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Celebrating Irish Culture through the Arts, Home of the National Folk Theatre
Box Office 066 7123055
CLÁR IMEACHTAÍ
January - September 2020
Event Guide
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SIAMSA SPECIALS Siamsa Tíre’s €1 Development Levy was
HUMPERDINK - HANSEL & GRETEL (27th Feb) PAGE 13 introduced in 2010 and is included in
On arrival enjoy a pre-theatre drink of your choice and for at Bella Bia (Ivy Terrace, 066-7144896), your ticket price. The levy is just one of a
selected performances, you can bring your drink into the The Ashe Hotel (Maine Street, 066- WE’LL MEET AGAIN (15th Mar) PAGE 11 number of ways to support the theatre so
auditorium in our new shatter-proof glasses. 7106300), Imperial Hotel (Denny Street, that we can provide you with an exciting
066-7127755), Kirby’s Brogue Inn (Rock CHRISTINE BOVILL’S PIAF (28th Mar) PAGE 16 programme of events as well as investing
Pre-Order your interval drinks and afterwards enjoy the Street, 066-7185595) on presentation of in improvements and refurbishments to
relaxing ambience of the foyer with a post-show drink of update facilities to make your visit more
a ticket for that night’s performance at
your choice. Siamsa Tíre, subject to availability. €35 A saving of up to €16 enjoyable.
3
Sunday
Aladdin 19 th
January
Oliver Hurley Productions
Performances Daily at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Bosco’s Magical Garden
Thursday Saturday
2 nd 4 th and Sleeping Beauty
€18 / €17
to Family of 4: €66
January January Family of 5: €80
Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre Mercy Secondary School
Wednesday Saturday
Welcome to the most magical pantomime ever!
Hop on your magic carpet and fly over to Siamsa Tíre this
2pm & 4pm | €12 | FAMILY | Family of 4: €40
22 nd 25 th
January
to
January
8pm | €18/15 | MUSICAL
pantomime season and head on a magical journey with See why Bosco remains a firm favourite for each new
stunning sets, sparkling costumes, loads of laughs and fun generation!
for all. This production has some fantastic special effects, Mounthawk has earned a distinguished reputation for its award-
plenty of audience participation and of course a sing- Bosco is Bosco, not a boy, not a girl, just a Bosco: a cheeky, lovely, winning shows, as well as the calibre of acting talent it has nurtured
along and all this can be found in ALADDIN as he sets out funny, slightly-cracked, irrepressible, eternal five-year-old who through the years. 2019 marks the school’s eighteenth show –
in search for the Magic Lamp. But will he be successful? lives in a box and who loves nothing more than to just be Bosco Hairspray.
and meet all the boys and girls. After starring on Irish TV for three
Aladdin is one of the funniest, glitziest Panto’s you will decades, you’ll see why Bosco remains a firm favourite for each It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and quirky teenager Tracy Turnblad has one
see this Christmas, coupled with Oliver Hurley’s renowned new generation. Enjoy the enchanted story of Sleeping Beauty dream: to dance on The Corny Collins Show. When she gets put
reputation for high quality, professional pantomimes that where an evil Fairy-Night filled with jealousy try’s to harm Beauty in detention, the African-American students in the school teach her
are among the most spectacular in the Land, this is a but luckily she has very good fairy friends. With its brilliant array some of their dance moves, and her new found groove wins her a
tremendous treat for all the family you won’t want to miss! of Characters, lots of fun and excitement through this completely spot on Corny’s show. Overnight, Tracy transforms from a nobody
It’s so funny it’ll have you rolling in the aisles and we can interactive live experience with the absolute magic of Puppet into a star, and uses her newfound influence to advocate for racial
ensure that everyone will have a great time. Theatre. integration on the television show. With songs such as ‘Good
Morning Baltimore’ and ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’, you’re sure to
We recommend this production for children of all ages, ‘Slapstick Silly and utterly Spectacular from Start to finish’ be dancing in the aisles!
from 5 to 95! - The Irish Examiner
4 5
Friday
Trad Connections 31st
January
Danny O’Mahony 9.30pm | €5 | TRAD
An exciting new series of traditional Irish music
performances in the intimate surroundings of the foyer at
No Place Like Rome
Siamsa Tíre.
Castlegregory Amateur Dramatics Society
The first in a series of traditional Irish music foyer performances
launching tonight with one of Ireland’s finest accordion players
Danny O’Mahony, currently Traditional Artist in residence at Saturday
1st
UCC. Imaginative and fearless in his interpretation, Danny’s
musical style is expressive and deeply personal. His passionate 7pm | €15/10 | PANTO
engagement with the traditions of his native area is embodied Family of 4: €45
February
in his own creative practice and style which has brought him
national and international acclaim.
O’Mahony has a keen interest in regional styles and historical “A satirical look at the Roman empire”
accordion practices that is integral to his own performance
and creative exploration of musical traditions. An experienced Set in the Roman empire, an evil plan has been hatched,
broadcaster, Danny presents and produces a popular weekly who will become emperor and what will become of
radio programme on Radio Kerry featuring Irish Traditional Cleopatra. The story line takes us from the splendour
Music and Song entitled Trip to the Cottage, which began of Rome to the exotic shores of Egypt and back again.
in 2004. Good will defeat evil and love will conquer all with plenty
of laughter along the way.
‘His playing style is open-hearted, abundant in Please feel free to bring
personality and shot through with a raw-boned along instruments to
BAR WILL BE OPEN join Danny and finish the
honesty...’ THROUGHOUT THE night off with an informal
PERFORMANCE session.
6 - Siobhán Long, Irish Times 11 July 2011 7
The Laughter Lounge Live
Maura Laverty -
This Was Your Life
Saturday
8pm | €21/€18
COMEDY 8 th
February
The Curious Ensemble
Thursday
6 th
Dublin’s Laughter Lounge has been in the
comedy business a long, long, LONG time but
8pm | €20/18 | DRAMA February they’ve only delivered the lols to Dubliners…
so guess what? They want to make the rest of
Ireland laugh too so they’re going on tour!
Maura Laverty, the multi-talented broadcaster, cookery Yep, they’re bringing Laughter Lounge vibes
expert, agony aunt and controversial writer, who was a to Siamsa Tíre.
household name in Ireland for three decades, is about to
be spirited back from the dead to face a live and online Come see the Laughter Lounge’s biggest acts
audience on a surreal TV show ‘This WAS Your LIFE.’ She - Eric Lalor, John Colleary; Gar Murran. Smell
will cook recipes from her iconic cookbook, Full And Plenty, that? That’s the sweet scent of Comedy in the
and talk about her roller-coaster life. air…… and we can’t wait!
The host will get her to reveal some of her darker secrets Age 16+
and the price she paid for her success. Fifty years after
her death, how will a contemporary audience evaluate her Those underage must attend with parent
recipes and her tumultuous life? or guardian. Strong language and adult
BAR WILL BE OPEN content.
Age 12+ THROUGHOUT THE
PERFORMANCE
8 9
Friday
Tuesday
11 th 14 th
February
February
Directed by Stephen Leatherland
The Vanishing Gun A Vienesse Strauss Gala
by J.G Carey
The Armed Eye Theatre Company 10.30am | €15
SCHOOLS
World on Stage 8pm | €23/21 | CLASSICAL Under the Hawthorn Tree
For Valentines night, enjoy a sparkling new production of the Cahoots NI
A special performance for Transition Year Students 8pm | €15/12 | DRAMA
ever-popular A Viennese Strauss Gala.
Featuring leading Friday
21st
When Detective Jack O’Hara comes to on the floor of a strange soloists from major A musical adaption based on the internationally acclaimed
Recreating the romance
operaofcompanies
a bygone age of glamorous soirees book by award-winning author Marita Conlon-McKenna,
apartment, he discovers a nasty bump on his head, a dead body on and Strauss waltzes, the show features highlights from some of
the floor and most surprisingly, that he has jumped forwards twenty and the Under the Hawthorn Tree follows the journey of three brave
the great Operettas EUROPEAN
of the Strauss family, Kalman and Lehar; siblings. This story of family, hope and history set against February
years in time to 1975. When he is joined by Tex, a cowboy from the including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and many more.
1870’s and Kulesh, an alien from the thirty first century, Jack realises BAROQUE the Irish Potato Famine as they fight for survival.
that he has the mother of all cases to solve and time is running out! ENSEMBLE
This wonderful production is cleverly staged and choreographed, When their father goes to find work and their mother leaves
and authentically costumed, and will appeal to the romantic as to find him, Eily, Michael and Peggy, starving and faced
€12 if the school attended “Ger Carey live in Oct 2019” much as the musicwww.worldonstage.net
aficionado. It continues to be hugely popular
Accompanying Teachers Free with the workhouse, embark on a treacherous journey to
all over the country. find the great aunts they have heard of only in stories.
Age suitability: TY’s and upwards The European Orchestral Ensemble will accompany four Soloists The show features original music, live vocals and visual
from major UK Opera companies including Opera North, English storytelling. Age 7+.
Not suitable for Leaving Cert Applied students (LCA) and Youth National Opera and D’Oyly Carte.
Reach organisations.
“Beautiful costumes, excellent voices and some fine acting Students / Groups: €10 |
10 too” Under 16’s: €8 | Family of 4: €40 11
One of the greatest operas about children,
Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is full of music that
is sweet and beguiling.
An Irish National Opera / Theatre Lovett / Abbey
Sunday Theatre co-production.
23 rd
February
Combining childlike simplicity with heart aching
beauty, Humperdinck wanted a plot that ‘was not
made up of murders, brutal deaths, operetta-like
Chris Kent
Saturday
22 nd
nonsense, or sugar-sweet fairy tales’. Do not be
fooled. This is a story of greed and starvation, mouth-
Christy Doesn’t Live Here February The Legends of American Country wateringly sugar-coated.
Trouble at home. Two hungry children lost in a
8pm | €15 | COMEDY haunted forest. The lure of a gingerbread house. The
8pm | €25 | COUNTRY MUSIC
frightening hocus pocus of the predatory Witch. And
Cork comedian Chris Kent has more stories, more kids and a This acclaimed tribute band rocks in to Tralee to honour the the smarts of the children who triumph in the end. All
keep cup to compensate for his guilt about over population. country greats. wrapped up in the delicious sound world of Engelbert
Chris tries to come to terms with being called “well trained” for Humperdinck’s operatic masterpiece.
carrying out basic tasks. Chris also gets deep and talks about his Legends of American Country returns with a fantastic evening
favorite clothes horse or “garment donkey” if you’re a maniac… of toe tapping country classics. This tour will showcase highly Sung in English with English subtitles. Age 10+
acclaimed tributes to Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline
‘Original hilarious material...Among the best acts I’ve and Kenny Rogers with countless other well-known hit songs –
seen’ The Mirror ***** This concert is a must see extravaganza. The show features four Thursday
‘Unequivocally talented raconteur’
- Ed Fest Magazine’ ****
fantastic singers, backed by the superb award winning live band.
Coupled with an authentic stage set this concert will transport you
hand clapping and toe tapping all the way to Nashville and back.
27 th
February
Humperdink - Hansel & Gretel
‘Fresh and original material, extremely endearing performer’ One thing’s for sure; if you like Country Music, this is the only Irish National Opera / Theatre Lovett / Abbey Theatre
- Broadway Baby **** show in town!
Age 16+ BAR WILL BE OPEN 8pm | €30/27 [Children (age 10+): €15] | OPERA
THROUGHOUT THE ‘Fantastic show of nostalgic country at its best with superb vocalists
12 PERFORMANCE and musicians’ - Hot Country 13
Friday
13 th
March
Thursday Saturday
5 th
March
to
7 th
March
The Crowman
8pm | €20 | DRAMA Jon Kenny
BAR WILL BE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
Set in a sparsely decorated kitchen, this intimate one-man
PERFORMANCE
The Field show starring Jon Kenny (D’Unbelievables), is a window into
the soul of a lonely bachelor, Dan.
Trad Connections Friday
28 th
February
9.30pm | €5 | TRAD
Zyber Theatre 8pm | €19/17 | DRAMA A crow-hating man who noisily tries to shoo the blighted birds
away, Dan measures out his life by the amount of funerals he
has to attend every week. They are social occasions with the
Widow Maggie Butler decides to sell The Field that her added bonus of refreshments.
neighbour, Bull McCabe has been renting. Bull is none too
The second in a new series of traditional Irish music performances in the intimate surroundings of the foyer at Siamsa Tíre. Dan, who vacillates between high comedy by mimicking TV
pleased when he hears the news.
celebrity chefs; and pathetic admissions, including attending
This multi award winning Sligo-based trio draw their music from their native counties of Sligo and Kerry. They released their new album Mass just to connect with another human by shaking hands,
He considers The Field his and has no intention of paying the
“Hurry the Jug” in 2019 and we are delighted to welcome them to Siamsa Tíre this February. They will play a selection of tunes from is a master at distraction. But one day, hearing a death
value of the property. Then, William Dee, an outsider, turns
their album as well as their extensive repertoire. These three highly regarded players have shared the stage and recorded with some of announcement on the radio, his world is shattered.
up and appears willing to offer a higher price, with tragic
the greats of music including Zakeer Hussain, Dervish, Kevin Burke, Lunasa, Sean Keane, Lisa O’Neill and Luka Bloom to name a few.
repercussions.
Join us for what promises to be a great night of music. ‘Jon Kenny gave a masterclass in characterisation and physical
acting in Crowman…He played a blinder as lonely, middle-
14 aged Dan’ - Munster Express 15
Sunday
15 th
Friday
March
20 th
March
Saturday
21st
March
BAR WILL BE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
PERFORMANCE
Joe Daly
Saturday
Lost 14 th The Laughter Lounge Live Children’s Magic and Illusion Show
Free Radicals Youth Theatre
March
7.30pm | €10 | DRAMA
We’ll Meet Again 8pm | €21/18 | COMEDY On Tour 3pm | €10 | MAGIC | Family of 4: €35
3pm | €19 | MUSIC The Story of Vera Lynn Direct from his weekday magic show ‘abraKIDabra’ on RTÉjr, Joe
Where were you while we were getting lost in time?
The Laughter Lounge escapes Dublin for the second time to Daly brings his children’s comedy magic and illusion show back
In a rip-roaring adventure spanning the breadth of time LOST bring us more of their top talent and deliver the lols to Kerry. to Siamsa Tíre. Joe will bring you on a rollercoaster ride of magic,
Following on from sell-out concerts around the country, Dublin’s Laughter Lounge has been in the comedy business a illusion, comedy and fun.
tells the story of the unexpected discovery of a porthole that including Dublin’s National Concert Hall, We’ll Meet Again: the
leads into the 4th dimension also known as time’s superhighway. long, long, LONG time and they want to make the rest of Ireland
Story of Vera Lynn, starring singers Linda Kenny (soprano) and laugh too so they’re coming our way! Yep, they’re bringing Joe’s show completely reinvents children’s entertainment, so
Damian Smith (baritone), actor Alf McCarthy and our Vera Lynn Laughter Lounge vibes to Siamsa Tíre. much so that the adults will enjoy it as much as the kids! Prepare
When young people start to mysteriously disappear due to this band (MD Alan Carney), comes to Siamsa Tíre for one night only!
tear in the fabric of space/time the journey to find them will yourself to be spellbound one minute and roaring laughing
lead them and those searching for them to realise that what Come see the Laughter Lounge’s biggest acts - RTE’s Karl Spain the next. Tables will fly, newspapers torn up and restored, cola
The show is a dramatic retelling of the life and times of Vera Lynn & Gar Murran for one craic’in night out! poured over a volunteer’s head and Joe will even make it snow...
they thought was the past, the present and future may not be and the delicious programme, jam packed with her nostalgic
thought at all. that’s just for starters!
hits, gives the audience an opportunity to sing along to some Age 16+
of her most loved songs like We’ll Meet Again, Among My “He will amaze and baffle you” Marty Whelan...RTÉ
Devised by Free Radicals Youth Theatre Souvenirs, Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart, The White Cliffs of
Age 14+ Those underage must attend with parent or guardian. Strong “Joe Daly is just brilliant” John McColgan producer/director
Dover, Faraway Places and many more. language and adult content. Riverdance
16 Age 4 – 12 and their families 17
Christine Bovill’s Piaf
“There is always one moment in childhood when
the door opens and lets the future in” - Graham
Greene
8pm | €18/16 | MUSIC
Saturday Christine threads her remarkable journey in the world
28
March
th of French Song with the life and works of Edith Piaf.
No glamour. No gimmicks. No pretence. Nothing but
a voice, singing of life’s triumphs and tragedies. PIAF
is both a personal narrative and a powerful musical
homage to one of France’s most endearing icons.
Friday
27 th
BAR WILL BE OPEN
Trad Connections “Something that will stay with you for An award-winning songwriter in her own right, Bovill
THROUGHOUT THE the rest of your life” - Sunday Times has toured throughout Europe with her self-penned
PERFORMANCE homage to the Little Sparrow, appearing on BBC News,
March
“Bovill’s voice is remarkable, note- ITV and on BBC Radio 4’s series Soul Music. During her
The Rising 9.30pm | €5 | TRAD perfect and deftly achieving the husky, sold out run at the Famous Spiegeltent, 2012 Edinburgh
trembling vibrato needed to carry Festival, Bovill realised a lifelong dream when she shared
these songs” - Belfast Telegraph
The third in a new series of traditional Irish music performances in the intimate surroundings of the foyer at Siamsa Tíre. the stage with Charles Dumont, great friend of Piaf
“If you love music, and you and, most famously, composer of Non, Je ne Regrette
The Rising was formed at the start of 2016, with the idea of “Changing the world of trad, one lively tune at a time”. Now a want to experience something Rien. They performed several songs together to close
4-piece band, they consist of guitar, button accordion, fiddle and cajon/cymbal percussion as well as vocals and unique Irish extraordinary, then run, fly, race to book the show. The publicity around the event drew articles
dance/Acapella style. To date, The Rising have played in many counties in Ireland and the UK and have also more recently your ticket immediately” from the national press, culminating in Christine’s live
played at the Balve Höhler Cave in Germany. They have had the pleasure of closing the Friday night Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann - Edinburgh Festival Magazine appearance on BBC’s Newsnight, as a finale to their
gig rig for the last four consecutive years to a capacity of 5 thousand people each night. Festival Review programme. PIAF was awarded the
“Bovill’s incarnation of Piaf is too
astonishingly perfect, her voice tails Fringe laurels for Total Sell Out Show 2011 and 2012.
Individually, these lads have performed in many countries including Sweden, Germany, France, Italy and Wales. Wherever The off delicately like a spider’s thread to It received 5 STAR reviews from some of the most
18 Rising perform you are always guaranteed a lively night of music. devastating effect” - Fest Mag respected publications (including The Scotsman).
19Friday
3 rd
April
Musical Showcase Gentle On My Mind
The Glen Campbell Story Once Upon A Musical
Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts
8pm | €26 | MUSIC
Born to Dance 2020
Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre
Wednesday and
Wednesday Thursday
1st 2 nd
Thursday: 7.30pm From the company that brought the highly acclaimed Carpenters Kerry School of Music Dance Academy
& Story starring Kim Dickinson and such well known country acts
Tuesday Wednesday
7 8 th
Schools Performance: as The Three Amigos, J and C Promotions is proud to present
2pm & 7.30pm
April April ‘Gentle on My Mind’, The Glen Campbell Story. Saturday
th
4
Thursday 10am (€6) & €15/14.50 | VARIETY
th 1pm & 5pm | €15 | BALLET
Starring master guitarist and celebrated country music April April Group of 4 €55
€16 | VARIETY Join the students for their 11th annual personality, Ciarán Rosney, the 5 Piece band, features such well- April
Group of 4 €60 Musical showcase featuring all your known musicians as Billy Burgoyne (ex-Daniel O’Donnell) and
Group of 6 €90 favourite Musicals including dazzling fiddle player extraordinaire Denise Boyle. Following on from the sell-out Christmas Panto “Aladdin”,
dance routines, singing and acting from Kerry School of Music Dance Academy’s first showcase of the
year presents Colette Maguire Jensen’s Tralee, Killarney and the award-winning director Oliver Hurley presents a variety of
students age 5 to 18 years. Director & The show goes on a truly amazing journey with some of Glen musical theatre excerpts.
performer Bryan Carr has been teaching Killorglin ballet students in a vibrant and colourful showcase.
Campbell’s best known hits, from ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ to
Singing and Stage School in Kerry for over ‘Wichita Lineman’, and unique to this show will be Ciaran’s This production is full of dynamic dance routines and beautiful
18 years and prides himself in the fact that Colette is Kerry’s foremost teacher of ballet having taught
unrivalled interpretation of Glen’s guitar playing abilities. exclusively in association with Kerry School of Music for the past musical numbers performed buy some to eh the best up-an-
twice a year every single student gets their coming young performers around. A show for all the family that
own little solo piece to perform. twenty-six years.
The Show will also include state of the art video projection, with will help kick off your Easter holidays.
20 tasteful lighting and a full live music experience. 21Saturday
11th Pat Coldrick
April
Classical Guitarist
8pm | €18/15 | MUSIC
Following three sell-out concerts in the National Concert Hall
in Dublin in 2019, classical guitarist Pat Coldrick tours his rich
Wednesday Saturday
15 18 th
catalogue of classical and popular repertoire to Siamsa Tíre for
the first time.
Pat’s skillful and easy-going interaction with his audience
Ghost the Musical April
th to
April
throughout his recitals shows his philosophy of ‘entertaining’ Tralee Musical Society 8pm | €19/17 | MUSICAL
rather than ‘educating’ his listeners and brings his arrangements
of great classical pieces to a wide audience of music lovers.
Adapted from the hit 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film, the plot of Ghost The Musical centres on lovers Sam and Molly, who
are attacked as they are returning to their apartment. When Sam dies he becomes caught between the real world and the next.
Molly is in danger and Sam cannot leave her. A medium, Oda Mae Brown, helps Sam to get in touch with Molly to warn her.
This visual stage spectacle is a poignant romance that builds comedy, suspense, and deeply felt emotion to an ethereal climax
that you will never forget.
22 23Whistleblast
Composition Programme 2020 6pm | Free | MUSIC
Sunday
19 th Wednesday Mary Curran (French horn)
22
April nd Kenneth Edge (Saxes, Clarinets)
Conor Linehan (Piano)
April Oonagh Keogh (Violin)
Free to the public, friends and family of students from Mercy
Mounthawk Secondary and St Ita’s Special School who will
Before anything new is made it must be dreamed. From our moon- perform a new composition with the Quartet as a result of a
What a
base in the Sea of Tranquility we get a great view of the Earth and it’s highly creative nationwide music programme. Integrating young
time to make a new one just like we do every night! people of all abilities together equally in a joyful and educational
series of workshops and concerts.
Wonderful World
What shall we put in tomorrow’s world? Snowballs and flamingos of
course! The Quartet will also perform uplifting music by Handel,
So all aboard the sleeper train as it takes us on our dream voyage. Debussy and Bizet as part of the concert. Suitable for all ages
and everybody is welcome! This year’s programme is funded
Lyngo Theatre We start with putting the stars in the sky and move through history, by the Arts Council; Siamsa Tire, Tralee; NCH, Dublin; Ballina
creating life, discovering fire all over again and finally arriving at the Arts Centre, Co Mayo; Town Hall Theatre, Galway; Mayo
one-world tree where we celebrate the new home that we made all County Council; Blackshell Farm Ltd and contributions from all
together. participants.
3pm | €9 | FAMILY | Family of 4: €32
This is an amazing romp through the universe where you can get your See www.whistleblastquartet.com for other performance and
hands on the stuff of creation! programme details.
24 Age 2 – 5yrs 25Trad Connections 24
Friday
th &
Saturday
25 th
April April
Noel McAuliffe and Leonard Casey
Friday Following an extended run at the
24 April
th 10.30pm
€5 | TRAD
Olympia Theatre, Dublin you have to
check out one of the most talked about
Irish plays this year as ‘3 Hail Mary’s’ by
Tommy Marren continues another sell-
out nationwide tour.
The final gig in this series of traditional Irish music
performances in the intimate surroundings of the You’ll be introduced to the 3 Marys
foyer at Siamsa Tíre. who chat, argue, sing, dance and
reminisce about their lives. From
chicken-pluckers to fishing rods and
‘’McAuliffe and Casey’’ Comprise of Noel McAuliffe
decapitated statues to sing-songs this
on vocals, violin and Leonard Casey on Guitar. Both
men have a background in traditional Irish music and
song and bring their own unique style to well-known
in one Nursing Home experience you
will never forget. 3 Hail Marys
ballads and tunes but with a contemporary folk feel.
With a few unexpected twists and
turns and a rousing finale this is one The Crokey Hill Club
They have both toured Nationally and internationally
night of theatre you won’t forget for
with their music and look forward to performing in
a long time!
April as part of the Trad Connections series in the
Siamsa foyer. 8pm | €26/23 Group of 10+ (10% Discount) | DRAMA
BAR WILL BE OPEN Age 12+
THROUGHOUT THE
PERFORMANCE
26 278.30pm | €22 | FOLK THEATRE
An Ghaoth Aniar Turas
The Wind from the West A Breathtaking Journey
of Music, Dance and Song
A celebration of the west coast of
8.30pm | €22 | FOLK THEATRE
Ireland, its traditions, its culture and its
people.
Presented by Siamsa Tíre,
The Atlantic coast is one of the most beautiful The National Folk Theatre of Ireland.
areas in the world. An Ghaoth Anair brings
the wildness and beauty of this to life in the Turas meaning Journey, is a Siamsa Tíre stage production
unique Siamsa style. From the tradition of fishing featuring music from all corners of Ireland beautifully
its waters, the magic of the bog lands, the interwoven with exciting dance and rich vocals.
Sligo fiddle with the North Kerry Dance style,
to dancing in the rain, this show will enrich your Experience some thrilling hard shoe Irish dancing along
visit to the west coast of Ireland. This spectacular with wonderful musicians on fiddle, piano, percussion and
50th anniversary production, which premiered in accordion.
2018 to great success, combines traditional folk,
music, song, dance with contemporary staging This is a feast of music, dance and song, and an experience
and projection. which is guaranteed to stay with you long after you leave the
theatre!
Sponsor of the Sponsor of the
National Folk Theatre’s National Folk Theatre’s
28 Festival of Folk 2020 Festival of Folk 2020 29Fadó Fadó
In Times Gone By
8.30pm | €22 | FOLK THEATRE
Presented by Siamsa Tíre,
The National Folk Theatre of Ireland. Anam
Fadó Fadó, dramatises a whole year’s cycle of living
and working the land. Through lively singing, music, A Celebration of Hard Shoe Dance and
dancing and mime, Fadó Fadó celebrates the joys Irish Traditional Music
and sorrows of a typical family living in rural Ireland
100 years ago.
8.30pm | €22 | FOLK THEATRE
Complimentary Programme Notes in Irish, French,
German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian. Co-commissioned by Dublin Dance Festival and The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Anam (meaning ‘soul’) brings
together the skills of four world-class step dancers from the US, Canada and Ireland in an exhilarating fusion of styles.
Authentic and raw, this percussive dance piece explores the similarities and differences between the dancers, each with
their own distinct hard shoe style. It celebrates the dance’s essential spirit, yet injects it with fresh energy to create
something new.
Sponsor of the Featuring dancers Matthew Olwell, Justin Walsh, Nathan Pilatzke and Jason O’Neill. This uplifting production is
National Folk Theatre’s performed to live music and song composed by acclaimed Irish musician Fergal Ó Murchú, along with musicians Mikie
Festival of Folk 2020 Smith and Joseph McNulty. Anam was co-directed by Jonathan Kelliher and Sue-Ellen Chester MacCarthy.
30 31EASTER CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS EASTER CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS
Planet Science Easter Pottery Experience
Kidz Easter Egg-Speriments Workshop with Potter Amy Smith
Wednesday Thursday
Tuesday
8 th &
9 th 11:30am - 1pm : 5 - 8 yr olds
7 th
April
11.30am - 12.30pm
2pm - 3pm
4 - 6yr olds
7 - 9 yr olds
April April
2pm - 3:30pm : 9 - 12 yr olds
Children will hand build an imaginative creation from
clay, which will be completed to a colourful ceramic
Planet Science Kidz is back with Easter Egg-Speriments! finish. This clay process is educational, fun and wonderful
opportunity for children to tap into their creative side.
Experiments include, Egg in slime - see the ooze drip. Enjoy
an episode of Rocket Launch and learn more about chemical
Over the two day workshop children will learn the
reactions using fizz inflators. This Science packed workshop is
one not to be missed! techniques of hand building with clay. They will get
the opportunity to make slab built flower pots using
Planet Science allows children between the ages of 4-9 to the inspiration of the beauty of spring time. Colourful
explore different topics in science. Our mission at Planet glazes will be applied and all these unique flower pots
Science is to inspire a love of learning SCIENCE by providing Cost €60 for the two day workshop. 10% will be given a beautiful ceramic finish once fired in a
unique hands-on opportunities to children to explore and discount for sibling, and a further 5% professional kiln.
create. Cost: €15pp. discount for 3rd sibling.
Advance booking is essential.
Capacity for workshops is 25. Each Flower Pot creation will be available for collection
Capacity 12pax - All materials supplied.
All materials are supplied. on Thursday 30 th of April at Siamsa Tíre.
32 33VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS
Friday Frday
BOUNDARIES: REAL AND IMAGINED 14 th to
27 th ELEMENTAL FUSION:
WORKS ON PAPER
February March
CLAY, GLASS, TEXTILE, PAPER
OPEN SUBMISSION EXHIBITION CONTINUES
UNTIL
7
Vivienne Bogan, Kathryna Cuschieri,
th
Nicola Henley and Jane Seymour
February
In association with
In September 2019, Siamsa Tíre invited artists in the South
West of Ireland to take part in our annual Open Submission
exhibition. This year’s theme was, Boundaries: Real and Four Clare makers, Vivienne Bogan, Kathryna Cuschieri, Nicola Henley and Jane
Imagined and the final exhibition (which opened on the 13th Seymour, have come together for this exhibition, based on themes of gender,
of December) was selected from the artworks submitted by identity and place.
artist and curator, Sharon Murphy.
Vivienne Bogan works with mixed media on paper, found materials and
Participating artists responded enthusiastically, producing experimental print techniques. Glass Artist, Kathryna Cuschieri captures the fragile
an impressive range of artworks across a wide variety of natural eco splendour that is slowly eroding in Clare. Textile Artist, Nicola Henley’s
media: acrylic, watercolour, print, mixed media – all on work explores our native birds – their relationship to sky, sea and land, reminding
paper. There was a great array of approaches to the us of our own connection with the natural environment. Ceramicist Jane Seymour
theme and the works spanned a range of styles from completes the foursome, creating vessels made by smoke firing, and also working
representational to expressionistic to abstract. Siamsa figuratively, etching into the unfired clay.
Tíre would like to thank all of those who submitted to this
exhibition. Elemental Fusion will showcase a collection of work, pieces mirroring one another
in form, shape, colour or texture and yet totally different, unique and independent.
34 35VISUAL ARTS DEVISE • ACT ENSEMBLE
IMPROVISE • BE INSPIRED
GOD’S FIRST NAME IS ART CREATE • WRITE
EXPRESS YOURSELF
Henk Heideveld
Born in the Netherlands in Sessions take place in Siamsa Tíre
Friday Frday
3 1st
1950, Henk Heideveld began every Saturday from 4-7pm.
working as a professional artist rd to
in 1975. For this exhibition, he
will show a selection of work April April
including some portraits of Irish
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friends who are important to
him. In particular, he will depict friends who have
inspired him either through their work or their
friendship. Among them is Fr Pat Ahern (founder
of Siamsa Tíre), whom he first met in 1995, and
who introduced him to Peadar O’Riada and John COME ON, BE RADICAL!
Moriarty.
Heideveld’s art is based on contrapositions and
oppositions: belief and disbelief, heaven and
End of Year Production by FRYT
holocaust, Holland and Ireland, God and Art. He Saturday 14th March.
explains that this is why he uses text in his work
every now and then, as you can see from the title Membership will re-open in September 2020
of this exhibition.
To find out more, call Siamsa Tíre on 066 7123055
or email freeradicalsyouththeatre@siamsatire.com
36 37Christmas & New Year
Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 5pm – 8pm*
December 24th, 25th & 26th Closed
Opening Hours Thursday 27th
Friday 28th & Saturday 29th
12 – 5pm
10am – 6pm
Sunday 30th 12 – 8pm
Book online 24hrs a day at www.siamsatire.com Monday 31st (New Year’s Eve) Closed
FOR A GREENER FUTURE
TICKET EXCHANGES/REFUNDS Once purchased, January
tickets can be exchanged or refunded if tickets
Greening Siamsa
are returned a minimum of 36 hours before the January 1st Closed
performance time. Monday - Saturday (from January 2nd) 10am - 6pm
LATECOMERS Latecomers will not be admitted until a Sunday 5pm - 8pm*
Whether through our carbon footprint, our impact on the world’s rich biodiversity, or the pollution of air, soil and water, we
suitable break in the performance.
leave our mark. Reflecting a growing desire to protect what is precious for future generations, Siamsa Tíre is Greening, and
aims to reduce our impact on the environment and create a more sustainable future. Full information on Greening Siamsa in
February
WHEELCHAIR USERS Wheelchair spaces are available
www.siamsatire.com/about/greening-siamsa. within the building. Please inform the Box Office when Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
you book your tickets and they will be able to advise Sunday 5pm - 8pm*
you on suitable seating.
Join us in saving our environment! If We would like to thank the HARD OF HEARING An induction loop is in operation March
you, your friends and family like to following for their support: in the auditorium for patrons with hearing difficulties.
have tea and coffee on the go, do it Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland People with hearing aids should set them to ‘T’. Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm
in style and treat yourself or them to (SEAI), the Department of Culture, Sunday 5pm- 8pm*
one of our beautiful organic bamboo CHANGE OF ADVERTISED PROGRAMME Siamsa Tuesday 17th Closed
Heritage & The Gaeltacht, SE Systems, Tíre reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute
Keep-Cups – a range of colours and
Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-operative Ltd artists and vary the advertised programme if necessary.
designs to choose from in three sizes:
8oz (€12.50), 12oz (€14.50), and 14 oz (KSEC), Transition Kerry, Tralee Tidy Towns April
(€16.50). Available at our Box Office. and Kerry County Council. *Only when a performance is scheduled for that night Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm
On evenings where a performance is scheduled for the theatre, the Sunday 5pm- 8pm*
Box Office will remain open until 7.30pm for general and phone
Friday 10th (Good Friday) Closed
bookings, and until 7.50pm for ‘in person’ tickets for that night’s
38 performance. Monday 13th (Easter Monday) ClosedSiamsa Tíre, Town Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
At A Glance
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ONLINE TICKETS: www.siamsatire.com
January 23 The Legends of American 28 Christine Bovill’s PIAF
Country
27 Humperdink - Hansel and
2-4
17
Aladdin
Deirdre Millane CD Launch Gretel April
19 Bosco’s Magical Garden and 28 Trad Connections - with
Sleeping Beauty Leonard Barry, Declan Folan 1&2 Musical Showcase
22-25 Hairspray & Shane McGowan 3 Gentle On My Mind - The
31 Trad Connections with Glen Campbell Story
4 Born to Dance
Danny O’Mahoney
March
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7&8 Once Upon a Musical
11 Pat Coldrick
February 5-7 The Field 15-18 Ghost the Musical
13 The Crowman 19 What a Wonderful World
1 No Place Like Rome 14 Lost 22 Whistleblast Composition
6 Maura Laverty - This Was Your 15 We’ll Meet Again - The Story Programme 2020
Life of Vera Lynn 24 Trad Connections - with
8 The Laughter Lounge Live 20 The Laughter Lounge Live Noel McAuliffe and Leonard
11 The Vanishing Gun 21 Joe Daly Children’s Magic Casey
14 A Vienesse Strauss Gala and Illustion Show 24&25 Three Hail Mary’s
21 Under the Hawthorn Tree 27 Trad Connections - with
22 Chris Kent The Rising
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