number of festivals, including their annual slot at Ireland’s
internationally-acclaimed boutique festival Electric Picnic (at
which they played the Main Stage again in 2010) and a pre-match
performance to a sell-out 82,000 crowd at one of Ireland’s
largest arenas - Croke Park.
The Dublin Gospel Choir
made history in November 2009 by becoming the first gospel
artist to break into the Top 30 in the Irish album charts. This
was helped by the fact that their single ‘Liberty Bell’ became a
favourite on Irish radio, and was duly followed by another radio
hit – their version of the classic ‘Ain’t No Mountain High
Enough’.
“A must-see – who’d have thought gospel
would be this cool?” (Irish Times)
“Gladdens the heart and brings a smile
to the face……Uplifting stuff” (Hot Press)
“Ireland’s foremost gospel musicians”
(Metro)
Friday 10th & Saturday 11th
December
2010
@ 8pm
Admission: €20
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Loose
End Bull Alley presents Tales From The Vienna Woods Directed by Katherine Murphy
Set in the Vienna Woods in the early thirties, it tells the
fate of a naive young woman who breaks off her reluctant
engagement with a butcher after falling in love with a fop,
who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love.
Utilising a panorama of characters, playwright Von Horvath
is a master of subtlety in the social self-obsession which
preceded the fascist take-over.
Monday
6th December 2010 @ 8.15pm
Tuesday
7th December 2010 @ 3pm & 8.15pm
Admission: €10 & €7 concession
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Main Auditorium
Ballet
Ireland presents
Romeo and Juliet
In a new production
choreographed by Morgann Runacre-Temple
Music by Prokofiev
Shakespeare’s tale of the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and
Juliet, is one of the greatest love stories of all time.
Against a backdrop of ancient feuds and gang warfare, the
ill-fated young couple falls instantly and hopelessly in love.
But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be
together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything...
Romeo and Juliet is a
dazzling combination of passion and hatred, comedy and high
tragedy, making it the perfect vehicle for the talents of
choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple who delighted audiences
last year with her adaptation of Cinderella. Don’t miss
this innovative and exciting new production of Romeo and
Juliet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9yhswwm1Nc
Thursday 2nd – Saturday 4th
December
2010
@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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Loose
End Bull Alley presents Tales From The Vienna Woods Directed by Katherine Murphy
Set in the Vienna Woods in the early thirties, it tells the
fate of a naive young woman who breaks off her reluctant
engagement with a butcher after falling in love with a fop,
who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love.
Utilising a panorama of characters, playwright Von Horvath
is a master of subtlety in the social self-obsession which
preceded the fascist take-over.
Saturday 4th December
2010
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| Opera |
Main Auditorium
Opera Theatre
Company presents
All you
wanted to know about Opera
An Evening of Opera
Arias
Join Opera Theatre Company's
talented Young Associate Artists for a glorious evening of opera
favourites. OTC’s talented young singers lead the audience
through a whirlwind tour of much loved arias, duets and trios.
The Civic Theatre is the intimate location for this lighthearted
evening crammed full of villains, heroines, true love and
thwarted romance. OTC's Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon
will be there to share trade secrets… All you ever wanted to
know about Opera will bring you the stories behind the plots,
secret love-lives of the composers and backstage dramas. An
evening of fun and wonderful music with Ireland's top young
singers awaits opera buffs and first time opera-goers alike!
Designed to bridge the gap between third-level education and the
professional opera world, OTC’s Young Associate Artists’
Programme fosters the careers of young Irish singers right up to
the highest international standards.
Prepare to be treated to a
delightful musical experience, taking in everything from Lieder
to Puccini, Mozart to popular song.
Tuesday 30th
November
2010
@ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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| Drama |
Drama
Gary Power Productions present
Shirley Valentine
By Willy Russell
Starring Lynda Gough
Shirley is a middle-aged
Liverpool housewife, who finds herself wondering what happened
to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what
she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. Her
hope and self-confidence badly shattered by school, marriage and
life, she is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall whilst
preparing her husband's evening meal but when her best friend
wins an all expenses paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley
begins to see the world in a different light. As she sips a
glass of wine she dreams of drinking in a country where the
grape is grown. With great trepidation and a lot of forward
planning, Shirley, breaking out of the mould cast for her by
society, is brilliantly shown with humour, warmth, sympathy and
human insight.
Tuesday 23rd
– Saturday 27th November 2010 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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| Music |
Loose End
Studio
Louis Stewart &
Friends
World renowned master
jazz guitarist Louis Stewart
Louis has worked with many great musicians such as Benny
Goodman, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Bill Charlap, Joe Williams, bebop
legend J.J Johnson, Red Mitchell, and 10 records as featured soloist
with genius orchestral arranger Robert Farnon. More recently, he has
been associated with one of the world’s greatest rhythm sections –
Peter Washington and Lewis Nash -, with whom he has worked for a
weeklong engagement at the fabled “Village Vanguard,” New York’s
most prestigious jazz club.
Friday 26th November
2010
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
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Des
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My Dad Was Nearly James Bond Following a massively successful international tour, Des Bishop makes his highly anticipated return to Ireland. Inspired by his father’s recent diagnosis of lung cancer, Des’s latest critically acclaimed show My Dad Was Nearly James Bond tells of a remarkable life tinged with regret. In championing the real heroics of fatherhood, Des challenges many common regrets and the ridiculous ideals of manhood that real, un-slick men try to live up to. The innate inspiration and dexterity behind this show guarantees an unforgettable and touching comedy experience. “Edgy material...snappy, never sappy...Bishop has judged this one beautifully.” The Age, Australia “Charismatic, sincere, eloquent and always seeking the angle.” Chortle, UK Tuesday 16th – Saturday 20th November 2010 @ 8pm Admission: €20 Tues - Thurs, €25 Fri & Sat Main Auditorium
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Harold’s Cross/Tallaght Musical Society Present
Me & My Girl
Directed by Pat McElwain
Musical Direction by Dermot O
Callaghan
Choreographed by Joe Conlan
The show revolves around an
unapologetically unrefined cockney gentleman named Bill who
learns that he is the heir to the Earl of Hareford. However, he
will only receive his inheritance if Sir John and the Duchess
approve of him. The Duchess feels that with a little grooming,
Bill will be suitable to inherit the title – and the money.
However, she insists that Bill break up with his cockney
girlfriend, Sally. Bill refuses to accept the title if he cannot
keep Sally as his girl. Eventually, Sally is groomed to become
more lady-like. Thus, Bill is allowed to inherit the title and
keep his girl.
Featuring the classic songs “Me
& My Girl”, “Leaning on a Lamppost”, “The Sun Has Got His Hat
On” & “The Lambeth Walk”.
Tuesday 9th –
Saturday 13th November 2010 @ 8pm
Matinee Saturday 13th
November 2010 @ 3pm
Admission: €20. Matinee tickets €12
Main
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| Drama |
Bottom Dog Theatre Company presents
Language Unbecoming a Lady
Starring Myles Breen
In a
dressing room an ageing drag queen reveals his life and loves,
victories and defeats. Exploring the themes of identity, love
found and love lost, and using the music of Judy Garland, Barbra
Streisand, Billie Holiday and more, this is the story of one gay
man’s life. From his childhood through adolescence and onto
adulthood, the one constant in his life is the music of the
divas that provide comfort, strength and inspiration. A funny
and touching portrait of gay life in Ireland over the last 40
years. This show contains some adult content and some strong language. Tuesday 9th – Saturday 13th November 2010 @ 8.15pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Loose End Studio
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The T Factor Talent Show After the success of last year’s T Factor show, our local Traveller community is back with even more talent to wow the judges. The T Factor Talent Show is hosted by the Traveller community and supported by the Arts Office, Social Inclusion Unit and the Traveller Accommodation Unit of South Dublin County Council. Sunday 14th November 2010 @ 8pm Admission: €10 Main Auditorium
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Fishamble: The New
Play Company presents
Big Ole
Piece of Cake
By Sean McLoughlin
“All my life I've
wanted a son! And now here I am with two of them! I'll drink to
that!”
Dublin lads Colin
and Ray are out of luck, out of work, out of grub and nearly out
of fags. On a whim lonely ex-teacher Clarence invites the two
brothers back to his cottage in Wicklow. Through the course of
one electric evening, the unlikely trio play happy families over
naggins and history lessons, but when push comes to shove,
Clarence gets a lot more than he bargained for.
Step inside for a
comic and quirky evening of roast chicken, yellow snorkel
jackets and Stevie Wonder. Following the success of the
award-winning Noah and the Tower Flower (The Irish Times
Best New Play Award, Stewart Parker Trust Award), director Jim
Culleton and Sean McLoughlin are reunited for this much
anticipated, sparky second play.
Running time 80
minutes with no interval. This show contains strong language.
Preview
Monday 1st November 2010
@ 8pm, all tickets
€15
Tuesday 2nd
– Saturday 6th November @
8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
The New Theatre, Dublin presents
The Quare Fellow
By Brendan Behan
Directed by Ronan Wilmot
This autumn
the New Theatre, Dublin pays homage to all those courageous and
innovative people at The Pike Theatre by relooking at and
re-energising the huge canvas-which is The Quare Fellow, set
in Mountjoy Jail on the day and night before the unnamed Quare
Fellow is to be hanged for murdering his brother.
The play
had a huge impact on its premiere at The Pike Theatre, but Ireland
of the 1950s was not ready or mature enough to embrace a working
class Republican playwright writing about hanging, which was still a
judicial sentence in Ireland at that time. Alan Simpson and
Carolyn Swift were unable to transfer the show to one of the bigger
Dublin theatres and it was not until Joan Littlewood directed the
show in 1956 in her theatre, The Theatre Royal, Stratford East,
London and the critical reaction from the English press and its
subsequent transfer to the West End for a six month run, that
Ireland and the world woke up to the genius of Brendan Behan.
Kenneth
Tynan, the famous theatre critic with The Observer wrote “It seems
to be Ireland’s function every twenty years or so, to provide a
playwright who will kick English Drama from the past into the
present. Brendan Behan may well fill the place vacated by Sean
O’Casey.”
Tuesday 26th – Saturday
30th October 2010 @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16
concession
Main Auditorium
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| Music |
Chris Kavanagh and The Patriots
present
The Legend of Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly will always be
remembered by the vast majority of Irish musicians as the
greatest Irish folk singer/artist of the 20th century, if not of
all time. His voice was as powerful as it was unique. He died a
young man in January 1984, so much singing still to do. Luke
Kelly is a legend and will not be forgotten and is remembered by
Chris Kavanagh and The Patriots who bring a taste of Luke Kelly
back into people’s lives. Along with their own music, which is
greatly influenced by the late great man, this is a show not to
be missed
Friday 22nd October 2010 @ 8pm
Admission: €15
Main
Auditorium
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| Music |
Johnny
Duhan will perform
The Voyage
Johnny Duhan's songs are sung
all over the world in a variety of languages, thanks to the
focus put on them by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, The Irish
Tenors, Mary Black and hosts of other Irish and international
singers. Recently Johnny has taken to the stage in a series of
one man shows based on his lyrical autobiography To the Light.
After the success of Just Another Town and To The
Light in 2008 and 2009, The Voyage deals with family
matters and family history, taking its inspiration from both the
family Johnny grew up in and the family he helped form. It is
not a sentimental or nostalgic portrait, but one that shows up
the cracks and strains of marriage, as well as the joys of
family life.
Friday 22nd
October 2010
@ 8.15pm
Admission: €20
Loose End Studio
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The Sixties Experience The music we love and play today was born in backrooms and garages. The people who wrote these songs worked mundane jobs in factories and shops. But on Friday night things changed. In dance halls in every city and town a new musical era was born. This is The Sixties Experience. This year Cliff & The Shadows celebrate 51 years in show business, and the songs and instrumentals sound as good today as they did 50 years ago. The Beatles are still at the top after so many years. Bands such as the Rolling Stones and The Who still occupy a happy place in people’s hearts. Also remembered are bands and artists from across the pond – Elvis Presley, The Drifters, Ben E King, Otis Redding, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, among others. The Sixties Experience brings you the energetic stage presence of so many 60s icons for the 21st century. Saturday 23rd October 2010 @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
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Rebecca Storm
This autumn
Rebecca Storm will undertake a Greatest Hits nationwide tour
with her band, playing all the most memorable songs from her
career to date including “Tell Me It’s Not True” & “Marilyn
Munro” from Blood Brothers, “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
from Evita and “Woman In Love” & “You Don’t Bring Me
Flowers” from The Streisand Songbook along with songs
from Evita, Cats, Chess and many more.
Don’t miss this unforgettable concert with the leading lady of
Irish musical theatre.
Thursday 21st October 2010 @ 8pm
Admission: €32 & €27 concession
Main
Auditorium
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The
Fureys and Davey Arthur
The popular
entertainers, The Fureys & Davey Arthur make their 6th visit to
the Civic Theatre. As they have been entertaining people all
over the world for 32 years with their music, songs and stories,
there is nothing we can say about these legends of Irish music
that people don’t already know - just don’t miss this concert so
you can hear them sing all their hits including ‘I Will Love
You’, ‘When You Were Sweet 16’, ‘The Green Fields of France’,
‘The Old Man’, ‘Red Rose Café’, ‘From Clare to Here’, ‘Her
Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal Away’
etc. Early booking advised.
Friday 15th
October 2010
@ 8pm
Admission: €25 & €22.50
concession
Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
Pandora Play Productions
present
An Evening of 2 Plays
By Barry McKinley
Elysium
Nevada
(nominated as Best New Play at
2010 Irish Times Theatre Awards) Elysium
Nevada is a retirement home on the edge of the desert, not far
from Las Vegas. Two grumpy old men sit and gaze at the desert as
they reflect on their lives and times. They wonder about the
mysterious woman asleep nearby. With her awakening the play
dramatically changes course and surprising new truths are
revealed giving a poignant insight into their lives and a
fascinating conclusion.
Lost City
A reclusive
middle-aged man fantasises in his work shed about being an
explorer searching for the lost city of the Incas, while he
plans a special revenge on his violent father who has dominated
and damaged his life.
Monday 11th –
Saturday 16th October 2010 @ 8.15pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Loose End Studio
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| Medium & Clairvoyant |
Medium & Clairvoyant
Lydia Lyne
Lydia Lyne returns to the Civic
Theatre after her successful show last year. Lydia`s work as a
medium, healer and psychic surgeon has taken her all over the
world, helping people in India, Germany, France, Ireland and the
UK. Her reputation, cultivated from the accuracy of her readings
and demonstrations, has gained her a worldwide following, and
many people believe her remarkable gifts will see her becoming
the next Doris Stokes. Suitable for over 16s only.
Thursday 14th
October @ 8pm
Admission: €18 &
€15 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
Beezneez
Theatre Company presents
Tuesdays with Morrie
Based on the multimillion
best-selling book by Mitch Albom
Directed by John McDwyer
This beautiful play tells the
story of a professor and a student who meet after sixteen years
when the student Mitch discovers that his much-loved tutor
Morrie is suffering from a terminal illness. They begin to spend
Tuesdays together and Mitch learns the lessons of life and death
from Morrie. Featuring Michael Roper and Pat Feeley, Tuesdays
with Morrie is a warm, funny, compassionate piece of
theatre. Don’t miss this wonderful production from Beezneez.
Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th
October @ 8pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Opera |
Opera Theatre Company presents
The Diary of Anne Frank
By Grigory Frid
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. 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.
Sung in English, by Ani
Maldjian the opera communicates Anne Frank’s powerful optimism
and unbending will to live. The focus is on her 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 resilient hopes for freedom – all 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. With Andrew Synnott conducting
Opera Theatre Company’s eight-piece chamber orchestra and with
direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon, this
compelling production should not be missed.
Saturday 9th
October @ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €20 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Music |
Sandy Kelly in Patsy Cline:
The Concert
Patsy Cline: The Concert features
the star of the original West End production, Sandy Kelly, and
her musicians in a non-stop evening of hits, including all of
Patsy Cline's biggest hits such as “Crazy”, “I Fall To Pieces”,
“Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “Your Cheatin' Heart”, “After
Midnight”, “Sweet Dreams”, “San Antone Rose” and many, many
more. One of Sandy’s biggest successes in her glittering career
to date has been the lead role in the Musical Tribute to
Patsy Cline which toured Britain for a record 37 weeks
before opening in London’s West End. Sandy made over 500
appearances in this show before moving on to writing and
directing her own Patsy Cline tribute show Patsy Cline: The
Concert which has been a phenomenal success. Sandy released
a Greatest Hits CD, The Best of Sandy Kelly, in 2009
which contains some of Sandy’s finest work from her enduring and
magical musical journey. The 22 track album has many of Sandy’s
hit songs through the years and features some wonderful duets
with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline and Glen Campbell.
“It was my pleasure to sing
with my favourite female artist, Sandy Kelly. In America she
has been Ireland’s greatest ambassador. She won the hearts of
everyone who saw her. I am honoured to be included as one of
the guest artists on her album”.
Johnny Cash
Sunday 10th October
@ 8pm
Admission: €25 & €22.50 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Comedy |
Interactive Theatre Australia,
in association with Ten42 productions presents
Faulty Towers - The Dining
Experience
Faulty Towers ….The Dining Experience, where the audience come to dinner as if they were coming to dinner at the infamous Fawlty Towers Hotel. During the course of the evening they will chat with their companions, be entertained by Basil, Sybil and Manuel and eat a fabulous 3-course dinner. Basil will meet the audience in the bar/foyer area from whence the evening’s entertainment will commence. Throughout the evening the three actors will move between the tables having private jokes with some of the guests, encouraging them to chat among themselves, as they would do at a regular hotel and drawing out the “wise guys” who can handle a bit of repartee. Between courses Basil, Sybil and Manuel will enact scenes from the series after which they will return to “serving the customers” and engaging in a more intimate way with the different parties. Acclaimed both nationally and internationally this interactive comedy dining experience is a must-see for fans of all ages - just don't mention the war! Tables seat groups of 8 Monday 27th September – Saturday 2nd October @ 8pm Admission: €42 Mon – Wed & €45 Thurs – Sat Main Auditorium |
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Bull Alley presents Major Barbara By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Alan Kinsella Major Barbara works tirelessly for the poor at a Salvation Army shelter until a large donation is received from her estranged father, a millionaire weapons manufacturer. But when she visits the factory itself, the well-fed workers in their thriving model town make a devastating case for arms trade profits and a whole new set of morals and ideals. "Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done." This great ironic comedy by Bernard Shaw speaks to us today with even more chilling urgency than it did at its 1905 premiere. Tuesday 28th September – Saturday 2nd October @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession Loose End Studio |
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| School Shows |
The Ark in association with
Theatre Lovett
The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly by Finegan Kruckemeyer Directed by Lynne ParkerPerformer Louis Lovett Set Design Paul O'Mahoney Lighting Design Sinéad Wallace Costume Design Joan O'Clery Sound and Music Design Carl Kennedy Producer Muireann Ahern Presented as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival ReViewed – a showcase of successful Irish productions restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute. Sometimes it takes a girl sized human to solve an adult sized problem. Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all the while Peggy sings with the voice of an angel – a grossly unfortunate angel, who can’t sing at all. But one day work stops working, and the jobs stop coming, and Peggy steps outside to find Winter has arrived… and everyone in her city gone! As Peggy desperately tries to save the day, the audience is led on an untamed adventure that crosses snowy lands and wild seas. Through one plucky little girl, we learn about love, loss, the reassurance of goats, and the courage to sing gloriously on or off-key. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the combined, celebrated talents of director Lynne Parker, performer Louis Lovett and playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. Age 7+ Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th October @ 11am Admission: €10 Main Auditorium |
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| Drama |
Civic Theatre and
Gúna Nua presents
Chicane
By Anthony Brophy
Directed by Paul
Meade
Cast: Barry
Barnes, Emmet Kirwan and Jane McGrath
From the
award-winning company 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. A fast-paced gripping comedy/thriller with more
twists and turns than a rollercoaster, Chicane will keep
you on the edge of your seat and entertain you like no other
play.
“The most
successful Irish theatre company of the moment.” –
Irish Independent
“One of Ireland’s
most original, even radical companies.” –
Sunday Tribune
Special Preview –
Saturday 4th September @ 8pm
Admission: €15
Tuesday 21st – Saturday 25th
September @ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18 concession
Main Auditorium
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| Music |
Niamh
Kavanagh and her band
Eurovision Song
Contest Winner 1993 – Eurovision Song Contest Finalist 2010
Back at the Civic
Theatre with her brilliant blend of rock, soul and rhythm and
blues, Niamh sings her Eurovision hits and tracks from her
successful albums along with some of her own favourites – all in
that unique and powerful voice that Commitments’ director
Alan Parker just “had to have” in his seminal film.
Described as the
“Rolls Royce” of Irish singers, Niamh Kavanagh has twice
represented Ireland at the Eurovision song contest – on each
occasion collecting the maximum points from the Irish vote at
the Eurosong stage – and was the voice behind three of the
biggest hits from The Commitments.
Niamh’s easy-going nature and
sense of fun added to the quality of her voice makes this a
really special night.
Sunday 26th September @ 8pm
Admission: €22 & €18
concession
Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
Bedrock Productions, Civic Theatre and Project Arts Centre present The Colleen Bawn By Dion Boucicault Directed by Jimmy Fay Cast: Karen Ardiff, Liz Fitzgibbon, Michael Glen Murphy, Will Irvine, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Charlie Murphy, Ciaran Taylor 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 summer the 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) Monday 6th - Saturday 18th September @ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession Main Auditorium Click here to find a see all tour dates |
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| Drama |
Mend & Makedo present
Breathless
Written and directed by John
MacKenna
From the writer of Who by
Fire and Corner Boys, Breathless is a
powerful, beautifully written and hugely relevant play. On a
summer morning four women meet on a roadside. None of them has
ever met before but they share one thing – each is missing,
presumed dead. Inspired by events in the Irish midlands, Breathless is
by turns funny, compelling and desperately sad. It’s a story of
love, longing and survival.
Tuesday 7th – Saturday 11th
September @ 8.15pm
Admission: €20 & €16 concession
Loose End Studio
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| Ballet Workshops |
Ballet Ireland Annual Summer School 2010
The Emperor of China and the Nightingale
Celebrating the tenth
anniversary of the summer school programme.
This year Ballet Ireland Annual Summer School 2010 will explore
the beautiful story of a small brown bird that saves an
emperor’s life and reveals the snobberies and artificialities of
court life. Over time, the emperor grows ill, and though he owns
everything, the fawning court can find no cure. The song of the
nightingale could save him, but the bird has flown the nest...
The Summer School always
emphasized the importance of all the component parts that make
up ballet; music, drama, mime and painting as well as the dance.
Each year participants have used all of their creative abilities
to suggest character, maybe a fan or a hat, sometimes ears or
beaks, which is something being developed even further this
year.
The Summer School will comprise
daily workshops, centered in dance and led by four professional
dancers from Ballet Ireland’s core company. An additional
element this year will be a second series of workshops, centered
in arts and crafts, led by two professional creative artists.
During these workshops, participants will create masks and
head-dresses and properties, and these will be incorporated into
the performance held onstage on Friday 23rd July.
Each day of the Summer School
will have a two-hour dance workshop and a two-hour crafts
workshop. Also a supervised lunch break is arranged, during
which all participants can get to know each other better. This
year the Summer School is twice as long and twice the quantities
of inspiration, joy and laughter are guaranteed. And of course,
the highlight of the week at The Civic, our annual Summer School
performance.
Ballet Ireland Annual Summer
School 2010 looks forward to welcoming back many students from
past years and collaborating with them on dancing and designing
the ballet of The Emperor of China and the Nightingale over five
full days filled to the brim with fun and inspiration.
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| Drama @ Rathfarnham Castle |
Please
note that this performance is presented at Rathfarnham Castle -
Tickets can be purchased from the
Civic
Theatre Box Office & can be collected at Rathfarnham Castle on
the day of the performance
The Performance
Corporation presents
Slattery’s Sago Saga
Adapted by Arthur
Riordan
from the unfinished
novel by Flann O’Brien
Directed by Jo
Mangan.
Cast: Malcolm Adams,
Clare Barrett, Darragh Kelly, Lisa Lambe and Louis Lovett.
Tim Hartigan
enjoys a quiet life as general dogsbody of Poguemahone Hall. But
his peaceful existence has been shattered by the arrival of a
Scotch woman with a ridiculously evil plan. And just round the
corner, utter confusion awaits in the shape of a
politically-correct Leprechaun, a beautiful typist and a tycoon
T.D. bent on bankrupting the country.
The Performance
Corporation is proud to present the world premiere of Slattery’s
Sago Saga. Flann O’Brien’s unfinished comic masterpiece is
wonderfully brought to life by Arthur Riordan - writer of
award-winning international hit Improbable Frequency.
One part carnival,
one part surreal satire on modern Ireland, Slattery’s Sago Saga
takes you on an unforgettable theatrical promenade through
historic Rathfarnham Castle. This is a theatrical event you
won’t want to miss.
Presented as part of
the Rathfarnham Castle Arts series and supported by The Civic
Theatre, Tallaght.
The Performance Corporation are the resident
theatre company at Castletown House and are supported in their
work by The Arts Council, Kildare County Council and OPW.
Friday 16th – Sunday
25th July @ 7.30pm,
no performance on
Monday 19th July
Matinees Saturdays
17th and 24th July and Sundays 18th and 25th July @ 3pm
Admission: €18 & €15
concessions
Rathfarnham Castle
We regret there is no
wheelchair access to Rathfarnham Castle.
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| Drama |
axis: Ballymun presents The Parting Glass by Dermot Bolger directed by Mark O’ Brien Starring Ray Yeates
Shot through with caustic wit and sharp home truths, The Parting Glass is an examination of Ireland over the past two decades and Thierry Henry's left hand!
In 1990 Dermot Bolger’s play In High Germany astutely and angrily captured the mood of a pre-Celtic Tiger generation forced to emigrate due to economic necessity. It used the motif of soccer and the story of the Irish team’s success in Euro ‘88 to tell the life stories of three friends up to the point where they emigrate from an Ireland on the edge of financial collapse. Now, more than twenty years later, Eoin is re-united with old friends in Stade de France on Nov 18th 2009 for the World Cup play-off.
The Parting Glass is an odyssey through the Ireland that emerged in Eoin’s absence, the boom and bust story of the nation that once had room for him, and the story of a man on the cusp of fifty as he tries to make sense of his life, loves and losses, to try and fathom his place as an exile and to take stock of his future.
Tuesday 13th – Saturday 17th July @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
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| Musical |
Greenhill’s Variety Group presents The Wedding Singer directed by Damien Douglas
It’s 1985 and wannabe rock-star Robbie Hart, who still lives in his grandmother's basement, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his fiancée, Linda, leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. When he meets Julia, an admiring young waitress, Robbie falls madly in love. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980s, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Greenhill’s Variety Group are delighted to be staging this hilarious musical comedy, their first musical since their award winning production of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2007.
Preview Monday 5th July, all tickets €15 Tuesday 6th - Saturday July 10th @ 8pm Admission: €20
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| Drama |
Interactive Theatre Australia, in association with Ten42 productions presents Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience
Tables seat groups of 8
Monday 28th June– Saturday 3rd July @ 8pm Admission: €45 (includes a 3 course set menu dinner) Main Auditorium
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| Music |
Don Baker
Musician, actor, songwriter, author and famed harmonica player, Don Baker is the Irish maestro of the blues. A hugely talented performer whose life experiences have influenced his music, he is one of this country's great performers. Mark Feltham (who has played with Oasis, Joe Cocker and Rory Gallagher) rates him as the greatest acoustic harmonica player in the world, as does Charlie McCoy and U2's Bono.
Book now for what is guaranteed to be an incredible night’s entertainment by this legendary Irish performer.
Thursday 24th June @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €18 concession Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
Lane Productions presents Setanta Murphy by Garrett Keogh
Setanta Murphy is a young man with a lot of time on his hands. Paddy is his grand- uncle a cantankerous 90 year old with a razor sharp tongue who spends his days around town and his night at the dog track. When Paddy gets sick, they are thrown into the messy world of public hospitals until Paddy finds himself in a nursing home, plotting his escape. This is a touching and funny story of a relationship between an old man and his nephew as they attempt to navigate their way through ups and downs of the Irish health system. Starring Luke Griffin (Pure Mule, The Clinic, The Disappearance of Finbar) as Setanta and Garrett Keogh (Veronica Guerin, The Clinic, A Love Divided) as Paddy.
‘An enchanting piece of writing ...Devastatingly and wickedly acted ...A hymn to fellowship and the human spirit...not to be missed’…Emer O Kelly, Sunday Independent
Monday 14th – Friday 18th June @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
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| Drama |
Peadar de Burca’s Why Men Cheat
Ever cheated? Ever been cheated on? Ever wondered what compels men to stray from their partners? If so, then a trip to see Why Men Cheat might answer some of your questions. Based on 250 interviews with men who cheated and women who were cheated on, Why Men Cheat explores the weird and not so wonderful world of male infidelity. Alternately honest and raucous, Irish writer and comedian Peadar de Burca tells the stories that explore almost every facet of cheating…just don’t sit in the front row…
‘Intoxicating laughter, audiences were rolling in the aisles, well worth seeing for both male and female’ …Ian O’Doherty, The Irish Independent
Wednesday 9th – Saturday 12th June @ 8.15pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Loose End Studio
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| Psychic |
Solas agus Grá An Evening of Mediumship
Tom Colton will be connecting with the spirit world and delivering messages from the other side from loved ones and friends who have passed over. Thought provoking, gripping, and often astounding, Tom brings comfort to those he reads for and his genuine approach has won him many friends. Tom is the first medium known to allow people he reads for feel the energies of their loved ones who have crossed over in the same way a medium feels their energy when communicating with them. In part of the show Tom will use photographs to connect with specific people in the spirit world. You can bring a photograph with you of a loved one you would like to connect with, but please make sure that there is no writing on the picture and that only the person you are looking to connect with is in the picture. Not everyone who brings a picture will get a reading due to time constraints, but Tom will go through as many readings as possible.
Friday 11th June @ 8pm Admission: €20 Main Auditorium
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| Talent Show |
Dramatic Action Promotions Presents: NEXT BIG THING 2010
Talent Show
Entry Fee: €20 Per Act!
Wednesday 9th @ 7pm Admission: €10 Main Auditorium
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Tony Kenny With very special guest Michael English
Tony has thrilled audiences all over the world with his exceptional talent, entertaining more than two million people. During his extensive tours of the United States he has had the special honour of singing the American national anthem at a Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins football game and was invited to sing at the White House in Washington, D.C. for then President Bill Clinton. He is an icon in the world of Irish music and is delighted to be performing at the Civic Theatre for the first time. Tony will be supported by special guest Michael English. Michael’s laid-back vocal style conjures up images of golden oldie crooners like Andy Williams, Perry Como and Matt Monro. It comes as little surprise then when the popular singer and piano player name checks American ‘60s superstar Williams and the late British legend Monro among his greatest musical influences. Now managed by Louis Walsh, Michael’s career is bound for great success, so catch him and Tony for a very special night’s entertainment.
Thursday 10th June @ 8pm Admission: €30 & €27.50 Main Auditorium
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| Youth Drama | Dublin Academy of Dramatic Arts presents Peter Pan To celebrate its tenth year as one of Dublin's most innovative theatre schools and following the success of last year's show at The Civic, the Dublin Academy of Dramatic Arts (DADA) presents Peter Pan by JM Barrie in a wonderful adaptation by John Caird and Trevor Nunn. The story of Peter Pan, or the 'boy who would not grow up', promises something for everyone, adults and children alike. New life is breathed into familiar characters, from the cheeky Tinkerbell to the mischievous Peter Pan and not forgetting the beguiling Captain Hook. With colourful and inventive set design by Emma Lowney and direction by Hilary Cahill (director of DADA), the show is performed by students aged from 3 years up to 18 years, and will also feature some adult actors. Tuesday 1st – Saturday 5th June @ 7pm Admission: €15 & €12 for children 12 and under Main Auditorium |
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| Latvian Drama |
Theatre studio Cita Bedre presents Family comedy The Real Soap Opera
Rainer is sick of working in the library and living with his beloved mother. This is why he decides to change his life and go to work abroad. Only before he goes, he has to refurbish the apartment. While doing that he finds the note about the “green star” left there by his great grandmother. This note changes his plans and even his life. Where he goes and what he finds is the story of the play.
Teātra studija Cita Bedre piedāvā: Ģimenes komēdija Nu riktīgs seriāls
Raineram apnicis strādāt bibliotēkā, un dzīvot pie mīļotās māmiņas, tāpēc viņš nolēmis mainīt savu dzīvi un doties prom, vēl tikai dzīvoklis pirms došanās jāizremontē dzīvoklis. Remontējot dzīvokli tiek atrasta vēsts par zaļo zvaigzni, kas pilnībā izmaina Rainera plānus. Kur viņš dodas, un ko viņš atrod, skatieties lugā
Saturday 29th May @ 8.15pm Admission: €15 Loose End Studio
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| Opera |
Opera Theatre Company presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
Filled with love, The Marriage of Figaro tackles that deepest of human emotions with the lightest of comic touches. Directed by Annilese Miskimmon, Figaro bubbles joyously with Mozart’s enthusiasm for life. While charming melodies and gorgeous harmonies ripple across the surface, dark undercurrents of sexual tension and class resentment swirl beneath. The predatory Count Almaviva, bored with married life, has cast his aristocratic eye upon his wife’s servant, the enchanting Susanna, who is about to marry the Count’s factotum Figaro.
Sit back and observe the ensuing comical chaos as mistaken identities, cross-dressing, jilted lovers and vengeful suitors are added to the mix. Opera Theatre Company’s captivating production of Mozart’s comic masterpiece celebrates twenty-four years of touring opera throughout Ireland.
Sung in English, with the glorious score conducted by Fergus Sheil and performed by OTC’s touring ensemble, The Marriage of Figaro will delight the seasoned fan and first time opera-goer alike.
‘A terrific night’s entertainment ... this company is driven by ideas, takes risks, and always has a fresh and interesting approach’...Sunday Business Post
Tuesday 25th May @ 8pm Admission: €28 & €25 concession Main Auditorium
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| Musical |
Bull Alley Theatre Training College presents The Who’s Tommy
Tommy the musical tells the story of a young boy who, after witnessing a murder, becomes traumatised which leads him to becoming deaf, dumb and blind. This disability sends him on an amazing journey of self discovery, where he uncovers a unique talent for playing pinball and becomes an international pinball superstar.
Written by Pete Townshend and set to the music of the UK rock band The Who, this musical is a sensation for the senses.
Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd May @ 8pm Admission: €19 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
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Sonny Knowles Sonny Knowles is one of those rare Dublin personalities whose popularity with the ordinary man & woman knows no bounds. Having beaten cancer not just once but twice and now back to full health, Sonny Knowles is determined to recapture his place among the great live performers of the Irish music scene. Sonny is now entering his sixth decade as a performer! An amazing achievement that underlines his popularity and professionalism. His ability to sing a song and make it his own is legendary, so come along and enjoy a wonderful night out with a wonderful performer. Sunday 23rd May @ 8pm Admission: €25 Main Auditorium |
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| Drama | Blue Raincoat Theatre Company presents Flann O’ Brien’s The Third Policeman Murder mystery, hilarious comedy, romantic love, village policemen and lots of bicycles! Adapted for the stage by Jocelyn Clarke, The Third Policeman features bicycles that are half- human, a murder, a most unusual village police force, the writings of an eccentric philosopher and a man who doesn’t know his own name as he travels through the surreal world of O’Brien. It is a murder mystery, an hilarious comedy, a fable of eternal grief, the story of romantic love between a man and his bicycle, a surreal vision of eternity with a cast that includes policemen, a man, his soul, a one-legged gallows maker and bicycles. Directed by Niall Henry with design by Jamie Vartan, The Third Policeman offers sinister smiles, weird words, macabre melodies, curious characters and much laughter. Described by the Irish Times Critic Choice for 2007 as ‘A marvellous production’ and the Irish Independent as ‘A fantastic show, truly impressive’ Echo Interview 29/04/2010 Tuesday 4th – Saturday 8th May @ 8pm Admission: & €18 concession Main Auditorium |
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| Variety | Showstoppers Stage School presents The Show Must Go On Showstoppers Stage School was set up in Templeogue in 2006 by Elaine Harty. The School has expanded at a phenomenal rate and they now have 207 students enrolled. The Show Must Go On is an evening of variety featuring groups from mini-tops, singers/dancers and comedy acts. Saturday 1st May @ 8pm Admission: €10 Main Auditorium |
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| Drama |
b*spoke theatre company
presents
The Sanctuary Lamp
Written & Directed by Tom
Murphy
Design by Monica Frawley
Cast, Kate Brennan, Declan
Conlon, Robert O’Mahoney & Bosco Hogan
Three people locked in a
Catholic church for the night. They are Harry, the English-born
Jew and ex-circus strongman, praying to the flickering candle in
the sanctuary lamp for the strength to kill his wife and his
best friend. There’s Maudie, the sixteen year old runaway waif
haunted by her past, waiting for the release of forgiveness. And
there’s the Irish blackguard Francisco, who doesn’t want
anything …
Tom Murphy, who is widely
regarded as one of the most important dramatists of his
generation, has directed his own play for b*spoke. Described in
The Guardian as one of Irish theatre’s ‘proudest possessions’,
Murphy has been a seminal influence on a generation of Irish
theatre makers and his distinctive voice remains a major force
in the contemporary repertory.
“Stunning revival.” - Sunday
Independent
Tuesday 20th – Saturday 24th April @ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession Main Auditorium |
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| Dance | Noisemoves – Youth Dance Festival This first time event is an initiative of South Dublin County Council. The festival aims to showcase the work of young dancers in South Dublin County, celebrating their work and original choreography. Sunday 25th April @ 8pm Admission: €5 Main Auditorium |
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| Drama |
City Theatre Dublin in
association with Back of the Hand Productions presents
Gods Official
By Robert Farquhar
Two football fans have just
seen their side relegated after a referee disallowed a perfectly
good goal, allowing the opposition to go down the other end and
score. The referee’s decision is final...or is it? Two cheated
fans decide to take matters into their own hands, after the
dodgy call sends their team crashing into the relegation zone,
by kidnapping the Ref to force him to change his mind on the all
important goal... with hilarious and unexpected consequences.
A madcap comedy starring
legendary Irish actor Mick Lally, George McMahon (Mondo -Fair
City) and rising star Edwin Mullane. T
he theme of the play, which won
the Spirit of the Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
is simple: to some people football is a matter of life and
death, to others it is far more important than that …
Check out some of our great photos with Shamrock Rovers Football
Team
Monday 12th – Saturday 17th April @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium |
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| Comedy |
What Men Want
By Peadar de Burca
WHAT MEN WANT is a
hilarious one-man show from writer and performer Peadar de
Burca Following the proven
method used for his first hit show, de Burca took off across
the country and interviewed more than 150 men, and a few women,
in an effort to discover the secrets behind what every man
wants, and what every woman wants to know. So why should men and
women go see the show? “For men, I’d say to raise their
awareness ... a lot of mistakes we make are because of a lack of
confidence and a lack of awareness,” says de Burca. “For women,
this show will give them an understanding of a very complex
species … and maybe help them to sympathise with us a bit!”
WHAT MEN WANT is not for
the bashful or the easily shocked and it’s definitely not for
men who can’t laugh… at themselves!
“One of the funniest shows this
year” – Ryan Tubridy
Wednesday 7th – Saturday 10th April @ 8.15pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Loose End |
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| Drama |
The Gúna Nua/Civic Theatre
Production of
Little Gem
By Elaine Murphy
Staring Hilda Fay, Sarah
Greene, and Anita Reeves
Love, sex, birth, death, dildos
and salsa classes: three generations of Dublin women on a wild
and constantly surprising journey. An extraordinary year of
courage, comedy and romance in the multi-award winning hit of
the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival and the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. This remarkable first play by Dublin woman Elaine
Murphy has won the Fishamble Award for Best New Irish Play and
Best Female Performance at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2008, the
BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award (The Stewart Parker Trust)
2009, the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award 2009, and the
Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Award for Best Theatre
Script 2009. The production has also been nominated for Best New
Play and Anita Reeves for Best Actress at the Irish Times
Theatre Awards and for Best Actress in The Stage Awards,
Edinburgh. “This is a play that, like its characters, gurgles
and giggles with life even in the face of death. Murphy and her
brilliant cast make us care about every breath these women take,
and make you want to hug them” **** THE GUARDIAN Lyn Gardner
Monday 29th March – Saturday 3rd April @ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession Main Auditorium |
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