UPCOMING EVENTS

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> 8pm Thursday 19 February

LIVE LOVE LAUGHTickets: €18/€20 - O’ Reilly Theatre

Best known as Winnie McGoogan in Mrs Browns Boys, Eilish O’Carroll comes into her own with this reflective look on an eventful life. If this doesn’t sound your cup of tea you couldn’t be more wrong. There is absolutely nothing downbeat about this show. ‘Laugh out loud funny’ - Edinburgh Evening News

WELCOMEThe National Opera House is Ireland’s first purpose-built opera house and an award-winning building situated in the historic heart of Wexford. The opera house boasts two state-of-the-art auditoriums featuring world-class acoustics courtesy of Arup Acoustics (the company responsible for acoustics in many leading international venues including Glyndebourne, the London Colisseum and the Royal Opera House, London). Horseshoe-shaped balconies enhance the performance experience for guests and performers alike.

Whichever event you decide to attend, whether it is theatre, opera, music, classical, family, dance or comedy, it is sure to make for an unforgettable experience.

> 8pm Friday 20 March

LITTLE GEMTickets: €18/€20 Jerome Hynes Theatre

> 6.30pm Sunday 22 March

3RD WEXFORD YOUTH ORCHESTRA FESTIVALTickets: €14/€10 - O’ Reilly Theatre

Three generations of women tell us their story of one extraordinary year. Little Gem, by Elaine Murphy, swept the boards during its sell out run as part of the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival and was also the surprise hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year.

After a very successful inaugural festival in 2011 and their 2nd festival in 2013, more than 250 young musicians from all over the county will perform with their own orchestra groups as well as joining on stage together for a very special collaborative performance with one of Ireland’s leading conductors, Brian Irvine.

> 8pm Saturday 28 February

FINBAR FUREYTickets: €25/€27.50/€30 O’ Reilly Theatre

Finbar Furey tours extensively, bringing his rare talents to a world-wide stage and treats audiences to evenings of pure Irish magic, great music, good humour, and the charm and sparkling wit associated with one of Ireland’s great raconteurs.

> 8pm 25 & 26 February

PYGMALIONPresented by Bridge Drama Tickets: €15 Jerome Hynes Theatre

> 8pm Saturday 21 February

ULTIMATE EAGLESTickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre

When Henry Higgins, a phonetics professor, meets Liza Doolittle, a cockney flower seller, he embarks on a bet to take “a human being and change her into a quite different human being”. However the outcome of the bet has far reaching, and unexpected, consequences for all involved.

Ultimate Eagles are more than just a tribute, they are definitive devotees performing songs from every album and every era, delivering forty years of brilliance with both accuracy and reverence. They don’t wear funny wigs and costumes but concentrate on delivering The Eagles’ music with pin point accuracy.

> 8pm Wednesday 11 November

JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOWTickets: €23/€20 - O’ Reilly Theatre

> 8pm Saturday 4 July

LIGHTS CAMERA MAGICTickets: €17/€14 - O’ Reilly Theatre

The company who brought you The King is Back brings you the UK’s No1 celebration of Johnny Cash, fronted by award winning singer/songwriter Clive John. The show re-creates with astounding accuracy and truly captures the essence of what it was like to be at a real Cash show!

The Sheila Grace Dance Company will take the audience on a journey from Stage to Screen. With much loved musicals like Annie, Chicago, Oliver, Elf, Les Miserables and Joseph to name a few and Disney favourites like Frozen, Maleficent, Tangled and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Friends, Sheila Grace will dance you into a magical world. The perfect family event!

64th Wexford Festival Opera 21 October to 1 November 2015

Priority Booking 28 February. General Booking 28 March Callsave: 1850 4 OPERA boxoffice@wexfordopera.com Wexfordopera.com

> 8pm 21, 24, 27, 30 October

KOANGAFrederick Delius (1862-1934)Tickets: €25 - €145

> 8pm 22, 25, 28, 31 October

GUGLIELMO RATCLIFFPietro Mascagni (1863-1945)Tickets: €25 - €145

> 8pm 23, 26, 29 October & 1 November

LE PRÉ AUX CLERCS Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833)Tickets: €25 - €145

Inspired by the African American songs Delius heard as a young man working on an orange plantation, Koanga is a powerfully atmospheric opera about a proud African prince, sold into slavery in Louisiana, who falls in love with a mixed-race maid, with tragic consequences.

Jealousy is the green-eyed monster that wreaks havoc in Mascagni’s blood-soaked opera in which a young Scot, spurned by the object of his affections, challenges anyone who woos her to a duel. Enriched by the kind of orchestral writing and full-blooded melodies that made Cavalleria Rusticana such a popular success, Guglielmo Ratcliff is the work of a master in full flow.

Based on a novel by Prosper Mérimée, Hérold’s opera comique was a runaway success in the wake of its triumphant premiere. Set during the French Wars of Religion, Le Pré aux clercs is a touching romance in which a young countess rebels against the suitor chosen for her by the King of France and hatches a daring plot to escape with her lover to Navarre.

> 8pm Saturday 11 April

WE BANJO 3Tickets: €20/€25 - O’ Reilly Theatre

Award-winning quartet We Banjo 3 from Galway, combine Irish Music with Old-Time American and Bluegrass influences to reveal the banjo’s rich legacy and roots. When this band of brothers take flight in a wave of virtuosity, verve and joie-de-vivre, feet tap and pulses race.

> 8pm Friday 1/Saturday 2 May

TOM CREAN:Antarctic ExplorerTickets: €18/€20 Jerome Hynes Theatre

Tom Crean, 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. Winner of countless awards at festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival.

> 8pm Friday 8 May

THE APRIL VERCH BANDTickets: €14/€16 Jerome Hynes Theatre

The band’s fondness for a killer dance tune leads it on a joyful journey through North American roots music, from bluegrass and old-time to western swing, and honours its myriad of influences including French, Irish and Scottish traditional musics.

> 8pm Friday 15 May

Opera Theatre Company presents

RIGOLETTOTickets: €27/€30 - O’ Reilly Theatre

Full of passion, revenge and betrayal. This classic tale is reimagined by acclaimed director Selina Cartmell, in a new translation by Marian Carr, with Fergus Sheil conducting the Opera Theatre Company ensemble.

> 8pm Saturday 28 March

Icarus Theatre Collective presents

THE TRIALS OF GALILEOTickets: €16/€18 Jerome Hynes Theatre

After a successful tour of the US and a sold-out run at the Brighton Fringe Festival, RSC veteran Tim Hardy follows a highly successful transfer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and multiple four-star reviews, by bringing The Trials of Galileo on tour as part of an Icarus Theatre Collective.

> 8pm Thursday 18 June

THE LEGENDS OF AMERICAN COUNTRY TRIBUTE SHOWTickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre

The Legends of American Country Show is set to become Ireland’s No.1 Country Music Tribute in 2015 featuring the music of 8 of the biggest names on the American scene including Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson, Buck Owens and Johnny Cash.

CORPORATE AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS

Performances at the National Opera House

The O’Reilly Theatre or also known as the main auditorium, has a seating capacity of 855 seats theatre style (full capacity – no forestages) and 771 (full capacity – two forestages).

The auditorium layout is a stall and two tiers arrangement and the highlight of the auditorium, visually, is the American Black Walnut lining. It is acoustically designed to require no amplification. Opera, as well as classical music, theatre and lectures have been performed on the National Opera House stage without amplification.

For a more intimate space, The Jerome Hynes Theatre is a black box theatre that offers great versatility. The total seating capacity of this theatre is 172, and the seats are retractable (excluding a small number in the balcony).

Bars Relax in one of the National Opera House bars, serving a range of wines, spirits, champagnes and minerals, as well as tea, coffee and refreshments. Pre-order your drinks/refreshments at any of our bars to save time and enjoy your refreshments without rushing.

VIP RoomsVIP rooms are available for hire during any National Opera House performance for private hospitality events. Enjoy your own private interval reception in the National Opera House ‘Founders’ Room, with full bar facilities. Open bar facilities can be arranged with settlement post performance for any group of 10 +.

Conference Facilities:· Unique conference facilities for up to 855 delegates theatre style.

· Mid-size space for up to 172 theatre style.

· Dedicated ultra fast 150MB fibre optic broadband connection, available throughout National Opera House via our Cisco wireless solution.

· All breakout rooms have plasma screens, network access points and wireless connectivity

· Numerous meeting rooms and smaller areas in the building suitable for breakout meetings and sessions.

· Two large bars, two smaller bars and ample foyer space.

· Café/restaurant and catering facilities on site.

· Fully functioning stages with full production, lighting and sound facilities.

· Private backstage tours available for delegates.

Some Previous Corporate Events at the National Opera House Theatre Forum

We hosted the annual Theatre Forum Conference, the national representative organization for theatre and opera companies and venues , in 2009 and again in 2010 with approximately 350-400 delegates attending.

Teagasc

The Environment Research Centre of Teagasc based in Johnstown Castle, hosted the 17th International Nitrogen Workshop in the National Opera House in 2012, with approximately 300 in attendance.

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis

The Sinn Fein Ard Fheis was held in February 2014 and welcomed approximately 1,200 delegates over the period of the two day conference, making full use of the main auditorium, black box theatre, and all other side-bar meeting rooms. The conference key-note speech was broadcast live by both RTE and BBC.

Techovate

The international event Techovate took place in 2012 and hosted global digital brands including Facebook and Google. And featured full wi-fi and online connectivity. We welcomed approximately 400 delegates.

Salesforce.com

In 2012 we hosted Salesforce.com in the Jerome Hynes Theatre with key members of their international team with over 140 delegates.

Opera Europa

The National Opera House hosted the annual conference of Opera Europa in 2013, the international representative organization for all opera companies and opera houses throughout Europe and beyond. The 300 plus international opera professionals came from across Europe, the US and further afield to the annual conference that had never been held before in Ireland.

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Stable Diet on the third floor is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The chef’s French Toast with Crispy Bacon and Maple Syrup is a big favourite for breakfast, while lunchtime offers the opportunity to sample our crusty breads with home-made soup, crisp salads, roasted vegetables, meats, fish , sharing boards, and freshly made quiches and tartines.

For evening dining you can book a delicious pre-show sharing board and a half bottle of prosecco from only €14.50 per person, please book in advance as this offer is only available on performance evenings. There is also a full wine licence and a good choice of wines and prosecco on offer.

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