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Programme of Events January - March 2017
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TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO JANUARY - MARCH PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE
DEC FRI 30-SUN 15 JAN LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD VARIOUS THT FAMILY 7 FEB SAT 25 THE THREE TENORS 8PM THT MUSIC 20
SUN 26 KAMIL BEDNAREK 8PM BB MUSIC 21
JAN TUE 17 FIRST FORTNIGHT - INFINITELY POLAR BEAR 8PM THT CINEMA 9
SUN 26 CINDERELLA AND BOSCO - LAMBERT PUPPET THEATRE 2PM THT FAMILY 21
WED 18 REELING IN THE SHOWBAND YEARS 8PM THT MUSIC 10
TUE 28 COIRM GAEL LINN 10AM THT VARIETY 21
THURS 19 NEIL DELAMERE 8PM THT COMEDY 10
FRI 20-SUN 22 MUSIC FOR GALWAY - MIDWINTER FESTIVAL VARIOUS THT MUSIC 11 MAR WED 1 COIRM GAEL LINN 10AM THT VARIETY 21
FRI 20-FRI 10 MARCH NUIG FRIDAY LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO LECTURE 14 WED 1 WHISKEY FESTIVAL LAUNCH 8PM THT EVENT 22
THURS 26 MUSICAL LIFE OF MIKE ARRIGAN 8PM THT MUSIC 11 THURS 2-SAT 4 JOHN B KEANE’S THE SUCCESSFUL TD 8PM THT THEATRE 22
FRI 27-SUN 29 SUBTITLE FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS THT CINEMA 12 MON 6 THIS LIME TREE BOWER BY CONOR McPHERSON 8PM THT THEATRE 23
TUE 7-SAT 11 FRANKEEN STEIN & SHAKESPEARE IN CONNEMARA 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 23
FEB WED 1 BIG BOBBY. LITTLE BOBBY - BRAZEN TALES PRODUCTIONS 8PM THT THEATRE 14
WED 8 NUIG DANCE SOC INTERVARSITIES 8PM BB DANCE 23
SAT 4 JASON BYRNE 8PM THT COMEDY 14
FRI 10 HANG ON - FIDGET FEET 8PM BB FAMILY 24
MON 6 & TUE 7 THE DEAD - THE PERFORMANCE CORPORATION 8PM THT THEATRE 15
FRI 10 & SAT 11 MY REAL LIFE BY EOIN COLFER 24
TUE 7-SAT 11 URINETOWN - GUMS 8PM BB MUSICAL 15
MON 13 SILENT - FISHAMBLE 8PM THT THEATRE 25
WED 8 TONY STOCKWELL 8PM THT PSYCHIC 16
TUE 14 UNDERNEATH - FISHAMBLE 8PM THT THEATRE 25
THURS 9 THE MAN IN BLACK - JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE 8PM THT MUSIC 16
WED 15 FORGOTTEN - FISHAMBLE 8PM THT THEATRE 25
FRI 10 DONNA TAGGART 8PM THT MUSIC 16
THURS 16 LÏNGER - WITH BREANDÁN DE GALLAÍ & NICK O’CONNELL 8PM THT DANCE 26
SAT 11 JACK L 8PM THT MUSIC 17
FRI 17 SOKALO REMIX (QUEBEC) 8PM THT TRADITIONAL 26
MON 13-FRI 17 THE WEIR - DECADENT THEATRE 8PM THT THEATRE 18
SAT 18 THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY 8PM THT MUSIC 26
TUE 14-SAT 18 THAT SAME OLD STORY 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 17
MON 20 MADE IN CHINA BY MARK O’ROWE 8PM THT THEATRE 27
TUE 14 EDDI READER 8PM THT MUSIC 17
TUE 21 DAVE AT LARGE - CELEBRATING DAVE ALLEN 8PM THT THEATRE 27
SAT 18 THE BEE GEES STORY 8PM THT MUSIC 19
THURS 23 & FRI 24 THE WOLF AND PETER - COISCÉIM & BABORÓ VARIOUS THT FAMILY 28
MON 20 THE BIG FELLOW - CO MOTION MEDIA 8PM THT THEATRE 19
FRI 24 DOOMDAH - FOIL ARMS & HOG 8PM THT COMEDY 29
TUE 21 THE COVE - ECHO ECHO DANCE 8PM BB DANCE 19
SAT 25 JOHNNY, I HARDLY KNEW YE BY JIM NOLAN 8PM THT THEATRE 29
WED 22 & THURS 23 DES BISHOP 8PM THT COMEDY 20
WED 27-SUN 2 APRIL SPAMALOT - TWIN PRODUCTIONS VARIOUS THT MUSICAL COMEDY 30
FRI 24 MIDGE URE 8PM THT MUSIC 20
THUR 30 OMID DJALILI 8PM BB COMEDY 31
For full cinema listings, see page 8 THT Town Hall Theatre · BB Black Box Theatre · STUDIO Town Hall Studio
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Renmore Pantomime
TOWN HALL THEATRE
HOW TO BOOK? Directed by 7.30pm
BRIAN Dec 30, Jan 1, 4, 5,
Little Red
1. CLICK
Buy online twenty-four hours at www.tht.ie. & SEÁN 6, 7, 11, 12, 13 & 14
You can now choose your seat when you book online for both the Town Hall AND Black Box. POWER 2.30pm
2. CALL Dec 30, 31,
Phone 091 569777 Mon-Sat 10am -7.30pm. Visa, MasterCard and Visa Debit are accepted. Jan 1, 7 & 14
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3. VISIT 12 noon & 4.30pm
Call in to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway. We’re here
Jan 2, 8 & 15
Mon-Sat, 10am -7.30pm and one hour before performances on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
BALCONY LEVEL Tickets €17*/€15*
* Please note telephone and personal bookings are subject to the Town Hall Theatre Development Charge
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of 50 cent per ticket and online bookings are subject to a €1 Booking & Development Charge per ticket.
**There will be a Sensory
CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES Friendly performance of
We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply to under 18 year olds, Little Red Riding Hood on
students, senior citizens and the unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required. Sun 8th January 12 noon
10% discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply.
INTERVAL DRINKS
Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks before the show.
The bar on the first floor is open before and after all performances.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of any special requirements
so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you
GIFT VOUCHERS - GROUND LEVEL
should phone or email us to let us know of any special requirements.
IDEAL GIFTS!
CONDITIONS OF SALE Looking for the ideal If you go down to the woods today… you’re definitely in for a big surprise!
We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance gift? One to suit every
is cancelled or abandoned. Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list taste? Then why not Not only is Little Red Riding Hood having to take care of her poor, dear old Granny, she’s also trying
of conditions, see reverse of tickets. Please note the management reserve the treat someone special to protect the very silly Three Little Pigs from the Big Bad Wolf. And if that wasn’t enough, there is
right to make essential changes to the programme. to a Town Hall Theatre the Wicked Witch to contend with, who wants nothing more than to bring our tale to an unhappy end!
LATECOMERS gift voucher, available Luckily, Prince Hansel and Princess Gretl, the famous witch hunters, have been shipped in to lend a
Late Admission cannot be guaranteed and can only occur if there is a suitable from the box office. helping hand to the locals, and in true Panto spirit, good triumphs over evil.
break in the performance. Renmore’s 38th annual pantomime promises to be a spectacular adventure of laughter music and song,
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TOWN HALL CINEMA WINTER/SPRING PROGRAMME
SUN 22 THE FENCER SUN 5 LA LA LAND
JAN Dir. Klaus Haro · Finland/Estonia · 2015 · 99 mins MAR Dir: Damien Chazelle · USA · 2016 · 128 mins
A touching tale of redemption tells the true story of champion fencer Endel An ambitious jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) fall
Nelis, who while on the run from the soviet police took up a teaching position in love while pursuing their dreams of stardom, in this dazzlingly stylized homage
in a remote Estonian school.
WINNER ESTONIAN FILM AWARD, TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2015
to the classic Hollywood musical from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle.
NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD TORONTO 2016 GALWAY FILM
SUN 29 THE INNOCENTS SUN 12 TONI ERDMANN SOCIETY
JAN Dir. Anne Fontaine · France/Poland · 2016 · 115 mins MAR Dir. Maren Ade · German · 2016 · 160 mins First Fortnight
Poland 1945: Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, comes to the aid of An almost unbearably intense comedy that was one of the most talked-about Sunday 22 January - in partnership with IFI National presents
a group of Polish nuns, many of whom have been violated by Russian soldiers. films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Winfried, a divorcee, delights in
ANDREAS AWARD, NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 persistent pranks that alienate everyone in his German suburb. Ines, his
daughter, is a high-ranking management consultant who is as controlled and
Sunday 2 April 2017
8pm
INFINITELY
SUN 5
FEB
PATERSON
Dir. Jim Jarmusch · USA · 2016 · 113 mins
rigid as her father is impish. A cringe-inducing clash of opposites.
NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE FIPRESCI PRIZE CANNES 2016
POLAR BEAR
Jim Jarmusch returns with a lovely, characteristically episodic fable about the Membership/Season ticket €48*/€44*
fragile, fruitful and just occasionally fraught relationship between creativity SUN 19 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI Guest admission to single films €9*/€7* Tues 17 January 8pm
and everyday life. MAR Dirs. David & Keith Farrell · Ireland · 2013 · 92 mins Tickets €9*/€7*
Winner of the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes All films have English subtitles. Duration 90 mins
SUN 12 FEB NO FILM Rating 16
Film Festival, and Finland’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film
There will be a post-screening discussion
category at the 2017 Oscars, this charming debut feature is a feel-good
SUN 19 THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER on the topics raised in the film
FEB Dir. Brady Corbet · UK/FRANCE · 2015 · 115 mins comedy-drama inspired by the real-life attempt by Finnish boxer Olli Maki to
A film based on a short story by Jean Paul Sartre concerns a US Diplomat win the 1962 World Featherweight boxing title.
Boston in the late ‘70s; Cameron (Mark Ruffalo) is
who is involved in the Treaty of Versailles negotiations. Brady Corbet’s ADULTING (Irish short film will be screened before above film) struggling with bipolar disorder; the future appears
directorial debut is an ambitious and accomplished European drama. Dirs. Linda Bhreathnach and Justin Davey. uncertain for his wife Maggie (Zoe Saldana) and their
WINNER VENICE HORIZONS AWARD, BEST DIRECTOR, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Shot in Galway City and Connemara, Pól Ó Muirí in The Irish Times, described two daughters when a particularly difficult period sees
it as ‘a poem of a film’. him both fired from his job and hospitalised. When she
SUN 26 THINGS TO COME
FEB Dir. Mia Hansen Love · France/Germany · 2016 · 102 mins is awarded a scholarship to attend Colombia University,
SUN 26 THE OLIVE TREE
In one of Isabelle Huppert’s finest performances, Things To Come portrays the Maggie convinces her reluctant husband – convalescing
MAR Dir. Iciar Bollain · Spain · 2016 · 100mins
sudden change in philosophy teacher Nathalie’s comfortable life. In her Lena set forth on a journey to recover her grandfather’s thousand year old at home on lithium treatment – to look after the girls for
sixties, she must contend with the sudden crises of being alone and socially olive tree, which has been encased in the headquarters of a soulless German the eighteen months she’ll be in New York, a less than
isolated. With enormous emotional clarity, Huppert crafts a performance of Multinational. Lena’s grandfather has withdrawn into himself after his olive ideal arrangement given his frequent manic behaviour.
subtle brilliance. “a rich, beautiful, oblique drama” Donald Clarke, farm has been changed by progress into a battery chicken farm.
The Irish Times. WON MAJOR AWARDS AT SANTA FE, SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVALS.
A refreshingly positive depiction of living with mental
WINNER BEST DIRECTOR - BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 illness.
SUN 2 APRIL THE SEASON WILL CONCLUDE WITH A SURPRISE FILM
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MUSIC FOR GALWAY presents ALMA DEUTSCHER (b. 2005) “When I try to get a melody it never
The Ronan Collins Showband Show piano / violin / composer comes to me. It usually comes
REELING IN THE ANNA DEVIN soprano
CHRISTIAN CHAMOREL piano
to me either when I’m resting or
when I’m just sitting at the piano
SHOWBAND YEARS MIDWINTER FESTIVAL CONTEMPO QUARTET improvising, or when I’m skipping
PRODIGY ESPOSITO QUARTET with my skipping rope.”
ALMA DEUTSCHER
It’s the biggest and best yet! With RTÉ’s Ronan Collins as host and
compere and featuring Red Hurley, Gina from The Champions, FRIDAY 20 - SUNDAY 22 JANUARY
Gregory from The Cadets, Keith and Lorraine McDonald and The The 2017 Midwinter Festival takes child prodigies as its inspiration. Every work in the weekend programme will
Conquerors Showband. have been written before or by the age of eighteen. An amazing range of music by incredibly talented prodigies from
down through the ages. We are also joined by the astounding prodigy Alma Deutscher for her Irish début in which
The show’s exciting finale is an ALL Cast Salute to the Showband
she performs many of her works on multiple instruments. Age of composer at time of composition in brackets.
Era when all of the stars join in for a medley of songs from the
Showband Years! Bringing you back in time to this magical All Proceeds to
Wed 18 January 8pm musical period. It will send you home with great memories of a Fri 20 January Sun 22 January
The Irish Guide Dogs
Tickets €30* wonderful and never to be repeated time in Irish popular music!
8pm CONCERT 11am FILM (Galway Branch)
ALMA DEUTSCHER (8) Variations in E flat major “Imagine… Do or Die: the Lang Lang Story
SCHUBERT (15-18)
MOZART (18)
Selected songs
Piano Sonata in E flat K. 282
From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentop
reveals the extraordinary life of Chinese superstar Lang Lang. THE MUSICAL
Neil Delamere
MENDELSSOHN (14) Piano Quartet no. 2 in F minor
Op. 2 3.00pm CONCERT LIFE OF
MIKE ARRIGAN
SCHUBERT (15) String Quartet No. 2 in C major D. 32
HANDSTAND Sat 21 January MAHLER (16) Piano Quartet movement in A minor
Illustration Róisín Coyle
2pm SPOTLIGHT ON ALMA KORNGOLD (14) Four Songs from Sechs Einfache
Alma Deutscher is joined by Finghin Collins and members of Lieder Op. 9
Thurs 19 January 8pm
Tickets €23* the ConTempo Quartet for performances of a selection of her MENDELSSOHN (16) Octet Op. 20
compositions. She will also perform early works by Beethoven Thurs 26 January 8pm
and Clara Schumann. Tickets: €20*
Following sold out shows last year, the master of mirth is
Running Time 2hrs 15 mins incl. interval
back with his own unique brand of his irreverent humour. 3.30pm - 5.30pm Open Rehearsals
2016 was another busy year for the perennially popular star
Main concert Tickets: €22*/€18*/€6* This show tells the story of Mike Arrigan's musical
of the Blame Game, which celebrates its 10th birthday on TV 8pm CONCERT
Family ticket (two adults and two children): €44* life as a Drummer, Musician and Mentor.
this year. With that, a science comedy series for RTÉ2 and ARRIAGA (17) String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
Lunchtime €10*/€8*/€6*
his radio show on Today FM under his belt, now he is back to MOZART (17) Viola Quintet in B flat K. 174 Narration by Paraic Breathnach and featuring:
Family ticket (two adults and two children): €20*
where it all started, talking to strangers in rooms for money. MENDELSSOHN (15-18) Six selected songs from The Fuze, Glamrock Scene, Oddity, The Elastic
Festival ticket: €70*/€58*
Twelve Songs Op. 8 Bank, Apache Scene, The Buzz, Macnas
Film screening: free (booking advised)
“Simply put, Delamere is a master” GLAZUNOV (16-17) String Quartet No. 1 Op. 1 Drummers, The Galway Contemporary School of
THE SCOTSMAN For updates visit www.musicforgalway.ie PROKOFIEV (15) Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 1 Music, Wherestheone, Spotty Dog, Freebird.
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Fri 27, Sat 28 & Sun 29 January
Tickets €9*/€8*
See all 10 films for €55*/€50*
IN CONJUNCTION WITH TOWN HALL THEATRE, SUBTITLE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL, IS DELIGHTED
TO RETURN TO GALWAY TO PRESENT SOME OF ITS MOST POPULAR TITLES FOR A WEEKEND BEST OF!
COME AND SEE POPULAR, ACCESSIBLE COMEDIES AND DRAMAS, WHICH WERE HUGE HITS IN THEIR
FRI 27, SAT 28 & SUN 29 JAN OWN COUNTRIES – THEY JUST HAPPEN NOT TO BE IN ENGLISH!
FRI 6.45PM SAT 2PM SAT 8.30PM SUN 5.15PM
LAYLA M ILLEGITIMATE THE HAPPIEST DAY THE CLOSET
ROMANIA · 89 MINS · 2016 · DRAMA
NETHERLANDS · 110 MINS · 2016 · DRAMA IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI FRANCE · 84 MINS · 2001 · *CLASSIC COMEDY
An astonishing film which charts a young Dutch Winner of the coveted Jury Award at the Odessa FINLAND · 92 MINS · 2016 · DRAMA · B&W When an accountant for a rubber factory, is
Muslim’s fierce determination to find her place Film Festival, Adrian Sitaru’s dysfunctional Juho Kuosmanen’s outstanding debut feature won about to lose his job, he spreads a rumour that
in the world. Layla M’s search for acceptance family drama addresses different taboos in the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at this he’s gay so that the company will be afraid to
encourages her to lose herself in the teachings society and how they are shaped. A superbly year’s Cannes Film Festival. Inspired by the true story fire him, lest they come under fire for sexual
of Islam, and from there begins a story of constructed and brilliantly acted drama. of Finland’s most successful boxer from the 1960s, discrimination. A classic French comedy with a
magnetic power. it is a beautiful and powerful film about love and brilliant cast that hits all the beats.
SAT 4PM
choice. Don’t miss this one.
FRI 9PM JACK
THE LAST FAMILY GERMANY · 103 MIN · 2014 · DRAMA SUN 1PM
POLAND · 123 MINS · 2016 · DRAMA
The Last Family boasts three of the finest Polish
This is a beautifully made and conceived
picture from the director of Deutschland
CORN ISLAND
GEORGIA · 100 MINS · 2014 · DRAMA
SCHEDULE
performances committed to screen in recent ’83, Edward Berger. Berger focuses on the Shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2014, this fable Friday 27 6.45pm LAYLA M (The Netherlands)
years. The film is a portrayal of the intertwining gentle devastation that paternal rejection can of life and death set in the dreamy landscapes of January 9pm THE LAST FAMILY (Poland)
lives of the Beksiński family. Zdzisław Beksiński generate, as we observe Jack evolve from a the fringes of far Eastern contemporary Europe. It
was one of Poland’s most famous 20th century child with adult responsibility into a young adult is an exquisitely made and photographed picture Saturday 28 12 noon LOST IN MUNICH (Czech Republic)
painters and his son a renowned translator and whose eyes have finally been opened. from Georgia that draws you into its elegant and January 2pm ILLEGITIMATE (Romania)
radio journalist. betwitching world.
SAT 6PM 4pm JACK (Germany)
SAT 12 NOON ABOUT LOVE SUN 3.15PM 6pm ABOUT LOVE (Russia)
LOST IN MUNICH RUSSIA · 115 MINS · 2015 · COMEDY, DRAMA LAND OF MINE 8.30pm THE HAPPIEST DAY IN
CZECH REPUBLIC · 105 MINS · 2016 · COMEDY Another extremely classy instalment from the DENMARK · 100 MINS · DRAMA · COLOUR
THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI (Finland)
Peter Zelenka’s hilarious mockumentary terrific Russian director Anna Melikyan. The film This is a gripping story of a group of young German
Lost in Munich offers new theories about is an almanac of contemporary romantic stories soldiers who are captured by the Danish forces at Sunday 29 1pm CORN ISLAND (Georgia)
the 1938 Munich agreement, which forced set in a bustling Moscow, brought together by the end of WW2. The Allied forces give them a deadly January 3.15pm LAND OF MINE (Denmark)
Czechoslovakia to cede much of its border a university lecture about love. The cream of task — removing their own mines that they had set
5.15pm THE CLOSET ( France)
region to Germany and also reflects on the Russian acting talent is on display, including an along the coast of Denmark. One of the finest films to
perils of filmmaking. A real Subtitle coup. hilarious cameo by Yuri Kolokolnikov. come out of Denmark in recent years. Don’t miss it.
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Natural and Human Heritages
JASON BYRNE The Performance Corporation
and Breda Cashe Productions
An award-winning drama with music based on James Joyce’s best
loved short story.
Galway University Musical Society
SPRING LUNCHTIME IS PROPPED UP present Four singers accompanied by a string quartet conjure all the humour
LECTURE SERIES THE DEAD and heartbreak of a family gathering on a snowy night in Dublin.
Composer Ellen Cranitch and playwright Tom Swift have created a vivid
Sat 4 February 8pm musical telling of one of the greatest short stories ever written.
Fridays 1.10pm - 1.50pm Tickets €22*
Mon 6 & Tues 7 February 8pm With a cast featuring Clare Barrett, Kate Gilmore, Ruth McGill and Rory
Admission Free Brazen Tales Productions There is no support act.
Tickets €20*/€16*
Jason Byrne on stage 8pm sharp. Musgrave, The Dead is skilfully directed by Jo Mangan, in a beautiful
The School of Geography & Archaeology, NUI Galway
continues its successful run of public lectures BIG BOBBY. Strictly over 16’s.
“This handsome chamber opera
version of Joyce’s masterpiece.
exploring the relationship between archaeology,
geography and the natural world.
LITTLE BOBBY Jason Byrne’s brand new show
has everything you’ve come
adaptation sweetly honours
Fri 20 Jan Nature and Culture: the symbolisation of by Camille Lucy Ross to expect from ‘The Outright
The Dead” THE IRISH TIMES
a primordial interdependence & Kelly Shatter King of Live Comedy’ “A blend of spoken word,
Speaker: Dr. Fiona Gavin (The Times), plus Ducks,
recitatives, popular songs and
False Chins, Portable
Fri 27 Jan Low Carbon Energy Communities in Irish
Igloos, Bewildered Owls attractive arioso passages,
Islands: A Transdisciplinary Approach Wed 1 February 8pm and much, much more. truly excellent’’ OPERA
Speaker: Eimear Heaslip Tickets €18/€16*
Running time 60 minutes, no interval The star of Wild
Fri 3 Feb Back from the Stone Age: The place of Things (Sky 1) and
Céide Fields in Irish prehistory The Snaptastic Show
Big Bobby. Little Bobby is a twisted tender comedy; a one BLACK BOX THEATRE
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Whitefield (TV3) has gone back to his
woman tour-de-force about keeping your demons sweet. Tues 7 - Sat 11 February 8pm
Fri 12 Feb Fishing for consensus on Ireland’s comedy roots, probably so
Bobby has shared a bed with Mammy who sleeps in her he can pull them up and use Tickets €15*/€12* (€2 discount on Tues & Weds)
salmon farms
Speaker: Dr. Liam M. Carr tights, plays games in the night and guzzles bottles under them as a prop as well.
the stairs. It’s time for Bobby to get out. Galway University Musical Society (GUMS) is an
Fri 17 Feb Climate change, prehistoric farming, soil amateur musical society that has grown immensely
loss and the development of a karst landscape in Alone in the silence of Granny’s old house, Little Bobby in previous years, been nominated for numerous
western Ireland appears, filling Bobby’s head with self loathing, filthy urges AIMS awards and received fantastic reviews.
Speaker: Dr. Carleton Jones and occasionally a push in the right direction. “Watching a new Urinetown is Galway University Musical Society’s
Fri 24 Feb Irish Winter Climates: From storms to Jason Byrne Show 17th annual musical and it’s an absolute piss-take!
A deliciously dark tale about inner critics, awkward The Tony Award-winning musical is a satire on the
frost and back again is like witnessing
romance and dealing with your dark side. legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility,
Speaker: Dr. Audrey Morley lightning in a bottle” populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement,
Fri 3 Mar To be announced “a hugely entertaining piece of theatre… EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
and the musical form itself.
Speaker: Peter Casby
hilarious and touching’ THE REVIEW HUB
Fri 10 Mar What on Earth are Novel Ecosystems? “Unmissable” Urinetown keeps springing surprises to the very
Speaker: Dr. Marcus J. Collier “funny and lovely” THE INDEPENDENT EVENING STANDARD end, it’s current, engaging and above all, hilarious!
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An Evening of Mediumship
with TV Psychic
TONY STOCKWELL
Wed 8 February 8pm Tommy Swarbrigg presents
Tickets €25*
JACK LUKEMAN
For those with an interest in Mediumship, the In The King Of Soho… Saturday 11 February 8pm
name of Tony Stockwell will certainly need no
introduction. Tony has been working tirelessly for and other stories Tickets €25*/€22.50*
over 25 years to demonstrate his belief that those Espresso Productions
who have passed can communicate with their loved Direct from the USA
ones. Tony’s insight into the lives of total strangers The No. 1 Johnny
is inexplicable and remarkable as he attempts to Cash Tribute Act
offer fascinating revelations from the other side. DONNA TAGGART
Tony Stockwell is a Spiritualist Medium and spirit
communication is part of his own religious belief, EDDI READER
Fri 10 February 8pm The Best Of
but we accept differing opinions exist regarding
Tickets €25*/€23* by GERRY CONNEELY
mediumship. Any demonstration of mediumship is Thurs 9 February 8pm
an experiment and results are not guaranteed. Tickets €25* /€22.50*
Donna Taggart, the Omagh-born viral sensation, recently Tues 14 February 8pm
Featuring Terry Lee Goffee and his band, this is one topped the charts when her single Jealous of the Angels Tickets €20*
show you won’t want to miss! Terry Lee Goffee sings reached No.1 in the iTunes Easy Listening Chart in the Running time 2 hrs 30 mins incl. interval Tues 14 - Sat 18 February 8.30pm
like Johnny, he looks like Johnny and he performs just USA along with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Tickets €15*/€12*
like the great man, with energy, charisma and vitality! Africa, Ireland and the UK. Her album subsequently went Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader celebrates her 30-year career with
Acknowleged as the No. 1 interpreter of the great man’s straight to No. 1 on the Billboard World Music Catalogue the release of her first career spanning compilation Eddi Reader The That Same Old Story is a charming, poignant and
music on the planet, he last visited Ireland five years Charts, with the ‘Angels’ video attracting a staggering 50 Best Of. She will be joined by her regular band members, John Douglas often hilarious tale of the state of love in contemporary
ago and all shows were sell outs. million views on Youtube. (guitar & vocals), Boo Hewerdine (guitar & vocals), Alan Kelly (piano Ireland by Kinvara playwright, Gerry Conneely.
accordion) and Kevin McGuire (double bass & vocals). With a career
Tommy Cash said, “The show is great, my brother would Donna began singing when she was 22. It started by This vibrant comedy with stunning dialogue allows you
spanning over 3 decades, Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into
be proud”. Joanne Cash Yates said “It’s a wonderful accident when a friend asked her to sing at a funeral to combine your celebration of St Valentines with a
one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. Having
show, I would recommend it to anyone.” Johnny’s and she has been singing and recording songs ever satisfying theatrical presentation on the subject of love.
first hit the limelight in the 1980s with the group Fairground Attraction
booking agent (Bonnie Sugarman) of 30 years and his since. Donna first came to prominence in 2011 when (who enjoyed huge chart success with their debut No.1 single Perfect
manager, Lou Robin, have also attended Terry Lee’s her acclaimed debut album Celtic Lady Vol. 1 was picked and album First of a Million Kisses), Eddi went on to collaborate on “A show to delight the heart and a reminder
shows. Sugarman said “Terry had it down, the moves, up by highly respected BBC Radio Ulster presenter Gerry many celebrated projects throughout the years, famously harmonizing that despite the gloom and uncertainty,
the sound, the look, everything, but above all, he relates Anderson. A second album followed in 2013 (Celtic Lady with Annie Lennox while touring with the Eurythmics and paying her there is in fact something worth living for”
to Johnny’s music like no other I have heard”. Vol.2) and the rest, as they say, is history! punk dues with a successful stint in the group Gang of Four. Alan Fry, scriptwriter
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Celebrate the 40th Anniversary Sat 18 February 8pm
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Tickets €25*
of Saturday Night Fever Duration 2 hours 20 minutes including interval
The reVIeWs hUB
Tues 21 February 8pm
Co-Motion Media Tickets €18*/€16*
On a stormy night in Brendan’s pub,
THE BIG FELLOW
The Weir
isolated above a Leitrim town, the in association with VERDANT productions The Cove is a performance about the natural world, and the
place of people in it. It reflects on the experience of the beauty
men are gathering for their daily pint. by DECLAN GORMAN of the wild Irish coast and its embodiment in movement.
The arrival of a stranger in their midst based on FRANK O’CONNOR’S biography
of Michael Collins Through a changing environment of large reflective blocks a
– a beautiful woman – spurs them woman travels. She climbs, sits, contemplates and is enfolded
to impress her with stories. They are Mon 20 February 8pm by the spirit of the place.
stories of souls past, spirits present Tickets €20*/€18*
and spectres unforeseen. One story, Running time 2 hours incl. interval “…told with fable-like simplicity, the dance is
Contains strong language and simulated gunfire. a multi-layered meditation on overcoming the
however, is more chilling, more sinister
Conor McPherson
Not recommended for children under 13 years.
constant force of gravity and the fear of falling in
and more real than any of them could Frank O’Connor (Gerard Adlum) brings to life the mythical hero Michael order to achieve the joyous freedom of the peak”
have foreseen. Collins (Cillian Ó Gairbhí), as he graduates from masterminding dare- MICHAEL SEAVER, IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE
devil raids, prison breaks and espionage in the War of Independence to
Winner of the olivIer, evening standard and Critics’ Circle for Best new Play commanding the army of a newly-formed but bitterly divided state. As
The Weir is a classic McPherson tale a timid youth, O’Connor had fought against Collins in the Civil War. So
and a masterpiece of modern theatre – Mon 13- Fri 17 February, excl Tues 14 February why does he divert from a glittering literary career just a few years later
to write a book in praise of his dead enemy?
don’t miss it. 8pm Tickets: Mon €15*, Wed to Sat €20*/€18*20 21
THE THREE TENORS Lambert Puppet Theatre presents
Ireland’s Greatest Voices & CINDERELLA Rafal Kowalczyk/Galaxy Events
Entertainers with Star Violinist
Special Guest: Direct from Carnegie Hall - AND BOSCO KAMIL BEDNAREK
Galway’s Teenage Star Aimee Banks
Sun 26 February 8pm
DES BISHOP Sat 25 February 8pm
Tickets €28*/€26*
Tickets €35* in advance, €40* on the door
One Day You’ll
Understand EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC! EXCITING NEW SHOW!
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Popular Classic Hits! Home from the Sea,
Caledonia, One Moment in Time, My Way,
Ireland’s Hottest trio - RTÉ award-winners
Pat Egan presents Derek Moloney, Dominic McGorian and Shane
MIDGE URE
Morgan, promise you a night to remember!
Favourites include Pavarotti (Nessun Dorma)
and The Dubliners’ greatest ballads.
Fri 24 February 8pm “Knockout vocal performance” Sun 26 February 2pm
Tickets €35* NEW YORK TIMES Tickets €10*, Family Ticket (4 people) €35*
Suitable for an age group up to ten years of age.
Wed 22 and Thurs 23 February 8pm
Tickets €25* Midge Ure has a career that spans
over 40 years – from his ‘pop band’ The Lambert Puppet Theatre is internationally
Des is old enough now to know that when his beginnings, almost joining The Sex renowned for its many fine productions in
Mom used her favourite expression, “one day Pistols, the electronic groundbreaking theatres throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.
you will understand”, that she was often correct. work with Visage, via the mainstream From its earliest beginning the Lambert family
However, sometimes she was just hiding from success of Ultravox to the twists has been involved with RTÉ TV, working the
having to explain the complexities of life. and turns of his solo releases. This
‘Something From Everything…’ show will
hugely popular series Wanderly Wagon.
COIRM GAEL LINN Primary schools from
all over Galway City and
What a great metaphor for the confusing world cover at least one song from every album Bosco is still a firm favourite with the younger County present 20-minute
we live in; from Trump to Isis, Facebook feeds to he has released – don’t miss! children and will make a nostalgic appearance Tues 28 Feb & Wed 1 March, 10am-4pm variety shows.
conspiracy theories and the ever-confusing battle in the opening part of the show. Cinderella is a Free Admission For full details, visit
of the sexes. Through laughter, Des attempts to beautifully produced show with large puppets, www.gael-linn.ie
make sense of the world today and life in general. colourful sets and exquisite lighting.22 23
World Premiere Starring Eoin Kilkenny Conor McPherson’s award-winning play
Espresso Productions presents
JON KENNY and MARY McEVOY is a poignant and funny tale told through
Galway Whiskey Festival John B Keane’s Directed by
THIS LIME three interlinking monologues. The play a Comedy Double Bill
MEET THE THE SUCCESSFUL TD MICHAEL SCOTT TREE BOWER follows three young men from a small
seaside town who tell of their inextricably
FRANKEEN STEIN
&
MIDLETON Based on The Letters of A Successful TD and
An Irish Minister of State by John B Keane
by Conor McPherson linked lives and the eventful week which
was to change things for good.
SHAKESPEARE IN
WHISKEY Adapted for the stage by Jon Kenny, Mon 6 March 8pm
CONNEMARA
MAKERS Thurs 2 - Sat 4 March 8pm Tickets €18*/€16*
Mary McEvoy and Michael Scott 80 mins no interval
Tickets €20*/€18*
To celebrate the launch
ONE OF YOUR OWN – A VOTE FOR TULL IS A
of INTERNATIONAL VOTE FOR YOURSELF!
IRISH WHISKEY DAY The Successful TD follows the trials, tribulations,
and GALWAY misadventures and hilarious antics of Tull DanSoc NUIG
WHISKEY FESTIVAL McAdoo as he seeks re-election to the Dáil in
the "October Elections”. DANCE
Wed 1 March 8pm Written in 1967, John B Keane displays his edge for INTERVARSITIES
Free Admission humour and satire that are uncomfortably close to the
politics of today… peppered with Keane's gallery of 2017
madcap characters this show will have you laughing
at politics (in a good way) from the start. NUI GALWAY
Tull has roped in the help of his faithful daughter Kate Tues 7 - Sat 11 March 8.30pm
while his wife nurses her various ailments in bed or Tickets €15*/€12*
Wed 8 March 9am - 6pm
Lisdoonvarna, but his arch enemy Flannery the local Tickets €10*/€5*
school teacher plans to scupper the election for Tull. Two one-act plays representing the
“A show about optimism “Zippy and evocative… its vivid most recent work of Gerry Conneely
This competition brings colleges from
and hope… brilliantly images and brisk rhythm generate whose Year of the Moving Statues caused
across Ireland to compete in five
delivered” RTÉ RADIO 1 an electric charge” THE IRISH TIMES such a stir in 2015.
categories of Dance.
“Any man with a vote is a man to be
respected. I’ll play with them, lie to them, “Conneely has managed to capture The categories are Irish Dancing,
sing dumb about them while I have a that anarchic vitality that so often Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary
chance of a vote. That’s my livelihood. characterises Irish conversation but and Mixed Piece.
Don’t give me no more stink about the for some reason is sadly lacking in Each category is judged by three judges
truth. Christ told the truth and they Irish theatre. At least until now” and there is an award ceremony after
crucified Him…” KEVIN MEADOWES, WRITER AND DIRECTOR the Mixed Piece category.24 25
Tickets €20*/€18*
See two productions for €30* or all three for €40*
Fidget Feet Theatre Royal Productions
Fri 10 March 8pm Fishamble is thrilled to present a special triple bill of www.fishamble.com
HANG ON MY REAL LIFE
SILENT / UNDERNEATH / FORGOTTEN
Tickets €8*/Family (4 people) €25*
Choreographed and
Contemporary and aerial circus.
Suitable for all ages
by Eoin Colfer
performed by Starring DON WYCHERLEY
“kept me spellbound” Written and performed by PAT KINEVANE Directed by JIM CULLETON Produced by EVA SCANLAN Silent and Underneath Composed by DENIS CLOHESSY
CHANTAL McCORMICK HOUSTON CHRONICLE, USA Directed by BEN BARNES
and LEE CLAYDEN
Film projection and music
created and played live by Fri 10 & Sat 11 March 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18*
JYM DALY
SILENT UNDERNEATH FORGOTTEN
Mon 13 March 8pm Tues 14 March 8pm Wed 15 March 8pm
OLIVIER AWARD WINNER 2016 WINNER OF SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2015 ‘Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?’
WINNER OF SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AND HERALD THE BEST THEATRE OF 2015: BROADWAY AND
Theatre Royal Productions presents Sing Street star Don Wycherley in the ANGEL AWARDS AT EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE BEYOND - FORBES MAGAZINE LIST Pat Kinevane’s captivating portrayal of four elderly
characters, living in retirement homes and care
touching and entertaining My Real Life by Eoin Colfer. AND ARGUS ANGEL AT BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
‘You never know what’s around the corner, facilities around Ireland, is a unique collage of
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO FIGHT FOR IT? Wexford man Noel has advanced MS and decides to end it all. While waiting Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling. With vibrancy
do ya?’
for his overdose to take effect he records an increasingly rambling message ‘Hopeless, helpless, in-the-way person’ and haunting honesty, Kinevane’s stylised
Hang On brings the suited denizens of the business world into the sumo wrestlers’
circle of combat, mixing an aerial dance trapeze duet with a love musical for his best friend. Noel has apologies to make and messages to send. He has Sticks and stones didn’t break Her bones, but words and performance brings to life these sometimes
love in his heart and he wants to declare it even if it’s already too late. Noel Homeless McGoldrig once had splendid things. But he pointing crushed Her. Is Beauty really only skin deep? Does forgotten voices of society.
performance in a thrilling struggle between the sexes. Will everything be lost in the has lost it all - including his mind. He now dives into the
battle - or can love be found? Can they HANG ON? spends what is possibly the last hour of his life re-living the highs and lows of Ugliness hide somewhere deeper?
the past forty years and, surprisingly perhaps, it’s not all doom and gloom. A wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Forgotten has been performed in over 60 venues
Fidget Feet is Ireland’s foremost Aerial Dance Theatre Company. Creating play that will make you laugh and make you cry. Rudolph Valentino, in this brave, bold, beautiful production. This stunning new play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid throughout Ireland, and has toured to England,
spectacular contemporary circus and specialising in aerial dance. With Hang On, Silent has had huge international success from Los Angeles tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people Scotland, US, France, Czech Republic, Iceland,
to Edinburgh, and from New York to Melbourne, wowing who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life. It Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, as well as to the US to
they are doing what they do best - mixing aerial skills with dance and performing to “Wycherley’s performance really is a tour de force”
original live music and video art. Aerial dance at its finest. Don’t miss! THE IRISH EXAMINER audiences and critics alike. explores the surface, and what lies underneath. New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.26
St Patrick’s Festival 2017 at the Town Hall Theatre Buy tickets to any three events for just €40*
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The Corps Ensemble
Zogma Dance, Quebec MADE IN CHINA Mon 20 March 8pm
Tickets €18*/€16*
SOKALO REMIX By Mark O’Rowe Running time 1hr 45 mins incl. interval
Fri 17 March 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18* In this working-class Dublin noir, Mark O’Rowe (writer of Intermission, Howie the
Running time 80 minutes Rookie and Our Few and Evil Days) elevates his own unique brand of hard-core
street vernacular to a high martial art form. Full of verbal pyrotechnics, spectacular
An exciting show melding the sean-nós tradition with imagery and linguistic experiment, this darkly comic blood-and-guts crime story is
high energy contemporary movement, lightening fast Shakespearean in its poetry and Jacobean in its arc of bloody revenge.
footwork and dynamic music.
HHHH
When the urban rhythms in Sokalo meet and
intermingle with the rural rhythms of traditional dance “Three stunning performances” “A powerful night of theatre,
and music in Ireland, the result is magical. Zogma’s THE EXAMINER one that crackles and bristles Directions Out Theatre Company
Ériu
LÏNGER
interest in Irish dance stems from the links between
“Wildly, outrageously,
with a palpable energy”
THE EXAMINER
DAVE AT LARGE
featuring BREANDÁN DE GALLAÍ
their form of percussive dance, and indeed Quebec
folk dance, that specifically traces its roots back to THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY sickeningly funny.” by Brian McAvera
& NICK O’CONNELL traditional Irish and French-Canadian dancing. 33rd Anniversary Concert SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Featuring Irish artists Laoise Kelly (harp). Caitlin Nic
Sat 18 March 8pm Tue 21 March 8pm
Thurs 16 March 8pm Gabhainn (dance/concertina), Liam Scanlon (dance),
Tickets €20*/€18*
Tickets €18*/€16* Edwina Guckian (dance). Tickets €20*/€18*
Running time 2 hrs 15 incl. interval
Running time 1 hour, no Interval
“Incredible! Loved every second” A brand new comedy that celebrates the work of Dave Allen, the iconic
MAIREAD NÍ MHAONAIGH, ALTAN Over the past 15 years Dublin singer/songwriter/multi- Irish comedian who broke through internationally as one of the most funny,
Choreographed by ex-Riverdance principal instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh has amazed audiences
Breandán de Gallaí, Lïnger is a provocative and irreverent and challenging comedians of his day.
AN IRISH/ CANADIAN CO-PRODUCTION COMMISSIONED BY following powerful sell-out performances
contemporary Irish dance work involving two both in Ireland and abroad. In 2011 Chris stood in with folk This new play touches on aspects of his life but reinvents his comedy routines
THE DOCK, LEITRIM WITH ZOGMA DANCE, QUEBEC.
male dancers at opposite ends of their dancing legends The Dubliners on their German tour and also made about politics, sex, religion and family for a modern audience, as well as
careers. This immersive theatrical experience is a guest appearance on their 50th anniversary concert DVD examining the nature of a comedian.
“a powerfully tender and muscular exploration recorded in Vicar Street.
of Irish gay masculinity”, and unfolds through Three actors play Dave as different aspects of his life and humour take centre
a rich tapestry of photography, film, music, When Chris sings, his talents capture the depth and stage. Funny, irreverent and touching. A great night out.
and movement. Ériu’s work is a 21st century passion of the great man that he was so heavily influenced
reimagining of Irish dance, exploring the poetic by. He is joined on stage by one of Ireland’s leading Cast includes: With Bryan Murray (Fair City, Brad, Irish R.M), Michael Batres
potential of the genre and examining topics rarely guitarist/composers, Michael Howard and traditional (Fair City); Tara Breathnach (Ros na Rún, A Nightingale Falling). Directed by
dealt with through traditional dance. musician Joe Finn on uilleann pipes, whistle, flute & fiddle. the award-winning team of Joe Devlin & Brian McAvera.28 29
CoisCéim Dance Theatre
Foil Arms & Hog
THE WOLF AND PETER DOOMDAH
“reassuringly traditional and Thursday 23 March 7pm Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf
startlingly modern… funny, Friday 24 March 10am & 12.15pm is one of the most well known Fri 24 March 8pm
imaginative and very moving” pieces of music ever written. In Tickets €20*
Tickets €8*, Family Ticket (4 people) €24*, School Groups €6*
THE IRISH TIMES Suitable For All Ages 6+
this energetic new work, David
Running time 55 mins, no interval Bolger has taken this timeless Foil Arms and Hog are Ireland’s top comedy sketch group.
story of courage and imagination Called ‘Pure Brilliant’ by Tommy Tiernan, they have over
‘’Playful, funny, moving,The Wolf as inspiration, and here… the four million hits on YouTube and have sold out five shows
and Peter stirs the spirit and story is told through the eyes at Dublin’s Vicar Street. With regular sketches on RTÉ, viral
ignites the imagination, no matter of a Wolf! Filled with dance and comedy hits like How to Speak Dublin and over 70,000
what age you might happen to be” live music, this fun and richly online followers, Foil Arms and Hog have established
EXAMINER.COM theatrical production will take themselves amongst the new breed of Irish comedy stars.
children and their families on a
thrilling adventure to explore and
“Jim Nolan has an unapologetic affection “the play, essentially a meditation on the
discover contemporary dance and
performance at its best. for small-town life. But it never blinds shape of the nation as it celebrates the Rising,
him to its dangers and its faults” is lightly metaphorical and stealthily topical”
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT THE IRISH TIMES
Sat 25 March 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18*
‘Pearse, Connolly, McDermott and the rest of their merry men; they died for a
Republic. But we don't live in a Republic. We live in an economy.’
Following its world première in 2016, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye tours nationwide in Spring 2017 produced by
Garter Lane Theatre with funding from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Set in a provincial newspaper office in the Irish Midlands in the run up to Easter 2016, the privately owned
Inishshannon Chronicle has just been acquired by a media conglomerate and the new brush is about to
sweep clean. As the newspaper’s staff adjust to radical changes in its structure and ethos, the town it
serves prepares to celebrate a tenuous connection to the Easter Rising. The revelation that this connection
is not quite what it seems puts the Chronicle’s editor on a collision course with both his new bosses and the
local business and political community.30 NEXT SEASON includes… 31
By kind permission from Theatrical Rights Worldwide
The Stage Musical Comedy with Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle
OMID DJALILI
Music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle Schmuck For a Night Pat Egan Presents MARY
KEVIN “BLOODY” WILSON BLACK
Wed 27 March - Sun 2 April 8pm
Plus Guest Jenny Talia
Thurs 20 April 8pm
Matinee Sat 1 April 3pm Thurs 30 March Tickets €35*
Tickets €21*/€19* Tickets €27*
Sat 8 April 8pm
Tickets €35* Mary has chosen some of
Award-winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili known her favourite venues for
Find your grail… for his legendary stand-up performances, is back on a
nationwide tour! Intelligent, sometimes provocative and
The Kevin Bloody Wilson show is not just a concert
performance; for most, it’s a full on event and an
this tour and is bringing
her world famous band
always entertaining, his stand-up is a hugely energetic of musicians: Bill Shanley
Lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot opportunity to tick from your bucket-list, a chance
and captivating comedy masterclass. His credits range (guitar), Pat Crowley (piano
is the fresh Broadway hit and irreverent parody of the Arthurian legend. It was to see Australia’s most unique international comedy
from Hollywood to television and the West End stage. and accordion), Nick Scott
nominated for 14 Tony Awards, winning three including Best New Musical for 2005. legend. In the more than 30 years since his first
Earning praise across the world for his performances (double bass) and Richie
album (Hey Santa Claus, Living Next Door to Alan)
Spamalot features a shameless parade of puns, a posse of knights in tights (also Omid recently starred in Dickensian (BBC1), Lucky Man Buckley (saxophone).
Kev’s concerts continue to sell-out around the globe.
shameless), a bevy of beautiful showgirls, a ‘dazzling diva’, hilarious dance numbers, (Sky1) and Going Forward (BBC4) with Jo Brand.
Selling upward of 4 million units and being nominated
not to mention cows, killer rabbits some really terrible fake French accents and the
for Australian of the Year have helped cemen t his
somewhat odd Knights who say “ni” are just part of the adventures and dangers
‘Belly laughs with a place as, in the words of Billy Connolly, ‘the world’s
awaiting King Arthur and his knights of the very very very round table in their quest for
funniest Australian’. Aiken Promotions
the holy grail. subtle blend of
Leading the quest is King Arthur with his trusty servant Patsy rounds up his gallant
mainstream gags and
subversive twinkle’
ANDY IRVINE & PAUL BRADY
knights - and a broad assortment of other characters - Sir Lancelot the Homicidally
SUNDAY TIMES
40th Anniversary Tour
Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir-Lancelot, Sir Galahad and the
Strangely Flatulent Sir Bedevere.
“Grab your coconuts… I mean your tickets now as it’s expected to Sat 27 May 8pm
Tickets €44*. Fully seated concert.
sell very very very well”
Disclaimer: Spamalot pokes fun at almost everyone and everything, even Broadway
musicals. It is most appropriate for children 12 and older who can appreciate the
unique Pythonesque sense of humour that – without apology – can appear cheeky,
impertinent, irreverent, disrespectful, and sometimes just plain rude… but to the
sophisticated and discerning eye, it is silliness raised to an art form and all good fun.
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