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June 11th-20th 2010
Lots of exciting entertainment is planned for this year’s festival with almost half of the events FREE over the 10 days and we eagerly anticipate being hosted in the outstanding new VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and George Bernard Shaw Theatre.
This year we celebrate with a large scale 30 year retrospective visual art exhibition in the galleries of VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art curated by Paddy McGovern featuring the crème de la crème of artists who have exhibited over the years at Éigse. We really want to give you a feeling of festival spirit around the town and county, whether you attend a workshop in comedy / clown performance, view one of the film shorts in the cinema or you are inspired to dance a jig at the open air céilí with the Tulla Céilí Band, Éigse is your festival and we’d like you to enjoy it.
Of priority to the festival is the showcasing of Carlow artists and they feature throughout the festival programme, side by side with national and international performers and artists, providing them with presentation opportunities to further their careers and contacts at such a crucial economic time. Carlow plays well above its size in terms of the quantity and quality of its artistic talent, some of which is presented at the 2010 festival.
As we said above, it’s YOUR FESTIVAL so it’s YOURS TO ENJOY!Is féile pobail í, bain taitneamh aisti!
Tara ConnaghanFestival Director
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 2010
Fáilte! Welcome!
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Visual arts programme
Fri. 11th June
Sat. 12th June
Sun. 13th June
Mon. 14th June
Tues. 15th June
Wed. 16th June
Thurs. 17th June
Fri. 18th June
Sat. 19th June
Sun. 20th June
Éigse schools projects
Éigse Fringe
Booking Information
Getting to Carlow
Map
Festival Team
Funders / Sponsors
4 Na hAmharcealaíona / VISUAL ARTS
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME
OPENING HOURS:Tues. – Sat. 11am – 5.30pm (also open on Mon.14th June during the festival), Sun. 2pm – 5pm11th June – 29th August
Ionad/ LOCATION: VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art
This year’s Visual Arts programme sees a change of venue and format. The festival’s o�cial exhibitions will be in a single venue, and what a venue it is: VISUAL, Carlow Centre for Contemporary Art.
Éigse will celebrate its thirty-one years of great art shows with a huge group exhibition of work by artists who made Carlow a major venue for all art lovers.
These will range from artists who show in major international galleries to artists from the Carlow area some of whom have shown annually since the festival was launched in 1979.
William Crozier and Peter Howson were the �rst overseas artists to commit to Éigse, showing in 1992. They will be particularly welcomed. Major �gures from London’s Royal Academy will include Gillian Ayres, John Hoyland, Sonia Lawson, Hughie O’Donoghue, Barbara Rae and Anthony Whishaw. David Blackburn’s work has been praised by major critics such as Kenneth Clark, Peter Fuller & Sr. Wendy Beckett while Shani Rhys James has won Europe’s most valuable painting prize, the Jerwood, since her last appearance at Éigse 2000. Sean Henry’s large-scale painted steel �gures were among the most popular works shown in Carlow while Alex Calinescu, Will Maclean and painter David Tress will also feature prominently. Éigse was the �rst venue in Ireland to show the work of each of these artists. Sean HenryWilliam Crozier
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMMEin the world, occupies the Digital Gallery while French video installation artist François-Xavier Courrèges will also feature.
The remaining line-up of artists includes: Adam Bohanna, John A. Brennan, Ml. Canning, Comhghall Casey, Elizabeth Cope, Colin Crotty, Hillary Elmes, Simon English, Denis Farrell, Bridget Flannery, Marie Foley, Paul Funge, Martin Gale, Brian Garvey, Trevor Geoghegan, Marie Hanlon, Eddie Kennedy, Mike Fitzharris, Bob Lynn, Alice Maher, Paul Mosse Stephen McKenna, Bobby Mclean, Tadhg McSweeney, Mick O’Dea, David Quinn, John Noel Smith, Maighread Tobin, Ger Sweeney & Keith Wilson.
While Éigse has gained a national reputation for great art shows, its strength was built on the strong input and involvement of Carlow artists over the years and Carlow is strongly represented by, Jim Behan, Beverly Carbery, Caoimhín Ó Néill, Eilis O’Neill and Ellen Walshe, illustrator Derry Dillon, ceramicist Michelle Dempsey and that master craftsman, John Kemp.
Éigse without some younger emerging artists would not really be Éigse at all and
Sheenagh Geoghegan and Stephen Murphy will �y the �ag for the rising generation of great young Irish artists.
All in all, a very special line-up indeed - and all in the spectacular setting of Ireland’s newest great art space, VISUAL.
5Na hAmharcealaíona / VISUAL ARTS
Janet Mullarney
Painters John Shinnors and Donald Teskey and sculptor Eileen MacDonagh are among the important Irish artists producing large-scale new work especially for Éigse 2010. Sculpture has always been a strong element in Éigse and the strong showing will be maintained this year with work by artists such as Janet Mullarney, Catherine E. Greene, Rachel Schwalm, John Behan, Cliodhna Cussen, Dick Joynt, James McKenna and Brid Ni Rinn.
Finland-based Charles Sandison, regarded by many as the most original computer artist
meet the artist talks...All talks will be held in VISUAL Centrefor Contemporary Art
MEET THE ARTIST:Hughie O’Donoghuedáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th June, 12pmAdmission: FREE
MEET THE ARTIST: Shani Rhys-Jamesdáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th June, 3pmAdmission: FREE
MEET THE ARTIST: Denis Farrell & Marie Hanlondáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sun. 13th June, 3pmAdmission: FREE
OTHER ÉIGSE EXHIBITIONSCARLOW IT & ARTFORMS GALLERY VISUAL ART PROGRAMME
Carlow Institute of Technology in association with Artforms Gallery host an exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art featuring works by artists Karen Hendy, Joan Coen, Ger Casey, Brock Butler, Paul Christopher Flynn, Hilary Elmes, Laurence O’Toole, Kenneth Don�eld, Ross Stewart, Eamon Colman, Patrick Scott, Bob Lynn and more. The Exhibition will be opened by Frank X Buckley, IMMA Board member, member and former Chair of the Contemporary Irish art Society and a well known Patron of the Arts, at 2pm on Sat. 12th June.
6 Na hAmharcealaíona / VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ÉIGSE
IRISH PREMIÈRE : MARC-IVAN O’GORMANReflected Light: A Video Art Retrospective (1998 -2008)
An exhibition of 10 years of non-narrative �lm & video work by �lmmaker &visual artist Marc-Ivan O’Gorman.
The works include the award-winning Eye Con, Other, and S.O.S. Dili and Motion/Station. Also featured is the multi-authored project, Dublin: 4daymovie, curated by Lenny Abrahamson featuring the best of new Irish �lmmaking talent. The exhibition, supported by Culture Ireland, was shown at the Mint Gallery, New Delhi, India, in 2009. Marc-Ivan started as a performer and producer of theatre and music and later turned his attention to Filmmaking. While studying Visual Media at Dublin Institute of Technology, his student �lm, Infected City, won a scholarship to attend the Masters programme in TV & Film at Syracuse University, New York. He has produced several narrative �lms including the Fuji-�lm Award winning short Trick or Treat.
dáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th June - Sat. 19th June, 11am - 7pm (Sat. 19th closing 4.30pm)
Ionad / LOCATION: Carlow Institute of Technology, Kilkenny Road, Carlow.
Admission: FREE
dáta & am/ DATE & TIME:Fri. 11th - Sun. 20th June, 11am - 5.30pm,Sun. 2 - 5pm. The show will be launched with a live musical performance by The Spinning Boy
Ionad / LOCATION: The Shamrock Plaza, Shamrock Square, Carlow
Admission: FREE
OTHER ÉIGSE EXHIBITIONSSASHA SYKES An exhibition of furniture art
Sasha Sykes has spent the last decade developing her knowledge of cutting edge plastics, using them to expose the natural world and objects she �nds on her daily rounds. The stories she creates in her work look at nostalgia, humour and mankind’s relationship with our surroundings. Her functional art and furniture has been lauded by the New York Times, Vogue, international newspapers and blogs for its originality and unique style. Her work is in many permanent collections, including the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. Sasha lives and works from her straw-bale studio near Rathvilly, Co. Carlow.
CONNECTIONSCarlow Photographic Society
This photographic exhibition is a collaboration between members of Carlow Photographic Society and contemporary Slovenian artist Tomaz Lunder in partnership with Carlow Local Authorities Arts O�ce. Following workshops and master classes by Tomaz over the last few months this exhibition promises to impress! Presented will be a series of photographic works taking contemporary themes such as place, memory, time and self. Alongside traditional photographic representation will be a series of examples of works by the society showing how photography can be presented in a contemporary visual arts context.
dáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Fri. 11th - Sun. 20th June, 11am - 5.30pm,Sun. 2 - 5pm.
Ionad / LOCATION: The Shamrock Plaza, Shamrock Square, Carlow
Admission: FREE
7Na hAmharcealaíona / VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ÉIGSE
dáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th - Sun. 20th June, 11am - 5.30pm, Sun. 2pm - 5pm
Ionad / LOCATION: Former WebTalk Shop, Tullow St., Carlow
Admission: FREE
OTHER ÉIGSE EXHIBITIONSGORDON BENNETT REMEMBEREDAn Exhibition of Photographs commemorating 107 years of the Gordon Bennett Race By & from the collection of George Stuart
Few are aware of the vast archive of Irish motoring images George Stuart has built up since he �rst started to indulge his love of photography and cars in 1947, when he was given a Kodak box camera of �rst World War vintage. Since becoming enthralled with veteran and vintage machinery in the mid 1950s he has built up a considerable non-professional archive of motoring images through to the 1980s, comprising material from veteran runs, hillclimbs, circuit racing and of course the Gordon Bennett Rally. The exhibition is an important part of the International Gordon Bennett Rally taking place from June 11th - 13th in Carlow.
HOUSE OF FICTION A site specific installation at the Ballroom, Borris House
Jonas Liveröd will work directly with Borris house and its history - past & current - through large scale installation & drawings. Fascinated by the building not only as architecture, but as a collection, a being & monument, he will bring out the past and present in physical form.
Jonas Liveröd lives and works in Malmö, Sweden and has been active on the international art-scene since graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Holland in 1999 having exhibited at galleries and museums in Denmark, Germany, the United States, France and Vietnam among others. He has exhibited solo-shows at Förderverein Aktuelle Kunst (FAK), the process room at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kristinehamn Museum of Art (Sweden), Pool Gallery (Berlin), La Tangente (France), Aarhus Centre for Contemporary Art (Denmark) and was engaged as Artist in Residence at IMMA during 2009. www.jonasliverod.com
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dáta & am/ DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th – Sun. 20th June, 11am – 6pm. O�cial opening: Sun. 13th June, 11.30am
Ionad / LOCATION: 38 - 43 Tullow St., Carlow (opposite Carlow Library)
Admission: FREE
dáta & am/ DATE & TIME: 12th – 24th June, 2 – 7pm daily (except Monday) O�cial opening: June 12th, 3pm
Ionad / LOCATION: Ballroom, Borris House, Co. Carlow
Admission: FREE
Dáta/ DATE: 11th June Am/ TIME: 10am & 12pmTicéid/TICKETS: €6Ionad/ LOCATION: GeorgeBernard Shaw TheatreSuitable for ages 4-8 years
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Dáta/ DATE: 11th June Am/ TIME: 10am & 12pmTicéid/TICKETS: €6Ionad/ LOCATION: George Bernard Shaw TheatreSuitable for ages 4-8 years
TeaghlachFAMILY
Dé hAoine 11ú Meitheamh / FRIDAY 11TH JUNE
The GB Shaw Theatre & Éigse Carlow Arts Festival presentLes Voisins with Queen of ColoursTravelling to the GB Shaw Theatre and Éigse from Germany, this beautiful little play from some of Europe’s most expert theatre makers for children,tells the story of a little Queen who is determined to
bring colour into a world of black and white. With the help of a few brushes, a lot of paper, a glass full of water,
some colours and the court musician and painter to help her, watch little Queen as she transforms her world. Live music and a story to make you smile, this
charming play has everything including dancing flowers!
CeolMUSIC
Dáta/ DATE: 11th JuneAm/ TIME: 9pm Ticéid/TICKETS: €18/€15
Ionad/ LOCATION: The Tower Live, Dinn Rí, Tullow St.
The group formed by Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell in 1970 are recognised as one of the most influential song writing and performing duos to have emerged from Ireland. Tír na nÓg toured the world in the '70s with Jethro Tull, Procol Harum and Cat Stevens, among other major acts, as well as headlining their own magical concerts.
This reunion tour celebrates the 40th anniversary of their formation so come along and enjoy the reminiscing melodies.
Support by Jamie McDonaldJamie began his musical career busking in his hometown of Carlow as soon as he had 3 chords. Since then he has played throughout Europe and the USA. As a solo artist he has played in pubs, clubs, festivals, toilets & anywhere he was allowed (& a few places he wasn't!) His music is described as Folk-Funk-Soul.
Tír na nÓg
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Dáta/ DATE: 11th & 12th JuneAm/ TIME: 10mins performances from 10.30pm to 11.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Carpark of VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre
RinceDANCE
World première - Dancers’ Dialogue (Night time outdoor performance)
This commission unravels the tones, rhythm, language, syntax and thoughts expressed as speech and the non-verbal communication of dance. The piece is inspired by the words of the great dance icon, Isadora Duncan, expressing dance as the ‘Luminous manifestation of the soul’. Here both verbal and non-verbal meet to allow an insight into dance - the practitioners and audience share the shapes, sounds, moves and thoughts of two differing origins fusing the ‘lingo’ of dancers and dance genres that translates a ‘Dancers’ Dialogue’.
Padraig MacAodha (Patrick McHugh), a Laois based choreographer and dancer, while rooted in traditional Irish dance, has a keen sense of exploration for symbiotic dance relationships and collaborates with max.IMEALL, a new Edinburgh-based contemporary dance company that “aim forward, while unafraid to look back”.
This performance, commissioned by Éigse, is a site-specific choreography exploring and showcasing the night façade of the new VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and George Bernard Shaw Theatre.
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CeolMUSIC
Dáta/ DATE: 11th JuneAm/ TIME: 11pm Ticéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION: Éigse 2010 Festival Club Scraggs Alley, Tullow St.
Dé hAoine 11ú Meitheamh / FRIDAY 11TH JUNE
Eva Queen’s songs have been described as a poetic diary set to music, lyrically rich and full of attitude.
Her style is an eclectic blend of soul pop with strong jazz and blues undertones. She has been compared
to the likes of Cat Power, with a voice described as soulful and lusty. Signed to Reekus Records,
EvaQueen has recorded several tracks that have received airplay on national radio and her debut album will be available later
this year. Since her recent emergence on the Irish music scene she has played a number of Ireland’s leading music venues including the Cork Jazz Festival. Look
out for Carlow members of the band!
FESTIVAL CLUB: Eva Queen
Late night Film ‘shorts’ showcaseThe Éigse Film Shorts showcase kick-started our film programme last year and opened up a new phase for the festival. The showcase continues to feature high quality shorts selected from an open submission call and this year the shorts will be screened in the impressive new Omniplex Digital Cinema in Carlow.
SpeisialtaSPECIAL
Dáta/ DATE: 11th June Am/ TIME: 11.30pm
Ticéid/TICKETS: €6
Ionad/ LOCATION:Omniplex Digital Cinema, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow
A Taste of Carlow TourA sampling of the cultural flavours of a county steeped in talent curated by
Bernard Jennings & Brendan Harding for Pembroke Club d'Art in partnership with Éigse.
On a short walking tour of Carlow Town – lasting approx. two hours – the participants will be
treated to snack-sized portions from a menu of talented musicians, dancers, singers, writers and
poets. The tour begins at Pembroke Club d'Art where basic refreshments will be served as the
audience are treated to their first helping of Carlow's Creative talents. After an informal show,
the tour will be led by an entertaining guide on a short walk through the streets of Carlow to
the next destination where the process will be repeated with a new selection of offerings before the tour once more sets
forth to the town's streets and its final destination where the show will be topped off by more light refreshments and
another helping of the finest entertainment.
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Michael D Higgins was born in Limerick and reared in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare. He studied at University College Galway, Indiana University and Manchester University, and has for many years lectured
in Political Science and Sociology at University College Galway. In 1992 he became the first recipient of the Sean McBride International Peace Medal of the International Peace Bureau for his work for human rights. He is a Labour TD for Galway West and has twice been Mayor of Galway. In 1993 he was appointed Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, and is President of the Labour Party.
Michael D. HigginsPoetry reading from his three collections
Dé Sathairn 12ú Meitheamh / SATURDAY 12H JUNE
Na hEalaíona ÁitúilaLOCAL ARTS
Dáta/ DATE: 12th & 19th JuneAm/ TIME: 2pm & 4pmTicéid/TICKETS: €20 (incl. light refreshments) Limited places 30 maxIonad/ LOCATION:Pembroke Club d’Art, Pembroke Rd., Carlow
Dáta/ DATE: 12th June
Am/ TIME: 6pm Ticéid/TICKETS: €5Ionad/ LOCATION: GB Shaw Theatre Bar, Old Dublin Road, Carlow
LitríochtLITERATURE
The Parting Glass By Dermot BolgerPresented by axis: Ballymun Directed by: Mark O’ Brien, starring Ray Yeates
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Where were you when Ireland’s World Cup dreams were dashed? Shot through with caustic wit and sharp home truths, The Parting Glass is an examination of Ireland over the past two decades - and Thierry Henry's left hand! In 1990 Dermot Bolger’s play In High Germany captured the mood of a pre Celtic Tiger generation forced to emigrate due to economic necessity. It used the motif of soccer and the Irish team’s success in Euro ‘88 to tell the life stories of three friends up to the point where they emigrate from an Ireland on the edge of financial collapse. Twenty years on, Eoin is re-united with old friends in Stade de France on Nov. 18th 2009 for the World Cup play-off.
The Parting Glass is an odyssey for the foreignness of the Ireland that emerged in Eoin’s absence, the boom and bust story of the nation and the story of a man, stopping to make sense of his life, to try and fathom his place as an exile and to take stock of his future.
Dé Sathairn 12ú Meitheamh / SATURDAY 12H JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 12th June
Am/ TIME: 9pmTicéid/TICKETS: €17/€15 concIonad/ LOCATION:GB Shaw Theatre,Old Dublin Road, Carlow
DrámaíochtTHEATRE
Dé Domhnaigh 13ú Meitheamh / SUNDAY 13TH JUNE 16
The performance is compiled of 5 short simple parables communicating morals / tales to the audience. The characters are visually appealing, witty and charming, with highly developed physical movement and use shadows and lighting to create the backdrop to a world created by these narratives. The material is for all ages but will certainly appeal to a younger age group. This project is a work in progress developed through a series of performance and movement workshops. The collaboration between IADT and County Carlow Youth Theatre is a Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office Initiative.
THE CREATIVE TEAMGer Clancy: Creative Director.Monika Bieniek: Movement director & choreographer.Sherra Murphy: Researcher advisor & script analysis.Peter Kelly: Youth theatre officer/Theatrical production.Creative & fabrication team: Students of 2nd yr model making, IADT.Performers: Carlow Youth Theatre & Students of 2nd yr model making, IADT.
RECIPE:Mix:4.5 ounces of short stories.15 costumed Zoological creatures.5 furry tails.
Stir the ingredients over a hot flame & season with some humour. Bring to the boil.
*Tasty for kids and older who enjoy the Animal Kingdom.
Serves: 45 glorious minutes of performance.
Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office presents
in association with IADT: 5 TAILS
Dáta/ DATE: 13th June
Am/ TIME: 12 midday & 7.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: €8 Adults / €3 (Children under 16)Ionad/ LOCATION:GB Shaw Theatre,Old Dublin Road, Carlow
DrámaíochtTHEATRE
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Common TongueCommon Tongue is a unique trio bringing together sean-nós singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna, improvising saxophonist Cathal Roche and composer Ian Wilson on live electronics. With performances based around new melodies put to traditional songs, the trio interprets Irish standards drawing on aspects of jazz and electronica to re-contextualize the sean-nós singing.
Ian is a member of Aosdána and is also Director of the Sligo New Music Festival. Lorcán’s music and singing was primarily passed onto him by his father, the well respected sean-nós singer and flute player, Séamus Mac Mathúna. Cathal is a composer-performer specialising in solo saxophone and has performed with leading ensembles and performers including the Kai Big Band, Fuzzy Logic Ensemble, ICC Ensemble, Hugh Tinney and RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet.
Initiated by Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office, playwright Bryan Delaney has been Carlow Writer-in-Residence since 2006 with the goal of developing local writing talent for the stage. This event is a culmination of that residency and provides a unique opportunity to hear samplesof several short 10 to 15 minute plays from local playwrights in the form of public readings by professional actors.
The readings will be directed by Tom Creed (Rough Magic, Dublin) and will be followed by an audience talkback with the director, actors and the playwrights themselves. This is a rare glimpse behind the scenes into the process of writing and presenting a new play for performance and is the first event of its kind in Carlow.
Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office in association with Éigse Carlowpresent a selection of new writing from locally based playwrights.
Shorts: A presentation of new shortplay readings from Carlow playwrights
Dé Domhnaigh 13ú Meitheamh / SUNDAY 13TH JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 13th June Am/ TIME: 2pmTicéid/TICKETS: €12Ionad/ LOCATION:George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow
DrámaíochtTHEATRE
CeolMUSIC
Dáta/ DATE: 13th JuneAm/ TIME: 5pmTicéid/TICKETS:€12/€10 concIonad/ LOCATION: St. Laserian’s Cathedral, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow
Daily drop-in workshops:
lantern making & music instrument making workshops
Drop-in workshops in lantern making and percussion
instrument making to build your own for participation in the Festival Lantern
Procession on Fri. 18th June, 10pm.
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Rita Kelly is a writer of poetry, fiction, drama and criticism in Irish and English. Her publications include five collections of poetry, the latest being Turas go bun na Spéire from Cló IarChonnachta, 2009 with a new English poetry collection due for release in
2011. Her work has been translated to Italian, German, Dutch & French and has earned various awards, most recently the prestigious Patrick & Kathleen Kavanagh Memorial Award. Rita has given creative writing Workshops for 30 years to various groups of writers and this reading is a culmination of works produced by aspiring writers / poets from a workshop held in May. The project is a continuation of the very successful ‘Emerging Writers’ showcase held during the 2009 festival.
Emerging Poets with Rita Kelly
CeardlannWORKSHOP
Dáta/ DATE: 14th -18th June
Am/ TIME: 2-5pm
Ticéid/TICKETS: FREE
Ionad/ LOCATION:Penny Lane Market, (Centra - Penny Lane), Tullow Street, Carlow
Dáta/ DATE: 14th JuneAm/ TIME: 9pm Ticéid/TICKETS: €6Ionad/ LOCATION: upstairs, Teach Dolmain,Tullow St., Carlow
LitríochtLITERATURE
Dé Luain 14ú Meitheamh / MONDAY 14TH JUNE
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Andrew MaxwellStand-up comedian Andrew Maxwell is a familiar face on Irish and UK television having appeared on The Panel (RTE), Have I Got News For You (BBC), Mock of the Week (BBC) and Celebrity Juice (ITV) among others. He has won and been nominated for several awards including an Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, a Time Out Live Award in the category of Best Stand-up, a Loaded Magazine Award for best stand-up
and Chortle Award for best contribution to the live comedy circuit. He was also recently voted Best Irish Comedian by the public at the Entertainment.ie awards. He embarks on a major UK tour in April and manages to squeeze in this Carlow date during his busy touring schedule.
“One of the best comics around... A consummate raconteur” TIME OUT
Drolls were short comical sketches that originated during the Puritan interregnum in England. With the closure of theatres, actors were left without any way of plying their art or earning a living, so they “borrowed” scenes from well-known plays of the time, added dancing and other entertainments and performed these, sometimes illegally, to make money.
Carlow University Theatre (CUT) has been in existence for 18 years and has accounted for more than 80 productions in Pittsburgh city. For Spring 2010, Steve Fatla (Founder and Producer of CUT) and Jay Keenan (Producer of Duquesne Red Masquers, Duquesne University) created a course that encompassed the study of Irish Theatre. The connection with its sister college in Ireland (St. Patrick’s College, Carlow) enables their international debut performances at Éigse.
LUNCHTIME THEATREThe Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver A droll composed of comic scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1646)Performed by Carlow University Theatre (USA)
SpeisialtaSPECIAL
Dáta/ DATE: 15th June Am/ TIME: 9.30pm
Ticéid/TICKETS: €18Ionad/ LOCATION:The Tower Live, Dinn Rí, Tullow St.,Carlow
Dáta/ DATE: 15th June Am/ TIME: 1pm & 8pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Tullow Street pedestrian area 1pm & Plás na Saoirse 8pm
DrámaíochtTHEATRE
Dé Máirt 15ú Meitheamh / TUESDAY 15TH JUNE
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Brian Ó Dómhnaill has a background in the restaurant business running the infamous ‘Danny Minnies’ restaurant in Annagary, Co. Donegal which has just won the 2010 Best Restaurant Award, Best Chef Award and Best Customer Service Award in the Restaurants Association of Ireland annual awards. Brian’s culinary skills have been in great demand over the years teaching cookery in the Ashfield College, Dublin, writing cookery columns in Foinse and the Food Haven Magazine as well as presenting five series of cookery programmes for TG4. This evening’s demonstration will let you taste not only his delightful cooking but also a chance to try out your chúpla focail.
Tá cúlra suntasach agus aitheanta i ngnó na cócaireachta ag Brian Ó Dómhnaill agus é ag rith proinnteach cáiliúil ‘Danny Minnies’ i gCo. Dhún na nGall áit a bhuaigh an iliomad gradaim bronnta ag Cumann Proinntithe na hÉireann 2010. Tá an-tóir ar scileanna cócaireachta Bhriain le blianta anuas agus é i mbun teagaisc i gColáiste Ashfield, Bhaile Átha Cliath, ag scríobh colúin cócaireachta do Foinse agus do Food Haven Magazine chomh maith le cúig shraith de chláracha cócaireachta a chur i láthair ar TG4. Tabharfaidh taispeántas an tráthnóna seo seans duit saothair bhlasta Bhriain a bhlaiseadh. Bí ann gan teip!
Bilingual cookery demonstration with Chef & Restaurateur Brian Ó Dómhnaill / Taispeántas Cócaireachta dátheangach
Dáta/ DATE: 16th June
Am/ TIME: 7pm
Ticéid/TICKETS: €10
Ionad/ LOCATION:Talbot Hotel,Portlaoise Road, Carlow
CeardlannWORKSHOP
Dé Céadaoin 16ú Meitheamh / WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE
21Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
“The arrangements are full of lovely little touches: flourishes of Spanish guitar, bursts of swinging horns. It’s like Tom Waits in a good mood, or maybe Leonard Cohen doing Dean Martin backed by an Irish showband. There are a lot of obvious influences, but the Mudbug Club embrace them in such good spirit it is impossible not to be carried along by their enthusiasm”. Neil McCormick, The Telegraph (UK).
Support by Sugar FactoryThe Sugar Factory caused quite a stir when they released their EP titled 'PULP' with a sold out launch at the GB Shaw theatre in February. Carlow singer-songwriters, Gala Hutton and Eric Butler teamed up with violinist Michéal Bolton to form the band in January joined by Eamon Burke on Drums and Mark Condron on Bass. Sugar Factory are currently recording their debut album. www.sugarfactory.ie
What do you get when you cross Tom Waits with a Circus Showband, Jacques Brel with Mink DeVille or when you lock Dr John, Dean Martin and The Fun Lovin’ Criminals in the same room?
The answer my friends, is Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, the most eclectic bunch of musical chameleons ever to share a stage, all guided by the beatific gaze of chief Mudbug, Mr. Jerry Fish himself.
Traditional Music SessionTrad music sessions all weekend in the Teach Dolmain (Tullow St.), Brennan’s pub (Graiguecullen) and The Dolmen Hotel (Kilkenny Road) featuring the crème de la crème of Irish traditional musicians from around the country.
Check www.eigsecarlow.ie and bars for session lists.
Dáta/ DATE: 17th June
Am/ TIME: 9.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: €15Ionad/ LOCATION:GB Shaw Theatre,Old Dublin Rd., Carlow
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Dáta/ DATE: 17th June
Am/ TIME: 10.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Teach Dolmain, Tullow St.
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Déardaoin 17ú Meitheamh / THURSDAY 17TH JUNE
The procession leaves VISUAL / GB Shaw Theatre after the Cirque de Légume show at approx. 10pm. Daily drop in lantern and music instrument making workshops will run from Monday – Friday
where you can make your own lantern or musical instrument to partake in tonight’s procession. Everyone is welcome to join the procession - if you haven’t atteded the workshops, not to worry, bring your own handmade percussion from washing-up containers to car keys!
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MidsummerLantern Procession
Dáta/ DATE: 18th JuneAm/ TIME: 9.45pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION: VISUAL / GB Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Rd., Carlow
Dáta/ DATE: 18th & 19th June
Am/ TIME: 9pm (Fri.) & 2.30pm (Sat.)
Ticéid/TICKETS: €12/€8 conc
Ionad/ LOCATION: George Bernard Shaw Theatre
Suitable for ages 8+
TeaghlachFAMILY
Cirque de Légume Enjoy 50 minutes of pure mayhem as two idiots put on the
greatest vegetable circus on Earth! Marvel at the Veget-animal!
Gape at the Magical Carrot! Fantasize over the Onion Strip Tease!
In these acts and more the award-winning Cirque de Légume
show us how beautiful life can be if we only stop to play with it.
The performers have been trained in the Jacques Lecoq School
in Paris.
This is a family circus-type show with sell out performances since its inception. Treat
yourself to this good humoured event of pure fun (as adults enjoy this show more than
children!) Winner of the Bewley’s Theatre Award, Dublin Fringe Festival 2009. Children
must be accompanied by adults.“The greatest vegetable circus on earth!” Irish Times
SiamsaíochtSráide / STREET
Dé hAoine 18ú Meitheamh / FRIDAY 18TH JUNE
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FESTIVAL CLUB: Preachers SonPreachers Son is a bit Bowie, ska, rock, blues, country, punk, croon, Mars (God of War). It's kind of a Led Zeppelin-Leonard Cohen crossover / Johnny Cash doing Talking Heads kinda thing. Brian Hogan, the front man, is chief bass player of KÍLA with whom he travels the world. With KÍLA he has won a Meteor award, earned a platinum, gold discs and achieved a number-one-hit
alongside U2 and The Dubliners with The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew. He has played with George Hamilton IV, Bono, U2, Sinéad O’Connor, The Dubliners, Paul Brady, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Glenn Hansard and The Cheeky Girls. Together with drummer Emmaline Duffy-Fallon (previously of Engine Alley) and Jose Carlos Anselmo Flores (Seville) on bass the new line up can include guests from The Black Velvet Band to The Coronas.
To start the traditional music weekend with a bang, the infamous trad music DJ, Ollie Mullooly, will have the floor boards hopping ‘til the small hours! Having started at the Ennis Trad Festival many moons ago the Trad Disco has grown in popularity and will be the highlight of the Éigse festival. If you thought traditional music was boring, drop in to the Trad Disco and be astounded by the madness of a disco of traditional music! Folk band Róisín Dubh begin the night from 9pm.
Róisín Dubh & Trad Discowith DJ Ollie Mullooly at Teach Dolmain
Dé hAoine 18ú Meitheamh / FRIDAY 18TH JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 18th June
Am/ TIME: 11pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Éigse 2010 Festival Club, Scraggs Alley, Tullow St.
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Traditional Music SessionsTrad music sessions all weekend in the Teach Dolmain (Tullow St.), Brennan’s pub (Graiguecullen) and The Dolmen Hotel (Kilkenny Road) featuring the crème de la crème of Irish traditional musicians from around the country. Check www.eigsecarlow.ie and bars for session lists. Ceol
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Dáta/ DATE: 18th JuneAm/ TIME: 10pm Ticéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Brennan’s pub
Dáta/ DATE: 18th JuneAm/ TIME: 9pm - 2am Ticéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION: Teach Dolmain, Tullow St.
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Discover the comedy of the absurd, simple clown, a sense of
play, and complicity in this fun, hands-on workshop with Jaimie
Carswell, graduate of the Jacques Lecoq School and creator of
the Cirque de Légume. As a performer Jaimie has worked with
such comic masters as Jos Houben, Philippe Gaulier, Julie Goell,
and John Wright, among others, and gives regular workshops in
clown, bouffon, and physical comedy. This hour-long workshop will explore some of the
principles, rhythms, games, and methods essential to comic performance. Open to
professionals and non-professionals. Ages 16+
Comedy in Performance Workshop
(Cirque de Légume)
Don’t forget the Cirque de Légume show at 2.30pm – see Fri. 18th for details
CeardlannWORKSHOP
Dáta/ DATE: 19th June
Am/ TIME: 11am
Ticéid/TICKETS: €7 (discount price of €13 to attend workshop and one performance)
Ionad/ LOCATION: GeorgeBernard Shaw Theatre
LUNCHTIME GIGAspiro
Dáta/ DATE: 19th June Am/ TIME: 12.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION: George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow
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The Aspiro performance includes a selection of pieces from their 2010 programme performed by Aspiro Girls, Male Voice Squad and Senior Ensemble. Aspiro is an after-school programme offering a
musical education of the highest artistic standards through the medium of choral music for interested young people in Carlow and surrounding counties. As ambassadors for Carlow, Aspiro have represented their county and country on the local, national and in recent years, international stage.
Traditional MusicWorkshopsButton Accordion: Derek Hickey Banjo: Angelina Carberry Fiddle: Mick Conneely & Liam Flannigan
For improvers / advanced CeardlannWORKSHOP
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How much music, laughter and mayhem can you squeeze into one lunchtime? Go along to Café Formenti to find out!
A Taste of Carlow TourA sampling of the cultural flavours of a county steeped in talent(see page 14 for more details)
Café Formenti lunchtime fun
Dé Sathairn 19ú Meitheamh / SATURDAY 19TH JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 19th JuneAm/ TIME: 2-4pmTicéid/TICKETS: €8 (discount price of €18 to attend both the workshop and the concert)Ionad/ LOCATION:Institute of Technology Carlow, Kilkenny Road, Carlow
Na hEalaíona ÁitúilaLOCAL ARTS
Dáta/ DATE: 12th & 19th JuneAm/ TIME: 2pm & 4pmTicéid/TICKETS: €20 (incl. light refreshments) Limited places 30 max
Ionad/ LOCATION:Pembroke Club d’Art, Pembroke Rd., Carlow
Na hEalaíona ÁitúilaLOCAL ARTS
Dáta/ DATE: 19th JuneAm/ TIME: 1pmTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Café Formenti, Dublin Street, Carlow
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Michael D.Higgins Poetry Reading GB Shaw Theatre Bar, 6pm
Emerging Poets & Rita Kelly (upstairs) Teach Dolmain, Tullow St. , 9pm
A Taste of Carlow Tour Pembroke Club d'Art, 2pm & 4pm
Café Formenti lunchtime fun Café Formenti, Dublin Street, Carlow, 1pm
Tír na nÓg (support by Jamie McDonald) The Tower Live, Dinn Rí, 9pm
FESTIVAL CLUB - Eva Queen Scraggs Alley, Tullow St., 11pm
Common Tongue St. Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, 5pm
Jerry Fish & the Mudbug Club (support by Sugar Factory) GB Shaw Theatre, 9.30pm
Trad music session Teach Dolmain, Tullow St.,10.30pm
Trad Disco (& Róisín Dubh) Teach Dolmain, Tullow St., 9pm - 2am
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Trad Music Session Teach Dolmain, 4pm
Trad Music Concert: Derek Hickey, Angelina Carberry, Liam Flannigan& Mick Conneely (support by Caladh Nua) GB Shaw Theatre, 9pm
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Trad Music Session & Dancers Teach Dolmain, 2.30pm
Lunchtime gig: Aspiro choir GB Shaw Theatre, 12.30pm
Art for children & music instrument making Plás na Saoirse, 1pm
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Lantern making & music instrument making Penny Lane Market, Tullow St., 2 - 5pm
Cookery demonstration - Brian O Dómhnaill Talbot Hotel, Portlaoise Rd., 7pm
Comedy in performance workshop GB Shaw Theatre, 11am
Traditional music workshops IT, Carlow, 2 - 4pm
Opera workshops GB Shaw Theatre, 12 - 2pm
Opera workshops Teach Bríd, Tullow, Co. Carlow, 3 - 5pm
Opera workshops Community Centre, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 6 - 8pm
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ÉIGSE 30 year Retrospective VISUAL (11th June - 29th August)
Meet the Artist: Hughie O'Donoghue (12pm) & Shani Rhys-James (3pm), VISUAL
Meet the Artist: Denis Farrell & Marie Hanlon: VISUAL, 3pm
Carlow IT & Artforms Gallery Exhibition Carlow Institute of Technology
Marc-Ivan O'Gorman - Reflected Light Shamrock Plaza
Sasha Sykes - Exhibition of Furniture Art Shamrock Plaza
Connections - Carlow Photographic Society Former WebTalk Shop, Tullow Street
Gordon Bennett Remembered 38-43 Tullow Street
House of Fiction Borris House, Borris, Co. Carlow
Art on Railings Court Place & Kennedy Avenue
Fringe exhibitions & Events Various
The Parting Glass GB Shaw Theatre, 9pm
5 Tails (Carlow Youth Theatre & IADT) GB Shaw Theatre, 12pm & 7.30pm
Playwright readings GB Shaw Theatre, 2pm
Carlow University Theatre Tullow St. pedestrian area, 1pm & Plás na Saoirse,8pm
Around the World on 80 Quid The Tower Live, Dinn Rí, 9pm
Andrew Maxwell The Tower Live, Dinn Rí, 9.30pm
Éigse Lecture: Bibi Baskin Talbot Hotel, Portlaoise Rd., 5pm
Late Night Film Shorts Showcase Omniplex Digital, Fairgreen SC, Carlow, 11.30pm
Dancers' Dialogue - World première VISUAL / GBST Carpark, 10.30pm - 11.30pm
Open air céilí - Tulla Céilí Band Plás na Saoirse, 3pm
Carlow Farmer's Market Plás na Saoirse, 9am - 3pm
Carlow Restaurants Plás na Saoirse, 12pm - 4pm
Lantern Procession Meet at VISUAL / GBST, 9.45pm
MACNAS - Harin' through the town VISUAL / GBST Carpark, 10.15pm & 10.45pm
Queen of Colours GB Shaw Theatre, 10am & 12pm
The Tall Tale of Mr. Punch Plás na Saoirse, 2pm
Cirque de Légume GB Shaw Theatre, Fri 18 at 9pm, Sat 19 at 2.30pm
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Éigse lecture:Bibi Baskin
The inaugural Éigse lecture will be presented by former RTE TV presenter Bibi Baskin fromCo. Donegal who moved to India ten years ago, bought an old colonial property, restored it and turned it into a Heritage hotel of India. Bibi’s topic of discussion encompasses the meeting of new challenges, changing careers mid-life and how the Irish language made learning Malayalam, a local Indian language, a piece of cake.
SpeisialtaSPECIAL
Dáta/ DATE: 19th June Am/ TIME: 5pm
Ticéid/TICKETS: €6Ionad/ LOCATION:Talbot Hotel,Portlaoise Road, Carlow
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WOODROAD: A concert of laid-back Brazilian lullabies, fiery tangos, romantic Barrios and riotous Klezmer. Having left his mark on the worlds of classical, jazz and Brazilian folk music, Laurindo Almeida thought nothing of juxtaposing these styles. Astor Piazzolla also bridged traditions and brought on himself the scorn of his fellow Argentineans, when he incorporated elements of baroque music and jazz into his nuevo tango. This is a concert in homage to two great 20th century South American musicians, and their iconoclastic visions.
3 Almedia Arrangements:Maurice Ravel: Piece En Forme De HabaneraJayme Ovalle: ModinhaLaurindo Almeida: Caçador
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)Histoire du Tango: Bordel 1900, Café 1930
Astor PIAZZOLLA: Verano Porteño (SOLO)Agustin Barrios Mangoré: Julia Florida (SOLO)
3 Klezmer pieces:M. Katz: Dance of the Souls, LiriM. Takeda: Kumi Ori/Umi Tzion
WOODROAD: Alec O’Leary (guitar)& Deirdre O’Leary (clarinet)and Dennis O’Driscoll (poetry)
A double bill of music and poetry for this early evening event in a beautiful setting.
PROGRAMME:
Dennis O’Driscoll has published eight books of poetry. Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, was published in 2008. He is editor of the Bloodaxe Book of Poetry Quotations. Awards include a Lannan Literary Award, the E.M. Forster Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry from the Centre for Irish Studies in Minnesota, and the Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. He is a member of Aosdána and an Honorary Member of the RHA and was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature by UCD in 2009.
Dé Sathairn 19ú Meitheamh / SATURDAY 19TH JUNEDáta/ DATE: 19th June Am/ TIME: 6.30pmTicéid/TICKETS: €12/€10 concIonad/ LOCATION: St. Laserian’s Cathedral,Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow
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A once-off Irish traditional music concert in association with Carlow Folk Club featuring: Derek Hickey (button accordion), Angelina Carberry (banjo), Liam Flannigan (fiddle) & Mick Conneely (fiddle & bouzouki)
This is a rare concert and combination of exceptionally high quality traditional musicians that you don’t hear in concert setting every day. Limerick accordion maestro, Derek Hickey, has a reputation for being one of Ireland’s leading accordionists having toured and recorded with De Dannan for 8 years until they disbanded in 2003 and a member of Arcady prior to that. His long awaited solo album is due for release shortly which is music to the ears of his many admirers. Derek has hand-selected the pick of the crop to perform at this Carlow performance.
Joining him is banjo rhythm-queen Angelina Carberry who was raised in the vibrant Manchester Irish community and has released a number of highly regarded albums with various musicians. Corkonian fiddler Liam Flannigan from Charleville tours and records with the Cork band Northcregg. He is an exceptionally talented and subtle fiddler and Cork’s best kept secret! Mick Conneely has toured & played with many artists over the years, most notably De Danann (1991-1995), Mary Bergin, Mairtin O’Connor, Matt Molloy, Kevin Crawford, Carl Hession, Michael McGoldrick to name but a few and has recorded on numerous albums. In 2001 his first solo album ‘Selkie’ was released to critical acclaim on the Clo IarChonnachta label. He is one of the most respected fiddle players of his generation and is also considered a leading exponent of the Greek bouzouki in Irish traditional music.
Dé Sathairn 19ú Meitheamh / SATURDAY 19TH JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 19th June
Am/ TIME: 9pmTicéid/TICKETS: €15/€12Ionad/ LOCATION:George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow
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Traditional Music Sessions
Founded in 2009, the ensemble comprises of five extremely talented musicians from counties Carlow, Waterford and Kilkenny. The tasteful musical arrangements of Caladh Nua include traditional Irish dance music, traditional songs alongside some more recently composed pieces. Caladh Nua are: Eoin Ó Meachair (banjo), Paddy Tutty (fiddle), Derek Morrissey (accordion), Colm Ó Caoimh (guitar) & Lisa Butler (vocals & fiddle).
"Solid traditional music with plenty of flair and lots of musical imagination” Irish Music Magazine
Support to the traditional concert by: Caladh Nua
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Trad music sessions all weekend in the Teach Dolmain (Tullow St.), Brennan’s pub (Graiguecullen) and The Dolmen Hotel (Kilkenny Road) featuring the crème de la crème of Irish traditional musicians from around the country. Check www.eigsecarlow.ie and bars for session lists.
Dáta/ DATE: 19th June
Ticéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Teach Dolmain sessions,4pm & 10.30pmThe Dolmen Hotel sessions, 10.30pm
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Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office presents:(as part of ‘An Opera For Carlow’ development project)
Opera for all workshopsExplore the musical and dramatic world of opera in these once-off workshops directed by one of Ireland's leading opera conductors, Fergus Sheil.Fergus Sheil studied music in Trinity College Dublin and conducting with Leon Barzin in Paris. In 1995 he won the BRI Conducting competition in the UK. He has appeared in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia (UK), the Irish Chamber Orchestra and many others. He is conductor of the Dublin Youth Orchestra and is music director for the Welsh National Youth Opera. Fergus conducted the première of Arvo Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry with the Latvian State Choir in Drogheda in 2008. A unique opportunity to delve into the world of musical intrigue and drama and to participate in operatic excerpts. No previous experience necessary. Free admission but places limited. To register contact Éigse on 059 9140491.
Dé Domhnaigh 20ú Meitheamh / SUNDAY 20TH JUNE
CeardlannWORKSHOP
Dáta/ DATE: 20th JuneTicéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:George Bernard Shaw Theatre,Old Dublin Road, Carlow, 12 - 2pm
Teach Bríd, Brigidine Convent, Tullow, Co. Carlow, 3 - 5pm
Community Centre, Church Road, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 6 - 8pm
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Traditional Music SessionsTrad music sessions all weekend in the Teach Dolmain (Tullow St.), Brennan’s pub (Graiguecullen) and The Dolmen Hotel (Kilkenny Road) featuring the crème de la crème of Irish traditional musicians from around the country. Check www.eigsecarlow.ie and bars for session lists.
Dé Domhnaigh 20ú Meitheamh / SUNDAY 20TH JUNEDáta/ DATE: 20th June Ticéid/TICKETS: FREEIonad/ LOCATION:Teach Dolmain sessions: seisúin mór with musicians & dancers all day, 2.30pmBrennan’s pub sessions, 2pm
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Around the World on 80 QuidWritten and Performed by Aindrias De Staic
Aindrias’s self-penned comic tale of madness and mayhem features insightful storytelling interwoven with superb musical interludes as he powerfully performs excerpts from his travelogue of an epic journey, fiddling his way across continents, on just 80 quid.
Beginning at the G8 summit in Genoa, De Staic powerfully spins yarns of people and places from the Med to Indonesia, Australia to Argentina, Mexico and the USA. Encountering drink, drugs and all things debaucherous his path brings him face to face with the darker side of the open road as he is challenged to make ends meet. Relying only on his music, wit and charm he abandons a drug and drink fuelled lifestyle and is forced to experiment with everyday objects as his musical instruments, honing his unique understanding of sound and rhythm.
We picked this appropriately titled and themed piece of comic theatre / music / travel storytelling to help you wind down your 2010 festival madness!
Winner: Sweet Award Edinburgh Fringe 2007Winner: Best Solo Show - New Zealand Fringe 2008
"Plays the fiddle like a man possessed" - Roger Cox, Scotsman Newspaper
Dé Domhnaigh 20ú Meitheamh / SUNDAY 20TH JUNE
Dáta/ DATE: 20th June
Am/ TIME: 9pmTicéid/TICKETS: €12/€10 concIonad/ LOCATION:The Tower Live, Dinn Rí,Tullow St., Carlow
DrámaíochtTHEATRE
SCHOOLS PROJECTS
36 Tionscadail Scoileanna & For-rochtana / SCHOOLS & OUTREACH PROJECTS
Éigse loves working with Carlow schools and community groups and we’re always enthusiastic about growing and expanding our programme each year to invest in our children and our community’s future. While the focus on schools and outreach projects reaches its peak during the festival, we continue to provide workshops and opportunities to schools, nursing / convalescent homes and community groups in Carlow all year round.
Poster competition sponsored by UnumWe once again set the task of finding Carlow’s budding young artist with the successful poster converted by our graphic designers into a professional event poster, distributed in the run up to Éigse as promotion for the festival.
Young Critics Forum The young Critics Forum leaves nothing uncovered during the festival. A cast of young critics have been workshopped in “round table discussions” facilitated by writer Dave Donohue and members of the Carlow Nationalist newspaper. The young critics will attend a range of events at Éigse to deconstruct and scrutinise the programme of events. The reviews will be printed in The Carlow Nationalist - our media partner, shortly after the festival. Keep an eye out to see what the young critics think of the 2010 festival!!
Visual arts schools interpretive talks and workshopsTours of the visual arts exhibitions are provided annually for a number of schools throughout the festival providing easy-to-understand talks about the artworks on display and helping school children and their teachers to develop a better understanding of the wide range of visual art on display.
IBM Lego® Robot projectVolunteers from IBM conduct workshops on location to introduce older school children to the engineering process of LEGO® robotics. The workshop involves building and programming of the robots and provides quality learning experiences for all.
OUTREACH PROJECTSA selection of artists at Éigse 2010 will perform special performances at a number of local nursing homes and day care centres throughout the county. This year Éigse is also working with members of the travelling community in Carlow via the University of Limerick’s NOMAD project, providing performance and showcasing opportunities during the festival.
www.gbshawtheatre.ie
Old Dublin Road, Carlow. Booking: 059 917 2400Tues- Sat 11am – 5.30pmSun 2pm – 5pm
June 25th 8pmMorecambe
June 26th 10.30am/ 1.30pm/ 4pmOpera Auditions
June 27th 8pmCrazy Heart
July 2nd – 3rdThe GB Shaw Summer School
July 9th- 10th Dance Crazes Through The Ages
July 16thPól Brennan Presents...Guo Yue, Ayub Ogada& Tara Byrne in Concert
Exhibitions:Eigse Visual Arts
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FRINGE Highlights
PAINTINGS BY LILY O'ROURKEAND SALLY ASHMORE
Sally paints in a colourful, naïve style in watercolour, acrylic, oil and mixed media. Lily takes her inspiration from nature using the medium of oil, pastel and watercolour.
Taispeántais Imeallacha / VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION TRAIL
FRAGILE ROOTS
An Exhibition of Landscapes and Seascapes in Oil on Canvas.This is Elsie Nolan’s latest exhibition and the first since Healing through the Seasons 2007. Preview the work & location of the exhibition @elsienolan.com in early June.
SUMMER EXHIBITION AT KILGRANEY STUDIO GALLERY
Kilgraney Studio gallery presents a group show featuring sculptural works set in the herb gardens of Kilgraney house, an exhibition of painting, prints and ceramic pieces.
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME:Sun. 6th June, 4pm Opening, 7th - 20th June 11am – 6pm, Sun. 13th June, 4 – 6pm Artists at work, demonstrations by exhibiting artists, Barbara Dempsey, Martin Marley & others, Thurs. 17th June, 7pm Talk by Eamon Colman (Aosdána member)
Ionad/ LOCATION: Kilgraney Studio Gallery, Borris Rd, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.059 9775283, www.kilgraneyhouse.com
Dáta / DATE:11th-22nd June
Ionad/ LOCATION: Shamrock Plaza, Shamrock Square, Carlow.
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME:11th-20th June, 10am-7.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Cathedral Parish Centre, College St, Carlow
41Taispeántais Imeallacha / VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION TRAIL
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Arthur Minion
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th June (cheese and wine reception) &12th June, 11th - 7.30pm – 10pm, 12th – 10 am – 9pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Ashfield Room, The Talbot Hotel, Carlow
FACING ISSUES:BRAVE OR FOOLISH
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Catherine Ryan
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 9th – 24th June, 10am – 5.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Macs Menswear, Tullow St., Carlow
RURAL MOODSCAPES
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Catherine Ryan
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 9th June - August
Ionad/ LOCATION: Hennessy’s Food & Wine, Dublin St, Carlow
MOODSCAPESEalaíontóir/ ARTIST: Steve Mynhardt
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 14th – 20th June, 9:30am – 6pm Mon – Sat, 1:30pm – 5:30pm Sun
Ionad/ LOCATION: Detail Clothing, Potato Market, Carlow
WHITE ON BLACK
EXHIBITION
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Mary Brennan, Maria Brennan, Mary Curren
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th – 20th June, 10:30am – 7pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Carlow Cathedral Parish Centre, College St., Carlow
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Diarmuid O’Donovan
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th June – 20th June, 11.30am – 5.50pm and by appointment
Ionad/ LOCATION: Pembroke Studio Gallery, 1 Pembroke (Off Burrin St.,) Carlow Town
SINATA IN ROMANTICWATERCOLOURS
EXPOSURE 7
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Carlow Photographic Society
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th - 20th June, Library Opening Times
Ionad/ LOCATION: Carlow Library, Tullow St., Carlow
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Bev Carbery
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th – 20th June, 11.30am – 5.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Pembroke Studio/Gallery, 1 Pembroke (Off Burrin St.), Carlow Town
PAINTINGS, CERAMICS,WOOD & FUSED GLASS
FRINGE Exhibition Trail
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Local Artists & Craft Workers
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 9th – 24th June, 9.30am – 5.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: The Forge Restaurant, Kilbride Cross, Ballon, Co Carlow
THE FORGE COLLECTION EXHIBITION
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Barrow valley Painters Group
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 12th – 16th June, Sat. 12.30pm - 8pm, Sun. - Wed. 11am - 8pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Seven Oaks Hotel, Athy Road, Carlow
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Trudi Doyle – Watercolours & Acrylics, Jacinta Crowley Long – Oils Attracta Carbery – Watercolours & Oils
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th – 20th June, 11am – 6pm (Late Opening till 8pm Fri. & Sat.s)
Ionad/ LOCATION: Seven Oaks Hotel, Athy Road, Carlow
EXHIBITIONYIN AND YANG
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Steve Nolan and Rennie Ashmore Buenting
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th June- 11th July (Opening by Jackie Carter at 5.30pm), 9am – 3pm, Mon. & Tues., 9am – 4pm Thurs. - Sat.
Ionad/ LOCATION: Café Formenti, Dublin St., Carlow.
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: John Duffy
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th - 20th June, 10am – 5pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Talbot Hotel Portlaoise Rd., Carlow
JOHN DUFFY DRAWINGS(LASERED ON WOOD & SLATE)
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Paintwell Artists
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 12th – 20th June, 10am – 5pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: The Atrium, Shamrock Plaza, Carlow
PAINTWELL ARTISTSANNUAL EXHIBIITION -PAINT A POPPY
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Mandy Byrne, Ruth Coffey, Anne Deere
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th June – 20th June
Ionad/ LOCATION: Jones Business Systems, Burrin St., Carlow
COLLABORATIVECOLLECTION II EXHIBITION
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Paintings by Agnes Broderick & Helen Curtis
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th June – 20th June
Ionad/ LOCATION: Jones Business Systems, Burrin St., Carlow
EXHIBITION
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: The Budding Artists Group Exhibition, Funded by VEC
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: June 15th & June 17th, 10am – 5pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Askea Parish Centre, Carlow
EXHIBITION
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: St Fiaac’s Artists Group Exhibition
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 14th – 18th June, 2pm – 5pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: St Fiaac’s House, Carlow
ART & CRAFT
Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Carlow Education & Training Centre
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 14th June – 17th June, 10am – 11am
Ionad/ LOCATION: Kernanstown Ind. Estate, Hacketstown, Co Carlow
FRINGE Exhibition Trail
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Ealaíontóir/ ARTIST: Brandon McLane, Mary Cullen, Anthony Walsh, Brian Bastick, Marie Cumiskey, Stephen Mynhart, Nicola Brown, Saidhbhin Gibson, Dorothy Hutson, Julie Cadogen, Paul Heary, Siobhan Jordan, Sonja Horgan, Sue White & invited artists
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 12th June – 20th June, 11am – 6.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Castle Gate, Kennedy St., Carlow
THE BLUEPRINT PRESENT
Taispeántais Imeallacha / VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION TRAIL
43Imeachtaí Imeallacha / FRINGE EVENTS
FRINGE Events TrailSampla den imeachtaí ealaíon eile i gCeatharlach i rith an tsamhraidh / Sample of Carlow artistic events throughout the summer
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Sun. 6th June, 8pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Mimosa Wine Bar, College St., Carlow
Ticéid / TICKETS: €10 (incl. one glass of wine) - limited space (capacity: 40)
ZRAZY THE HIP -JAZZ LATIN FUNKAWARD WINNING BAND
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Wed. 16th & Thurs. 17th June, 8pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Town Hall, Haymarket, Carlow
Ticéid / TICKETS: €12 / €10 conc.
A ONE ACT SEASON OFSUMMER COMEDYby Carlow Little Theatre
Coláiste Samhraidh: For teenagers from 1st - 14th July. 9.30am-1pm daily. Fee €195.
Campa Samhraidh: For 7 - 10 year olds from 19th-23rd July. 10am-2pm daily. Fee €40.
Campa na nÓg: Junior Camp for 4 – 6 year olds from 12th – 16th July. 10am-1pm daily. Fee €40.
Cúrsa Gaeilge: Gaelchultúr Mini Summer Course for adults on six Mondays from 7-9pm commencing 24th May. Fee €120. Full Details & Registration with Glór Cheatharlach on 085 1340047, 059 9158105 or [email protected]
GLÓR CHEATHARLACHCLÁR AN TSAMHRAIDH /SUMMER PROGRAMME
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Sun. 13th June & Sun. 20th June, 6pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: The Med Bar,Tullow St., Carlow
ZRAZY THE HIPJAZZ LATIN FUNKAWARD WINNING BAND Presented by Gael Linn in association
with Glór Cheatharlach
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 16th June, 11am
Ionad/ LOCATION: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Green Lane, Carlow
SPRAOICHEIST NA HÉIGSEAnnual table quiz
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Sat. 12th June, 2.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Burrin River – Pizza Hut to Italian Connection
CARLOW LIONS CLUBDUCK RACE
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: 11th & 12th June, 10.30am – 5.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: Various locations around Carlow
SUNFLOWER DAY FORCO. CARLOW HOSPICE
Ceol le Donnacha Lynch & Family
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Sun. / Dé Domhnaigh 20th June, 4 – 7pm (céilí); 7- 11pm (Oíche Ghaelach - special guests RíRá Traditional Group)
Ionad/ LOCATION: Paletine GAA club, Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
Ticéid / TICKETS: €10 inc. refreshments. Eolas/Info: 087 6109728 / 087 2857048
MIDSUMMER CÉILÍ &OÍCHE GHAELACH
Featuring various local musicians and singers
Dáta & Am / DATE & TIME: Fri. 25th June & the last Fri. of every month, 9.30pm
Ionad/ LOCATION: The Boat Club, The Quays, Carlow
Ticéid / TICKETS: FREE. Contact Con Haughney on 085-1437159 for further info.
POCKET OF SUNSHINEFOLK CLUB
INDIE’GO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Carlow’s newest festival provides an eclectic mix of world music, indie, rock, pop, and traditional and follows the ethos that we are all one community and as such are each responsible for how that community develops. Bands confirmed so far include: Ozzmium, Joe Cleere, Shoot the Freak, Black Sookie, Jinx Lennon, Groovalizacion, Funky Seomra, The View, Dubtallica, Silouhette, Afresh, Breag, Nathan Ball, TKO, Tanante, Foothills and Venue i. The festival will donate a percentage of ticket sales to Barnardos Ireland and Self Help Africa.
Dáta/ DATE: 6th-8th August
Ionad/ LOCATION: Fenagh, Co. Carlow
www.indiegoworldmusic.com
Imeachtaí Imeallacha / FRINGE EVENTS
45Sonraí áirithintí / BOOKING INFORMATION
VENUES Tickets will also be available at each venue on the night of each performance (if the performance is not already sold out). Please check www.eigsecarlow.ie
for updates on ticket availability.
BOOKING FEES A booking fee of €1 per ticket applies to all card transactions whether purchased online, via telephone or in person (to a maximum of €10) TICKET REFUNDS
We regret that tickets cannot be refunded after purchase. To obtain a refund in the unlikely event of a performance cancellation, tickets must
HOW TO BOOK
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre.
BY PHONEPlease call 059 917 2400 during box
ONLINEwww.eigsecarlow.ie www.gbshawtheatre.ieBooking available online 24 Hours a day. Tickets can be collected at the
hours) or at the venue prior to the performance.
IN PERSONTickets can be purchased in person at
Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road (no.1 on map) during box o�ceopening hours.
SPECIAL NEEDS
DISABLED ACCESSAll events in the GB Shaw Theatre are fully accessible for disabled patrons and designated car parking is available in the public car park adjacent to the centre. Please check www.eigsecarlow.ie for details of other venues. Please ensure that you advise our box o�ce sta� of your needs when making your booking.
If you, or anyone in your party, have any special needs including requirements for extra leg-room or special seating arrange-ments for hearing or visually impaired patrons please discuss this with our box o�ce sta� when you are making your booking and they will advise you.
CAR PARKINGVarious parking facilities are available in Carlow, please see map.
Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5.30pmSunday 2pm – 5pm (also open Mon. 14th June during the festival)On day of events one hour prior tothe show start
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS
46 Treoracha go Ceatharlach / GETTING TO CARLOW
GETTING TO CARLOW Carlow is conveniently located in the south east of Ireland and easily accessed by road, rail and bus services. For further information visit: www.carlowtourism.com
Dublin via M7 & M9: 84km (52miles) – 1hr 10mins
Belfast via M1, M50, M7 & M9: 264km (164miles) – 3hrs
Cork via M8: 188km (116miles) – 2hrs 30mins
Limerick via M7: 157km (98miles) – 2hrs 20mins
Galway: 270km (167miles) – 3hrs 15mins
Rosslare Ferryport: 80km (50 miles) – 1hr 15mins
Waterford Airport: 80km (50 miles) – 1hr 15mins
BY TRAIN
Eight services operate to Carlow Town from Dublin Heuston (and return) on a daily basis Monday - Friday, seven services on Saturday and four services on Sunday. Train Station, Carlow. Tel: + 353 (0) 59 913 1633 www.irishrail.ie
BY BUS
Bus Eireann operates 10 services to Waterford and Dublin Monday - Saturday
J.J. Kavanagh’s Bus serves Carlow Town, IT Carlow and Royal Oak, Bagenalstown 12 times per day from Dublin Airport (coach park) and Dublin City (outside Ulster Bank, Georges Quay). Tel: + 353 (0) 59 914 3081 www.jjkavanagh.ie
Don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list. Our free service includes:By email: Regular Email bulletins
By post: Delivery of our festivalbrochure
The perfect gift for any occasion! Gift vouchers are ideal for friends, loved ones and even corporate gifts. Let them chose the shows they love and give a gift voucher for Éigse Carlow Arts Festival.
Contact us on 059 914 0491 for more details.
BY CAR TO CARLOW TOWN
ÉIGSE GIFT VOUCHERS
MAILING LIST
via Carlow with 5 services to Dublin and 7 services to Waterford each Sunday.Bus Station, Waterford.Tel: + 353 (0) 51 879 000www.buseireann.ie
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VISUAL & GB Shaw Theatre& Éigse BOX OFFICEInstitute of TechnologyThe Tower (Dinn Rí)Plás na SaoirseScraggs AlleyPembroke Club d’ArtPenny Lane MarketTullow Street pedestrian areaTeach DolmainOmniplex CinemaShamrock PlazaFormer WebTalk shop& 38 - 42 Tullow St.Courthouse & Kennedy Ave.Brennan’s pubCafé FormentiSeven Oaks HotelTourist OfficeParking
TO PORTLAOISE (N80)
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To Talbot Hotel, Portlaoise Rd., N80 (1km)To The Dolmen Hotel, Kilkenny Rd., N9 (2km)
To Old Leighlin (15.5km)To Bagensltown (17km)
To Borris (31.5km)To Tullow (14.5km)
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48 Foireann Éigse / ÉIGSE TEAM
ÉIGSE TEAM BECOME A FRIEND TODAY!BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mags Murphy (Chair), John MacKenna (vice-chair), Michael Abbey, Derry Dillon, Sinead Dowling, Nuala Grogan, Derek Butler, Brian Bennett, Mary Cassidy, Jacqui McNabb, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor & Caroline Townsend.
VOLUNTEERS
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival would like to thank all our invaluable volunteers who have given so generously over the years. We always welcome new volunteers so if you would like to get in touch please contact us on 059 9140491 [email protected]
DIRECTOR Tara ConnaghanVISUAL ARTS CURATOR Paddy McGovern ADMINISTRATOR Lisa Nolan FESTIVAL ASSISTANTS Brenda Whelan Pamela Sunderland Debbie Weller Jenny WalshPRODUCTION MANAGER Marie O’ByrnePUBLICIST, SPONSORSHIP& MARKETING Buckeridge PR & Event Mgmt.PR VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Maria DooganACCOUNTANTS Harney Nolan
You can be a part of the festival experience and help your local festival be bigger and better by becoming a Festival Friend from as little as €50.
BENEFITS INCLUDE:
Priority bookingAdvance programme informationRegular email bulletinsInvitations to the opening eventsSpecial “Members Only” o�ers onselected performancesYour name / logo listed in the Carlow Nationalist Éigse supplementDiscounts and tickets to certain performancesBranding opportunities
Email us at [email protected] or call 059 9140491 for membership
details and see if becoming a mBREember might be right for you, or
for someone close to you.
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A very special thank you to:
Buíochas do / THANK YOU
Members of Carlow County Council, County Manager Tom Barry, Bernie O’Brien, Sinead Dowling & Ann Scully of the Carlow Arts O�ce, Members of Carlow Town Council, Town Clerk Joe Watters & sta� at Carlow Town Council, Úna McCarthy & all at the Arts Council, Carissa Farrell, Róisín McGarr, Joe Flavin & sta� at VISUAL & GB Shaw Theatre, Paddy McGovern, Cynthia Ní Mhurchu, Dinn Rí, sta� & students at Carlow IT, Carlow Amenity Trust, Carlow Garda Síochána, Monsignor Caoimhín Ó Néill and all at St. Patrick’s College, Carlow Tourism and Tourist O�ce, John Brophy & the Fairgreen complex, Patrick Ryan & all at Carlow Omniplex, Carlow Folk Club & Carlow CCE, Café Formenti, Artlinks, Carlow Volunteer Centre, Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Carlow Enterprise Board, Carlow Rotary Club, Carlow Business Club, Geraldine and Joe Walsh at Sign Manage-ment Services, Teach Dolmain, Brennan’s Bar, Scraggs Alley, Seven Oaks Hotel, Talbot Hotel, The Dolmen Hotel, Redhill Properties, Shamrock Plaza, Ben Thompkins & George Kid at St. Laserian’s Cathedral, Bernard Jennings, Brendan Harding and all at Pembroke Club D’Art, Alan Cashin, Sharon Murphy, Gwynne Thomas, George Stuart, Glór Cheatharlach, Madeline O’Keefe & Penny Lane Market, Marie Davis, Michelle Byrne, Natalia Niznik, Tom Morrison-Bell of Google Ireland, James Kelly in Arts Audiences Ireland, Gerry Moloney, Doriane Lextrait & James Browne for IT expertise, Ollie Hennessey, Bev Carberry, Meridian Motors, Michelle Powderly, Éithne Ní Ghallchobháir, Antaine Ó Faracháin, Tricia Hutton & Joe Murphy.
All our curators, sta�, volunteers, board and committee members (past and present). All our sponsors, advertisers and funders. All our artists and participating venues, businesses and people of Carlow and of course the audience…
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORTMíLE BUíOCHAS
ÉIGSE SPONSORS
50 Buíochas do / THANK YOU
Éigse gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its Funderes and Sponsors
Media Partners
With special thanks to...
BRENNAN’SBAR
Take a bow!
The arts really matter to us in Ireland; they are a big part of people’s lives, the country’s single most popular pursuit. Our artists interpret our past, define who we are today, and imagine our future. We can all take pride in the enormous reputation our artists have earned around the world.
The arts play a vital role in our economy, and smart investment of taxpayers’ money in the arts is repaid many times over. The dividends come in the form of a high value, creative economy driven by a flexible, educated, innovative work force, and in a cultural tourism industry worth €2.4 billion directly a year.
The Arts Council is the Irish Government agency for funding and developing the arts. Arts Council funding from the taxpayer, through the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, for 2010 is €69.15 million, that’s less than €1 a week for every household.
So, at the end of your next great festival experience, don’t forget the role you played and take a bow yourself!
You can find out more about the arts here:
www.artscouncil.ieFind out what’s on at
www.events.artscouncil.ie
Éigse Carlow Arts FestivalForresters’ HallCollege Street, CarlowTel +353 59 9140491Fax +353 59 9130065email [email protected]
BOX OFFICE: +353 59 917 2400www.eigsecarlow.ie
