programme
2015
january april
2015
your visit
Opening Hours
An Táin Arts Centre is open Tuesday to Saturday
10.00 to 16.00 and 30 minutes before the
commencement of evening events.
Box Office
Telephone Booking: +353 (0)42 9332332
Online Booking: www.antain.ie
Tickets may be purchased online up to an hour
before each event. Tickets booked online are available
for collection from the box office on the day of the
event.
Concession Policy
Concessions are available to full-time students, senior
citizens (65 years and older) and the unemployed
on certain events. Please check with the Box Office
at time of booking and bring appropriate photo ID
with you. All children must be accompanied by an
adult and have a valid ticket. Baby tickets (for babies
2 years old and under) are complimentary and can be
picked up from the Box Office on request.
Refund, Exchange and Cancellation Policy
Once purchased, tickets and gift vouchers cannot be
exchanged or refunded unless an event is cancelled
by An Táin Arts Centre.
Accessibility
An Táin Arts Centre is an accessible venue, with
lift access to the Basement Gallery and workshop
spaces. There are limited wheelchair spaces in the
main theatre and the studio theatre. Please inform
us at the time of booking if you have any special
requirements or require wheelchair spaces in the
main theatre or studio theatre. Unfortunately, balcony
seating in the main theatre and the balcony foyer are
not wheelchair accessible.
Latecomer Policy
We encourage all of our patrons to arrive at least
15 minutes prior to the commencement of events.
Latecomers and those who leave the auditorium
may not be admitted until a suitable break in
the performance or until the interval. Admission
cannot always be guaranteed. If you arrive late and
admittance is possible, we cannot guarantee the seat
that you purchased. Patrons should note that visiting
companies will have differing policies in this regard.
An Táin Arts Centre reserves the right to refuse
admission.
welcome
to An
Táin Arts Centre
An Táin Arts Centre is the new arts space for
Dundalk, Co. Louth based in the former Táin
Theatre, Town Hall, Crowe Street. Established as an
independent organisation in early 2014, the board
of An Táin Arts Centre has been working behind the
scenes to reimagine this wonderful space as a point
of access to arts and culture for the people of North
Louth, and together with a small team of staff,
aims to provide a diverse programme of local arts,
national tours, workshops, visual arts and in-house
productions.
Since the launch of An Táin Arts Centre in August
2014 we have been working on a few exciting
projects to develop this second season programme
for January to April 2015. The first of these includes
the establishment of a professional theatre company
in residence: Quintessence Theatre Company,
founded by Dundalk actor Conor Honan and
director Anna Simpson, will be staging three shows
at An Táin Arts Centre in 2015, starting this season
with Oscar Wilde’s classic The Picture of Dorian
Gray. In addition to supporting new professional
local talent, we are also delighted to be bringing
several nationally touring productions to Dundalk,
including Peter Sheridan’s 44 Seville Place, local
actor and scientist Niamh Shaw’s To SPACE, Idan
Meir’s Bassam – the true life story of the founder of
an Israeli-Palestinian peace movement, The Legend
of Luke Kelly, and Bake! a delightful new play for
four to six year olds. There’s also more on offer at
An Táin Arts Centre for children and families, with
the continuation of weekly drama workshops for six
to ten year olds, and an exciting new schedule of
weekend lunchtime movies for families as part of our
film programme.
The coming season in The Basement Gallery kicks
off with the second installment of our emerging
artist series, followed by a contemporary take on
vinyl record nostalgia by Drogheda-based artist
Brian Hegarty, and Dundalk Photographic Society’s
Annual Exhibition. Local artist and art historian, Anne
Callanan, will be offering drawing classes for adults,
and there is also a wealth of other opportunities for
school and community groups to explore the visual
arts through our gallery community programme –
contact us to find out more.
Booking for events has never been easier using our
newly designed secure website where you can choose
your seat and book your tickets at a time that suits
you. Our box office is open Tuesday to Saturday
10.00 to 16.00, and our staff will be more than happy
to help you with your booking in person and by
telephone.
This is just the briefest of introductions to a jampacked programme, delve in to find out more and
keep an eye on our website for more news and events
as they arise. An Táin Arts Centre aims to be a place
for the community to celebrate in creativity and enjoy
the best of local and national art. We are striving to
make this a space for everyone to enjoy, and hope you
join us - see you there.
Paul Hayes
Managing Director
6 Jan
to
11 Jan
Main Theatre
8.00pm
Matinee
Sat & Sun
2.30pm
€12
Matinee
€12 / €10
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dundalk Musical Society
It’s that time of year again….OH YES IT IS! When Dundalk Musical Society are
busy making the final preparations for their annual pantomime, a real tradition
in Dundalk and the event which traditionally brings the curtain down on the
Christmas festivities here in town. This year sees Jack reach the summit of a
beanstalk in search of his fortune and the hand of the lovely Jill. He meets many
friends and foes along the way with some hilarious consequences! The show
features an amazing cast of local talent, with over 80 children and young adults
taking to the stage as members of the chorus, whose singing and dancing will
enchant audiences and transport them to the magical land of panto. Tickets are
sure to disappear quicker than a tin of Roses and early booking is advised - tickets
to the panto make a wonderful stocking filler!
Pride
Matthew Warchus, 2014, UK,
119mins, 15A
13
Jan
Studio Theatre
8.00pm
It’s the summer of 1984 –
Margaret Thatcher is in power
and the National Union of
Mineworkers (NUM) is on
strike. At the Gay Pride March
in London, a group of gay and
lesbian activists decides to raise
money to support the families
of the striking miners, and later
sets off in a mini bus headed
for a mining village in deepest
Wales to make their donation
in person. And so begins the
extraordinary story of two
seemingly alien communities who
form a surprising and ultimately
triumphant partnership.
Director’s Fortnight Closing Film,
Cannes Film Festival 2014.
€7
Starring: Bill Nighy, Dominic
West, Andrew Scott, Imelda
Staunton, Paddy Considine and
George McKay
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functions and conferences.
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In Search of Place
Eimear Murphy & Eileen O’Sullivan
Eimear Murphy and Eileen O’Sullivan’s In Search of Place explores ideas of
belonging and questions how places carry traces of humanity.
15 Jan
to
14 Feb
Basement
Gallery
Tues-Sat
10-4.00pm
Free
O’Sullivan’s work is concerned with the personal. Subjects include family,
the familiar and everyday objects. Starting with the representational,
her work often develops into the abstract as a result of experimentation
and careful editing. Murphy’s work explores the domestic environment,
where she concerns herself primarily with the traces people leave. Source
materials come first hand from houses under construction, and her work
stems from the transitional nature of these spaces.
Eimear Murphy and Eileen O’Sullivan are currently completing their
degree in Fine Art Painting in the National College of Art and Design,
Dublin.
Opens Wednesday 14th January at 7pm.
This is the second installment of An Táin Arts Centre’s Emerging Artist
Series.
The Great Hunger
Written by Patrick Kavanagh
Generally considered to be Patrick Kavanagh’s
finest work, The Great Hunger explores a life
of economic and imaginative deprivation. The
protagonist is bachelor farmer Patrick Maguire
who has spent years at his mother’s beck and
call. When she finally dies aged 91, Patrick is 65
and has missed the boat for finding a wife and
having a family of his own, a source of great
sorrow and regret to him. Peter Duffy’s powerful
theatrical performance of The Great Hunger
has been touring the country for the past
year to popular and critical acclaim, including
performances in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris
and the Cathedral Quarter Festival in Belfast.
24
Jan
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€15 / €12
Juno and the Paycock
Newpoint Players
29
Main Theatre
Jan
8.00pm
€15 / €12
Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock is one of the
classics of the Irish theatre. The play looks at the
effects of the civil war on a Dublin household already
crippled by economic hardship and the efforts,
mainly by the mother, to keep the family on an even
keel. It is a damning indictment on the patriarchal
society of the time and a tribute to the power of that
great institution, the Irish Mother. We see, almost
a hundred years before the phrase was coined, the
family go through the ‘Celtic Tiger’ experience, from
spend, spend, spend to near destitution.
Cinderella
Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton
Luske, Wilfred Jackson, 1950,
USA, 74 mins, G
Featuring catchy songs such
as Bibidi-Bobidi-Boo and a
host of loveable characters,
this classic animation from the
Disney archives is a sparking
delight and a must-see on the
big screen.
Featuring the voices of: Ilene
Woods, James McDonald,
Eleanor Audley.
31
Jan
Studio Theatre
12.30pm
€7 / €5
It’s Time to Face the Music
Starmaker Stage School
Starmaker Stage School proudly presents
‘It’s Time to Face the Music’. This is a family
fun-packed show featuring some much
loved favourites including Mary Poppins,
Disney Favouries, 42nd Street and Hairspray,
and showcasing different styles of dancing,
singing and acting throughout the show.
There will also be some special guests on the
night – not to be missed!
31
Jan
Main Theatre
7.30pm
€12
Bake!
Written and performed
by Paul Curley
Sift the flour,
Beat the eggs,
Add the butter,
Sprinkle sugar……….
….now, Bake!
This is a story about the Baker and his
Daughter, and the Queen and her Son.
It’s Prince Fredrik’s 9th birthday,
but who will bake the royal birthday
cake?
As things heat up in the busy
basement kitchen of the Queen’s
palace, the young apprentice baker
Madeleine attempts to prove herself
to her Father.
4
Feb
Main Theatre
10.30am and 12.00 noon
€10 / €7
€30 for a Family of Four
A delightful new theatre experience
for young audiences performed by
Paul Curley and designed by Ger
Clancy, Bake! invites you into the
action of the busy basement of the
royal palace. Get stuck in, but be
warned, things could get messy.
Suitable for audiences aged 4 to 6
years.
Sweeney Todd
SONG
SONG are back with more than just a musical
- it’s going to be a razor-sharp theatrical event!
One of the greatest and most dramatic musicals
of the twentieth century, Sweeney Todd,
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is based
on the book by Hugh Wheeler and adapted
by Christopher Bond. With music and lyrics
by the legendary Stephen Sondheim, it was
first produced on Broadway in March 1979 to
wonderful critical acclaim.
The cast includes Brendan Cleary as Sweeney
Todd and Irene Dunne as Mrs Lovett. This award
winning musical thriller tells the infamous tale of
Sweeney Todd, the victim of a terrible injustice,
who forms an enterprising partnership with
Mrs Lovett, the proprietress of the downstairs
11 - 14
Feb
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€15
pie shop. The two become conspirators in a
dastardly plot with electrifying results.
The cast also includes Leanna Carragher as
Johanna, Tom Maher as Pirelli, Lynsey O’Neill
as Beggar Woman, Gavin Quigley as Anthony
Hope, Kevin Stanley as Judge Turpin, Andrew
Browne as Beadle Bamford and Cormac Todd as
Tobias, with a thirty five strong chorus.
Directed by Rob Vickers with Patrick Dunne
as Musical Director, this show is one not to be
missed.
Pride and Prejudice
Robert Z. Leonard, USA, 1940, 115 mins, U
17
Feb
Studio Theatre
8.00pm
€7
Half a century before the vogue for filming
Austen, MGM had dusted down this novel via
a stage adaptation. They cast Olivier as the
dashing, if cool, Mr Darcy - and a great job he
made of it. Garson plays the eldest of the five
daughters whose mother finds them a drain on
her purse and energy. Although the film is aware
that it’s Austen’s central social themes that
matter, it is the central romance between Darcy
and Elizabeth that kindles general audience
interest here. - Film 4
Starring: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward
Ashley, Maureen O’Sullivan
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Down and out in Paris
and London
21
Feb
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€15 / €12
Written by George Orwell
Adapted and performed by Phelim Drew
A man drifting through life, in early 1930s Paris, teaching English and generally soaking up the rich
underbelly of Parisian life, finds himself falling helplessly short and discovering a very different view
of life, looking up from below. With a keen understanding of social inequality and a wry sense of
humour, he vividly recounts his experiences while down and out. Going from a sepia tinted view of
poverty in Paris to the more black and white existence in and around London, through characters
from a darkly funny Circus to the inhabitants of a Beckettian landscape.
26 Feb
to
4 April
Basement
Gallery
Tues-Sat
10-4.00pm
Free
I’ll be your Mirror
(The Album
Sleeve Project)
Brian Hegarty
The vinyl record is more than
just a by word for cultural
nostalgia. It has the capacity
to trigger memories and
convey emotion in the most
personal way. It is weighted
with symbolism, not just as a
twentieth century artifact but
also as a holder of many of
life’s accumulated experiences.
Love, loss, identity, ideology,
all of life’s ingredients filtered
through the treble and base
of a turntable, an amplifier
and speakers. This exhibition
from Drogheda-based artist
Brian Hegarty, I’ll Be Your
Mirror (The Album Sleeve
Project), was first shown in the
Cartridge Gallery in Lapua,
Finland in October 2014. I’ll
Be Your Mirror is an ongoing
process that will see new works
added each time the collection
is shown, culminating in a final
version of the project to be
exhibited in the Ashford gallery
in the Royal Hibernian Academy
Dublin in 2016.
Opens Wednesday 25th February
at 7pm.
27
Feb
Main Theatre
12.00 noon
8.00pm
€15 / €12
€10 (School Groups)
To SPACE
Niamh Shaw
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tickets online
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“Sorry, but you need to leave. We all do. The Earth has served its
purpose; it’s time to find another planet to exploit.” Scientist and
performer Dr Niamh Shaw has dreamed of space travel from the
age of eight. After a year of interviewing astronauts, astrophysicists,
space industries and potential future colonists of Mars, she’s
discovered that what was once her childhood dream may soon
become a reality. In a multimedia immersive performance that
buzzes with new technologies, she explores the beauty, darkness
and humanity of Space. What is our attraction to Space? What are
we chasing - or escaping from?
For anyone over the age of eight, these short
films will inform, educate and entertain over a
wide range of topics, from an imaginative history
of the alphabet through to surrealist high-diving
hijinks.
Shorts for Middle Ones
Various, 2013-14, Various countries, 50mins
28
Feb
Studio Theatre
12.30pm
€7 / €5
What happens when number-crunching factory
workers discover there is more to life than black,
white and grey? An underappreciated pig – with
the most important job in town – makes a new
friend and things change forever. A young girl,
out for a walk with her grandmother, sees the
world in a truly unique way in this absolutely
outstanding feast of sound and colour. And how
many different mothers are there in the world?
How would you describe yours? One Russian boy
thinks his is rather special…
Though a couple of the films are dialogue free,
and most of the others are in English, we don’t
rule out an occasional short with subtitles.
Bassam
Written by
Idan Meir
5
March
Studio Theatre
8.00pm
€12 / €10
The heartfelt story of an ordinary man with an
extra-ordinary decision to make. Bassam is a
powerful drama based on the true story of Bassam
Aramin, co-founder of the Israeli-Palestinian
peace movement Combatants for Peace. Written
by Sligo based Israeli Director, Idan Meir, and
performed by Donegal based Palestinian Actor,
Fadl Mustapha, this performance gives an
authentic perspective on the ongoing conflict
in the Middle-East. Followed by a post show
discussion with the writer and performer.
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board will
bring their annual Musical Extravaganza to An Táin
Arts Centre Dundalk for the first time. On stage at
this very special evening will be performances from
schools across Louth and Meath. Over two hundred
students from choirs, orchestras, bands, dance
troupes and drama groups will take to the stage and
perform for your enjoyment. Music and performance
are an important part of the social and emotional
development of young people. There is a wealth of
talent in both counties and LMETB intend to show
everyone the range, diversity and quality of such in
their schools and centers.
Musical Extravaganza
LMETB
11
March
Main Theatre
7.30pm
€5
The schools involved include Colaiste na hInse
(Laytown), Beaufort College (Navan), Bush Post
Primary, O Fiaich College (Dundalk), Scoil Úi Mhuiri
(Dunleer), Colaiste Lú, Colaiste Chu Chullainn
(Dun Dealgan) and St Olivers Community College
(Drogheda).
13 - 14
March
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€10 / €7
Remote
M.A.D. Youth Theatre
A girl called Antler steps out
of her front door and throws
her phone on the ground. She
stamps on it. She then climbs
the tallest tree in the park. She
doesn’t want to be found, not
by anyone. Seven teenagers’
lives all intertwine over the
course of a single evening as
they make their way through
the park on a seemingly
normal Autumn’s night.
Remote is a play about protest,
power and protecting yourself.
M.A.D Youth Theatre has been
selected to take part in an Irish
and UK wide celebration of new
plays for young people, which
includes this world premier of
a bold, edgy and exciting play
commissioned by The National
Theatre Connections.
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tickets online
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16
March
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€12 / €10
€40 Family Ticket (2+2)
An evening of Irish Traditional entertainment for all the family.
Featuring top class artists in the Irish Tradition drawn from the
Louth region, including the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann 2014
All Ireland Fleadh Champions, the 2014 Oireachtas Uilleann
Piping Winner, Scoil Mona Ni Rodaigh, the 2014 World Champion
Dancers, and the GAA Scór Champion Set Dancers. Add to that
some top class singers and a great night is guaranteed. Now in its
8th consecutive year, this concert is considered to be the best in
the region - a great way to start the St Patrick’s day celebrations!
20
March
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€18 / €16
The Garda Band
Presented by Dundalk Rotary Club
Dundalk Rotary Club is pleased to present The
Band of An Garda Síochána. Since the Garda
Band’s first inception as a pipe band in 1922, it
has evolved from a traditional military band,
including a ceili band and dance orchestra, right
to present day where it incorporates all these
musical disciplines in one unit. The band’s music
programmes are designed to incorporate a wide
variety of music, ranging from major classical
works through to the concert band repertoire of
selections and light pieces all the way to vocal
items, Irish traditional, jazz, pop and rock.
The Band will be under the baton of Inspector
Pat Kenny.
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tickets online
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Main Theatre
25 - 28
March
8.00pm
€15 / €12
€10 (Wednesday)
A Life
Dolmen Theatre
Following on the recent success of The Weir,
Dolmen Theatre Group continue this year’s
repertoire with A Life, Hugh Leonard’s acutelyobserved connection between the past and
present lives of two couples in Dublin suburbia
as seen through the eyes of an about-to-retire
curmudgeon of a civil servant, Desmond Drumm.
A Life was winner of the Harvey Award for best
play and was nominated for a Tony Award.
“Even better than its famous predecessor Da: as
human and funny, but richer in texture and even
more cannily aware of the sad complexity of life”
Daily Telegraph
28
March
Studio Theatre
12.30pm
Jimmy’s Hall
Ken Loach, 2014, Ireland, 108 mins, 15A
€7 / €5
The Unbeatables
Juan José Campanella, 2014, Spain, Argentina,
India, USA, 97 mins, G
The Unbeatables tells the story of Amadeo, a shy
but talented boy, and of a foosball team that is
trying to get back together after having been
dismantled. With the help of the foosball players,
Amadeo will have to face his most terrible rival
on the football pitch: the Champ. Guided by
their leader, the charismatic Right Winger, the
foosball players and Amadeo will set off on a
great adventure together, like a true team, to
get back the dignity that the Champ stole from
them. Football is the stage on which this story
of love, respect, friendship and passion is played
out - Galway Film Fleadh 2014.
Featuring the voices of: Rupert Grint, Peter
Serafinowicz, Rob Brydon
31
March
Studio Theatre
8.00pm
€7
In 1921, Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance
hall on a rural crossroads in Ireland, where young
people could come to learn, to argue, to dream...
but above all to dance and have fun.
‘Jimmy’s Hall’ celebrates the spirit of these freethinkers.
Cannes Film Festival 2014
Starring: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew
Scott, Jim Norton
A Picture of
Dorian Gray
Quintessence Theatre
“The only way to get rid of temptation
is to yield to it”
So the lascivious Lord Henry teaches
the impressionable Dorian Gray,
setting him on a path of lavish
debauchery and secret sin from which
there may be no coming back.
Endless youth. Eternal beauty. What
price would you be willing to pay?
125 years after it first scandalised the
world, Quintessence Theatre brings
Wilde’s iconic gothic fable vividly
to life in this dark, innovative and
physical retelling.
Quintessence Theatre is An Táin Arts
Centre’s theatre company in residence.
8 - 11
April
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tickets online
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Main Theatre
8.00pm
Matinee Fri
2.30pm
€15 / €12
Matinee
€10
Dundalk Photographic Society
Annual Exhibition
11 April
to
Dundalk Photographic Society is the current Irish
Photographic Federation National Club Championship
holder. Included in this year’s exhibition are
photographs which have won awards at national and
international salons and exhibitions. The exhibition
will be judged by a distinguished photographer from
the U.K.
8 May
Basement Gallery
Tues-Sat
10.00am-4.00pm
FREE
Exhibition opens Friday 10th April at 7pm
Gallery Reflection (Image of the Year from the 2014 Exhibition)
Photographer: Tony Mc Donnell
Harvey
Henry Koster, 1950, USA, 104 mins, G
Studio Theatre
14
April
8.00pm
€7
Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) is a goodnatured eccentric who is a regular fixture at his
neighborhood tavern. He doesn’t cause any real
trouble, except for his insistence that his best
friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit named
Harvey. Wherever Elwood goes, Harvey goes.
Elwood lives with his high-strung sister Veta,
who is desperately trying to find a suitable
husband for her aging daughter, Myrtle Mae.
When Elwood’s behavior embarrasses her once
too often, Veta tries to have him committed to
an asylum - Turner Classic Movies.
Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull,
Peggy Dow
17
April
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€15 / €12
44 Seville Place
Written and performed by Peter
Sheridan
Peter Sheridan grew up in a family of
seven, not far from the River Liffey on
Dublin’s north docks. 44 Seville Place is
his account of that fabulous and heartbreaking childhood.
‘It celebrates the idea of the family
in all its chaotic wonder.’ Sunday
Independent
As the 1960s begin, so does this
wonderful, funny, warm and poignant
portrait of a Dublin working-class
family. The story draws us into
their lives and relationships in an
unforgettable way. Through the
journey of young Peter, it shows us an
individual and a society on the cusp of
profound change.
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tickets online
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Plaza Suite
Theatre Workshop
In Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite,
three separate stories are
linked by a shared space:
suite 719 of New York’s Plaza
Hotel in 1968. In the first, a
workaholic man in a mid-life
crisis is frustrated by his wife’s
acceptance of his symptoms,
from an obsession with weight
loss to a potential affair,
particularly as he cannot
accept it himself. In the
second, a successful Hollywood
producer tries to reclaim a
lost authenticity by meeting
his high school sweetheart,
now a New Jersey housewife
obsessed by celebrity. In the
third, a hysterical mother and
father of the bride try to cajole
their jittery daughter out of
the bathroom on her wedding
day, but fail to communicate
with her across the distance of
generational perspective.
Theatre Workshop are
delighted to present this
sparkling comedy with Matt
Murphy, Fergus Mullen and a
surprise guest director taking
turns at the helm for an
evening of guaranteed fun and
laughter. 22 - 25
April
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€15 / (12
(10 (Wednesday)
25
April
Studio
Theatre
12.30pm
€7 / €5
Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming, 1939, USA, 102 mins, G
Judy Garland stars as Dorothy in a musical based on the classic children’s book by L. Frank
Baum. When Dorothy’s neighbor, Miss Gulch, threatens to take away Dorothy’s precious
dog, Toto, Dorothy runs away from home. Attempting to return, she and her house are
caught in a twister and blown to the garish, color-saturated Land of Oz. The house lands
atop Oz’s Wicked Witch of the East, killing her and making Dorothy an instant celebrity.
The Wicked Witch of the West, the sister of the deceased witch, soon arrives and
threatens revenge. Dorothy must escape from Oz by following the Yellow Brick Road to
the Emerald City, where the great Wizard of Oz can help her return to Kansas. Along the
way, Dorothy picks up some new friends - the heartless Tin Man, the brainless Scarecrow,
and the courage-less Cowardly Lion, each of whom hopes that the Wizard can offer him
what he lacks. The film deservedly holds a precious place in the hearts of millions.
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley
30
April
Main Theatre
8.00pm
€20 / €18
The Legend Of
Luke Kelly
On 30th January 1984 it is
said that the whole of Dublin
grieved the early death of
Dubliner legend Luke Kelly. He
has left an indelible mark as
being the greatest folk artist of
the 20th Century and his music
is widely regarded as one of
Ireland’s cultural treasures.
Dublin singer/songwriter/multiinstrumentalist Chris Kavanagh
was born and raised on Irish
music and has been singing Irish
folk songs since he was three
years old. He learned to play the
piano by ear when he was five
and his love and passion for Luke
Kelly’s music led him to learn to
play the 5 string long neck banjo
in 2001.
Over the past twelve years he
has amazed audiences following
powerful sell-out performances
in prominent Irish venues with
the regular attendance of
Luke Kelly’s family. Chris bears
a remarkable resemblance to
Luke, while his singing talents
capture the depth and passion
of the great man. He is joined
on stage by accomplished
musicians who all consider
it an honour to bring Luke’s
memory to the stage in this
ultimate tribute to the King of
Balladeers.
Drawing Workshops
Workshops
from
14 Jan
Gallery Workshop
11am-1pm
€12 per class
€60 for 6
Anne Callanan
A new series of art classes for
adults, facilitated by Anne
Callanan, local artist and art
historian. Through this course
participants are provided the
space to explore drawing
fundamentals, including still life
charcoal drawing and painting.
Anne studied art history and
classical drawing in Trinity
College Dublin, Open University
and Florence, Italy. All levels of
experience are welcome.
Workshops
from
16 Jan
Studio Theatre
4pm-5pm
Drama Workshops
€10 per class
€50 for 6
Grainne Rafferty
In An Táin Arts Centre children are encouraged to learn new drama and theatre devising skills
through a series of fun games and activities. Each workshop is designed to foster and support
creativity and confidence, with class sizes affording each child the individual attention they
deserve. Through the programme, participants will also be supported in creating a piece of selfdevised theatre for performance at the end of term. Grainne Rafferty (B.A. Performing Arts) has
been facilitating drama classes for children and teenagers for the past 6 years.
book your
tickets online
www.antain.ie
box office
contact us
An Táin Arts Centre
Crowe Street
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Ireland
042 9332332
t +353 (0) 42 9329281
e [email protected]
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