How can we begin to connect the various histories of documentary film? What is the link between Nanook of the North in 1922 for example and a film like the Oscar winning Man on Wire from 2008? How can we link the world The Lumieres first put up on screen in 1895 when they pointed their camera at workers leaving a factory and the world of reality television we now inhabit? Film scholar Daniel ... (click to read more)

Mon 6 Feb @ 8pm €8 / 6.50   This cinematic masterpiece sees Tilda Swinton give a truly breathtaking performance as a mother torn apart by the conflicting emotions she feels for her son and his irredeemable actions. Based on the best-selling novel by Lionel Shriver about a couple and the psychological torture they endure with the arrival of their dysfunctional son, Kevin, British ... (click to read more)

Thu 9 Feb @ 8pm   €18/16 Bard, ethnographer, Irish language enthusiast, multi-instrumentalist, stylish singer-songwriter, hailed ‘the Voice of Cork’, Jimmy Crowley has been a central figure in the Irish folk scene since the enthusiastic reception of his debut album The Boys of Fairhill in 1977. With his band Stokers Lodge Jimmy brought the street ballads of Cork city to ... (click to read more)

Sat 11 @ 8pm & Sun 12 Feb @3pm €13 Family of 4 Ticket  €40 Please book directly through the box office to avail of this offer.  01 2724030   The tale of Snow White has never felt so fresh and new with this funny adaptation that will make even the most jaded among us laugh out loud! New characters and comedic twists come to life as SMYTh Juniors present this lively ... (click to read more)

Club Film: As this film has not been certified by the Irish Film Certification Office you will need to pay an evening membership fee of €1.50 on collection of your tickets if you are not already a film club member.   This nightly membership covers you and three guests on club nights.    Tomboy tells the story of ten year-old Laure, who moves to a new Paris suburb with ... (click to read more)

Fishamble: The New Play Company presents   Silent   ‘Hopeless, helpless, in-the-way person’   Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First and the herald Angel at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011.   Written and performed by Pat Kinevane Directed by Jim Culleton Produced by Marketa Dowling Composed by Denis Clohessy   Following the unstoppable success of Forgotten (over ... (click to read more)

A group of documentary filmmakers arrive in New Orleans in the aftermathof Hurricane Katrina. Their plan is to make a documentary about thisaftermath but almost upon arrival they meet Kimberly Roberts who shotamateur footage of the flood as it happened. Kimberly’s incredible footagetakes us right inside the eye of the storm in a way we never thought possible.This is documentary filmmaking ... (click to read more)

Thu 23 Feb @ 8pm   €16/14 Noel Eccles is known world-wide for his innovative approach to percussion; from his former post as Principal Percussionist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra to premiering Riverdance globally and his work with the ground-breaking Moving Hearts. Noel is a firm favourite with Irish audiences, with events like his Percussion Spectacular with 20 ... (click to read more)

Kevin McAleer Sat 25 Feb @ 8pm e18/e16 Kevin McAleer has been talking nonsense consistently since 1983 and shows no signs of stopping. Whether he’s raising the roof off the Royal Festival Hall, or headlining to a packed hall of students twittering their heads off, the timeless quality of his output spans the generational gap with ease. This February he makes a welcome return to the Mermaid ... (click to read more)

Wed 29 Feb – Fri 2 Mar @ 8pm Tickets €15 While similar in plot to The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz is a funkier, upbeat modern version of the musical. Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas is blown by a tornado into Munchkinland in the Land Of Oz. While there she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin man & the Cowardly Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. She defeats the evil witch and goes to ... (click to read more)

Mon 5 Mar @ 8pm   €8/6.50 Conc.   Director and star, Ralph Fiennes brings William Shakespeare's visceral history play to the big screen for the first time. Coriolanus is a drama for the ages, a commentary on the precarious draw of war and an auspicious directorial debut from one of the world's great classical actors.   Caius Martius ‘Coriolanus’ (Ralph Fiennes), a ... (click to read more)

Sat 10 Mar @ 8pm   €18/16   This multi-award winning and critically acclaimed show has now played to over quarter of a million people worldwide and continues to break box office records wherever it plays.   Tom Crean (1877 – 1938) the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to, life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance ... (click to read more)

‘And that was when I knew that something was about to happen, and I couldn’t stop it. That the sea would change everything. Two days later, my Dad disappeared’   Have you ever wanted things to slow down the world to stop changing, the sea to stop? Craig’s hot on the trail of his very own mystery but it seems like his ‘evidence’ has a mind ... (click to read more)

Sun 18 Mar @ 4.30PM €28 Mermaid offers you another chance to take afternoon tea with Oscar Wilde’snovella! Back by popular demand to the Orangery at Killruddery House,following the sell-out in 2010.Decadent Victorian London: The socialite Lord Henry seduces the boyishand beautiful Dorian Gray, into a double life of pleasure, murder and excess.Unlike Lord Henry, Dorian never ages - ... (click to read more)

Wales’ national dance company makes a welcome return to Mermaid with aravishing triple bill of international work. This programme pushes the Company’s12 dancers to the limit revealing both their supreme talent and individuality.World-famous choreographer Ohad Naharin contrasts a hypnotic female duetset to Ravel’s famous music in Bolero with a ceremonial dance encapsulatingthe ... (click to read more)

‘Niebla is the king of Latin guitar, a world-class virtuoso.’ Time OutHailed as one of the world’s great guitarists, Eduardo Niebla returns toMermaid with his internationally acclaimed guitar duo, to present arepertoire of ‘stunning flamenco jazz’ (The Sound) from his latest albums. Ina career spanning four decades, flamenco jazz guitar virtuoso and composer,has ... (click to read more)

Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes   Saturday 26 May @8pm   Tickets: €20   Described by Eric Clapton as “the greatest guitarist on the planet” Albert Lee is undoubtedly one rock’s most respected musicians and requires no introduction to guitar aficionados and country rock fans alike.   Emmylou Harris, The Everly Brothers, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton, ... (click to read more)