Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin




Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 / Box Office: 01 4627477 / info@civictheatre.ie
	Upcoming Events
	Upcoming Events
Comedy	Eco-Friendly Jihad Written and performed by Abie Philbin Bowman In a world threatened by overpopulation and rising carbon emissions, maybe the solution is to join Al Qaeda. While the U.S. Army flies bombs halfway around the world, Al Qaeda walks them to their targets. And they source all their fighters locally. From the writer/performer of ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ which toured Ireland, UK, USA and Pakistan, became a Top 10 Hit on iTunes and was boycotted by Ian Paisley’s DUP. Al Qaeda meets Al Gore in this explosive comedy about saving the planet. www.AbieLaughs.com “One of Ireland’s most thought-provoking comedians.” - Galway City Tribune Tuesday 9^th February – Saturday 13th February @ 8.15pm Admission: €14 & €11 concession Loose End Studio
Dance	CoisCéim Dance Theatre Company presents As You Are & Faun CoisCéim Dance Theatre celebrates 15 years of award-winning productions with a New Year national tour of As You Are by Muirne Bloomer and Faun by David Bolger. As you Are by Muirne Bloomer Who would you rather be: Superman or Clarke Kent? We all want to stand out from the crowd – but are we willing to pay the price? In Muirne Bloomer’s quirky world, six extraordinary individuals are tested to the limit as they struggle for control over themselves and each other. Faun by David Bolger Audiences rioted when they saw Nijinski’s first ballet, L’Aprês midi d’un Faune, shocked by the shameless sensuality and revolutionary dance style. Mixing Debussy’s famous score with Queen, David Bolger explores how dance still reconnects us with our feelings and imagination and asks can we still break free? Suggested age 14+, contains some nudity. These Contemporary Dance productions are not to be missed. Audience vox pop @ Project Arts Centre January 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8OgCYYVHYg Thursday 11th February @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
Youth Drama	I.T.Tallaght Drama Society The Institute of Technology Tallaght will present a collection of 3 short plays, THE SOUND OF SILENCE, POOR CLARA and STRUCK DOWN from Monday to Thursday, with a full length production of FUNNY PAGES on Friday & Saturday. The Sound of Silence A short play about a man who lives with his mute friend. Marcus, who is mute, is not fond of Stephen's girlfriend Andrea, and tries to alert Stephen to a secret he has uncovered about Andrea through the only method he knows. Poor Clara When housekeeper Clara discovers that she has hypertensive heart disease her primary concern is keeping her job. A widow estranged from her children, she has nothing else in her life. Her employer tries to reconnect her with her children who are bitter about the past. Clara struggles to get her family back together at this difficult time in her life. Struck Down While having an out-of-body experience, Daniel Grey has an unusual encounter with a mysterious stranger who will be the deciding factor as to which road Daniel is to continue down in this dark comedy. Funny Pages All is going well at Reborn Comics Inc. until slow sales spark a rash decision from management. Now the staff have to compete with each other for their jobs and indeed for their friendships. Monday 15th – Saturday 20th February @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession Loose End Studio
Drama	Waiting for IKEA WAITING FOR IKEA, a side-splitting story of friendship, family, community and sunbed obsessives, is back by popular demand. The critically acclaimed production premiered at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival where it was nominated for The Bewleys Café Theatre Award, The Fishamble New Writing Award and was the first show in the history of the festival to sell out in advance of opening. Seen by over five thousand people, the show continues to be a box office hit. Set in the heart of ‘new’ Dublin, where night wear is day wear and bitching is everywhere, WAITING FOR IKEA is a sharp and nostalgic comedy exploring the bittersweet world of two best friends in inner city Dublin. Written and performed by real-life friends Georgina McKevitt and Jacinta Sheerin, the play tells the story of Chrissie and Jade who spend their days waiting; waiting for the postman, waiting for the kettle to boil and waiting for Coronation Street. They won’t shop in Argos “cos we’re waiting for IKEA”. Pimlico flats is akin to ‘Cheers’, everybody knows your name, your business, your record and what you are having for dinner. Nothing much changes in Pimlico, each day begins and ends the same; it’s what happens in between that keeps the neighbours interested. The only current affairs these girls are concerned with is whether Mrs. Dignam is having it off with Gunner Eye Gilby. The Celtic tiger has been and gone and they never even stroked it. “Recession – is that a new fragrance by Calvin Klein?” “I loved it ... if you want to escape from the doom and gloom then this is the show for you”. Róisín Ingle, the View RTE. Tuesday 16th – Saturday 20th February @ 8pm Admission: €18 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
Drama	Robert C Kelly and Michael Harrison Present My First Time Written by Ken Davenport and People like You! Directed by Michael Scott. Starring Leigh Arnold, Alan Shortt and Claire Tully Don’t miss the Irish Premiere of the longest running play to open Off-Broadway in years. The show features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people ... just like you. In 1998 a website was created allowing people anonymously to share their own true stories about their “First Times”. It became an instant phenomenon as over 70,000 stories poured in from around the globe. And now, these true stories and unique characters in them are brought to life in this acclaimed 90 minute show. MY FIRST TIME will have you laughing and reminiscing about your own first time. MY FIRST TIME ... I’ll tell you mine, if you tell me yours. You can go online now and tell your story and it may be featured (anonymously) in the show! Go to www.myfirsttime.ie. This show is strictly16 + Monday 22nd – Saturday 27th February @ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession Main Auditorium
Youth Drama	Bull Alley Theatre Training Company presents Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay By Robert Greene Directed by Andrew Lummis Alchemical shenanigans in a fantastical comedy concerning Henry III, and his son Edward I’s courtship of Margaret, the Fair Maid of Fressingfield. When a rival appears, royalty resorts to magic and the supernatural. Tuesday 23rd – Saturday 27th February @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession Loose End Studio
Irish Language Drama	Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company presents An Triail Tá an-áthas ar Chompántas Amharclainne Aisling Ghéar deis a bheith againn le caoinchead oidhrí Mhairéad Ní Ghráda AN TRIAIL a léiriú ag ionaid ar fud na tíre I mbliana. Ná caill an seans mórshaothar seo na hamharclainne Gaeilge a fheiceáil sa Civic Theatre, Tallaght. Aisling Ghéar Theatre Co is delighted to have the opportunity this year with the kind permission of Mairéad Ní Ghráda’s estate, to stage AN TRIAIL in venues throughout the country. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the major works of Irish language theatre at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. Monday 1st March – Friday 5th March @ 10.30pm & 1.30 pm Admission: €10, accompanying teachers complimentary. Main Auditorium
Comedy	Maeve Higgins: Blabbing Away Maeve loves to blab and is pleased to have lots of new things to blab about to you! It’s hard to think of examples but she will definitely try to 1 present you with an evening of glowing fun, and 2 not bore you, and 3 include at least one catchphrase in each show, eg: ‘What’s good for the goose is good for the gander’ Her new stand up comedy show BLABBING AWAY is part fact, part advice, part recipe, part stupidity and ALL delivered to you in person “Higgins is rarer than a blessing of unicorns … she is original and relatively calm, her observations are pithy, her wit delicate, her persona oddly alluring and deftly honest”. The Irish Times, September 2009 Saturday 6th March @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
Youth Drama	Bull Alley Theatre Training Company presents Edward II By Christopher Marlowe Directed by Alan Kinsella Marlowe’s great play is a power struggle at court that ends in sensational tragedy. Controversial since its first performances in the 1590’s, it remains an engrossing testament to the genius of its writer. Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 6th March @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession Main Auditorium
Drama	Big Telly presents The Haunting of Helena Blunden Written by Paul Boyd & Bernie McGill Directed by Zoë Seaton A doorway. A stairwell. A story. Two women: one desperate to cross over the threshold: the other desperate to escape. What is it on the other side that makes eighty-year-old Maggie want so badly to go in? What is it that has terrified Susan into packing up and leaving? And why does the story of the mysterious Helena Blunden still hold them both there? This is thriller, ghost story, and musical. Set in modern Belfast in a converted linen mill it has more twists and turns than the yarn winding its way round the spindle. Just when you think it’s time to relax, sit back and breathe easy, the breath is knocked right out of you. Tuesday 9th – Saturday 13th March @ 8pm Admission: €22 & €18 concession Main Auditorium
Youth Drama	Bull Alley Theatre Training Company presents Dracula By Liz Lochead Directed by Simon Manahan A faithful adaptation investing new life and three-dimensional insight into its famous characters. Gripping, terrifying and dark as dead blood. Tuesday 9^th – Saturday 13th March @ 8.15pm Admission: €10 & €7 concession Loose End Studio
Youth Drama	Bull Alley Theatre Training Company presents The Rover Aphra Benn Directed by Niall Jordan Perhaps the first major play by a woman writer, it’s a glorious, funny, bawdy 17^th century romp celebrating love, lust, financial reward, gossip and intrigue. Tuesday 15th – Saturday 20th March @ 8.15pm (No performance 17^th March) Admission: €10 & €7 concession Loose End Studio
Music	Irish Pink Floyd Described as “a musical and visual feast for the Pink Floyd fanatic as well as the casual fan alike”. The Irish Pink Floyd presents a show that combines the very best of Pink Floyd’s back catalogue with the extravagance of their legendary live shows. The Irish Pink Floyd setlist for 2010 includes songs from The Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here. The Wall and The Final Cut. Visually the show is stunning, with the largest sound and lighting system currently on tour in Ireland. The Irish Pink Floyd makes significant use of expanded theatrical elements prevalent in Pink Floyd’s elaborate 70s and 80s stage displays such as high-tech lighting, video accompaniments and the obligatory helicopter searchlight, heartbeat and clock chimes; all of which result in an incredible live experience. The Irish Pink Floyd are a six-piece band who rock out Pink Floyd’s non-singles as frequently as the hits. They have managed to recapture to perfection the musical skills and stage theatrics of a band that has influenced generations. Tuesday 16th March @ 8pm Admission: €20 Main Auditorium
Music	Luke Kelly Tribute On 30th January 1984 it is said that the whole of Ireland grieved 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 following 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! Friday 19th & Saturday 20th March @ 8pm Admission: €15 Main Auditorium
Fundraising Concert	Remembering Annette REMEMBERING ANNETTE is a concert of the music and songs of Annette Halpin, who passed away after a short illness last April. Many in Tallaght will remember her as a caring community worker and volunteer for many years with Tallaght Welfare Society and the Women’s Contact Centre. In 1991she was honored as Tallaght Person of the Year. All her life she had a passionate love of music and composed many songs including a musical based on the life of St. Patrick. Annette always felt that there was not enough support for young musicians in Tallaght, so in her honour we have set up a fund in Annette’s name to help and support the young musicians from this area. All the songs and music in the show were composed by Annette and will be performed by her friends. The line up includes The Priory & St. Marks Choir, John Carpenter, Shirley Whelan, Ray Flanagan, Liam Kennedy, Sylvia Halpin and many more. Saturday 27th March @ 8pm Admission: €15 Main Auditorium
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
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
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 … Monday 12th – Saturday 17th April @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16 concession Main Auditorium
Drama	bspoke 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
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