Red hot at Roola Boola
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
RoolaBoola is in full swing and gearing up for its big weekend over the October Bank Holiday weekend. The Linenhall Arts Centre’s annual children’s arts festival is already rocking to the rafters, and the best is yet to come, with a line-up of top shows, hands-on workshops, drop-in events, and more to keep young people and their families amused, engaged, and entertained over the long weekend. And while the festival ticket office phone has been red hot with bookings, there are still tickets available for various events and workshops to get you into the RoolaBoola groove!
Read more ...Rock into Hallowe’en with Finbar Hoban presents
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
I Know What You Did Last Hallowe’en comes to Bar Ritz (Mulroy’s Bar) Castlebar
Read more ...Circus theatre at the Linenhall
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting something completely different: So & So Circus Theatre brings the dazzling circus theatre show The Hot Dots to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday 2nd November at 8pm.
Read more ...Ballinrobe Musical Society tie-up premier sponsorship deal with Irish Pride
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Ballinrobe Musical Society, who perform the world amateur premiere of the story of Mayo’s own Granuaile next February, have announced a major sponsorship deal with Irish Pride. Irish Pride, one of the country’s leading bread brands, has a long and proud association with Ballinrobe, as the company is a major employer in the region thanks to their local bakery on the town’s Abbey Street.
Read more ...Leading classical guitarist to perform on Achill
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Irish classical guitarist Redmond O’Toole will perform an afternoon concert at 3pm on Sunday October 25 in St Thomas’ Church in Dugort, Achill. This acclaimed musician is one of a handful of performers in the world to play a Brahms guitar, an eight-string guitar played in the position of a cello. Mayo audiences have seen Redmond recently in the Westport Arts Festival and Killala Arts Festival and last July he performed to a full house in St Thomas’ on Achill.
Read more ...The doctor of hooks is coming back
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer will deliver all of the bands world-wide smash hits including "Sylvia’s Mother", "Sexy Eyes" "When You’re in Love With A Beautiful Woman" and a lifetime more when he plays the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Thursday October 29,
Read more ...Championship Man to perform reading at Aghamore literary gathering
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Liam Horan, the creator of the Championship Man series of radio essays which have been aired on RTE’s Drivetime sports segment over the past three summers, will read from his work at a literary gathering in Aghamore, Co. Mayo, next weekend.
Read more ...Man in the mirror at the TF Royal
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Due to phenomenal demand Man in the mirror is coming to the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Saturday November 21.
Read more ...Castlebar gets ready for rock royalty
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Bryan Adams brings his highly successful solo-acoustic concert tour to Ireland in January for The Bare Bones tour. This intimate concert will come to The Royal Theatre Castlebar on Monday January 18. Tickets are on sale from The Royal Theatre Castlebar on 0818 300 000 or www.theroyal.ie Tickets are priced from €65.70 inclusive of booking fee and limited to six per person/transaction.
Read more ...Spaghetti, cahoots and fun, it’s just business as usual for RoolaBoola
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Theatre companies are gathering in force for the beginning of RoolaBoola Children’s Arts Festival, taking place all next week at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar and culminating in a weekend of fun and excitement for young people and their families over the October Bank Holiday. The annual festival kicks off in truly spellbinding style next Monday October 19 with The Musician, a darkly thrilling piece of musical theatre by Northern Ireland’s Cahoots, purveyors of world-class children’s theatre. The Musician is a new opera for children that tells the story of the child who became the best known flautist of them all… the Pied Piper.
Read more ...The Roly Daniels and Dee Reilly Show
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Roly Daniels and American Country Star Dee Reilly have released the hit album of the year Sweet Memories which has become the biggest selling Country album this year!
Read more ...Circus theatre at the Linenhall
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting something completely different: So & So Circus Theatre brings the dazzling circus theatre show The Hot Dots to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday 2nd November at 8pm.
The Hot Dots tells the story of two hugely successful vaudeville performers, Frank Johnstone and Evie Steele who first met in 1928, and their subsequent and spectacular fall from grace. Featuring award-winning London-based So & So's trademark acrobatic balancing and a fantastic story set against the backdrop of 1930s Music Hall, this show is a real one-off treat. Performed by So and So founders Kaveh Rahnama and Lauren Hendry, directed by Kristine Landon-Smith, featuring design by Sue Mayes and film by Mark Morreau. Don’t miss it!
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