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ocT - dec 2013 Programme of events www.tht.ie Town Hall THeaTre | Town Hall STudio | Black Box THeaTre Galway FILM SOCIETY Sundays 8.15pm (except where indicated). CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES Membership/Season ticket for all twelve films E48*/E45* We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply AUTUMN/WINTER 2013 Guest admission to single films E9*/E7* to under 18 year olds, students, senior citizens and This year’s programme has been extended to 12 films Saturday 4pm Matinee E7*/E5* the unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required. 10% to include a number of new releases from Southern Please note that above prices include a small levy in discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply. Mediterranean countries. All films have English subtitles. support of the new Galway Art Cinema. INTERVAL DRINKS 15 SEPT POPULAIRE Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks Dir: Regis Roinsard · France · 2012 · 111 mins before the show. The bar is open before and after all 22 SEPT COME AS YOU ARE performances. Dir: Geoffrey Enthoven · Belgium · 2011 · 115 mins SPECIAL ASSISTANCE 29 SEPT KUMA Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of Dir: Umat Dag · Austria · 2012 · 93 mins any special requirements so we can make your visit 6 OCT THERESE DESQUEYROUX as enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you Dir: Claude Miller · France · 2012 · 110 mins should phone or email us to let us know of any special 20 OCT RENOIR requirements. Dir: Gilles Bourdos · France · 2012 · 111 mins *FILMS FROM THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN return to GFS again this year with the following three 27 OCT No Film CONDITIONS OF SALE films that aim to surprise and engage the audience. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded 3 NOV THE GREAT BEAUTY SAT 12 OCT 4pm Dir: Paolo Sorrentino · Italy · 2013 · 142 mins unless a performance is cancelled or abandoned. (MATINEE) * ZERO WELCOME! Booking Is Easy! Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list of 10 NOV No Film conditions, see reverse of tickets. Dir: Nour-Eddine Lakhmari · Morocco · 2012 · 111 mins 17 NOV Hello and welcome to the October/ If you have not already done so, why not 1. Call to the box office at the Town Please note the management reserve the right to make 13 OCT (THERE WILL BE TWO FILMS SCREENED ON THIS DATE) WAJADA Dir: Haifaa Al-Mansour · Saudi Arabia · 2012 · 98 mins · Cert: PG November/December programme of events join our mailing list - or, better still, why not Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, essential changes to the programme. 6pm * COMING FORTH BY DAY Galway, Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm Egypt, United Arab Emirates · 2012 · 95 mins for the Town Hall Theatre, the Town Hall sign up online through our website www.tht. 24 NOV SUN LI AND THE POET ie and have your season brochure e mailed 2. Phone 091 569777 during the above Dir: Andrea Segre · Italy · 2011 · 98 mins Studio and the Black Box Theatre in Galway. GIFT VOUCHERS - hours. Visa, Access, MasterCard and STALLS SEATING BALCONY SEATING 8.15pm * THE ATTACK to you 48 hours before it goes on general Dir: Ziad Doueiri · Lebanon · 2012 · 102 mins This season’s line up includes an eclectic IDEAL GIFTS! Laser are accepted. 1 DEC BLANCANIEVES mix of the best of drama, music, comedy, release. And find us on Facebook to receive Looking for the ideal *Telephone and personal bookings Dir: Pablo Berger · Spain, France · 2012 · 104 mins Christmas gift? One dance, children’s events, film and more. alerts about special events and offers. are subject to Refurbishment Charge to suit every taste? of 50 cent per ticket As ever, there really is something for We hope to see you soon and we hope you CHRISTMAS FILM Language: English Then why not treat 3. Buy online at www.tht.ie everybody in the audience. enjoy the shows! Nominated for Five Academy Awards, incl. Best Picture. someone special to You can now choose your seat when IT’S A Sunday 8 Dec 3.30pm (Matinee) uncil a Town Hall Theatre you book online! Co ty Ci MEDIA SPONSOR y a lw WONDERFUL This film will be screened in a party atmosphere a G gift voucher, available | *Online bookings are subject to e h www. m i l l with carol singing, spot prizes and light i € a from the box office. G 1.50 booking and Refurbishment a LIFE n h c a r refreshments 30 mins prior to screening. h tht.ie t a C Dir: Frank Capra · USA e l Charge per ticket. r i a C o h m 1946 · 130 mins Admission E7*/E5* Written & performed by SEPTEMBER 30th - OCTOBER 6th 2013 Are There ALISON SKILBECK GALWAY THEATRE FESTIVAL is a not-for-profit, curated event committed to providing a platform for aspiring theatre companies with particular emphasis on Directed by local, independent theatre. JEREMY Stockwell Find out more at www.galwaytheatrefestival.com. For tickets to all shows, More If you lay yourself open, people will please contact Town Hall Theatre Box Office at www.tht.ie or phone 091 569777. jump in with both feet, won’t they? of You? In her own one-woman comedy EVENTS: SHOWS: drama Alison Skilbeck tells the linked tales of four women SKYBABIES COMEDY IMPROV BROKEN PROMISE LAND reaching out in the dark, revealing Wed 2nd @ 10pm Stone's Throw Theatre | Town Hall Studio | 30th @ 9pm & 1st @ 9pm what lies behind the brave faces STAGEWRITE (ENG & IR) SOME BAFFLING MONSTER of Claire, Sophia, Sara and Sam. Painful, scary and hilarious by Wed 2nd @ 5pm (IR) & Thurs 3rd @ 5pm (ENG) Dick Walsh | Nuns Island Theatre | 30th @ 8pm & 1st @ 8pm turns, with only a postcode in TECH TALKS DRADIN IN LOVE common, the stories chart each Wed 2nd 11-1pm & Fri 4th 11-1pm Tribe Theatre | An Taibhdhearc | 30th @ 7pm & 1st @ 7pm Thurs 3 October 8pm wildly different character’s search NUI GALWAY @ DRUID DECISION PROBLEM Tickets €15* in advance/€20* at the door for love and happiness. John Rogers | Town Hall Studio | 2nd @ 9pm & 3rd @ 9pm Fri 4th @ 6pm Tig Cóilí Presents WORKSHOP TASTER SERIES DORSET STREET TOYS Sat 5th 11am-5pm Fregoli Theatre | Nuns Island | 2nd @ 8pm & 3rd @ 2pm & 8pm N CHERISH THE LADIES MA T Fri 4 & Sat 5 October 8pm PLA 24 HOUR THEATRE WAR OF ATTRITION Tickets €15*/€12* Sun 6th @ 6pm Devious Theatre | An Taibhdhearc | 2nd @ 7pm & 3rd @ 1pm & 7pm A GALWAY HOMECOMING ARA : L : O T O HHHHH An Evening of Irish Traditional Music, H HANG UP P THREE WEEKS BrokenCrow Theatre | Town Hall Studio | 4th @ 9pm & 5th @ 9pm Song and Dance HHHHH LOW LEVEL PANIC BROADWAYBABY.COM Anam Theatre | Nuns Island Theatre | 4th @ 8pm & 5th @ 2pm & 8pm “It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they BLACKBIRD do,” says the Boston Globe of Cherish the Ladies, the Irish-American super “Brilliantly observed, richly comic characters, Mephisto Theatre | An Taibhdhearc | 4th @ 7pm & 5th @ 1pm & 7pm group that for the past 28 years has toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics and recorded 15 outstanding albums. Led by All-Ireland all played to painful Champion Joanie Madden, these ladies create an immensely entertaining perfection. A wonderful show with a blend of virtuoso instrumentals, beautiful vocals and stunning evening!” step dancing. With guests Don Stiffe, Joe and Anne Burke, Mary Bergin, Johnny ALAN AYCKBOURN McDonagh, Matt Keane, Cathie Ryan, Nollaig Casey, Ronan O’Flaherty and dancers Declan McHale and Nathan Pilatzke. Wed 9 October 8pm Fri 11 October 8pm Sat 19 October 8pm Equinox is a collective of five like-minded musicians “Equinox play their Tickets €20* Tickets €22.50*/€20* Tickets €18*/€15* EQUINOX based in the Netherlands, co-lead by Guitarist Dan music in a style that Nicholas and bassist Johnny Daly. Joining Nicholas and is deeply respectful Daly are the soulful and powerful tenor saxophonist to its roots, but which Pat Egan Presents Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, the elegant and adventurous pianist is both entertaining Bob Wijnen and master drummer Marcel Serierse. and accessible to a JIMMY McCARTHY The band plays a mix of vivid original pieces, personal wide audience - a joy arrangements of standards and classic jazz repertoire to hear” Bright Blue Rose by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Charles BILL WHELAN, RIVERDANCE The Greatest Hits Tour Mingus and Horace Silver. Mon 21 & Tues 22 October 8pm HHHH HHHHH Wed 23 October 8pm € € € € Tickets 20*/ 16* “A terrific production” “Delightfully funny and Tickets 20*/ 17* THE IRISH TIMES poignant… enchanting” EXAMINER.COM One of Ireland’s foremost GRETCHEN PETERS songwriters and writer of Red Kettle Theatre Company Since Martina McBride’s 1995 success songs such as Ride On, No in association with Garter Lane Arts Centre presents with Independence Day, Gretchen Peters Frontiers, Katie, The Bright Blue Abhann Productions presents has risen to the top of her craft, writing Rose, The Contender, Mystic songs that explore the deep corners of Lipstick, Missing you and many BEYOND THE BROOKLYN SKY Written by MICHAEL HILLIARD MULCAHY life with empathy and integrity. GAY BYRNE more, he has had his songs recorded by major Irish artists Directed by PETER SHERIDAN Rodney Crowell calls her 2012 CD including Christy Moore, Mary Hello Cruel World “beautiful, brave and LIVE ON STAGE They grew up together, dreamed together, emigrated together and Black, Mary Coughlan, Maura poetic”, while frequent collaborator when America didn’t quite fulfil their dreams they returned home, O’Connell and Westlife. Tom Russell calls it “the best record I’ve chastened but wiser. Things happened between them out foreign, An exclusive opportunity to enjoy Gay Byrne at his best in a live performance heard in many, many years.” things of the heart and things of the purse… things that were telling some of the greatest show-biz stories never told in an hilarious On this “Greatest Hits” tour never resolved.