Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar
Here is a video i edited. It entails an interview with Marie Farrell Director of Linenhall Arts Centre.
Performance footage used from Linenhall Arts Centre, CodaSinging & Livetrad. I do not own any rights to the music.
Brighton by Jim Nolan @ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
The hugely successful and critically acclaimed 2010 production of Brighton by Waterford playwright, Jim Nolan comes to the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar on Wed 5 Oct as part of a ten venue national tour funded by the Arts Council.
Set in the Sisters of Calvary Nursing Home in London, Brighton follows elderly Irishwoman, Fulham FC supporter and 'Terror of the Third Floor', Lily Thompson on her last great adventure. Sustained by her daily pilgrimage to the shopping mall at Hammersmith Tube station and the friendship of Care Assistant and passionate Arsenal fan, Dave, the arrival of Jack, a new resident, brings them all unexpected challenges and new horizons.
Directed by Ben Barnes, the production sees the return of Gillian Hanna as Lily and Andrew Macklin as Dave, joined by Royal Shakespeare Company veteran, Christopher Saul as Jack, with set and costume design by Joe Vanek, lighting design by John Comiskey and sound and projection design by Mark Graham.
'charming and uplifting' Sunday Independent
'a stunningly beautiful, deeply uplifting play' Arena, RTE Radio 1
'Brighton celebrates the resilience of the human spirit....funny and poignant....sparkles with wit and humour' Irish Theatre Magazine
'Amid tears, cheers and a glorious feel-good rush of emotion, this was a standing ovation for success and resilience and the ordinary extraordinary miracle of the human spirit' Munster Express
Garter Lane Theatre, Waterford
Mon 12-Sat 17 Sept 051-855038 garterlane.ie
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
Wed 21 & Thurs 22 Sept 061 319866 belltable.ie
Draoicht, Blanchardstown
Fri 23 Sept 01 8852622 draoicht.ie
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
Sat 24 Sept 046 9092300 solsticeartscentre.com
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Wed 28 Sept 056 7761674 watergatetheatre.com
Siamsa Tire, Tralee
Sat 1 Oct 066 7123055 siamsatire.com
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Wed 5 Oct 094 9023733 thelinehall.com
The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
Fri 7 Oct 0504 90204 thesourcesartscentre.ie
GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow
Sat 8 Oct 059 9172400 gbshawtheatre.ie
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Sun 9 Oct 045 448327 riverbank.ie
Culture Night, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar - Tony Reidy
Join Tony Reidy at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, on Friday 21st September 2012 at 7.00pm for a collaborative song writing adventure. The workshop is free of charge, and participants are encouraged view this film clip and to come armed with ideas and an openness to being Captured by Song! thelinenhall.com
Coda singing ... Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar
This recording contains clips of some songs from Coda's recent gig at Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar.
Coda are a group of seven singers and musicians from Mayo. They sing a selection of both a capella and self-accompanied songs.
Coda singing 'Randy Dandy' at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland
Coda are a group of seven singers and musicians from around Westport, Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. They sing a selection of both a capella and self-accompanied songs.
More details on codasinging.com
Coda singing 'Maggie' at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Here Coda sing their own version of an old Canadian song written by George Washington Johnson for his sweetheart, Maggie Clarke. Coda are a group of seven singers and musicians from Mayo. They sing a selection of both a capella and self-accompanied songs, contemporary, folk and more.
Coda singing 'Maggie' in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Coda sing their own arrangement of 'Maggie' which is a poem written by George Washington Johnson in 1864 for his new wife Margaret Clarke who died shortly afterwards at the tender age of 23 from tuberculosis. It was set to music by his friend James A Butterfield in 1866.
Coda are a group of seven singers and musicians from Mayo. They sing a selection of both a capella and self-accompanied songs.
The Pull, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Half Solid Productions bring their hilarious comedy The Pull to Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, on Thursday, September 25th, at 8pm. Tickets:
Mr Mustachio's Ice-Cream
A stop-motion claymation created by students who attended the Linenhall Arts Centre's 'Summer Animation Camp' in July 2011
Coda singing 'Mhorag's Na Hóra Gheallaidh' at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Coda are a group of seven singers and musicians from Mayo. They sing a selection of both a capella and self-accompanied songs. Here they sing a live version of the scots gaelic song, 'Mhorag's Na Hóra Gheallaidh', at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland. This song features on their album 'mouthmusic' available through their website codasinging.com.
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What Good is Looking Well When You're Rotten on the Inside? IRISH TOUR 2018
What Good is Looking Well When You're Rotten on the Inside?
By Emma O'Grady
One month before his death, retired civil servant and man of few words Paddy O’Grady had a sudden urge to talk. Using a portable cassette tape recorder, he recorded 15 hours of material: stories about leprechauns, aliens and lonely pharmacists; absurdist political satire; musings on life, love and death; radio shows with advertisements for products that never existed; ballads and poetry; and memories of life as a civil servant.
Paddy’s granddaughter, Emma O’Grady, later discovered he had written plays, poems and short stories in the 1950s and until now his work has been without an audience. This one-woman show - created with multiple directors - examines the fractured and fragile personas we present to the world, who we might be behind them and what we could be instead. What Good is Looking Well When You’re Rotten on the Inside? is a piece about emotional inheritance and grief for wasted creativity that serves as both a tribute and a warning.
What Good is Looking Well... premiered at Galway Theatre Festival in 2017, and was also supported by and presented at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray and Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr. Now it embarks on its first national tour in Autumn 2018.
IRISH TOUR 2018
Town Hall Theatre, Galway Fri 17th Aug
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise Sat 18th Aug
The Mall, Tuam Fri 31st Aug
Garter Lane, Waterford Sat 8th Sept
Ballina Arts Centre Weds 12th Sept
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Thurs 13th Sept
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge Fri 14th Sept
Glór, Ennis Sat 15th Sept
An Grianán, Letterkenny Tues 18th Sept
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar Weds 19th Sept
Clashmore, Co. Waterford Fri 21st Sept
The Source, Thurles Sat 22nd Sept
Axis, Ballymun Weds 26th Sept
Draíocht, Blanchardstown Thurs 6th Dec
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon Thurs 13th Dec
Tickets and more info available from each venue
Supported by the Arts Council Touring Award, Galway City Council, Laois County Council, Galway Theatre Festival, Mermaid Arts Centre and Áras Éanna (Inis Oírr)
Written and performed by Emma O'Grady
Sound design: Rob Moloney
Lighting design: Eoin Winning
Costume design: Triona Lillis
Stage manager: Sinéad Cormack
Directed by: Jonathan Gunning, Catherine Ireton, Caroline Lynch, Andy Smith
REVIEWS
...compelling, bravura performance
Galway Advertiser
... beautifully realised... ....a striking piece of theatrical work, which will ensure O’Grady’s well-earned place in the Irish theatre canon. This is a playwright to watch.
Reviews Hub
“A charming meditation on inheritance” – Irish Times
Leaves one feeling there is slightly more good in the world than beforehand.” - Reviews Hub
...stellar performance... - Meg.ie
John Carty Arty McGlynn 1.mov
John Carty and Arty McGlynn performing at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo on July 20th 2011 as part of The Full Irish series of traditional music concerts
Irish tour - May 2016 - DAY #3 - François must waking up for the soundcheck in Castlebar
Quand ton tech fait une sieste de 6h sur la route entre Baltimore et Castlebar ça se peut qu'il soit un peu marabout à son réveil et se fâche après son iPad pendant la balance de son... Très divertissant notre François.
Amazing night in Baltimore Fiddle Fair yesterday! After a 6H- nap on the road, our soundman doesnt find it easy to waking up for the soundcheck in Linenhall Arts Concert, Castlebar where we are playing tonight. He is angry after is iPad!!! (hihihihi).
Upcoming:
May 10 Letterkenny, DON @ Regional Cultural center
May 11: Dublin, DUB @ The Sugar Club
May 12: Carrick-on-Shannon, LET @ The Dock
May 13: Ennis, CLA @ glór
May 14: Tinahely, WIC @ The Courthouse Arts Centre
May 15: Sligo, SLI @ The Model
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The Bockety World of Henry & Bucket
Promo for Barnstorm's play for children aged 4 and older. barnstorm.ie
The Bockety World of Henry & Bucket is an entertaining and thought-provoking look at friendship through a day in the life of two friends who live in a bockety world of discarded objects.
Henry and Bucket's friendship reflects the bockety world they inhabit -- there are wobbles and shakes, and it's not quite level all the time but it works! How do friends reconcile when they've had their battles, got on each other's nerves, and even stooped to telling lies...?
Touring Ireland in Oct & Nov 2013 -Schools and family performances.
The Barn, Kilkenny; Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise; Stiky Fingers International Festival, Newry; Mill Theatre Dundrum; Roola Boola Children's Art Festival, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar; Ramor Theatre, Virginia; Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire; GB Sahw Theatre, Carlow; The Moat Theatre, Naas; Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick; Backstage Theatre, Longford.
barnstorm.ie for details.
MAYO PARADISE POSSIBLE Launch Event
8th December 2015 - The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo
WhistleBlast Linenhall Concert 2010.m4v
Short clips from a lovely selection of music by The WhistleBlast Quartet, performed at the Linenhall Arts Theatre, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland.
John Hoban LIVE 'New Cotton Dress'
The Irish singer, songwriter JOHN HOBAN sings New Cotton Dress from his 2016 CD Fad Saol (Long Life). We filmed on a cold autumn day at one of his favorite places in County Mayo, Ireland: Ballintubber Abbey.
-- Camera & editing: Willem Blok
Na Ciotogai Ride On
Na Ciotogai perform their version of Ride On from the Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar.
Joe and Brian McHale with Na Ciotogai Green and Red of Mayo
Green and Red of Mayo from our recent stage show at the linenhall arts centre castlebar
FIND Art Project, Event Day 29 March 2014 (film by puredesigns.ie)
FIND is a series of temporary artworks/installations/events in and around the town of Castlebar, Co Mayo. The works are installed within walking distance of each other and found via the maps included in the brochure or by attending the guided artist tours. The Linenhall Arts Centre will act as central headquarters/studio for participating artists and audience alike.
This project is the first collaboration of the Linenhall Arts Centre and the Mayo County Council Public Art Programme, curated by Gaynor Seville. The series of temporary installations are created by Mayo based artists who applied for the commissions via an open competition process.
The theme of FIND is experience of temporary work, and documentation and legacy of temporary work. Artists were encouraged to consider discreet or 'hidden' works that will be 'unravelled', or be revealed, via the event tour, and maps -- encouraging the audience to search out the work.
The Mayo artists who were selected for the commissions are Ian Wieczorek, Amanda Rice, Chris Leach, Nuala Clarke, Alice Dixon and Joanna Hopkins.
These artists also had the opportunity to be mentored and supported by International profile artists Alice Maher and Aideen Barry during the development and realisation of their ideas. Alice had a hugely successful mid career retrospective at IMMA last year and she has vast experience in working in installation, site-specific and temporal art. Aideen Barry has a multi versatile practice, which spans a range of art forms and approaches, including sculpture, performance, drawing, and animation. Aideen also acts and an advocate for visual artists based in the west of Ireland in her role as Western Representative for Visual Artists Ireland. She teaches at the Limerick School of Art and Design as a Lecturer in Sculpture and Combined Media.
The accompanying exhibition at the Linenhall, exposes the studio work and process behind the production of the artists artworks. The gallery space is now in effect a living installation of artist's studios during the month of the exhibition and audience members have the opportunity to observe and meet the artists working in the space.