Mermaid Arts Centre

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)

Mon 19 Mar @ 8pm Language: English Duration: 99 mins On the eve of World War One, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a darktale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, the filmtakes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships among fledgling psychiatristCarl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein – the troubled butbeautiful young woman who comes ... (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)