January 2013 - May 2013

VISUAL ARTSTHEATRE / COMEDYDANCE / EDUCATIONCINEMA / MUSIC

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre is

located on the grounds of Carlow College and is owned and managed by Carlow Local

Authorities.

The Centre relies on the goodwill, enthusiasm and pride of a team of volunteers for

the delivery of our programme in both the gallery and the theatre, and we are

immensely grateful to them for finding the time to make all our lives culturally

richer. We always welcome new volunteers, so if you’re interested please contact

info@visualcarlow.ie.

Making a Booking

By Phone 059 9172400

In Person Our Box Office is just inside the main doors

Online www.gbshawtheatre.ie

Ticket Policy We regret that tickets cannot be refunded after purchase. In the unlikely

event of a performance cancellation, tickets must be returned to the box

office to obtain a refund.

Booking Fees A booking fee of €1 per ticket applies to all card transactions whether

purchased online, via telephone or in person (to a maximum of €10)

Latecomer Policy Latecomers can only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

Admission cannot always be guaranteed.

Disabled Access The Arts Centre is fully accessible for disabled patrons. Designated car

& Special Needs parking is available in the public car park at the centre.

Patrons, please discuss your needs with Box Office staff when making

your booking and they will be able to best advise you.

Car Parking Car parking is available immediately inside the grounds at the Old Dublin Rd

entrance. Coach parking is available further on to the right.

Postage of tickets Patrons who wish for their tickets to be posted out to them in advance will be

charged €1. Alternatively, tickets can be collected at the Box Office on the

night (or anytime in advance).

We encourage patrons to go online and sign up to our mailing list. This will give them access to news,

special ticket offers, unannounced shows and events, and delivery of our season brochure in digital

format. No unwanted mail, just culture at your fingertips. www.visualcarlow.ie

Gallery Opening Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5.30pm

Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Box Office Opening Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5.30pm

Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Also, on day of events One hour prior to

the show start

Tickets can be purchased online

at any time of day or night

Cover Image: Tadhg McSweeney, Untitled (2012) see page 9 Brochure Design: Tom Feehan at dynamite, 056 7728797

Sat 2nd Feb - Sun 21 Apr Edifice Complex – Tadhg McSweeney Art Exhibition

Sat 2nd Feb - Sun 21 Apr The Manhattan Mouse Museum - Tacita Dean Art Exhibition

Fri 26 Apr - Fri 24 May Panchaea - led by Denis Roche Art Exhibition

4 Feb - 3 Mar B Yourself Photographic Exhibition Art Exhibition

5 Mar - 24 Mar Annual Show - Carlow Vocational School Art Exhibition

Nov - Nov Emma Martin Dance

Every Mon Jan - Jun Carlow Youth Theatre Theatre

Wed Every Wed Jan - Jun Re-Orga 11am Dance

Thurs 17 Jan The Showband Show SOLD OUT 8pm Music

Fri 25 Jan Tommy Fleming SOLD OUT 8pm Music

Wed 30 Jan The Macbeth Review 10.30pm,1.30pm Theatre

Fri 1 Feb Neil Delamere SOLD OUT also on 1st March 8pm Comedy

Sat 2 Feb Love Hungry Farmer 8pm Theatre

Tues 5 Feb Film screening: Ruby Sparks 8pm Cinema

Wed 6 Feb Michael Winslow 8pm Comedy

Thurs 7 Feb Lunchtime Storytellers 1.15pm Theatre

Sun 10 Feb Lambert Puppet Theatre’s Cinderella 2pm Puppetry

Sun 10 Feb Johnny McEvoy 8pm Music

Thurs 14 Feb Beckett x3: Footfalls, Eh Joe, The Old Tune 8pm Theatre

Wed - Sat 20 - 23 Feb The Beauty Queen of Leenane 8pm Theatre

Mon 25 Feb Film Screening: Wintertochter 11am Cinema

Fri 1 Mar Neil Delamere 8pm Comedy

Tues - Wed 5 - 6 Mar Alone it Stands 8pm Theatre

Thurs 7 Mar Lunchtime Storytellers 1.15pm Theatre

Sat 9 Mar Isla Grant with guest Al Grant 8pm Music

Tues 12 Mar Scoil Dramiochta/Seachtain ne Gaeilge TBA Variety

Wed 13 Mar Film Screening: Le Gamin au Velo 11am Cinema

Tues 19 Mar Film Screening: Untouchable 8pm Cinema

Thurs 21 Mar Colm O’Regan: Ireland’s Got Mammies 8pm Comedy

Sat 23 Mar Irish Language Drama Festival 3pm, 8pm Theatre

Wed 27 Mar Delta Centre Show 3pm, 8pm Theatre

Tues 2 Apr Pan Celtic Opening Ceremony 8pm Music

Thurs 4 Apr Pan Celtic Special: Lunchtime Storytellers 1.15pm Theatre

Fri - Sun 5 - 7 Apr Ballet Barn: Beatrix Potter/Sleeping Beauty 1.30pm, 7.30pm Dance

Tues 9 Apr Film Screening: Beasts of the Southern Wild 8pm Cinema

Mon 15 Apr Carlow Youth Theatre Double Bill 7pm, 8.30pm Theatre

Fri 19 Apr Tullow Youth Theatre Film Premiere Night 8pm Film

Tues 23 Apr Film Screening: The Hunt 8pm Cinema

Thurs 25 Apr Derek Ryan 8pm Music

Fri 26 - 27 Apr Tuesdays with Morrie 8pm Theatre

Fri-Sat 3 - 4 May Carlow African Film Festival 10am-1am Cinema

Tues 7 May Film Screening: Love Crime 8pm Film

Thurs 9 May Lunchtime Storytellers 1.15pm Theatre

Sat 11 May Oliver Reed - Wild Thing 8pm Theatre

Wed 22 May The Man In The Woman’s Shoes 8pm Theatre

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Relive the magic of the Dance Hall

Nights with this smash-hit show featuring

a galaxy of stars from that wonderful era.

Compère Ronan Collins will introduce

the stunning line-up as the night unfolds,

including the legendary Dickie Rock;

Mark Leen, who is Europe’s finest Elvis

tribute; The Conquerors Showband; DJ

Curtin (The Kerry Blues / The Big Eight);

Lorraine McDonald; and Tommy and

Jimmy Swarbrigg; and a surprise or

two, as always.

No evening captures the Showband

Years quite like this one, and the intimacy

of the George Bernard Shaw Theatre

makes it a must-see.

Multi-platinum-winning artist Tommy

Fleming has become one of Ireland’s top

entertainers, since emerging, in the early

90s, as Phil Coulter’s support act. With a

universal appeal to all ages and back-

grounds, and an astonishing uniqueness

to his style—whether performing a

traditional or contemporary song, Tommy

Fleming is unlike anyone on stage.

Famous for his own arrangement of

Danny Boy, Isle of Innisfree and Hard

Times, this intimate concert will reflect

the strength of a singer who has under-

gone hardship and grief, yet brings

uplifting joy to those he entertains.

www.tommyfleming.com

Date Thursday 17th January

Time 8pm

Price €32

Date Friday 25th January

Time 8pm

Price €30

Tommy Swarbrigg presents

Reelin’ in the Showband Yearswith compère Ronan Collins Tommy Fleming

SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT

The George Bernard Shaw Theatre is proud to welcome choreographer Emma Martin as its

inaugural Dance Artist in Residence. During her year-long residency, she will be developing

a new dance theatre production, in collaboration with a company of musicians and dancers,

which will explore mythology and folklore—and how they have shaped our identities and

nationalities of today. Throughout the year, Emma Martin Dance and her collaborative

partner-artists will offer workshops, talks, educative performances and ultimately a finished

production.

Carlow-based Emma Martin produces new work using dance, live music, song, text and any

other means necessary to create work that is triggered by the world around us, the characters

that inhabit it and the situations that stir it.

Emma Martin graduated from John Cranko School, Stuttgart, Germany in 2000, subsequently

performing with the Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Trier (Germany), Ballet Ireland, Coisceim

Dance Theatre, Wexford Festival Opera, Opera Ireland and Muse Dance Theatre (NYC). Her

choreographic works include Lulu (Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2009), Packing Room, Drive (short

film Dublin Dance Festival 2008), Listowel Syndrome (ABSOLUT Fringe 2010, Dublin Dance

Festival 2011) and the multi-award winning Dogs (2012).

Her work has been supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland, Carlow County Council.

She is currently a Modul-Dance artist, a multi-annual cooperation project funded by the European

Commission through the Culture Programme and an Associate Artist of Dance Ireland.

www.emmamartindance.com

Emma Martin DanceDance Artist in Residence 2012/13

“Sensationally choreographed…exquisite and raw”Irish Times (2012) on Dogs

“Martin’s choreography is at once beautiful and brutalist”

Irish Times 2010ARTS OFFICE

Each January, the Theatre Royal Theatre

in Education programme works with

teachers, Shakespearean actors and

experienced young adult theatre

facilitators to review the current Leaving

Cert text. The actors present key scenes

on stage which are then explored in

detail by the facilitator, bringing to life

Shakespeare’s vibrant characters. This

exciting performance of Macbeth will help

students gain a deeper understanding

of Shakespeare’s iconic masterpiece,

making it accessible for students as they

start their exam revision.

Under the direction of Ben Barnes,

formerly of the Abbey Theatre, the

Theatre Royal is committed to presenting

high quality educational theatre. This

performance is 80 minutes long.

Neil Delamere’s hotly anticipated brand

new show showcases this comedy power-

house, now renowned for his astute

observational anecdotes and trademark

razor sharp quips. The star of RTE Radio

1’s The 2nd Republic, BBC’s The Blame

Game and Fighting Talk and Channel 4’s

Stand Up for the Week comes to the

realisation that he has now lived in

Dublin as long as he has lived in his

family home in Offaly. But what exactly

has Neil learned in the 16 years since he

left home? Find out for yourself when

Neil dabbles in a little witty self-reflection

and a trip down memory lane.

www.neildelamere.com

Date Wednesday 30th January

Time 10.30am and 1.30pm

Price €8 (per student, supervisors

and teachers free of charge)

Dates Friday 1st March

Note: Friday 1st February is SOLD OUT

Time 8pm

Price €20

Theatre in Education presents

The Macbeth Review

Lisa Richards presents

Neil Delamere: DelaMere Mortal

Special Offer €45

Ticket & 3 Course Dinner 059 9131308

One of Ireland’s foremost actors and

entertainers, Des Keogh, returns with his

hugely successful and award winning

show The Love-Hungry Farmer by John

B. Keane. It tells the story of John Bosco

McLane, a bachelor of indeterminate age

and, according to his own assessment,

‘past his best’ and evidently still a virgin.

McLane’s amorous adventures range

from the hilarious to the pitiful.

John B. Keane ranks among the greatIrish writers. His plays include Sive, The Field, and Big Maggie.

Date Saturday 2nd February

Time 8pm

Price €20/€18 conc

Patrick Talbot Productions presents

The Love-HungryFarmerAdapted & performed by Des Keogh,from Letters of a Love-HungryFarmer by John B. Keane

MPI presents

Michael Winslow

Date Wednesday 6th February

Time 8pm

Price €22/€19 conc

Barking dogs, squishing soggy sneakers, Jets

roaring, spine tingling scratches from a chalk-

board, radio noises, guitars screaming, cell

phones... Noises, every noise you can imag-

ine, emerging from the extraordinary vocal

cords of Michael Winslow. Michael, a master

of vocal gymnastics, can imitate over 1000

sound effects using his voice alone. Whether

he is recreating the frenzy of Jimi Hendrix

playing the guitar, or the roar of a

jet plane, his talent is nothing short of

remarkable and his versatility jaw-dropping.

It’s a long way from the moment in 1984

when Police Academy hit our screens, but

to see this astonishing performer live on

stage is one of life’s great pleasures. His

appearance in Carlow is his most intimate

show in Ireland in 2013—and you need

to see him up close. www.michaelwinslow.net

‘Fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious’

New York Times

Special Offer €50pps

Ticket, Bed & Breakfast 059 9131308

Edifice Complex is Tadhg McSweeney’s first solo exhibition since 2010. It is also the inaugural

solo presentation by a Carlow-based artist in the main gallery space at VISUAL.

This exhibition will comprise sculptural works made from found, recycled, discarded and

unfunctional materials, as McSweeney endeavours to present a body of work that references

many influences.

When presented with the challenge of one of Ireland’s largest galleries, McSweeney decided

that the exhibition must function foremost in the relationship between individual works and the

entire exhibition space—and the importance of the many vistas the audience will encounter.

Transforming his painting practice into three-dimensional forms he is aiming to guide the

viewer through a landscape of objects. These objects act as a body of evidence, which reference

a narrative but never actually reveal what that may be.

Artist Tadhg McSweeney (b.1978, Dublin) trained at NCAD, Dublin. He lives and works in Carlow.

McSweeney is represented by the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.

TALKS AND EDUCATION

Tadhg McSweeney and curator Eamonn Maxwell will be in conversation in the galleries at VISUAL

on Sunday March 3rd at 3pm. Tadhg McSweeney will facilitate The Sunday Art Workshop on 24th

February at 2pm. For both events please book your place through box office on 059 9172400

LITERATURE

A publication will accompany this exhibition with texts by critic

Aidan Dunne, Eamonn Maxwell, Carissa Farrell and an interview

with the artist.

A new exhibition commissioned by VISUAL, curated by Eamonn Maxwell (Director, Lismore Castle Arts)

Main and Link Galleries Saturday 2nd February - Sunday 21st April 2013

Tadhg McSweeneyEdifice Complex

Images: Edifice Complex, details

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ARTS OFFICE

Set in the apt surroundings of a theatre

bar, Carlow Lunchtime Storytellers

assemble every month (and have done so

since The George Bernard Shaw Theatre

opened) to bring patrons an hour-long

miscellany of song, verse, drama, fiction,

music, comedy and oration.

Artistic Director Seamus O’Rourke

brings in new voices to join the regular

contributors, and chalks the continued

success of these theatrical gems down

to variety and humour.

See www.gbshawtheatre.com to find

out the performers for each session,

announced two weeks before each event.

Entries from across the country will go head-to

-head in this prestigious national song contest,

to find Ireland’s entry for the Pan Celtic Inter-

national Song Contest 2013. The composer

of the winning song will receive a cash prize

of €1,000 from IMRO.

Music and lyrics must be newly composed

with all entries as Gaeilge, and all genres from

traditional to pop and country to rock will

feature. Guided by the seasoned hand of

compere Daithí Ó Sé, a panel of judges will

choose the song to go forward to represent

Ireland at the International Pan Celtic Song

Contest in Carlow on 4th April, where it will

be up against national entries from Wales,

Scotland, Brittany, Cornwall and The Isle

of Man.

Oíche mhór cheoil agus amhránaíochta urraithe ag IMRO agus Gael Linn.

Lunchtime Storytellers

Pan Celtic NationalSong Contest 2013Comórtas chun Amhrán na hÉireann a roghnúDate Thursday 7th Feb

Thursday 7th Mar

Thursday 4th Apr (Bilingual/Pan

Thursday 9th May

Times 1.15pm

Price €7

Date Thursday 7th February

Time 7.30pm at the Seven Oaks Hotel

Price €10

PATRONS

PLEASE NOTE

THIS IS IN THE

SEVEN OAKS

HOTEL

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Lambert Puppet Theatre presents

CinderellaTom Kelly presents

Johnny McEvoy:An Evening ofNostalgia

Date Sunday 10th February

Time 2pm

Price €10

Date Sunday 10th February

Time 8pm

Price €25The Lambert Puppet Theatre is now

widely recognised as the premier touring

puppet theatre company in Ireland and

also internationally renowned for its

many infamous productions in theatres

across Europe. From its earliest

beginning the Lambert family has been

involved with RTE Television, working

on the hugely popular series Wanderly

Wagon featuring the late, great,

Eugene Lambert.

Eugene’s daughter Paula Lambert was

the voice of 'Bosco' on TV for seventeen

years—and Bosco, who remains a firm

favourite with the younger children, will

make a nostalgic guest appearance in

this show.

This production of Cinderella will come

to life in beautiful glory, with puppets of

wonderful scale and dexterity, colourful

sets and exquisite lighting. It is suitable

for children up to ten years of age.

Johnny Mc Evoy first came into the

public eye with his number one hit

‘Mursheen Durkin’ in 1966, the year he

supported upcoming band The Rolling

Stones. Overnight he shifted from

balladeer to rock star and for the past 46

years he continued his extraordinary

musical odyssey. This nostalgic evening

– and full two-hour show – will bring us

both song and chat, featuring all his

hits and his legendary anecdotes and

life stories.

Johnny McEvoy has always been highly

acclaimed for his excellent concerts,

revealing his haunting, evocative and

beautifully presented songs in a majestic

and personal manner.

Three short plays from the mastermind

that was Samuel Beckett, we begin with

Eh Joe (40 mins), starring Peter Pacey

and Colette Kelly, in which Joe sits on his

bed and hears the voice of his old love

accusing him of all his past misdeeds.

This is followed by The Old Tune (40

mins), with Peter Pacey and Oengus

MacNamara playing two old soldiers who

meet on a street corner and talk about

the past, but their memories seem to

keep differing about all the details.

Finally, Footfalls (25 mins) in which

actress Colette Kelly walks backward

and forward while her old mother May,

in bed above, hears her and speaks to

her. Is May a ghost?

Playwright Martin McDonagh offers the

familiar delights of farce and melodrama

in this tragicomic tale of the destructive

relationship between a manipulative

brooding mother, Mag Folan, and her

resentful spinster daughter, Maureen.

Mag’s need for absolute control is set

against Maureen’s single chance of

love—and the train of events that

ensues leaves the audience laughing

uncontrollably and recoiling in horror at

disorienting plot twists and characters

that are simultaneously endearing

and shocking.

This production, directed by Paddy Behan, is performed by Jo O'Donovan, Keelin McDonald, Gary McHugh and Mark Grogan.

Date Thursday 14th February

Time 8pm

Price €15/€12

Date 20th February - 23rd February

Time 8pm

Price €15/€12

Beckett x3: Eh Joe, The Old Tune,Footfallsby Samuel Beckett

Carlow Little Theatre Society presents

The Beauty Queenof Leenaneby Martin McDonagh

©John Minihan

PLUS: A public interview with Beckett’s publisher and friend John Calder follows the performance.

Pre-theatre menu

3 Courses €26059 9179245

Richard Ryan presents

VISUAL are delighted to present Tacita Dean’s Manhattan Mouse Museum, a 16mm film which

takes a glimpse into the world and work of artist Claes Oldenburg as he tends to an assembly

of small curios, objects and artworks. Now in his eighties, Oldenburg defined his career by the

transformation of everyday objects into remarkable sculptural forms. This intimate portrait of this

ageing artist is created with the observational patience that Tacita Dean is synonymous for.

Through film, drawing and photography Dean captures subjects and objects, establishing their

ephemeral beauty with an eye that searches slowly and contemplatively. Poignantly her preferred

medium of 16 mm film is itself almost obsolete, giving works made with it a precious quality.

Manhattan Mouse Museum was most recently shown as part of the exhibition Five Americans at

the New Museum in New York, which included Dean’s filmic portraits of artists Cy Twombly, Merce

Cunningham and Julie Mehretu.

Tacita Dean was born in 1965 in Canterbury, UK, and currently lives in Berlin. She studied at Falmouth School

of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art. She has had solo exhibitions at Tate Britain, London (2001), Museum

für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2000), MACBA, Barcelona (2001), and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,

New York (2006). Her most recent work FILM (2011) was commissioned for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

Dean was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1998 and was the winner of the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006.

Digital Gallery 2nd February - 21st April

Tacita DeanManhattan Mouse Museum (2011)

Image: Manhattan Mouse Museum, still, 16mm film, 2011. Image courtesy: Frith Street Gallery, London

TALKS AND EDUCATION

Emma-Lucy O’Brien (Gallery Manager, VISUAL) will give a talk on the work of Tacita Dean on

24th March at 2pm.

CINEMA

From this season onwards, we move our Arthouse Cinema screenings to Tuesday evenings,

8pm (as well as the two Foreign Language films (French and German) programmed for

students—but also open to the public—at 11am). We welcome new members to our film

club all the time. To find out more, simply email films@visualcarlow.com or come to one

of these screenings.

Tuesday 5th February at 8pm

RUBY SPARKS

Dir: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Duration: 104 mins, USA, 2012, 35mm

From the directors of Little Miss Sunshine, this film stars 28-year-old star Zoe Kazan,who soars past all her prior work with a film she penned for herself. Calvin is a struggling novelist, paralysed by writer’s block. Encouraged by his therapist to writeabout his dream girl, Calvin (the actress's real-life beau, Paul Dano) creates Ruby andhis reality is turned upside down when she suddenly materializes in his apartment, inlove with him and precisely as he’s written her. With Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan and Elliott Gould, this is a heart-warming comedy laced with the unexpected difficulties that come with getting exactly what you want.

Monday 25th February at 11am

WINTERTOCHTER (Winter’s Daughter)

Dir: Johannes Schmid Duration: 90 mins, Germany/Poland, 2011

11-year-old Kattaka, a keen speed swimmer, lives in Berlin with her father and pregnant mother. One day, Kattaka learns that her natural father is, in fact, a Russian sailor whose ship is anchored at the Polish port of Gdansk. She sets out with neighbours Lena and Knäcke to find him. For 70-year-old Lena, it’s also a tripback to her home in Masuria, a place of Polish, Russian and German history. Together the somewhat unlikely friends come to reconcile their pasts. Presented in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut Irland

Wednesday 13th March at 11am

LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)

Dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Duration: 86 mins, 2011, Belgium/France/ Italy,French with subtitles

A deserving winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival 2011, this most recentfilm from the Dardenne brothers is a portrait of life in their Belgian home town ofSeraing. Cyril, 11, is living temporarily in a children’s home. Determined to find hismissing father and his new red bike, his tenacity takes him, and his audience, on a roller-coaster journey of emotions. Learning tough lessons in rejection, the consequences of his actions and the acceptance of love, life is never easy for thisstubborn boy in this life-affirming film which will tug at your heart-strings.

These two films are programmed through the Irish FilmInstitute, intended for Transition Year / Senior Cycle language students. A downloadable study guide is available from www.ifi.ie/learn. They are also open to the public.

Tuesday 19th March at 8pm

UNTOUCHABLE

Dir: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Duration: 112 mins, France, 2011, 35mm, French with subtitles

Senegalese émigré Driss (Omar Sy) has no intention of getting hired when he appliesto be a live-in carer for millionaire paraplegic Philippe (François Cluzet). He only wantsa signature to keep social welfare off his back. Following a disastrous interview – during which Driss flirts with the Parisian aristocrat’s foxy secretary and robs a Fabergéegg – no one is more surprised than he when the older man takes him on for a trial.Slowly but surely, the two become friends. Driss introduces Philippe to marijuana,and Earth, Wind and Fire; Philippe, in turn, introduces art and classical music.

Tuesday 9th April at 8pm

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Dir: Benh Zeitlin Duration: 91 mins, 2012, USA

This extraordinary fable is set in a remote corner of the Louisiana bayou where amixed-race community of eccentrics live on floating huts or primitive houses raisedon stilts who get around on improvised boats and share their homes with the domesticanimals they feed off. The central character is the six-year-old Hushpuppy who liveswith her ailing father Wink, a hard-drinking fisherman. A fierce storm upends her lifecompletely, and, desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save herailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.

Winner - Camera D’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2012

Tuesday 23rd April at 8pm

THE HUNT

Dir: Thomas Vinterberg Duration: 111 mins, 2012, Denmark, Danish with Subtitles

Mads Mikkelsen is Lucas, a teacher who's having to work temporarily as a kinder-garten assistant due to a school closure. He has many good friends in a close-knit community. But things go horribly wrong for Lucas when an accusation is madeagainst him by a child, and the situation escalates out of control. Lucas, the decentman marginalized by social change, is transformed into an object, a threat to thecommunity, someone to be ganged up against, a dangerous figure who helps thosearound him discover a new sense of angry unity. Mikkelsen's performance is entirely convincing and all too plausible; and with him at its centre, The Hunt becomes an unbearably tense drama-thriller.

Tuesday 7th May at 8pm

LOVE CRIME

Dir: Alain Corneau Duration: 106 mins, France, 2010

Love Crime pits the fiery talents of Ludivine Sagnier and Kristin Scott Thomas againsteach other in a deliciously twisted tale of office politics that turn, literally, cut-throat.When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naiveteand teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. Christine showers her protégée with encouragement, gifts and kisses that land in a gray area betweencollegial affection and something riskier. But when the protégée's ideas becometempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle'sambition and cunning.

On October 31, 1978, Munster played

the mighty All Blacks, the undisputed

kings of rugby. Munster played as if their

lives depended on it, and even the

earthworms in the Limerick pitch were

cheering for them. The Goliaths didn't

know what had hit them: the score was

12-0 to the Irish side.

A multitude of different stories weave

together to tell the tale of the hype and

nervousness running up to and during

the big match—stories of birth, tragedy

and building bonfires prevail, as the play

charts the personal stories of various

characters and their whereabouts on the

momentous day.

In a virtuosic ensemble effort, six actors

play 62 roles including the Munster team,

the Kiwis, the two coaches, the ref, the

crowd, the press, a pregnant woman,

several children, a dog and even the

ball itself!

Hailing from Dripsey in Co. Cork, ColmO'Regan has been making a name forhimself in comedy over the last while.From Cape Town to Tokyo, Montreal toMountrath, he has stood up and madeaudiences laugh all over the world.

Recently he created the Twitter sensation@irishmammies and introduced theworld to the gentle wisdom of Irish Mammies everywhere. In just six monthshe gained more than 52,000 followers including Marian Keyes, Dara O'Briain,Sarah Millican and Graham Linehan. Andnow he’s made a complete show ofMammy. Exploring topics ranging fromtea-towel hierarchy to the importance ofa Safe Place for things, this show willmake you see Mammy in a new light. Infact, if she's around bring her along.

Date Tuesday 5th - Wed 6th March

Time 8pm

Price €25/€22Date Thursday 21st March

Time 8pm

Price €18/€16

Alone It Standsby John Breen

Colm O'Regan presents

Ireland's GotMammies

'Clever, funny, brilliantly crafted....a triumph'

The Irish Times

“Deadpan with hilariousconsequences”

Irish Times

Scotland’s most popular singer-song-

writer makes a welcome return visit to

Ireland for what has become a traditional

annual tour. In point of fact, Isla’s success

came to her not in Scotland but here in

Ireland where her gentle country sound is

embraced for its warmth and purity. Last

year, she once again received a Gold

Disc in Ireland for recording sales (to

add to her nine 'platinum discs' already

received).

Isla's interaction with her audience is

second to none - the atmosphere at her

live shows is now legendary – and, as

always, her husband Al will feature a

guest spot on the night with a selection

of Jim Reeves classics. The concert will

celebrate all her hits from her career.

Pre-theatre menu3 Courses €26 059 9179245

Cuirfear Feile Drámaíochta na mBunscoileanna i láthair. Beidh drámaí á léiriú ag bunscoileanna an cheantairagus tá fáilte roimh iarratais go GlórCheatharlach ar 059 9158105

Bígí linn do Sheachtain na Gaeilge igCeatharlach ó 10-17 Márta. Beidh ceol,rince, drámaíocht, spórt agus siamsaíochti rith na seachtaine chun teanga aguscultúr na hÉireann a cheiliúradh.

Glór Cheatharlach will once again host aprimary schools drama festival as part ofSeachtain na Gaeilge 2013. Local PrimarySchools will present short plays asGaeilge. Entries are welcome to GlórCheatharlach on 059 9158105.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013 is a celebration of all things Irish in Carlowfrom 10-17 March—a week of music,dance, drama, fun and entertainmentconnecting us to our Irish language and culture.

Date Saturday 9th March

Time 8pm

Price €25

Date Dé Máirt, Tues 12th Márta/March

Time 10am

Tom Kelly presents

Isla Grant: The Hits Concert

Féile Drámaíochtado Bhunscoileanna2013

The Irish Language Drama Festival 2013is a weekend of drama as Gaeilge in Carlow on 22-23 March, featuring dramagroups from all across Ireland. On Saturday 23rd March there will be twoperformances in the George BernardShaw Theatre – both comprising differenttheatrical bills – including Carlow’s Aisteoirí an Lóchainn who will perform Molière’s masterpiece ‘The Misanthropist’, An Craiteachán.

Beidh Féile Drámaíochta 2013 ar siúl inAmharclann George Bernard Shaw ar 22ú& 23ú Márta. Cuirfear fáilte mhór roimhchumainn drámaíochta trasna na tíre agcuid drámaí a léiriú ag an bhféile. Is é AnCráiteachán le Molière a bheidh á léiriúag Aisteoirí an Lóchrainn, Ceatharlach.

For further details, email eolas@glorcheatharlach.ie or call 059 9158105

Delta Centre presents its annual show —this year's performance is titled 'Show-stoppers'—which will include songs anddance from The Lion King, Sister Act andother popular West End shows, as well asa catwalk fashion show from local Carlowboutiques. In all, over 100 people willtake to the stage and promise a greatperformance for all to enjoy.

For many years now, Delta Centre hasbeen showcasing the talents and abilitiesof our learners through a combination ofsong, dance and fashion. Our performerswere recently at the Kennedy SummerSchool in New Ross for the 50th Anniversary of John F Kennedy’s historicvisit to Ireland. Kennedy’s nephew Tim Shriver, commented after Delta'sperformance 'the inclusive, innovativeand inspirational performance of people with disabilities, their carers and volunteers is a model to be sharedwith all.'

Tickets are available from Delta Centre,Strawhall 059 9143527 or The George BernardShaw Theatre Box Office.

Date Saturday 23rd March

Time 3pm and 8pm performances

Price €7 each / €10 full day ticket

Date Wednesday 27th March

Time 8pm

Price €12/€10 conc

Féile Drámaíochta Cheatharlach2013 presents

Two miscellaneousperformances as Gaeilge

ShowstoppersDelta Centre presents

Date 4th February - 3rd March

Venue Bar and Theatre Corridor

Date 5th March - 24th March

Venue Bar and Theatre Corridor

Pure Thinking Group presents

B Yourself: An Exhibition of45 Photographs

Carlow Vocational School and CarlowInstitute of Further Education:

40 Years of CarlowVocational School

Image: 1955 Boys School

This project was carried out by youngadults involved in the Pure ThinkingCommunity Group and the Carlow Regional Youth Services.

Photographs by Michael ‘Spuddie’ Murphy capture the ground-breaking2012 ‘Bridging’ project—a narrativewhich offers an insight into the emotional, physical and artistic temperament of our young adults. An 18-minute film detailing the workshop of this process-driven project will accompany.

15 newly commissioned photographs,self-portraits set against canvassespainted, drawn or designed by their subjects are also included in this exhibition. These young artists collaborated with photographer MichaelMurphy and graphic designer Paul Byrneto create this exhibition of work.

For this exhibition The Vocational School

and Carlow Institute of Further Education

celebrate the development of this

institution to date by way of an archive of

photographs, illustrating the relationship

between the school and Carlow Town

over the past 40 years. These images

document the school’s history, the

students and teachers who have been

a part of it and its place over the years

in Carlow life.

In conjunction with this, students from

the school, and those studying art

courses at Carlow IFE, will showcase a

selection of artworks, providing a

snapshot of the artistic activities which

take part on a daily basis as part of

the school’s curriculum.

Date Tuesday 2nd April

Time 8pm

Date Friday 5th, Saturday 6th

& Sunday 7th April

Time Daily at 1.30pm and 7.30pm

Price €12/€10 (and €35 for Family ticket x4)

Féile Idirnáisiúnta Pan Cheilteach 2013Pan Celtic International Festival 2013

Gala OpeningCeremony

The Aedeen O’Hagan School of Ballet presents

Beatrix Potter and Act One ofSleeping Beauty

The Pan Celtic International Festival returns to Carlow from 2-7 April. Followingthis prestigious event last year, the townis privileged and honoured to once againwelcome performers and visitors to thisgreat Celtic Gathering. The OpeningCeremony takes the form of a gala programme of festival and fringe eventsin a celebration of the cultures of Wales,Scotland, Cornwall, Brittany, Isle of Manand Ireland, the very best of celtic music,song, dance, language, food and entertainment.

Is mór an onóir do Cheatharlach a bheithmar óstbhaile arís don Fhéile IdirnáisiúntaPan Cheilteach um Cháisc. Bígí linn ó 2–7Aibreán chun sult a bhaint as ceol,damhsa, amhránaíocht agus spraoi den scoth thar sé lá. Leanaigí Suas GoCeatharlach! Cuirfear míle fáilteromhaimh! www.panceltic.ie

This is a free event. All are welcome on thenight, when seating will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Beatrix Potter’s characters come to lifewith John Lanchbery’s wonderful music.We will meet Peter Rabbit, a pair of verybold mice, a frog who doesn’t really likewater and a squirrel who loses his tail!

Then there are fairies in tutus and tiarasat Princess Aurora’s Christening when avery angry Carabosse and her Rat friends disrupt the party and cast a spell on theprincess. Can the Lilac fairy do anythingto save little Aurora?

The Aedeen O’Hagan School of Ballet – ‘Ballet Barn’ – was established in 1981,and has staged performances of greatmerit, suitable for audiences of all ages,at The George Bernard Shaw Theatresince it opened.

Panchaea is a new work by Denis Roche in collaboration with Emma Finucane, Brian Maguire andmental health service users in Carlow.

Using the metaphor of a journey to a mythical island, this major commission by Carlow Local Authority Arts Office (via the Per Cent for Art scheme) addresses the loss of sense of self, socialstigma and isolation that can occur for a person living with a mental illness.

In a two-year engagement with the local community and the HSE, the artists explored themes of identity, location and visibility for people using the mental health service in Carlow. Emma Finucane worked with a group in Leighlinbridge who individually commissioned her to make apiece of work that was personal to them. The outcome was a unique series of prints that wereoverseen by the participant. Brian Maguire set up a painting studio in a disused ward in St. Dymphna’s Psychiatric Hospital where people were free to attend painting workshops. The results of these engagements will form part of the exhibition.

The final phase of the project will also include a residency and exhibition in the Studio Gallery in VISUAL in which Denis Roche will make a river boat. Members of the public are invited to participate in the construction of the boat, and to visit the studio during its construction.

Denis Roche studied at NCAD where he received an MA in Fine Art, and Goldsmiths College,London where he received an MSc in Cognitive Computing. He makes socially engaged art that has its basis in the dialogical and the relational. His work has been presented at MoMA, IMMA, the Smithsonian Institute and the National Naval Medical Hospital, USA.

Denis Roche, with Emma Finucane, Brian Maguire and people using the mental health service in Carlow.

Residency in Studio Gallery 2 February – 21 April

Exhibition in Studio and Link Galleries 26 April – 24 May

Panchaea: In Search of an Equal Utopia and a Willing Suspension of Disbelief

This project is supported by an Arts Council of Ireland Project Award

ARTS OFFICE

The inaugural Theatre Residency in the GeorgeBernard Shaw Theatre, announced in Autumn2012, is a nine-month collaboration with CarlowYouth Theatre.

County Carlow Youth Theatre continues to buildon their established reputation as a sustainableand ambitious youth arts project, a model ofcommunity youth art engagement. Countywidethere are three youth theatres, two in Carlowtown and a further youth theatre in Tullow, andages range from 12-20 years.

This residency comprises the use of the professional theatre space for their weeklyworkshops together with a number of educational meetings, collaborative performances and talks with visiting theatregroups, actors, playwrights and set designers.To date they have had visits and Q&A's fromTheatre Lovett and Fidget Feet and are currently working with set designer John Doheny. In February they will begin an exchange project with Coracle Dance Theatrefrom University of Wales Trinity St David to explore movement in theatre.

Over the course of the residency a number ofpublic performances will take place, including:

Monday 15th April (Double Bill)Mini Youth Theatre present The X-Factory A Modern Cinderella Storyby Tom SwiftKylie dreams of becoming a TV talent show starand along comes mysterious reality TV hostKidd Young Jr, offering her fame and fortune.

Youth Theatre present Murder Mystery, Youth Theatre Style To discover the truth behind his murder a billionaire must piece together the last night of his life, in reverse. Time 7pm and 8.30pmPrice €8 adults/€5 (young people)

Friday 19th April County Carlow Youth Theatre presentTullow Youth Theatre Film Premiere Night:OppositeAfter winning last year’s Headsup Movie Awardsand training with Oscar-nominated filmmakerKirsten Sheridan, and mentored by professionalfilmmakers in all areas of production, the group – 30 young people, 40 locations, 250 hours offilming and 44,000 chicken fillet rolls later – are proud to present six new short films.Time 8pm Price €10/€5 (young people)

Theatre Residency - Carlow Youth Theatre

Carlow Youth Theatre and Tullow Youth Theatre are both Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office Initiatives.

ARTS OFFICE

Date Friday 26th and Saturday 27th April

Time 8pm

Price €20/€18

Date Thursday 25th April

Time 8pm

Price €19.50

Breda Cashe proudly presents

Tuesdays with Morrieby Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher

Rising Management presents

Derek Ryan

Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom,an accomplished journalist driven solelyby his career, and Morrie Schwartz, hisformer college professor. Sixteen yearsafter graduation, Mitch happens to catchMorrie's appearance on a television newsprogram and learns that his old professoris battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life and a heartwarming exploration of friendship.

The stage adaptation of the No. 1 inter-national bestseller is directed by BredaCashe and performed by Terry Byrne and Andy Murray.

In just two years, few artists have madesuch an impact on the Irish country sceneas Carlow’s Derek Ryan. Having played tosell-out concert audiences around theworld with D-Side, the young heartthrobnow has ‘full house’ signs going up atvenues all over Ireland with his distinctfresh country sound.

One of the top three Irish country artistscurrently touring, and with over 300 liveappearances since his debut in May2011, Derek is very at home in the settingof an intimate live show. Performing notonly music from his three albums, butalso remarkable new material which allows his guitar expertise to shinethrough, his concert tour features manyof his own self-penned songs including‘God’s Plan’, ‘Kiss Me Mary’ and ‘It’s Friday’ as well as some of the many classics that make his show special.

Derek Ryan’s third album, Dreamers andBelievers is currently on release.

Pre-theatre menu

3 Courses €26059 9179245

The Arts Office in Carlow has created a

participatory and inclusive arts service,

pioneering a way of working that supports

the creative process of artists and curators,

and providing a context for artists to work

in. It stimulates an interest in the appreciation

of the arts across the county—acting as

advisor, curator, advocate, funder,

programmer, conduit and catalyst for new

initiatives, helping to shape optimum

conditions for collaborations.

The Arts Office sees the VISUAL Centre for

Contemporary Art as a particularly significant

part of its function, and, in this programme

alone, its involvement is visible in the Dance

Residency (Emma Martin), Theatre Residency

(Carlow Youth Theatre), Visual Artist

Residency (curated and led by Denis Roche),

as well as the Tullow Youth Theatre Film

Night, Pan Celtic Festival Schools Project,

and its co-funding of exhibitions by both

Tadhg McSweeney and Tacita Dean.

On top of these projects, the Arts Office is

also one of the leading partners in the recent

successful bid for Carlow to be in receipt of a

Music Generation award (U2’s initiative to

fund education in music).

Over the coming five months the Carlow

Local Authorities Arts Service will also be

administering arts grants, unveiling an

intriguing artist engagement series

under the Artlinks mentoring scheme

(www.artlinks.ie), supporting Aspiro, as

well as partnering in a number of Carlow

Arts Festival preparations such as the Éigse

Open Submission 2013, a forthcoming

Beethoven 9 choral project led by Fergus

Sheil, and a co-commission of a fantastic

forthcoming Summer Exhibition to be

curated by Stephen Brandes.

Arts Office Contacts:

Sinead Dowling e. sdowling@carlowcoco.ie

t. (059) 9170301

Ann Scully e. ascully@carlowcoco.ie

t. ((059) 9136204

Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office

ARTS OFFICE

Venice MonotypesAn exhibition by Hughie O'DonoghueOpening of Exhibition 6pm on 19 April. The exhibition will run throughout the festival.

Memoria ItalianaThe Hilliard EnsembleDuiske Abbey, Co. KilkennyEarly and contemporary settings of texts by Dante and Petrarch by Cipriano de Rore, Dufay andRoger Marsh.Date Fri 19 April at 8.30pmPrice €30/€20 (conc)

Works for solo cello by J.S. Bach and Thomas DemengaThomas Demenga (Cello)Date Sat 20th April at 3.30pmPrice €20/€15 (conc)

Hommage a Györgi KurtágKatharina Weber (piano),Barry Guy (bass), Balts Nill (percussion)Compositions and ImprovisationsDate Sat 20th April at 5.30 pmPrice €20/€15 (conc)

Molloyby Samuel BeckettWith Conor Lovett, and directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett of the Gare St. Lazare PlayersDate Sat 20th April at 8.30 pmPrice €20/€15 (conc)

Works by Castello, Cipriano de Rore, Barry Guy and othersThe Hilliard Ensemblewith Maya Homburgerand Barry GuyDate Sun 21st April at 2.30pmPrice €20/€15 (concession)

Purcell’s Chaconne, C.P.E. Bach's Cello Concerto in A Major & J.S. Bach's D MinorHarpsichord Concerto. Maya Homburger (director), Thomas Demenga (cello),Malcolm Proud (harpsichord)Date Sun 21st April at 7pmPrice €20/€15 (conc)

Barrow River Arts Festival19 - 21 April 2013Borris House, Co. Carlow(unless otherwise stated)

PLEASE

NOTE

AN OFFSITE

EVENT

Further information: 056 7761497email: barrowriverartsfestival@gmail.comwww.barrowriverartsfestival.com

Festival Pass: €100 (€80 conc)Day Pass Saturday: €45.00 (€40conc)Day Pass Sunday: €35.00 (€30 conc)

Alicia Christofi-Walshe is back leadingour over 50s dance group, Ré Órga, in a series of dance classes this Spring.These popular sessions encourage, inspire, and motivate people to getdancing! Classes with Ré Órgaemphasize maintaining flexibility,strength, balance, and co-ordination in a relaxed environment. Participantslearn new social dances and contemporary techniques, and also come along to meet new people.www.aliciachristofiwalshedance.com

A perfect opportunity for some creativeplay! Feeding hungry young imaginationsthe VISUAL Parent and Toddler morninginvites parents and childminders to comealong with their pre-school age childrenfor a morning of art making and fun. Facilitated by an artist, this ‘make anddo’ session has been designed for littleones to create and play with other toddlers. Tea and coffee is provided forparents and carers. This is a very populargroup so places are limited – book in advance!

Families are invited to explore the gallery exhibitions at VISUAL and respond creatively in artmaking workshops. These workshops are facilitated by an artist and tailored for children up tothe age of 12. Artist Tadhg McSweeney will be guest facilitator for this season’s first workshopon February 24th. Please note that these are family workshops and parents/guardians must remain with their children throughout.

Date Wednesdays beginning January 9th

Time 11am - 1pm

Price €5 (per session)

Date Wednesdays beginning January 16th

Time 11am

Price €3 (per family – 1 adult & 2 toddlers)

Ré Órga DanceWorkshopFor Over 50’s

Parent & ToddlerGroup

Family Art WorkshopsDate Sundays 24th February, 24th March & April 28th Time 2pm - 3.30pm Price €3 per person

This is one of the longest running and respected Art Prizes in the calendar. Worksselected from this Open Submission will beexhibited for three months in the VISUALCentre for Contemporary Art, from June 7th to September 7th, 2013.

Works in all media are eligible, from oil-on-canvas to works-on-paper to photography tosculptural works in three dimensions, as wellas audio visual works.

The deadline for works to be entered is 4th May and there will be drop-off points inDublin and Carlow. Please note that this year NO E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS will be accepted, it must be the physical artwork.

€10 per entry, limited to 3 per artist. Worksshould be recent, and not yet exhibited inpublic. All works must be available for saleand a commission on any sales will becharged.

The adjudicators will invite five noted artiststo participate in the Open Submission.

More information from info@eigsecarlow.iefor the attention of Lisa Williamson.

A Three Pillars Collaboration: Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office has contributed to the prizefund and VISUAL Centre will host the exhibition.

A €3000 art prize, now in its 34th year. Deadline: 4th May, 2013

ADJUDICATORS STEPHEN MCKENNA PPRHA AND AMELIA STEIN RHA

CARLOW ARTS FESTIVAL - ÉIGSE 2012Open Submission

ARTS OFFICE

Carlow African Film Festival & Short Film Competition for SchoolsDate Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th May 2013

Now entering its 9th year, the Carlow African Film Festival celebrates the beauty and diversity of Africathrough film, honours excellence in African film making and promotes cross-cultural integration and interaction in Ireland. This year, the Festival has been brought forward to the month of May to accommodatethe Short Film Competition strand which was introduced last year.

This workshop will explore the medium ofacrylic paint and ways in which a highly detailed and visually rich level of surfacecan be achieved. Using a photographicimage as a starting point the aim of thisworkshop is to equip participants with theskills to create images in acrylic with ahighly focused painterly technique.

Paul McKinley lives and works in Dublin and is represented by Kevin KavanaghGallery. He was awarded the Nissan ArtProject in 2007. Recent exhibitions include;CANADA at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, 2011,Under the Bluebells at the LAB in 2009, andDelicias de la Crisis at the Oonagh YoungGallery in 2009.

Suitable for all levels of experience. A materials list will be provided on booking.Places are limited on this course; do notturn up on the day as there will be no space left!

This ten-week course has been co-ordinatedfor those preparing a portfolio as well asthose interested in the exploration of contemporary art and its contexts.

The Saturday Art School is broken up into three major sections: Observation, Research Methods and Application. Observation: an emphasis on ‘looking’, and skills within two-dimensional media(drawing / painting) which can be appliedto art exploration. Research Methods:ideas (how we collect, develop and archivethem) and how these are used to developthe individual projects of each student. Application: using the VISUAL Centre building, we explore ‘site’ and the potentialfor individual responses from time spent exploring, drawing and interacting withinthe building. This course is facilitated by professional artists and third level educators. A materials list will be provided on booking.

Date Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th April

Time Sat: 11am - 4.30pm Sun: 2pm - 5pm

Price €80

Date 10 consecutive Saturdays,

starting 2nd February

Time 11am – 2pm

Price €175

Two Day LandscapePainting Workshop in Acrylicswith Paul McKinley

VISUAL SaturdayArt School

Date Saturday 11th May

Time 8pm

Price €18/€16

Date Wednesday 22nd May

Time 8pm

Price €16/€14 conc

Francis Breslin presents

Oliver Reed – Wild ThingPerformed by Rob Crouch

The Man in TheWoman’s Shoes Written by and starring Mikel Murfi

In this blistering solo show, join legendary hellraiser Oliver Reed as he knocks back a few drinks and shareshis incredible life story. From the boy-hood excitement of learning he was adescendant of Peter the Great, throughthe success of ‘Oliver’, boozy adventureswith Keith Moon and disastrous chatshow appearances – this was a life well lived.

Although Ollie has for years appeared an unstoppable force of nature, thisshow, set in a bar in Malta in 1999 duringa break from filming Gladiator with Russell Crowe, chronicles a time when life for the ‘Wild Thing’ is faltering. RobCrouch brings Reed back to vivid life in this swaggering, brilliant evening of entertainment.

www.oliverreedtheplay.co.uk

It’s October 1978. Pope John Paul theFirst is not long dead, autumn is closingin and Pat Farnon has ‘some business’ todo in town. The Man in the Woman’sShoes follows Pat - an ageing man stillwith a boundless enthusiasm for life - as he walks the 5 miles from his weewhite cottage to town and back again.Hilariously funny and tender, The Man in the Woman’s Shoes will leave you uplifted and in love with life again.

Mikel Murfi is trained at Ecole JacquesLecoq, Paris. He was a founding memberof Barabbas. He has directed shows forMacnas, Druid, and for Red Kettle. As an actor he has worked at the AbbeyTheatre, and for Druid among numerousothers, and films include The Commitments, The Butcher Boyand Intermission.

The Man in the Woman’s Shoes was developed with Sligo County CouncilArts Service and Hawk’s Well Theatre,Sligo as part of Bealtaine 2012.

“Rob Crouch’s Reed is uncanny... great fun” The Telegraph

Play on Words Theatre presents

Tom Crean Antarctic ExplorerDate Saturday 1st June Time 8pm Price €20/€18

Tom Crean (1877-1938), the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley.

Carlow Arts Festival – Éigse 2013 presents

Singing Nina:The Life and Music of Nina Simone

Date Tuesday 11th June Time 8pm Price €22/€18

The extraordinary Karen Underwood and her Band bring us the story of this jazz icon.

Carlow Arts Festival – Éigse 2013 presents

Les MisérablesDate Wednesday 12th June Time 8pm Price €18/16

A non-musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic from Hotbuckle Theatre, who bought us Great Expectations last year.

Carlow Arts Festival – Éigse 2013 presents

John Cooper ClarkeDate Thursday 13th June Time 8pm Price €22/€20

The poet laureat of punk, the self-styled bard of Salford, a comic wordsmith who delivers the wittiest show you will hear this year.

Carlow Arts Festival – Éigse 2013 presents

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 Choral

Date Friday 14th June Time 8pm Price €18/€16

Conducted by Fergus Sheil, this collaboration with RTE National Concert Orchestra and 200 Choral singers, features soloists Miriam Murphy and Imelda Drumm in Carlow Cathedral.

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