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Comhaltas St. Patrick's Day Concert SOLD OUTBray Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann 16th March 2010 This special concert for St Patrick’s Festival promises to be a fantastic night of the very best of Traditional culture featuring musician’s singers and dancers from Bray and Roundwood branches of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Through the hard work and success of both Comhaltas ... (click to read more) Joseph O’Connor in conversation with Philip King A sell out event and highlight of the 2009 Cúirt Festival, Philip King leads an ‘in-conversation’ with writer Joseph O’Connor and explores the influence of Irish-American ballads in his recent fiction. Expect lots of chat, readings, reflections, rhymings, some songs and an insight or two along the way. Joseph O’Connor is especially renowned for his best-selling ... (click to read more) Book NowMicmacs (15A) Dany Boon plays the role of Bazil, a man who was orphaned as a youngster when his soldier father was killed by a roadside bomb. Now working in a video store and trying to find his place in the world, Bazil is hit by a stray bullet in a freak drive-by shooting incident. Emerging from hospital, he finds himself jobless and penniless, but good fortune appears in the form of an ex-con, Tire-Larigot. ... (click to read more) Book NowDepartures (CLUB) Daigo is a concert cellist, who undergoes a transformation following the death of his father and the dissolution of his Tokyo orchestra. Unemployed, he responds to an ad for a company called ‘Departures’, thinking it’s a travel agency, but discovers that the company caters to morticians who perform ‘encoffinments’—highly stylised and meticulous ceremonies to ... (click to read more) Membership Required (click here for details) Book NowMove Bray Institute of Further Education Dance presents Move, an eclectic and engaging production from the Encore Dance Company and the Extreme Dance Company. They will showcase a myriad of dance styles including Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Contemporary and Bollywood. Move guarantees to have you dancing in your seats, all the way home and for many days to come. Book NowA Long Journey Home (CLUB) International opera star Isabel Bayrakdarian travels for the first time to her ancestral homeland, Armenia. This documentary follows her on that poignant journey as she is honoured by the cultural and political leaders of the country. Filmed on location and recorded in surround sound, the film captures Ms. Bayrakdarian’s recitals of Armenian and classical repertoire as well as her ... (click to read more) Membership Required (click here for details) Book NowPonyo (G) This is a highly-creative take on Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid fable. Ponyo is a unique little fish who runs away from her sorcerer father’s underwater home and is found by Sosuke, who lives on the top of a cliff in a small seaside village. Ponyo’s love for Sosuke makes her want to become human, but her desires carry all sorts of risks, especially for the residents ... (click to read more) Book NowAriadne Daskalakis and Trio Vintage (US/Germany) Presented by Music Network this concert sees prize-winning violinist Ariadne Daskalakis go head-to-head with two of Germany’s foremost early music specialists: Markus Möllenbeck and Gerald Hambitzer. Daskalakis has been playing on period instruments since her time with the acclaimed Manon Quartet in the late 1990s. She has won many plaudits for her soulful playing, dazzling technique ... (click to read more) Book NowCurator’s Talk with Nora Hickey Mermaid’s Artistic Director, Nora Hickey will discuss the gallery exhibition Voices in the Landscape and ways in which artists have incorporated the voice into their work. Throughout 2010 there will be a strong focus on the power of the voice and its many means of expression through literature, theatre and the visual arts. Admission free but booking advised Image credit: Richard T ... (click to read more) Book NowA Brief Encounter (G) A British classic of such famous status that it barely needs an introduction. Directed by David Lean and adapted by Noel Coward from his own stage play, this is a poignant and beautifully crafted love story. Laura Jesson accidentally meets a man, Dr Alex Harvey, at a railway station. As their acquaintance grows, so does their love for each other despite both being married with children. On the ... (click to read more) Book NowTheatre & Dance Course Mon 29 Mar – Thu 1 April Keep those drama kings and queens occupied during the Easter holidays. Wonderland Productions, Mermaid’s Theatre Company in Residence presents a 4-day theatre course for budding performers. The course will be led by Wonderland’s Artistic Director, Alice Coghlan and choreographer Sara Jane Bloomer, and will offer participants the opportunity for ... (click to read more) Book NowMid August Lunch (CLUB) A middle-aged man lives with and looks after his elderly mother and unpaid bills pile up around him. As the traditional Italian holiday weekend of the 15 August approaches a solution to his monetary problems presents itself. His landlord, one of his friends and even his doctor each persuade him to let them dump their elderly relatives on him, so that he can accommodate them over the holiday ... (click to read more) Membership Required (click here for details) Book NowThis is the Moment- An Evening with Ross Scanlon & Friends You would a fool to miss Bray’s very own, Ross Scanlon, who comes to Mermaid for what promises to be a night of spectacular musical entertainment. Before he embarks on his move to the Royal Academy of Music in London, come hear Ireland’s most promising young Irish tenor singing songs such as This is the Moment, Nella Fantasia, La Donna e Mobile and Bring Him Home with the help of ... (click to read more) Book NowAlice and The White Rabbit Join Alice on her magical adventure as she chases the White rabbit back in time on a fantastic spiralling journey into Wonderland. Watch her change in size in this dream-like shadow adaptation inspired by the famous tale by Lewis Carroll. On her journey she meets the Cheshire Cat, a two-legged dragon and the March Hare at the medieval Mad Hatter's Tea party. But beware of the Queen of Hearts or ... (click to read more) Book NowPete Robbins’ Trans Atlantic Quartet Food, wine and exquisite jazz combine to create a very special cabaret-style atmosphere in Mermaid. New York’s Pete Robbins leads ‘an ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock’ (NY Times). His studio releases Waits and Measures and Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy were both named as Top-10 jazz releases in 2006 and 2008 respectively. For ... (click to read more) Book NowBrothers (15A) Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal) gets out of prison just as his doting, older, responsible sibling Sam (Tobey Maguire) is shipping out for Afghanistan. When the latter crash lands and is taken hostage by the Taliban, his devastated 'widow' (the divine Ms. Portman) takes solace in an increasingly housebroken Tommy who steps in to help out with some DIY and the kids. Army dad Sam Shepard looks on, ... (click to read more) Book NowLittle Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman is a standard favourite among botanists and theatre practitioners alike, offering a good dose of black comedy, toe tapping tunes and a hearty dose of moral excavation. This beautifully presented cult classic of musical theatre has it all: song, dance, an astounding array of local talent and even a bloody thirsty plant! ... (click to read more) Book NowNowhere Boy (15A) Liverpool 1955 and 15-year-old John Lennon is a teenager hungry for experience. Since the age of five he has been brought up by his Aunt Mimi, who seems to be the epitome of respectability. John is a bit of a rebel though, and when he meets his mother Julia, he forms an instant bond with her. Their reconnection provokes a great deal of friction between the two women, with John caught in the ... (click to read more) Book NowA Woman Of No Importance - A Comedy by Oscar Wilde Square One presents Wilde’s second comedy from 1893 directed by Terry O’Neill. It is scathing of English upper class society in the 1890s, utterly decadent and hilariously funny. A woman's past comes back to haunt her when the man who left her with a child becomes the potential employer of their son. The sexes battle it out wittily. You will hear many of Wilde’s wicked comments ... (click to read more) Book NowTreeless Mountain (G) A delicate, measured, and visually rich story of two little girls forced to navigate life on their own. Their loving but weak mother goes off to search for their father and thrusts the girls on their aunt. ‘Big Auntie’ drinks too much and sometimes forgets to care for the girls. Little sister Bin is unaware of their plight and flutters around in her princess gown. Older sister Jin is ... (click to read more) Book Now
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