Linenhall Arts Centre Jan-Apr 2015 brochure

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Hi folks Yes, that salutation should be the giveaway that it isn’t Marie writing to you this brochure – no it is I, Maura, who has been given the honour this time round. Why? You might ask and honour you might wonder…reason being we are celebrating 25 years, yes 25 wonderful years of Linenhall Arts Centre. So, congratulations to one and all for being part of our reaching this milestone, yes, one and all because we could not have done it without you – you, our audience, friends, supporters and volunteers.

Now I could go on to mention MY top moments or indeed performances over the years but that might just be too self indulgent and might also upset those who may have other favourites and at a time of celebration I’m not going to be the one to burst the bubble.

But when I joined Marie 25 years ago, (yes I know we hardly look old enough to have been anywhere for 25 years!), it was my first real introduction to classical music and subtitled films – neither of which would have appeared on my list of ‘things I like’ BUT here I am, 25 years later, loving both.

It’s amazing now when I look back to see how the space has developed on a number of levels, if you’ll pardon the pun. As in starting off in 1990 we had no ground-floor existence, all of our performances took place in the gallery space, with our audience seated on a man-made tiered seating arrangement that had to be taken in and out each time. Our office on the first floor had one ancient clickety- clack manual typewriter, 2 basic desks, 1 telephone, 1 Marie and 1 Maura! We recorded all ticket sales and reservations by hand in an A4 notebook…known to all as The Booking Book.

But NOW look at us, 25 years on, quite the modern hub of culture with our newly refurbished, multi-functional and multi-disciplinary theatre space, our super-friendly ground floor coffee shop and the staff of 2 has magically transformed into a number of teams: coffee shop; community arts and office! It has to be said though, that while we do have a number of teams within the organisation including our Board of Directors, we just have one overall super-team, aka the Linenhall.

So, might I suggest we raise a toast to the Linenhall, to 25 years of the finest art, film, music, theatre and things literary and as my darling Dad would say… go mbeirimid beo ag an am seo arís, which loosely translates as may we all be alive this time next year, or indeed 25 years time!

As always please read on as the brochure is packed with the usual goodies and we look forward to seeing you regularly throughout this, our celebratory year.

All the very best,

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BOOKLAUNCH Friday 9th January @ 7.30pm

Georg Peterseil House Whisper, Energies of Man, Places and Spaces We all live in a place and a space we call home. But how deeply are we connected to it? According to quantum physics, more than 90 percent of reality is invisible. This apparently empty space is actually filled with energy that contains intelligence and stores all past, present, and future events. By sharing his personal journey from living a life of separation to one of connection, Georg Peterseil guides you on your own journey to nurture a deeper connection with yourself and your environment.

Georg Peterseil is an architect and member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. He was born and raised in Vienna, and received his degree from the Technical University Vienna.

A self-employed architect based in Mayo, he has focused on ecological and sustainable design for the last 30 years.

“Georg Peterseil has given us a beautiful manual, both grounded and deeply spiritual, about energy and how we can keep it flowing freely, not only in buildings and places and relationships, but also in ourselves.” – Jonathan Horwith, Co-Director at the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies Adm: FREE

WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 13th January @ 8.00pm Mood Indigo (L’Écume des Jours)

France 2013 94mins Language: French with English subtitles Prepare to suspend disbelief and immerse yourself in the surreal and yearningly beautiful tale of Colin and Chloé, whose idyllic relationship is turned on its head when Chloé falls sick with an unusual illness - a water lily begins to grow in her lungs - and Colin discovers the only way to save her is to surround Chloe with a never-ending supply of fresh flowers. Set against the backdrop of a charmingly surreal Paris, eminently inventive director Michel Gondry finds inspiration from French novelist Boris Vian’s cult novel Froth on The Daydream to provide the foundation for this visionary and romantic love story starring Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris.

“Gondry... combining refined style and raw emotion into one devastating, beautiful package.” - Todd Gilchrist, TheWrap “A match made in heaven: director Michel Gondry, master of cinematic bricolage, meets Boris Vian’s cult novel. Gondry’s brand of dark romantic whimsy and penchant for lo-tech effects nail the writer’s jazzy invention, surreal flights of fancy, streaks of satire and wall-to-wall puns.” - Anne Billson, The Telegraph Adm. €5

Booking: 094 9023733

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THEATRE Thursday 15th January @ 8.00pm Peter Duffy - The Great Hunger

Peter Duffy’s powerful theatrical performance of Patrick Kavanagh’s poem The Great Hunger has been touring the country for the past year to popular and critical acclaim including performances in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris and the Cathedral Quarter Festival in Belfast. Generally considered to be Patrick Kavanagh’s finest work, The Great Hunger sharply delineates a life of economic and imaginative privation. A large part of the hunger the poem describes is sexual; its protagonist is bachelor farmer Patrick Maguire who has spent years at his mother’s beck and call. When she finally dies aged 91, he himself is 65 and has missed the boat in terms of finding a wife and having a family of his own, a source of acute sorrow and regret to him. Peter Duffy himself grew up on a small Monaghan farm so has a ready affinity for Kavanagh’s material which informs and shines through his absorbing interpretation of the work.

“A treat for the ear, the eye and the imagination.” - Down Recorder “..a finely-achieved and compelling production... an outstanding performance.” - Galway Advertiser Adm: €16 / €14 (concessions)

TRAD/FOLK Tuesday 20th January @ 8.00pm

Maura O’Connell, Karan Casey, Martin Tourish, Ed Boyd An unforgettable night of music is on the cards when singers par excellence O’Connell and Casey headline in concert with top instrumentalists Tourish (accordion/whistle) and Boyd (guitar). From her early days as De Danann vocalist, Maura O’Connell’s singing career has brought her international acclaim and two Grammy nominations, and continues to bring something new and exciting to everything she sings. Karan Casey has long been one of the most innovative and influential voices in Traditional and folk music, from lead singer with Irish supergroup Solas, through six solo albums, to collaborations with everyone from Liam Clancy and Peggy Seeger to Imelda May. Altan regular Martin Tourish is an accordionist from Co. Donegal whose reputation has grown rapidly since he was named ‘Young Musician of the Year’ by TG4 in 2008. And Flook founding member Ed Boyd is considered one of the finest acoustic guitarists on the European folk circuit, joining acclaimed band Lúnasa in 2012. All in all, a Music Network concert not to be missed!

“O’Connell... emotionally compelling.” - The Washington Post “Casey’s voice is among the loveliest in folk music.”

- Boston Globe Adm: €16 / €14 (concessions)

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BOOKLAUNCH Thursday 22nd January @ 8.00pm Ger Reidy - Before Rain

The launch of Westport poet Ger Reidy’s highly anticipated third collection of poems, Before Rain, published by Arlen House.

Ger Reidy has won several national poetry competitions. His previous collections are Pictures from a Reservation (now in its second printing) and Drifting Under the Moon. Ger will also be reading from his new collection on the night.

“Reidy’s poems fizzle like fireworks... [he] makes much out of his Mayo locales, but not for reasons of identity or belonging... more as building blocks for direct lyrical statements which often leave the reader astounded at how much philosophic weight Reidy can give a short 15-20 line poem... Reidy’s poems echo the grounded concision of Larkin... Perhaps a happier comparison would be R. S. Thomas whose poems attain an astonishing lyrical amplitude out of the slightest of rural subject matters, as Reidy’s do here.” - Benjamin Keating, Poetry Ireland Review “Poetry... peppered with hard-hitting musings on the perennial problems that have bedevilled life on the fringe.” - Irish Times “There is a quietness, a poetic reserve... The images are fresh and the emotions uncompromisingly honest.” - Dermot Healy, Cyphers Adm. Free

WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 27th January @ 8.00pm Ida

2013 Poland 80mins Language: Polish with English subtitles Anna, an orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to take her vows when she’s sent to visit Wanda, her aunt and only living relative. A cynical, hard-drinking Communist Party judge, Wanda reveals that Anna’s real name is Ida and that her parents were Jews murdered during the Nazi occupation. So the two embark on an unusual journey through the wintry countryside to unearth their family’s dark history. An astonishing work, both graceful and haunting, the film’s beautiful black-and-white imagery is so artfully composed that every frame belongs in an exhibition. The setting - a somber, 1960s Poland - suggests an austere combination of Catholicism, Communism, and the Holocaust, but Ida is vibrant and intimate, a subtle portrait of two fascinating, contrasting women. - Sundance Film Festival 2014 “This sublime drama confirms Pawlikowski’s place among the best of modern Polish directors.” – Jeremy Aspinall, Radio Times “Delicate and unforgettable.” - Farran Smith Nehme, NY Post “A masterpiece.” – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer Adm. €5

Booking: 094 9023733

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THEATRE Thursday 29th January @ 8.00pm

Seamus O’Rourke - Padraig Potts’ Guide To Walking Seamus O’Rourke teams up with director Charlie McGuinness for the heart-wrenching tale of Padraig Potts McKeirnan, a genteel boy with enough might to shed his Catholic shackles and enough guilt and preconditioning to prevent him from efficiently succeeding. Bursting with vivacious wit, this show will tear at your heart and cripple you with laughter, bringing to life the colourful characters encountered along the way, from his beginnings in the small rural village of Drumnamee in Co. Leitrim, as he staunchly walks to pave the way for Irish life free from the ties of Catholic constraints: the perfect Protestant girl Sylvia Lang, the discovery of alcohol and the shuddering repulsion of his wife Mary Tague. This is the tale of a generation lost between the old world ruled by religion and the new world ruled by hearts. Could there be hope for Padraig yet?

A new play written and performed by Seamus O’Rourke, following on from the success of Victor’s Dung, The Sand Park and dig.

“O’Rourke is absolutely superb.” - Will Govan, The Moth magazine (on The Sand Park) Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Thursday 5th February @ 8.00pm Jack L - Phantasmagoria

Kildare native Jack Lukeman is one of Ireland’s most respected and best loved performers. “A mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century” (The Guardian), few can match his award-winning powerhouse vocals and inventive live shows. Jack has been busy touring in America and Europe, recording a Christmas Special for RTÉ Radio 1 and touring as Special Guest with Jools Holland on the UK leg of his tour. In Phantasmagoria, Jack will be giving a potted history of his career to date and performing songs from his recent smash hit shows The 27Club and The Great Wall of China, plus lots of new material from his upcoming album thrown in! Part Mid European Cabaret, part Rock Star vibe, it promises to surprise, excite, challenge and most of all, to entertain! Don’t miss one of Ireland’s most iconic performers in the intimate setting of the Linenhall.

“Jack is one of the greatest interpreters of song lyrics I have heard in recent years.” - Christopher Riddle “A gorgeous, versatile Baritone” - The Washington Post “Jack L’s voice is an irresistible force of nature.” - Joanna Braniff, Irish News Adm. €20

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CRAFT DEMONSTRATION Saturday 7th February @ 12.30pm Craftworks Mayo - Crafternoon

Craftworks Mayo is delighted to announce their first event of 2015. Crafternoon is an afternoon of craft demonstrations by the artists and makers of Craftworks Mayo, with the added opportunity to engage in ‘mini-workshops’ where you can connect with ‘your inner creative soul’ and create something really interesting to take home. Crafts that will be on offer to try your hand at include: creative crochet, amazing wood turning, fab jewellery, medicinal crafts (for health & wellbeing), art-ceramics with a difference, artistic and unique card making, wood craft, and much more. Runs from 12.30pm to 5.30pm.

Come along and immerse yourself in the world of craft!

Adm. FREE

JAZZ Monday 9th February @ 8.00pm

Phronesis

Jasper Høiby (Denmark) double bass; Ivo Neame (UK) piano; Anton Eger (Sweden) drums Scandinavian/British jazz trio Phronesis has the ability to excite, inspire and move people in a way that few bands are able, and charismatic live performances have captured the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide. Full of energy, individuality and intuitive mutual empathy, the trio creates a propulsive groovedriven sound that is utterly accessible despite its underlying complexity. An exceptional live performance ensemble, recent tours have seen the band thrill audiences in Australia, Europe and the UK, while outstanding receptions at prestigious North American jazz festivals have elevated the profile of the band to new heights and rave reviews. To quote In Tune on BBC Radio 3, “Phronesis - they might change your life!”

“One of the most exciting bands on the planet today.” - Jazzwise “Precocious compositional strength, hitching striking themes to engaging grooves... improv virtuosity to spare.” - The Guardian “Phronesis creates music from the heart and soul and makes the world just that little bit better.” - All About Jazz Adm: €16 / €14 (concessions)

Booking: 094 9023733

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 10th February @ 8.00pm Grand Central

2013 France 94mins Language: French with English subtitles Young unqualified labourer Gary finds seasonal employment as part of the maintenance team at a nuclear power station in the French countryside. Living with his fellow workers in a loose ‘village’ of mobile homes near the plant, he falls into an affair with Karole, the fiancée of top-dog co-worker Toni, and growing jealousy and resentment add a different frisson to that of the radiation, as both begin to reach danger levels. The film boasts a top cast including Tahar Rahim, Lea Seydoux and Denis Menochet, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.

“Engrossing, superbly acted melodrama.” - Scott Foundas, Variety “The film’s white trash world of hip-hop, trailer parks, cheap clothes and cheaper wine is beautifully realized.” - Tara Brady, Irish Times “A great sense of atmosphere… The performances all round are really good.” - Aine O’Connor, The Irish Independent “Urgent physical performances power this tale of toxic love in the poisonously radioactive shadow of a nuclear power plant.”

- Mark Kermode, The Guardian Adm. €5

FAMILY THEATRE Friday 13th February - Schools Shows Saturday 14th February @ 3.00pm - Public Show

Theatre Lovett - The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly

by Finegan Kruckemeyer

Sometimes it takes a girl-sized human to solve an adult-sized problem.

Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all the while Peggy sings with the voice of an angel - a grossly unfortunate angel, who can’t sing at all. But one day work stops working, and the jobs stop coming, and Peggy steps outside to find that winter has arrived… and everyone in her city gone!

Ingenious performer Louis Lovett leads the audience on an untamed adventure that crosses snowy lands and wild seas. As Peggy desperately tries to save the day, we learn about love, loss, the reassurance of goats, and the courage to sing gloriously on or off-key.

Suitable for ages 7+ and adults of all ages.

“It not only works, it wows.” - The New York Post Public Show Adm. €8, €25 (family of four) The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly was originally produced by The Ark in association with Theatre Lovett.

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THEATRE Wednesday 18th February @ 8.00pm Donal O’Kelly - Catalpa

A classic of modern Irish theatre underpinned by a dazzling central performance, Catalpa is the story of the 1875 whaleship rescue of six Irish prisoners from Fremantle penal colony in Australia - all in the vibrant imagination of a screenwriter, the best movie never made! Catalpa is about heroes and visionaries, political intrigue and personal loyalty, with hot romance, mixed-up rebels and battles at sea - an epic adventure story that challenges the nature of heroism, a celebration of the power of live theatre written and performed by Donal O’Kelly (whose other plays include Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son, The Adventures Of The Wet Señor, Ailliliú Fionnuala and Big Thing, Little Thing). Donal has performed his shows all over the world, and is also well known on screen as Bimbo in Roddy Doyle’s The Van, and Jap in the bilingual film Kings. Catalpa was recipient of a Scotsman Fringe First at Edinburgh, and Best Event Award in Melbourne.

“Lyrical and passionate, satirical and very funny.” - Irish Times “An improbably beautiful show.” - Variety “A soaring rip-roaring one-man adventure.” - Washington Post Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

LOCAL ARTS: COMEDY THEATRE Saturday 21st February @ 3.00pm Clann Machua Drama Group Conception, Pregnancy and Bert

Bert is not sure about a number of things. He’s not sure if he is ready to become a father or if he is ready to give up smoking.

His wife Sophie thinks it’s high time that he did both. She enlists her hypnotist brother to help her persuade Bert to overcome his reluctance about the smoking and possibly about the other matter too. A new, light-hearted comedy written by Ken Armstrong, in a production by Kiltimagh’s Clann Machua Drama Group directed by Oisín Herraghty, starring Mary Dwyer, Rebecca Farrington, Paul Brennan, Brian Cunningham and Stephen Flatley. Lighting by Adrian Lavin, Sound by Gearoid Herraghty, Set by Jodi Durkin.

Ken Armstrong is a Mayo-based writer and playwright. He has written a number of prizewinning plays, and has also written for RTÉ’s Sunday Miscellany.

Take an afternoon break, sit back and enjoy!

Duration: 40 minutes.

Adm. €5

Booking: 094 9023733

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 24th February @ 8.00pm

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) Brazil 2013 95mins Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

Leonardo is a blind teenager feeling overprotected by all of those around him. At home, his mother won’t let him do things by himself, or even be alone, while at school his best friend, Giovana, leaves no room for him to stand up for himself. Things take an unexpected turn when Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at school. Leonardo gravitates towards Gabriel, excited to be friends with someone who acts differently from everyone else, but while Leonardo begins to change the way he looks at himself, he also begins to experiences the blossoming of new and intense feelings towards the newcomer. Set against a backdrop of middle class São Paulo, writer-director Daniel Ribeiro’s debut film features a strong central performance by Ghilherme Lobo as Leonardo. Winner of Best First Feature at Berlin Film Festival 2014.

“A warm, smart and thoroughly delightful coming-of-age story.”

- Randy Cordove, Arizona Republic “Exquisite! Will charm you from beginning to end.”

- San Francisco Chronicle Adm: €5

COMEDY Friday 27th February @ 8.00pm

David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything The forgotten Sugababe, the bad boy of Zumba, David O’Doherty presents a new hour of talking and songs. Take a ride into the Davidzone.

One man. One small keyboard. With batteries. And a chair.

And a mic. And cables. And a sound system. And then a room, obviously. With more chairs. And a lighting rig. It’s surprising how much stuff is involved actually.

“A national treasure” - The Irish Times “A triumph.” - The Montreal Gazette “Don’t miss him.” - The Irish Post “David Nicholas O’Doherty (born 18 December 1975 in Dublin, Ireland) is a Perrier Award winning Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright.” - Wikipedia

Adm. €18 / €16 (concessions)

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THEATRE Thursday 5th March @ 8.00pm

Bigger Picture Projects - RUN/DON’T RUN

New York City, 1999 - A young man fleeing Dublin crash lands on the couch of his Irish American cousin, just as this older cousin’s relationship with his girlfriend is imploding. Over the summer, the three cling to the last vestiges of the dying club scene and flirt with small-time criminality as storm clouds gather. In these times of mass emigration from Ireland, RUN / DON’T RUN presents a view of New York in transition through the eyes of a young Irish fugitive. Part love triangle, part crime thriller and immigrant story, RUN / DON’T RUN is a provocative and accessible new play from acclaimed writer Gary Duggan (RTÉ’s Amber, Fair City), who has had previous plays produced by Fishamble (Monged), and The Abbey Theatre (Shibari). Directed by Aoife SpillaneHinks, starring John Cronin and Sean Doyle.

“Duggan writes very well… a deft storyteller with a gift for pacy, punchy narratives and for quick clean characterisations.”

- Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

LOCAL ARTS: MUSIC CONCERT Monday 9th March @ 8.00pm

St Gerald’s College - Spring Recital St Gerald’s College Art and Music Department very proudly present their fifth annual Spring Recital.

The Music Department is a busy spot in St Gerald’s College with students involved in much music making both in the school and locality. Highlights of the Recital will include: the grúpa ceoil, solo singers, the brand new TY Ukulele orchestra, instrumentalists and various ensembles from 1st to 6th Year. A variety of genres will feature from rock to pop, classical to traditional. All are welcome to see and hear for themselves just how talented these young boys are!

Adm. €10 / €5 (concessions) The St Gerald’s Art Exhibiition will also be on display on the night, and will run until 18th March. (See ‘Visual Art’ section for details.)

Booking: 094 9023733

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 10th March @ 8.00pm Camille Claudel 1915

2013 France 95mins Language: French with English subtitles Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as the brilliant sculptress, protégé of Auguste Rodin (and later his mistress)... who, by 1915, was confined to a remote, church-run asylum for the mentally ill near Avignon. [Writer-director] Bruno Dumont’s rigorous, hypnotic portrait suggests that Camille’s intense creativity and bohemian mores were on an inevitable, tragic collision course with her conventional Christian family and the expectations of early 20th century French society. Camille’s paranoia (she believes Rodin is plotting against her) and occasional violent outbursts complicate her situation. Dumont peoples his film with real asylum patients, giving the film a disturbingly realistic dimension that adds to its poignancy. - Kino Lorber “A film of immense visual beauty, thematic clarity and subtle resonance.” - Geoff Andrew, Time Out “A powerhouse performance by Juliette Binoche provides the beating, tortured heart of this finely wrought and very affecting film.” - Mark Kermode, The Observer Adm. €5

LOCAL ARTS: THEATRE Thursday 19th March @ 8.00pm Parke Drama Group The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley

Gabriel Foley is a middle-aged bachelor farmer, who lives with his elderly mother. He has been unlucky in love many times, much to his mother’s frustration, and she thinks she’ll never get rid of him. Then he meets upmarket, Hazel Myers and joins the posh drama group in the nearby town in order to romance her. He is unaware that Chrissie McCabe - a cheerful countrywoman, who comes in to help him and his mother - fancies him.

By the time Chrissie makes her feelings known to Gabriel, he has already got Hazel’s attention. He and Chrissie decide to try going out together. He tries to let Hazel down gently, but Hazel is not a woman to give up easily… A crowd-pleaser of a comedy written by Jimmy Keary, directed by Michael Rice, in a new production by the award-winning Parke Arts & Drama Group, now in its 7th consecutive year of stage productions.

Adm. €10

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BOOKLAUNCH/TALKS/ EXHIBITION Fri 20th March @ 7.30pm - Booklaunch/Exhibition Saturday 21st March @ 2.00pm - Talks Sunday 22nd March @ 10.30am - Guided Walk Lough Carra Booklaunch, Art & Illustrated Talks

For the past fifteen years, Chris and Lynda Huxley have studied and photographed County Mayo’s unique marl lake, Lough Carra, setting up the website www.loughcarra.org . Now they are publishing their illustrated book on the Lough, which will be launched on Friday in conjunction with an exhibition of Deirdre Walsh’s impressionist paintings of the Lough and Lynda’s photographs. The book covers a wide range of topics from archaeology and art to angling and ecology, and is illustrated with Lynda’s photographs and Deirdre’s paintings.

On Saturday afternoon, there will be a series of illustrated talks in the auditorium: Chris Huxley - Lough Carra’s wildlife; Cilian Roden Lough Carra’s aquatic ecology; Deirdre Walsh - her painting; and Yvonne McDermott - Burriscarra friary and the mendicant friars.

[On Sunday morning, there will be guided walks around the Doon peninsula on Lough Carra. Booking is ESSENTIAL and MUST be made directly with Chris and Lynda on the Friday evening or Saturday afternoon.]

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CLASSICAL PIANO Monday 23rd March @ 8.00pm Joanna MacGregor

Joanna MacGregor is one of the world’s most dynamic and innovative musicians, appearing as a concert pianist, curator and collaborator. She performs regularly at major venues throughout the world, has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, has performed on numerous occasions at the BBC Proms. and premiered many landmark compositions ranging from Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Django Bates to John Adams. As a recording artist, MacGregor is a veteran of over 30 solo recordings, ranging from Bach, Scarlatti, Ravel and Debussy to jazz and John Cage. Generating universal critical acclaim laced with superlatives, MacgGregor is a true musical phenomenon. One not to miss.

Programme: JS Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich - Five Preludes and Fugues; Frédéric Chopin - Six Mazurkas; Lost Highways, American Journeys - Gospel and blues, East coast to the South; Astor Piazzolla - Six Tangos arr MacGregor; Conor Linehan (new commission) “Verve, energy and astounding technique.” – BBC Music “One of contemporary music’s great individualists, a uniquely enlivening presence.” - The Independent Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

Booking: 094 9023733

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 24th March @ 8.00pm Mystery Road

2013 Australia 112mins Language: English In the face of a brutal crime, a rookie cop out of his depth stands alone between two worlds, where the mystery lies just below the surface… Aboriginal detective Jay Swan returns to his outback home town, to solve the murder of a teenage Aboriginal girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town.

Alienated from both the white dominated police force and his own community, including his teenage daughter, who he discovers is connected with the murdered girl, Jay stands alone in his determination to fight back for his town and his people. Director Ivan Sen delivers an atmospheric Australian outback thriller that tips a nod to both the Western genre and film noir, featuring a charismatic performance by Aaron Pedersen as detective Jay Swan.

“Sen’s unflinching, insightful film... a revelatory central performance from Aaron Pedersen.” - Larissa Behrendt, The Guardian “An evocative snapshot of an unravelling crime scene - social, racial and economic.” – Mark Kermode, The Observer “Compelling.” - Time Out Sydney Adm. €5

AERIAL CIRCUS THEATRE Thursday 26th March @ 8.00pm

Ether Productions - The Locked Room

Can you find out who you are when you can’t remember who you’ve been? Two circus performers wake up with amnesia in a locked room - they haven’t a clue where they are but they want to get out! Described as ‘Waiting for Godot meets an explosion in a paint factory’, The Locked Room is a mystery, wrapped in a comedy, with circus, laughter, acrobatics, dancing, balancing, eating, climbing, singing, fighting, a trapeze and the accidental activation of a bomb.

Ether Productions is a Dublin-based aerial circus theatre company, made up of writer and performer Niamh Creely and Jonathan Walsh, an award-winning burlesque performer and aerialist.

Formed in 2012, the company is driven by a desire to produce intriguing, exhilarating and engaging circus theatre. This promises to be just that. Don’t miss it.

“Glorious physicality, impressive design and ... sheer ingenuity... stunning.” - Irish Theatre Magazine (for Mirror, Mirror) “Ether Productions... one to watch…” - The Irish Times Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 7th April @ 8.00pm

Bright Days Ahead (Les beaux jours)

2014 France 94mins Language: French with English subtitles Recently retired professional Caroline soon comes to realise that her long-awaited ‘freedom’ is not as exciting as she thought it might be. To pass the time she is enveigled to join the local seniors’ club Bright Days Ahead, where ceramics and amateur theatre classes are the order of the day, but where she also meets a young computer tutor who is far from insensible to her charms… Caroline takes control of her life again, but maintaining the secrecy of their liaison amoureuse, both from the other club members and Caroline’s weary but devoted husband, proves easier in theory than in practice. Directed by Marion Vernoux, starring French screen legend Fanny Ardant as soulsearching Caroline, Laurent Lafitte as her younger beau, and the superb Patrick Chesnais as her mildly suspicious husband.

“An absolutely regal turn from 65-year-old actress Fanny Ardant… insightful and note-perfect.” – Trevor Johnson, Time Out “Insightful and note-perfect.” – Trevor Johnson, Time Out “A warm and convincing portrait of love.” - Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2014 Adm. €5

LOCAL ARTS: POETRY & MORE Thursday 9th April @ 8.00pm Open Mic Night

The Linenhall’s Open Mic Night is back: an informal and thoroughly enjoyable evening of poetry, prose and music, when writers from all over Mayo come to read from their own work in front of an enthusiastic audience of peers, pundits and the public in general. The event takes place in the Linenhall Café, where refreshments will be available to enhance the ambience and bonhomie. Come along to share your own work, or enjoy the work of others.

Adm. FREE

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Lough Carra Illustrated Talks

Chris & Lynda Huxley - Lough Carra

Parke DG - The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley

Camille Claudel 1915

St Gerald’s College - Spring Recital

Bigger Picture Projects - RUN/DON’T RUN

David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything

The Way He Looks

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Craftworks Mayo - Crafternoon

Jack L - Phantasmagoria

Seamus O’Rourke - Padraig Potts

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Ger Reidy - Before Rain

Maura O’Connell & Karan Casey

Peter Duffy - The Great Hunger

Mood Indigo

Georg Peterseil

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Getting Started at Writing

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Creative Writing

Life As We Know It Vicky Smith - A Final Soar Into Orbit

Deirdre Walsh & Lynda Huxley - Lough Carra

St Gerald’s College Art Exhibition

DavId Begley - Breathe

MAN UP Exhibition

Jack Hickey - The Nocturnes

Kawaii Comics

Pamela de Brí - Midland 2/Lár Tíre 2

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FAMILY SHOW Saturday 11th April @ 4.00pm The Ark presents the world premiere of

Far Away From Me by Amy Conroy

Kevin is a little prince…at least that’s what his mum tells him.

Kevin likes the idea of this, of being a prince on a horse, a beautiful brown horse with a white splotch down his nose, and galloping across the kingdom. His kingdom.

From his bedroom behind the eighth door, on the eighth floor of a tall building (one of eight in a row), Kevin can go. And he wants to go. Far away from here. So his towering imagination takes him on some high-flying adventures. But there’s a storm coming and he needs to decide what’s real and what’s not real as his fast paced fantasies land with a spectacular bump right there on his bed.

Far Away from Me is a new theatre show written and directed

by Amy Conroy, inspired by The Princess and the Pea and infused with the wild energy of aerial performance, dance music and great storytelling.

For ages 6 years and up and their families.

Adm. €8, €25 (family of four)

THEATRE Thursday 16th April @ 8.00pm

Rise Productions - The Games People Play

Winner of Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and the sell-out success of Dublin Fringe Festival, Rise Productions returns with The Games People Play, a radical re-working of the Tír na nÓg myth. Niamh and Oisín were sold the dream – the house, the life, the kids. But what do you do when everything you ever dreamed of still isn’t enough? One night, a series of games starts to escalate, and threatens to unravel their suburban paradise. Touching family drama meets epic Celtic mythology, distilled into a Dublin semi-d and presented in the trademark ‘TheatreStrongStyle’ of Rise Productions, award-winning Irish theatre company that brought us Fight Night. Written by Gavin Kostick, directed by Bryan Burroughs and performed by Lorna Quinn and Aonghus Óg McAnally performing.

“Slow-burning, riveting snapshot of a middle-class marriage on the brink… cuts right to the bone.” - Donald Mahoney, Irish Theatre Magazine “A genuinely accomplished and imaginative take on postboom family destruction… intense, convincing.” - Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

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WORLD CINEMA Tuesday 21st April @ 8.00pm

Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg)

Germany 2014 107mins Language: German with English subtitles A 14-year-old girl’s commitment to the extreme tenets of a conservative Roman Catholic sect is traced with a mix of compassion and irony. Dedicated to self-denial, young Maria is tormented by the scrutiny of her fanatically observant mother and disconcerted by her feelings for a boy whose appetite for music has not stopped at Bach cantatas. Though his film is formally precise – enacted within a series of tableaux named for the Stations of the Cross – you may never know exactly where on the faith spectrum director Dietrich Brüggemann is coming from: a place of uncertainty, perhaps? What’s utterly sure is the heartbreaking credibility of young Lea van Acken as Maria. The script, which attains a spellbinding clarity of thought and emotion in her most direct encounters with her priest, won Best Script in Berlin this year. - New Zealand International Film Festival 2014 “Brilliant and subtle.” - David Jenkins, Little White Lies “This deliberate, meaty, provocative drama... The script is pinsharp... Lea van Acken [is] absolutely stunning in her screen debut as Maria.” – Paul Gallagher, The List Adm. €5

THEATRE Wednesday 29th April @ 8.00pm

Asylum Productions - The Chronicles of Oggle

Meet Pakie. An orphan, a storyteller, an adventurer, a survivor.

He may not be the sharpest sandwich in the toolbox, but Pakie’s got secrets. Secrets the God fearing people of Oggle may not be ready to hear… The Chronicles of Oggle is a tragicomic life story of Pakie, a man in his 50s and a by-product of institutional Ireland. His childlike wisdom questions the very fabric of the society that has spawned him, a society of fanatical and institutional madness - a society that has fundamentally failed him.

Although severely disadvantaged, Pakie is indomitable, and he prevails no matter what the obstacles. Written and performed

by Peter Gowen, and directed by Donal Gallagher, this is a hilarious and heart-breaking story of small towns and even smaller minds. underpinned by a tour de force central performance. “…excellent performance and writing.” Irish Examiner “…a comic tale of our times - startling, enjoyable and sad – a sharply faceted performance.” - Irish Times “Gowen… has the audience reeling.” - Playstosee.com “Funny, lyrical... evocative.” - Irish Theatre Magazine Adm. €16 / €14 (concessions)

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VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 21st November - Saturday 17th January Pamela de Brí - Midland 2/Lár Tíre 2

Midland 2/ Lár Tíre 2 is a multimedia installation of photographs, notebooks, maps, prints, audio clips and video focusing on the North West section of de Brí’s Midland Project. Taking inspiration from the culture and heritage of the railways and their location, and focusing on the former Midland Great Western Railway which traversed Ireland from East to West, the Midland Project interweaves history, folklore, hearsay, stories, memory, beliefs, nature and natural history, in an attempt to record the patina and texture of place. The work has been on-going from 2011 to the present. Pamela explains: “I am interested in the convergence of art and social documentary, how objects and images from the past embody cultural memory and characterize the future.

My art presents a perspective on temporality and on an everevolving world, critiquing values and trends that result from social change.”

Pamela has exhibited widely in Ireland with solo exhibitions in Galway, Kildare, Westmeath and Dublin, and group shows in Ireland, Wales, England and Australia.

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VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 23rd January - Saturday 28th February Jack Hickey - The Nocturnes

Born in 1988 in Cobh, Jack Hickey graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design in 2011. Following his degree show he has received considerable critical acclaim and a purchase prize from the OPW. In 2013 he began a new body of paintings entitled The Nocturnes, dealing with the social nightlife experience amongst Ireland’s young adults, which “illustrates the beautiful, the ridiculous, and the menacing of the clouded contemporary cityscape. The work explores the shaded underclass of the nocturnal urban terrain and pursues the disenfranchised as they search their city for meaning once darkness falls.”

“Hickey... combined skill with concept in a series of intensely atmospheric realist paintings.” Cristín Leach, Sunday Times “Hickey... is the real deal, an artist with a clear vision and the ability to realise it in paint. His canvases - of glimpsed figures in otherwise empty rooms - are some of the best in recent graduate exhibitions.” - Marc O’Sullivan, Irish Examiner “Jack Hickey’s fragmentary views... are well judged.” - Aidan Dunne, Irish Times Adm. Free Official opening on Friday 23rd January at 7.30pm. All welcome.

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VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 6th March - Saturday 11th April DavId Begley - Breathe

Breathe is a solo exhibition of new works in charcoal animation by David Begley. Each animation is made of thousands of hand-drawn images using charcoal made from driftwood.

David allows the process of drawing and erasing to prompt his images and narrative. Shimmering figures move between dark and light, haunting flickering worlds of water, breath, forests and fire where nothing is permanent and birds can transform to become islands, clouds and strange beasts.

Combining recorded sounds of sea, wind and birdsong as well as piano recorded at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, David has also composed the soundtracks for these works.

David Begley’s drawings and paintings have been exhibited in America, Australia, Europe, China and he exhibits regularly in Ireland. Recent exhibitions include The RHA Annual Exhibition 2014, Irish Wave 2013 (Beijing, Shanghai), Eigse Carlow 2013/14, 12; and VUE National Contemporary Art Fair 2012. His work is to be found in the collections of The Contemporary Irish Arts Society, EPA, OPW and INTO. Adm. Free Official opening on Friday 6th March at 7.30pm. All welcome.

VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 17th April - Saturday 23rd May Vicky Smith - A Final Soar Into Orbit

Featuring an atmospheric installation, photography, film work and figurative clay sculptures, Vicky Smith reflects on “the disappearance of an RAF pilot, the legacy that has resulted over three generations, strong independent women and an obsession with flight and missions to space.” The nature of the work is inspired by her great grandfather, the book Astronaut Wives’ Club

by Lily Koppel, the Life magazine images taken from this time, her grandfather’s photographs and the re-appropriated fictional TV character Arthur Daley. Within this installation the artist examines this legacy resulting in a fictional end to the story. Vicky Smith’s practise explores the tendency of art to be effective in the real world, and miscommunication and translation between art forms and concepts. Smith is a visual artist based in Engage Arts Studios in Galway. She has an MA from NCAD’s Faculty of Visual Culture, an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths College, London, and a BA from Crawford College of Art. She is currently joint Project Coordinator of Engage Art Studio Project.

Adm. Free Official opening on Friday 17th April at 7.30pm. All welcome.

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VISUAL ART: FOYER Saturday 13th December - Saturday 31st January Kawaii Comics

Kawaii Comics is a group of young comics creators in Castlebar.

Throughout autumn they worked with artist Maeve Clancy to explore graphic reportage and the use of comic form as a mode of expression in non-fiction contexts. This exhibition of large-scale comic strips is the outcome of three months of work wherein the group explored the work of a selection of organisations, groups and activities available to young people in Mayo, and reported on it in comic format.

The exhibition features the work of Melissa Duffy, Anna Dreimane, Jane Faull, Chloe Hawe, Emily Nolan, and Rebekah Ryan. Maeve Clancy is an illustrator, animator, and paper artist.

She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions, and her pop-up books feature on the music videos of Lisa Hannigan (Lille and I Don’t Know) and a 2013 Samsung advertisement. She has facilitated a number of workshops at the Linenhall Arts Centre, and is working on a graphic novel. See www.maeveclancy.com This project is made possible by the support of the Arts Council’s Youth Ensemble Scheme.

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VISUAL ART: FOYER Wednesday 18th - Saturday 28th February MAN UP Exhibition

MAN UP is about one simple but powerful thing – men showing pride and leadership, challenging abuse and violence and supporting women and children.

Andrea Zipoli, a photographer from Milan and living in Galway, worked with SAFE Ireland and the MAN UP campaign to tell a photographic story about the positive role of men in the lives of women and children. He beautifully captures moments when men are supportive, encouraging and kind to women and children in this exhibition.

For more information on how you can help see www.manup.ie If you are experiencing domestic abuse and need support, please contact Mayo Women’s Support Services on 094 9025409 Adm. Free

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VISUAL ART: FOYER Monday 9th - Wednesday 18th March St Gerald’s College Art Exhibition

The Art Department in St Gerald’s College is a vibrant environment with on-going projects in a variety of crafts such as printmaking, 3D work in clay modelling, wire construction and plaster of Paris. Linoprinting involves design skills with simplification of a drawing then transfer of design to lino and then carving and cutting the lino to achieve a variety of marks. The lino is then inked and printed to achieve a series of prints. The works on exhibition are evidence of the students’ design, cutting and planning skills combined with creative choices. Students of all abilities are encouraged to express their creative side.

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VISUAL ART: FOYER Friday 20th - Saturday 28th March

Deirdre Walsh & Lynda Huxley - Lough Carra

An exhibition of paintings by artist Deirdre Walsh and photographs by Lynda Huxley, presented in conjunction with Chris and Lynda Huxley’s Lough Carra Booklaunch, Art & Illustrated Talks at the Linenhall.

Based in Partry, Co. Mayo, Deirdre Walsh is an established artist of many years standing, specialising in working en plein air. The nearby Lough Carra has provided an ongoing inspiration for her work. “Light is my inspiration... I chase the fleeting west of Ireland light. I am left in awe with every attempt to catch it.” Deirdre has exhibited widely in Ireland, and also in the US and N. Ireland, and has works in many collections including Leinster House and the OPW. She is represented by the Barbara Stanley Gallery, London.

Lynda Huxley has been photographing County Mayo’s unique marl lake, Lough Carra over the past 15 years.

(See p. 12 of this programme for further details of associated events.)

Adm. Free

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VISUAL ART: FOYER Monday 13th April - Saturday 2nd May Life As We Know It An exhibition showcasing the Traveller community as active citizens in County Mayo with a focus on culture and traditions in contemporary Ireland.

Presented by Mayo Travellers Support Group in conjunction with the County Mayo Traveller Interagency Forum and supported by South West Mayo Development Company and the Department of Equality, Justice & Law Reform.

Photographs by Mark Slee @ Realta Kiltimagh E: realtakiltimagh@yahoo.ie M: 087 6471460 Adm. Free

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Creative Writing Inspired by the Work of Patrick Kavanagh - workshop series for adults with Jean Tuomey

Attend performance Thursday 15th Jan 8.00pm, & four Friday workshops commencing 16th January, 11.00am-1.00pm

You’ve always wanted to put pen to paper in a creative way but just never knuckled down to it? or, Perhaps you write regularly and are in search of new sparks or ideas? Well, here’s your opportunity. In this creative writing workshop series, participants will delve into the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh, and select elements of it as starting points or triggers for putting words on the page. To get the ideas flowing the course will begin with attendance at Peter Duffy’s powerful theatrical performance of Kavanagh’s poem The Great Hunger. Each week elements from the work of Kavanagh will be considered and guidance will be provided to support your writing practice. No previous experience of writing is necessary, just a willingness to give it a go.

The series is under the guidance of Jean Tuomey, a teacher with over 20 years experience. She trained as a writing facilitator with the National Association for Poetry Therapy in the US, and has a passionate enthusiasm for creative writing. Jean has led many extremely successful writing projects for the Linenhall.

Creative Writing Inspired by the Work of Patrick Kavanagh takes place over four Friday mornings commencing 16th January from 11.00am-1.00pm (continuing 23rd, 30th Jan; & 6th Feb) and includes attendance at The Great Hunger on Thu 15th Jan at 8.00pm. Cost per head for the workshop series (including ticket for performance) is €50. Places are limited, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

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FASHION DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Passion Fashion for 9-12 year olds

with artist Vivianne Maloney Four Saturdays commencing 24th January, 11.00am-1.00pm If you’re young and love style then this workshop is for you! In this whirlwind introduction to the fashion design process you’ll learn how to develop a fashion design idea, from the initial brainstorming process, through to your finished fashion illustration. Participants will explore the core components of Fashion Design beginning by creating a fashion journal and engaging in brainstorming activities. You will explore the possibilities of, fabric and texture, colour-ways and prints, and finally, complete the process by learning how to produce fashion illustrations.

Vivianne Maloney studied Fashion at Limerick School of Art and Design. She worked in the fashion industry for eight years and her Fine Art work has been exhibited in numerous group shows.

Vivianne is currently a member of the Linenhall’s Community Arts Team devising and delivering our Visual Art Programme for Schools.

Passion Fashion takes place over four Saturday mornings commencing 24th January, from 11.00am-1.00pm (continuing Jan 31; Feb 7 & 14). Cost per head for the workshop is €45. Places are limited and booking is essential. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Getting Started at Writing

workshop series for adults with Jean Tuomey Five Fridays commencing 20th February, 11.00am-1.00pm An introductory creative writing course for those who would like to write but find they cannot get started. Over five Friday morning sessions, the course offers participants the opportunity to write in an encouraging environment. Informality will be an important aspect of the course, making it especially suitable for first-time writers or those who have not yet experienced the positive atmosphere of the writing group.

The series is under the guidance of Jean Tuomey, a teacher with over 20 years experience. She trained as a writing facilitator with the National Association for Poetry Therapy in the US, and has a passionate enthusiasm for creative writing. Jean has led many extremely successful writing projects for the Linenhall.

Getting Started at Writing workshop for adults takes place over five Friday mornings commencing 20th February from 11.00am1.00pm (continuing 27th Feb; 6th, 13th & 20th Mar). Cost per head for the workshop series is €50. Places are limited, booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: VISUAL ART WORKSHOP Introduction To Drawing For Adults

workshop series with Betty Gannon 11.30am-1.00pm, for five Mondays from 9th February Here’s your chance to explore and develop your drawing skills with guidance from an experienced artist. Drawing, like handwriting, is a very individual thing. Discover your unique way of drawing and create your own techniques. In this relaxed series of workshops participants will explore a variety of themes such as looking and observing, line, mark making, texture, form, space, light, shade, measurement, and composition. Drawing materials such as pencils, charcoal, biros, crayons - whatever makes a mark - can be used. From each workshop you will begin to build up a visual vocabulary of mark making to use in your drawing.

Betty Gannon lives and works in Westport. Her workshops here at the Linenhall are hugely popular. She studied Fine Art at GMIT and works mainly in drawing, painting and 3D work. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows throughout Ireland and beyond, and her work is in several private and public collections.

She is also a visiting artist to various National Schools in Co Mayo.

Introduction to Drawing for Adults takes place over five Monday mornings commencing 9th Feb, from 11.30am-1.00pm (continuing 16th Feb, 23rd Feb, 2nd Mar, 9th Mar). Cost per head for the workshop series is €45. Participants will be required to bring some of their own materials. Places are limited, booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: VISUAL ART WORKSHOP Drawing For Adults Follow-On Workshop workshop series with Betty Gannon

11.30am-1.00pm, for five Mondays from 20th April A workshops series designed for people with some drawing experience and those who have already taken part in Betty’s Introduction to Drawing workshop, and want to further develop their skills.

Drawing for Adults Follow-On Workshop takes place over five Monday mornings commencing 20th April, from 11.30am to 1.00pm (continuing 27th Apr, 11th May, 18th May, 25th May (note - no class on May Bank Holiday). Cost per head for the workshop series is €45. Participants will be required to bring some of their own materials. Places are limited and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

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ART LECTURE SERIES Art in the Twentieth Century Lecture Series with Philip Shiels

Five Wednesdays commencing 25th February, 8.00-10.00pm Modern Art is often described as difficult, challenging, formidable, aloof, arrogant and inaccessible, verging on the nonsensical, frivolous and sometimes the downright ridiculous. But art in the Twentieth Century is also the story of dynamically changing practices inspired by, and reflecting, the turbulent history of that century.

The aim of these five lectures is to consider the historical background and events, important artistic movements and crucial moments that have shaped and influenced contemporary art.

Not so much a detailed blow by blow account of art history but more a survey of some of the most important movements and many “voices of art” from the last 150 years and how they relate to art we encounter today.

1) New Freedoms: Revolutions and the Avantgarde: The break with tradition and authority, the invention of photography and the birth of modernism.

2) The Construction of a New Century: Technology, Devastation and the Aftermath. The period from 1914 to 1945.

3) Brave New World: Developments in America and Europe.

From abstract expressionism to pop art on the one hand, to reconsidering the “weight of history” on the other.

4) Mimimalism and Post-Modernism: “From “less is more” to “ornament is not a crime”. How art, architecture and popular culture won the day. The strange story of consumerism and art versus the development and spread of conceptual art.

5) Contemporay Directions and Musings: Regionalism in a globalised world. Artists and the art world today at home and abroad.

This course is open to all and will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of art, contemporary art and students studying for the Leaving Cert.

Phillip Shiels is an artist and art historian. He holds an M.A in Philosophy and Modern Visual Culture, and has worked as a lecturer at colleges and third level instituitions for 25 years.

Art in the Twentieth Century Lecture Series takes place over five Wednesdays commencing 25th February from 8.00pm-10.00pm (continuing 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th March). Cost per head for the series is €30. Booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

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VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN Great Masters for Tiny Masters, for 2-4yrs with artist Mary Noonan

Four Saturdays commencing 7th March, 10.30am-11.30am

Great Masters for Little Masters, for 5-7yrs with artist Mary Noonan

Four Saturdays commencing 7th March, 12.00pm-1.00pm Are you ever too young to be introduced to great works of Art? We don’t think so!

These short workshop series aimed at young children explore the work of some of the Great Masters. Inspired by artists like Claude Monet and Picasso we will make art that focuses on colour, line and shape, using a variety of materials. Experimentation and exploration are key elements of these workshops which are offered as a fun and relaxed start to your Saturday.

Mary Noonan holds an MA in Fine Art (painting) from NCAD and has presented numerous solo exhibitions both in Ireland and abroad. Her work is in the collections of the OPW, Wesley College, Irish Life and Meath County Council. She has delivered several very successful workshops and workshop series here at the Linenhall Arts Centre.

Great Masters for Tiny Masters and Great Masters for Little Masters take place over six Saturday mornings commencing March 7th (continuing 14th, 21st & 28th March): Great Masters for Tiny Masters, for 2-4yrs: 10.30am-11.30am Great Masters for Little Masters, for 5-7yrs: 12.00pm-1.00pm Cost per head for the workshop series is €35. We ask that age recommendations for the workshops are respected. There are ten places available in each session, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE: SINGING WORKSHOP Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong with Anne Marie Gibbons

11.00am-1.00pm, for eight weeks commencing Friday 13th March Back by popular demand, amazing singer and singing teacher Anne Marie Gibbons will work her magic in a series of eight workshops designed for adults who want to add some sparkle / gravitas / je ne sais quoi to their singing. This course will take the form of an introduction to singing for adults. It is designed as a confidence-building exercise which will give those taking part the techniques and skills required to sing a song from beginning to end with self-assurance and expression. Anne Marie will coach participants in vocal techniques (such as breathing) while also helping them to overcome nervousness to put a song across. Former attendees are more than welcome to return. A new element to the course will include opportunities for ensemble singing. Plenty of fun along the way is guaranteed!!

Anne Marie Gibbons is a mezzo soprano. She studied at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin and subsequently at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. She was company principal at the English National Opera for three years, and has performed multiple operatic roles including among others Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte, Flora in La Traviata, Anna in The Trojans at Carthage and Pippo in La Gazza Ladra. She has an wide-ranging oratorio and concert repertoire, and has extensive experience as a singing teacher.

Sing Out Loud Sing Out Strong takes place over eight Friday mornings commencing March 13th from 11.00am-1.00pm (continuing 20th, 27th Mar; 10th, 17th, 24th Apr; 1st, 8th May) Note that there is no class on 3rd Apr Good Friday. Cost per head for the workshop series is â‚Ź100. There are twelve places available, and booking is ESSENTIAL. Booking & further information from the Linenhall.

GIFT VOUCHERS LINENHALL GIFT VOUCHERS - THE PERFECT GIFT!

Looking for a gift with a difference? May we suggest a Linenhall Gift Voucher? These handy vouchers are redeemable against all ticket sales and workshops for our forthcoming programme at the Linenhall, or even Art purchases made through the Linenhall Gallery. Available at prices to suit any pocket, these Vouchers are an ideal way of giving a gift of the Arts for any occasion!

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ART DOCUMENTATION WORKSHOP Art Documentation For Artists: How To Photograph Your Work with Tim Durham

Saturday 25th April, 10.00am-5.00pm Good quality imagery is essential for artists when making submissions and documenting their work. This workshop offers a practical introduction to photographing your own paintings, drawings, textiles and prints for use in portfolios, websites, etc.

Photographer and lecturer Tim Durham presents a step-by-step methodical process to obtaining the best possible results with your digital compact camera or digital SLR. It is about getting the very best quality results from the equipment you have. The course will cover: exposure, ISO, white balance, apertures, depth of field, jpg quality, resolution of images, tripod use and much more.

Tim Durham is a photographic artist living in Westmeath. He has been a practising artist since 1990 and teaching photography since 1992. Part of Tim’s work is digitally recording the work of other artists.

Art Documentation For Artists takes place on Saturday 25th April 10.00am – 5.00pm. The cost for the workshop is €55 and booking is essential. (NB: Places are strictly limited, booking ESSENTIAL).

Participants will be required to bring their digital camera (and manual if possible), blank memory card, fully charged battery (and spare if possible), cable for downloading images, tripod if you have one, and a piece of art work to photograph. Booking and further information from the Linenhall.

ALL EARS SHHHH! DON’T KEEP IT A SECRET! If you’ve had a good time at the Linenhall - a brilliant night of music, a great theatre show or an inspiring workshop - we’d really appreciate it if you would tell your friends about it.

TELL US! We love to get feedback on what we do here at the Linenhall, whether it’s something we’ve done well, or something we can improve on - your feedback helps keep us on our toes! Feel free to drop us a line, send an email or pick up the phone.

E: linenhall@anu.ie T: 094 9023733

www.thelinenhall.com

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WELCOME TO OUR CAFÉ !

As you may have already experienced, our bustling Linenhall Café continues to win great compliments from regulars and visitors alike for its quality, value and friendly service. So why not come along and check out our cool vibe, as you enjoy a tasty snackette, soup, wrap, sandwich, scone or sweet, and sip on what we proudly claim is the best cappucino in town!

Linenhall Coffee Shop Opening Times: Mon-Fri: 10am-5.30pm Sat: 10.30am-5.30pm See you there!

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