Famous Lambert Puppet Theatre returns to Ballina Arts Centre

Fri, Oct 12, 2012

Lambert Puppet Theatre returns to Ballina Arts Centre with its wonderful show Cinderella on Sunday, October 14, with shows at 2pm and 4pm. From its earliest beginnings, the Lambert family has been involved with RTE TV, working on the hugely popular series Wanderly Wagon featuring the late Eugene Lambert and Judge.

Steel Magnolias hits Castlebar this month

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

The Royal Theatre will welcome the ever popular and always hilarious comedy Steel Magnolias to the stage in Castlebar this autumn. Hollywood actress Mischa Barton, star of The Sixth Sense and The OC, makes her Irish stage debut as Shelby Eatenton, and Anne Charleston, who played Madge Bishop in Neighbours, plays Ouiser Boudreaux in this production. They will take to the stage in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Thursday, October 18, and Friday, October 19.

Enjoy the best musical numbers from the West End

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

Phantom and the Musicals is a tribute to some of music’s legendary performers, as the group will sing the very best musical numbers from the West End and Broadway. In a nutshell, this is a lively, dynamic, colourful and nostalgic trip down memory lane where some of the best songs from a range of well-known musicals are brought to life.

Westport Arts Festival is under way

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

Launched on Monday evening by Minister Jimmy Deenihan, the 37th Westport Arts Festival is under way. Providing its typically quirky and diverse line-up of acts, it spans two full weeks this year, from October 1 to 14, with something on offer for all ages and tastes. If you are looking for something to do this weekend there is lots to chose from.

Gorilla Radio back to rock Brennan’s Lane

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

Gorilla Radio are a four piece rock band from Mayo/Roscommon and Wexford. Members are Noel Kenny, Paul Newell (Ballina), Seanie Walsh (Ballina), and Joey Kennedy. They have been together for a few years now and have already built up a huge following all over the country. You can catch them in Brennan’s Lane in Ballina tonight, Friday, October 5. For more info check out www.facebook.com/gorillaradiolive

Titanic show comes to Belmullet

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

A new Irish music, song, and drama show about the Titanic will be staged by the newly formed Conniras performance group in Áras Inis Gluaire tomorrow, October 6. This show is called An Emigrants Farewell and will start at 8.30pm and admission is €10. The show tells the fictional story of an American wake for four sisters from Lahardane on the night before their big journey on the Titanic. The troupe which takes its performers from the barony of Erris to the shores of Lough Conn, have been invited to represent Ireland in a trip to America in October 2012. They are staging a series of fund raising shows to promote the work of the group and to fund their trip to Boston and Pittsfield.

Branar coming to Roolaboola

Fri, Oct 05, 2012

The evenings are drawing in, Halloween is just around the corner, and there’s a buzz of activity at the Linenhall Arts Centre that can mean only one thing. RoolaBoola, the Linenhall’s annual children’s arts festival is back for its 15th year of fun and creativity over the October Bank Holiday Weekend. It is a festival that has established itself as a firm favourite not just for young people but also their families. The success of RoolaBoola is down to imaginative programming that seeks to deliver the very best experience to audiences and workshop participants.

Monsieur Lazhar next up for Westport Film Club

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Next up for Westport Flim Club is the 2012 Oscar nominated film, Monsieur Lazhar. This film is in the French language with English subtitles. Based on Evelyne de la Cheneliere’s 2002 one man play Bachir Lazhar, Monsieur Lazhar is a touching exploration of deep and painful issues such as death, injustice, and grief, which are carefully handled by director Philippe Falardeau with a gentle sensitivity and maturity that results in a moving film. Following the tragic suicide of a popular teacher in a Montreal public grade school, Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar presents himself at the principal’s office as a candidate for her replacement, claiming to have 19 years’ teaching experience. Immediately likeable, with his warm smile and kind eyes, Bachir’s character is compassionate and complex, ultimately helping his class come to terms with what has happened, allowing them to develop not only academically, but also emotionally.

Monsieur Lazhar will be screened at Westport Cineplex on Wednesday October 3 at 8.45pm. Westport Film Club screens eight films a year at Westport Cineplex. Annual membership of €40 covers all screenings. Entry to each film for non-members is €10.

Des Bishop is coming back to Castlebar

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Des Bishop is back, he likes to bang the drums, and he is not afraid to show it. Combining his love of hip hop, strong jokes, audience participation, and a new-found passion for drumming, Des has fun with wordplay in his new stand-up show.

“It’s going to be a bit silly, a bit musical, a bit improvised,” says Des. “The title comes from being given an electronic drum kit as a gift recently. I started messing around with it and ended up behind a set on stage. It went really well, so I’ve put together a comedy show with a bit of rhythm in it.”

Wilde classic come to the stage in Castlebar

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

London Classic Theatre presents its wonderful new production of Oscar Wilde’s comedic classic The Importance of Being Earnest to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for two special performances on Monday, October 8 and Tuesday, October 9 at 8pm.

Afternoon of classical sounds coming to Westport

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Violinist Catherine Leonard and pianist Hugh Tinney will visit Westport on Sunday 7 October for an afternoon concert at 4pm in Holy Trinity Church as part of Westport Arts Festival. Their programme artfully combines two Beethoven sonatas (No.6 and the "Kreutzer" Sonata) with Westport born Raymond Deane’s “Parthenia Violata” and Ravel’s Sonata in G major.

WhistleBlast Quartet in Ballinrobe Community School

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

The WhistleBlast Quartet – Ken Edge (saxophones and clarinet), Mary Curran (French horn), Síle Daly (oboe and cor anglais) and Andrew Synnott (piano) – return for the new school year with another series of three-day outreach/recital programmes in Mayo. The quartet has been successful in applying for a Arts Council Travel and Training grant to bring internationally acclaimed music facilitator Tim Steiner to Mayo to work with the quartet in providing secondary school and youth in-training. Tim Steiner will also be joining the quartet for its first programme of the school year with the pupils of Ballinrobe Community School.

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