Upcoming events at An Táin Arts Centre for November 2018 - Louth PPN

Upcoming events at An Táin Arts Centre for November 2018
                      Box Office: An Táin Arts Centre, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
                                Phone: 042 9332332 | Online: www.antain.ie

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VISUAL ARTS: Editions – Basement Gallery, An Táin Arts Centre
Runs 1st – 3rd November, Thursday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Free Entry
OPENING WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER AT 7PM

North Louth Artists continue to celebrate their 50th Anniversary in this pop-up exhibition of works on paper, print
and sculpture. Artists include: John O’Connor, Ciara Agnew, Derek Bell, Siobhan Conyngham, Gerry Clarke, Ominous
Omin, Robert Kelly, Patricia Murphy, Irene Woods, Paula Eigenheer, Sandra Bell, Rosemary Warren, Patrick
Conyngham and Alva Gallagher.

DANCE: Prodigy 9 – Main Theatre, An Táin Arts Centre
2nd – 3rd November at 7:30pm
Tickets €15
Booking https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592682

Crystal Ice Dance Academy has been running for 13 years, with their Prodigy showcase series founded 9 years ago.
Crystal Ice Dance Academy dancers, from ages three to twenty-one years, have won various dance competitions
over the years and have also qualified three times to represent Ireland in the hip hop championships in Las Vegas.
The concept behind Prodigy is not only a showcase of dance and talent but also somewhere to get uplifted and
renewed – join us and be inspired!

FILM: The Shape of Water – Workshop room, An Táin Arts Centre
Tuesday 6th November at 8pm
Tickets €7 (includes tea/coffee and post show presentation by DkIT Creative Arts students)
Booking https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592684

Access cinema & DkIT | Guillermo del Toro, USA, 2017, 123mins, Cert 15A
An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. Del Toro’s beautiful,
romantic fairy tale centres on mute Elisa who suffers from loneliness. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-
worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment. Elisa is drawn to the creature, gaining its trust as the two
ultimately fall in love and search for a way to be together. Starring: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer.

VISUAL ARTS: Drawing Breath by Leanne Mullen – Basement Gallery, An Táin Arts Centre
Runs 10th November – 22nd December, Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Free Entry
OPENING Saturday 9th November at 7pm

An exploration of our relationship with plastic; through the clothes we wear and the food we eat. A collection of
portraits through drawing, paint and clay. Artist Leanne Mullen was shortlisted and Highly Commended at the
2017 Hennessy Portrait Prize. She also recently featured in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and reached the
2018 semi-finals.

WORKSHOPS
Nov 17th | 10am -12 noon | Workshop
Participants will learn about composition and building structure into a drawing. Suitable for ages 16 years
plus. BOOKING HERE https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592687

Nov 21st | 2.00pm - 3:30pm | Workshop
Open drawing session with the artist. Suitable for adults.

THEATRE/COMEDY: Frank Pig Says Hello - Main Theatre, An Táin Arts Centre
Friday 9th November at 8pm
Tickets €18/€16
Booking https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592686

Co-Motion Media
Desperately funny and yet deeply tragic, Frank Pig Says Hello is one of the great classics of modern Irish theatre. It
tells the story of Francie Brady growing up in a small Irish town in the 1960s and his descent towards a brutal act that
shocks his community.

Based on Pat McCabe’s Booker-winning novel “The Butcher Boy”, the play distils Francie’s infamous narrative into a
riveting evening of pure theatre.

Featuring mesmerising performances by two actors, Darragh Byrne and John Ruddy, Frank Pig is regarded as one of
the most vivid, hilarious and heart-breaking evocations ever seen on a stage of an Irish childhood and adolescence
gone wrong. From the opening live trumpet notes over an image of a happy, comical boy acting the piglet, to the
breath-taking depiction of a dark deed, this is theatre at its most entertaining and gripping best.

COMEDY: Dirtbirds - Main Theatre, An Táin Arts Centre
Saturday 10th November at 8pm
Tickets €18/€16
Booking https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592688

If making the school lunches, doing the jaysus homework and dodging the guards because your NCT is out by two
years is sending you over the edge, you are not alone. Come and join the Dirtbirds as they navigate the stresses and
strains of modern life. This rip roaring two hours of comedy gold is a unique blend of hilarious sketch comedy and
stand up. Brand new characters take to the stage along with some of the well-known favourites. Don’t miss this side-
splitting show from the queens of sketch comedy.

FILM: Happy Prince – Workshop room, An Táin Arts Centre
Tuesday 13th November at 2pm
Tickets €5 (includes tea/coffee after the movie)
Booking https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873592689

Access cinema | Rupert Everett, Germany, Belgium, Italy, 2018 105 minutes, Cert: 15A
Free from prison after two years of hard labour in Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde is forced to live in exile in Europe. He
yearns to reunite with his children, but ill-health and a misguided reconciliation with his beloved Bosie propel him
towards a disastrous and ultimately fatal existence. However, Wilde courageously lives out his last years by falling
back on the creativity, charm and brilliant wit that defined him. Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth.

Our September – December 2018 programme is now live online and printed copies can be
       picked up at An Táin Arts Centre on Crowe Street and around the county!
                         https://antain.ticketsolve.com/shows

                                      Super Saturday Family Hangout!
                                        Every Saturday from 10am – 3pm
                                http://antain.ie/super-saturday-family-hangout/

Take an hour out of the weekend routine and relax with your family at our weekly Family Hangout. Visit the latest
exhibition in the Basement Gallery, enjoy a complimentary tea, coffee or juice, browse the papers and have fun
exploring our creative toy box and art cart full of puzzles, colouring activities and games.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page for upcoming crafts and activities.