Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Extravaganza at Imagine Arts Festival
The 16th annual Imagine Arts Festival is underway and there are yet some 56 events to enjoy before the festival closes on October 29th in Waterford.
The 10-day festival commenced on Thursday last, November 19th and festival goers have enjoyed art exhibitions, talks on publishing, interviews with authors at the Waterford Writers Weekend, the John Dwyer Trad Weekend plus Ireland's first Battle of the Blaa at Blaamageddon.
The latter half of the festival has a lot for festivalgoers to enjoy with music gigs on offer with lead guitarist with the legendary indie band The Coral, Bill Ryder Jones, pictured above, the ‘must see' Martin Stephenson, eyes right, and the Daintees and a gig with the critically acclaimed James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhaul Khan plus Shaun Walsh on classical guitar at Garter Lane.
For families and young festivalgoers, there
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
RePublik celebrate their 12th Birthday with the legendary Sasha on Bank Holiday Sunday October 29th at Project, John Street. One of the most iconic and influential Djs over the past 20 years, Sasha is once again heading to the top of the DJ list due to his recent back 2 back sets with John Digweed and also his new live set. Making only his second ever appearance in Waterford, this night will go down as one of the biggest in RePubliks ever growing list of events. Support comes from residents Warren & Kenno. Limited tickets remain online.
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs nominee, four-time International Dance Music Award winner and four time DJ Mag award winner, the legendary SASHA is a man who needs no introduction. In the last 18 months, his already prosperous career has been burgeoning at an exciting rate,
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
NATIONALLY-renowned street arts and spectacle company Spraoi is totally transforming a section of Ireland’s favourite greenway to stage Wicked Woods at Carriganore Woods on the Waterford Greenway on the edge of the city this Halloween. Award winning Spraoi’s re-imagining of this unique setting is expected to attract thousands of spectators.
Visitors to Wicked Woods can expect to walk a woodland path at night, encountering exotic creatures, costumed performers, sound and light – a mildly scary seasonal experience at Halloween, with an additional Sunday daylight matinee show for smaller children.
The event is a family-orientated celebration of the Samhain Festival, marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, ‘the darker half’ of the year. The woodland Halloween experience runs on Saturday, October 28, from 6pm to 9pm and again on Sunday, October 29, from 2pm to 4.30pm and again from 6pm
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Hallowe’en has been one of the BIGGEST weekends of the year at Shortts over recent times and 2017 will be no different, especially with the HUGE Fancy Dress Party taking place outside under the Apple Market roof between 8.30pm and 10pm, at the end of the Monster March through the city. With a fully decorated venue and all our bands and DJs getting into the theme of Hallowe’en, the full line-up for the weekend ahead is:
FRIDAY – CROW BLACK CHICKEN + ANNA LIESE + GROOVE DJs
Imagine Festival and Shortts present the always brilliant Crow Black Chicken with support from the highly rated new Waterford original band, Anna Liese. Crow Black Chicken are veterans of high profile sets at Electric Picnic and supports with the likes of ZZ Top and have built a loyal following of blues rock fans in Waterford
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company are delighted to announce that their engaging stage adaptation of Lewis Caroll’s much loved classic novel, Alice in Wonderland, will embark on a 5 venue national tour across Ireland playing Roscommon Arts Centre; glór in Ennis; Garter Lane Theatre, Waterford; Everyman Theatre, Cork and Town Hall Theatre, Galway.
Originally adapted for the stage in 1998, the company re-presented a new production from the original script as part of their 25 year anniversary celebrations in 2016.
This classic literary tale has enthralled and engaged both children and adults alike, as they follow Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and lands into a fantasy world full of strange people and unpredictable events.
"It’s fantastic to continue working on this wonderful show with our ensemble and creative team.
Most of the ensemble have worked together for over twenty years and, in that
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
THE GANGES WITH SUE PERKINS
The origins of the legend of the Ganges lies in the fact that when Mother Ganges fell from heaven she passed through the hair of the deity Vishnu and when she landed on earth took the form of a river rising high in the Himalayas, a river that can renew life and carry away disease.
The Ganges is a river, vital to Northern India and at the same time one steeped in myth. Sue Perkins is on her own personal odyssey along the length of the river and it is only over time that she opens up to explain why she is doing this. It turns out that her father died just six months ago but she found that living in London she didn't have the time or space to process his death and needed a trip
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Saturday 28th October: Theatre Royal
BARBARA DICKSON’S interpretation of traditional music, married with 20th Century songs and material from the theatre is renowned and admired. She tours with the immensely talented Nick Holland, who plays keyboards and sings. They intimately shape the music, sharing the space and filling it with superb, crafted sound. A mature mixture of sublime old and new songs for every taste. Barbara is excited and thrilled that Anthony Toner has agreed to be her guest on tour in Ireland in 2017. His new album ‘Ink’ has had exceptional reviews since its recent release.
Starts @ 8pm – Tickets €28 available from the box-office Tel: 051 874402 or online @ http://www.theatreroyal.ie/events/barbara-dickson
Rebellion In Waterford School
'They Think It's All Over', a play for radio by Noel Kelly, is set in Waterford during the Spring and Summer of 1966 and
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Author Jussi Adler Olsen: Published by Quercus : Price e18.90
An elderly grandmother goes to see her daughter and granddaughter to give them money for their respective rents on their apartments.
Except that she gets into a blazing row with her granddaughter and walks out. On her way home she is attacked and murdered and the money stolen.
The nature of the crime reminds a retired detective of a similar homicide and he goes to Carl Morck of Department Q, the cold case squad in Copenhagen to see if he will reopen the case and see if he can do anything about it. The thing is though for Carl, is that he will have to study the latest murder first, it being the freshest and to do so he will have to do it behind the backs of his superiors.
Not that that will
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Book Launch in Greyfriars
As part of Imagine Arts Festival 2017, Edward Denniston will launch his new book of poems "For Crying Out Loud" in Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery, Greyfriars Street, Waterford at 3pm on Saturday 28th October.
Originally from Longford town Edward Denniston has lived and worked in Waterford since 1980, the city in which his Presbyterian ancestor from near Moatfarrell Longford travelled to live and preach dissent in the early 18th century. A later ancestor, Hans Denniston, also from Longford, took up arms against the Crown forces and in 1803 was detained in Kilmainham for ‘treasonable practises’.
Edward is a retired teacher of English and Drama. His publications are: The Point Of Singing (Abbey Press, 1999); Eskimo Advice, an ebook (Rectory Press & Hayrake Press , 2007) ; Interacting – 60 Drama Scripts (Russell House Publishing, 2007), The Scale Of Things
Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Personal Shopper (15A)
Olivier Assayas, the internationally-acclaimed director of Clouds of Sils Maria and Summer Hours, returns with this stylish and mysterious ghost story starring Kristen Stewart as a high-fashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. Grieving over the recent death of her twin brother, she visits his Parisian home, determined to make contact with him. Personal Shopper plays in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Halloween Bank Holiday Sunday at 7.30pm.
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