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Alice in Wonderland dance

Alice in Wonderland Geraldine Butler School of Ballet Friday 8th & Saturday 9th July, 8pm Join us in our joyous return to the stage with our production of Alice in Wonderland, the ballet. Follow Alice as she falls down the dark rabbit hole and finds herself in a very confusing world where she meets a myriad of topsy turvey characters who appear to Alice to have no manners or to follow any logic that she can understand…. On our journey, we will meet the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, Hare and Dormouse, a house full of boisterous children, a disappearing cat and a ...

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Chromatic Encounters: Catherina Hearne exhibition

Chromatic Encounters: Catherina Hearne 9th July - 31st August 2022 Catherina Hearne’s practice involves an interplay between procedure, process and chance; intuition plays a large part but is informed by research and experience. The imagery draws on a very wide range of references – exotic, fantastical and strange; from Milanese pastries, Japanese tree supports to Victorian follies and birdhouses these paintings reflect her eclectic taste for all things visual. This body of work continues her use of colour, form and image as means to convey an inner world of thought and spirituality. The paintings reference the physical – landscape, buildings, ...

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Alice in Wonderland dance

Alice in Wonderland Geraldine Butler School of Ballet Friday 8th & Saturday 9th July, 8pm Join us in our joyous return to the stage with our production of Alice in Wonderland, the ballet. Follow Alice as she falls down the dark rabbit hole and finds herself in a very confusing world where she meets a myriad of topsy turvey characters who appear to Alice to have no manners or to follow any logic that she can understand…. On our journey, we will meet the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, Hare and Dormouse, a house full of boisterous children, a disappearing cat and a ...

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Superstar: Heroes for Hospice theatre

Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th July, 8pm As part of the Ballina Salmon Festival, the Heroes for Hospice group makes an eagerly anticipated return to Ballina Arts Centre with its production of Superstar, on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, at 8pm each night. This incredibly talented group needs no introduction, having staged sensational sell-out fundraising musical shows like Beyond the Barricade and Oliver with a Twist at local, national, and international level in recent years. In the process the ‘Heroes’, led by Lavinia Gilmartin, have raised over €60,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation. Their latest production, Superstar offers a contemporary ...

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Superstar: Heroes for Hospice theatre

Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th July, 8pm As part of the Ballina Salmon Festival, the Heroes for Hospice group makes an eagerly anticipated return to Ballina Arts Centre with its production of Superstar, on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, at 8pm each night. This incredibly talented group needs no introduction, having staged sensational sell-out fundraising musical shows like Beyond the Barricade and Oliver with a Twist at local, national, and international level in recent years. In the process the ‘Heroes’, led by Lavinia Gilmartin, have raised over €60,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation. Their latest production, Superstar offers a contemporary ...

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Conal Gallen: Back for the Craic! theatre

Ireland’s funniest man is back in Ireland’s funniest show! Donegal Comedian Conal Gallen is taking to the stage once again with what promises to be a night filled with laughter, craic and song! For over thirty years Conal has been entertaining audiences across the world. That experience is what sets him apart from the rest! This is a night not to be missed. Presented as part of Ballina Salmon Festival. Tickets: €27.50. Early booking strongly advised.

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Unforgiven theatre

Unforgiven by John McDwyer Beezneez Theatre Company Friday 15th July, 8pm Beezneez present the much requested revival tour of John McDwyer’s classic comedy which has become his most popular play and a staple of amateur groups all over Ireland. Described by the author as “a mad play about mad people who are content with their madness”, Unforgiven is a rip-roaring comedy about two men, PJ and his brother Seamus who are awaiting their father’s death while their neighbour Mary is nursing her mother through her final illness. When the father dies and another brother returns from America, a chain of ...

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MESH: Mick Smyth exhibition

Ballina Civic Offices 22nd July – 2nd September 2022 Official Opening: Friday 22nd July, 8pm. Mick Smyth has worked in the community arts sector for the past 25 years. The lockdowns of 2020-21 gave him the opportunity to re-engage with his own practice in a meaningful way. In this exhibition of sculpture, he uses local wood, including ash, sycamore, birch, beech and fir. Found Objects are also reworked and placed in new contexts. The works in this exhibition are responses to human stories. A native of Straide, Mick Smyth has been the Co-ordinator of Mayo Artsquad since 1997. He has ...

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Music Makers Live!: Joe Clarke / Schoolyard Champions music

Music Makers Live!: Joe Clarke / Schoolyard Champions Saturday 23rd July, 8pm Ballina native Joe Clarke a.k.a. backinhumanform, will be playing his debut album live with a full band. It was recently released to positive reviews, most notably in Hot Press, where John Walshe said, “…the album ends on a distinct high with ‘Auld Lang Xiety’, which is more than simply a super title. This is the most streamed of Clarke’s songs and it’s not hard to fathom why...” Joe sang in Manchester band Adventures of Salvador for 3½ years and moved back to Ballina last year. ...

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In the Wake of Suicide theatre

“Suicide is like a tornado that rips the rooftop off your family home, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake, scattering everything that is dear to you for miles on end…” In the Wake of Suicide is a powerful one-man theatre performance, written and performed by Stephen Doyle. This production is a hard hitting, honest, no-holds-barred, portrayal of the devastating impact of suicide, reflecting the highs and lows of life, and the brutal reality of the ultimate choice made by so many. It takes the audience on a journey both wonderfully colourful and contrastingly dark, causing us to feel the ...

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