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Programme of Events July - September 2015
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HOW TO BOOK? July - September 2015 programme at a glance
1. CLICK
Buy online twenty-four hours at www.tht.ie. MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE
You can now choose your seat when you book online for both the Town Hall AND Black Box.
JUNE SAT 27 THE SPEKS 1PM THT FAMILY 6
2. CALL SAT 27 SEAN KEANE 8PM THT MUSIC 6
Phone 091 569777 Mon-Sat 10am -7.30pm. Visa, MasterCard and Visa Debit are accepted. TUE 30 AL-ANDAR FLAMENCO 8PM STUDIO MUSIC 6
3. VISIT JULY WED 1 - SAT 4 A ROOM WITH NO VIEW 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 7
NEVER
Call in to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway. We’re here SAT 4 PANTI - HIGH HEELS IN LOW PLACES 8PM THT COMEDY 7
Mon-Sat, 10am -7.30pm and one hour before performances on Sundays and Bank Holidays. MON 6 STEVE BENNETT & BRIAN KELLY 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 8
* Please note telephone and personal bookings are subject to the Town Hall Theatre Development Charge TUE 7 - SUN 12 GALWAY FILM FLEADH VARIOUS THT CINEMA 9
of 50 cent per ticket and online bookings are subject to a €1 Booking & Development Charge per ticket. TUE 14 - SUN 19 GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: EXHIBIT B VARIOUS BB THEATRE 12
MISS
WED 15 - SUN 26 GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: THE MATCH BOX VARIOUS THT THEATRE 10 & 11
CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES SAT 18 WALKING WISDOM WOODQUAY 3PM GRC DISCUSSION 8
We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply to under 18 year olds, TUE 21 - SAT 25 GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: DEGENERATION VARIOUS BB DANCE 13
students, senior citizens and the unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required.
10% discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply. AUGUST WED 12 - SUN 16 SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL VARIOUS THT FAMILY 14
FRI 21 -SAT 22 PLEASURE GROUND 8PM THT THEATRE 15
OUT
INTERVAL DRINKS FRI 21 -SAT 22 THE OPEN COUPLE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 15
Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks before the show. The bar on
SAT 29 BRENDAN GRACE 8PM THT COMEDY 15
the first floor is open before and after all performances.
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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE G IF T SEPT THUR 3 - SAT 12 VERNON GOD LITTLE VARIOUS THT THEATRE 16
Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of any special requirements THUR 10 HANDEL’S AGRIPPINA 8PM BB OPERA 17
so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you SUN 13 GOLDILOCKS VARIOUS THT FAMILY 17
should phone or email us to let us know of any special requirements. GIFT VOUCHERS - MON 14 PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE 8PM THT IN CONVERSATION 18
CONDITIONS OF SALE IDEAL GIFTS! WED 16 - THUR 17 THE MAN IN THE WOMAN’S SHOES 8PM THT THEATRE 18
Looking for the ideal THUR 17 - SAT 19 KICKING OSCAR’S CORPSE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 19
We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance
gift? One to suit every FRI 18 JOHNNY DUHAN 8PM THT MUSIC 19
is cancelled or abandoned. Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list
taste? Then why not SAT 19 CÉILÍ/FEST NOZ 9PM BB CÉILÍ 19
of conditions, see reverse of tickets. Please note the management reserve the
treat someone special WED 23 LUCINDA SLY 8PM THT THEATRE 20
right to make essential changes to the programme.
to a Town Hall Theatre THUR 24 THE WHISTLING GIRL 8PM THT MUSIC 20
LATECOMERS gift voucher, available FRI 25 MUSIC OF JOHN DENVER 8PM THT MUSIC 21
Late Admission cannot be guaranteed and can only occur if there is a suitable from the box office. SAT 26 THE LAST FIVE YEARS 8PM THT MUSICAL 21
break in the performance. SUN 27 JURASSIC ADVENTURES VARIOUS THT FAMILY 22
WED 30 BILL BAILEY 8PM BB COMEDY 22
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THISISPOPBABY presents
THE SPEKS Sean Keane
GRANNY’S SUITCASE Panti
Sat 27 June 1pm
HIGH HEELS
Tickets €7*
Sat 27 June 8pm
Tickets €20* IN LOW PLACES
Sean Keane is going back to his roots in music. In this
Sat 4 July 8pm
brand new one-man show, set in his grandmother’s
Tickets €20*
kitchen as he searches through her old leather
suitcase where she held all the words of many famous
songs collected from people who visited her home Join Ireland’s High Queen, National Treasure,
in Carragh near Caherlistrane, Sean combines songs Performance Giant and Accidental Activist Panti
and stories of how he was influenced to sing in the Bliss in her smash hit comedy show, High Heels
traditional way from a very early age. Featuring many in Low Places.
well-known favourites like A Stór Mo Chroí, Dear Little
Isle, May Morning Dew and Erin’s Lovely Home. High Heels in Low Places is her riotous stand-up
show about life after ‘Pantigate’, which played
to rave reviews and chock-a-block houses
across Ireland.
COLOURS FRINGE FESTIVAL Charting brushes with infamy, near misses with
Al-Andar Flamenco Company
fame, and adventures in the seedy underbelly,
LUNA Y MARTE Wolf Meets World Productions Panti invites you in to her hyper-real, stiletto-
A ROOM WITH NO VIEW shaped world, in a storytelling tour de force
where she promises to say the un-sayable.
The Speks present a lively mix of nursery Tue 30 June 8.30pm
rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Tickets €13*/€11*
“Exquisitely tart-tongued comedy…
Irish music which will have adults and kids electrically revealing and masterful”
Wed 1 to Sat 4 July 8:30pm HHHHH
jumping in their seats. They live on a mysterious In their new show “Luna y Marte”, Tickets€10*
island off the coast of Co Clare called Glasses THE IRISH TIMES
Al-Andar brings you the unique sensitivity
Island where everybody wears glasses! The and passion of this tradition from Southern
Speks have won a Parents’ Choice Music Back by popular demand, A Room With No View “Comic genius.”
Spain. This exceptional combination of returns to the Town Hall Studio for four nights as part
Award in the US where their music has been artists includes dancer/ choreographer HHHH
described as ‘’Riverdance for toddlers’’ and they of The Colours Fringe Festival. IRISH INDEPENDENT
team Fatima Lucia and Patricia Bolonia, on
encourage kids to sing, scream, clap and dance their first joint tour, accompanied by the
along during their performances! A Room With No View is a showcase of two one act “Wickedly funny.”
pulsing beats of Javier Mula’s guitar and plays that highlights the intricate misunderstood HHHH
Stephanie Swanton’s evocative violin. condition of mental illness in Irish society. THE GUARDIAN
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The Galway Film Fleadh returns for its 27th year, on the heels of Galway being designated an official UNESCO City of
COLOURS FRINGE FESTIVAL WALKING WISDOM 27th GALWAY FILM FLEADH Film and the Film Fleadh itself being named as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. As ever, this year’s
programme of films and events has been curated to have something for everyone – locally, nationally and internationally.
Wolf Meets World Productions WOODQUAY 7-12 July 2015 www.galwayfilmfleadh.com The 27th Film Fleadh will open with the World Premiere of My Name is Emily, the debut feature from award-winning
shorts director Simon Fitzmaurice. This road movie turned love story, starring Evanna Lynch (better known as Luna
STEVE BENNETT & Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay Lovegood from the Harry Potter franchise) and Michael Smiley (Kill List; A Field in England), was directed entirely through
BRIAN KELLY
the use of iris-recognition software.
Sat 18 July 3pm
Tickets€8* Among the many World, European and Irish Premieres of New Irish Cinema, the Film Fleadh will host a Gala Premiere of
the Oscar® nominated Song of the Sea; a sumptuous animation about a little girl who can turn into a seal and goes on
an adventure with her brother to save the spirit world and other magical beings like her.
Mon 6 July 8.30pm
Tickets€5* This year’s country-in-focus will be the Netherlands and the Film Fleadh will host a delegation of Dutch filmmakers,
bringing to Galway a feast of contemporary Dutch features and documentaries, such as Son of Mine; Prince; Zurich and
the Dutch-Irish co-production The Surprise.
This and much more, including the details of this year’s Masterclasses, Public Interview, Irish Tribute and Oscar®-hopeful
short films will all be revealed when the full Film Fleadh programme launches on June 23rd.
A Conversation on Creative
OPENING NIGHT FILM NEW IRISH CINEMA
Tue 7 July 7:30pm, Tickets €20* Fri 10 July 10pm, Tickets €10*
Cities with Bernadette
Divilly, Woodquay resident MY NAME IS EMILY DIR: SIMON FITZMAURICE PURSUIT DIR: PAUL MERCIER
Sheila Gallagher, Education 16-year-old Emily runs away from her foster home to find her visionary A thriller inspired by Irish folk legend, Pursuit is a tale of love, betrayal
Facilitator Eleanor writer father, locked away in a psychiatric institution. and revenge and the pursuit of a life beyond crime.
Hough, and City Architect
Rosemarie Webb. Chair:
Dr. Nessa Cronin.
The event will be
“an adept entertainer with an engagingly completed with a silent
wry sense of humour” CHORTLE walking tour, exploring
Woodquay by using our
physical bodies and GALA PREMIERE THE NETHERLANDS IN FOCUS
Two of Galway’s finest funny lads with guitars join forces common sense to bring Thurs 9 July 6pm, Tickets €15* Sun 13 July 8.15 pm, Tickets €10*
to bring you an evening of music, comedy and surprises. presence to universal SONG OF THE SEA DIR: TOMM MOORE ZURICH DIR: SACHA POLAK
Steve Bennett (Edfringe, Electric Picnic, Body&Soul), design. The latest Oscar® nominated film from Cartoon Saloon, this heart-warming Zurich is a visually rich, emotionally charged, sense-scrambling
energetic and charming comedian is becoming a “Groan story combines Irish mythology with an all-star Irish cast. Stars Brendan character study of Nina, a lost soul adrift along the lonely highways
Giaf.ie/firstthought
Up”. Help from Brian Kelly, better known as one-third of Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan and David Rawle will be in attendance. Ticket and truck stops that crisscross Northern Europe, looking to atone for
bernadettedivilly.com/
international pop sensations So Cow. My Name is Emily includes admission to reception with music by Kíla. an unforgivable and unspeakable past.
walking-wisdom/
GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 13-26 JULY 2015
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Full details on www.giaf.ie
IRISH PREMIERE
GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
PRESENTS
THE MATCH BOX
“Frank McGuinness’ new play
The Match Box, is a stunner.”
THE OBSERVER
BY FRANK McGUINNESS
Starring CATHY BELTON
Directed by JOAN SHEEHY
‘I think it fair to say all hell broke loose when I finished speaking.’
The ties that bind can never be broken and the shocking events that bring Sal to a remote
exile on Valentia Island are as unexpected as they are brutal.
Frank McGuinness has created an intriguing heroine, a woman to be pitied and feared
in equal measure. Her compelling story begs only one question; what would you do if
pushed to the very edge?
Wed 15 - Sun 26 July 8pm
Galway’s Cathy Belton, one of Ireland’s leading actors, makes her long awaited Festival
debut in The Match Box.
No Interval
Matinees Thurs 23 & Sat 25 July 2pm
Cathy starred in the 2014 film Philomena directed by Stephen Frears, opposite Judi No show Mon 20 July
Dench and Steve Coogan, and most recently appeared in A Little Chaos opposite Kate Tickets €20* - €29*
Winslet, directed by Alan Rickman. She also stars in the new TV3 drama Red Rock.
Duration 1 hr 40 mins approx.
The creative team includes set & lighting design by Paul Keogan, original music by Teho
PHOTO: COLM HOGAN
Teardo and sound design by Helen Atkinson.
BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL
“It’s rare to find storytelling as sharply Frank McGuinness’ plays include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Tues 21 July
and simply involving as this.” Towards the Somme, Carthaginians, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and his Tony Award Post–show talk with the company
THE TELEGRAPH winning adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. giaf.ie/thematchbox
GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 13-26 JULY 2015
12 13
Full details on www.giaf.ie
IRISH PREMIERE Exhibit B is a deeply moving work created by South African artist Brett Bailey and lies IRISH PREMIERE “Shechter is a magnificent,
somewhere between performance and installation. one of a kind choreographer.”
THIRD WORLD BUNFIGHT In a powerful critique of racism, 13 live installations examine the colonial policies HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY THE GUARDIAN
EXHIBIT B DEGENERATION
and history of Europe in Africa. As spectators walk through Exhibit B to the sound of
lamentations sung live by a Namibian choir, the audience gaze is unexpectedly returned.
“One of the sharpest, most
Collectively each scene confronts colonial atrocities and the plight of immigrants today.
daring choreographers/
Described by legendary theatre director Peter Brook as ‘an extraordinary achievement’, composers working today…”
CREATED BY BRETT BAILEY this haunting work sets out to subvert a disturbing phenomenon, unpacking the histories
CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC BY HOFESH SHECHTER VOGUE
and turning the notion of exotic spectacle on its head.
“Terrible and magnificent… should run for several months
so that all government ministers and scholars can attend.” The Hofesh Shechter Company
THE GUARDIAN wowed Galway Festival audiences
in 2010 with the spellbinding
Political Mother. Their return
to Galway with their new show
deGeneration is a much anticipated
and very exciting prospect.
Tues 14 & Fri 17 July 4pm - 8pm
deGeneration is an evening of
Wed 15, Thurs 16, Sat 18 & Sun 19 July 1pm - 8pm three works where the company’s
Tickets €20* extraordinarily talented young
Walk through performance lasting approx. 40 minutes dancers tackle two creations from
Tickets available at 20 minute intervals Shechter’s canon, Cult (2004) and
Fragments (2003), the works that
Age 15+, contains nudity
introduced his cinematic, smoky
Tues 21, Wed 22 & Fri 24 July 8pm
brand of dance to the world Thurs 23 & Sat 25 July 7pm
BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL with a bang. Tickets €20* - €29*
PHOTO: VICTOR F R ANKOWSKI
Thurs 16 July
Post–show talk with Brett Bailey and the company Completing the evening is Duration 1 hr 20 mins approx.
giaf.ie/exhibitbgiaf.ie/hofesh Disappearing Act (2015) adapted
PHOTO: SOFIE KNIFF
from an earlier Shechter work BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL
Under a Rock, and reworked 22 July
especially for and inspired by the Post–show talk with the company
new dancers of the company. giaf.ie/hofesh
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Twin Productions Presents Lyrics by LYNN AHERNS
MICHAEL DISKIN ARTS BURSARY AWARD WINNER Fri 21 & Sat 22 August 8pm
BRENDAN GRACE
Tickets €15*/€12*
By kind permission of Josef Weinberger Ltd Music by STEPHEN FLAHERTY Fregoli Theatre Company
Group rates available
Co-conceived by ERIC IDLE
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss
PLEASURE GROUND “bog gothic… reminiscent of The Genial Family Comedian
By JARLATH TIVNAN Patrick McCabe” 43 Years of Laughing at…
NO MORE WORKHORSE ON SHUR I’LL BE (2014)
“a marriage of brutality and tenderness” Sat 29 August 8pm
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE ON DORSET STREET TOYS Tickets €25*
‘Back then I thought it was perfection. But things Brendan Grace, the genial and much loved family
change. Oh yes, they do.’ comedian, is celebrating 43 years in the comedy business
and is now more popular than at any time in his career
A group of friends who’ve gone their separate ways to date - and what an illustrious career that has been!
meet back at their teenage haunt, the town park Brendan’s latest show features some brand new material
Wed 12 - Sun 16 August and playground, known as the Pleasure Ground. and some ‘Old Favourites’ from his vast repertoire over
The town is dying, the Pleasure Ground’s glory has the last 43 years. His sense of timing and ability to read
Wed, Thurs & Fri 7pm
faded, and life hasn’t quite matched up to youthful an audience is without equal. And the brilliant ‘Bottler’
Sat & Sun 2pm & 6pm expectations. Over their night together, buried character is legendary and is now featured at every
Tickets €18*/€16* secrets become unearthed, past grievances boil performance. Brendan has a very special bond with Irish
Preview Wed €15* over, and scores are settled. audiences and is much loved by young and old not least
because he gives very generously of his time after each
Performed by Kate Murray, Peter Shine,
Concert. The ‘Meet and Greet’ is now very much part and
Eilish McCarthy and Jarlath Tivnan
parcel of each show.
THE MUSICAL
Directed by Maria Tivnan
No Ropes
THE OPEN COUPLE Fri 21- Sat 22 Aug 8.30pm
Tickets €10*/€8*
Seussical brings all of your The colourful characters Seussical is a delightful show Directors No Ropes is a new, Galway based theatre company
favorite Dr. Seuss characters transport us from the Jungle of for adults and children alike. This Brian Power & Seán Power whose aim is to challenge our understanding of Cast: Deirdre Bhreatnach, Billy Lyons, Chris Campbell
lovingly to life, including Horton Nool to the Circus McGurkus to catchy musical score emerges as a societal boundaries through the production of and guest starring Diarmuid de Faoite
the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, the invisible world of the ‘Who’s’. Seussian Gumbo of musical styles Choreographers innovative and little known dramatic works.
Katie Upton & Declan J. Gardiner Director Mairéad Folan
Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie La Bird, Join The Cat in the Hat, Horton ranging from Latin to Pop, Swing
This fast-paced, satirical three-hander is written Set Design Dara McGee
The Wichersham Brothers, The the Elephant and friends as they to Gospel, Rhythm n’Blues to Funk. Music Director & Vocal Director by Italian Nobel laureate Dario Fo and his wife Light Design Jim Faulkner
Sour Kangaroo, a little boy with take you on a journey into the So let your toes tap, your fingers Shane Farrell Franca Rame. Written in 1983, the play has a very Sound Design Conor McBrierty
a big imagination JoJo - and fantastical, bombastical and snap, and your imagination run
contemporary resonance and explores the sexual Music Composer Peter Mannion
many more. songtastical world of Dr Seuss. wild in the world of Dr. Seuss.
politics of a doomed ‘modern’ marriage. Stage Manager Jane Talbot
16 17
IRISH YOUTH OPERA
HANDEL’S
VERNON GOD LITTLE AGRIPPINA IYO will perform the opera in an English translation prepared for English National Opera
(2007) by Amanda Holden. According to the critic Donald Jay Grout, the unprecedented
By DBC PIERRE success of the opera owed much to the libretto in which “irony, deception and intrigue
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 2003 pervade the humorous escapades of its well-defined characters”. With its different
moods backed by scintillating music and a much more fluid musical structure than
100 BEST THINGS IN THE WORLD BY GQ MAGAZINE Thurs 10 September 8pm many of Handel’s later operas, Agrippina is a gem.
BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE AWARD FOR COMIC WRITING 2003 Tickets €25*/€20*
THE YOUNG VIC AUDIENCE VOTED IT IN THE TOP 3 SHOWS OF THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS. IYO provides an invaluable platform for young Irish singers to perform in full-scale
www.irishyouthopera.ie professional operas chosen specifically to showcase their talents. The company also
provides Irish audiences with the opportunity to enjoy this wealth of young Irish talent.
Co-produced by NI Opera, in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and Lime Tree
Thurs 3 - Sat 12 September 8pm (excl. Sun 6) Theatre Limerick
Previews Thurs 3 - Sat 5 September 8pm Funded by an Arts Council of Ireland Opera Production Award
Tickets €18*/€15*, Previews €12*
Vernon Little lives in a flea–bitten Texan town, “the barbeque sauce capital of
the state”, where his best friend has just massacred sixteen of his classmates. Tommy Swarbrigg Promotions
SING-ALONG WITH GOLDILOCKS
The town wants vengeance and turns its sights on the innocent Vernon who is
arrested from the start of the story. As the saying goes – “when the going gets
tough, the tough get going” – Vernon hits the road and flees to Mexico pursued
by a media circus of outlandish proportions. AND THE THREE BEARS
Vernon God Little is a riotous, irreverent adventure with a fast-talking fifteen The much loved fairy-tale comes to the stage in an unforgettable live stage
year old who cruelly ends up on a version of death row driven by the rules of production of song and laughter.
reality TV. Desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. Vernon’s innate
innocence exposes the nature of the American experience of justice in the eye of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Ruff The Dog perform live on stage in an
a media storm, and since he’s a boy of such sweetness, he makes death row a exciting and fun filled musical production.
respectable address.
The popular tale takes a few twists and turn along the way with other new puppet
characters and hopefully a happy ever after.
Kids will learn that music can be found everywhere as they sing and dance to all
their favourite songs. Throughout the show there are interactive moments that
“The debut of one of the most original and seriously children and parents alike can enjoy. Watch your kids take part in action songs like
funny narrative voices in recent times” Sun 13 September 2.30pm & 4.30pm the Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes, If You’re Happy and You Know It and Twinkle
THE OBSERVER Tickets €10* Twinkle Little Star as well as many other all time children’s favourites.
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Clive Conway productions Loco and Reckless Productions It’s October 1978. Pope John Paul I
THE MAN IN THE
is not long dead and Pat Farnon has JOHNNY DUHAN GALWAY/LORIENT CITY
TWINNING CELEBRATION
FACING THE MUSIC Mon 14 September 8pm ‘some business’ to do in town. The
WOMAN’S SHOES
Tickets €25* Man In The Woman’s Shoes follows
A Life in Musical Theatre
By MIKEL MURFI
Pat as he walks the 5 miles from
his wee white cottage to town and
Fri 18 September 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18*
CÉILÍ/FEST NOZ
WITH back. He is an ageing man with a
PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE It is still one of the best kept
secrets in show business that Wed 16 & Thurs 17 September 8pm
boundless enthusiasm for life.
Johnny Duhan’s greatest achievement is a
IN CONVERSATION WITH Tickets €15*/€12* Hilariously funny, tender and at quartet of epic albums - Just Another Town,
Patricia Routledge trained not
times downright daft, The Man In
EDWARD SECKERSON only as an actress but also as
a singer and had considerable
The Woman’s Shoes will leave you
To The Light, The Voyage and Flame - which
correspond to the four chapters of his lyrical
Sat 19 September 9pm
Tickets €10*
uplifted and in love with life again. autobiography, To The Light. Johnny’s songs
experience and success in Group rates available
musical theatre, both in the UK are sung worldwide in a variety of languages,
and in the US. Her many awards thanks to the focus put on them by Christy
include a Tony for her Broadway Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black and hosts of
performance in the Styne- other Irish and international singers. His song Fragile Theatre Company Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
KICKING
Harburg musical Darling of The Voyage has become a modern classic. Galway/Lorient city twinning with a special Céilí/
the Day and a Laurence Olivier Christy Moore has termed Johnny “One of our Fest Noz. A special night of Breton and Irish music
Award for her performance in
Leonard Bernstein’s Candide.
greatest songwriters.” And the late Ronnie
Drew described him as “one of my favourite OSCAR’S CORPSE and dance which merges the highly popular
communal dance of Brittany with the lively Céilí
In this fascinating encounter songwriters.” music and dance of Galway. This concert is one of
with the writer and broadcaster a number of celebratory activities taking place in
Galway over the weekend.
EDWARD SECKERSON she Thurs 17 - Sat 19 September 8.30pm
recalls this very special part of Tickets €10*/€8*
her career with access to some
rare and treasured recordings.
The works of Oscar Wilde are on trial again. Using
actual court transcripts, narration, dramatization and
projected images, this stage documentary brings to
life the true story of ‘Salome’ dancer, Maud Allen and
her libel case against a fascist British MP. By turns
this play is comedic, tragic and poignant.
“A physical comedian, blessed with plastic features, and with the
vocal range of a ventriloquist, Murfi makes sheep, pigs, dogs, and even
bees, come to life” “I always been fascinated with the
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE Pemberton Billing trial, and ‘Kicking Oscars
Corpse’ is a delight...so well brought to life”
“Astonishing - make no mistake, this is a high top performance” MICHAEL SWEENEY, SECRETARY OF THE
THE NEW YORK TIMES OSCAR WILDE SOCIETY, LONDON20 21
Trevor Knight & Honor Heffernan Fri 25 September 8pm
THE WHISTLING GIRL Tickets €25*
Marc Roberts will perform his critically acclaimed, award winning show ‘A tribute
Thurs 24 September 8pm to the music of John Denver’. This includes all the songs from his Number 1 selling
Tickets €18*/€16* album & many more!
Marc is joined on stage by the well known and respected band the Conquerors.
“I shall stay the way I am, because I do not give a damn!” Lorraine McDonald will open the show with songs from the great Karen Carpenter.
(Dorothy Parker) Marc’s tribute is a journey through John Denver’s life and music. He performs all
the hits including Annie’s Song, Leaving on a jet plane, Take me home country
roads, Some days are diamonds, Calypso, Thank God I’m a country boy…
Composer Trevor Knight and singer Honor Heffernan are delighted to The show has been a huge success here in Ireland and toured internationally
present The Whistling Girl, featuring new musical settings of the poetry of including Denver’s home town Colorado.
the great Dorothy Parker.
Audiences can expect a darkly sardonic evening’s entertainment in which
the American wit and critic’s words are given a sonic face-lift fusing ‘dirty’-
cabaret, electronic-vaudeville, rock and jazz.
A band of top Irish musicians including Garvan Gallagher/bass, Tom
Mend & Makedo Theatre Co Written and directed by John
MacKenna (Who by Fire; Corner Boys, Jamieson/drums, Ed Deane/guitar and Trevor Knight/keyboards, will be
LUCINDA SLY Breathless) the play, with a cast of fronted by internationally acclaimed vocalist and actress Honor Heffernan.
nine, tells the true story of the last
Wed 23 September 8pm woman to have been publicly hanged
Tickets €16*/€14* in Ireland.
Lucinda Sly was a Protestant, her
lover, John Dempsey was a Catholic; Sat 26 September 8pm
Lucinda was a landowner, Dempsey Tickets €15*/€13*
was her labourer; Lucinda was 58,
Dempsey was 26 - together, they A contemporary style musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life
murdered her husband Walter Sly. of a marriage, from meeting to break-up… or from break-up to meeting,
Ten thousand people thronged Carlow depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown, The Last
town in March of 1835 to see them Five Years is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer
hang. Intended for an adult audience. and an actress told from both points of view.
Starring Shane Kelly & Sarah Corcoran
Musical Director: Shane Farrell22 23
MCD presents BLACK BOX THEATRE
NEXT SEASON INCLUDES:
Bill Bailey Wed 30 September 8pm
Tickets €30*
LIMBOLAND BLACK BOX
THEATRE
The gap between how we imagine our lives
THE NEW TRIANGLE
to be and how they really are, is the subject FEATURING
of this brand new show. With his trademark
intelligence and sharp wit, Bill tells tales of
JOHN SHEAHAN
finding himself in this halfway place. From DAMIEN DEMPSEY &
his countless global travels, he recounts the DECLAN O’ROURKE
hilarious saga of a disastrous family trip to
Norway to see the Northern Lights. He rails
Mon 5 October 8pm,
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust presents Tickets €25*
against a world that doesn’t match up to
our expectations and contemplates the true A GALA EVENING
OF MUSIC AND SONG
nature of happiness.
And no Bill Bailey show would be complete
A fundraiser for the Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust
without music! AN EVENING WITH
JUDY COLLINS
Wed 30 September 8pm WITH SPECIAL GUEST
Tickets €16*/€14*
ARI HEST
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust presents a gala evening of music Wed 7 October 8pm
and song featuring Christy Barry (one of Ireland’s best flute and tin whistle Tickets €25*
players), Mary McPartlan (one of Ireland’s finest folk singers) and many
more special guests. For full details and updates on what promises to be a
Sun 27 Sept
wonderful night of music, visit www.tht.ie.
2.30pm & 5.30pm
Tickets €15*/€13*
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust runs the west of Ireland’s leading Arts
Family Ticket (4 people) €48*
“unmissable” and Health programme as a means of improving the hospital experience for
For all the family, from age 3+ HHHH patients, staff and visitors. The arts trust believes access to the arts promotes
THE HERALD SUN IN MELBOURNE well-being and enhances the hospital environment. All proceeds of the
There is a magic place where Dinosaurs live and it’s right before your concert will go directly to the Arts Trust to fund its activities.
eyes. Jurassic Adventures - set on a magical island with a brave cast, Sun 8 November 1.30pm & 4.30pm
superb scenery and, of course, DINOSAURS - allows you follow the “solid gold” Mon 9 November 10.30am & 4.30pm
THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD
footsteps of Doctor Grant’s team of explorers and laugh at their crazy Tickets: adults €15*, children €13*
antics as they search for proof that Dinosaurs still exist! Don’t miss. Family ticket €48*Schools rate availableLet’s make Galway the European Capital of Culture in 2020!
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