Tech Amergin - Imeachtaí/Events
Theatre
'On Raglan Road'
in association with Croft Productions
Written by Tom O'Brien
& based on the life of Patrick Kavanagh
Sunday 26th October 2008 at 8.30pm
On Raglan Road, explores Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh’s obsession with his muse and
inspiration, Hilda Moriarty. The play also details Kavanagh’s rivalry with another Irish writer of
the time, Brendan Behan who himself died in 1964.
Patrick Kavanagh was born in the village of Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, in 1904 and is now
regarded as Ireland’s most important poet after WB Yeats. The son of a shoemaker and small
farmer, he moved to Dublin in his mid thirties where he lived in poverty for most of his life, surviving
on handouts, the occasional bit of journalism, but mostly being supported by his younger brother, Peter.
On Raglan Road is a poem about his love affair with Hilda Moriarty, which was doomed from the start.
Always a controversial figure, he was hated as much as loved in Dublin, and his long-running
feud with Brendan Behan is well-chronicled.
Written by Waterford playwright Tom O’Brien, the play is full of pathos and is mixed with poetry and song.
The play is directed by John Dunne who has taken the essence of Kavanagh and placed him slap bang on stage.
Tickets: €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956
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Lunchtime Theatre
Call Back Theatre
presents
'Bonfire Night & Arsehammers'
Written by Claire Dowie
Performed by Cora Fenton
Directed by John Sheehy
Thursday 23rd October 2008 at 1.15pm
Claire Dowie is the inventor of Stand Up Theatre where the actor is talking directly to and interacting
with the audience. This 45 minute show, written by Claire Dowie, directed by John Sheehy and performed
by Cora Fenton, comprises a pair of deeply darkly comic gems: Bonfire Night, in which a daughter
takes her sweet revenge and Arsehammers, where a grandchild is sure that her grandfather's
strange disappearances reveal supernatural powers. The delivery is natural and conversational. It's very
funny: the subjects are serious but there is a wicked sense of humour underlying everything.
Both Bonfire Night and Arsehammers have characters who are perfectly ordinary and yet completely extraordinary.
Story telling with a difference and funny too!
Tickets: €8. Bookings on 066 9478956.
Lunch also available before the show.
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Play
'Catalpa'
written and performed by
Donal O' Kelly
with live music by
Trevor Knight
Saturday 18th October 2008 at 8.30pm
Catalpa is a story in the great epic tradition of Moby Dick and Gone With The Wind - with a passing
glance at The Great Escape. From New Bedford, USA to Fremantle, Australia, across the high
seas on the whaling ship Catalpa. Based on the true story of the daring rescue of six Irish prisoners
in 1875, Catalpa has reached legendary status in Irish theatre.
Catalpa is about heroes and visionaries, political intrigue and personal loyalty, with hot romance and
battles at sea. An epic adventure story, lyrical, passionate and very funny.
Catalpa has played all over the world – Kennedy Centre Washington, Victoria Arts Centre Melbourne,
Tricycle London, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Paris, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Geneva .. always
to enthusiastic audiences and rave reviews.
Scotsman Fringe First Award, Edinburgh
Best Event Award, Melbourne International Festival
Maximum four star rating, Washington Times
“A masterpiece ... searingly satirical, comic, tragic, profoundly sensitive” The Scotsman
Tickets: €20 (conc. €15). Bookings on 066 9478956
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Dance
Legitimate Bodies Dance Company
presents
'Touching Distance'
Wednesday 15th October 2008 at 8.30pm
“Touching Distance is an exciting and completely new dance work, featuring three highly skilled
dancers, Cristina Goletti, Aine Stapleton and Federica Esposito. It deals with touch between
human beings, as well as the dynamics within relationships. Touching Distance portrays real
people on stage in a dance work able to touch a wide audience. …Touching distance of our dreams
shared with the audience, of where we think we want to be. Allow this work to take you by surprise to
question why you might want to watch a dance performance. To laugh, to get to know each other, to
open up to your feelings, allow them to dance.”
Choreography: Nicholas Bryson
Dance: Aine Stapleton, Cristina Goletti, Federica Esposito
Music: Michael Fleming, Mo Benison
Tickets: €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956
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Traditional Music & Song
Binneas Trad Concert
Saturday 11th October 2008 at 8.30pm
Seamus Creagh and Aidan Coffey in concert. Local guests include Ardú, Tim Dennehy, and Sean Garvey.
Tickets: €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956
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Traditional Music & Song
Binneas
Iveragh in Music & Song - Uíbh Ráthach ag Ceol
Friday 10th October 2008 at 8.30pm
Concert with local singers and musicians performing the songs and tunes collected by the Binneas project to date.
Artists include Ardú, Sean Garvey, Tim Dennehy, Mc Cann sisters, Matt Joe O'Neill, and others.
Tickets: €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956
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Kerry International Chamber Music Festival
Saturday 4th October 2008 at 8.30pm
Featuring the Engêgard Quartet, Arvid Engêgard - violin, Atle Sponberg - violin,
Juliet Jopling - viola, Jan-Erik Gustafsson - cello. Also performing Catherine Bullock - viola,
Nonna Knuuttila - violin, Adrian Brendel - cello, Stella Pendrous - harpsichord, Annóg Theatre Group
and Eoín Duignan on uilleann pipes performing music by Beethoven, Vivaldi & a new
composition titled 'Stories from the Old World' by guest composer, David Flynn.
Tickets: €20 (conc. €15). Bookings on 066 9478956 or techamergin@eircom.net
see www.kicmf.ie
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National Poetry Day
Poetry Workshop
Thursday 2nd October 2008 at 10.00am - 1.00pm
with
Paddy Bushe
(Admission Free)
8.30pm
'The Noted Word: An Evening of Poetry & Music'
with poets
Gabriel Fitzmaurice & Paddy Bushe,
Wally Desmond (uilleann pipes) & Peter Sherborne (guitar)
Tickets €10 (conc. €8). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Theatre
ST. NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson
in association with
Richard Jordan Productions Ltd.
starring Peter Dineen
Wednesday 1st October 2008 at 8.30pm
St. Nicholas is the funny, chilling and supernatural solo tale of vampires and theatre critics.
A jaded theatre critic steps beyond the pale and falls for a beautiful young actress in one of the show's
he is reviewing. There follows a story of seduction, entrapment and blood which subsequently finds him
caught up in a coven of modern day vampires all living in south London.
Peter Dineen is one of the UK's leading Irish actors well known for his television appearances
in the hit comedy Father Ted. He is a seasoned McPherson actor appearing in The Weir both in
London and nationally. He has also worked with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain.
In the Druid Theatre he performed works by Martin McDonaugh and recently won critical acclaim
for his performance is Krapp’s Last Tape at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. His performance
as the jaded Dublin Critic in St. Nicholas received universal critical acclaim.
Born in Dublin in 1971, TONY Award nominee Conor McPherson is widely regarded as one of the
greatest playwrights of his generation "McPherson is already heir to the great Irish tradition of
absorbing tale-telling....he has a priceless narrative gift". (Michael Billington, The Guardian).
He is the Olivier and Tony award winning writer of The Weir, his other plays include Port
Authority, Shining City, Rum and Vodka, The Good Thief and Dublin Carol.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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A MUSIC NETWORK CONCERT
TRIOCCA
Ríona Ó Duinnín on flute, Nancy Johnson on viola
& Geraldine O'Doherty on harp with
leading Irish soprano Sylvia O'Brien
Sunday 28th September, 8.30pm
Triocca formed in 2003 and has since performed at various venues and events throughout Ireland.
In November 2003 they gave the première performance of an electronic work by Linda Buckley at
a recital in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. As a result of this performance, the late James Wilson
wrote a trio for them, which was premiered in 2006 at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Their
performances have been described as sensitive, colourful and balanced with beautiful
melodic playing and sensitive phrasing.
Sylvia O’Brien performed her operatic debut as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw with Opera Theatre
Company. Since then, her vocal and musical skills have earned her many prestigious
engagements both in Ireland and internationally.
She has performed with the English Touring Opera Company, Opera Ireland and
The National Symphony Orchestra, and has recorded the title role for
Wexford Opera Festival’s production of Martinu’s Mirandolina. As a soloist and member of the
National Chamber Choir she toured internationally, recorded and broadcasted on television and
radio. Highlights in 2008 to date include St. John's Passion with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, and
recitals with Seoirse Bodley and her works in the Hugh Lane Gallery.
Tickets €18 (conc. €15). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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A Night of Story & Music with
Seanachaí Batt Burns
&
Sean O'Dwyer on concertina
Wednesday 24th September 2008 at 8.30pm
As a youngster Batt Burns experienced the seanachaí (storyteller) tradition firsthand when
he lived with his grandfather in the Hills of County Kerry and heard him tell stories by the
fire during the harsh winter nights. Today Burns helps to preserve that Irish heritage with
haunting accounts of ghosts, great adventure stories, tales of heroes, farcical stories and witty jokes.
Traditional concertinist, Sean O’Dwyer, hails from the Beara peninsula in West Cork.
He belongs to a renowned family of traditional musicians, son of the late concertinist
Ella Mae who came from Athea in West Limerick.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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The Five Lamps Company
presents
THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Directed by Niamh Gleeson
Friday, 12th September 2008 at 8.30pm
"Welcome to Hell sweetheart". Evelyn Delaney arrives up from the country in the summer of 1963
to begin her working life in a suburban Dublin telephone exchange. Dublin, she feels, is terribly
different to Trim. Nora, Mags and Dympna have been working there for ages and seem very worldly.
But it's only a year before she can save enough to go back to live in Trim to marry the man of her dreams.
A shared obsession with the gorgeous JFK brings the four women closer and soon they discover,
hidden secrets won't stay hidden all summer.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Music & Dance
with
Members of The Kerry Orchestra
including traditional, classical, and jazz music.
Friday, 17th August 2008 at 8.30pm
Tickets €10. Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Jazz & Folk
Clare Horgan
in concert with singer/songwriter
Paul Buckley
Sunday 10th August at 8.30pm
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Elizabeth Rose performs her New York show,
"If You Want Me, You Can Have Me Right Now!"
in Tech Amergin Arts Centre
Sunday 3rd August, 2008 at 8.30pm
"If You Want Me, You Can Have Me Right Now!" chronicles the life of a performing songwriter,
the obstacles (often hilarious) to getting one’s voice heard and the ultimate triumph of
the spirit. With book, music and lyrics by Rose, it features18 original songs, covering
styles from opera to hip hop and everything in-between.
A June 2008 reading of the show at The Cherry Lane Theatre (NY’s first Off-Broadway theatre),
in Greenwich Village elicited raves such as: “Carole King on steroids” and “Yo, 'betty'...you are one multitalented mf".
A native New Yorker, Elizabeth’s most recent cd, “Sleep Naked” has received excellent reviews and
international airplay. Labeled “a wicked-smart contemporary singer/songwriter,” reviewers
note “Bonnie Raitt meets Cole Porter”. “Sleep Naked” features a backing band of New York
session musicians who have played with Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra,
Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney to name a few.
Loosely based on Rose’s life, the show at Tech Amergin follows the life of a girl raised in a competitive
musical family in New York City. She escapes with her young husband to the Midwest where she
drops out of law school to join a rock band, get arrested in a Vietnam demonstration, divorces, flees
to Woodstock, teaches hyper-active kids in a New York City high school and finally finds
her voice as she quits her last ‘straight’ job.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Percentage of proceeds will go towards Lesotho.
Bookings on 066 9478956.
Further information available on www.elizabethrosemusic.com
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EBLANA TRIO
ACCLAIMED IRISH PIANIST VERONICA McSWINEY
IN CONCERT WITH VIOLINIST AISLING O’DEA
AND CELLIST JULIA GRAHAM
Friday 1st August, 2008 at 8.30pm
The EBLANA ENSEMBLE was formed in 2002 when Veronica McSwiney, one of Ireland’s most successful pianists, returned to live in her native Dublin. Until then, her main career was that of soloist. She performed worldwide for many years both as solo-recitalist and guest artist with many famous Symphony Orchestras, including our own N.S.O, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Boston Symphony to name but a few. There is a wealth of wonderful Chamber Music which she was very keen to perform, and she set about contacting musicians both from Ireland and abroad with whom she was keen to perform. The Ensemble can consist of as many musicians as the programme or repertoire to be performed requires. In this particular instance it is a TRIO and this is her particular favourite group.
AISLING O’DEA is also Veronica’s daughter. Her violin studies commenced in the UK . She was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy in London. She was awarded many prizes during her student days, and in 1994 she was the winner of the String Section in RTE’s “Young Musician of the Future”. After further studies in Berlin she became a much sought after violinist in Chamber groups in Germany, and eventually she accepted a position with the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra. However her real love was always Chamber Music and in 2007 she was appointed to the famous Scottish Chamber Orchestra and now resides in Edinburgh. Aisling has performed as soloist with our National Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra’s in Germany on many occasions.
The cellist is JULIA GRAHAM. Julia is a very talented cellist who was appointed straight from her studies in the R.A.M. in London to the position of asst-principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Aisling and Julia were friends and students together in London, and during their student days they played regularly in chamber groups. As such, they were awarded many prizes including the coveted Harold Craxton Prize in London. Julia, like Aisling, always favoured the Chamber repertoire, and decided to become a free-lance cellist rather than a member of a Symphony Orchestra. She plays with various groups throughout the UK in Recital and Radio recordings. These two musicians have a beautiful blend of sound, which is such a vital ingredient in the performance of Chamber Music. They think as one!
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Music & Dance
with
Members of The Kerry Orchestra
including traditional, classical, and jazz music.
Friday, 25th July 2008 at 8.30pm
Tickets €10. Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Exhibition
Solo Piano Recital
Endre Hegedus
Tuesday, 22nd July & Tuesday 29th July, 2008 at 8.30pm
The passionate Hungarian pianist and prize winner of ten international piano competitions,
Endre Hegedus, performs romantic masterpieces by Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt in Waterville. This summer attendance will be his third appearance in Kerry. He had already two unforgettable recitals in Muckross House, Killarney. Hegedus' exceptional live performances distinguish him as a master of tonal beauty and clarity. International critics and audiences alike have hailed him as one of the most prominent piano soloist in the world.
Tickets €20 (conc. €15). Bookings on 066 9478956.
Further information available on www.listen-to-music-in-ireland.com
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“Shores of Waterville”
by
Yvonne North Moorhouse
Official opening by Michael Healy-Rae
Friday, 18th July 2008 at 8.00pm
(The exhibition will run from the 14th July to the 5th August)
Yvonne North Moorhouse’s art practice crosses the boundaries between new and traditional
art forms using; digital photography and image manipulation, collage and mixed media.
Ideas are explored through various digital and paper media, creating work which is
atmospheric and contemplative, evoking a place or moment in time. Seashore, lakeside,
and riverbank in the Waterville area are represented in a horizontal format; rather like a
narrow window through which one can view distant and remembered landscapes. The
theme of the work is the manifold nuances of water: light and shade, depths and shallows, ripples and reflections.
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Concert
Luka Bloom
Wednesday, 16th July 2008 at 8.30pm
Having tread the boards of stages all over the globe, 36 years of craft honing has given Luka Bloom
from Newbridge a place on the music map. Like many Irish families then and indeed today Luka
comes from a family of singers and writers first going on tour with older brother, Christy Moore, in
1969. It was a tour of English folk clubs and he was fourteen years of age. That was a long time
ago. Turning 50 in 2005, Luka has brought his songs to clubs, theatres, fesitivals, bars, arenas
and dives all over the world. From McGanns in Boston to The Tivoli in Brisbane to Red Hot Club in Newbridge.
Bloom released his album Innocence in 2005. Many of the songs feature a new found interest in Eastern
European gypsy music and other World music. In his previous work, he relied on steel-stringed guitars that
created his distinctive style. His aubergine and yellow guitars were often introduced by name at gigs. The
album features a more classical guitar and the resonant plucking associated with that style of instrument.
In 2007 he released Tribe, a collaboration with County Clare musician Simon O Reilly, with O Reilly
composing the music and sending the recordings to Luka for him to complete with lyrics and singing.
A DVD entitled "The Man is Alive" was released on February 20, 2008. It features concerts filmed in Dublin
and at his home in Kildare, a question and answer session with fans, the documentary "My Name is
Luka", and a CD of music culled from the two performances.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Trad Concert
Kevin Burke with Cal Scott
Friday, 11th July 2008 at 8.30pm
Kevin Burke and his highly fluid and ornamented Sligo-style of fiddle is easily one of the most recognizable
talents in Irish music today. From his early days with the ground-breaking and now legendary Bothy Band
in the mid-70s to his tours with the Irish supergroup Patrick Street and the Celtic Fiddle Festival, Kevin Burke is
widely respected as both an ensemble player and a dynamic solo performer.
Multi-instrumentalist Cal Scott has been playing a variety of music for years, everything from folk to
jazz, on bass, brass and guitar, to name a few. He has honed that musicianship into a career as a
composer, arranger and producer. With extensive film and television scores to his credit as well as
his own CDs, Cal brings a seasoned and complementary aesthetic to his accompaniment with
Burke. He frequently sings his own songs when performing a show with Burke.
This is a duo of incredible musical depth. "
Tickets €15 (conc. €10). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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Taispeántas Ealaíne / Art Exhibition
‘Letsatsi la Boroa’
‘Southern Sun – Grian an Deiscirt’
Paintings & Drawings by
Meshu Mokitimi
(The exhibition will run from the 21st June to the 10thJuly)
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Féile na Greine/Solstice Arts Festival
21ú - 23ú Meitheamh/June 2008
A solstice arts festival, in one of the most beautiful places in Ireland; how better
could you celebrate midsummer? Tech Amergin, Waterville’s thriving new arts
centre will host a variety of performances, readings, exhibitions and children’s
events to suit all tastes.
Music, song, dance, theatre, street theatre, painting and
poetry will be on offer, from local,
national and international artists. Add to this workshops
in singing, salsa dancing, digital photography, black and white photography, sea-in-landscape
painting, glass painting, jewellery and poetry, and you get a programme that will be great fun for all.
You will hear English, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Basotho and whatever other language you choose
to bring along. It all ends with the traditional bonfire, dancing and singing on St.
John’s Eve. For more information please visit
Féile na Greine 2008 Festival images
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A SUMMER CONCERT
presented by
The South Kerry Rosen Choir
Saturday 7th June 2008 at 8.30pm
Back by popular demand, The South Kerry Rosen Choir, under the direction of Veronica Shanahan-Whitehead
with Gordon Smith and other guests will sing in concert in Tech Amergin Arts Centre in Waterville.
Tickets €10 (conc €8). Bookings on 066 9478956.
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CAR BOOT AND TABLE TOP SALE
Sunday 1st June 2008 , 12.00noon - 3.00pm
Open for sellers from 10.30am. €10 per car or table. Free entry for buyers.
Sell your unwanted items or see what you can buy. Refreshments. Country Market, Books, & Cakes.
All funds raised will be used for the Lesotho project.
Further details on 066 9478637 or 087 2847833.
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ACCLAIMED IRISH CELLIST
GERALD PEREGRINE
IN CONCERT PROMOTING HIS DEBUT ALBUM
'HEAVENLY'
Sunday 25th May, 8.30pm
‘Gerald Peregrine plays the cello as if born to it’ -the Irish Times
Gerald Peregrine is one of Irelands leading young musicians. The youngest member of a well known Irish musical family, his mother is the violinist Sheila O’ Grady, his uncle the late great tenor Frank Patterson. Gerald began studying violin at the age of 3, but quickly fell in love with the cello at the age of 6.
The programme for the tour will feature tracks from Gerald’s album ‘Heavenly’, released in September 2007. The CD recorded in 2006 features popular songs arranged for cello and ensemble, by acclaimed Irish Arranger Joe Csibi. The concerts will feature tracks from the album, alongside popular virtuoso works from the standard cello repertoire.
Gerald will be accompanied on piano by well known Irish pianist Brian Connor, a former Musical Director of Riverdance.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10).
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Dochas Drama Group
Dóchas Chill Airne Teo
presents
Three Short Plays
Saturday 10th May, 8.30pm
In John B. Keane’s ‘The Spraying of John O’Dorey’ the main character finds himself in court for crimes against future generations in a play which takes a swipe at the law, the enthusiastic environmentalist do-gooder and the nanny state. We fear for him as the evidence piles up against him. Keane, writing in 1972, suggests presciently that we should fear for ourselves too.
The piece ‘Whose Face Do You See’ is an adaptation of a short story by Melvin Burgess (adapted for stage by Jana Poller, a member of the group). While there’s life, there’s hope – but hope can be cruel. We share in the mother’s struggle to persist or resign and we empathise with the anguish and power of a mother’s love to resurrect the face in the mirror.
‘Pilgrims’ Chorus’ is concerned with the fate of Faust in his quest for the true essence of life.
The cast members and crew are as diverse as the pieces being performed with participants from Ireland, Canada, Hungary, Germany, Holland and England
Tickets €10 (conc. €8).
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The Godot Company
presents
BECKETT'S OUTBURSTS
with John Calder,
Michael Howarth, Peter Pacey & Oengus MacNamara
Sunday 27th April, 8.30pm
“an often darkly funny series of dramatic and comic scenes taken from Samuel Beckett’s
novels which focus on comic and obsessive moments, many of them uniquely and characteristically Irish.”
Although best known for his plays, Samuel Beckett is also one of the funniest, wisest and most entertaining of Irish Novelists. This theatrical presentation taken from Watt and other fictional works, seen all over Britain and in Europe is now making it ’s first Irish Tour!
Tickets €15 (conc. €10).
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Photographic Exhibition
'In Search of Music...Cuba'
A display of photographs and a film/slide show with live recordings
made in April 2007, Cuba, by Karaollien Verheyen.
From 21st April until 9th May
This exhibition forms part of
'South West Kerry Samba Day' on the 3rd of May.
Programme includes a Samba workshop at 11am
in Tech Amergin (limited spaces available) followed by
open-air performances, between 5pm - 7pm, in front of Cahirciveen Community Resource Centre.
Tickets for Samba workshop €15.
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AWARD WINNING IRISH PIANIST FINGHIN COLLINS
IN CONCERT WITH
CZECH CELLIST CHRISTIAN BENDA
(A Music Network concert)
Thursday 13th March, 8.30pm
"Finghin Collins makes the piano sound like a good wine - a delicate and crisp body interspersed with aromatic zesty accents. Collins’ style involves sound, sound and sound...”
Evi Arujärv, Postimees, Estonia
This concert, one of a short series, will feature works by Brahms, Debussy and Franck, and is the result of a performance by Finghin Collins with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in November 2007 in Milan. The conductor of the orchestra, Christian Benda, was invited by Finghin to Ireland to perform a short series of piano/cello recitals to extend the new relationship and provide a vehicle for artistic exchange.
Since winning first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 1999, Dublin-born pianist Finghin Collins has developed a flourishing international career that has taken him all around Europe and the USA, and as far as Hong Kong, where he made his début with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in June 2006. In 2006 he also made his début at the Lincoln Centre in New York, and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
Leonard Slatkin in London.
Conductor, cellist and composer Christian Benda is a descendant of the Czech Benda composers’ dynasty of the 18th century and a member of the longest family of musicians in music history. He received his professional training within his family where the musical tradition was maintained without interruption through three centuries.
Benda has performed extensively in Europe in music venues and festivals. He has also made numerous TV productions for television networks throughout the world. A passionate supporter of vocal repertoire, Christian Benda conducts vocalists such as Barbara Hendricks, Cheryl Studer, Simon Estes, and Renee Fleming. He has performed with Lazar Berman, Paul Badura-Skoda, Michel Béroff, Till Fellner, François-René Duchâble, Michaïl Rudy, Cristina Ortiz, Josef Suk, Vladimir Spivakov with whom he performed on the cello Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, Pierre Amoyal, Bruno Giuranna, Paul Tortelier, Boris Pergamenschikow and the actress Andrea Jonasson.
This concert is promoted by Tech Amergin and Music Network. Music Network is funded by The Arts Council.
Tickets €15 (conc. €10)
Bookings on (066) 947 8956 or techamergin@eircom.net
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THEATRE
“Oh, Whistle…”
Two ghost stories by M R James
performed by R M Lloyd Parry
Sunday 2nd March, 8.30pm
Over a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. Following his critically acclaimed one-man show A Pleasing Terror… Robert Lloyd Parry brings two more of James’ classic spine-chillers back to life.
Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad – a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – is considered by many to be author’s masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented here by The Ash Tree, a story of witchcraft and vengeance
down the generations.
Lloyd Parry is always absorbing, and catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality
The Times
A pleasing reminder that the spoken word can be as chilling as anything in the cinema
The Daily Mail
Remarkable. Lloyd Parry is a natural storyteller…
The Stage
Tickets €15 (conc. €10)
Bookings on (066) 947 8956 or techamergin@eircom.net
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Family Puppet Spring Show
'The Nature of Celebrity'
by Seán Ó Laoghaire
Sunday 24th February, 3.00pm
For 2008, Glitter na Gig is proud to present its most involved episode yet. Pollution has persuaded Winter to take a holiday. But, it this for the common good? Has he an alternative motive?
The maestro of media "Timmy Telly" is taking Spring away, for a make over. With the seasons missing and children of green running the show. What is going to happen? Will mother Nature wake up in time?
Will she wake up at all? What is Henry up to, only you can find out!
A family show with a difference, fun for everyone!
Do 2008, tá áthas ag Glitter na Gig a eachtra is suantasí a chur os bhur gcomhair. Tá Truailliú tar éis é a chur ina luí ag an nGeimhreadh saoirse a thógaint. Ach an é do mhaitheas na tíre? Nó an bhfuil cúis eile agie? Tá Timmy Telly, saoi na meanchumarsáide ag tógaint an Earraigh ó bhaile i gcomhair néaróg aghaidh! Leis na séasúir in easnamh agus na páistí santacha i mbun stiúradh, cad a tharlóidh? An nduiseoidh Máthair an Earraigh? An nduiseoidh sí ar chor ar bith? Cad tá á dhéanamh ag Henry, nil le deanamh ach dul chun fáíl amach! Seó éagsúil teaghlaigh, spórt agus spraoi do gach éinne.
Tickets €5. Family ticket €8.
Bookings on (066) 947 8956 or techamergin@eircom.net
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Double Book Launch
followed by a theatrical performance of
'Dylan Thomas: Return Journey'
Sunday 17th February at 7.30pm
Paddy Bushe an ex-teacher of Waterville Vocational School 'The Tech' will launch his
new book, of new & selected poems in both English and Irish, 'To Ring in Silence' on
Sunday 17th February in Tech Amergin at 7.30pm.
The second book to be launched is by Mike Sheehan, an ex-student and pupil of Paddy Bushe.
Mike is a native of South-West Kerry and after finishing school in Waterville he went on to
study at Milltown Institute of Technolgy in Dublin.
This is his first book - a philosophical journey questioning reality, living & dying.
Following the book launch:
'Dylan Thomas: Return Journey'
From the poetry and prose of Dylan Thomas
With Bob Kingdom as Dylan Thomas
Original Direction by Anthony Hopkins
Sunday 17th February, 8.30pm
Dylan Thomas: Return Journey recreates Thomas’s last great lecture tour enroute to the
White Horse Tavern providing its audience the opportunity to be moved by the power of Dylan Thomas’s words
through Bob Kingdom’s tour-de-force performance.
This critically acclaimed production which has been seen throughout the world including
two sell out London seasons, Off-Broadway and across America.
Tickets €12 (conc. €10)
Bookings on (066) 947 8956 or techamergin@eircom.net
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Ensemble Avalon
(A Music Network concert)
Wednesday 6th February, 8.30pm
Ensemble Avalon is a fresh and dynamic piano trio featuring three of Ireland's finest internationally
accomplished soloists and chamber musicians
Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Gerald Peregrine (cello) and Michael McHale (piano).
With a programme including Haydn, Bax, Beethoven and Bernstein, this concert
series is not to be missed.
Since their inaugural concert together in 2006, Ensemble Avalon have enjoyed a number of successes including two critically acclaimed concert tours, a performance in Italy and a full concert broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM. Hailing from both north and south of the border, Ensemble Avalon come together to explore and perform a diverse programme of existing and new piano trio works in concert. The trio has recently completed a very successful series of concerts at the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin entitled, 'An American and Paris', which presented a contrasting selection of French and American piano trios. Their next project is the Avalon Winter Chamber Festival 2008, themed 'Beethoven and Bax' and will feature highlights from both composers alongside chamber classics and will include collaborations with guest artists from Ireland and abroad.
This concert is promoted by Music Network and Tech Amergin.
Music Network concerts provide a wonderful opportunity to see some of the world’s foremost music ensembles at affordable prices in venues around Ireland and is funded by the Arts Council.
Tickets €15 (€10 conc.)
Bookings on (066) 947 8956 or techamergin@eircom.net
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Are You Listening?
Friends of Lesotho
Photographic image by Eileen O'Leary ©
Gala 2008 Pub Quiz
(with some painless information about where your money
has gone, and why more is needed)
Waterville Inn
Friday, 11th January at 8.30pm
Raffles! Auctions! Surprises!
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MUSICAL
La Bodi
Sunday 16th December at 8.30pm.
A witty, whacky one woman musical romp, where unforgettable characters explore such
matters as Marriage, Money and Madness. Priscella Donovan is La Bodi, she has been
described as having the versatility of Maureen Potter and the passion of Edith Piaf.
Produced & Directed by Padraig Dennehy.
Fee €15 (conc. €12).
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CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
with The South Kerry Rosen Choir
in Tech Amergin, Thursday 13th December at 8.30pm.
The South Kerry Rosen Choir under the direction of Veronica Shanahan-Whitehead
with Emma Louise Plain of the Welsh Opera Company and other guests
will sing in concert, old and new carols, in Tech Amergin Arts Centre in Waterville.
Admission 10 Euro.
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FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
Wednesday 12th December at 2.00pm
in aid of
THE CARERS ASSOCIATION KERRY.
Fear a Tí don ócáid
An Amhránaí Cáiliúla
Seán Bán Breathnach Aka Sbb
Aíonna Speisialta
Johnny & Margaret
Bígí Linn agus scaoil amach an bobailín
Tickets €5 each or book of 11 for €50
Tá an crannchur seo eagraithe ag Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uíbh Rathaigh i gcomhar leis an 'Carers Association'.
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FLOWER ARRANGING
with Ann Crowley, 'All About Flowers', Killorglin.
Tuesday 11th December, 8.00 - 10.00pm.
Admission €10.
Proceeds in aid of The Children's Leukemia Association.
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Christmas Craft Fair
Sunday, 9th December, 11am to 4pm
Don’t miss this chance to buy all your Christmas presents and maybe something for yourself as well!
20 stalls selling locally made crafts and local produce.
Items for sale will include Christmas decorations, Christmas cakes, knitted and woven goods, prints and pictures, cards, paintings, ceramics, bread and cheese, hemp garments, candles, stained glass, jewellery, honey and much more.
Children’s activities, refreshments available on the day.
The Craft Fair is being run by Waterville Friends of Lesotho in aid of their project in Lesotho.
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Theatre
'Orange Flower Water'
by Craig Wright
Sunday, 9th December at 8.30pm.
Such is the interest in this compelling and challenging must-see show that managements from Ireland and the U.K. will be visiting the production on its visit to the Kingdom with a view to booking it onto the international circuit.
Don’t be misled by the healthy ‘feel good’ sounding title – this amazing play by the Pulitzer Prize nominated Los Angeles-based writer and producer of “Lost”, “Six Feet Under”, “Brothers and Sisters” & “Dirty Sexy Money”, Craig Wright, packs punch after punch of devastating and hilarious confrontations between the four characters trying to make sense of the nightmare they have created in their lives.
Brad and Beth, Cathy and David are two happily married couples with young families – but then the demons of extra-marital sexual attraction begin to wreak havoc – who or what survives has spell-bound audiences wherever this dazzling production by Riff Raff Theatre has appeared.
The cast are four of the busiest actors in the business. The last twelve months they have been working non-stop on feature films, t.v. series and stage plays and with film festivals and premieres coming up over the next few months it is only a matter of time before one or all of them become household names.
Laura Way’s electrifying role as Emer Ryan in “The Clinic” is to be followed shortly with a major new RTE series “Fit”. Amy Hastings has featured recently in “The Tudors” and is currently shooting a new feature film in Galway.
Steve Gunn appears regularly on television but his recent work on “Anton” and “Hand-held” marks him out as a young Dublin actor with great screen presence and a great future. Both films are due for release in the new year.
Tim Dillard is an American actor based on this side of the Atlantic. He brings to every performance an intelligence and physicality which has him in constant demand – in the last twelve months alone he has completed or is due to shoot Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto”, “Speed-Dating”, “City of Embers” (with Bill Murray and rising star Saoirse Ronan) and “Body of Lies”, directed by Ridley Scott with Leonardo di Caprio and Russell Crowe.
Directed by Michael Way.
Tickets 15euro (conc. 12euro).
Booking on 066 9478956 or techamergin@eircom.net
The Open Door Network
Conference
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
THE CRIME, CONTEXT AND CONCERNS
in Tech Amergin, Monday 3rd December at 7.30pm
Alongside the conference we are pleased to present:
'In Her Shoes'
This is a moving and thought provoking exhibitionof 139 pairs of shoes
representing the number of women who have died violently in Ireland since 1996.
The exhibition will be officially opened in Siamsa Tíre on Monday the 19th November
by Mirriam McGillicuddy and will be launched on the road during the seminar on
Friday the 23rd November by Miriam O'Callaghan.
The exhibition will then travel to two rural areas of Kerry,
first to St. James Church in Dingle from Sunday the 25th to 28th November and then
to Tech Amergin in Waterville from Monday the 3rd to the 6th of December.
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Theatre
'One Night Stan'
Sunday, 11th November at 8.30pm
Plymouth 1954.
Minutes before curtain-up, Stan Laurel sits backstage – but where is his partner?
Is this the end of Laurel & Hardy?
Pondering his future, Stan revisits memories of his father, Chaplin, and his younger self.
Will the show go on?
( A one man show inspired by real events)
Tickets €15 (concs. €12). Booking on 066 9478956.
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Traditional Concert
with Mary McPartlan, Tommy Peoples and Tom Moore
Friday 9th November at 8.30pm.
The Arts Council touring experiment..
‘Dark Horse On The Wind’ is one of the Traditional Arts tours, featuring Mary Mc Partlan, Tommy Peoples and Tom Moore. This tour will bring together all aspects and delicate intricacies of traditional music and song. These artists will collaborate not only in their shared histories and interpretations of music and song but will bring with them their widely celebrated unique styles. The artists featured are no strangers to the eyes and ears of traditional music and song lovers and each have award winning albums and special recognition for projects and performances in recent years.
Tickets €15 (concs. €12). Booking on 066 9478956.
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Fetac Presentation Night
Wednesday, 7th November at 7.00pm
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Kerry Film Festival
As part of the Film Festival Tech Amergin will screen selected shorts on
Saturday 3rd November at 7.30pm. Tickets €5.
FRANKIE Ireland 2007 12 mins DVD, 35 mm Colour
Frankie is 15 and preparing for fatherhood he is determined to be the best dad ever, but as his day goes on, he starts to realize how impossible this will be for him. Writer/Director - Darren Thornton
A STRANGE REQUEST Ireland 2007 4mins 25secs DigiBeta Colour
A patient lies helpless in an errie hospital. He asks the cleaning lady for some help. This strange request has unforeseen consequences. Director - Maurice O’Carroll
BLIND EYE Ireland 2007 12 mins 16 sec DVD Colour
Sabina Wisniak, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany packs her case while downstairs in the hallway, an Irish immigration official is waiting to deport her. She makes a moving, last minute appeal to the immigration official, but he remains heartless and escorts her away to the mail boat while Sabina hopes for some trace of compassion. Director - Damien de Burca
BRIGHT IDEA Ireland 2007 5mins 37sec DVD Colour
A group of bored medical students occupy their time with silly games and dares, however they are about to realise that some ideas are not so bright... Director - Vincent Gallagher
NEW BOY Ireland 2007 10mins 52sec DVD Colour
Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle this poignant and comedic short film deftly captures the experience of being the new boy in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy. Writer/Director - Steph Green
THE END IS NIGHT Ireland 2007 4mins 35mm Colour
When a farmer discovers an ancient amulet with the power to destroy the world, he does what any of us would do…
Director/Writer - James Cotter
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Ireland 2007 4mins 20sec DVD, Mini DV Colour
Wong, Lucy and Femi, three foreign workers in a shop are frequently subjected to underhanded racism by some of the customers. Jacinta is one of the main culprits. She had little patience for them when they first started working in the shop and has even less now as they repeatedly get her lunch order wrong. She is about to confront them after it happened again; the question is, are the workers going to sit back and take it?
Director - Sean Murray
THE VAUDEVILLIAN USA 2007 16mins DVD Colour
A ventriloquist's relationship with his dummy is strained after they lose their job with a traveling vaudeville act. The ventriloquist realizes he is able to scam farmers for money, much to the dummy's dismay, and loses his conscience so that he can continue.
Director - Bryan Nest
AN CREÁTUR Ireland 2007 19mins 35mm Colour
Uniquely spanning 15 years in as many scenes, “An Creátur” (“The Poor Creature”) tells the story of a young boy and a moment which changes his life forever. Writer/Director - Peter Foott
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Dance Workshops
with Catherine Young
Tuesday 30th October
(Dancer in Residence with Kerry County Council)
Catherine has worked closely with Siamsa Tire, the National Folk Theatre training their core company of dancers. She has also worked throughout the county with various schools and community groups sharing her skills and dance styles that span the range from contemporary/modern dance to Hip Hop, Jazz and African dance as well as yoga.
Further information 066 9478956
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Traditional song, dance and music with All-Ireland Champion Musicians
'Ard Cughainn'
on Saturday 27th October at 8.30pm
Ard Chughainn are a West Limerick based traditional group consisting of two
All Ireland Champion Musicians and local runner up all Ireland singer.
Tickets € 10 (conc € 8). Booking on 066 9478956
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Theatre - Shirley Valentine
by Willy Russell
Sunday, 14th October, 8.30pm
"No one thought she had the courage. The nerve. Or the lingerie"
You will rarely see a better solo performance than Nicola Hollinshead gives in this very funny,
beautifully observed and occasionally moving one-woman play by Willy Russell. (The Irish Mail on Sunday)
Shirley is a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, stuck in a rut. But when her best friend
wins an all expenses paid trip for two to Greece, she begins to see the world, and herself, in a very different light.
Brimming with forthright comedy and pithy observations, Willy Russell's landmark play about a
woman reclaiming her identity and self-confidence reflects many of the challenges of modern life in Ireland today.
Tickets €12 (conc. €10) Booking on 066 9478956.