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CLÁR IMEACHTAÍ

September | December 2014

Event Guide

Celebrating Irish Culture through the Arts, Home to the National Folk Theatre

Sive by John B. Keane, Abbey Theatre on Tour

Box Office 066 7123055

We bring together the people of Kerry and visitors from all over the world to enjoy the best of Irish culture - music, song and dance. Come and join us for a performance in our wonderful theatre in Tralee, in beautiful County Kerry, looking out over the Slieve Mish Mountains and the Dingle peninsula. Siamsa Tíre protects, develops and explores Irish culture and traditions, who we are, where we come from and who we are going to be. Thousands of visitors have enjoyed our performances of Irish music, song and dance as a highlight of their trip to Ireland. There is an energy, a wildness, a passion about these performances, using the best of traditional arts, which come together to create a memorable and emotional experience for our visitors. So, check out our reviews on Trip Advisor, see some fabulous footwork and clips of the performances on our website - www.siamsatire.com and then come and visit us. We look forward to welcoming you!

www.siamsatire.com

Home of the NationalFolk Theatre of Ireland

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Value Deals & Special Offers

A STÓR MO CHROÍ (4th Oct)

Book before 26th Sept for €15 tickets.

SYLVIA (23rd Oct)Book before 13th Oct for €10 tickets.

FEMALE GOTHIC (26th Oct)Book before 1st Oct for €12 tickets.

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT 2014(30th - 2nd Nov)Book before 10th Oct for €15 tickets.

TRIALLS OF GALILEO (5th Dec)Book before 14th Nov for €13 tickets.

ALADDIN(30th Dec 2014, 2nd & 3rd Jan 2015)Book before Friday 12th Dec for €14 tickets.

NEITHER EITHER (6th Nov)

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH (20th Nov)

Dinner&Theatre

Siamsa Tíre is offering patrons a variety of EURO SAVING OPTIONS this season from Early Bird Ticket offers,Dinner+Theatre offers, Music Season Tickets and Drama Season Tickets, all of which will suit your pocket!

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YOU CAN AVAIL OF SIAMSA SPECIALSat Bella Bia (Ivy Terrace, 0667144896) &Finnegan’s Restaurant (Denny Street,

0667181400) on presentation of a ticketfor that night’s performance at Siamsa Tíre.

SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.

Early Bird

4 for Forty FiveIRELAND’S WEATHER (3 Oct)

MARY DEADY (24 Oct)

A saving of up to €13€45

POST SCRIPT (8 Nov)

TRIALS OF GALILEO (5 Dec)

MusicSeason Ticket

DramaSeason Ticket

FEMALE GOTHIC (26 Oct)

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH (20/21 Nov)

TRIALS OF GALILEO (5 Dec)

A STÓR MO CHROÍ (4 Oct)

FIACHRA GARVEY (7 Nov)

THE VOICE SQUAD (6 Dec)

A saving of up to €15A saving of up to €16€38 €40

TurasA Journey of Music, Dance & Song

Show 8.30pm

Turas is a new Siamsa Tíre stage presentation featuring music from all corners of Ireland beautifully interwoven with exciting dance and rich vocals.

The Story of the Children of Lir

Show 8.30pm

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Sunday

14th&21st

September

15th-18th

September

One of the jewels of Irish Storytelling, Clann Lir tells the tale of the four children of King Lir turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, Aoife.This is an enchanting and spell-binding narrative delivered using all ofthe strengths of Ireland’s traditional arts - dance, music and song.

Clann Lir

National Folk Theatre

Saturday

13th&20th

September

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Family/Musical

AnnieLight Opera Society of Tralee

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Show 8pm • Tickets €14/€12Family of 4 €44

The National Award award-winning Light Opera Society of Tralee presents the ever popular Annie, a touching rags-to-riches tale of a feisty and very courageous 11 year old orphan adopted with some reluctance by the hard-nosed industrialist Oliver Warbucks. Annie’s refreshing charm, indomitable spirit, and winning ways force Warbucks to reappraise his life values and even influence government social policies in depression America.

Directed by Aidan O’Carroll.

MatineesThurs 25th & Fri 26th, 10am • Tickets €5

Saturday 27th, 2.30pm • Tickets €11

Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show and we’d love you to come! Jack and the Beanstalk, a classic fairy tale, now gets the LYNGO Theatre treatment! So expect lots of surprises, a gripping story and beautiful images as Jack sells his cow for five magic beans and finds himself in the land above the clouds. It’s a show for the over 5s (and their giants) with something for everyone - enormous shoes, tiny houses, showers of silver and gold and a big, leafy explosion!

LYNGO is a UK based children’s theatre company whose shows have delighted children and adults for over 10 years with their unique mix of fun and beautiful imagery.

ChildrenJack &The Beanstalk

Lyngo Theatre

Show 10.30 am & 12noon • Tickets €6

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Thursday

2nd

October

Suitablefor Age 5+

‘LYNGO knows the score when it comesto producing theatre for the very young.’

The Stage

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Friday

3rd

October

by Evelyn Cusack, Deputy Head of Forecasting, Met Éireann

Evelyn will take us on a whistle stop tour through the varying climates of early Earth to the beginnings of civilization and the Weather Gods on to the Age of Enlightenmen’ and our own Robert Boyle and then to the present high-spec numerical forecast models which can predict weather about a week ahead.

This is a great opportunity to get to grips with Ireland’s national preoccupation with our ever changing weather!

Talk/Science

Ireland’sWeather

A Journey Through Time

7pm • Tickets €10

MusicA StórMo Chroi

A Musical Gathering

Saturday

4th

October

Show 8pm • Tickets €20/€18

Following the success of their sold-out shows in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral and The Sugar Club, the award winning members, Karan Casey, Éilís Kennedy, Pauline Scanlon, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, John Spillane, Donogh Hennessy, Dónal O’Connor and John McSherry offer a rare opportunity to witness the collaboration of such talent together on one stage.

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Kerry FilmFestivalFilm

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This year Kerry Film Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary. The programme celebrates this milestone with some special music and film events, an extended short film programme, and an exciting list of new independent and rare classic feature films from around the world. Local filmmakers will also feature in the now traditional Made in Kerry slot mid-week. There are films for everyone and every taste every day at this milestone festival, don’t miss it!

See www.kerryfilmfestival.com for more details.

‘Isn’t it only bringing two people together in wedlock we are?’

One of the greatest Irish plays of the 20th Century, John B. Keane’s Sive stands tall in the Irish theatre canon.

This gripping new production by director Conall Morrison was enjoyed by over 30,000 people during a sell out run at the Abbey Theatre. Now Sive returns for a major All Ireland tour.

Beautiful young Sive lives with her aunt and uncle in rural Kerry. Seán Dóta, an elderly farmer, offers the local match-maker Thomasheen Seán Rua, a large sum for her hand in marriage. Will this be too much for her aunt and uncle to resist?

Don’t miss this chance to rediscover this dark, powerful story of greed and passion.


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DramaSive by John B. Keane

Abbey Theatre on Tour

CREDITSDirected by: Conall Morrison

Composer & Sound Design by: Conor LinehanSet Design by: Sabine Dargent

Costume Design by: Joan O’CleryLighting Design by: John Comiskey

‘A deeply moving performance’

Irish Independent

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They are buffed, they are detoxed, they are booty-lish AND THEY ARE TOTALLY UP FOR IT! The Nualas are jetting in for one night only with their shiniest show ever. Expect shine, expect glitz, expect cleavage (on their knees).

You will laugh, you will cry, you will probably need to go to the toilet at some point. Prepare to beNuala’ed.

Comedy

The Great Big Shiny Show

The Nualas

Saturday

25th

October


In the unquiet darkness betweenlife and death, a haunted womantells strange tales of the macabre

and terrifying; eerie stories thathave gathered dust and

been forgotten. Until now.

In the thrilling tradition of M R James and Edgar Allan Poe, this literary spine-

chiller celebrates three lost gothic works from the great Victorian female writers.

Adapted and performed by Rebecca Vaughan (Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth).

Show 8pm Tickets €17/€14

Sunday

26th

October

Drama

FemaleGothic

Rebecca Vaughan - Dyad Productions

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DramaSylviaThe College Players, By AR Gurney

Thursday

23rd

October

Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after years of child-rearing in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career as an English teacher is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found bearing only the name ‘Sylvia’ on her name tag. Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife.

To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate doesn’t understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy and a series of hilarious and touching complications ensue.

Directed by Gerry Creechan, an ITT Charities Committee production.

Show 8pm • Tickets €16,Students €5

Mary Deady


Friday

24th

October

Mary’s concert traces her origins from a small village in Kerry to finding a home in New York City. Drawing upon the richness of the American Songbook, we hear echoes of Ireland filtered through an American sensibility. But mostly, it is the story of a journey requiring untried courage, reflections on love and children, an affirmation of Life both specific and universal.

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From Ireland to America & Back

The Irish Lark

A Musical Journey in Song

Music

A performance that holds the audience in the palmof its hand... a near perfect piece of theatre’

The Scotsman

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Two dance companies, one from Belfast and one from Dublin, come together to perform a new dance work that looks at the predicament of living out two conflicting states of mind at once. Choreographed by Liz Roche and set to Neil Martin’s score, identities, beliefs, emotions and aspirations are put to the test in this poignant blend of dance, poetry and music.

Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Dublin City Council, Belfast City Council, Dance Ireland and Dance Limerick.

Post Performance Talk : Contradiction and Creativity, a talk curated and chaired by Dr Aoife McGrath with an invited panel of artists from different disciplines and backgrounds alongside choreographer Liz Roche and cast.

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November

Dance

Variety NeitherEither

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A Liz Roche Company and MaidenVoyage Dance Co-Production

Tralee Musical Society

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Over the past 25 years, Tralee Musical Society has enthralled local audiences with shows that have everyone singing and dancing in their seats. Renowned for its side-splitting comedy, this year promisesto be no exception. That’s Entertainment 2014 will be a feast of music, song, dance, and comedy with one of Ireland’s leading musical societies. This year’s production will feature excerpts from Hairspray, Smash, Matilda, Neil Diamond, and Wicked, with an all-star cast of performers and hilarious comedy from Tralee Musical Society comedians.

Book now and don’t miss out -it’s always the Hottest Ticket in Town!

MatineeSunday 2nd

2.30pm • Tickets €15

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He is young. He is cool. He has a string of firsts of all kinds behind him already. He has been named as National Concert Hall Rising Star and last month he received a standing ovation when he made his debut at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London.

Fiachra’s programme tonight includes Beethoven’s heartbreakingly beautiful sonata op109, a selection of nocturnes from our own national treasure John Field, Chopin’s melodically virtuosic Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise op22 and the mighty force of the mammoth Liszt piano sonata.

Fiachra Garvey studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His concerto performances include appearances with Janacek Philharmonic, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, UCD Symphony, and Hibernian Orchestra. This will be Fiachra’s first performance in Kerry to the delight of his father who hails from the Kingdom!

FiachraGarvey


Friday

7th

November

Classical Pianist

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A poignant and humorous account based on a true story of an adopted person’s search for identity.

‘From an early age I was told I was adopted. While I loved being able to say I was adopted as a child (it made me feel exotic), I also learned that it was a word that was used by adults with a dropped voice.’

Drama

Postscript

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November

Music

Under the direction of Clarissa Michaux, the Academy of Dance is delighted to present their annual production. Join us for a performance of ballet, tap and jazz, and don’t miss out on what promises to be another great production from the Students of The Academy of Dance after a busy year of great dancing success.

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Show 3pm • Tickets €15/12

Family

Annual Performance

The Academy of Dance

‘A moving story stoically enacted by Brown and Bríd Ní Neachtain, who beautifully brings to life the letters that form

the linchpin of Browne’s journey..powerful piece of work’

The Irish Times

Sunday

16th

November

Thursday

13th

November

Circus

Circus SiamsaFull details on all events are to be found on

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Circus Festival Double Bill13th Nov, 8pm • Tickets €11/€9, Family of 4 €28

Fragments of a Mind by award winning, Darragh McLoughlin,and The Tale of The Ancient Lights by Riuchi.

Lost in Translation Circus, The Hogwallops14th Nov, 8.30pm • Tickets €15/€13, Family of 4 €40

This show centres around a family of misfits whose animalistic approachexpresses itself in cruel jokes & games with an outcome that is dark but hilarious!

Festival Club14th Nov, Fels Point Hotel, 10.30pm • Tickets €5

Join us at ‘Circus Sideshow’, a bespoke festival club full of impromptuperformances, great music from King Kong Company, fab décor & some surprises!

Children’s Circus Workshops15th & 16th Nov, 11am & 12noon Daily,

Fels Point Hotel • Tickets €10Learn how to juggle, spin plates, to the hula hoop & throw the Diablo.

Circus Siamsa15th Nov, 2pm & 5.30pm • Tickets €12,

Family of 3 €30, Family of 4 €40Circus Siamsa is at the heart of the Circus Festival! For the good people

of Tralee and beyond, Fanzini Productions bring the stars of contemporarycircus and street performance, magic and variety to the stage.

Convention Ticket €36Access to the Circus Convention, Festival Club,

Friday Show, 1 Circus Siamsa Show &All Workshops (excl. Children’s Workshop) 2120

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Echoes ofHome

Sunday

16th

November

Show 8pm • Tickets €26/€23.50

Saturday

22nd

November

Family

Music

THE Solo Piano of Phil Coulter Decadent Theatre Company

By Stuart Carolan (Creator/Writer of LOVE/HATE)

Show 8pm • Tickets €31

Up in that pantheon with the biggest selling recording artistes of all time in Ireland, rubbing shoulders with Bono and the

Boys, you might be surprised to bump into Phil Coulter. He has written at least four titles that can be added to the list of Great

Irish Songs - the anthems ‘The Town I Loved So Well’, ‘Ireland’s Call’ and the haunting ‘Scorn Not His Simplicity’ and ‘Steal Away’.

Phil will be joined by his special guest Geraldine Branaganfor an unforgettable evening of music and song.22

Having performed for Nelson Mandela, the Pope, and with the Chieftains and U2 on tour, the Harlem Gospel Choir will, once again, return to Ireland for an extensive tour. Their songs of inspiration touch the depths of the soul and raise spirits to angelic heights.

HarlemGospel Choir

Galway based Decadent Theatre are back with one of the most anticipated productions of 2014. ‘Defender of the Faith’ is the debut play of Stuart Carolan, the author and creator of RTE’S infamous, LOVE/HATE.

Defender of the Faith is a brilliant thriller set on a farm in Armagh 1986. The play tells the story of a family, entrenched in paramilitarism and under the constant watch of British forces. When a visitor arrives with the job of rooting out a police informer, paranoia grips the farm. Joe, his son Thomas, and a long-serving farm hand, Barney, all fall under suspicion…The family’s isolated farm becomes the setting for the electrifying exploration of a family tested by loyalty and love. ‘Defender Of The Faith’ is blackly comic and chillingly real, with an atmosphere taut with tension.

Directed by Andrew Flynn, Set Design by Owen MacCarthaigh,Costume Design by Petra Breathnach, Sound Design by Carl Kennedy.

*Please note the production contains strong language. Recommended age 15 upwards

DramaDefenderof the Faith

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29th

November

Famous for its spellbinding music and sublime arias (especially Una Furtiva Lagrima), Donizetti’s ever-popular romantic comedy, The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) has it all, from unrequited love, to devious deception and thwarted passion. Innovative director Oliver Mears (NI Opera) updates the action to a university campus, where Adina is a lecturer and Nemorino a nerdy student. Desperately in love with the beautiful but unattainable Adina, Nemorino is conned by fraudster Dr Dulcamara to buy some fake love potion, pledging himself to the army in order to pay for it. Sung in English, The Elixir of Love features a powerful cast led by Anthony Flaum (Nemorino) and Anna Patalong as Adina with Irish Soprano Sarah Reddin ‘who sparkles as the coquettish Giannetta’. John Molloy is the crafty Dulcamara and James McOran Campbell is Belcore, the lusty army recruitment officer. Conducted by Fergus Sheil, Design by Annemarie Woods, Costumes by Ilona Karas, Lighting by Kevin Treacy.

Show 7.30pm • Tickets €30/€25‘A real tour de force’

Irish Times

The Elixir of Love is a co-production withNI Opera and was nominated in the Best Opera

category in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013.by DonizettiOpera

The Elixir of LoveOpera Theatre Company, Ireland’s National Touring Opera Company

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Icarus Theatre

Drama

Trails ofGalileo

Friday

5th

December

Saturday

6th

December


The first flowerings of scientific truth crushed by the bully church.

‘The Universe is a divine miracle Galileo, not a clockwork toy! ‘Proof’ denies faith, and without faith we are nothing.’ This reprimand of Pope Urban contained Galileo’s tragedy - a mistaken belief that all he had to do was show his reasoning and evidence and the church would fall in behind him.

After premiering in Indianapolis in 2008 this one-man rollercoaster stars Tim Hardy (professor at RADA, veteran of The Royal Shakespeare Company, and star of major European tours) and is written by Emmy Award winner Nic Young.

Irish traditional music harmony group, Phil Callery, Fran McPhail and Gerry Cullen, otherwise known as the Voice Squad, are back on the road celebrating the release of their third album in nearly three decades - Concerning of Three Young Men. The union of the distinct tenor voices of Fran and Phil plus the bass of Gerry, along with their own particular arrangements of good songs, has made them one of the most distinctive unaccompanied singing groups of recent times. Members of the group have made music as far back as the1970s.

The Voice Squad has worked with Sinead O’Connor on her Universal Mother album, and also recorded a tribute album for the songs of Van Morrison with Elvis Costello.


Music

A Concert for the Winter Solstice

The Voice Squad

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Kim Dickinson was touched by Karen Carpenter’s breathtaking voice, and by the wonderful arrangements of The Carpenter’s beautiful songs.

Kim transports her audiences with the natural and uncanny likeness of her voice to that of Karen Carpenter. Throughout the show Kim will deliver the songs that made The Carpenters famous, such as Close To You, Superstar, For all we Know and Top of The World.

Kim Dickinson has the vocal quality and emotion to take you through a journey that will recreate the voice of Karen Carpenter.

YesterdayOnce More


Sunday

7th

December

Wednesday

10th

December

David Hull Promotions Presents

Music

The Music of the Carpenters

A Most Peculiar Wintery Thing

Children

As the nights draw in and the days get colder, a rolling snowball of four wondrous musicians and some light fingered animation will explore the magic and mystery of all things snowy with favourite memories of winter and some new ones too.

With a dynamic blend of original music, improvisation and audience interaction, this brand new festive music show by composer Brian Irvine has been commissioned and specially created for children, their schools and families.

Show 11.15am • Tickets €6

The Ark with Music Network

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ABBAForever

Swan

Show 8pm • Tickets €23/€19,Group of 5+ €16


Thursday

11th

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Saturday

13th

December

Music

Ballet

The Christmas Show Returns! Ballet Ireland

What a way to kick off your seasonal celebrations! It’s always party time when ABBA is about, but when it’s the Christmas Show, then that’s a real excuse for a party! And it’s EXACTLY 40 years since ABBA burst on to the world stage with their Eurovision win with Waterloo. This happy sing-a-long tribute, celebrates with a loud and proud fanfare! It’s the perfect way to start your Christmas season!

Expect a dazzling, fantastic performance including the most iconic hits, Mamma Mia, S.O.S, Money, Money Money, The Winner Takes It All, Gimme Gimme, Gimme and many MANY more! Get your glad rags on, brush up on the lyrics, don the dancing boots and come to the best party in town!

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This most famous of ballets combines romantic themes, classical technique and ethereal imagery together with Tchaikovsky’s majestic score, to ensure this masterpiece’s immortality.

Swan Lake tells the story of Odette, a beautiful princess, who by day is turned into a swan by evil magician Von Rothbart, only to regain her human form at night. Out hunting by the Lakeside, Prince Siegfried encounters her and falls in love with her. But will he be able to break Von Rothbart’s spell…?

Featuring 25 leading professional dancers from Ireland and abroad, this enduring story of love and tragedy, good and evil, has enthralled audiences since it premiered in 1877.

‘Moving production and beautifully choreographed’

The Sunday Business Post

Lake

Monday

15th

DecemberMusic

LiamLawton

Drawing from the sacred and rich tradition of his culture Liam has found a contemporary voice for ancient longing and the quest for the Divine in modern life.

His music finds echoes in ages past and his voice has a beauty of its own, gentle, ethereal and full of pathos.

Liam will be joined by a special guest choir on the night.

‘Oh, the thinks you can think’ when Dr Seuss’s best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper with unforgettable fun for the whole family!

Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and all of your favourite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life in Seussical the Musical. This Broadway Junior version is a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony winners Ahrens and Flaherty, transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, with the Cat in the Hat, as our narrator. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, and kidnapping, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community emerge triumphant!

This amateur production is presented by permission of JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED

Show 8pm • Tickets €20 Show 7.30pm • Tickets €14Group of 4 €55, Group of 5 €65

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Family

Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts

MatineeSunday 21st • 2.30pm

Tickets €16, Family of 4 €60, 5 €72.50Performances 2.30pm & 7.30pm each day

Welcome to the most magical pantomime ever!

Hop on your magic carpet and fly on a magical journey, with stunning sets, sparkling costumes, loads of laughs and more than a touch of magic, fantastic special effects, hissing and sing-along moments from you, and this is all to be found in Aladdin as he sets out to rescue Princess Jasmine and searches for the Magic Lamp. But will he be successful?

Aladdin is one of the funniest, glitziest Pantos you will see this Christmas, coupled with Oliver Hurley’s renowned reputation for high quality, professional pantomimes that are among the most spectacular in the Land, this is a tremendous treat for all the family you won’t want to miss! It’s so funny it’ll have you rolling in the aisles, with the hysterical pantomime Dame, Tralee’s very own Tom Hanafin, ensuring that everyone has a great time.

This is an age old story of forbidden caves, magic lamps, flying carpets and happily ever after for a boy from the laundry and an Arabian Princess.

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Show 8pm • Tickets €26

Monday

22nd

December

A magical evening of Seasonal, Christmas and Spiritual favourites with Red Hurley and his musicians.

For this special Christmas show, Red and his musicians will perform seasonal classics such as Silent Night, White Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, O Holy Night, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, When A Child is Born and many others.

Red will also sing a selection of his favourite spiritual hits such as Something Inside So Strong, The Living Years and many more.

O Holy Night is the perfect way to start off a musical festive season!

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O Holy Nightwith Red Hurley

Music

Pantomime

Oliver Hurley Productions

and his musicians

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Early Bird Savings on tickets availableBook before Friday 12th December and

get your tickets for a magical €14. We recommend this production forchildren of all ages, from 5 to 95!

Aladdin

Dealing with Ireland’s social nightlife, Nocturnes, Jack Hickey’s most recent collection, illustrates the beautiful, the ridiculous, and the menacing of the clouded contemporary cityscape. The work explores the shaded underclass of the nocturnal urban terrain and pursues the disenfranchised as they search their city for meaning once darkness falls. Jack Hickey was born in 1988 in the small town of Cobh, Jack graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design in 2011 and has since garnered much critical acclaim. His work attempts to illuminate the emptiness at the centre of human relationships, the inherent lack of meaningful interaction between different people, different sexes and different realities. The open space in the work represents the distance between individuals, the unsaid and the unrequited. It is an example of the void inherent in a modern, socially fractured world, where true human contact has become illusive, almost impossible. This will be Jack Hickey’s fourth solo show and his first solo exhibition in Kerry.

NocturnesJack Hickey

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SilverScreenings

...a matinee screening giving the young and the young at heart

an opportunity to experience a slice of quality cinema with a nice

cup of tea! The Silver Screening Club has previously shown

classics like The Searcher and The Apartment as well as modern

greats like Mamma Mia and the Irish comedy Waking Ned.

We promise something for everyone and encourage you to come along. Find out more about the film line up and pick up a brochure at the screenings or ring Kerry Film Festival on 066 7192234 for details.

Membership available for the entire Silver Screening season

available for only s25 (including free teas and coffees).

First Wednesday of Every MonthKerry Film Festival Presents...

Membership

€25SS Season!

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2pm

Post Colony is a film project which explores the natural, industrial

and colonial histories of Killarney National Park. A master

woodwright initiates seven participants in greenwoodworking

processes to produce charcoal burners’ one legged stools from

the invasive species Rhododendron. Finally the group holds an

overnight vigil to reduce the troublesome plant to pure charcoal.

Shot in 16mm, the film investigates ideas concerning the social and

cultural agency of handwork in the 21st century and the production

and performance of new and experimental material cultures for the

camera. Gareth Kennedy’s work is invested in a socially engaged

practice which addresses specific environmental, social, aesthetic

and economic concerns within located contexts. Recently, he has

been developing an anthropological aesthetic to generate ‘folk

fictions’. These works draw on the social, cultural and economic

history of a people and a place to craft work that is a meaningful

composite of these histories.

Post TraleeArt Group

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Tralee Art Group is happy to return to Siamsa for its annual

exhibition. This year the exhibition will again be curated by

artist and printmaker Niall Naessens. This is the groups’ second

collaboration with Niall.

In contrast to our last exhibition, when the emphasis was on

printmaking, this year members will explore the theme of the four

elements sacred to the ancients, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The

artists will produce work in oils, acrylic, watercolour and mixed

media. Some members of the group will take elements from their

work and use them to create prints.

Christmas is the perfect time to settle down to some good kids crafts: crafting will keep your kids busy and take away some of their impatience and excitement while they wait for Christmas Day to arrive.

We will explore simple, inexpensive craft ideas which you can make at home. With family and friends visiting your house there is no better time to display some of your children’s crafty talents.

Activities for kids to make, and celebrate Christmas.Lots of easy to make ideas!

Handmade Cards3D Snowman Card

3D Christmas Tree CardChristmas Angel

Paper Christmas BaublesTree Decorations

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Saturday

6th

December

ParentsWorkshop

For Adults and Children

Christmas CraftWorkshops

11am - 1pm • Cost €9 11am - 1pm • Cost €9

Saturday

13th

December

Children’sWorkshop

Places arelimited!Book in

advance!This is a beginner’s course for those wishing to learn more about the basics of stained glass. The course will be run over two days, from 10am to 5pm with a maximum of 10 participants. At the end of the two day workshop each participant will have their own panel of stained glass that they can keep! All you need is glasses if you wear them and comfortable clothing.

The course content will include ~

2 Day StainedGlass Workshop

From 10am – 5pm Each Day Cost €180

INTRODUCTION TO STAINED GLASS,SAFETY ISSUES, TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

STAINED GLASS DESIGNLAYOUT & DRAWING OF YOUR DESIGN

GLASS CUTTING • GLASS GRINDINGLEADING • SOLDERING

PRESENTATION OF STAINED GLASS

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Friday

24th

October

Wednesday

22nd

October

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DEVISE • ACT ENSEMBLE • IMPROVISE • BE INSPIRED CREATE • EXPRESS YOURSELF • WRITE

WANT TO ACT ON STAGE?

To find out more, call Fran or Catríona on066 7123055 or email

[email protected]

SeptemberMonday – Saturday 9am – 6pm

Sunday 5pm – 8pm*

October, November & DecemberMonday – Saturday 10am – 6pm

Sunday 5pm – 8pm*

24th, 25th, 26th & 28th Closed

Saturday 27th 12 noon – 5pm

Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th 10am – 6pm

Wednesday 31st 10am – 2pm

January1st - New Year’s Day Closed

From 2nd 10am - 6pm (Business as usual)

*Only when a performance is scheduled for that night

Opening hoursGeneral, Christmas & New Year

On evenings where a performance is scheduled for the theatre, the Box Office will remain open until 7.30pm for general and phone bookings, and until 7.50pm for ‘in person’ tickets for that night’s performance.

TICKET EXCHANGES/REFUNDS Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunds given. Refunds will only be made in the event of a cancelled performance.

LATECOMERS Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

WHEELCHAIR USERS Wheelchair spaces are available within the building. Please inform the Box Office when you book your tickets and they will be able to advise you on suitable seating.

HARD OF HEARING An induction loop is in operation in the auditorium for patrons with hearing difficulties. People with hearing aids should set them to ‘T’.

CHANGE OF ADVERTISED PROGRAMME Siamsa Tíre reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists and vary the advertised programme if necessary.

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Sessions take place in Siamsa Tíre every Saturday from 4-7pm from October 4th with a taster session on Saturday 27th of September - all are welcome! Annual membership is €75 and new members aged 15-20 are welcome!

COME ON, BE RADICAL!

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SEPTEMBERClann Lir 8th - 11th & 15th - 18th

Turas 13th & 14th, 20th & 21st

Silver Screening 3rd

Annie (LOST) 24th - 27th

OCTOBERJack & The Beanstalk 2nd

Ireland’s Weather 3rd

A Stór mo Chroí 4th

Kerry Film Festival 6th - 12th Silver Screening 8th Abbey Theatre on Tour - Sive 14th - 18th Sylvia 23rd

Mary Deady - The Irish Lark 24th

The Nualas 25th Female Gothic 26th That’s Entertainment 30th - 2nd

NOVEMBERSilver Screening 5th

Neither Either 6th

Fiachra Garvey 7th

Postscript 8th

The Academy of Dance 9th

Circus Festival 13th - 15th

Phil Coulter 16th

Defender of the Faith 20th & 21st

Harlem Gospel Choir 22nd

The Elixir of Love 29th

DECEMBERSilver Screening 3rd

Trails of Galileo 5th

The Voice Squad 6th

Yesterday Once More 7th

A Most Peculiar Wintery Thing 10th

ABBA 11th

Swan Lake 13th

Liam Lawton 15th

Seussical JNR 20th & 21st

O Holy Night with Red Hurley 22nd

Aladdin 30th

Aladdin 2nd & 3rd January

At a Glance

Siamsa Tíre, Town Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland E. [email protected] • www.siamsatire.com

Box Office 066 7123055

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