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Action Arts
Tickets Limited to 4 per family until the 4th April Children from Bray, Greystones and Wicklow Town aged 3-13 stage a wonderful variety show full of drama song and dance. This year’s production features Disney songs and dances including Mary Poppins. Also an original script, written by director and founder Hazel Lowry, will be presented which includes songs from Wicked, Hairspray and ... (click to read more)
Gotta Dance Junior Musicals
Junior Musicals along with the Hallelujah Choir present ‘Gotta Dance’ a spectacular show with excerpts from Legally Blonde, Little Shop of Horrors and Pirates of Penzance and lots more. Come along and see these very talented students in action.
Sunshine Stage School
This is the 1970s musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and Toto are transported to a mysterious land, where adventure abounds with witches, wizards, scarecrows and lions. This beautifully presented motown classic has it all: song, dance, an astounding array of local talent and even a Tin Man! Proudly presented by Sunshine Stage School, Greystones.
Stagebratz Theatre School
Stagebratz Theatre Productions Ltd, teaches children a love of the stage through dancing ,singing and all aspects of performing arts, through this children's self confidence and self worth blossoms. This is a showcase of the childrens hard work over the last year. Our students range in age from 4 to 16 years and are from Ashford, Roundwood and Kilcoole. For more info please visit ... (click to read more)
Gleesical the Musical- Bray Lakers
Bray Lakers bring their fifth annual show to Mermaid this year with Gleesical the Musical. Expect a high energy performance throughout with a talented cast of actors, dancers, drummers and musicians who really know how to get the party started. Come and join the fun. Sing along to the well known tunes and you can be sure your feet won’t stop tapping!
Gleesical the Musical- Bray Lakers
Bray Lakers bring their fifth annual show to Mermaid this year with Gleesical the Musical. Expect a high energy performance throughout with a talented cast of actors, dancers, drummers and musicians who really know how to get the party started. Come and join the fun. Sing along to the well known tunes and you can be sure your feet won’t stop tapping!
Encorps Stage School
Encorps Stage School’s annual performance showcases the work of Encorps’ students from classes in Blackrock, Sandyford and Dundrum. This year’s show includes excerpts from ‘Mary Poppins’, Disney Hits, songs from Glee and routines to Alexander Burke & Usher! For more information on classes please visit the Encorps website www.encorps.ie
Blood Sweat and Fears- Backstage
Forever pushing the boundries of experiences for it#s students and audiences,backstage presents a show of Blood, Sweat and Fears. Previous Backstageshows have covered Motown and Broadway and even some Stand Up Comedy.
Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World is a Musical Revue by Jason Robert Brown, during which Brown transports the audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, New York, and a variety of significant American landscapes in between. We meet a startling array of characters each with their own story and these are the songs for a new world. Muse Theatre Company are ... (click to read more)
Rent
Abstract Theatre Group presents Rent, a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's lower east side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet city, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. With a talented cast and crew, this show is definitely one not to be missed! (click to read more)
Scor Raithin
Ceolteoirí Ráithín ag ceiliúradh fiche bliain de shaol an Choláiste. Clár ildánach ceoil á cur i láthair ag iardhaltaí, cuid mhaith acu atá ag ceol go gairmiúil. Ina dteannta siúd beidh scothcheoltóirí an lae inniu agus aoíanna speisialta. The musicians of Coláiste ... (click to read more)
Square One Theatre Group: The Great Gatsby
Tickets €15/13 concession Show 8pm "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. There was music from my neighbour's through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars." Jay Gatsby has built his life around the dream of regaining a ... (click to read more)
Into the Woods: Stagebratz
Tickets €18/ 14 (16's and under) To Book a Family Ticket €60 (2 adults 2 children) please contact the box office directly 01 2724030 There will be a prize each night for the best fairytale costume, children are encouraged to dress up Stagebratz Musical Society (members of A.I.M.S) go ‘Into the Woods’ under the direction of Barry Kavanagh, Musical Director Antonio Cafolla ... (click to read more)
Bray Music Centre: All the Music under the Sun
Tickets €15/12 concession A Concert for St. Cecilia's Day with the teachers of the Bray Music Centre, VEC St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and a huge array of talent comes together for this special concert. Spanish Guitar Music, Early Music, Jazz, Classical, and who knows what surprises the night will unveil? Whatever occurs, a very special night of ... (click to read more)
Loreto & Presentation College Musical: Hello Dolly
Tickets €17 Loreto and Pres return for their tenth year at Mermaid with their production of the classic 'Hello Dolly'. This ageless comedy features such classics as 'Put on your Sunday clothes', 'Before the parade passes by','It takes a woman' and, of course the unforgettable title number 'Hello Dolly' . Come along and enjoy this trip down memory lane with one ... (click to read more)
Junior Musicals Winter Wonderland
Tickets €17 Please contact Junior Musicals to enquire about the booking date for this event. Junior Musicals together with 'The Hallelujah Choir' present Winter Wonderland. Come along and see the very best of local talent in this spectacular showcase of Musical Theatre. The show includes excerpts from Shrek the Musical, The Wizard of Oz and Hairspray along with super dance routines, ... (click to read more)
A Christmas Cinderella
Tickets €15/€12 conc. Performers Theatre School Come and join these wonderfully talented students as they take you on a journey through Pantoland where Cinderella and friends sing, dance and get into all kinds on mischief and fun. Beware of the ugly sisters, they are sure to spoil Cinderella’s night. A wonderful night of entertainment for all the family. (click to read more)
Bray Arts Performance Evening
€16/€14 Conc. Bray Arts invites you to a magnificent evening of live performance; enjoy the particular talents of comedian Reuben Evans, revel in the art of cabaret with Rose Lawless, enjoy the music of two bands, Blind Jackety, and Wyvern Lingo and rounding things off are The Old Codgers, Frank O'Keeffe and Justin Aylmer. The MC for the night is the Racker Donnelly. Get the best of ... (click to read more)
Bray One Act Festival
Bray One Act, now in its 35th year, is firmly fixed in the calendars of all Bray theatre-goers. The Chairman and Committee are delighted to welcome audiences to Mermaid for what promises to be another enjoyable year of one act plays. The Festival was founded by the late Free Lee to encourage amateur drama in the Dublin and Wicklow region. Bray One Act patrons have loyally supported the festival, ... (click to read more)
The Rockin’ Tale of Snow White
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)
Book NowFootloose
Wed 15 – Fri 17 Feb @ 8pm Wed €10 Thu & Fri €14 This musical based on the 1984 film of the same name opened to terrific reviews on Broadway in 1998 and in the West End in 2006. The story concerns a teenage boy who moves to a small town from Chicago only to discover that dancing is banned in the area. This rebel decides it is about time that things changed! Including ... (click to read more)
Book NowThe Wiz
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)
Book NowThe Merchant of Venice
Tue 6 – Fri 9 Mar @ 8pm Matineé Thurs 8 March @ 1.30pm € 16/€12 Conc. BIFE Performing Arts Students bring to the stage The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s unsettling and controversial comedy that explores and exposes double standards and prejudice in law, commerce, religion and sexual identity. Populated with lovers, clowns and one of the most unforgettable ... (click to read more)
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