WIN TICKETS TO THE TEMPLE HOUSE FESTIVAL
Fri, May 13, 2011
Win a pair of 3 day weekend tickets (including optional camping) to the award winning Temple House Festival which takes place near Ballymote in Sligo from 10-12 June.
Read more ...Féile na Tuaithe launches with a buzz
Fri, May 06, 2011
Castlebar will be buzzing with excitement on May 21-22 as Féile na Tuaithe takes place in the grounds of the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park. Now in its seventh year, the free, fun-filled family weekend is regarded as one of the best days out in the west. More than 25,000 people flocked to the festival in 2010 and visitors will not be disappointed with the programme of events this year.
Read more ...Big summer of entertainment in store at the Royal Theatre
Fri, May 06, 2011
It is a social affair at the Royal Theatre Castlebar this summer as new shows are announced. The Royal Theatre has just announced a host of new shows which will cater for all ages, with acts including Bonnie Tyler, Gemma Hayes, Brian Kennedy, Little Gem, Katherine Lynch, Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo, The High Kings, and Sean Nós ar an tSionann. For a full list of shows at The Royal Theatre this summer visit www.theroyal.ie or call 0818 300 000.
Read more ...Out and about in Mayo
Fri, May 06, 2011
The Parting Glass at the Linenhall
Hailed by critics as “remarkable”, “excellent” and “exquisite”, Axis Ballymun theatre company presents The Parting Glass, Dermot Bolger’s humorous and poignant play about post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday May 11 at 8pm.
St Patrick’s Drama Group go Royal
Fri, May 06, 2011
Following unprecedented demand and seven sell-out performances in Westport, St Patrick’s Drama Group Westport have announced further dates and venues for their current box office smash hit production Widows Paradise by Sam Cree. This fantastically funny three act comedy has just thrilled audiences, sending them home laughing and leaving nothing but a natural feel-good factor in its wake. We all know laughter is the best medicine and this play has undoubtedly been an absolute tonic to all who have flocked to see it so far, not to mention the cast and crew involved in staging the production. One audience member, after having enjoyed the play for a second time was quoted as saying "There would be less visits to the doctors if we went to more plays like this!"
Read more ...Brian Kennedy back at the Royal for Bank Holiday show
Fri, May 06, 2011
If there were a special award for being multi-gifted then Brian Kennedy would surely walk away with it. A critically acclaimed singer/songwriter, and proven radio/television presenter, he is now also acknowledged as an author of considerable worth. The common denominator of all his talents is easy to spot. Brian has performed in The Royal Theatre before but it has been many years and people are certainly looking forward to his Bank Holiday show on Saturday June 4 at 9pm.
Read more ...St Patrick’s drama group defy recession blues with new play
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
St Patrick’s Drama Group Westport are back with the season of spring in their step and a brand new production. Widows Paradise is a three act comedy written by Sam Cree and it promises to be one of the funniest plays the group have staged in years. The play will take to the stage in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Friday May 13 2011 at 8pm sharp, with tickets costing from €12 to €15.
This farcical comedy is set in the sixties. The action of the play takes place in a "luxury" caravan with five women embarking on a "strictly women only" holiday, set beautifully in the Mayo countryside. Ruby (played by Regina McCormack) is a strong-willed widow with a decided distaste for all men, and is adamant to make the other four follow her lead and write-off the opposite sex for a life of peace and tranquillity. Her three musketeers follow, somewhat bewildered with the quest — Lucy (played by Margaret Joyce) is a ditzy, loveable, character who must hide her never-ending faith in finding true love. Vanessa, another widow (played by Nuala Currid), is comically only interested in the finer things in life but has she an agenda of her own in taking this trip? Then we have Rachel (played by Mairéad Ryan), a relationship lightweight, whose overall fear of men makes her one of the most entertaining characters thrown into the female mix. These four self-confessed "widows" are followed by Ruby’s gorgeous young daughter Sylvia (played by Ruth Gilroy) who has been taken along on the trip to learn from their mistakes.
Read more ...Friends In Low Places comes west to Castlebar
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Friends In Low Places, better known as The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience, has been wowing Garth Brooks fans across Ireland for over a year, and now it rolls into the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Saturday September 24. The show is fronted by well known country singer Trevor Smyth and features an array of top class musicians from around Ireland to make up the eight piece band.
Read more ...Out and about in Mayo
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Old time American music at the Linenhall
The Foghorn Trio brings its special brand of old time American music to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday May 12 at 8pm.
Out and about in Mayo
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Old time American music at the Linenhall
The Foghorn Trio brings its special brand of old time American music to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday May 12 at 8pm.
Brennan’s Lane where it is at in Ballina this May
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Brennan’s Lane Bar in Ballina is the home of top class entertainment this May, with a stellar line up of events that is sure to attract people from all over Mayo.
Read more ...Heinrich Boll memorial weekend in Achill
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
The annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend 2011 will take place on Achill Island this coming weekend, starting today, Friday April 29 to Sunday May 1. The event opens at 7pm on Friday at the Cyral Gray Memorial Hall Dugort. The official opening will be by Angela Spizig, vice mayor of Cologne, and the welcome address will be made by Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Michael Burke.
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