Upcoming

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Beyond Drawing: Group Exhibition exhibition

Official Opening: Thursday 5th March, at 5pm Beyond Drawing is a celebration of contemporary drawing, exploring how artists use drawing to examine themes including identity, place and memory, pushing the boundaries of the medium further than ever before.The Artists featured in the exhibition are: Marleen Kappe, Romy Muijrers, Marisa Rappard (all from the Netherlands); and Kiera O’Toole, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Felicity Clear (all from Ireland). Beyond Drawing is curated by Dutch artist Arno Kramer (from the Netherlands), who curated Human Chain, a drawing exhibition with Ballina Arts Centre, in 2017. This collaboration is part on ongoing relationship between Arno and Ballina ...

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Fiona Cawley: A Shared Space exhibition

Official Opening: Saturday 7th March @ 4pm Artist Fiona Cawley’s Solo Show 'A Shared Space' presents a series of paintings exploring themes such as human and animal relationships, their coexistence and the impact of the man-made on the environment. Through the intertwining of expressive painting and dramatic subject matter the artist paints fictional scenes based on memory and the imagination depicting interiors and landscapes populated by creatures such as birds in flight, running deer and the female figure. Originally a native of Ballina the artist now lives and works full time as a painter in Co. Galway. Runs until 25th April. FREE ...

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Closure Notice conference

Following directives issued by the government and health authorities, as a cultural institution, Ballina Arts Centre will close to the public from Thursday evening 12th March to Monday 30th March. All events scheduled to take place in this period have been postponed or cancelled. We will make contact with all affected patrons and will be in touch with more information regarding show rescheduling and/or refunds as soon as possible. Our Box Office will be closed to the public and for more updates, please keep an eye on social media and our website. From all the team here at Ballina Arts ...

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The Communication Cord theatre

Set in a restored thatched cottage close to the sea in the remote townland of Ballybeg, County Donegal, Tim,a junior linguistics lecturer devises a scheme to borrow the ancestral Donegal cottage of his Barrister friend Jack for an hour in an effort to impress Senator Donovan, father of his intended sweetheart Susan. The scheme goes horribly and hilariously awry as other unexpected characters enter the fray including a former girlfriend, a wealthy German, a French paramour and the local busybody. Even the cottage itself becomes a character in this classic Brian Friel farce! Performed by the Phoenix Players and directed ...

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Conor Guilfoyle Octet plays ‘The Birth of the Cool’ music

One of Ireland’s foremost drummers and educators Conor Guilfoyle has toured and recorded with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians. Having led various Latin jazz and salsa bands over the last 20 years this is his first time leading a jazz ensemble. The band members were all handpicked by Conor and represent some of the finest young musicians on the scene today. The music is a look back to the 1950s to a style often associated with the west coast of America known as ‘Cool Jazz’, as well as arrangements of hardbop classics by Horace Silver, Benny Golson and ...