Stagemad Theatre Company presents Banshee Makers in Lismore Heritage Centre’s Courthouse Theatre on Saturday 6th November 2010.
Written by Ger Bourke and directed by James Power Banshee Makers is a tragi-comedy set in a now run down coal yard on the banks of the river Suir in the 1970's.
The play is a story of love and passion and of the craving that the absence of both can leave in the human heart. Banshee Makers examines the lives of three coal men; Scooter the simple minded youth who dreams of the family he never knew, embittered and world weary Nix, Charlie, the married-Lothario and Kathleen, the lonely and desperate office clerk who works with them.
By unraveling the fabric of those ordinary lives we are reminded that there is often nothing as extraordinary or deceptive as that which is apparently ordinary. It is a story of shadows that can be permanently cast over lives and the damage those shadows can do. Welcome to the ranks of the left behind.
Banshee Makers represents the start of a busy drama season in the Heritage Centre; Lismore Dramatic Society will present Steel Magnolias in the Courthouse Theatre 25th-28th November 2010 and 2nd-5th December.
Tickets for Banshee Makers are available now from the Heritage Centre on 058-54975 priced €10.00.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Hair Raising Halloween Fun at the Heritage Centre
Pssst! Kids We’ve Got a Secret!Lismore Heritage Centre is holding Halloween Camp Days again and they are going to be ‘deadly’ good fun!
Campers will be mixing potions, casting spells, rattling bones and raising spirits Mexican style. There will be Freaky Fashion, the Bone Bag Challenge and the ultimate game of bobbing apples. It could be gooey, it may be slimy and it will definitely be messy!
Workshops are designed for brave and bloodthirsty 5-12 year olds who want to have some seriously scary fun for their mid-term break. There are ghastly games, spooky science, abominable art and much, much more lurking in wait for them!
Workshops begin at 10.30a.m and end at 2.30p.m. daily. One dastardly day costs €15. Attend all four despicable days for only €50.
Bookings and enquiries to Arlene at Lismore Heritage Centre. Come on…we dare you!
Tel: 058-54975 Email: Akenny@lismoreheritage.ie
Campers will be mixing potions, casting spells, rattling bones and raising spirits Mexican style. There will be Freaky Fashion, the Bone Bag Challenge and the ultimate game of bobbing apples. It could be gooey, it may be slimy and it will definitely be messy!
Workshops are designed for brave and bloodthirsty 5-12 year olds who want to have some seriously scary fun for their mid-term break. There are ghastly games, spooky science, abominable art and much, much more lurking in wait for them!
Workshops begin at 10.30a.m and end at 2.30p.m. daily. One dastardly day costs €15. Attend all four despicable days for only €50.
Bookings and enquiries to Arlene at Lismore Heritage Centre. Come on…we dare you!
Tel: 058-54975 Email: Akenny@lismoreheritage.ie
Tickets for 'The Chieftains' available from the Heritage Centre
Irish Traditional music legends The Chieftains will play a concert for one night only in the Cappoquin Community Centre on Saturday 20th November 2010.
The Chieftains and guests will play the state of the art 600 seater Community Centre for the first time as part of a four concert mini tour in Ireland in November.
The tour will feature original members Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Seán Keane and Kevin Conneff, but will also feature guest performers from around the world including Ottowa Valley Dancers Jon and Nathan Pilatzke, New York-based champion Irish dancer Cara Butler, eight string guitarist Redmond O’Toole, harpist Triona Marshall and a guest singer. The group will be joined by local musicians ‘Canola’, Stephen Mooney accordion and guitar, Dave O’Sullivan flute and tin whistle, Marie Claire singer, Peter O’Connor fiddle and mandolin player, and a local percussionist Seamus Connolly as well as members of the Youghal Pipe Band.
The Chieftains was founded in 1962 and are the world’s most popular Irish Traditional Music Group. The group have collaborated and performed with many legends of music including Sinead O’Connor, Luciano Pavarotti, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton among others.
Paddy Moloney founder and leader plays the uilleann pipes and tin whistle, Matt Molloy flute and tin whistle, Kevin Conneff bodhran and vocals and Sean Keane fiddle and tin whistle. The band has released more than 40 albums, most recently collaborating with acclaimed US guitarist Ry Cooder on the 'San Patricio’ album which celebrates the San Patricios, a battalion of Irish soldiers who switched sides to fight for Mexico against the US invaders in the war of 1846-1848.
The six-time Grammy Award winners play at Limerick University on the 17th of November, Cappoquin Community Centre on the 20th, the Mermaid Theatre in Bray on the 21st and the Tullamore Court Hotel on Wednesday 24th November.
Tickets are €50 available from Cappoquin Community Centre 058 52746 and Lismore Heritage Centre 058 54975
All profit from the concert will go towards the Lismore Music Festival.
The Chieftains and guests will play the state of the art 600 seater Community Centre for the first time as part of a four concert mini tour in Ireland in November.
The tour will feature original members Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Seán Keane and Kevin Conneff, but will also feature guest performers from around the world including Ottowa Valley Dancers Jon and Nathan Pilatzke, New York-based champion Irish dancer Cara Butler, eight string guitarist Redmond O’Toole, harpist Triona Marshall and a guest singer. The group will be joined by local musicians ‘Canola’, Stephen Mooney accordion and guitar, Dave O’Sullivan flute and tin whistle, Marie Claire singer, Peter O’Connor fiddle and mandolin player, and a local percussionist Seamus Connolly as well as members of the Youghal Pipe Band.
The Chieftains was founded in 1962 and are the world’s most popular Irish Traditional Music Group. The group have collaborated and performed with many legends of music including Sinead O’Connor, Luciano Pavarotti, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton among others.
Paddy Moloney founder and leader plays the uilleann pipes and tin whistle, Matt Molloy flute and tin whistle, Kevin Conneff bodhran and vocals and Sean Keane fiddle and tin whistle. The band has released more than 40 albums, most recently collaborating with acclaimed US guitarist Ry Cooder on the 'San Patricio’ album which celebrates the San Patricios, a battalion of Irish soldiers who switched sides to fight for Mexico against the US invaders in the war of 1846-1848.
The six-time Grammy Award winners play at Limerick University on the 17th of November, Cappoquin Community Centre on the 20th, the Mermaid Theatre in Bray on the 21st and the Tullamore Court Hotel on Wednesday 24th November.
Tickets are €50 available from Cappoquin Community Centre 058 52746 and Lismore Heritage Centre 058 54975
All profit from the concert will go towards the Lismore Music Festival.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Open Evening at Lismore Heritage Centre a Resounding Success
Lismore Heritage Centre’s Courthouse Theatre was filled to capacity on Friday 10th September as locals and visitors gathered for the Centre’s open evening.
Lismore Mochuda Development Company, Waterford Garden Trail, Lismore Adult Education Centre and the town’s Foróige, Golf and GAA clubs, choir and Tidy Towns Committee all hosted tables at the event. Mr Frank Curran, Chairman of Lismore Heritage Company, praised the spirit of cooperation that brought so many local groups together.
The Heritage Centre’s main objective, according to Mr Curran, remains attracting visitors to Lismore to benefit the local economy as a whole.
The chairman praised a number of new enterprises launched by the Heritage Centre in recent months believing that this is why Lismore Heritage Centre “is currently bucking the national trend which is reporting that tourist figures are down by over 20% in the first six months of this year. I am pleased to state that visitors to the Heritage Centre have increased by approximately 30% to the end of August.”
The County Manager, Mr Ray O’Dwyer, reminded the crowd that the open evening was part of a nationwide event; Community Celebration Day, a day designed to highlight the valuable work of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. The government funding which is invaluable to enterprises such as the Heritage Centre suffered huge cuts in last year’s budget. While Mr O’Dwyer acknowledged the stringent economic climate he insisted that the services and employment provided by Community Services Projects across Waterford are crucial. He pointed to the Heritage Centre’s services to the locality; providing a facility for performance, operating a box office service, marketing the town and its attractions both nationally and internationally and providing administrative support for events and festivals in the area. Mr O’Dwyer affirmed Waterford County Council’s on-going support of the Centre. He described the Heritage Centre as a “catalyst which will continue to stimulate economic growth through it various activities”
There was entertainment on the night by The Booley House musicians, dancers and singers who presented a medley from their ever-popular summer show. Proving that in Lismore the past is truly always present Lismore Dramatic Society donned period gowns and doublet and hose to bring some of the town’s formidable historical sons (and daughters!) to life. Delicious lamb skewers, seafood chowder and O'Flynns’ sausages served by Noel and Annemarie Costello of the Brideview Bar and A Taste of West Waterford kept the crowd well nourished.
Mealla Fahey, on behalf of the management and staff of the Heritage Centre, extends her sincerest thanks to all the individuals and groups who contributed to the success of Friday evening describing it as “a wonderful occasion for the Heritage Centre and for the town.”
Lismore Mochuda Development Company, Waterford Garden Trail, Lismore Adult Education Centre and the town’s Foróige, Golf and GAA clubs, choir and Tidy Towns Committee all hosted tables at the event. Mr Frank Curran, Chairman of Lismore Heritage Company, praised the spirit of cooperation that brought so many local groups together.
The Heritage Centre’s main objective, according to Mr Curran, remains attracting visitors to Lismore to benefit the local economy as a whole.
The chairman praised a number of new enterprises launched by the Heritage Centre in recent months believing that this is why Lismore Heritage Centre “is currently bucking the national trend which is reporting that tourist figures are down by over 20% in the first six months of this year. I am pleased to state that visitors to the Heritage Centre have increased by approximately 30% to the end of August.”
The County Manager, Mr Ray O’Dwyer, reminded the crowd that the open evening was part of a nationwide event; Community Celebration Day, a day designed to highlight the valuable work of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. The government funding which is invaluable to enterprises such as the Heritage Centre suffered huge cuts in last year’s budget. While Mr O’Dwyer acknowledged the stringent economic climate he insisted that the services and employment provided by Community Services Projects across Waterford are crucial. He pointed to the Heritage Centre’s services to the locality; providing a facility for performance, operating a box office service, marketing the town and its attractions both nationally and internationally and providing administrative support for events and festivals in the area. Mr O’Dwyer affirmed Waterford County Council’s on-going support of the Centre. He described the Heritage Centre as a “catalyst which will continue to stimulate economic growth through it various activities”
There was entertainment on the night by The Booley House musicians, dancers and singers who presented a medley from their ever-popular summer show. Proving that in Lismore the past is truly always present Lismore Dramatic Society donned period gowns and doublet and hose to bring some of the town’s formidable historical sons (and daughters!) to life. Delicious lamb skewers, seafood chowder and O'Flynns’ sausages served by Noel and Annemarie Costello of the Brideview Bar and A Taste of West Waterford kept the crowd well nourished.
Mealla Fahey, on behalf of the management and staff of the Heritage Centre, extends her sincerest thanks to all the individuals and groups who contributed to the success of Friday evening describing it as “a wonderful occasion for the Heritage Centre and for the town.”
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Berlioz Concert in St Carthage's Cathedral
Berlioz' Les Nuits D'Ete will be performed in St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore this Friday 17th September 2010.
The French composer's song cycle will be presented by soprano,Sinead Ni Mhurchu and pianist, Antoinette Baker.
Les Nuits D'ete will be followed by a selection of Irish melodies.
The performance will begin at 8.00pm.
Donations on the door in aid of Cathedral Restoration and Christian Aid.
The French composer's song cycle will be presented by soprano,Sinead Ni Mhurchu and pianist, Antoinette Baker.
Les Nuits D'ete will be followed by a selection of Irish melodies.
The performance will begin at 8.00pm.
Donations on the door in aid of Cathedral Restoration and Christian Aid.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Ballysaggart Fun Ride
Fun Ride this Sunday (12th September 2010) from Ballysaggart Community Centre at 1.00pm. Horses and ponies wecome. Easy going 8 mile course. All funds in aid of Ballysaggart Community Development Group. Refreshments served. A great day out is expected. Entries taken on the morning.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Liam Lawton in St Carthage's Church this Sunday 12th September
Liam Lawton will appear with Lismore's Becky McCloskey in St Carthage's Church this Sunday 12th September at 8.00pm.
This is a special perfoemance by priest, composer and singer, Liam, who will present "Healing Song" his first collection of completely new songs in ten years.
Fr Lawton's music is described as "numinous and timeless and finds echoes in ages past with lyrics that are poetic."
Tickets (€20) are available from Cahill's Shop, Lismore. Hyland's Bookshop, Mitchelstown, Crees' Card Shop, Youghal and Ben O'Neill's, Dungarvan.
This is a special perfoemance by priest, composer and singer, Liam, who will present "Healing Song" his first collection of completely new songs in ten years.
Fr Lawton's music is described as "numinous and timeless and finds echoes in ages past with lyrics that are poetic."
Tickets (€20) are available from Cahill's Shop, Lismore. Hyland's Bookshop, Mitchelstown, Crees' Card Shop, Youghal and Ben O'Neill's, Dungarvan.
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