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BOX OFFICE: WEB: +44 (0) 28 71 38 4444 www.alley-theatre.com The Alley Events Guide Spring 2020
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Spring 2020
Type: Show: Date: Time: Page:
Exhibition Collecting Art 13th Jan -7th Feb 10am - 5pm 4
Exhibition Arcadian Views II 17th Feb - 13th Mar & evenings of 5
Exhibition Strata 23rd Mar - 17th April performance 5
Various Christmas Events Various 6
Comedy Our Jimmy Past and Present 3rd Jan 8pm 7
Music Saturday Morning Guitar Club Every Saturday 10am 7
Health & Wellbeing Mindset Mondays First Monday of Month 1.30pm-2.30pm 8
Family How to Square a Circle 9th Jan 7.30pm 8
Family Mayors Vintage Tea Dance 11th Jan 2pm 9
Family Energy of Light Disco 16th Jan 1pm 9
Family Jo Boogies Down at the Farm 17th Jan 10.30am 9
Drama One Act Drama Finals 18th Jan 8pm 10
Music Flash Harry 24th Jan 8pm 11
Family American Wrestling 25th Jan 7.30pm 12
Music Echoes at the Alley 30th Jan 8pm 13
Music Comhaltas an Tsratha Báin Last Saturday of Month 2pm 13
Comedy Jake O'Kane 1st Feb 8pm 14
Music Showbands Weekend 7th Feb 8pm 15
Music Miami Showband 8th Feb 8pm 15
Comedy Sorry For Your Loss 14th Feb 8pm 16
Family Baby Shark Show 15th Feb 1pm & 3pm 17
Childrens Maddie Moate 17th Feb TBC 17
Music Alley Theatre Youth Forum Concert 21st Feb 7.30pm 18
Childrens Sci Fari Day 22nd Feb 12pm 18
Music Echoes at the Alley 27th Feb 8.30pm 18
Music The Kilkennys 28th Feb 8pm 19
Comedy Micky Bartlett 29th Feb 8pm 19
Music Leading Ladies 7th Mar 8pm 20
Entertainment St. Partick's Day 17th Mar 2pm 20
Drama Strabane Drama Festival 13th - 21st Mar 8pm 21
Entertainment Give my Head Peace 25th Mar 8pm 24
Comedy Conal Gallen 27th Mar 8pm 24
Comedy Colin Murphy 28th Mar 8pm 25
Entertainment Psychic Sally 2nd Apr 8pm 26
Music Bye Bye Baby 3rd Apr 8pm 26
Family Toyz 5th Apr 2pm & 6pm 27
Music Jason Hughes 17th Apr 8pm 27
Drama Two Loves of Gabriel Foley 18th Apr 8pm 28
Entertainment The Lady & The Unicorn 23rd Apr 8pm 28
Music The Ulster Orchestra 24th Apr 7.30pm 29
Family Treasure Island 25th Apr 2pm 30
Family Teddy's Sports Day 25th Apr 3.30pm 30
Family Honk! 29th Apr - 2nd May 8pm 31
Adult Workshops Various Various Various 33
Children's Workshops Various Various Various 35
General Information 38
Seating Plan 39
All information stated in the brochure
is correct at time of printing
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Exhibitions at the Alley
Collecting Art
Mon 13th Jan 2020
- Friday 31st Jan 2020
The Council’s art collection came
together from the late 1970s when
the former Derry City Council was
putting together plans for a gallery
and museum space in the city. The
Orchard Gallery opened in Derry in
1978 and until it's closure in 2003
maintained a high profile in the art
world. The gallery aimed to exhibit
a range of practitioners, emerging
and established artists, covering a
wide geographical areas. The Alley
Theatre has exhibited artwork since
March 2007
Many of the items have been
donated whilst others were
purchased with assistance from the
Northern Ireland Museum Council,
gifted from the Northern Ireland Arts
Council as well as items that were
part of the Orchard Gallery.
As with much of the museum
collection, the works of art relate
in some way to the region. From
portraits and landscapes to still life
and abstract pieces. This exhibition
represents a small portion of the
variety of art within our collection.
// EXHIBITION
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Arcadian Strata
Views II By Sashka B Sheils
Monday 23rd March 2020 –
By Catherina Hearne Fri 17th April 2020
Mon 17th Feb 2020 -
Friday 13th March 2020 My art is strongly influenced by
the existential philosophers and
I have had a keen awareness of particularly Albert Camus. For most
‘place’ and how we engage with, of his natural life, he contemplated
and realised over and over again
and are formed by our relationships the strange yet fundamental truth
to and experiences of particular of the ambiguous nature of our
places. I am intrigued by the way existence. As an artist I like to think
some places can hold a memory of that my art in some way reflects the
past events, how they resonate with courage and rationality necessary
us emotionally, visually and most to embrace life, essential in our
importantly imaginatively. response to the absurd nature of
who we are.
My paintings do not depict the
actual, mundane or banal, they are “Truth is mysterious, elusive, always
imaginative constructs drawing to be conquered.' Albert Camus
from experience and presenting
the viewer with many possible
narratives...
// EXHIBITION // EXHIBITION
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Christmas
at the Alley
Christmas with Sollus Marie Curie Strabane
Friday 6th December, 7.30pm Community Carol Service
// Tkts: £10, Family of 4: £30 Tuesday 17th December, 8pm
C.A.S.T (Creative Arts & Social Team) // Tkts: £8.50
Make Your Own Kind Belfast Music & Drama Society
of Music Aladdin
Saturday 7th December, 7.30pm Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th December,
// Admission Free 7.30pm // Tkts: £10, £8 (con)
St Columbas Primary School, Clady presents:
John McNicholl
The Christmas Pageant Magnificent Seven
Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th December, Saturday 21st December, 8pm // Tkts: £21
7.30pm //Tkts: £5, £3 (con) Echoes at the Alley
Music for Men presents: Christmas Special
A Very Bazaar Christmas Friday 27th December, 8.30pm // Tkts: £4
Thursday 12th December, 8pm
// Tickets £8 Jazz Gazette
Christmas Show
Saturday 28th December, 8.30pm
Strabane Chamber Choir // Tkts: £8
Friday 13th December, 8pm
// Tkts: £10, £8 (con) The Logues
Christmas Door Wreath Workshop New Years Eve Eve Special
Monday 30th December, 8pm
With Nicola Bamford from A Stone Rose
// Tkts: £14.50
Saturday 7th Dec 2019, 10am, // £25
Cash Returns Glass Fusion Crafts for Christmas
Friday 13th December, 8pm // 14th December, 10am,
// Tkts: £10, £8 (con) // adults £25, children £10
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David Hull Promotions presents:
Our Jimmy
Past and Present
Friday 3rd January, 8pm
// Tkts: £20.00
Featuring some original, and
some new material from the
beloved comedy characters of Lily
O'Condriac, Billy Hulk, Big Derek,
Orange Lily, Willie Simpson, The
Ballymena Man, wee Sammy the
Schoolboy etc., this is a show that
will delight fans old and new who
enjoy good Ulster humour. How is
Derek's mammy? Join William as he
celebrates the comedy legend that // COMEDY
was James Young.
Saturday Morning
Guitar
Club
with Ciaran Gallen
Saturday 4th January – April
2019 / 10am // £10 for individual
lesson for 25 minutes £8 for a group
lesson for 35 minutes Block lessons
to be paid at start of term
// MUSIC
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Monthly Sessions
Mindset
Mondays
with Shauna O’Donnell
Transformational Therapist (RT)
Mondays: 6th January,
3rd February, 2nd March,
6th April, 1.30pm –
2.30pm // Free admission.
// HEALTH & WELL BEING
// FAMILY How to Square a Circle presents:
Circus
Ariel Show
Thursday 9th January, 7.30pm
// Tkts: £6 Family of Four £20
‘Just because something is
impossible, doesn’t mean it’s not
worth trying’
A heart-warming story of friendship,
ego, love and the joys a cup of tea.
With gravity defying acrobatics, aerial
dance, cyr wheel and lots of laughter,
dynamic duo Ronan Brady and Aisling
Ní Cheallaigh, two of Ireland's leading
circus performers explore the realm of
the impossible, where the possibilities
are infinite. Suitable for all ages.
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Mayors // FAMILY
Vintage Tea
Dance MAYORS
Saturday 11th January Vintage
2pm – 4pm // Free Admission– TEA DANCE
With Music by Hugh P and Maria
// FAMILY
Energy of Light
Disco by DJ Oliver
Thursday 16th January
1pm - 3pm // Tkts: £3
Jo Boogies // FAMILY
Down at the Farm
A monthly disco for adults who are
experiencing limited physical, sensory
and or learning ability.
//£3 entry (Carers and parents free).
Friday
// 17th 17th
January: January, 10.30am Supported By
1pm – 3pm
// Tkts: Child - £7, Adults £1
// 7th February:
7.30pm – 9.30pm
Fun interactive show for children
// 7th March
with –additional
7.30pm 9.30pm needs from
4yrs to 8yr olds.
www.derrystrabane.com/inclusion
We will visit the farm in our
This information is available upon request in a number of formats.
For further information on alternative formats please contact
tel: 028 7125 3253 text phone: 028 7137 6646 or e-mail: equality@derrystrabane.com
imagination sing songs and play
simple percussive instruments along
the way. We’ll blow bubbles, dance
with the dingle dangle scarecrow
and have lots of FUN. Children are
free to move around or sit, as this
show is at floor level.
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AUDF
Association
of Ulster
Drama Festivals
Northern Ireland
One Act
// DRAMA
ROSEMARY DRAMA GROUP
Drama Finals MY SECOND BEST BED
Barry Syder
Saturday 18th January, 8pm THE CLARENCE PLAYERS
// Tkts: £12 full / £10 concession THE LAST OF THE LAST OF
Hosted by Strabane Drama Festival THE MOHICANS
under the auspices of Association of Hugh Leonard
Ulster Drama Festivals
MOIRA PLAYERS
We would like to extend a warm
THE POT BOILER
welcome to the visitors from all
Alice Gerstenberg
across Northern Ireland and all
three finalists. The winners of this Northern Ireland
One Act final qualify for the
// SAVE THE DATE British One-Act finals in Wales 2020
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David Hull Promotions presents:
Flash Harry
The Magic of Queen
Friday 24th January, 8pm
// Tkts: £20 £17.50 concession
Flash Harry are Northern Ireland's
most enduring tribute band,
celebrating the music of superstar
Freddie Mercury and super group
Queen. Flash Harry deliver a rock
show Recreating the magic of
Queen for audiences young and old.
For a true celebration of the music of
Queen, Flash Harry are a band
// MUSIC
NOT TO BE MISSED
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Wrestling IE Presents:
American
Wrestling
Saturday 25th January, 7.30pm
// Tkts: £12, £10 (con)
The Earth will shake and shatter,
when World's Collide this year...
American Wrestling Superstars
get ready to rumble... In a one-
night, Knockout Championship
Tournament... to crown a new
champion!!! Cheer the GOODIES,
boo the BADDIES, and get your
tickets today...
A sell-out crowd is expected,
// FAMILY BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment...
InStrabane
Perfect Gift for Gift Card
Life’s Occasions
Purchase Your Gift Card
at the Alley Theatre &
redeem your Gift Card for
Tickets, Workshops, Studio One Craft Collective Items,
Tourist Items and food and beverages in Café Horizon.
Shaping the Future of Strabane
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AT THE ALLEY HOSTED BY DARREN DOHERTY
Thursday 30th January, 8.30pm
// Tkts: £4
Echoes at the Alley is our “new”
music evening curated by singer-
songwriter, Darren Doherty. Our
Echoes night will welcome band
performers and artists from all over
the island to the Alley Theatre.
If you would like to perform, please contact:
// MONTHLY SESSION MUSIC
darrendohertymusic@mail.com
Comhaltas
an Tsratha
Báin
Saturdays:
25th January, 28th February,
29th March, 25th April,
2pm - 4pm
// Tkts: Free admission.
Alley Café Area.
// MUSIC
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David Hull Promotions presents:
Jake O’Kane
‘Walks the Line’
Saturday 1st February, 8pm
// Tkts: £22.50
Jake's new show 'Walks the Line'
sees Northern Ireland's most
popular comic once again cast his
caustic eye over the events of the
last year. Jake's show is a heady
mix of video, photos and general
mayhem as he picks apart our
dysfunctional society. Once again,
Jake will be ably supported by the
Show contains adult
talented Terry McHugh. If you've // COMEDY
references, for 16+
already saw Jake perform, you'll be
back for more.
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Showbands WEEKEND
// MUSIC
Celebrations of the
Showbands The Miami
Weekend Showband
Friday 7th February, 8pm Saturday 8th February, 8pm
// Tkts: £3 // Tkts: £15 (£12 con)
Join us as we celebrate all things Featuring two original members
showband with illustrated talks, DES LEE and RAY MILLER...
music, a tribute to Clipper Carlton & an The Band are Forever etched in our
exhibition of showband memorabilia history and memories by their amazing
If you have any showband items we can musical legacy. Hit after hit ...SIMPLE
exhibit such as photographs, newspaper SIMON, THE CANDY STORE, THERE’S
cuttings, record sleeves and other ALWAYS ME, BABY IM YOUR MAN,
memorabilia from the 1950s, 60s & 70s, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, CLAP YOUR
please contact Adrian Beattie - HANDS, STOMP YOUR FEET
Adrian.Beattie@derrystrabane.com and many more ...
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// ENTERTAINMENT
Sorry For wake - EASY...! Keeping this a secret
from their cunning sister Majella
Your Loss
and superstitious niece Cara? -
DIFFICULT...! Especially as Bannion
is home to some unusual townsfolk.
Are they making a grave mistake, or
“The Home Coming” are their lives gonna hit a dead end?
With more twists than a cork screw
Thursday 13th February, 8pm this adult humour show will have
Friday 14th February, 8pm (SOLD OUT) you killed with laughter, as we give
// Tkts: £20 (Over 18) uncle Paddy the send-off he always
wanted!! If it's laughter you're after
Nothing ever happens in the isolated then this is the wake for you..!
town-land of Bannion, Donegal. But Written by Entertainer
when sisters Barbara and Alice learn Gary Gamble & Comedy Actress
of the passing of their uncle Paddy Sinead McAteer featuring the
(or is it Peter?), their fortunes are Bannion Theatre Group.
about to change. Hosting an Irish
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Jolly Promotions presents:
The Baby
Shark Show
(featuring The Little Mermaid
& Friends)
Saturday 15th February, 1pm & 3pm
// Tkts: £9 or Family of Five £32.
Dive deep down under the sea
in this all new mystical, magical
adventure of Baby Shark & the Little
Mermaid! Baby Shark is feeling
adventurous and wonders what life
is like away from his family, but as
he wanders deeper into the ocean, // CHILDRENS
things don’t go exactly as planned.
NI Science Festival
with Maddie Moate
Monday 17th February
// Further information available
at www.alley-theatre.com or
tel: 028 7138 4444.
Maddie Moate is a YouTube
filmmaker and BAFTA winning
presenter, passionate about
science and curiosity. Maddie is
always busy exploring factories
on telly and YouTube and will be
coming to the Alley Theatre as
part of NI Science Festival
// CHILDRENS
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// MUSIC
Alley Theatre Join us as we celebrate Alley
Youth Forum Theatre Youth Forum’s inaugural
musical concert. This performance
Concert will include beautiful vocals from
music down through the years.
Friday 21st February, 7.30pm. Further information available at
www.alley-theatre.com or
// Tkts: £5 028 7138 4444.
NI Science Festival
Sci Fari Day // CHILDRENS
Saturday 22nd Feb 12-4:30pm // Show tickets £6
// All other activities – Free to attend
The NI Science Festival brings you a fun filled day of workshops
and activities designed to introduce all the family to the wonderful
world of science and technology. Tickets for the show are £6 and can be
booked via nisciencefestival.com, all other activities are free to attend.
// Tkts: £4
AT THE ALLEY
27th Feb // 8.30pm // MONTHLY SESSION MUSIC
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DMC Promotions presents:
THE
KILKENNYS
‘In Concert’
Friday 28th February, 8pm
// Tkts: £15
The Kilkennys are at the very
forefront of folk groups taking Irish
music to the world. The Kilkennys
will provide an unforgettable, energy
filled, toe tapping and hand clapping
night of entertainment sprinkled with
some of Ireland’s most prolific songs
and ballads.
NOT TO BE MISSED // MUSIC
// COMEDY Micky Bartlett's
"Love it”
Tour 2020
Saturday 29th February, 8pm
// Tkts: £14
Following a sell-out show at the
Famous Ulster hall, Micky Bartlett is
going on tour with his smash hit show
"Love it!" Divulging more hilarious
secrets that most people wouldn't tell
their priest, Micky takes you through
the journey of his own head. Strap in,
you're going to love it!
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Encore PAA Presents:
Leading
Ladies
Saturday 7th March 8pm
// Tkts: £15
Encore Performing Arts Academy
are proud to present Leading
Ladies which is a first of its kind in
Northern Ireland, as it will feature an
All-Female cast, Creative Team and
Band! This Showcase is to celebrate
Further information available International Women's Day 2020
at www.alley-theatre.com. or and will feature the best of female
tel: 028 7138 4444. // MUSIC performers from Tyrone, Derry and
Donegal performing classics from
Stage and Screen
St Patricks Day
at the Alley
Tuesday 17th March, 2-5pm
// FREE EVENT
The Alley Turns Green
for St Patricks Day
Come along to the Alley Theatre this
St Patrick’s Day for Irish Traditional
Music provided by Comhaltas an
Tsratha Báin, Hearty Irish Stew
and children’s activities throughout
the day.
// ENTERTAINMENT
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Strabane
Drama
Festival
// Fringe Events Each Night
from 7.15pm
// Season Ticket: £60 (£42 con)
// Individual Nights: £10 (£8 con)
2019 // 4 Night Special*: £30 (25 con)
// School Student Special
**: 3 nights for £10
*nights must be booked
Friday 13th March – Saturday 21st March at time of purchase
// Curtain up 8pm Each Night **anyone under 18 and
in full time education
A Bunch of Amateurs // PLAY
By: Nick Newman and Ian Hislop
Friday 13th March
“Keen to boost his flagging career, Jefferson
Steele’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity
are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic
am-dram thespians. Jefferson discovers
some truths about himself – along with his
inner Lear!”
// PLAY
Agnes of God
By: John Pielmeier
Saturday 14th March
Agnes of God tells the story of a novice
nun who gives birth and insists that the
child was the result of a virgin conception.
A psychiatrist and the mother superior
of the convent clash during the resulting
investigation.
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// PLAY
The Cavan Curse
By: John McManus
Sunday 15th March
“Rua goes to drastic measures to ensure
there will be nothing standing in the way of
his beloved Cavan capturing Sam Maguire
following the curse on the team by an
old woman.”
// PLAY
Same Old Moon
By: Geraldine Aron
Monday 16th March
“This play is the life of Brenda Barnes from
a young nine-year-old girl through to her
forties, and we witness many challenges she
faces including having a short- tempered
mother and a father who is his own
worst enemy.”
// PLAY
The Night Alive
By: Conor McPherson
Tuesday 17th March
“Tommy has been drifting through life for
the past two years after becoming estranged
from his family, making ends meet through
whatever crackpot schemes he and his friend
Doc can concoct”
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// PLAY // PLAY
Translations Dramateurs
By: Brian Friel By: Kieran Kelly
Wednesday 18th March Friday 20th March
Owen is employed by the British “Dramateurs” is a hilarious, brand
army to translate. His colleague, new comedy by LMDG group
Lieutenant Yolland, a young member Kieran Kelly that is an
romantic who falls in love both with unabashed love letter to the
Irish culture and a local woman world of Irish Am-Dram and the
Maire, disappears mysteriously after redemptive power of local theatre”
a local dance.
// PLAY // PLAY
Shoot the Crow Closer
By: Owen Mc Cafferty By: Patrick Marber
Thursday 19th March Saturday 21st March
Four Belfast tilers conspire to In 1990s London four single people
relieve the gaffer of a pallet of tiles find each other repeatedly over a
with the help of young Randolph. four year period but will they get
Their bumbling efforts at petty any closer??
crime tell a comic story of four men
on the make.
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David Hull Promotions presents:
Don't miss it.
Give My
Head Peace
Wednesday 25th March, 8pm
// Tkts: £22.50
The Gang are back! After last year's
completely sold out tour Ulster's
two most dysfunctional families
return to the stage with a brand
new show. It will have your favourite
characters, up-to-the-minute topical
satire and superb stand-up comedy
from Tim McGarry. If you haven't
been before find out why audiences // ENTERTAINMENT
come back year after year.
Conal Gallen
The Joker
Friday 27th March, 8pm
// Tkts: £24
A good dose of Ireland’s Best
Comedian Conal Gallen is just what
the doctor ordered! With a career
spanning over 30 years, Conal has
packed this show with his best
material to date. Conal's shows are
world renowned for their mighty
craic. With Ireland’s No.1 Funny Man
your guaranteed a laugh a minute
and to be taken away from all your
worries and woes.
// COMEDY
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Colin Murphy
Colinization
Saturday 28th March, 8pm
// Tkts: £20
The star of the award winning
BBC series The Blame Game is
back on tour with a new
stand-up show for 2020.
Since his last tour he has had a
DNA test, become an artist, been
to a funeral and built a shed, so the
question is; who the hell do you
// COMEDY think you are?
Conference Hire
A state of the art flexible 270 seat auditorium
Meeting rooms, seating from 10 people up to 180
Presentation areas including the Alley Gallery
and Alley Café Bar
Delicious catering from the Alley Café Bar
Use of the Alley’s technical department for light, sound
and presentations
Experts in Event Management
For further information contact:
T: 028 71 884760
E: jacqueline.doherty@derrystrabane.com
Box Office Web:
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Psychic
Sally
Thursday 2nd April, 8pm
// Tkts: £22.50
if purchased by 31st December
// Tkts: £25 from 1st January
Following her gripping appearance
on Celebrity Big Brother, the nation’s
favourite Psychic and forerunner in the
Psychic world is back on tour with her
all new show “10 Years and Counting”.
Sally’s show will have you on the
edge of your seat, as she brings
// ENTERTAINMENT
mediumship into the 21st century.
// MUSIC
Bye Bye Baby
The UKs No1 Jersey Boys
Tribute to Frankie Valli and
The Four Seasons
Friday 3rd April, 8pm
// Tkts: £24.50, £22.50 (con)
Bye Bye Baby - A Celebration of
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’
was the first show created by Ryzer
Mullins Productions in 2013, and
features four singers starring as Valli,
Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi and Bob
Gaudio., the show follows the trials
and successes of Frankie Valli and
BOOK NOW the Four Seasons told through their
to avoid disappointment... music and engaging narrative.
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Encore PAA presents:
Toyz
Sunday 5th April, 2pm & 6pm
// Tkts: £10 , Concession : £8
Encore PAA Dance Showcase 2020
brings a specially written story
to life through Dance about our
favourite Toyz adventures!
Encore Dance students aged 3 to
18 years will also showcase their
amazing talents in Modern Jazz,
Tap, Theatrecraft, Lyrical, Ballet and
Street & Commercial Dancing in this
amazing show!
// MUSICAL
the most exciting, energetic Jason Hughes
Ireland’s
show on the circuit!
Garth Brooks
Friday 17th April, 8pm
// Tkts: £20
Jason and his brand new 6-piece
live band, delivers all the Garth
Brooks classics, including Friends
In Low Places, If Tomorrow Never
Comes, Callin’ Baton Rouge and
What She’s Doing Now.
A show not to be missed, so early
booking is recommended.
// MUSIC
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Clanabogan Drama Circle presents:
// ENTERTAINMENT
The Two Loves
of Gabriel Foley
Saturday 18th April, 8pm,
// Tkts: £12
Gabriel Foley is a middle-aged
farmer, who has been unlucky in
love many times. He meets upmarket
Hazel Myers and tries to romance
her, unaware that Chrissie McCabe
– a cheerful countrywoman fancies
him. By the time Chrissie makes her
feelings known Gabriel has already
got Hazel’s attention. He tries to let
Hazel down gently, but Hazel is not a
woman to give up easily.
Save The Date The Lady
& the Unicorn
Thursday 23rd April, 8pm,
// Tkts: £5 (Age
recommendation 16+)
The Lady & the Unicorn is a fun
multimedia one-woman show.
With the aid of a projector,
screen and a table full of props,
Carol O’Neill shares her favourite
artworks that have been inspired
by Celtic mythology. WB Yeats
gets a mention, as does artist Yayoi
Kusama, Jim Fitzpatrick & many
more. There may even be chocolate…
// MUSIC Learn, laugh & be inspired.
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not to be missed!
// MUSIC
The Ulster
Orchestra
Schumann The Italian Girl in Algiers is a madcap
and Schubert story with a Rossini trademark
overture, full of catchy melodies and
Friday 24th April, 7.30pm Rossini’s sense of fun.
// Tkts: £14, £5 (Under 26s) Schumann's Cello Concerto was one
of two major works composed in a
Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers mood of optimism. He had a strong
Schumann Cello Concerto connection to the singing, dreamy
Schubert Symphony No. 2 qualities of the cello and the work is
Nil Vendetti Conductor full of soaring, eloquent melodies.
Charles-Antoine Duflot Cello Tonight's soloist is Ulster Orchestra
Principal Cellist,
The Ulster Orchestra returns for Charles-Antoine Duflot.
a wonderful evening of uplifting
music - the perfect herald to Spring!
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Barking Dog Theatre presents:
Treasure
Island
Saturday 25th April, 2pm
// Tkts: £4, Family of Four £12
Treasure Island is Robert Louis
Stevenson's classic tale of pirates
and buried treasure from Bristol to
a faraway Island. Meet Jim Hawkins,
a young lad who gets himself caught
up in an adventure as Jim meets
Captain Smollett, Billy Bones and the
most famous pirate of them all Long
John Silver. // Family
Barking Dog Theatre presents:
Teddy’s
Sports Day
Saturday 25th April, 3.30pm
// Tkts: £4, Family of Four £12
Eddy the Teddy has developed a
sudden interest in being a sporting
star. He wants to be an Olympic
hero. The only problem is, he isn't
very good at anything. The show
uses many elements of theatre,
mime, puppetry and songs to join in
with. It's a perfect show for children
who've never been to a show before,
and a welcome return for Eddy the
// CHILDRENS
Teddy's young fans.
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Encore PAA Presents:
Honk!
// MUSICAL
Wednesday 29th April – Saturday
2nd May, 7.30pm
Matinee: Saturday 2nd May, 3pm
// Tkts: £15
Honk! is a gorgeous celebration
of being different that is sure to
delight audiences of all ages with
its sparkling wit, unique charm
and memorable score. Witty and
hilarious, but also deeply moving,
Honk! will treat your audiences to
equal amounts of laughter and tears
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Access
and Inclusion
Membership
Scheme
Join our FREE Access for All Scheme
Our Access for All Membership Scheme
has been designed for people with
physical/sensory or cognitive disabilities.
It is FREE to join.
For further information
Box Office 028 71 384444
Email: alley.theatre@derrystrabane.com
www.alley-theatre/accessibility #accessforall
Café Horizon
at the Alley Theatre
• Breakfast Specials
• Daily Lunchtime Menu
• Homemade Scones & Traybakes Baked Daily
• Paninis, Wraps and Sandwiches
• Open Mon – Sat 10am – 4pm
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Email: adam@newhorizonspartnership.co.ukSpring 2020
Arts Development Workshops:
Adult Workshops
Pause Drama
workshop (part 2)
with Anne McMaster
Recommencing Thursday 16th
January for 8 weeks
10.30am to 12.30pm
// Free workshop for women age 55 year+
A continuation of our drama workshops to
build confidence and develop communication
skills through the medium of performance.
Devise short sketches and monologues
looking at the life skills of women of a certain
age and leading to rehearsal/ performance
on stage on the 11th March. No previous
// Workshop experience required just a willingness to
embrace the moment!
Portraiture
With Sheila Byrne
(16 yrs plus) Saturday 8th/ 15th/
22nd & 29th February 10am - 1pm
// Cost £45 (4 week development
workshop)
This short course is aimed at developing
your skills in portraiture through drawing
and painting. Look at the diverse style of
well-known artists, this course will enable
participants to explore their own individual
approach.
// Workshop
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A Cottage
Industry
with Leona Devine
Saturday 21st / 28th March & 4th
April (3 week craft class)
10am - 1pm // Cost £40
(3 part workshop to allow for
staged construction/firings)
A ceramic slab building workshops to create
an individual cottage that participants
can imaginatively personalise. Leona
will demonstrate the various decorative
mark making techniques and stages of
construction. The cottages will be fired after
which participants will have the opportunity // Workshop
to stain and glaze their cottage. All materials
included.
'Music on,
World off'
Creative Writing
with Michelle Young
of Ink Wing Academy
(Wednesday 11st / 18th /25th
March 1st /8th/15th April
10am -1pm // Cost £20
Listen to a piece of music each week whose
lyrics inspire, uplift and resonate. Write
poetry or prose based on something the
lyrics have sparked within you; a memory, a
// Workshop message, an affirmation.
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Arts Development Workshops:
Children’s workshops
Easter
Fun Day
booking essential
Children’s workshop
Saturday 11th April
10.30am to 11.30am (max12)
11.30am to 12.30pm (max12)
// Cost £2 per session
Arts workshops in Easter crafts create // Workshop
your own personalised decorative piece.
Storytelling in the library at 3pm
Come along and join in the fun
Sgraffito
Pottery Workshop
With Leona Devine
Wednesday 15th April
10.30pm to 1.30pm // Cost £10
A ceramic workshop were participants
can imaginatively personalise their piece
learning about sgraffito decorative
techniques during construction.
The piece will be fired and participants
can choose colour /glaze.
All materials and firing included.
// Age 8 and upwards
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// Age 8 and upwards
Wonderland
Creative Writing
with Michelle Young
of Ink Wing Academy
Thursday 16th April
10am to 3pm// Cost £8
Inspired by the classic tale of Alice in
Wonderland and their own imaginations,
children will create their own portal story
to an imaginary world with other worldly
creatures. Favourite work will be drawn onto
handmade 3D paper tea cups.
// Age 8 and upwards Shadow Animation
workshop
with Joan Alexander
from Shadow Studios
Friday 17th April, 10.30am
-1.30pm // Cost £8
Shadow Studio workshops explore the full
experience of photography from shadows
to smartphones. Begin by creating shadows
with cardboard desktop shadow kits and
create a stop motion animation or movie.
Take home all your handmade puppets and
digital animation or movie. (Record your
finished work on your phone or tablet or a
copy can be arranged.)
Council’s Child Protection Policy
Workshops for children require those under 7 years to be
accompanied by an adult. Children must be escorted to and from
events by a responsible adult and children to be registered in
each workshop.
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Data Protection:
General Information The personal details required to administer
your booking will be securely stored on an
Box Office Information internal database. Please tell us if you do not
Opening Hours: Mon – Sat 10am – 4.30pm wish to join our free mailing list and receive
and one hour before performances. information about The Alley Theatre.
HOW TO BOOK
By Telephone: Call (028)71384444 during Disabled Access:
box office hours. In person: The Alley Theatre offer
Call into the box office during office hours, facilities for people with
online www.alley-theatre.com disabilities including designated seating in the
auditorium, lift and specifically adapted WC.
Payment can be made by cash, credit/debit There is an induction loop hearing system in
card and/or Alley Theatre vouchers. the auditorium (Rows E- K are most suitable)
Tickets cannot be exchanged or money and the box office. Hearing aids should
refunded under any circumstances. be set to the ‘T’ feature. Please make your
All information detailed in the programme of requirements known at the time of booking. A
events is correct at time of print, however the wheelchair is on site if required. Lower gallery
management reserves the right to alter, add sears are suitable for wheelchairs. Disabled\
or cancel performances without prior notice Access Guidelines are available from the
if a circumstance makes this unavoidable. box office or at www.alley-theatre.com
Concessions:
Available on selected performances for those Access for All Membership Scheme:
under 21 students and over 60 years. School Our Access for All Membership scheme has
group discounts are also available please been designed for people with physical/
contact the box office for more information. sensory or cognitive disabilities. It is FREE to
join. For further information please contact
Children: the Box Office on 028 71 384444 or alley.
Children under two years will only be theatre@derrystrabane.com
permitted to productions aimed at children. www.alley-theatre.com/accessibility
All children must have a ticket for a seat.
Buggies or carrycots are not permitted in Relaxed Performances:
the auditorium. Relaxed Performances are open to
everyone, but the environment has
Latecomers: been specifically adapted for families
All evening performances start at 8pm unless with children with and Autistic Spectrum
otherwise stated. Shows start on time, please Condition, individuals with sensory ad
do not be late. Latecomers will only be communication conditions, with learning
admitted if there is a suitable break in disabilities and anyone who would benefit
the performance. from a more relaxed environment.
Auditorium: Strobe Lighting & Smoke Effects
The use of cameras, video cameras and use Some performances may use special effects ie
of mobile phones are not permitted in the strobe lighting & smoke effects.
auditorium. All mobile phones must be
switched off. Food & drink is not allowed Smoking Policy:
in the auditorium unless otherwise stated. The Alley Theatre is a non – smoking facility
Rows A-D are located in the orchestra pit, Hiring of Facilities:
slightly below stage level. If you are not very To hire our facilities please contact us on
tall, these may not suit. Seats 01 & 02 in all alley.theatre@derrystrabane.com
galleries are restricted viewing.
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Seating Plan
The Alley Theatre is working towards
becoming Autism Friendly and have achieved
the Autism NI Impact Champion Award
Earloop
Rows
E-K
This information is available in a number of formats. For further information on
alternative formats please contact tel: 028 71 253253 text phone: 028 71 376646
or e-mail: equality@derrystrabane.com
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