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5x5, The Abbey Theatre's Community Development Project, Returns For 2020
by BWW News Desk on October 21, 2019 in Ireland Applications open today for 5x5 2020, the Abbey Theatre's community development project designed to enable underrepresented communities to share their stories on their national stage. Now in its third year, 5x5 offers five groups five days' worth of space, technical assistance and €5,000 to help in the development of a theatre project. (more...) 
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Return To Coventry With 25th Anniversary Tour
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Ireland Following the success of their Coventry debut in 2018, Scotland's Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers are back at the Belgrade Theatre this November, celebrating their landmark 25th year with their brand new show Tribe. (more...) 
SPLICED Kicks Off Its Autumn Tour
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Ireland From one of the country's most exciting upcoming writers, Timmy Creed, comes SPLICED. Hard-hitting, witty and brave, this multi-disciplinary collaboration written and performed by Timmy Creed, (with visual artist David Mathúna, composer Chris Somers), and directed by Gina Moxley, shines a light on the fragility of the sportsman behind the mask, and begins a conversation about identity and mental health in the GAA. Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the show is now touring to GAA clubs and theatres across the country, appearing in Dublin, Kildare, Cavan, Mayo, Belfast, Louth, Carlow, and Cork. (more...) 
Two Weeks Left To Nominate For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Ireland There's just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...) 
Wilderland Film Festival Heads to Cork
by TV News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Ireland A brand-new film festival, Wilderland Film Festival, promises to share important, breathtaking, stories from the natural world with audiences, as it announces 23 dates in theatres around Ireland and the UK for Autumn 2019. The first-ever touring wildlife film festival, Wilderland will shine a light on some astonishing and thought-provoking stories - filmed by a host of independent filmmakers from around the globe. A panel of esteemed judges from the world of natural history filmmaking have selected the 9 short films, which offer audiences unparalleled insight into some of the world's most incredible wildlife - from snow leopards to orangutans, humpback whales to African penguins. It will be at the Everyman, Cork on Thursday next, October 17th. (more...) 
RTE To Live Stream Wexford Festival Opera's DORILLA IN TEMPE
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Ireland After the success of the first live-stream of a Wexford Festival Opera last year, RTE and Wexford Festival Opera invites the world to a 'Night at the Opera' as the two organisations join forces once again to bring the magic of Wexford to new audiences across Ireland, and the world. (more...) 
THE COMMITMENTS Will Embark on 2020/21 UK and Ireland Tour
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Ireland Over 30 years since The Commitments first burst from the pages of Roddy Doyle's best-selling novel, the world's hardest working and most explosive soul band are set to return to embark on a brand new 2020/2021 UK & Ireland tour, kicking off in September next year. (more...) 
International Dance Festival Returns to Tipperary
by BWW News Desk on October 01, 2019 in Ireland A unique and exciting event, the 10th International Tipperary Dance Festival, kicks off on Monday, October 7th. With the theme “Dance & Tradition, Dance & Community” it will look at the way artists reflect on reconciling the present with the past and the future – the Arts with Culture. (more...) 
SPLICED Will Embark on Autumn Tour
by BWW News Desk on September 30, 2019 in Ireland From one of the country's most exciting upcoming writers, Timmy Creed, comes SPLICED. Hard-hitting, witty and brave, this multi-disciplinary collaboration written and performed by Timmy Creed, (with visual artist David Mathúna, composer Chris Somers), and directed by Gina Moxley, shines a light on the fragility of the sportsman behind the mask, and begins a conversation about identity and mental health in the GAA. The show tours to GAA clubs and theatres across the country this October - November following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. (more...) 
BWW Review: LAST ORDERS AT THE DOCKSIDE at The Abbey Theatre
by Jini Rooney on September 27, 2019 in Ireland 1980. The Dublin docklands. Family and friends gather at their local pub after the funeral of their beloved patriarch, a prominent and well-respected docker. The gathering is timely as they are inadvertently the final patrons of the establishment. The following morning the pub is due for demolition. Caught in the flurry of Ireland's massive social and economic reform, they gather to mourn the passing of a soul, a pub and their entire way of life. (more...)
Nominations Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk on October 01, 2019 in Ireland Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...)
The T. S. Eliot Lecture 2019 Comes to the Abbey Theatre
by BWW News Desk on September 26, 2019 in Ireland The T. S. Eliot Estate announces the fourth of five annual lectures in T. S. Eliot's name and in memory of his impact on modern letters, hosted by the Abbey Theatre. Already sold out, the 2019 lecture will be delivered by Sean Scully RA and is entitled “Belief versus Disbelief”. (more...) 
Wonder In The Air At The Kingsley As Hundreds Audition For Fota Island Christmas Experience
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2019 in Ireland There was early Christmas cheer at The Kingsley yesterday as hundreds of Cork elves turned up to interview for parts in this year's Fota Island Resort's Christmas Wonder experience. The annual event brings over sixty thousand people from all over the country to Fota Island each December to celebrate the festive season in a specially created winter wonderland. (more...)
Cork Students Get The 2019-20 Student Enterprise Programme Underway
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2019 in Ireland Nineteen Cork city schools attended the first event of the 2019-20 Student Enterprise Programme at an induction day at Clayton Silver Springs Hotel. Over 1,000 Cork students will be represented by their schools during the course of the programme that culminates in a National Final at Croke Park on May 1, 2020. (more...) 
Abbey Theatre Announces Winter Season
by BWW News Desk on September 24, 2019 in Ireland Directors of the Abbey Theatre, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, today announced two productions set to delight audiences this winter. The first, a major new Abbey Theatre production, from the Irish canon, of Drama at Inish; followed by Collapsing Horse's A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, a magical show for all the family. (more...) 
Tipperary Dance Platform International Dance Festival Returns For 10th Edition
by BWW News Desk on September 24, 2019 in Ireland With the theme Dance & Tradition, Dance & Community the 10th edition of the Tipperary Dance Platform International Dance Festival, which takes place in venues throughout the county, is an energetic yet subtle mix of discovery, artistic relevance, networks of support, and the kind of loyalty that builds over time amongst artists and partners who are trying to achieve similar goals. (more...)
Galway 2020 European Capital Of Culture Unveils Programme
by BWW News Desk on September 19, 2019 in Ireland Developed through more than 100 partnerships with 33 different countries represented, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture today unveiled its core programme for the year, with the themes of landscape, language and migration. Galway 2020 will open with a free week-long festival of fire starting on Saturday 1 February 2020 moving through six towns and villages across Galway culminating in a spectacular Opening Ceremony in Galway City on Saturday 8 February 2020. (more...) 
ASKING FOR IT Returns to The Everyman
by BWW News Desk on September 18, 2019 in Ireland Audience reaction to the acclaimed stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel was overwhelming. The initial run in The Everyman broke every box office record and the run at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin also sold out well in advance of the production even opening and drewan extraordinary reaction on social media. This timely production returns to the Everyman next week when audiences will have the chance to experience it for themselves. (more...) 
THE LION KING Begins Second UK And Ireland Tour At The Bristol Hippodrome
by BWW News Desk on September 13, 2019 in Ireland The Walt Disney Company UK and Ireland began their UK and Ireland tour of the landmark musical THE LION KING at The Bristol Hippodrome last night, Thursday 12 September. The tour will continue on to Edinburgh, Bradford, Cardiff and Southampton with further dates to be announced in due course (more...)
GUTTED - An Irish Black Comedy Tours in October 2019
by BWW News Desk on September 13, 2019 in Ireland Gutted, an Irish black comedy by Sharon Byrne, opens in Canterbury on 3 October and will visit the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (Fri 11 Oct), The Maud, Walthamstow (Wed 16 Oct), The Dugdale Centre, Enfield (Fri 25 Oct) and Omnibus Theatre, Clapham (Tue 29 & Wed 30 Oct) as part of its 15-venue Autumn tour. Set in a 1980's Dublin fish-factory, Gutted explores the lives of three strong women, played by Eleanor Byrne, Niamh Finlay and Sarah Hosford, with dark humour and tenderness. Gutted is directed by Chris White. (more...) 
BWW Review: SYMPHONY OF WORMS at Smock Alley Theatre
by Jini Rooney on September 11, 2019 in Ireland Much like our Parisian friend Amelie, an only child who paints her world with her vivid imagination, pint-sized Hannah Mamalis, an only child from rural Connemara, sweeps and soars with her imagination. Nothing seems too mundane or outlandish for Hannah. Lying 'pretend dead' in bogs with her best friend or singing duets online with total strangers. (more...) 
Photo Flash: Shane Richie, Diana Vickers And Sara Crowe Star In John Osborne's THE ENTERTAINER
by BWW News Desk on September 10, 2019 in Ireland One of the “greatest plays of the 20th century” is headed to the Belgrade Theatre this October, with Shane Richie set to star in a new production of John Osborne's The Entertainer. (more...) 
The Everyman Announces Cornucopia - Autumn Season Launch 2019
by BWW News Desk on September 10, 2019 in Ireland “There's so much to see here at The Everyman this autumn: we like to make sure you, our audience, are spoiled for choice” says Julie Kelleher, Artistic Director of Cork's Everyman Theatre at the announcement of the theatre's programme for the coming months. (more...) 
Final Headliner Announced For Cork Opera House As Part Of The 2019 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk on September 09, 2019 in Ireland Direct from their sold out West Coast US tour, 'No Strings Attached' - A Live Orchestral Rendition of: DR. DRE: 2001 will headline Cork Opera House on Sunday October 27th as part of this year's Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. (more...) 
The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation Presents The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: Oscar Wilde
by BWW News Desk on September 06, 2019 in Ireland Following the success of the WB Yeats and WH Auden Poetry Hours, The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation is delighted to return to the Abbey Stage to celebrate the genius of Wilde. (more...) |
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