Don Baker at the Linenhall
One of Ireland's most revered musicians, legendary singer/songwriter Don Baker, performs at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday March 12 at 8pm.
Don Baker is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player of stunning individuality. He has been feted by audiences, the media, the music industry and fellow musicians all over Europe and the US, in a career spanning over 30 years that has also included acting roles In the Name of the Father, Mia, On the Nose, Mystics, and a recent appearance on RTÉ’s Fáilte Towers.
Don has produced a string of acclaimed albums including Miss You, Just Don Baker, No Regrets, Almost Illegal, and Rain on the Wind, and his extraordinary life has been chronicled in his best-selling biography The Winner in Me by Jackie Hayden. For this concert Don will be accompanied by veteran guitarist Gerry Hendrick. Don’t miss the real deal. Don Baker performs at the Linenhall Arts Centre on Thursday March 12 at 8pm. Booking advised. Tel: 094 9023733.
Johnny Duhan live in Castlebar
Veteran singer/songwriter Johnny Duhan brings his acclaimed talents to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday March 18 at 8pm.
Johnny Duhan's songs such as “The Voyage” and “Don’t Give Up Till It’s Over” have been brought to world-wide audience by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, The Irish Tenors, Tommy Fleming, and many other Irish and international singers. After the success of his Just Another Town tour in 2008, Johnny's new show charts his years on the road with seminal sixties’ Irish band Granny's Intentions “tilting for fame and the girl”. Many of these songs have already been popularised by the likes of Mary Black, Mary Coughlan, Dolores Keane, Eleanor Shanley, and Ronnie Drew. Johnny is a songwriter’s songwriter and a sensitive and passionate performer highly respected by fans and peers alike for the depth and maturity of his music. Experience the reality for yourselves.
Johnny Duhan performs at the Linenhall Arts Centre on Wednesday March 18 at 8pm. (Please note change of date! )
Top drama takes to the stage
Top Irish theatre company Prime Cut Productions bring Marina Carr’s remarkable and critically acclaimed play Woman and Scarecrow to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday March 23 at 8pm.
A mother of eight and wife of an unfaithful husband lies on her deathbed, surveying her life and imagining what could have been: “Happiness! Everyone thinks they have a God-given right to it. Sure it’s only a recent invention of the Sunday papers.” Full of black humour and brutal honesty Woman and Scarecrow is a passionate and moving lament for a life half-lived.
Written by one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Woman and Scarecrow is a fresh production by Prime Cut, a company at the forefront of contemporary international theatre in Ireland, directed by Emma Jordan and starring Gina Moxley, Kathy Kiera Clarke, and Frank O’Sullivan. Don’t miss an evening of theatre at its best. Prime Cut’s production of Woman and Scarecrow comes to the Linenhall Arts Centre on Monday March 23 at 8pm.
Choral concert
Mayo Male Voice Choir makes a welcome return visit to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for two concerts of choral music with special guests Donna Malone and David Durham, on Thursday March 26 and Friday 27 at 8pm.
Since it was established in 2000, Mayo Male Voice Choir has grown from strength to strength and now boasts 48 members from all over Mayo, under the accomplished musical direction of Deirdre Lee. Featured guest on this occasion is Ballina native Donna Malone, who has been described as having one of the most astonishing and mature soprano voices of her generation, and has performed internationally with the Celtic Tenors. The concerts also feature regular guest baritone and international star David Durham, who recently played the lead role in The English Chamber Opera Co. production of Don Giovanni. Enjoy an evening of mellifluous choral music, Mayo style. Mayo Male Voice Choir perform at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday March 26 and Friday 27 at 8pm.
Will O’Kane exhibition
The Lure of Presentiment, an exhibition of recent portrait-based paintings by Castlebar-born artist Will O’Kane, continues at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for the month of March. In Will’s own words: “The artwork I make is focused primarily on the human figure. Although I create images based on the physical appearance of specific people I am also concerned with the notion of individuality, in a general sense. Inspiration for a painting can come about from myriad sources — newspaper articles, an interesting photograph of a person in a unique situation, or even just a person’s manner and body language. Once the painting is under way, what inspired the work becomes less significant and I consider more the aesthetic experience that will be put in place for the audience. Colour and balance become important and I hope that something new will come about that is not merely an illustration of the source material. I aim to keep an eye on how all the paintings fit together, so that a more general idea can be implied from the collection of work as a whole.” What is clearly evident in Will’s work is a combination of craft and aesthetic that is both engaging and confirmation of a potent and impressive artistic vision. The exhibition runs until Saturday March 28.
