Drámaíocht | Theatre

BALLINA ARTS CENTRE

Barrett St, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

T: 096 73593

E: info@ballinaartscentre.com

W: www.ballinaartscentre.com

THE WOOD OF THE WHISPERING

Phoenix Players

Thursday 3rd April, 8pm

Tubbercurry’s Phoenix Players present MJ Molloy’s The Wood of the Whispering, a play full of fun and laughs. Set by the whispering woods at the abandoned Castle D’Arcy gates on the Mayo Galway border, where the young women of the area favour taking their chances for a better life abroad. They are enticed by the prospect of marrying older or men a bit crazed, but that doesn’t stop them teasing them constantly. 

The Phoenix cast skillfully portrays the many larger-than-life characters that constantly debate marriage, and ponder life’s path in love and living.

Tickets: €12 / €10. Booking essential.

FROM PAGE TO STAGE

The RouseSchool of Speech & Drama

 Sunday, 6th April, 2pm

The students will perform a series of six short plays of comedic and dramatic content, which will have you falling off your seat from laughter and leave you amazed at the talent of these young actors!

Tickets €7. Booking essential.

THE NOSE

Bruiser Theatre Company

Tuesday 15th April, 8pm

Bruiser Theatre Company returns to Ballina Arts Centre with their production of The Nose, a hilarious comedy that shines a merciless light on the murky world of bureaucracy, written by and starring long-term Bruiser collaborator Patrick J O’Reilly.  This great new show will be fun, fast, visually exciting and very funny.

In this fresh new adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story, Alexey, a government bureaucrat, awakens one morning horrified to discover that his nose has run off!

Tickets: €18/€15 Booking advised.

GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE!

Wicked Productions

Friday 25th April, 8pm

Good Morning Baltimore is a vibrant, high-energy musical that is inspired by the Broadway smash-hit Hairspray. Tracy has a dream to dance on the hottest TV show in the 1960s. Using the power of her voice (and her hair!) she finds love and fame over the course of an action-packed night.  Featuring a large cast of local adult and teen talent, Wicked Productions brings you a fun-filled musical, under the direction of Grainne Kelly and Orla Walsh.

Tickets: €10. Booking advised.

LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE

Linenhall St, Castlebar, Mayo.

T: 094 9023733

E: linenhall@anu.ie

W: www.thelinenhall.com

THEATRE

Thursday 8th May @ 8.00pm

Ramor Theatre - A Night In November

When Ulster Protestant, Kenneth McCallister finds himself on the football terraces for a crucial Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland World Cup qualifying match, little does he know that his hum-drum life is about to change forever.  This production of Marie Jones’ smash-hit one-man show, A Night in November features veteran actor, writer and director Padraic McIntyre (The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down) playing the part of Kenneth, a protestant dole clerk on a search for his own identity.

The play shows how Kenneth deals with his crisis through monologues and soliloquies as well as introducing numerous other characters to interact with, all played by the one actor.   By the end of the play Kenneth travels to New York to support Jack’s Army in the World Cup and he has come to terms with his identity as an Irish Protestant. "I am a free man, I am a Protestant man, I am an Irish man."

Marie Jones’ (Fly Me To The Moon, Stones In His Pockets) enduringly humorous and challenging play is both uncomfortable and compelling as it lays bare the issues of Protestant identity in 1990’s Northern Ireland. This passionate and often hilarious show has enjoyed productions all over the world including the West End and a successful six month run off-Broadway. Directed by Paddy Farrelly.

“It has always been hard to resist the dark, knowing humour of Marie Jones’ bittersweet A Night in November.” - Jane Coyle, Irish Theatre Magazine

“Emotional potency and touching observations… poignant mix of funny and sad… as relevant as ever.” – Culture Northern Ireland

Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

The Linenhall Arts Centre acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council in making this performance possible.

ÁRAS INIS GLUAIRE

Áisleann Bhéal an Mhuirthead, Belmullet, Mayo

T: 097 81079

Kilmore Drama Group present BIG MAGGIE by John B Keane on 25th/26th/27th April

Maggie is determined to create a better life for herself and her children after the death of her husband.  However, this does not sit comfortably with her offspring.