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Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday throughout August @ 8.30pm This production celebrates and explores Blasket Island living whilst also challenging our own notions of identity as contemporary islanders. Oileán captures the spirit of this island community, their traditions and customs, their wealth of song and story, their love of life and their strong kinship with one another. Tickets: please call reservations |
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Thursday, Friday & Saturday throughout August @ 8.30pm An eternal tale of evil and salvation, a story as old as Ireland itself. According to the legend, the four children of King Lir, Fionnuala, Conn, Aodh and Fiachra were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife. This production portrays the journey of the Four Children of Lir who are doomed to spend nine hundred years in the guise of swans, but are allowed to keep their beautiful singing voices. Tickets: please call reservations |
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Monday
to Wednesday throughout September at 8.30 pm In times past almost every farmyard activity had a tune to it. San Am Fadó weaves the work and the workers, the worksongs and the dances into a marvellous fast-moving, thrilling piece of theatrical entertainment. This production dramatises a whole year's cycle of living and working the land, emphasizing the labour and rituals that celebrated the seasons. Through lively singing, music, dancing and mime, San am Fadó moves from the open air of the bog fields and harvest festivals, to the warmth of the hearth-lit kitchen and celebrates the joys and sorrows of a typical family in Ireland in times past. Tickets: please call reservations |
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Thursday & Saturday throughout September at 8.30pm Premiered in 2006, Tearmann brings the audience on a moving journey to the poorhouse and the Great Irish Famine. Many of those who perished during the famine carried in their folk memory an unknown library of music, song and dance. For some, the last refuge was the Poorhouse. As the drama unfolds, a pair of dance shoes becomes the embodiment of not only all that was lost, but everything that was saved, everything that is still cherished in Irish folk traditions. The dance shoes come to symbolize this wealth of culture - these are magical shoes, they have a life of their own. Tickets: please call reservations |
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Sunday
21st @ 8.00pm A very special anniversary tour of the seminal Beckett play, touring to 40 venues nationwide for one night only and featuring a stellar cast, including Alan Stanford, Stephen Brennan, Johnny Murphy and Barry McGovern. In 1987, Samuel Beckett asked Michael Colgan to produce Waiting for Godot at the Gate, and requested that Walter Asmus - his assistant director on the famous Schiller Theatre production - direct. Hailed by the international press as "the definitive Godot", this production has since toured all over the world, including China, Melbourne and Toronto, receiving unprecedented critical acclaim. It was also a central part of the Gate's Beckett Festivals in Dublin (1991 and 2006), New York (1996) and London (1999 and 2006). Sponsored by Ulster Bank and funded by The Department of Arts, Sport & Tourism and the Arts Council. Tickets: €25/22 |
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Sunday
28 @ 8.00pm Trad Connections is an exciting event bringing together four top Irish musicians with expertise in many different musical genres. TG4 Young Musician of the Year - Martin Tourish, Award-Winning Composer Dave Flynn, Internationally Renowned Jazz Guitarist Hugh Buckley and Virtuoso Fiddle Player Liz Coleman, known for her work with the acclaimed group Nábac. Together these four talented musicians will bring audiences on a magical journey showcasing the links between traditional Irish music, jazz, classical and world music styles. The event will include some of Dave Flynn's award-winning compositions alongside selections from his acclaimed album "Draíocht" It promises to be an unforgettable and ground-breaking tour. Tickets: €16/12 |
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Thursday
2nd & Saturday 4th October at 8.30pm Premiered in 2006, Tearmann brings the audience on a moving journey to the poorhouse and the Great Irish Famine. Many of those who perished during the famine carried in their folk memor an unknown library of music, song and dance. For some, the last refuge was the Poorhouse. As the drama unfolds, a pair of dance shoes becomes the embodiment of not only all that was lost, but everything that was saved, everything that is still cherished in Irish folk traditions. The dance shoes come to symbolize this wealth of culture - these are magical shoes, they have a life of their own. Tickets: please call reservations |
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Saturday
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Sunday
5 @ 8.00pm
Jack L is widely regarded as one of the greatest performers ever
to have graced a stage. This remarkable Irish singer, who is renowned
for his exceptional live performances, has made a welcome return
to the charts with Broken Songs. This visit gives Jack L fans a
chance to see him perform tracks from a forthcoming album, set for
release in late 2008, along with a host of old favourites. From
the magic to the mundane, from the carnal to the cosmic, Jack L's
distinctive songs and electrifying vocal style make this a concert
not to be missed. Tickets: €22 |
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Tuesday
7 & Wednesday 8 @ 8.00pm 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. Hear the riveting true stories of Crean's Antarctic explorations as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive three famous expeditions. Crean's story is a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of Antarctic, his 36 mile, solitary trek to base camp during the Terra Nova expedition to rescue his comrades Teddy Evans and William Lashly has been described by Antarctic historians as "the finest feat of individual heroism from the entire age of exploration. Tickets: €22/18 |
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Friday
10 @ 8.00pm Honor Heffernan is noted for her instinctive interpretations, pouring her art and soul into carefully selected songs that bring out the best in her deeply expressive vocals. She is delighted to be coming to Siamsa Tíre to perform with her long-time trio, Phil (piano), Kevin (percussion) & Damian (bass), all well recognised musicians in their own right. With a sublime set of some of the most beautiful songs ever written, this is sure to be a memorable evening. Tickets: €20/18 |
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Saturday
11 @ 8.00pm
An entertainer who over three decades has covered nearly every music
genre imaginable and with his escalating, hypnotic voice has been
breaking hearts, captivating minds & dropping jaws. From his mellow,
romantic sounds of the 70's and 80's, he now adds his latest best
selling album. Tickets: €25/22.50 |
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Sunday
12 @ 8.00pm Ireland's leading Soprano in an all-too-rare visit to Tralee, thrills with her exquisite vocal tone, flawless technique and exuberant artistry. In a wide-ranging programme that reflects her enormous versatility, Cara O'Sullivan is accompanied by Aidan O'Carroll with the talents of the Kerry Chamber Choir and Orchestra and some surprise guests. Tickets include canapé and wine reception: €25 |
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Tuesday
14 @ 8.00pm After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked across the US to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. (Based on a true story). Tickets: €5 plus membership |
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Wednesday
15 @ 8.00pm Formed in 2003, Triocca's performances are sensitive, colourful and balanced, with beautiful melodic playing and sensitive phrasing. Ríona O'Duinnín is a former student of the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied flute and piano with John O'Conor. She regularly performs with the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Geraldine O'Doherty (harp) won the top prize at Franz Josef Reinl International Harp Competition and the Kiwanis Musikpreis and in 2006 became Principal Harpist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Nancy Johnson (viola) performs regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets: €16/14 |
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Thursday
16 - Saturday 18 @ 8.00pm Two classic comedies, one dark one light. One couple swaps housework for farm work, Another swaps blindness for sight. Great writers. Great stories. Great craic... This autumn, Big Telly is producing a double bill of The Well of the Saints and The End of the Beginning, bringing together the company's contemporary approach to popular Irish Classics and its reputation for theatrical innovation and visual flair spanning 20 years.
The Well of the Saints is J M Synge's compelling comedy about
two blind beggars whose world explodes when a passing saint restores
their sight. This lifetime blind date hits a very rocky patch when
they see each other for the first time and there's no beauty in
the eyes of these beholders. The End of the Beginning by Sean O'Casey - Darry Berill, a farmer, challenges his harried wife Lizzie to a life swap for a day. He sets about the household chores and she sets out to mow the field. And with his near-sighted neighbour Barry he will surely get the work done in half the time. Or will he? This play is an absolute hoot, infused with Casey's famous comic genius for dialogue and his rich poetic prose. Tickets: €22/18 (€10 group rate on Thursday 16th) |
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Sunday
19 @ 8.00pm
To coincide with the release of her album, The Essential Frances
Black Collection, the ever-popular Frances Black returns to Siamsa
Tíre as part of her Autumn Tour 2008. Frances, who has twice been
the recipient of one of the highest honours in Irish music, the
IRMA Best Irish Female award, is sure to enchant with her unique
blend of gorgeous singing and personal anecdotes. Tickets: €27.50 |
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Wednesday
22 @ 8.00pm With Four Hands on One Piano, Katzenjammer are a piano duo with a difference. Both classically trained pianists and comic song-writers, Kevin Farrell and Steven Worbey have developed their own unique, virtuosic and acrobatic style of performing that can only be described as spectacular, very funny and highly entertaining. With a modern twist on a traditional genre, they will dazzle you with their own arrangements of Liszt, inspired by Tom & Jerry and Tchaikovsky, and they will have you laughing as they marry together your favourite classics with your top-10 pub tunes! With the resulting tangle of hands and arms, the keyboard is projected onto a large screen so that the mesmerising gymnastic display of their playing can be marvelled at. "You've never seen a piano played like this before!" Tickets: €15/13 |
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Friday
24 & Saturday 25 @ 8.00pm Filled with characters unlike any previously portrayed on the stage, The Cripple of Inishmaan is a brutally funny, terribly charming and beautifully human play. In 1934, a remote island village is turned on its ear when a Hollywood film crew decides to make a documentary on a neighboring island. None more than Cripple Billy, wish to escape the claustrophobic confinement of their village existence to become film stars. But when Billy betrays his family and closest friend for passage to a better life, he seals his fate and his undoing. Tickets: €24/18 |
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Friday
14 @ 8.00pm Cork City Ballet presents a suite from The Sleeping Beauty reproduced by Russian ballet star Yuri Demakov (Bolshi Ballet School) this promises to enthral audiences with the symphonic beauty of Marius Petipa's original classical choreography. Act 1 features a series of sparkling Divertissements which include Alan Foley's ballet Gira Con Me with music by Josh Groban and La Vivandiere from the repertoire of the Kirov Ballet. The company will also present the Irish premiere of Gala Pas de Deux and Willing & Able - a new jazz-ballet to music by Prince. Produced and directed by Alan Foley in association with Cork Opera House, including ballet stars Marie Lindqvist and Dragos Mihalcea -prima ballerina and principal dancer of The Royal Swedish Ballet, Irish ballerina Monica Loughman and Japanese ballerina Chika Temma. Tickets: €27.50* **FREE
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