Upcoming Theatre Events

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Touch and Go theatre

Touch and Go By Derek Benfield Beezneez Theatre Company It’s been a while now since Beezneez produced a farce and audiences will be well aware that nobody does it better!! John McDwyer directs Pat Feeley, Karen Gordon, Jacinta Gormley, Noel O’Callaghan and Valerie Traynor in Derek Benfield’s Touch and Go, an avalanche of mix ups and mistaken identities. While George’s wife is in America, he lends his flat to his friend, Brian, who entertains his lover there, unaware that, at the same time, George is over at his flat, being entertained by Brian’s wife. When George’s wife comes home a ...

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Mayo Youth Theatre: The Crucible theatre

By Arthur Miller Mayo Youth Theatre Friday 19th & Saturday 20th July, 8pm Mayo Youth Theatre, present Arthur Miller’s timeless classic. The Crucible is set in the year 1692, a dark period of American history, during which time the Salem Witch Trials took place, creating widespread paranoia and creating tensions amongst locals and family alike of those accused of being involved with the dark arts of witchcraft, and acting against Christian God’s law. Starring the members of Mayo Youth Theatre, in roles both on and back stage. Directed by Head Facilitator Ronan Colhoun. Mayo Youth Theatre is an initiative of ...

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Mayo Youth Theatre: The Crucible theatre

The Crucible By Arthur Miller Mayo Youth Theatre Friday 19th & Saturday 20th July, 8pm Mayo Youth Theatre, present Arthur Miller’s timeless classic. The Crucible is set in the year 1692, a dark period of American history, during which time the Salem Witch Trials took place, creating widespread paranoia and creating tensions amongst locals and family alike of those accused of being involved with the dark arts of witchcraft, and acting against Christian God’s law. Starring the members of Mayo Youth Theatre, in roles both on and back stage. Directed by Head Facilitator Ronan Colhoun. Mayo Youth Theatre is an ...

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears singalong theatre finished

(as part of Ballina Street Festival) The much loved fairy-tale Goldilocks and The Three Bears comes to life on stage in an unforgettable live stage production of song and laughter that the children will love. Goldilocks, the Three Bears and Ruff the Dog perform live in this exciting and fun-filled musical production which takes a few twists and turns along the way with other new puppet characters and hopefully a happy ever after. Kids will learn that music can be found everywhere as they sing and dance to all their favourite songs. Throughout the show there are interactive moments that ...

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Conal Gallen: Back to Front theatre finished

Conal Gallen (as part of Ballina Street Festival) When it comes to comedians, there is none better or funnier than the King himself, CONAL GALLEN!!! Conal is bringing his brand new stand-up comedy show, “BACK TO FRONT” to the stage this summer! Packed full of hilarious jokes, songs and a few surprises for good measure! It is guaranteed to have his audiences in fits of laughter from the very start right through to the very end! And, as always, audiences can expect the unexpected, because as usual, no one knows what he is going to come out with next (not even ...

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Joxer Daly Esq theatre finished

Sean O’Casey’s playful scrounger from the classic, Juno and the Paycock, takes centre stage in this intriguing new play from the pen of Eddie Naughton (Inishfallen Fare the Well). With events that were to alter the course of Irish history as a backdrop, Joxer Daly Esq. charts an everyman journey from respectable member of The Foresters Association to a vagabond scraping by with only his wit to use as collateral. From the 1913 Lock Out, to the Rising – and the events of O’Casey’s classic The Plough and the Stars – to the birth of a new divided Nationalism, in Juno and the Paycock, we ...

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Ballina Comedy Club presents Bob Hennigan theatre finished

Ballina Comedy Club presents Bob Hennigan. Described as “Mayo’s most charming ball of misery”, Ballina-native Bob Hennigan is a veteran of the Irish comedy scene and Resident MC of the highly-acclaimed Galway venue "Ireland’s Smallest Comedy Club." A past winner of the Tedfest Toilet Duck Award and 2015 Galway Fringe Festival Best Comedian, Bob has shared a stage with everybody who's anybody in the Irish and British comedy scene, including Tommy Tiernan, Kevin Bridges, Reginald D. Hunter, Jimmy Carr and John Bishop. Described by the Irish Times as “the most criminally underrated comedian in the country”, this will be the first time Bob has performed his solo show ...

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The Lyngo Theatre Company Presents Tom Thumb theatre finished

Tom shows everybody that even though he is ‘mini’, he is still mighty as he saves his brothers from Mum, Dad and the ogre. Performed entirely on a kitchen table this wee wonder of a show is full of Lyngo magic with feathery spinning birds, a flying fiery house and a portable forest. Patrick Lynch from Cbeebies, who has been performing this show for more than a decade, brings the story wonderfully to life in an intimate and fascinating show. This show is for Primary Schools and booking is through schools only. Tickets: €8. Early booking essential.

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Pumpgirl theatre finished

The Decadent Theatre Present Pumpgirl. By Abbie Spallen and Directed by Andrew Flynn There's one in every town, and they call her the Pumpgirl. She works in the garage, changes the oil and thinks she's one of the lads. She's sweet on 'No-Helmet' Hammy, but he loves no one but himself. He's out all night with his racing boys, whilst wife Sinead's off on a joyride of her own, with an ache that's about to be cured. It’s a turbo-charged race through the diesel fumes and country music of the Armagh badlands. Newry playwright Abbie Spallen's explosively comic play takes us deep into ...

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Smallone theatre finished

***CANCELLED*** The Bottom Dog Theatre Company present Smallone: Mingey loves her cats, Peru and Club Milks. She hates Sunday mass-ones, blackmange mutts and papery sausages. She is feisty and mischievous and has a heart full of love. She guards her privacy like a treasure. She refuses to be cowed by other people’s view of her or surrender to the sadness she sometimes feels. Moving and tender, Smallone is inspired by people who live lives of quiet privacy, examining the struggles and joys that all of us might feel. Starring Michelle O’Flanagan. Bottom Dog mark their 11th season with this “small ...