Tuesdays with Morrie comes to the Royal

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

For two nights only this heart-warming exploration of friendship and life written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom comes to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar. This performance will be directed and produced by Breda Cashe, and performed by Terry Byrne as Morrie Schwartz and Andy Murray as Mitch Albom. It will take to the stage in the Royal Theatre on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 2013 with doors opening at 7pm and the show taking place at 8pm. Tickets cost €20 for adults and €16 with a concession or €12 for a child.

Superlative drama Female Gothic comes to Castlebar

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Described by some critics as “brilliant”, “exquisite” and “beautiful”, actor extraordinare Rebecca Vaughan brings her superb new one-woman show Female Gothic to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Tuesday. February 12 at 8pm.

Fascinating archive of films of Mayo coming to Castlebar

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

The Irish Film Institute presents A Mayo Ciné-Concert, a fascinating programme of archival films about Mayo accompanied by live music performance at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Tuesday, February 5 at 8pm. This remarkable programme of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive features films made in and about Mayo by amateur and professional filmmakers. It includes: Whaling Afloat and Ashore - the earliest documentary made in Ireland filmed at a whaling station on Iniskea in 1908.

The Intouchables next up at Westport Film Club

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Next up for cinephiles in Westport is the French comedy The Intouchables, which as gone on to become the country’s second biggest box office hit of all time. The multi-award winning film on the festival circuit tells the story of Philippe, a gloomy multimillionaire who has been paralysed from the neck down and Driss, his new Senegalese assistant from the downtrodden banlieues.

Not quite on doctor’s orders, Driss takes Philippe as far out of his comfort zone as possible and into a world he never knew existed—or rather always tried to avoid. A slapstick, gleefully incorrect throwback to ’80s culture-clash comedies like Trading Places, only played out across contemporary France’s ever-palpable racial and class tensions. The film will be screened on Wednesday, February 6 at 8.45pm at Westport Cineplex.

Farewell dance for Jack’s Wish To Walk

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

A fundraising dance will take place in the Upper Deck, Crossmolina on this coming, Saturday January 26. Music will be performed by Wavelength, all proceeds go to Jacks Wish To Walk. Jack is a four-year-old boy from Crossmolina and is going to St. Louis, USA on February 7 for a life changing operation that will help him to walk. The operation and aftercare costs €70,000 and your support would be greatly appreciated. Dancing will start from 10pm and admission costs €5. Full details on www.facebook.com/jackswishtowalk.

Friel classic Translations takes to the Royal stage tonight

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Translations by Brian Friel is set in the year 1833 in the hedge school of Hugh Mór O’Donnell in Baile Beag, a small village in Donegal where the use of Greek and Latin are commonplace. The arrival of the Royal Engineers engaged in creating an ordnance survey map leads to a clash of cultures. Owen, son of Hugh Mór acts as a translator and go-between. However when one of the engineers goes missing the destruction of the community looks imminent. Translations deals with many issues including language and communication and cultural imperialism. The show will get underway at 8pm this evening, Friday, January 25 and tickets cost €15 and are now on sale from Ticketmaster outlets online and nationwide and from the Royal Theatre, Box Office on 094 9023111.

Join the Riptide Movement in the Royal Theatre

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

Dubbed the most defiant band in aeons, playing rock ‘n’ roll, The Riptide Movement rock quartet are renowned for their phenomenal live shows, filling out venues and rocking out festivals all over Europe. They will be bringing their brand of rock to the Ruby Room in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday May 10. The show starts at 10pm and tickets cost €12.50. Their distinctive gravelly voice and guitar sound, and light-hearted stage presence ensures that their fan base is increasing by the minute.

The Sand Park comes to Castlebar

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

Seamus O’Rourke presents his acclaimed new one-man play The Sand Park at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, January 24 at 8pm.

Jack L comes to the Linenhall

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

Iconic singer and performer par excellence Jack L presents his new smash hit show The 27 Club at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for two very special nights, on Wednesday, January 30 and Thursday, January 31 at 8pm.

Lots to see and do at the Museum of Country Life this weekend

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

Running until the end of June The Irish Headhunter is an exhibition of 63 early photos from the west coast of Ireland taken in the 1890s. This exhibition focuses on the photographs of Charles R Browne, taken along the west coast of Ireland. Browne was a medical doctor and anthropologist who undertook physical surveys of people for Trinity College, Dublin. These surveys were mainly carried out in West Kerry, the Aran Islands, South Connemara, Erris, Clare Island and Inishturk in County Mayo. The photographs are full of human interest and also convey a lot of detail about the clothes worn at the time. The exhibition is supplemented by information on the international context of eugenics at the time.

David O’Doherty is coming to Castlebar

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

For one night only David O’Doherty brings his hilarious new show, Seize the David O’Doherty, to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Friday, January 25 at 8pm.

Watch 2,000 years of tradition explode in the world's greatest acrobatic circus at the Royal Theatre

Fri, Jan 11, 2013

The action-packed Chinese State Circus show Yin Yang is the embodiment of a traditional art form which can trace its history back over 2,000 years. This stunning production lives and breathes with the enthusiasm of its acrobatic artistes, whose whole lives centre around their skills. The result is the purest, most honest, most abiding and exhilarating people circus that is a true privilege to see. From the very beginning, it is non-stop entertainment, consisting of very impressive human abilities, tricks, and skills.

China’s greatest circus features the most daring, breath-taking, and thrilling artistes to tour the world, including an appearance of the formidable shaolin master known as The One, sourced specifically by director Phillip Gandey. Witness acrobats defying gravity as the ancient discipline Icarian Games returns to centre stage. This act, rarely seen in circus arts, is steeped in tradition and is a remarkable display of human juggling, where the human body becomes catapult and catcher in an elaborate, explosive, and highly choreographed presentation of power, poise, and agility.

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