Dickens Exhibition at the Burnavon Centre, Cookstown, As Part of the Dickens 2012 NI Festival

Dickens Exhibition at the Burnavon Centre, Cookstown, as part of the Dickens 2012 NI Festival

Litvack, L. (Author). (2012). Dickens Exhibition at the Burnavon Centre, Cookstown, as part of the Dickens 2012 NI Festival. Exhibition

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We are pleased to ‘Carthaginians’ by Frank ‘A Night with George’, the Ballet UK in association with the present our new McGuinness, one of the few hilarious, award winning, hit Tyrone Courier visit us for the season brochure, enduring plays born out of comedy from Brassneck Theatre first time when they present the ‘The Troubles’, is presented in Company, became an overnight magical tale of Sleeping Beauty. with the very best of March by Millennium Forum sensation at the West Belfast For those looking some light regional drama, music Productions. Directed by Adrian Festival in 2009 before going relief, there’s also plenty of and comedy provided Dunbar this promises to be one on to sell out across Northern comedy to choose from. We’ve for your entertainment, of the highlights of the season. Ireland and further afield. It listened to your feedback and the as well as workshops Prime Cut Productions, are back comes to the Burnavon in May. Burnavon Comedy Club is back! to participate in and with their hilarious and moving Igor Bolshoikirov, the alter-ego exhibitions to view. homage to the working man Musical highlights include of Moneymore man Cormac ‘Shoot the Crow’. The month Robert Mizzell & guest, Lisa O’Donnell, presents his own This season sees the Burnavon is rounded up by ‘Marianne McHugh; The Máirtín O’Connor unique take on life in Cookstown. playing host to the cream of Dreams’ performed by award Band; Justin McGurk; Mike Tim McGarry, Brendan Grace, the Northern Ireland’s professional winning children’s theatre Denver; The Illegals featuring Give My Head Peace gang, and and amateur theatre. In company, Replay. Niamh Kavanagh; Kenny Kevin McAleer keep the laughs February, we have the Northern Archer and James Huish, coming. So sit back enjoy the Ireland premier of Big Telly’s Drama also takes centre stage in among many others. There is craic and all that is in store this ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’ as April with Agape Dramatic Society a rare opportunity at the end of spring at the Burnavon. Hope to they celebrate their 25th year in making their welcome return to May to see three of the finest see you here, theatre. Greenshoot Productions the Burnavon, with a brand new songwriters and performers of present ‘Brothers in Arms’ musical by Eleanor Crymble. their generation, as Brendan directed by Martin Lynch, and Belvoir Players also return with Murphy (The Four of Us), Brian The Burnavon Team Conor McPherson’s ‘The Weir’ is the much loved Sam Cree play Houston and Anthony Toner staged by Pomeroy Players. ‘Widow’s Paradise’. come together for a very special concert. Performance

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£10 ...... Institute Institute Join the Women’s Join the Women’s wonderful Northern Ireland for a wonderful Northern Ireland for a The evening of entertainment. is the WI first half of the show variety show which presents poetry for sketches, music and second your enjoyment. In the be half of the evening, you’ll joined by Fiddler Adam. the top Fiddler Adam is one of and the fiddle players in Ireland UK. varying styles of He plays fiddle music from Bluegrass, Cajun and Country to Irish Traditional. WINI ...... Fri a BY PRESENTED s e 5 performance 6 Section melmotH tHe Wanderer PRESENTED BY Big Telly Theatre Company

nortHern ...... ireland premier Comic surrealism Date meets shock horror Fri 10 & Sat 11 Feb at 8pm in a series of ridiculous tickets £12 / £10 (con) situations where innocent ...... eccentrics struggle to survive. A random playground of Celebrating Big Telly’s 25th the bizarre inspired by Saw, year and following the smash Psycho, Tim Burton and Fawlty hit Puckoon... Towers using projection, animation and squeaky toys. Melmoth the Wanderer: a This is the sort of delirious colourful, condensed and quirky chaos that sets Big Telly apart show based on the first ever from other companies. horror novel, adapted by the hugely popular Big Telly and scripted by Nicola McCartney.

Five chancers present a terrifying tale of temptation, torture and a traveller desperate to find someone to take over his pact and release him from immortality. Who will take on his curse? His only surviving relative; or a stranger in the depths of despair; or an innocent child brought up on a desert island with no knowledge of the world? Performance www.burnavon.com urk urk our’ at 8pm ove t 17 Feb ickets Date t

tHe l ...... Fri £15 ...... writer and An established song now has recording artist, Justin albums seven successful solo shared to his credit. Justin has and the stage in Nashville with toured the UK & Ireland Hal the likes of Nancy Griffith, Raye, Bonnie Collin Ketchum, & The Proclaimers. Tyler Best known for his unique voice, Justin shows his of diversity with the release his latest album “Remember Me” which features many of Ireland’s favourite songs. Join Justin with special guest Gerry Gerry) and Loughran (Wee Cathal Corey for a night of great music and song that you will not forget. In association with St Mary’s Church Dunamore Refurbishment Fund Justin mcg Justin ‘ 028 8676 9949 book online box office The catalyst for this was Máirtín The catalyst the others to play when he invited ‘Road on his ground-breaking on album and again later West’ of Light’ album, much the ‘Rain of such was which went down live rapport the musical and personal that had developed between them. built solid Individually they have in terms reputations as musicians and of ability and versatility, some of together they produce trad music the most outstanding you’ve ever heard. and at 8pm áirtín áirtín onnor b onnor ickets Date t

Featuring Máirtín O’Connor Máirtín O’Connor Featuring (accordion), Cathal Hayden O’Dowd (fiddle, banjo), Seamie Jim Higgins (guitars, vocals) and (percussion). the current the past 10 years, For line up of the Máirtín O’Connor evolving band has been steadily entity. into a cohesive musical Thurs 16 Feb £15 ...... tHe m tHe o’c 7 performance 8 Section tim mcgarry’s brotHers political party in arms PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY David Hull Promotions Greenshoot Productions ...... Date Date Patrons please note: Sat 18 Feb at 8pm8pm Contains strong language. Mon 20 Feb at 8pm Hire tickets tickets event £12 / £10 (Con) £15 ...... The lanky guru is back with a Written by Sam Millar new one-man stand-up show Directed by Martin Lynch and this time Tim has set his Designed by David Craig satirical sights on all things political. Following the sell-out successes of ‘Chronicles of Long Kesh’ and Tim McGarry’s Political Party ‘Over the Bridge’, Greenshoot is a hilarious fun packed Production presents its new play, examination of how we do Brothers in Arms. politics here, as he takes a sharp look at our politicians Written by the former republican and their contribution to prisoner and novelist Sam Millar, making Northern Ireland the this exciting new play tells the story superb place it is today. of two brothers - one a dissident republican, the other a Sinn Fein Would you ‘Vote McGarry’? MLA – who come together to bury Maybe not, but you will their father. be laughing at this sharp, scathing and side-splitting Despite their mother’s pleas to show which gives our let their father rest in peace, old politicians all the respect they resentments and family secrets so richly deserve. rise to the surface in this explosive look at the divisions in modern-day republicanism. Patrons please note: Contains strong language. Performance

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...... Sat 25 Feb £25 ...... at the his sell-out show Following Mike returns Burnavon last year, with a mix of his own well-known timelesshits, country classics and histunes. Accompanied by and a superexcellent backing band to be this promises stage show, the season.one of the highlights of legendarySpecial guests include Begley, country singers Philomena Brendan Quinn. and Ray Lynam BY PRESENTED Promotions Kelly Tom m & g c 028 8676 9949 book online

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t proceedings… tHe Weir WeirtHe b mc ...... Fri £10 / £8 (Con) ...... enthralling and is an ‘The Weir’ storytelling as engaging exercise in local bar in four men meet in their Carrick. the fictional town of their Each person’s life and locality and relationship with their as they take friends starts to unravel Valerie, it in turns to try and impress with a visiting girl from Dublin, fairies and their tall tales of ghosts, mysterious happenings. Just as they think they have Valerie outdone one another, herself makes a dramatic and spine-tingling contribution to the proceedings… BY PRESENTED Players Pomeroy 9 performance 10 Section tHe illegals bridge of cartHaginians featuring niamH Hope concert by frank mcguinness kavanagH PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY First Presbyterian Church Millennium Forum Productions PRESENTED BY Cookstown Oldshore Productions ...... Dido is the outsider who brings eventHire Date Date Date daily pram loads of supplies Sat 3 Mar at 8pm8pm Wed 7 Mar at 8pm Thurs 8 Mar at 8pm including a script of his own tickets tickets tickets Hire attempt at a Troubles Play, The £15 / £12 (con) event £10 / £8 (con) £12 ...... Burning Balaclava, the comic centrepiece which is surrounded Niamh (Irish Eurovision Song Featuring Murley Silver Band from Directed by Adrian Dunbar by jokes, quizzes and encounters Contest winner of 1993) and the Fivemiletown, who are Northern which pass the time of waiting. Illegals present a unique tribute Ireland Champions and are Frank McGuinness’ ‘Carthaginians’ Individual resurrections signal a to the music of The Eagles conducted by William Hill, playing has often been acknowledged as community, like Carthage, rising and Fleetwood Mac, and the an extremely versatile programme one of the few enduring plays to from its ashes. extraordinary effect these two from musicals to modern pieces; have emerged from ‘The Troubles’. great bands have had on the from J.S. Bach to the Beatles. This production commemorates music of the last forty tears. In a An elegy for Bloody Sunday in the 40th anniversary of Bloody brilliant powerhouse performance, Other performers are Cookstown Derry, it is the survival of tragedy, Sunday and, appropriately within you’ll be left in no doubt why this Youth Choir, directed by Meta Bell; of intense grief which becomes the theme of Carthaginians band has earned the tag of one of Donald Hill (Bass); Nigel Cairns the unspoken subject through the celebrates the 10th anniversary of the best tribute acts in the country. (Flute); and Ryan Greer (Piano). personal journeys of three women the Millennium Forum. and three men who camp out in a Proceeds are in aid of the PCI graveyard awaiting the rise of the Bridge of Hope Project, Kenya. dead.

“Brilliantly effective and affective” The Guardian 11

kenny arcHer’s boys brigade Performance old time antiques fair country sHoW PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY 1st Cookstown Boys Brigade David Hull Promotions ...... eventHire Date Date Fri 9 Mar at 8pm 8pm Sat 10 Mar 10am - 4pm Sat 4pm tickets Hire tickets £12.50 event Adults £3 Adults ...... (accompanied children free) children free) Admission at the doordoor Country singer and yodeller Kenny ...... Archer is the real deal – a genuine down to earth country singer with This very popular annual event his feet firmly rooted in the Mid offers visitors the opportunity to Ulster farming community he browse through superb furniture, comes from. fine porcelain, distinguished works of art and other desirable items on Join Kenny, his band and friends offer, and gives you the chance to as they bring you back to the early unearth a treasure or two to add to days of country, when artistes like your collection of valuables. If you Slim Whitman, Marty Robbins, have an eye for antiques, or are Gene Autry, Loretta Lynn, Jimmie seeking something unique for a gift Rodgers, Hank Locklin, Jim Reeves or your home, come along to see and Patsy Cline ruled the airwaves. what you might find!

box office 028 8676 9949 book online www.burnavon.com performance 12 Section st patrick’s day sHoot tHe croW celebrations by oWen mccafferty PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Cookstown District Council Prime Cut Productions

...... young local performers in a must ...... Date see line up of music, song and Date Fri 16 Mar at 8pm dance. Thurs 22 Mar at 8pm tickets tickets £10 £13 ...... This time round we are also ...... delighted to welcome folk group Take your seats for our annual St Stonewall back to the Burnavon as They’re back – Ding Ding, Randolph, Patrick’s Day celebration concert our finale act. Socrates and Petesy: four tilers when BBC presenter Declan Forde working on a Belfast building site, will introduce an array of vibrant One of the most popular evenings dreaming of better things. There’s an of the year - be sure not to miss it. opportunity to make a few bob on the sly, but not all of them can commit the same petty crime…

After their 2010 critically acclaimed sell-out tour, Prime Cut Productions are delighted to present McCafferty’s classic comedy. Toured around the world from the West End to Tokyo, this is another chance for Northern Irish audiences to get to see his hilarious and moving homage to the working man. Patrons please note: Contains strong language.

“Shoot the Crow has to be the most therapeutic evening of laughter” The Times Performance

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The greatest family comedian of our generation proudly thecelebrates 40 years in comedy business. Brendan’s latest show features some brand new material and some vastold favourites from his 40repertoire over the last years. His sense of timing and ability to read an audience is without equal. A brilliant character actor, his ‘Bottler’ character is legendary and is now featured at every performance. 40 years of H 40 years b BY PRESENTED Promotions Kelly Tom ...... Fri £20 ...... 13 performance 14 Section 35tH anniversary tHe rape of lucrece marianne cultural evening by William sHakespeare dreams PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Cookstown Sons of William FB Replay Theatre Company

Hire ...... event ...... Date Date Date Sat 24 Mar at 8pmMar at 8pm Thurs 29 Mar at 8pm Sat 31 Mar at 2pm tickets tickets Duration 70 minutes £12.50 £12 / £10 tickets ...... £5 age guidelines Now a popular annual event, Following a 5-star run at the 2008 10-13 years the Cookstown Sons of William Edinburgh Fringe and UK sell-out ...... Flute Band return to the Burnavon performances, Olivier Award to stage an evening of musical nominee and Royal Shakespeare On her tenth birthday, Marianne is entertainment accompanied by Company (RSC) actor Gerard forced to bed with a fever. Bored, top pipe, flute, accordion and Logan now presents his tour- she picks up a pencil and starts to silver bands. de-force solo performance of draw a house. Shakespeare’s great narrative poem

This is theatre at its most pure and intense: a single actor, an empty stage – and the torment of rapist and victim spring brilliantly to life. Logan has played leading roles with the National Theatre and the RSC – here he brings emotional intensity to this account of the terrible crime of rape and its dreadful consequences. 15

fair Holiday of a lifetime Performance day by eleanor crymble PRESENTED BY Agape Dramatic Society Hire That night she dreams. As she ...... event dreams, she finds herself in the Date Date very house she has drawn. Inside Sat 31 Mar at 8pm Thurs 12 & Fri 13 Apr at 8pm13 Apr at 8pm tickets tickets the house is a boy who seems Free admission £10 / £8 (con)(con) strangely familiar. Together they (Booking Essential) ...... begin an adventure. But is it real or ...... a dream? Dancing, singing, laughter and Fair Day is a celebration of music entertainment for all the family in Marianne Dreams brings you and dance presented by young this new musical from the Agape something you won’t have seen adults from Cookstown Day Dramatic Society, set in Paris. Join before. As the tale unfolds, an Centre, Kilronan and Sperrinview Joe and Maggie as they set off for animated world appears plunging Schools and Saturday the holiday of a lifetime, which turns the audience into this intriguingly Superstars, in collaboration with into a nightmare! moody place, desperate to know Rich Music and members of the how the story ends. Ulster Orchestra. This very special showcase is the culmination of a Moira Buffini is an award-winning project funded by the Arts Council writer whose plays have been of Northern Ireland, partnered performed all over the world. by Cookstown District Council. It She has also written several promises to be an unforgettable screenplays including Tamara experience for all involved. Drewe and Jane Eyre.

box office 028 8676 9949 book online www.burnavon.com performance 16 Section WidoWs paradise give my by sam cree Head peace PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Belvoir Players David Hull Promotions

Hire ...... event If you’ve seen the gang live Date Date before, you’ll be back for more. Sat 14 Apr at 8pm Hire event Tues 17 & Wed 18 Apr at 8pm18 Apr at 8pm If you haven’t seen them in a tickets tickets £10 £20 while - come and see what ...... you’re missing. A great night’s craic guaranteed. Widows’ Paradise is set in a Da, Cal, Ma, Dympna and Billy the caravan somewhere in North Peeler return to the Burnavon for Patrons please note: Antrim. Five ladies arrive to spend an evening of fun, laughter and Contains adult references. a weekend to ‘get away from men’ topical comedy not to be missed. Responsibility for allowing (some of their number might even They’ll be joined by Ulster’s under 12s to view lies with the be looking for one) and begin to favourite greasy haired bigot Uncle accompanying adult. give their ‘testimonials’ about how Andy- the man who’s been training they have suffered at the hands of hard to win the Olympic gold in those awful creatures “we shall call, Orange marching. for the want of a better word, men.”

Sam Cree creates a laugh every three lines and a belly laugh in every page of this battle of the sexes which is arguably his best work.

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Area Hospice and Parkinson’s BY PRESENTED Showtime Productions Showtime Productions ...... Sat 28 Apr at 8pm £15.50 ...... sell- After his previous Burnavon best loved Ireland’s out show, starentertainer and recording with hisBrendan Shine returns anotherfamous accordion for superb evening of entertainment. voices ofAdd the unique country and Eugene O’Dornan Kerr, Tony sensationArdboe’s new singing compèreShauna McStravock, with you have an and Sean Wallace action packed show not to be missed. aid of the Southern in Proceeds Area Hospice and Parkinson’s a b & g R.J. has appeared on the television has appeared R.J. and ‘The X-Factor’ stages of both and here Talent’ ‘Britain’s Got some of thepresents a show full of of the 1980sgreatest rock anthems Straits,including Queen, U2, Dire Meatloaf.Bruce Springsteen and

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Simon Cowell “....your Freddie Mercury was perfect...” Mercury was “....your Freddie r tH BY PRESENTED WGW Promotions ...... Sat 21 Apr at 8pm £12.50 ...... the Burnavon for is at Woolsey R.J. 5-in-1 tributethe first time with his show ‘RJ Rocks the 80’s’.

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In aid of Project Romania, thisIn aid of Project Romania, somevariety concert features of the finest local singers, Nigelmusicians and entertainers. by Parker Davison will be joined Aron and Leah Watson, Donnelly, theAlice Marks, Janet Nelson, Ten Sperrinaires of Cookstown, Lennox,38, Gary and Rhonda Harmony. and Young Free admission (Booking Essential, ...... c ...... Fri v BY PRESENTED Project RomaniaProject Romania 17 performance 18 Section great tHe Wind eXpectations in tHe WilloWs PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Wireless Mystery Theatre Riverbank Productions

...... WMT bring you back to The Golden ...... Mole was spring cleaning his little Date Age of Radio to recreate, on stage, Date home when finally he had had Thurs 3 May at 8pm the 1950s NBC production of Sat 5 May at 1pm & 4pm enough. “Hang spring cleaning!” tickets tickets £12 / £10 (con) Dickens’s timeless story. Offering £4 thought Mole and he bolted out ...... a glimpse through the radio ...... of his house to start an adventure. studio glass, you’ll see the frenetic He meets Ratty, Badger and the In association with Dickens 2012, excitement of a broadcast going out Riverbank Productions presents reckless Mr Toad of Toad Hall...... the bi-centennial of Charles live, with live music, hand-generated Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind Dickens’s birth, WMT – On the Air! sound effects, and commercials In The Willows”, a timeless tale With four actors, puppets, original presents Great Expectations. from the time. With this innovative of (in the words of the author) music and lots of joining in, this new way to hear a familiar story, you “Life, sunshine, running water, show is guaranteed to please family should expect great things.” woodlands, dusty roads, winter audiences especially children aged firesides”. between four and nine. Performance www.burnavon.com 028 8676 9949 book online box office eorge Ht igHt icketsickets H g itH DateDate t t

Patrons please note; Patrons play may contain strong language. a n a W ...... Thurs 17 May at 8pm Thurs £14.50 / £12.50 (con) £14.50 ...... smashThe hugely acclaimed hashit original comedy which acrossdeveloped a cult following Burnavon.the world arrives at the to spendNot every woman gets but a night with George Clooney, face it,Bridie Murphy does! Let’s all partiesBridie’s life hasn’t been butand premieres like George’s, it’s a life full of drama nonetheless. evening,Over the course of one she takes George on the journey the terrible lows toof her life. From the hilarious highs, and charts the course to her unlikely future. With the all-important razor sharp black this hilarious night Belfast humour, of theatre is sure to leave everyone wishing that they too could spend ‘A Night With George’! BY PRESENTED Company Brassneck Theatre

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£10 / £8 (con) ...... under the The Sperrin Choir, take to directorship of Sam Cuddy, toe-tappingthe stage again with a hits from theprogramme of popular will feature aages. The programme thevariety of ensembles alongside from thechoir and will include hits day. sixties through to the present hits like MakeThe choir will perform Medley, you feel my love, A Beatles Raise Me Up. It and You Only You night ofpromises to be a fun filled light entertainment, with something sure to appeal to every musical palette! ...... Wed p Hits 2012 BY PRESENTED Sperrin Choir 19 performance 20 Section tHe kevin mcaleer from tHe sHoW Heart PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Burnavon Comedy Club David Hull Promotions

...... with a mortar board on his head ...... Anthony Toner is a consummate Date after graduating from the School Date performer and writer of songs Sat 19 May at 8pm of Life with a first class honours Thurs 24 May at 8pm such as Sailortown and Duke of tickets tickets Oaklahoma, leaves you in no doubt £12 BAAAA in Hysterics. McAleer is £14 / £12 (con) ...... now travels the world as a senior ...... that you are in the hands of a classic lecturer in pure nonsense, and storyteller who can weave tales of When Kevin McAleer told his here delivers yet another master A rare opportunity to see three lives lived, and loves lost and won. careers officer he wanted to be class in comedy writing, timing of the finest songwriters of their a comedian he just laughed, but and delivery. Enrol early to avoid generation, this performance soon afterwards the Tyrone space disappointment. brings together Brendan Murphy, cadet was pictured in the paper Brian Houston and Anthony Toner for one special night.

Brendan Murphy, lead singer Photography by Adam McCausland and primary songwriter with Irish band ‘The Four of Us’ has always possessed one of Irish music’s most distinctive voices, a gorgeous timbre that expresses more wistful regret and yearning romanticism than most crooners could work up to in a lifetime.

Hailed as one of the great songwriters of his era, Belfast’s Brian Houston constantly shifts the mood with songs that ache and break, and tell the story of the human condition. 21

James HuisH tHe sleeping and His micHael beauty buble band PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Ballet Theatre UK James Huish In association with ...... The Michael Buble Show is less of ...... Join Ballet Theatre UK’s Date a tribute and more a re-enactment Date internationally acclaimed company Fri 25 May at 8pm Sat 26 May of dancers for this dazzling new tickets and direct replication of the man Matinee Performance at Hire himself. Members of Michael ballet production, The Sleeping £15 event 2.30pm ...... Buble’s camp agree that James tickets Beauty. Tchaikovsky’s glorious is a great representative and £10 / £8 (con) music and beautiful classical The James Huish ‘Coming Home ambassador for Michael Buble. choreography reawaken the magic Tour’ features James and his His on-stage charisma is electric, Date of the world’s favourite fairy tale, superb 9 piece band producing and coupled with his fantastic Sat 26 May come with us to an enchanted a sound that cannot be rivalled vocal ability this is the show not to Evening Performance at 8pm world of castles and curses, forests and an experience not to be be missed. tickets and fairies. missed. Expect to hear hits such £13 / £10 (con) as ‘Hollywood’, ‘Everything’, ‘Lost’, ...... ‘Cry Me A River’ and ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’.

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Date the last 200 years are the focus Date e Mon 6 – Fri 24 Feb / of this exhibition. Beginning Tues 6 Mar – Fri 23 Mar xhibition Feabhra 6 – 24 admission admission with Bolg an Tsolair, published Free Free in 1795 in Belfast, it looks at the ...... growth and development of the language, through the medium Featuring the paintings of local ‘Is maith an scáthán súil charad’ of periodicals, newspapers artist, Jane McNally who lives ‘A friend’s eye is a good mirror’ and newsletters, and how the on a small farm at the foot of Irish speaking community used Slieve Gallion, this exhibition Is ar foilseacháin i nGaeilge le these resources to promote the documents many famous breis agus 200 bliain anuas atá language. It ends in the 21st racehorses, animals and the dírithe. Ag toiseacht amach le century, with websites and blogs rapidly disappearing rural built Bolg an Tsolair, foilsithe i 1795 available on the Internet. heritage. i mBéal Feirste, amharcann an taispeántas ar fás agus forbairt Jane began painting over ten na Gaeilge, i bhfoirm irisí, years ago, and is inspired by nuachtáin agus nuachtlitreacha, the countryside around her and agus an bealach ar úsáid pobal her keen interests in history, na Gaeilge na hacmhainn seo traditional architecture, vintage leis an teanga a chur chun cinn. tractors, animals, and her love Críochnaíonn an taispeántas of horseracing. Jane says ‘My agus leabhrán leis an 21ú hAois, favourite artists are George agus na suíomhanna idirlíon Stubbs, for his understanding agus blaganna i nGaeilge atá ar of horses, and Victor Ambrus, fáil ar an ghréasán. for his wonderful scruffy illustrations.’

box office 028 8676 9949 book online www.burnavon.com WorksHops 24 Section storysHop dance for teens WITH TUTOR WITH TUTOR Maura Johnston tutor Caroline Creggan

...... Date Come to Storyshop and Date Incorporating Zumba- Sat 18 & 25 Feb; learn what makes a good Tues 31 Jan; 14, 21, 28 Feb; Atomic alongside a mix of 3,10, 24, 31 Mar story or poem. Explore 6, 13 ,20, 27 Mar freestyle, modern and hip time & Duration your creative side, fire your time & Duration hop, our very popular dance 10.30am - 12.30pm, 6 weeks imagination and get writing. 7 pm to 9 pm, 8 weeks workshops are back for Venue At the end of the series of Venue another series. This is your Burnavon Arts workshops your best story or Burnavon Arts very best way to try out a and Cultural Centre and Cultural Centre cost poem will be professionally cost variety of dance routines, £20 illustrated and included in a £30 make new friends and get fit Places & age Suitability keepsake publication for you Places & age Suitability in a real fun way. 15, Ages 7 to 11 yrs to take home. Learning and 20, 13 years+ ...... fun are guaranteed......

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easter burnavon deligHt Writers WITH TUTOR Yolanda Campbell

...... A mix of tutor led workshops, Date time & Duration guest speakers, special events Mon 2 Apr Fortnightly on Thurs 7 to 9pm, time & Duration throughout the year and open writing sessions, there 6.30pm - 9.30pm Venue is much to learn and even more Venue Burnavon Arts to enjoy. Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre and Cultural Centre cost Contact 028 8676 9949 opt 4 cost £30 for more information and £25 (including flowers ...... confirmation of sessions. and materials) Places & age Suitability Burnavon Writers Group meets 15 fortnightly throughout the year ...... Thursdays 7 to 9pm. Come and enjoy creating a stunning table design to enhance your home this Easter. Use seasonal flowers and foliage together with an array of Easter sundries.

This workshop is suitable for beginners or learners with some experience. All materials will be supplied.

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