March at Draiocht
Venue: Draiocht:
From: 13-03-2009 Until: 31-03-2009
This March at Draiocht offers you the opportunity to see a great line up and variety of events.
Tango Concert Show
TangoIreland Company - Fri 13 Mar, 8pm Tango Concert Show
Sensuous and sophisticated, the tango inhabits a world where everything can be said with the flick of a leg, the tug of a hand or the tap of a foot. In the expert hands of creator and director Monina Paz, this production traces the colourful history of the Tango, the music, the dance, the passion, the fire and the charm. Full of lust and aggressiveness the Tango has become synonymous with desire and sexual instincts. Performed by the Tango Tinto Orchestra from Argentina.
Tickets: €18/€16 conc
Mystic Rhythm
Bolton School of Irish Dancing - Sat 14 Mar at 2pm & 8pm - SOLD OUT Mystic Rhythm
Don’t miss this entertaining programme of traditional and modern Irish dance and music performed by children and young adults who range in age from 4-20 years. Past performances have included large school concerts and shows in the Rupert Guinness Theatre, as well as performing in Draíocht in 2003 and 2006. The group’s lead dancers have also performed in America, Poland, the UK, in Irish cabarets and shows, and have competed to the highest level at the Dublin and Leinster Championships and All Ireland and International Irish Dancing Championships.
Tickets: €18/€16 conc
The Legend of Luke Kelly
Thurs 19 & Fri 20 Mar, 8pm The Legend of Luke Kelly
In 1984 when Dubliners member Luke Kelly died, it wasn't just the end of an era; it was the end of the life of one of Ireland's greatest singers, performers and characters. 20 years after his death, his influence is still heard in singers of all ages. In 2001 a band formed to pay tribute to the king of balladeers in a show entitled ‘A Tribute to Luke Kelly’. Lead singer, Chris Kavanagh bears a remarkable resemblance to Luke while his singing talent captures the depth and passion of the great man.
Tickets: €18/€16 conc
SeaShoreShow
A show for all the family - Sat 21 & Sun 22 at 2pm & 4pm SeaShoreShow
Sound travels faster underwater! Multi-instrumentalists Nico Brown and Martin Brunsden invite families with children aged 4-12 to dive into the sea with them for a gently participatory hour of songs, games, stories … and quite possibly pirates! 'Seashoreshow' has been a huge hit with family audiences from Fair Head to Mizen Head, and Nico and Martin are just back from touring with this show in Australia.
Tickets: €8 Adults, €6 Children under 12
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Coolmine Drama Circle - Tues 24 to Sat 28 Mar, 8pm One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Randle Patrick McMurphy is a small time criminal with a plan. To avoid incarceration in a state prison he pretends to be insane. His deranged behaviour pays off and he is transferred to a mental institution. McMurphy is about to get more than he bargained for when he comes head to head with the staff nurse, the unyielding tyrant Nurse Ratched. At first McMurphy feels disdain for his fellow patients but soon his sense of injustice at the way they are being treated takes hold. It becomes a battle of wits between Ratched and McMurphy.
Tickets: €17/€15 conc
Angelo Kelly
Sat 28 Mar, 8.15pm - SOLD OUT Angelo Kelly
For a young man of just 26 years, Angelo Kelly has certainly travelled a lot. His music is heavily influenced by the many countries he’s lived in like Spain, France, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and the USA. This show features songs and stories about the people he has met along the way, the ups and downs and the funny moments he’s experienced. Fans of Angelo will know how busy he’s been during the last 2 years, having released 3 studio albums, 1 Live CD and 2 Live DVD’s, as well as touring back to back all over the world.
Tickets: €17
Showcase 2009
In aid of the Laura Lynn Hospice Foundation - Mon 30 Mar, 8pm Showcase 2009
VoiceWorks – a drama school established by Maeve O’Donoghue in Dublin 15 in 1978 – will showcase a term’s work in aid of The Laura Lynn Hospice. Sit back and enjoy a selection of dramatic extracts, poetry, mime, dance, drama and recitals presented by talented young people from 6 to 18 years and introduced and stage managed by senior Voiceworks students.
Tickets: €12
Children & Youth Arts
Family Days
Family Day: Collage - Sat 21 Mar Family DayDraíocht Galleries from 12-3pm.
Using Ross McDonnell’s exhibition as a starting point, our artists will help you create all kinds of collages, using colour to create pictures.
Family Day Notes:
No booking or fee necessary / Please wear old clothes/ These activities have been designed for children from 5-10 years, though younger and older siblings will be welcome to try their hand too / All children must be accompanied by an adult ... and all adults must be accompanied by a child.
Spréacha 2009
Fingal's International Arts Festival for Children - Mon 8 to Sun 14 June The Star Keeper
On sale Mon 30th March at 10am, all tickets just €5.
Spréacha is Draíocht's annual week long international arts festival for children aged 2 to 12 years. Each year companies from all over the world are invited to perform in Fingal to spark all our imaginations! Spréacha shows are perfect for school groups and families with events programmed in and out of school time.
A FREE full colour brochure of Spréacha events will be available from mid March, phone the box office on 01 885 2622 to get added to the special Spréacha Mailing List and get your brochure posted to you.
Visual Arts
Ground Floor Gallery
Ronan McCrea - New Town Centre Project (Extract #1) - 30 Jan to 4 April Ronan-McCreaNew Town Centre Project (Extract # 1) is a new work developed by Ronan McCrea and produced by Draíocht, in response to the very particular geography of the Blanchardstown Town Centre. Comprising of an installation of photographic slide projections and audio soundtracks the work explores the Blanchardstown Town Centre. The artist has also made an architectural intervention in the gallery, splitting the space in two. On one side of the wall is a darkened environment for the slide projections. On the other side of the wall an inaccessible empty space is created in the gallery, only visible through the windows from outside the building.
First Floor Gallery
Ross McDonnell - the new brilliant - 30 Jan to 4 April Ross McDonnellthe new brilliant is an exhibition of new paintings by Ross McDonnell. The title for this exhibition came from the name of a Chinese restaurant that the artist noticed while working in India earlier this year. Executed in the very traditional medium of oil on canvas, these paintings present somewhat obscured representations, partially legible through a layering of large cubist-like expanses of colour. McDonnell works in a forward and back motion by overpainting and erasing, creating works that seem to have several ghost-like layers of imagery, each one interrupting the next.
Artist in Residence
Mark Clare - Jan to June 09 Mark Clare
Mark Clare is an artist whose practice endeavours to register a world that is in constant flux. Mark pays attention to the things we accept as symbols of how we live and the times that we live in. Mixing elements of historical tradition and social trends, such as the world enthusiasm for ping pong in the 1970’s, monumental public sculpture in former communist states, and the contemporary prevalence of surveillance of public space through CCTV, Clare draws on such phenomena creating works which attempt to define the diversity that forms the human condition.
