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AUTUMN/WINTER 2010
Sunday 5 Dec 3pm
Admission 6*/5*
26 SEPT
HEARTBREAKER
CHRISTMAS FILM
3 OCT
REVANCHE
10 OCT
A ROOM AND A HALF
17 OCT
GAINSBOURG
24 OCT
Bank Holiday - No Film
31 OCT
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
A NIGHT AT
THE OPERA
Dir: Pascal Chaumeil · France 2010 · 104 mins
Dir: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy · Russia 2009 · 130 mins
One of the great Marx
Brothers comedies
featuring some of their
most brilliant routines. It
follows Groucho, Chico
and Harpo as they battle
an arrogant opera tenor in
an attempt to help their
friend Ricardo take centre
stage and win the heart
of Rosa.
Dir: Joann Sfar · France 2009 · 130 mins
Dir: Juan José Campanella · Argentina 2009 · 129 mins
No Film
14 NOV
LEAVING
21 NOV
UNDERTOW
28 NOV
IN THE BEGINNING
5 DEC
MOTHER
Dir: Catherine Corsini · France 2009 · 90 mins
Dir: Javier-Fuentes Loen · Peru 2009 · 100 mins
Dir. Xavier Giannoli · France 2009 · 130 mins
Dir: Bong Joon-ho · South Korea 2009 · 128 mins
Sundays 8.15pm
Membership/season ticket for above eight films 38*/34* concession
Guest admission to single films 8*/6*.
MANHATTAN
SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL
The film will be screened
in a party atmosphere with
carol singing, spot prizes
and light refreshments 30
mins prior to screening.
From 26 Sept- 3 Oct over 100,000 people in 200
cities across six continents gather in cinemas for one
purpose… to view and vote on the Finalists’ Films in
the Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. See the
short-listed films and participate in the worldwide vote.
Sun 3 October 3pm
Tickets €7*/€5*
Booking Is Easy
1. Call to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at
Courthouse Square, Galway, Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm
2. Phone 091 569777 during the above hours.
Visa, Access, MasterCard and Laser are accepted.
*Telephone and personal bookings are subject
to Refurbishment Charge of 50 cent per ticket
3. Buy online at www.tht.ie
*Online bookings are subject to €1.50
booking and Refurbishment Charge per ticket.
CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES
Concessions are available to most shows for
Seniors, Unwaged and Students. ID required.
10% discount for groups of 10+ .
CONDITIONS OF SALE
Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless
a performance is cancelled or abandoned.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Family Special
Two adults, two children
for a special rate.
BY KEVIN BARRY
WITH ROD GOODALL AND AINE NÍ DHROIGHNEÁIN
Dir: Sam Wood · USA
1935 · 92 mins
Dir: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy · Russia 2009 · 130 mins
7 NOV
BURN THE BAD LAMP
Student Special
Special rate for students.
Seniors Special
Special rate for anyone
over 65.
An aging owner of an antique shop sits astride the
tumble down remains of a life’s work… Into this
“rag and bone shop of the heart”, a lamp, a genie,
a shaft of magic appear and a fairy tale for adults is
spun. Challenging our cynicism, weaving wonder in
your heart, it leaves you feeling good about life and
where you’re going.
Sold out 9 performances at this year’s Cuirt festival
Tues 28 Sept - Sat 2 Oct 7.30pm
Tickets €10*/€8*
JOHN ARDEN
PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST
John Arden first came to prominence as one of the
Royal Court playwrights in the late 1950s. His best
known play, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, shocked the
critical establishment and his radical stance has been
consistent ever since. In the 1970s he made Galway
his home. To mark his 80th year, the Town Hall Theatre
pays tribute to his lifetime achievement.
The evening will present a unique collage of short
excerpts from Arden’s work, introduced by himself,
illustrating the wide diversity of his work. It will feature
a mix of music, performance and archival film clips,
including Arden in his acting role in Bob Quinn’s film
Caoineadh Art Uí Laoire. It will also feature a rehearsed
reading of selected scenes from Serjeant Musgrave’s
Dance, directed by Eamonn Draper.
Friday 1 October 8pm
Tickets €10*
October Concerts
PATSY CLINE
The Concert
MARC ROBERTS
Featuring the star of the original West End Production, Sandy
Kelly, and her musicians in a non stop evening of hits. All of
Patsy Cline’s biggest hits including Crazy, I Fall To Pieces,
Blue Moon of Kentucky and many more.
One of Galway’s best known singer/
songwriters returns with full band & special
guests. Performing songs from his new album
‘The Promise’, songs from Jimmy MacCarthy,
Dan Fogelberg and a special tribute to the
music of John Denver.
Fri 8 October 8pm
Tickets €22.50*
Sat 2 October 8pm
Tickets €20*
PHIL COULTER
JOE DOLAN
The Reunion Show
There was no show like a Joe Show! Now the
magic of Ireland’s best-loved and greatest
entertainer is set to come back reuniting
his former band mates, his brother, Ben and
nephews Ray and Adrian with a state of the
art video-projected Joe.
Tues 5 October 8pm
Tickets €30*
Sat 9 October 8pm
Tickets €27.50*
DAVID HULL PROMOTIONS
FOSTER AND ALLEN’S
BIG NIGHT OUT
Wed 20 October 8pm
Tickets €30*
CATHY DAVEY
2010 is turning into a landmark year for
Cathy Davey. Her album The Nameless
hit number one the same day as a sell-out
Olympia Theatre Show. Her gigs at Oxegen,
Electric Picnic and the Galway Arts Festival
Big Top were real highlights.
Wed 6 October 8pm
Tickets €20*/€16*
VLADIMIR JABLOKOV
Classical Twist
Vladimir Jablokov is a violin virtuoso from Bratislava. His Slovak
Festival Quartet has played some of Ireland’s most prestigious
venues; including the National Concert Hall and Áras an Uachtaráin.
Vladimir’s programme features a mix of classical, jazz and pop he
calls ‘Classical Twist’. From Bach to Bowie, and from Mozart to
Johnny Mercer; it puts a fresh, contemporary spin on some of the
greatest melodies ever written with dazzling musicianship.
Sat 30 October 8pm
Tickets €22.50*/€20*
GUNA NUA PRODUCTIONS
This heartrending opera recreates
the world of Anne Frank in hiding,
living in hope and fear. Russian
composer Grigory Frid, whose own
family suffered under Stalin, was
so inspired by Anne Frank’s diary
that he created the opera in 1969.
Sung in English, her powerful
optimism and unbending will to
live continue to instill awe.
LITTLE GEM
BY ELAINE MURPHY
Andrew Synnott conducts OTC’s
eight-piece chamber orchestra.
Direction is by Ingrid Craigie and
Annilese Miskimmon.
Thurs 7 October 8pm
Tickets €22*/€18*
MUSIC FOR GALWAY
30th ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISING GALA
Reception and Concert
FEATURING
Metropolitan Opera star
Rodion Pogossov, baritone
Evelina Dobraceva,

soprano
Dearbhla Collins, piano
TIME OUT, LONDON
Rodion Pogossov, the sensational Russian
baritone features regularly in the MET Opera
line-up in New York. Recent engagements
have included Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
and Malatesta in Don Pasquale.
Evelina Dobraceva

is a highly
sophisticated singer whose
dramatic artistry captivates her
audience. She has performed with
the Deutsche Staatsopern and the
Bayerische Staatsoper.
Dearbhla Collins is regarded as one of
Ireland’s finest and most versatile pianists.
“…this show, which made me
laugh and cry with pleasure, is
like a really marvellous wake:
it brings three generations
together in an emotive boozeup of sorrow, precarious joy
and inappropriate laughter…“
★★★★★
Three generations of women on a wild and constantly
surprising journey through sex, birth, death, dildos and
salsa classes: Kay’s got an itch that Gem can’t scratch…
Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants
her to see a psychiatrist… Amber has fierce bad indigestion
and the Sambucas aren’t getting rid of it. And then there’s
Paul, the b*****, who is just using Amber until he can get
to Australia… Then Little Gem announces his arrival in no
uncertain terms and life is never the same again.
Winner Best Play & Best Actress,
Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009
Mon 18 - Tues 19 October 8pm
Tickets €20*/€16*
CHRYSALIS DANCE
3 PIECE SUITE
An eclectic triple bill of dance, created by three
versatile choreographers, Judith Sibley, Tanya McCrory
and Leighton Morrison, representing a skilful mix of
classicism, contemporary music and modern themes.
Sat 16 October
Reception 7.15pm, Concert 8pm
Tickets €30*
Mon 25 October 8pm
Tickets €18*/€15*
Full programme details at www.baboro.ie
Tickets for all Baboro shows €8*
Family Special (4 people) €25*
International Arts Festival for Children
KRI KRA KRO
11-17 October 2010
With the magic of digital media two friends
are taken through a portal into a journey of
imagination and visual poetry. They fly through
the clouds, visit inside a painting, race cars and
watch people in a busy city, all without ever
leaving the stage.
ECHOA
This enormously charismatic group
of dancers, drummers and physical
comedians seize the stage with an
electrifying brand of action percussion.
Infectious, inventive and utterly
unique, Echoa blurs the line between
music and movement creating a new
type of performance.
Ages 3-8
Mon 11 October 11am & 7pm
Tues 12 October 10.15am & 12pm
Ages 7+
Mon 11 October 10am & 12pm
Tues 12 October 11am & 7pm
Wed 13 October 10am & 12pm
IL CUBICO MAGICO
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
AND OTHER FAVOURITES BY ERIC CARLE
Award-winning children’s book illustrator
and writer Eric Carle’s stories are
presented in this stunningly beautiful
blacklight puppet production. Watch the
children gasp in amazement as they sit
mesmerised by the adventures of The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud,
and the Mixed Up Chameleon.
Two clowns, “One” and “The
Other” discover a strange world
made only of cubes: big cubes
and small cubes, red cubes and
blue cubes. Two very different
views of the world collide to
create a wonderful clowning
performance with horses,
motorbikes, trains, castles,
battles, love, laughs and even
some tears.
All ages
Sat 16 - Sun 17 October
2.30pm & 5pm daily
Ages 3 - 7
Thurs 14 - Fri 15 October 10am & 12 pm daily
Sat 16 - Sun 17 October 1pm & 3.30pm daily
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TOM LOVES
A LORD
BY MARTIN DYAR
‘Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.
(from ‘The Last Rose of Summer’)
A moving and humorous dramatisation of the later life
of the Bard of Ireland, Thomas Moore. Concerned for his
patriotic credentials he attempts to restate his commitment
to his mother country. He approaches his final days with an
outrageous plan to stage a rebellion at a high society dinner.
Includes a selection from Moore’s Melodies by the soprano
Anna-Louise Costello and accompanist, Aileen Cahill.
Thursday 21 October 8pm
Tickets 20*
DEAD CAT BOUNCE
PHIL JUPITUS
KARL SPAIN
PHIL NICHOL
Friday 22 October 8pm
Tickets 20*
DAVID O’DOHERTY
GEAROID FARRELLY
KARL SPAIN
Fri 29 October 8pm
Tickets €15*/€12*
Seniors special €10*
THE FIVE LAMPS THEATRE COMPANY
DEAR
FRANKIE
BY NIAMH GLEESON
Saturday 23 October 8pm
Tickets 25*
Sunday 24 October 8pm
Tickets 25*
Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 October 9pm
Tickets 10*, Preview Thursday 8*
Friday 22 October 7pm
Tickets 15*
RICH HALL
BRENDON BURNS
JASON BYRNE (MC)
WHO NEEDS ENEMIES
BY CONOR MONTAGUE
APRES MATCH
CITY WEST SIDE STORIES
BY ELEANOR TIERNAN & FRED COOKE
For over twenty years Ireland tuned in as Frankie
Byrne solved the problems of a nation at lunchtime on
Radio Eireann. Lovelorn teenagers, jealous husbands,
concerned mammies, all write in looking for an
answer to their problems. This by turns, hilarious
and poignant play, tracks the life of this glamorous
and popular Irish figure as she considers the burning
social issues of the time - all the while, concealing
deep sorrows in her own life. Featuring Nuala Hayes,
in the title role, Sarah Barragry and Tim Landers.
Tues 26 - Wed 27 October 8pm
Tickets €16*/€12*
Seniors special €10*
RELIVE THE SPIRIT OF ARCHAOS!
THE CIRCUS
OF HORRORS
The Four Chapters from Hell
The Four Chapters from Hell will take you on a journey through all four of the Circus of
Horrors incarnations, beginning in a French Asylum, then moving into Victorian London,
then enters the world of the Vampires before the final twist to the story takes us into
the future, and into 2020, a futuristic vision of Mad Max style civilization inhabited by
Vampires, Zombies and the Undead.
The show contains some of the greatest, most bizarre & beautiful circus acts on earth.
From dare devil flying trapeze to a vampiric crow woman suspended only by her
hair, from whirlwind roller skaters to sword swallowers - all this plus pickled & bendy
people, Voodoo Warriors, Knife throwers and an almighty cast of 26 of the wildest,
weirdest but most of all greatest performers on earth.
FAME THE MUSICAL
Featuring the winners of the TV series
BEN MORRIS & JESSICA CERVI
& Soul Legend SHEILA FERGUSON (The Three Degrees)
and a cast of 26
For the first time ever at the Town Hall Theatre, a full scale professional musical: with
sets and costumes from the West End the inspirational story of FAME will burst onto the
stage in a new production choreographed by Gary Lloyd (X Factor Live, Thriller Live),
musical direction by David Hayes and direction by Bryan Flynn.
Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi won the hearts of the nation with their incredible
performances in the search for the stars of Fame The Musical, and will play the roles
of Nick and Serena in this inspirational story of a diverse group of talented students
studying at the New York School of Performing Arts.
The show explores issues of prejudice, identity, self-worth, literacy and perseverance.
The highs and lows are too much for some, but the kids’ determination to find greatness
shines through.
Tues 2 - Sat 6 November 7.30pm
Sat 6 November matinee 3pm
Sun 7 November matinees 2pm & 6pm
Tickets €45*/€35*
Family Special (2 adults, 2 children) €125*
Fully Seated Thurs 4 November 8pm
Tickets €28*/€24*
Special offer 4 tickets for €92*
Not suitable for children under 12
OUT OF TIME
DEVISED AND PERFORMED BY COLIN DUNNE
A multiple World Irish Dance champion in his teens, Colin
was the lead male dancer in Riverdance from 1995 - 1998,
but in recent years he has been forging a new creative
path. In 2007 he was nominated for a UK National Dance
Award for performances at The Barbican in Fabulous
Beast’s production of The Bull.
Out of Time is his first solo show and premiered in January
2008 to huge acclaim. The show seamlessly integrates
movement, text, film and sound design with the Irish
step dance tradition to offer a contemporary perspective
on the art form. Dunne’s percussive footwork is digitally
processed live, then looped, remixed and layered to create
a hauntingly evocative soundscore. Visually he is joined
onstage by projected archival images of dancers from the
1930s onwards - including himself as a ten year old boy.
November Concerts
GINA DALE HAZE AND
THE CHAMPIONS
Come along and hear the hits: Minnie Minnie, Greatest
Lover, It’s a Real Good Feeling and many more!
Friday 12 November 8pm
Tickets €28.50*
BELL X1
A special acoustic eveing with Bell X1.
Tues 9 November 8pm
Tickets €15*/€12*
Student special €10*
Thurs 18 November 8pm
Tickets €27*
We’re off to see… the most magical
adventure of them all! Follow the yellow
brick road over the rainbow for a truly
magical journey: a spellbinding musical
that will serenade you with all the great
songs from the Oscar winning movie
score. Click your heels together and join
Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and
the little dog Toto as they travel through
the magical land of Oz. Watch out for
the Wicked Witch of the West as you
rediscover the real story of Oz in this
fantastic musical treat brought to you
by the talented students of Performing
Arts School Galway.
DAVID HULL PRESENTS
CHARLIE
LANDSBOROUGH
Sat 20 November 8pm
Tickets €30*
THE NASC TOURING NETWORK
JOHN O’CONOR
John O’Conor has deservedly earned a worldwide
reputation as a masterful interpreter of the
Classic and early-Romantic repertoires for piano.
Thurs 25 - Sat 27 November 7.30
Matinee Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets €16*/€14*
Mon 22 November 8pm
Tickets €20*/€15*
November Drama
Book all four together for €50*
THE ADVENTURES OF
THE WET SEÑOR
ABBEY THEATRE
OUTSIDERS
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED
BY DAVID McWILLIAMS
BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF
CAPTAIN FRANCISCO DE CUELLAR
DIRECTED BY CONALL MORRISON
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DONAL O’KELLY
A Spanish Armada captain is washed ashore on a Sligo beach in
1588. He makes his hazardous way across Ireland. Imagine his
terror, his occasional surprise and the twists of fate that befall him.
Living on his instinct for survival, he is ‘a gypsy among savages’
as he dreams of getting home. An extraordinary story!
Featuring Jaimie Carswell, Sorcha Fox with live music by Kíla.
Wed 10 - Thurs 11 November 8pm
Tickets €18*/€15*
PAN PAN THEATRE
OEDIPUS LOVES YOU
BY SIMON DOYLE AND GAVIN QUINN
“Wickedly funny and
wonderfully theatrical”
THE IRISH TIMES
With dark humour and a live punk music
score, this eccentric and original production
is inspired by the classic Oedipus plays of
Sophocles and Seneca. The myth is transferred
to a dysfunctional suburban household.
The cast act out a complex family history the self-pitying Oedipus, the suicidal Jacosta,
the moody teenager Antigone and her cocainesniffing uncle Creon.
This daring production comes to Galway
following a critically acclaimed season in New
York in 2009 and the Sydney Festival in 2010.
THE PERFORMANCE CORPORATION
SLATTERY’S
SAGO SAGA
Leading economist and commentator David
McWilliams takes to the stage - a vivid,
humorous and uncompromising account of
Ireland’s boom and bust… and our way out.
Ireland’s political and social divide is not so
much about rich and poor, but about insiders
and outsiders. The insiders - those who believe
that today’s status quo must be preserved; the
outsiders - those who realise that the status
quo is part of the problem. But there is an
alternative.
Performed to sold out houses earlier this year
on the Peacock stage.
ADAPTED BY ARTHUR RIORDAN FROM
THE UNFINISHED COMIC MASTERPIECE
BY FLANN O’BRIEN
A massive hit in Dublin over the
summer - now on tour!
Quiet life at Poguemahone Hall is shattered
by the arrival of a Scotch woman with a
ridiculously evil plan while utter confusion
awaits in the shape of a politically-correct
Leprechaun, a beautiful typist and a tycoon
T.D. One part carnival, one part surreal satire
on modern Ireland, it is an unforgettable
theatrical adventure.
Cast includes Clare Barrett, Darragh Kelly and
Lisa Lambe.
“Arthur Riordan has cooked up a
monstrous pudding of a comic play”
IRISH INDEPENDENT
Mon 15 - Tues 16 November 8pm
Tickets €18*/€15*
Mon 29 November 8pm
Tickets €18*/€15*
Tuesday 30 November 8pm
Tickets €18*/€15*
December Concerts
HAWTHORNE PRODUCTIONS
THE EARLY HOURS
THE HIGH KINGS
LIVE 2010
BY BERNARD FIELD
Mon 4 - Sat 9 Oct 8.30pm
Tickets €12*/€10*
An American lawyer in Dublin is on the town enjoying the craic… out
from the bowels of the night spring shock and desire, love and hate...
This psychodrama will have you on the edge of your seat.
Sat 4 December 8pm
Tickets €25*
KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR THEATRE SOCIETY
PLAZA SUITE
ROISIN DUBH PROMOTIONS
TWO DOOR
CINEMA CLUB
BY NEIL SIMON
Tues 9 - Sat 13 Nov 8.30pm
Tickets €15*/€12*
Comedy in 3 acts
DIRECTED BY SYLVIA NOLAN AND PAT LALLY
The electropop/indie band from Bangor Co. Down
were voted by the BBC one of the “sounds of 2010”.
Their album Tourist History received rave reviews
- as did their appearance at this year’s Electric Picnic.
BOTTOM DOG THEATRE COMPANY
LANGUAGE
UNBECOMING
A LADY
Fri 19 & Sat 20 Nov 8.30pm
Tickets €12*/€10*
Fresh from it’s success at the Dublin International Gay Theatre
Festival. In a dressing room an ageing drag queen reveals his life and
loves, victories and defeats - the story of one gay man’s life in Ireland.
From his childhood through adolescence and onto adulthood, the
one constant in his life is the music of the divas, Garland, Streisand,
Holiday, who provide comfort, strength and inspiration.
GOCART MOZART
THE IRISH PREMIERE OF
WRITER’S BLOCK
BY WOODY ALLEN
Mon 29 Nov - Fri 3 Dec
8.30pm
Tickets €12*/€10*
A story of infidelity, reality and the desperate attempt to find identity
from the master of comic angst, Woody Allen.
Directed by Brendan Murray. Cast includes Helen Gregg, Daniel
Guinnane and Ros na Run’s Fred McCloskey.
Thurs 9 December 8pm
Tickets €18*
RÓISÍN DUBH PROMOTIONS
VILLAGERS & guests
BLACK BOX THEATRE
Sat 18 December 8pm
Tickets €18*
BLACK BOX
THEATRE
RÓISÍN DUBH PROMOTIONS
THE CORONAS
BLACK BOX THEATRE
Sun 19 December 8pm
Tickets €22*
BLACK BOX
THEATRE
Christmas Concerts
CRASH ENSEMBLE
CONDUCTED BY ALAN PIERSON
SEÁN COSTELLO
A Viennese Christmas
From traditional Irish influences to Argentinian klezmer stylings,
Crash Ensemble presents an exciting evening of new classical music.
The programme includes works by Irish composers Gerald Barry and
John Godfrey, alongside the Irish premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s
As an Nós. Also international works from composers such as
America’s John Zorn, Jacob TV from the Netherlands and Grammy
Fri 3 December
Award-winning Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov.
Tickets €18*/€15*
8pm
Direct from the biggest classical events of the year,
Classical Twist at Marley Park Dublin and their sold
out performances of ‘The Mario Lanza Tribute’ in
Cork, Limerick and the National Concert Hall, the
nationally acclaimed tenor voc alist Seán Costello
returns with his Viennese Christmas concerts. Joined
by a string orchestra and the wonderful soprano
voice of Claudia Boyle, he will perform a celebration
of Christmas and Viennese songs and music.
Sun 12 & Tues 14 December 8pm
Tickets €30*/€25*
Christmas concert and award ceremony for
Irelands largest playwriting bursary. Features
acclaimed pianist and composer Tom
Cullivan and the ever popular Taibhdhearc
choir and orchestra ‘Seoda’.
Le aoíanna spésíalta, Tom Cullivan, an
ceoltóir is cumadóir ceol mór lé rá agus an
Cór agus ceoltóirí Na Taibheirce ‘Seoda’.
Beidh sliochtanna as cuid de drámaí buacach
á chuir i láthair ar an oíche!
Thursday 16 December 8pm
Tickets €15*
SECOND AGE
DANCING AT
LUGHNASA
BY BRIAN FRIEL
Tues 7 - Sat 11 December 8pm
(excl. Wed 8)
Tickets €25*/€20*
Family Special 4 people for €72*
A moving portrait of five spinster sisters
living together in Northwest Donegal. Over
the course of one summer in 1936, their lives
are changed forever.
Dancing at Lughnasa is one of Friel’s
undisputed masterpieces. It is a drama that
mixes memory with desire, generous humour
with piercing sadness. One moment you are
laughing uproariously, the next your eyes are
filled with stinging tears. Whatever the mood
happens to be, at every moment the play
feels startlingly true, tender and fresh.
Directed by David Horan.
EIMEAR QUINN
Christmas Concert
Listen… you could hear a pin drop. Such was the reaction
when Ryan Tubridy invited former Eurovision winner Eimear
to sing O Holy Night on his radio show. In this intimate
and spiritual concert, Eimear will present her own special
rendition of Christmas songs and carols. Her ethereal voice
will blend beautifully with string quartet, harp and guitar.
Friday 17 December 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18*
Christmas Family Shows
CITY THEATRE
DUBLIN
HERE
COMES
SANTA
CLAUS!
BY SHAY HEALY AND
MICHAEL SCOTT
Coming Next Season
Christmas Eve and Santa is in on his
way when the Abominable Snowman
stops his deliveries with a Big Chill
that will keep him snowbound until
Easter! The Elves beg him to lift the
fog but he refuses. Then they hatch
a plan to outwit the snowman with
some hilarious wheezes that gets
them all airborne again in time for
the big day.
Thurs 2 - Fri 3 December
10am & 12 noon daily
Tickets €10*
(teachers/group leaders free)
The Wicked Witch casts an evil spell on the baby Princess
because she was not invited to her christening party.
On her 18th Birthday, the Witch lures Beauty to a scary
Tower where she pricks her finger on the Spinning Wheel.
However, the 100 years sleeping spell is broken when the
Good Fairy weaves her magic. The Prince of Pop awakens
the Princess with a kiss and all live happily ever after.
Directed by Brian and Seán Power.
RENMORE PANTOMIME
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
Thurs 30 Dec - Sat 15 Jan 7.30pm
(excl. 31 Dec, 4, 9, 10 & 11 Jan)
Matinees Dec 30, 1, 2, 3, 8 & 15 Jan 2.30pm
Sunday Matinees 9 & 16 January 12 noon & 4pm
Tickets €16*/€14*
PASG
CINDERELLA
YOUTH BALLET WEST
ONCE UPON
A TIME and
NUTCRACKER
SUITE
Once upon a time takes the audience on a
spellbinding journey through many favourite
classic tales, including Snow White, Red Riding
Hood and Goldilocks.
ATTACK OF
THE CIRCUS
Galway Community Circus
and Aerial Dance Theatre
Company, Fidget Feet, present
a contemporary circus show
combining aerial skills with
music and video art.
Tickets €16*/€12*
BLACK BOX THEATRE
Sat 1 - Fri 7 January 2.30 & 7.30 daily
Sat 8 Jan
2.30 only
BLACK
BOX
Tickets €16*/€14*
THEATRE
Family Special 1, 2 & 3 January
2 Adults and 1 child bring 2nd child for free!
REELIN’ IN THE
SHOWBAND YEARS
The Youth Ballet version of Nutcracker Suite,
played to sold-out audiences when it was last
performed in 2008.
Sat 18 - Sun 19 December 8pm
Matinee 19 December 3pm
A charming prince, an enchanting heroine, a wacky Fairy godmother
and two outrageous Ugly Sisters! Written by Maeve Ingoldsby, directed
by Jaimie Carswell, with choreography by Paula McGurrell, the show
once again stars Carla Bredin, Gavin Ferry and Sean O’Meallaigh with a
full supporting cast from the Performing Arts School Galway.
COMPERE RTÉ’S RONAN COLLINS
Wednesday 22 December 8pm
Tickets €12*/€8*
Family Special 4 people for €32*
Featuring Crystal Swing, The Conquerors, Des Lee from The Miami
Showband, Eurovision stars Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg, Lorraine
McDonald and D J Curtin. The show’s exciting finale is an all cast
salute to the Showbands with a medley of songs from the era.
Wed 19 January 8pm
Tickets €30*/€27*
Take a bow!
The arts really matter to us in Ireland; they are a big part of people’s lives, the
country’s single most popular pursuit. Our artists interpret our past, define who
we are today, and imagine our future. We can all take pride in the enormous
reputation our artists have earned around the world.
The arts play a vital role in our economy, and smart investment of taxpayers’
money in the arts is repaid many times over. The dividends come in the form of
a high value, creative economy driven by a flexible, educated, innovative work
force, and in a cultural tourism industry worth A2.4 billion directly a year.
The Arts Council is the Irish Government agency for funding and developing
the arts. Arts Council funding from the taxpayer, through the Department of
Arts, Sport and Tourism, for 2010 is A69.15 million, that’s less than A1 a week
for every household.
So, at the end of your next inspirational encounter with the arts, don’t forget
the role you played and take a bow yourself!
Find out what’s on at
www.events.artscouncil.ie
You can find out more about the arts here:
www.artscouncil.ie