Upcoming

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TRIBE: Michael O'Boyle exhibition

TRIBE: Michael O'Boyle TRIBE coerces the visual language of popular science through a distilled painterly and colourist intervention that create artificial forms that take their cues from the microscopic world. He describes is working as aiming to “make the non-visible that surround us visible, formalise it, contain it and animate it to create works that are clean, concise, elemental and rich. A tribe of forms that become signals for a range of varying visual ideas and references. As a painter I am interested in the visual language of the microscopic landscape to create portraits of the invisible”. Runs until 28th ...

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Fine Lines: Ballina Drawing Group exhibition

Fine Lines: Ballina Drawing Group Official Opening: Friday 16th March, 8pm Fine Lines is an exhibition of drawing by the Ballina Drawing Group – a loose-knit collective of artists for whom drawing is central to their practice. An essential part of visual art since the days of the very first cave paintings from 40,000 years ago, drawing has maintained that position over centuries as art has evolved through its various incarnations. This exhibition features a variety of styles and approaches of drawing. Runs until 28th April. Admission free, all welcome.

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Poetry Day: Terry McDonagh & literature

Poetry Day: Terry McDonagh & Ger Reidy To celebrate National Poetry Day, poets Terry McDonagh and Ger Reidy will host an event which celebrates poetry in all its guises. Part reading / part Open Mic, this event promises to be both entertaining and enlightening. Poets at all stages of their career can come along and read their work in a safe and relaxe environment. Tickets: €5. Booking advised.

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Danceblast presents Move in Sync dance

Friday 27th, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April, 8pm Danceblast presents Move in Sync. After the success of last years sold- out musical Tracy’s Fame, Danceblast are going to showcase more of their talented students’ material that they have been working on over the past couple of months. This show will be full of surprises and is guaranteed to be a great night’s entertainment for both the young and old. Come along to join in the fun! Tickets: €12 (adults), €7 (children). Early booking advised.

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Write- Dramatise-Perform - Adult Workshop workshop

Write-Dramatise-Perform, Adult Workshop with Terry McDonagh Saturday 28th April, 10am-5pm Poet and Dramatist Terry McDonagh taught creative Writing at the University of Hamburg and was Drama Director at The International School Hamburg. He has facilitated creative writing and drama programmes in Europe, Asia and Australia and published ten poetry collections as well as letters drama and prose. He brings his wealth of experience to this one day writing workshop where he invites participants to, claim their space, put legs under their writing and perform their work. Terry will also impart expert tips on writing poetry and prose And will also ...

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Danceblast presents Move in Sync dance

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Danceblast presents Move in Sync dance

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Merry.Go.Round. dance

Looking beyond our world into the great vast blackness of the cosmos we find five characters orbiting each other. Some are destined to converge, others to split apart. They all long for authentic connections in this otherworldly realm of celestial bodies. Caught between construction and deconstruction it is a marvel universe, strange yet familiar both beautifully simple and incredible messy. With a touch of cinematic sci-fi, Merry.Go.Round features an eclectic soundtrack including Swedish rebel jazz band Je Suis!, NASA recordings of the solar system and iconic opera classics. Performed within a structure of scored improvisation the piece is never the ...

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John in Heels theatre

John in Heels Phoenix Theatre Co. Friday 11th May, 8pm John is a man. A man who wears heels, dresses, lingerie. John wants to tell you why. How it has changed him. How, maybe, it might change you. John in Heels is a powerful monologue about the journey to feel like oneself and not be trapped be notions of normal John has something to share with you, it's simple "Don't Dream it be it". Phoenix Theatre Co. is a Louth based theatre company that is committed to the creation of new and socially relevant works. The company’s work ranges from new forms ...

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Digital Transformations conference

Digital Transformations 19-20 May 2018 We can change the world with digital technology, but how will that technology change us? A bold, exciting, and innovative international conference focusing on the cultural impacts of the digitisation of society. Featuring speakers from the worlds of technology, film, arts, culture and creative industries, attendees will come face to face with the digital society, with the people who are making it happen, the artists who are trying to find meaning in it, and the academics, and policy makers who are trying make sense of it. You too will have a chance to participate in the debate. This 2-day ...