PROGRAMME

www.nenagharts.comSEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2013

EARLY BIRD OFFERSBe an early bird, book now and get great discounts!Tickets must be paid in full by the below dates to avail of Early Bird Offers. A maximum of 2 tickets can be bought at these prices per person. Not applicable to group bookings. Box Office 067 34400

MY BROTHER JOESaturday 12 Oct, 8pmFull Price: C=25 Early Bird Price: C=22.50 Book before 14 SeptLimited number of tickets available at this price

WELCOME TO NENAgH ARTS CENTREWelcome to our September-December programme 2013. After the hottest summer in years, autumn is just around the corner, but don’t worry- we have an exciting programme packed full of culture and entertainment planned for the colder months.

Highlights of this programme include My Brother Joe the fantastic tribute to the late great Joe Dolan by his brother Ben; Pat Shortt is making a long anticipated return to the Centre with his show I Am The Band, while the much loved Louise Morrissey makes her debut on the Arts Centre’s stage.

Special events include From Lockout to Bailout a weekend of discussion and debate which looks at the Ireland of 1913 compared to that of today and during the Arts Centre’s offerings for Science Week 2013, young scientists can expect to learn about everything from genetics to forensics.

And...budding film buffs will be delighted this season - we’re screening classics accompanied by a short talk on what makes these famous films so great. We look forward to seeing you at the Arts Centre.

gET uPDATES ON THE ARTS CENTREGet updates on events, shows, workshops and special offers by joining our email list. Simply email reception@nenagharts.com and ask to be added to the list. Alternatively follow us on Facebook and Twitter or visit our webpage www.nenagharts.com to keep up to date.

SEE 6 MOVIES FOR C30Book in advance for our season of classic/modern films and see all six for C30! Featuring classics such as Citizen Kane and 2001: A Space Oddyssey and modern classics such as Lore. This offer features a short talk before each film on what makes these classics stand the test of time… Limited number of tickets available at this price.

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HEADSETS AVAILABLE FOR HARD OF HEARINg Please contact the Centre in advance of attendance on 067 34400.

Early Bird Offer Available, see page 3

Krown Films present

THE MINNITS OF ANNABEgDir: Alan Brown | Ireland, uK | 2013

Shot in Nenagh last year, and featuring a strong local cast, this feature film is set during one of the most important times in Irish history. The story looks at the effect of English rule on Irish society and how one man fought to save a community, but couldn’t save his family.

With Patrick Bergin, Ciara O’Sullivan, Frank McGrath, Selene Murphy and Patrick Rohan.

Saturday 14 September 7.30pm Admission C= 8

Saturday 21 September, 8pmAdmission C= 12 | C= 10 concs

Note Productions presents

DuBLIN guITAR QuARTET

Described as a “quartet with a difference” by the Irish Times, the Dublin Guitar Quartet is a one-of-a-kind classical guitar ensemble that occupies a unique space in the wider chamber music world. This October the Dublin Guitar Quartet will release a recording of Philip Glass’ string quartets on the composers own record label, Orange Mountain Music. This is a culmination of many years work in developing and refining arrangements of Glass’ string quartets. Glass’ String Quartet No. 3, Mishima, was their first such transcription and they have added to and refined the remaining quartets over recent years.

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A Nenagh Rising Initiative presents

FROM LOCKOuT TO BAILOuTA weekend of conversations reflecting on the events of 1913, as well as the state of the Nation 2013. Contributors include Fintan O’Toole of the Irish Times, Dr Tom Collins, Professor Emeritus at NUI Maynooth, Professor Peader Kirby, resident in Cloughjordan and Dr. Mary Murphy of Maynooth as well as RTÉ’s Áine Lawlor. Local award winning author Donal Ryan will read from his novel The Spinning Heart, recently long-listed for the Booker Prize.

updates: please go to www.nenagharts.com

Friday 27 – Sunday 29 September, Various Times Admission C= 30 for the weekend (C=20 if booked before 7 September) C= 5 / C= 10 per individual session

Nenagh Film Club present

CITIzEN KANE Dir. Orson Welles | uSA | 1941 | 119 min | Cert u

Our classic cinema season begins with Citizen Kane, regarded by many as cinema’s greatest and most cohesive artistic achievement.

Told in flashback, the film follows the story of Charles Foster Kane, a larger than life business and political figure and how he creates an empire around him, controling it with an iron fist.

The film will be preceded by a brief introduction which will offer some hints on what makes this film great.

Thursday 3 October, 8pmAdmission C= 8

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Dromineer Literary Festival present

MEET THE AuTHORSWriters Julian Gough (author of Jude: Level 1), Donal Ryan (Booker nominated for The Spinning Heart), Paul Lynch (acclaimed debut novel Red Sky in The Morning) and Alan McMonagle (Psychotic Episodes, his second collection was published in 2013) present readings of their most recent works and take part in discussion with Paul O’Dwyer.

This event is part of the 2013 Dromineer Literary Festival.

Saturday 5 October, 8pmAdmission C= 12 | C= 10 concs

Saturday 12 October, 8pmAdmission C=25 | C=22.50 Early Bird

MY BROTHER JOEThroughout his singing career, Joe Dolan’s energetic and charismatic stage performances thrilled audiences throughout the world. His brother Ben shared the stage with his younger brother for 47 fun-filled years. Who better than Ben to tell the stories behind Joe’s songs, and highlight Joe’s successful singing career.

The Show itself features Ben’s daughter Sandra, his two sons, Adrian and Raymond and their own band Karen and The Dolans. Joe’s backing band, and compere and comedian Shaun Connors, complete the line-up.

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Saturday 19 October, 7.30pmAdmission C= 12

Sports Entertainment Wrestling presents

AMERICAN WRESTLINg ROADSHOWAfter a successful debut in Nenagh last June, the boys are back in town ready to pack an even bigger punch than before!

Witness the passion of these dedicated athletes perfecting their craft and have a great night out with your friends and family at an affordable price. Coming from successful tours in France, Spain, Japan, Germany, the United States, Mexico and beyond, this night promises to leave your hair standing, heart pumping and your blood boiling!

Cheer on your favourites. But don’t be fooled, there will be plenty of bad guys in town to keep you on the edge of your seat!

Nenagh Film Club presents

BREATHLESSDir. Jean Luc goddard | France | 1960 | 87 min | Cert Club

Second in our classic cinema season is Breathless, a mainstay of the ‘French New Wave’ from 1960. It tells the offbeat love story between Michel Poiccard, a Humphrey Bogart wannabe and Patricia Franchini, an American who sells newspapers on the boulevards of Paris. Breathless was ground-breaking for its time, substituting dramatically staged scenes for documentary style reality, and presenting characters who were flawed and unsure of themselves. What Breathless lacks in polish it makes up in Gallic charm, and for a film shot in three weeks on a tiny budget, it’s legacy went on to influence some of the top directors of our time, including Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola.

Thursday 17 October, 8pmAdmission C= 8

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SPLEODAR FESTIVALThe annual Spleodar Festival bring life, light and laughs to Nenagh in an annual splurge of creativity and arty-type activity for all the family.

Banish the incoming winter blues for just one more week as Hallowe’en rolls in and the ghosts and ghouls come out to play. Witness the antics of our performers, jugglers and clowns; take part in a workshop or two; come to a film, a show or just soak in the Spleodar atmosphere. Watch out for updates on www.spleodar.ie and in local press

Monday 28 - Thursday 31 OctoberVarious Times

Nenagh Players present

JuNO AND THE PAYCOCKDirected by Jim Minogue

Sean O’Casey’s classic is brought to the stage by Nenagh Players.

Unemployed Jack Boyle looks set to remain that way as he spends his time drinking with his friend Joxer. His long-suffering wife Juno, attempts to keep some semblence of family life together in a crumbling tenement flat. But a surprise inheritance suggests a change in fortunes…

Set in Dublin’s working class tenements in the early 1920’s, the play offers a withering view of wasted lives in a city torn apart by the chaos of the Irish Civil War.

Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 November, 8.30pmAdmission C= 13 (Concessions available on Tues & Wed)

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Thursday 14 November, 8pmAdmission C=28

PAT SHORTT IN ‘I AM THE BAND’Fresh from his recent London success as Jonnypateenmike in Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan and starring alongside Daniel Radcliffe. Now Pat Shortt is back with the final Irish tour and first UK tour of his hit one-man comedy show charting the life of Dixie Walsh.

Solo lounge musician Dixie (Jumbo Breakfast Roll, Where Did My Money Go) invites you to a tribute night to Dixie where all his peers and friends (the audience) come to celebrate his career. During the night Dixie reminisces about the path his career has taken and the struggles he has had to endure to get to the top of his game.

Monday 11 - Wednesday 13 NovemberPlease see local press for full event details.

SCIENCE WEEK AT NENAgH ARTS CENTREIn association with Procter and gamble

Nenagh Arts Week presents a number of events each year for Science Week. This year’s programme includes two workshops for schools: Our sponsors Procter and Gamble present Research and Development: Robotics, Sustainability and zero waste and we also have a Crime Scene Investigationworkshop which will look at the area of forensics in uncovering crime.

We screen the Stanley Kubrick film: 2001: A Space Oddysey as part of our Film Club classic event for Science Week and additionally we have the annualBernal Lecture in memory of Nenagh-born Scientist John Desmond Bernal which offers a chance to hear what is happening at the cutting edge of science.

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Thursday 21 November, 8pmAdmission C= 8

Nenagh Film Club presents

gOOD VIBRATIONSDir. Lisa Barros D’Sa, glenn Leyburn | uK, Ireland 2013 | 102 min | 15A Cert

Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in Belfast during the 1970’s troubles. While his city is destroyed around him and his friends take up arms on each side of the conflict, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe, and calls it Good Vibrations. Through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city’s underground punk scenes. Galvanising the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an alternative Ulster – to bring Belfast back to life.

ARTS AuCTIONNenagh Arts Centre auctions a series of signed artworks and books in aid of the Arts Centre’s programme. You’ll never know what you might find, so come and bid on an item, and enjoy the fun of the auction room as it heats up.

Perfect gifts to the right homes just in time for Christmas!

The auction list will be available from the Arts Centre in early November.

Thursday 28 November, 8pmAdmission FREE

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Thursday 5 December, 8pmAdmission C= 8

Nenagh Film Club Presents

REBELLIONDir. Mathieu Kassovitz | France | 2011 | 136 min | 15A Cert

An army captain struggles to defuse an explosive hostage situation with tragic results in this drama based on actual events. Rebellion is set in a French colony in the South Pacific in the 1980’s where conflict has erupted and rebels are demanding local rule. Expert negotiator Capitaine Legorjus and his team fly to the island to resolve the situation, arriving just as the army prepares to use extreme force to end the stand-off. Rebellion was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, who also played Legorjus and helped adapt the screenplay from the real -life Captain’s memoirs.

Saturday 30 November, 7pmAdmission C=7

Play YT with assistance from Fracture Youth Theatre presents

RITES OF PASSAgEJoin our young actors from Play YT, Nenagh and Fracture Youth Theatre, Thurles on a journey of discovery and revelation. It’s a show about time, about youth and about the milestones, humps, disagreements and relationships we all go through while trying to shape ourselves as people. This show is a devised piece which has been created by Fracture Youth Theatre, Thurles and Play YT, Nenagh under the direction of Joanne Quinn and Aoife Carry.

The Fracture Youth Theatre Project is run by the Arts Office, North Tipperary County Council as part of the County Arts Development Programme. This programme is supported by the Arts Council

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Saturday 7 December, 8pmAdmission C=20

Thursday 12 December, 8pmAdmission C= 8

Nenagh Film Club Presents

LOREDir. Cate Shortland | Austria, uK, germany | 2012 | 15A Cert

In south-western Germany during the aftermath of World War II, five destitute siblings must travel 900km to their grandmother’s home near Hamburg after their high-level Nazi parents disappear in the face of certain arrest by the Allied Forces. Along the way, they encounter a variety of other friends and enemies, before meeting Thomas, a young Jewish concentration camp survivor, who joins their group and becomes their protector.

LOuISE MORRISSEY AND FRIENDSThe Bansha lass has long been one of Ireland’s most beloved singers and entertainers and has brought her easy listening country style around the world with her. With numerous awards and citations to her credit including a 2011 ‘Sunday World Award’ where she was given the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.

Guests at the show in Nenagh Arts Centre include Crystal Swing, Gary Gamble and The Ryan Turner Band.

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FITNESSzumba: Dance Fitness Class Monday Lisa: 087 6227395Pilates Monday Geri Cantwell: 087 6491725Kundalini Yoga Friday Mia Magan: 087 9760565INTEREST Derg Active Adults Wednesday Ann White: 087 0546236Chess Club (NEW!) Tuesday manager@nenagharts.comCHILDREN AND TEENAgERSThe Brownies Tuesday Colette Barber: 087 9615796Parent and Toddler group Wednesday Margaret Powell: 086 3788310CoderDojo Wednesday Twitter - @coderdojonenagh(Computer coding for kids) (Monthly)McLoone O’Meara Thursday and Nikki McLoone: 087 2486384Irish Dancing School Saturday Let’s Learn French (for kids) Friday Fanny Healy: 085 8199291Children’s Art Saturday Olivia O’Donovan: 087 6380201Kinder Music For Toddlers Saturday Florence Starr: 087 6452103Play Youth Theatre Saturday North Tipp Arts Office: 067 44860

CLASSES & MEETINgS AT NENAgH ARTS CENTRE

HIRINg THE BuILDINgIf you need a space big or small, for a meeting, class , workshop or a performance Nenagh Arts Centre has the space to suit you. Our theatre has the capacity to hold 216 people seated and with state-of-the-art sound and lighting facilities and additional technical support available, it makes sense to hire space at your local Arts Centre. Groups who have hired space here include; Nenagh Chamber of Commerce, Nenagh Players, Conradh na Gaeilge and the Convergence Festival. To find out more, contact us on 067 34400 or manager@nenagharts.com.

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BINgO NIgHTSEyes down for some bingo fun that that will support Nenagh Arts Centre and Nenagh Celtic Football Club in their work.Friday 6, 13, 20 September, 8.30pmFriday 4, 11, 18, 25 October, 8.30pm Friday 1, 15, 22, 29 November, 8.30pmFriday 6, 13, 20, 27 December, 8.30pm

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SCHEDuLEBINgO Every Friday night at 8.30pm unless stated. See page 12 for details

SEPTEMBERSaturday 14 September, 7.30pm Film: THE MINNITS OF ANNABEgSaturday 21 September, 8pm Music: DuBLIN guITAR QuARTETFriday 27 - Sunday 29 September Debate: FROM LOCKOuT TO BAILOuT

OCTOBERThursday October 3, 8pm Film: CITIzEN KANESaturday October 5, 8pm Reading: MEET THE AuTHORSSaturday October 12, 8pm Music: MY BROTHER JOE - THE MuSIC OF JOE DOLANThursday October 17, 8pm Film: BREATHLESSSaturday 19 October, 7.30pm: Family: AMERICAN WRESTLINg ROADSHOWMonday 28 - Thursday 31 October Family: SPLEODAR FESTIVAL

NOVEMBERTuesday 5 - Saturday 9 November, 8.30pm Drama: JuNO AND THE PAYCOCKMonday 11 - Wednesday 13 November Community: SCIENCE WEEKThursday 14 November, 8pm Comedy: PAT SHORTT IN ‘I AM THE BAND’Thursday 21 November, 8pm Film: gOOD VIBRATIONSThursday 28 November, 8pm Community: ARTS AuCTIONSaturday 30 November, 7pm Drama: RIgHTS OF PASSAgE

DECEMBERThursday 5 December, 8pm, Film: REBELLIONSaturday 7 December, 8pm Music: LOuISE MORRISSEY AND FRIENDSThursday 12 December, 8pm Film: LORE

BOOKINg INFORMATIONIn Person Nenagh Arts Centre, Banba Square, Nenagh, Co. TipperaryOpening Hours Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm; Sat: 12noon - 5pm & one hour before showsTelephone Bookings 067 34400 Buy Tickets Online www.nenagharts.com

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR BOOKINgAll reserved tickets must be paid for at least two days in advance of the show. Tickets bought online will be subject to a 6% credit card charge and a 75 cent booking fee (this charge is set by the ticket provider). Cheques should be made payable to Nenagh Arts Centre. We regret tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless an event is cancelled by the venue. Latecomers will only be admitted at the discretion of the management.

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HOW TO FIND uS NENAgH ARTS CENTRE | IONAD EALAíNE AN AONAIgHBanba Square, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.T 067 34400 E manager@nenagharts.com W www.nenagharts.com

NENAgH ARTS CENTRE is located in the Old Town Hall in Banba Square across the road from Nenagh Courthouse.

Parking Parking is available on the street or at the Courthouse Car Park.Accessibility Wheelchair access to the Theatre is by a lift in the reception area. Patrons who have specific requirements should contact the box office in advance. Public Transport You can get to Nenagh by Bus or Train. For timetables visit www.buseireann.ie, www.jjkavanagh.ie and www.irishrail.ie.

SuPPORT NENAgH ARTS CENTRE Your support will help us to bring more music, plays, discussions, childrens events and films to the Centre and will help us to provide a space where local groups and come to meet, develop and grow. Tax relief is available on donations.

SPONSOR A SEAT IN THE THEATRE Put your, your family’s or your company’s name on a seat at Nenagh Arts Centre. Sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the reception area.

SPONSOR AN EVENT Pick an event that you or your company would like to be linked to and we can arrange it! Sponsors will receive tickets for their event and an acknowledgement in the Nenagh Arts Centre brochure and all other publicity material.

Nenagh Arts Centre is supported by the Department of Social Protection which is funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013