Drámaíocht - Theatre
LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE
Linenhall St, Castlebar, Mayo. T: 094 9023733 E: linenhall@anu.ie W: www.thelinenhall.com
THEATRE FOR SCHOOLS. Tuesday 1st March. Gúna Nua Theatre - Hamlet / Romeo and Juliet
Here is an opportunity for Junior and Leaving Certificate students to observe and discuss key scenes from Shakespeare’s plays with working professionals. Students will be invited to observe key scenes from Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. They will be introduced to the language structure, character interpretation and scene work. Students will be encouraged to ask questions and make suggestions, which the actors will take on the board and replay the scene accordingly. Facilitated by director Liam Halligan, together with three professional actors.
Contact Linenhall for performance details.
Wednesday 2nd March @ 8.00pm .London Classic Theatre - After Miss Julie
Seduction. Passion. Obsession. July 1945. A country house near London. Celebrations for the Labour Party’s landslide election victory are in full swing. The lady of the house, Miss Julie, descends into the servants’ kitchen to seek out John, her father’s chauffeur. As the night draws in and flirtation turns to passion, the two lovers embark on a consuming and deadly dance of desire. Sex, class and ambition battle for centre stage as multi-award-winning playwright Patrick Marber relocates August Strindberg’s brutal, sensual love story to post-war England. London Classic Theatre (Abigail’s Party, The Caretaker, The Beauty Queen of Leenane) present their thrilling new production. Don’t miss it. Adm: €15 / €12 (concessions)
Tuesday 8th March @ 8.00pm. TheatreCorp/Town Hall Theatre - The Glass Menagerie
“So what are we going to do with the rest of our lives?”
One of the greatest plays ever written by an American writer, The Glass Menagerie is based on Tennessee Williams’ guilt-ridden attempt to flee his own mother in order to claim his artistic destiny. A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister. As the family works hard to survive, the mother struggles to free herself of a dependent daughter and make her face reality, whilst she herself uses her own fantasies of a glamorous past in the Deep South to keep her own reality bearable. Her son meanwhile tries desperately to keep his own dreams alive. Williams’ classic, stirring play about dreams, responsibility, memory and escape is brought to stirring life in this new production by TheatreCorp and the Town Hall Theatre Galway, directed by Max Hafler. Adm: 15 euro / 12 euro (concessions)
“Director Max Hafler and his stripped-down staging and cast tell this story with relentless innovation” - Irish Theatre Magazine (on previous Theatrecorp production Blood Wedding)
YOUTH THEATRE. Wednesday 9th March @ 11.30am & 1.00pm . Armed Eye Film & Theatre Co. - Psycho Spaghetti - Stand-Up for Teenagers
Following on from last year’s sell out performance, Ger Carey is back in the Linenhall with his new show. Psycho Spaghetti - Stand-Up for Teenagers is 100 minutes of stand-up comedy for teenagers, taking a hilarious sideways look at fame, television, music, advertising and the future for teenagers. If you are between 15 and 19, you cannot afford to miss this show!
SOLD OUT.
Adm.: 10 euro (Teachers free) . NB: Details/ booking through Armed Eye. Tel: 059 9141333
COMEDY DRAMA. Thursday 24th March @ 8.00pm. TooDog Theatre Co. - Bardot Bites + Lucy Bastible
A comedy double bill of 2 new one-act plays by TooDog, a company founded in 2009 by Liam Daly and Denise Quinn to promote the performance of new work by emerging writers. In the light-hearted comedy Bardot Bites, we meet 45 year-old Bid who has led a sheltered life looking after her ailing mother. When the mother dies, Bid is catapulted into the world of work, with a job on the cheese counter in the local deli where she learns the ways of cheese and men, and succeeds in teaching her sister a long overdue lesson. Lucy Bastible finds a privileged woman, the doyenne of her social set, whose world is rocked to its foundations when her husband Jeremy strays. In this darkly comic one act play, Lucy gives us a glimpse into her crumbling world and psyche as she seeks vengeance. Both plays are written and performed by Denise Quinn, directed by Mary Curtin. Adm: 15 euro / 12 euro (concessions)
ÁRAS INIS GLUAIRE
ÁISLEANN BHÉAL AN MHUIRTHEAD, BELMULLET, T: 097 81079
"Alas, poor Yorick!"
Áras Inis Gluaire is delighted to be hosting a one hour, abridged version of ‘Hamlet’, followed by a one hour workshop, which is a great opportunity for Leaving Cert students – interacting with the actors and making ‘Hamlet’ come alive for them. This will take place on Thursday, March 10, and the fee is €10 per student. There will be two shows on the day and schools are advised to make their bookings now! Call 097 81079. (This production is made possible by the Mayo Education Centre, Westport Entertainment Ltd and the British Actors Theatre Company.)
‘Message of Peace’
‘Message of Peace’ tells the amazing story of a lesser-known Irish hero named John Boyle O’Reilly. In this show, Seán Tyrrell effortlessly traces his journey from early childhood set against a backdrop of famine, revolution, Fenianism and penal servitude for life in Australia and his great escape from there to the USA. Songs in the show allow Tyrrell to connect history of the 19th century and modern times in a seamless way. Tyrrell’s love of traditional music is very much to the fore as the story is cleverly tied together with jigs, reels, a march, and a few slow airs. Using an array of instruments, Seán weaves effortlessly between narrative, instrumental and song. See ‘Message of Peace’ in Áras Inis Gluaire at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, March 11. Admission €10.
THE TOWN HALL THEATRE, KILTIMAGH
T: 094-9381494
The Boystown Players present the Hugh Leonard play ‘Love in the Title’. This hilarious play celebrates, with biting humour and poignancy, the spirit, strength and determination of three generations of Irish women. When Katie arrives in the fields of Corcamore to paint Clough-a-Regan. She is accompanied by the youthful versions of her mother Triona and her grandmother Cat. Their conversation, companionable and hostile in turn, reveals their family history and it’s intricate relation to the wider history of their culture. This show takes place on Saturday, 5th March 2011 with curtain up at 8.30 p.m. Tickets are priced at €10 with €8 concessions.
Parke Arts & Drama Group Proudly Presents Cupid Wore Skirts
A 3 Act Comedy By Sam Cree
The action takes place in the living room of Andrew Coulter, a widower who lives with his elderly father and son, Brian. His married daughter, Daphne, comes in each day to take care of the men and ensure they are coping. When Daphne becomes pregnant her visits will have to be controlled and she fears for her male relatives’ ability to cope.Andrew's sister in law, the formidable spinster Aunt Harriet, is convinced they will not be able to manage and during a bout of banter with Andrew she makes a wager that he couldn't get a new wife within a week. Andrew advertises for a wife in the forlorn hope that he will win the bet and obtain a solution to his problems.The fun really starts when we meet an array of very different suitors ranging from a ‘sexy' pop wannabe through to a ‘conservative' demure homemade wine connoisseur to a career husband hunter with a family in tow.
The production takes to the stage nightly March 3rd – March 6th in Parke Community Centre @ 8.30pm. For Ticket information contact Ann on 094 9031128. More information on www.parkedrama.com email: info@parkedrama.com