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Town Hall Theatre | Town Hall Studio | Black Box Theatre
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HOW TO BUY
1. The Box Office is open to personal
callers here at the Town Hall Theatre at
Courthouse Square Galway
Mon - Sat 10.00am - 7.30pm
New SEATING PLAN
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GIFT VOUCHERS
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PARKING
Galway City Council operates car parking in nearby
Woodquay, Newtownsmith Car Park, Galway Cathedral
Car Park and Black Box Car Park.
2. Phone 091 569777 during above hours.
Visa, Access, Mastercard and Laser are
accepted.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
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any special requirements so we can make your visit as
enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you should
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requirements.
*Telephone and personal bookings are subject to
Refurbishment Charge of 50-cent per ticket.
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*Online bookings are subject to E1.50 booking &
Refurbishment Charge per ticket.
CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES
Concessions: Available for Senior Citizens,
Unwaged and Students. Please please note ID
is required and is a condition of sale.
Balcony
MOBILE PHONES
Mobile phones must be switched off. Pagers must be
switched off. No cameras, no recording. Management
reserves the right to confiscate offending equipment
and offenders will be removed without refund.
Groups: Book a group of 10+ and get 10%
discount. Some events excluded. Contact box
office for details.
BLACK BOX EVENTS
Events in the Black Box are either stand up
or seated; if seated, note seating is unreserved.
INTERVAL DRINKS
Avoid the rush by ordering your interval
drinks before the show.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or
refunded unless a performance is cancelled or
abandoned.Your statutory rights are not affected.
Please note the management reserve the right to
make essential changes to the programme.
For full list of conditions, see reverse of tickets.
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LATECOMERS
Late admission cannot be guaranteed and can
only occur if there is a suitable break in the event.
Please allow for Galway traffic!
Galway Film Fleadh
TUES 7 – SUN 12 JULY 2009
The Galway Film Fleadh will be celebrating its 21st Birthday party in style - hosting international features,
documentaries, new Irish shorts and World Premieres of Irish Film features. This year, the Fleadh has selected
some uplifting and inspiring feature films which pepper the programme. Baraboo tells the story of a single
mother’s struggle to run a motel - a film that offers a touching, funny and compassionate study of how
strangers become friends, and friends become family. Sugar, Ricky and The Maid and are among the titles that
will have you leaving the cinema with your spirits raised and a smile on your face.
As ever, our documentary lineup is studded with pearls: As those fashionistas out there will know, Vogue
publish twelve issues per year - but only one of these sets the style for the world more than any other
publication: The September Issue. In this all-access documentary we see Anna Wintour quest to edit
Vogue’s biggest ever September issue (ever see The Devil Wears Prada?). Ngawang Choephel is both a
filmmaker and archivist of cultural traditions, when he traveled to his homeland to record songs he
started to shoot Tibet In Song: his passionate testament for the value of cultural heritage in the face
of adversity. Such are the times we are in, The Red Tail tells the story of the human devastation
that accompanies a company’s downscaling: Roy Koch has been laid-off from him job as an
airline mechanic - his job is outsourced along with hundreds of others, to China. In this timely
documentary, he travels to China to meet his replacement and to come to terms with his new
life. Irish films feature proudly in this year’s line-up. Conor Horgan’s chilling One Hundred
Mornings, or Ken Wardrops’ His And Hers, Brendan Muldowneys’ Savage – all Irish films, all
world premieres, and all debut features.
The Fleadh is a festival of discovery, and this
summer we invite you to navigate through a
treasure trove of cinematic gems.
Looking forward to seeing you at the
Fleadh.
For full details visit www.
galwayfilmfleadh.com
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Thurs 9 July 8pm
Tickets E27*
Michael’s brilliantly engaging delivery and effortless
rapport with the audience have led to him to be
hailed, by audiences and critics alike, as the best new
stand up to emerge in a decade. He took the comedy
world by storm last year selling out shows around
the UK including an impressive five nights at London’s
Hammersmith Apollo.
His hugely successful debut DVD release, Michael
McIntyre Live & Laughing, became the fastest-selling
debut stand-up DVD of all time selling nearly 600,000
copies to-date and rising.
Tues 14 - Sat 18 July 8pm
Matinee Fri 17 & Sat 18 July 2pm
Tickets E23*/E20* concession
IRELAND
PALACE OF THE END
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Pignut Productions
By Judith Thompson
Directed by Greg Hersov
FLEA CIRCUS
It’s amazing! It’s spectacular!
It’s astounding! It’s tiny!
Feats of astonishing bravery and breathtaking beauty - acrobatics,
trapeze, high wire and more - all performed by highly trained,
teeny tiny fleas. Pignut will be joined in this production by
Electric Bridget.
Mon 13 - Sat 18 July 6pm
Tickets E15*/E12* concession
IRELAND
Dragonfly
REPTILIAN
Dorothy believes her 63rd birthday will mirror
every other day: cleaning the house and reciting
poetry to her beloved turtles while her husband
Richard works late with his young secretary. But
past and present events collide with catastrophic
consequences for everyone, even the turtles.
‘Have you ever told yourself an unforgivable lie?’
A female American soldier facing a court-martial for
torture and prisoner abuse, a British former UN weapons
inspector exposed as a source for a BBC journalist, and an
Iraqi woman pursued by Saddam Hussein’s secret police;
each wrestle with the truth in Judith Thompson’s urgent,
hard-hitting and devastating new play.
The Royal Exchange has been at the centre of theatrical
endeavour in the UK for more than 30 years.
Supported by Lane Productions.
“Thompson’s triptych combines
the most penetrating images of
the Iraq war...astonishing.”
The Guardian
“…wild imagining and clever execution.”
The Sunday Independent
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GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
In preparation for his 30 date UK arena tour this
autumn, which includes three nights at London’s O2
and four nights at The Wembley Arena, the comedy
sensation of 2009, Michael McIntyre will perform one
night at Galway’s Black Box Theatre.
GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
Michael McIntyre
FLEA CIRCUS MINI TOP
Mon 13 - Sat 25 July (Excl. Sun 19 July)
10.30am/11am/11.30am/12noon/
2.30pm/3pm/3.30pm/4pm/4.30pm
Tickets E5*
IRISH PREMIERE
Tues 21 - Sun 26 July 8pm
Tickets E25*/E20* concession
Circa
MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY
FURIOSO
Choreography Michael Clark
Lighting Design Charles Atlas
Created by Yaron Lifschitz
and the Circa Ensemble
Since forming his company 25 years ago, Michael Clark has changed the
face of British dance and is renowned for legendary collaborations with
bands, fashion designers and visual artists.
Circa, Australia’s premier contemporary physical theatre
company, return to Galway Arts Festival following their
sell-out performances in 2007 and 2008, for the European
premiere of their new show. Furioso, is a physically
astonishing show with explosive encounters, dynamic group
scenes and achingly beautiful solos.
Michael Clark Company’s new production evolves from his admiration
for the music of rock’s holy trinity, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed,
who worked in close proximity during the 1970s.
“One of Britain’s most important living creators of dance.”
The Daily Telegraph
“No amount of words could really describe what happens
or the range of emotions one feels in watching such an
ensemble do such incredible things with their bodies.”
ABC Australia
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GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
Wed 15 - Sat 18 July 8pm
Tickets E25*/E20* concession
“If there are better
productions of these plays
this year, (Midsummer and The
Merchant of
Venice) or even in the next few
years, I will be astonished.”
The Guardian
IRISH PREMIERE
Thurs 23 & Sat 25 July 8pm
Matinee Fri 24 July 2pm
Tickets E25*/E20* concession
“The daring,the dazzle and the pure craft of this company...
absolutely exhilarating”
The New York Times
ENGLAND
Propeller
Propeller
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream undergoes a
riotous re-working by Edward Hall. Devoted to
authoritative spins on Shakespeare’s works, the
award-winning company tackles the play with
typical gusto, capitalizing on its dreamlike qualities
while never losing sight of its touching and wildly
captivating plot.
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William Shakespeare would delight in the compelling, audaciously cheeky
theatre of Edward Hall and his award–winning company Propeller. Hall’s
mischievous, highly physical approach sends up Shakespeare’s intricate tangling
between the sexes. Propeller’s staging of The Merchant of Venice is a work that
poses still–incendiary questions about truth, morality, and prejudice.
GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 09
Wed 22, Fri 24 & Sun 26 July 8pm
Matinee Sat 25 July 2pm
Tickets E25*/E20* concession
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Thurs 30 July 8pm
Tickets E25*/E22* concession
Gigli
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Due to penomenal
public demand!
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(The Cunningham
sound)
Traditional Irish Music, Song and Dance with a
contemporary slant. A vibrant group of young
musicians, dancers and singers teams up with
some older, well-known traditional artists
blending and contrasting old with new in a
dynamic, fast-moving musical extravaganza!
Fri 31 July 8pm
Tickets E18*/E15* concession
MoonSiren Present
THE BRENNANS
Directed by Daniel Coll
The Brennans are three sisters from Dublin whose music and
vocal ability is unique. They sing a mixture of traditional Irish,
contemporary, musical theatre and opera backed by stunning
arrangements.
Wed 12 - Sun 16 August 8.30pm
Tickets E10*
PIZZA MAN
It’s a hot summer’s eve and Julie
has had a bad day. She lost her
job, and roommate Alice just
got dumped. How will they get
through the night? In walks the
pizza man and the fun begins!
All three have had great solo careers.Yvonne is well known to
Irish audiences as a regular on The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne;
She returns to Ireland from America where she starred as Eliza in
The Broadway version of My Fair Lady with Maximillian Schell.
They will be joined by a local choir and children’s choir.
www.brennansisters.com
A magnificent starburst of language, ideas and stage
trickery, The Gigli Concert is one of the most remarkable
plays by this great Irish writer.
Photo: Frank Miller/irish tiMes
This tour marks the launch of their first album
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TOM MURPHY
Direct from Galway Arts Festival, writer Tom Murphy
(Bailegangaire, Conversations on a Homecoming) and
director Garry Hynes once again join forces to stage
what is widely regarded as Murphy’s masterpiece. This
searching, challenging and funny play deals with seven
days in the relationship between Dynamatologist JPW
King, a quack self-help therapist living in Dublin but
born and brought up in England, and the mysterious
Irishman, a despairing property magnate who seeks out
King to help him sing like the great Italian opera singer
Beniamino Gigli.
By Darlene Craviotto
Paula has been a regular principal singer with the Drawing Room
Opera and at the National Concert Hall Dublin, and Sinead has
also appeared as a soloist at the National Concert Hall in Dublin;
before moving to the UK where she now works as a composer/
recording artist.
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by
Benefit of the Doubt
Theatre Company
Cast
Denis Conway
Peter Sullivan
Eileen Walsh
Directed by
Garry Hynes
Designed by
Francis O’Connor
Lighting Design
Davy Cunningham
Sound Design
John Leonard
Tuesday August 4 – Saturday August 8
Time: 8pm
Tickets €25* / €18* concession
*Refurbishment and Development Charge applies
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Visit www.druid.ie
for more information
Mon 17 - Fri 21 August 8.30pm
Tickets E10*
Wed 12 - Sat 15 Aug 7.30pm
Matinees Fri 14 & Sat 15 Aug 2.30pm
Sun 16 Aug 12.30pm & 4.30pm
Tickets E18*/E16* concession (Group Rates available)
Why Men Marry
“What can I say about that night?
Power Performance Academy
Sex is magical. Men are like magicians. We’ve got to pull
that rabbit out of the hat. Sometimes, we don’t come up
with the rabbit. Sometimes it’s a gerbil. Sometimes it’s a
mouse. A sleepy mouse. And when I looked closer I could
see that my mouse wasn’t asleep. He was dead.”
Peter Pan
Based upon James M. Barrie’s play
about the boy who refuses to grow up
and can fly.
Directed by Brian & Sean Power
Choreographed by Cherie Worthington
Eyre
The fun begins in the London nursery of the Darling family
where three children are visited by Peter Pan, who, with
the help of his tiny friend, the fairy, Tinkerbell, takes them
on a magical flight to Never Land.
Take this chance to catch Peadar de Burca’s new stand-up
show, Why Men Marry before it sets off to the Edinburgh
Festival and tours the country.
From the man who brought you Why Men Cheat and
What Men Want comes the final instalment of the ‘Men
Trilogy’…be afraid …be very afraid!
“Four stars and a smile on your face…” The Irish Times
Mephisto Theatre Company
This enchanted island is home to Peter and numerous and
colourful characters of Never Land including The Lost
Boys, Mermaids, Pirates, Indians, Fairies, and the
scheming and evil Captain Hook who is as intent
on defeating Peter Pan as he is on from escaping the
tick-tocking, larger than life Mr Grin, the Crocodile,
who once ate his hand.
THE MORNING AFTER OPTIMISM
By Tom Murphy
First performed in 1971, this epic fantasy which
is set in a lush, mystical forest features James and
Rosie; a pimp and his whore, childlike characters
on the run, who find themselves unable or
unwilling to leave the surreal maze. Deep within
they discover the fairytale-esque Edmund
and Anastasia who set in motion a rocketing
exploration of innocence, illusion and freedom.
See Peter Pan fly in this colourful show which is full
of music, song, and dance and fun for all ages.
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Hall
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Thurs 13 - Sat 15 August 8pm, Preview Wed 12 August 8pm
Tickets E16*/E12* concession, Preview E10*
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Marking Mephisto’s 11th production since they
smashed their way onto the Irish theatre scene in
December, 2006, The Morning After Optimism will
bring 4 of the core players together to perform
this sensational adventure. Funny, poetic,
insane and ultimately heart-breaking, this tale of
dreaming versus living is unmissable.
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Box
Theatre
Intimate
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Hall
Theatre
Thurs 20 August 8pm
Tickets E18*/E15* concession
Sat 22 & Sun 23 August 8pm
Tickets E25*
Darragh McGann
A New Beginning
Concert Tour
Tues 18 August 8pm
Tickets E18*/E15* concession
BLUES
BROTHERS
BANNED
LIVE IN GALWAY
High energy eleven piece tribute act with a
twist present a jam packed night of music and
tomfoolery. Hits from the cult The Blues Brothers
and Commitments movies feature throughout
their performance punctuated with R&B, soul,
swing and ska favourites. Town
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Lyrical Baritone, Darragh McGann performs
a rich mixture of easy listening ballads and
powerful classical arias. Darragh has appeared
on RTE’s All Ireland Talent Show and Seoige and
recently launched his first solo album A New
Beginning. This concert is guaranteed to be
packed with emotion, honesty, atmosphere and
a musical soundscape that will leave you feeling
very much a part of Darragh’s ‘New Beginning’.
Musical Director: Mr Alan Carney
Guest Soprano: Ms. Eva McMullan
BRENDAN GRACE
Celebrates 39 Years
of Hilarity
Fri 21 August 8pm
Tickets E20*
Brendan’s latest show features some brand
new material and some ‘Old Favourites’ from
his vast repertoire over the last 39 years.His
sense of timing and ability to read an audience
is without equal. A brilliant character actor, his
‘Bottler’ is legendary and is now featured at
every performance.
Joe Dolan
Tribute Show
Featuring Paschal
Brennan
Mon 24 August 8pm
Tickets E18*/E15* concession
Cologne New
Philharmonic
Orchestra
One of Ireland’s finest singers, Paschal Brennan
brings his tribute to the greatest Irish Rock’n’Roll
singer of his generation, Joe Dolan.
DON’T MISS THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE
ONE OF GERMANY’S FINEST ENSEMBLES, performing
a diverse programme ranging from VIVALDI and his
tremendously famous “Four Seasons” to MOZART, BACH
and OFFENBACH. The Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra
have been popular visitors to Galway each summer.
‘’If I closed my eyes I could have swore that it was
Joe Dolan who was on stage’’. “The clear tones of Joe
Dolan came through in Paschal’s voice’’. Hear all of
Joe Dolan’s greatest hits in this highly acclaimed
tribute. Not to be missed.
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Concert Programme A.Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Four concertos for violin, strings
and basso continuo
-- interval -J. S. Bach
Concerto in D Minor for violin,
oboe, strings and basso continuo
BWV 1060
J. Offenbach
“Jaqueline’s tears” for cello
W. A. Mozart
“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” in G Major
for string orchestra KV 525
Tues 25 - Sat 29 August 8pm
Mon-Fri 8pm, Sat 6pm & 8.30pm
Tickets E30*/E25* concession
Mon 31 Aug - Wed 2 September 8pm
Tickets E20*/E18* concession
‘Twink’
in the Smash Hit
Comedy Sensation
A trio of 70-something hard-working Dublin
cleaners are facing the axe. They might be past
their best, beyond their sell by date and over
the hill but they certainly won’t take threats of
redundancy lying down.
These game ‘girls’ set up a phone sex service,
know as “The Telephone Belles”, and that’s when
the fun really begins. Their bosses don’t know
about it, their families would never guess and their
very willing customers are none the wiser.
They’re the only chat-line girls with dusters,
attitude and their very own bus passes!
Pure theatrical Viagra?... It probably is - for
those who just might need the real thing!
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“★★★★ …Murray and Crawford O’Brien are a first-class combination.”
Ireland on Sunday
The Mill Theatre and City Theatre Dublin Presents
Robert C Kelly presents
Adèle King
“★★★★★ …stylish romance” Daily Mail
Love Letters
By A.R. Gurney
Sun 30 August 8pm
Tickets E18*
FLAMENCO meets
EASTERN DANCE
Flamenco meets Eastern Dance is the unique union
of two of the most passionate and powerful dance
cultures. It is dramatically performed by International
Artist YOLANDA SOBRADO - whose dance
background began in the 80s. She has worked
with such prestigious choreographers as Hoyos,
Manuela Vargos and Jose Greco. In 1996 Yolanda
joined the now infamous Irish musical Production
RIVERDANCE and also performed in their 10th
Anniversary Gala Show in Radio City, New York.
Appearing together for the first time in this 2
hour Show - YOLANDA shares the stage with the
unforgettable artist YASMINA - whose professional
career as both performer and choreographer has
received a multitude of glowing reviews for Shows
she both performs in and produces; as well as her
performances on ZOOROPA Europe with U2 and in
The Royal Albert Hall with Demis Roussos.
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Starring
Bryan Murray & Una Crawford O’Brien
Bob & Renee (Fair City)
A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters chronicles the
relationship between Andy and Melissa
solely through their correspondence. The
play tells the story of Andrew Makepeace
Ladd and Melissa Gardner, whose
poignantly funny friendship and ill-fated
romance takes them from second grade
through adolescence, maturity, and into
middle age.
Their words are both hysterical and moving
and as the play unfolds the audience comes
to know both of them intimately - from
their strict WASP upbringing, through later
life political aspirations, love affairs, military
service and artistic ambitions.
A smash hit both off and on Broadway, Love
Letters captures Andy and Melissa with a
precision of detail and depth of feeling only
Gurney can command.
Town
Hall
Theatre
Thu 3 - Sat 5 September 8pm
Tickets E20*/E18* concession
Mon 14 - Sat 19 September 8pm
Previews Thur 10, Fri 11 and Sat 12 8pm
Tickets E20*/E18* concession, Previews: All Tickets E15*
“unsettling and marvellously comic force.” The Sunday Independent
“brutal and savagely funny” The Sunday Times
The Mill Theatre presents
Town Hall Theatre and Cork Opera House
Directed by Andrew Flynn
Costumes by Petra Breathnach
Lighting Design by Adam Fitzsimons
Sound Design by Jack Cawley
The Lonesome West
By Martin McDonagh
From the acclaimed writer of In Bruges and The Beauty Queen of Leenane
comes a play that is simply extraordinary.
Valene and Coleman, two brothers living alone in their father’s house after his
recent death, find it impossible to exist without the most massive and violent
disputes over the most mundane and innocent of topics. Only Father Welsh,
the local young priest, is prepared to try to reconcile the two before their
petty squabbling spiral into vicious and bloody carnage.
Mon 21 September 8pm
Tickets E25*
Neil Simon’s famous update of his contemporary classic
tells the story of obsessively tidy Fiona who is forced to
move in with her slobbish best friend Olive when her
husband kicks her out. Jaw droppingly hilarious Fiona’s
obsessive habits start taking their toll on Olive and
their friends. Their only remedy (a pair of brothers from
Barcelona) disastrously backfires and the two women
are forced to agree on one thing - even the best of
friends sometimes make the worst of roommates.
The Odd Couple stars Anne Gildea and Sue Collins, two
thirds of the mega successful The Nualas and is a must
see for anyone in need of a good laugh.
By arrangement with EventLive
POLICE ACADEMY STAR MICHAEL WINSLOW
Michael’s live performance is a unique event that rivals a rock concert
utilizing his mastery of vocal gymnastics, a catalogue of over 10,000
sound effects, numerous impersonations, and eerie - re-creations of
legendary rock performers like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. Currently
you can hear him in the Television Hits Robo Chicken and Family Guy.
“well worth taking the trip for… ★★★★.” The Metro
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“Hysterically funny… Strong chemistry between Collins
and Gildea.” Sunday Times
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Sat 26 September
8pm
Tickets E25*
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Sun 27 September 3pm
Tickets E8*/E6* concession
The Celtic Tenors
The Celtic Tenors’ live show overflows with vitality and variety. The
unique voices, charm and wit of Daryl, James and Matthew - combined
with talented young Musical Director Colm Henry - combine an
emotive journey with a thoroughly uplifting experience.
Tues 22 & Wed 23 September 8pm
Tickets E20*/E18* concession
The Keegan Theatre - America
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
The Keegan Theatre returns to Ireland with
John Steinbeck’s classic Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is the intimate portrait of two men
who cherish the slim bond between them and the
dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny,
misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging
to each other in their loneliness and alienation,
George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as
drifters will, of a place to call their own. This is a tale
of friendship, dreams, and violence set in California
during the Great Depression.
“In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the
quick in his little story.” The New York Times
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These guys are irrepressible. They have established
themselves as the most successful classical
crossover artists to emerge from Ireland. While
each of them have been influenced by the musical
traditions from their own individual parts of
Ireland, these talented tenors combine to suit
classical, folk, Irish and pop genres.
Thurs 24 & Fri 25
September 8pm
Tickets E20*/E18* conc.
“La Compañía” first staged Happy Days
in its original English version in Argentina
back in 1998.
La Compañía
The success of this first production, which
rewarded the group with the “Theatre of
the World Award”, became a benchmark
against which the company’s subsequent
works have been conceived in order to
embody Beckett’s humorous conception of
the absurdity of life and his compassionate
acceptance of human fallibility.
Samuel Beckett’s
Happy Days
Ten years on, the members of La Compañía
felt the professional experience they had
gained during that time warranted a revival
of Happy Days which reopened at the 2008
Beckett Festival in Buenos Aires with great
success both from public and critic.
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Theatre
MANHATTAN
SHORT
Monday 28 Sept – Saturday 3 Oct 8pm
Tickets E22*/E18* concession
ONE WORLD ONE WEEK ONE FESTIVAL
STONES IN
HIS POCKETS
Lane Productions
by MARIE JONES
Audiences Across Five
Continents Unite for One
Week for One Cause…
To judge the finalists
films in the Annual
MANHATTAN SHORT
Film Festival
Stones in His Pockets is an award-winning drama set in a
quiet rural town in County Kerry, Ireland that is overrun by
a Hollywood film crew.
The story centers on Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, who,
like much of the town, are employed as extras for the
filming.
During the week of the 20th
- 27th of September twelve short
films (12 min. & under) selected
from over 500 entries, face their
toughest challenge when they
screen to an estimated audience
of 80,000+ in over 200 cities
spanning five continents in the
12th Annual MANHATTAN
SHORT Film Festival. These films
will not only entertain a global
audience from as far North as St
Petersburg Russia to as far South
as Melbourne Australia, but will be
judged by them as well. For more
www.ManhattanShort.com
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Much of the comedy of the play is derived from the efforts
of the production crew to create the proper “Irish feel”, a
romanticized notion that often conflicts with the reality of
daily life, and that it calls upon the cast of two to perform
all 15 characters (men and women), often switching gender
and voice with swift dexterity and the absolute bare
minimum of costume changes - a hat here, a jacket there. Awards
Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Production in 1999.
Two Olivier Awards in 2001 for Best New Comedy and Best Actor.
Winner of Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy.
Nominated for three Tony Awards in 2001.
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Commencing Sun 27 September 8.15pm
Autumn-Winter Season
Galway Film
Society
Mon 12 - Sun 18 October
Baboró
International Arts Festival
For Children
Mon 5 Oct.Tickets E25*
Frankie Gavin &
De Danann
Mon 19 Oct.Tickets E25*
The Magnets
In association with Tripod III
Mon 9 & Tues 10 Oct.Tickets E38.50*
Steve Earle
Fri 13 & Sat 14 Oct.Tickets E32.50*
Sun 25 Oct 8pm.Tickets E20*
David Johnson in association with
Róisín Dubh presents €
Stewart Lee
Rebecca Storm
Thurs 22 - Mon 26 Oct
Galway Comedy
Festival 2009
www.galwaycomedyfestival.com
We’ve been busy!
Since March 2007 and in the run up to the Town
Hall Theatre’s 15th anniversary next year, we
have undertaken a significant number of facility
enhancements and technical upgrades including
the installation of new seating, a state-of-theart Digital Projection System, a new telephone
system, a database-driven box office system, an
infrared transmission/loop system for the benefit
of members of the audience with a hearing
impediment and other enhancements including a
more user-friendly website and more extensive
distribution of programme information. We have
also recently re-painted both theatres, internally
and externally and installed a new floor at the
Black Box. Plans have been drawn up to next
install a new (automated) flying system in the
Town Hall Theatre and to undertake a range of
other (mostly unseen yet essential technical)
upgrades, as funding becomes available.
This ambitious programme will require a
total investment in the region of E750,000 with
the theatre committing to raising 1/3 of this itself
and to generating the balance from a range of local
and national sources. We already have E70,000 of
our own contribution in place and to assist the
Theatre raise the additional E180,000 within three
years, we have undertaken a number of internal
cost-cutting measures and also introduced a 50cent Refurbishment & Development Levy on every
ticket sold here since April.
We look forward to your continued support for
our endeavours and to have you join with us in
celebrating the new and more comfortable theatre
experience for all. Enjoy!
Fergal Mc Grath
THEATRE MANAGER
Pre-theatre/show menu now available
Live Music Thursday and Friday nights
Bar open late Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Restaurant last orders:
10.30pm Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday,
11 pm Thursday, Friday & Saturday
No 3, Eyre Street, Woodquay, Galway
Telephone 091 568917
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