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The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly Theatre Royal Sunday, 15th March at 2.30 p.m.
THEATRE Lovett recently returned from the iconic Sydney Opera House are on the road again with their hit show for family audiences. Muireann Ahern Lovett and Louis Lovett are Theatre Lovett, an Irish company that is attracting considerable national and international attention for their family friendly theatre productions. They have performed on New York’s 42nd street, at the Sydney Opera House and now this exciting family friendly company are bringing the runaway theatrical hit The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly to the Theatre Royal on Sunday, 15th March at 2.30 p.m.
hilarious portrayal of Peggy O’Hegarty, a young girl who saves her city from disaster certainly tickles both adults and children alike. Lovett is well known on Irish TV as Dieter Langer the German sausage seller in Killinascully where he stars alongside Pat Shortt. He also plays Mr. Leech, the annoying bank manager in Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy. The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly sees him playing multiple characters on a remarkable set of crates and packages, which emerge from an enormous, unfolding wooden box. This tour is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland.
Since opening in Dublin in 2010 to rave reviews and packed houses, this rollercoaster show has travelled to Edinburgh, London, Texas, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Melbourne, Sydney and to 42nd street, New York where it was comfortably sandwiched between Spiderman and Wicked, the musical. 'Not only works, it wows' THE NEW YORK POST 'The theatrical equivalent of going to bed on Christmas Eve' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Lovett makes the experience seem as natural and interactive as a warm hug' THE IRISH TIMES Ingenious performer Louis Lovett’s
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Chappie – Opens 6th March BORN with a child-like curiosity, as well as incredible strength and power, Chappie must learn quickly how to survive in the real world. If he were a real child, this would be difficult enough. However, Chappie is a robot, and must adapt fast to a world where everything is new. Deon (Dev Patel), his creator, is extremely protective over him, and when other forces start to express an anxiety over Chappie, he must help his robot friend, or watch him be destroyed. The world is a big scary place, and as external forces start closing in around Chappie, Deon starts to wonder how safe they can be. Influenced by the right people,
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OUR health or someone else s has been on your mind recently and it s made you think about the future. A change of lifestyle could be on the cards, but could benefit you.
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Chappie could prove everyone wrong and trust the goodness within himself. Influenced by the wrong people, he could be very, very dangerous… Chappie is an innovative sci-fi thriller, which questions how we judge humanity and how far we can go to protect the people we love. Starring Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Dev Patel (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Slumdog Millionaire), and Sharlto Copley as Chappie (The A-Team, Maleficent), this is a moving and thought-provoking film for the age of new technology.
Unfinished Business – Opens 6th March UNFINISHED Business is an hilarious comedy When Dan Trunkman (Vince Vaughan) gets fired from his job, he decides to set up his own company and carry on. One year later, he has two employees – of questionable quality and varying age – and the company is not doing brilliantly. Dan’s luck might be about to change with a big new deal in Germany, so he and the ‘boys’ optimistically head off, only to find Dan’s former boss there competing for the same client.
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Taking matters into his own hands, Dan decides to do what any sane person and savvy businessman would do – take the client out and get them drunk. What starts as a reasonably wild night quickly turns into carnage, and Dan soon learns the situation is more desperate than he first thought. With his former boss breathing down his neck, can Dan turn things around and take on an enormously successful company?
Verdi’s “La Traviata” live from English National Opera Wednesday, March 11th, at 7.30 p.m. (By Jim Ryan) After two splendid operatic productions recently “Norma” and “The Flying Dutchman”, our next opera is “La Traviata”, one of the most popular of all. I look forward to seeing the ENO production as I’ve enjoyed my visits there over the years immensely. Guiseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, his nineteenth opera, first performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on March 6th, 1853, was an abject failure on that opening night. It seems that the well-proportioned soprano, Fanny SalviniDonatelli, who looked anything but consumptive, was greeted with derision by the audience at Violetta’s death scene - “A complete fiasco” were the words the composer used to describe the occasion. It was a massive disappointment to Verdi, who had seen his seventeenth opera, ‘Rigoletto’, premiere to wild enthusiasm in the same theatre
only two years earlier, on March 11th, 1851. After some revisions, it was performed to acclaim in the Teatro San Benadetto in Venice and ever since, La Traviata, ‘the woman who strayed’, has been among the operatic ‘Top of the pops’. Year after year, it is among the most performed and best-loved of all operas. With ‘Carmen’, Madam Butterfly’ and ‘The Barber of Seville’ it’s another of those great works that survived disastrous premieres to go on to eventual triumph and glory.Verdi’s faith in the opera’s greatness, was vindicated. After the premiere he had written to a friend: “’La Traviata’ was a fiasco. Don’t try to work out the reason, that’s just the way it is. And, what’s worse, they laughed. Still, what can I say? I’m not upset by it. Am I wrong or are they? I myself believe that the last word on ‘La Traviata’ was not heard last night. They will hear it again -- and we shall see!”
Laura Mvula – with the Metropole Orkest LIVE AT THE PARADISO, AMSTERDAM By Satellite to SGC DUNGARVAN on Thursday, 5th March, at 7.30 p.m. Sensational velvet-voiced singer-songwriter and Sony recording artist, Laura Mvula is taking Europe and the US by storm. Fresh from the Letterman Show in the US and the Graham Norton Show closer to home, she is set to reach her exploding global fan-base on the 5th of March at 7.30 p.m. when she presents her spectacular live ‘orchestral soul’ concert with the Metropole Orkest from Amsterdam in a special satellite transmission to cinema venues throughout the world, including SGC Dungarvan. Laura Mvula live at The Paradiso with The Metropole Orkest in Amsterdam, was sold out months in advance, but can now be seen exclusively in cinemas for one night only, with a live Q&A introduction by Laura
Mvula plus live finale acoustic set especially for cinema audiences.This is a unique opportunity to experience a live performance of the stunning orchestral arrangements from her sensational ‘Sing To The Moon’ hit album recorded at Abbey RoadStudios.The singersongwriter’s music fuses orchestral soul, poetic lyrics and thrilling harmonies. Her voice, layered with velvety lushness, is a one-woman symphony - a match made in heaven for the power and talent of the 52 strong, 16Grammy nominated Metropole Orkest Under the baton of Jules Buckley. One of the most exciting new musical talents to come out of the UK, and heading for world stardom, this Laura Mvula deserves all of the attention she is receiving. Don’t miss this one time opportunity to see her and her amazing Orchestral Soul on the big screen at your local venue. See www.sgcdungarvan.ie for all details and links to booking…
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