SUM MER 20 18 Find an event by date: WELCOME! At the back of the programme you’ll find a HOW TO calendar with all of our events arranged by day/ Welcome to our Summer 2018 brochure, date. packed with a range of great nights out and lots of opportunity for you and all the family to Find an event browsing: BOOK participate in and share with us moments of joy, We’ve got so many great shows on offer at the Online: civictheatre.ie wonder and excitement. Its been a long, cold Civic this Summer - why not just browse and 01 462 7477 winter but the sun is now bursting to return pick something that appeals to you. We know By Phone: once more and with it comes fresh hope and you’ll love it. In Person: 10am - 6pm new beginnings. We are delighted to partner Monday to Saturday or until with our family of Artists in Residence, Liz Roche 8pm on performance nights Company, Davey Keller and Monkeyshine, as they set out to develop wonderful new works that will delight and engage you. We also have MEET THE TEAM a host of music, comedy, dance and drama to The Civic is well known as a friendly and bring a beat to your heart, a laugh to your lips, a welcoming theatre. We pride ourselves in skip to your toe and plenty of food for thought. having some of the best staff in the business SPECIAL All with the usual great value meal deals and and over the next few brochures, we invite you special offers (plus of course free parking and an to get to know some of our team a bit better. ever friendly welcome!) First up it’s our Technical Department- Mick OFFERS and Sarah. Keep an eye out for a range of First up, in a regular ‘meet the team’ feature, special offers on shows throughout meet Mick and Sarah from our technical I’ve worked at the Civic since department, who do extraordinary Trojan work it first opened its doors in the brochure. behind the scenes (and most often in the dark!) 1999. It was an exciting & to bring such a huge range of work to a challenging time to get the perfect boil. Early Birds venue up & running. My Book EARLY to get a main duties are to liaise Michael Barker-Caven with incoming companies discounted price Artistic Director in advance, to oversee the on selected shows. fit-up of shows & to ensure Subject to availability. that the show is ready and goes up on time! HOW TO USE THE Mick Doyle, Technical Manager Meal Deals PROGRAMME Make a night of it. By booking Find an event by type: your meal + show together, If you’re looking for comedy, music, something for the kids or something else you can find I’ve been the Assistant Technical you’ll save in comparison to markers on each event in the programme which Manager in the Civic Theatre ticket only prices. Enjoy a will tell you what to expect: since 1999. My job includes delicious 2 course meal at our providing technical assistance to incoming Interval Bistro & Bar before Co Comedy Musical Theatre companies, ensuring their the show. Valid on selected production runs smoothly. performances and Dr Drama Multicultural I’ve had an interest in subject to availability. theatre from a young age, thanks to a long Da Dance Sc School family history. Fa Family Storytelling Sarah Keane, Assistant Technical Manager Mu Music Lo Local CIVIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: MONKEYSHINE Dr Lo Fa Sc Mu Dr Lo If you like the sound of the CITIZEN’S MONKEYSHINE GROW CLAMOUR & ROAR CHORUS why don’t you come along to Creating Arts Experiences for Families Something is happening in Tallaght! A spaceship has landed, strange visitors CLAMOUR & ROAR – A CITIZEN’S a taster workshop where you can meet Specialising in playful, inspiring, interactive CHORUS is an exciting theatre project the people involved and try your hand at storytelling, Monkeyshine have been delighting have arrived. A mini ecosystem has taken root on the stage of the Civic, children that explores the landscape and people singing and laughing and telling stories. Irish families for close to twenty years now. In of South Dublin County. Starting autumn particular the Company delight in the timeless are becoming architects and the whole structures of celebration and ritual, and the community are planting seeds. Come 2018, the Citizen’s Chorus will meet once MAY Sat 5th depth of myths and legends with particular and find out what’s going on! Grow a week to develop and rehearse a new Tallaght, Civic Theatre // 11am - 1pm emphasis on the quirks of human nature, the is a bombastic and life filled show for spoken & sung choral work that will be In association with Bealtaine Festival rhythms of the natural world and the universal audiences of all ages which explores performed in the Civic in May 2019. Lucan, Ballyowen Castle Community themes of life that connect us all. We are the question, ‘where is a good place to Centre // 2pm - 4pm delighted to welcome Monkeyshine to work CLAMOUR & ROAR will be performed by grow?’ There will be the roots of ancient a community chorus made up of people with us in 2018 as part of our growing family MAY Sat 19th of Artists in Residence. We are planning a stories and dreams of future posibilities. of all ages, 18 to 80, who live in the South Rathfarnham, Whitechurch Community & series of workshops, events and shows in A cargo of cutting edge technology , Dublin County region. You don’t have to partnership with schools, community groups analog mechanics, familiar plants and have any performance experience to take Youth Centre // 11am - 1pm and of course you, our patrons, throughout unexpected suprises. Tallaght, Civic Theatre // 2pm - 4pm part. You don’t have to be able to act or In association with Bealtaine Festival the year. First up and to mark new beginnings sing. Perhaps you’ve never done anything and a time of growth in our community we, in MAY Fri 4th // 11am & 4:30pm like this before but if you want to take Commissioned under IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME, South collaboration with Tallaght Community Arts and Main Auditorium part we want you to stand shoulder to Dublin County Council’s Public Art Programme for 2016 – 2019 Monkeyshine, present ‘Grow’. under the Per Cent for Art Scheme. Supported by The Civic Duration: 45 mins. No interval shoulder with the other brave souls who Theatre and RUA RED. Tickets: €7 adults & €5 children APR Mon 30th & MAY Wed 2nd: are up for an adventure. Schools Teachers go free If you would like to sign up for one of projects CLAMOUR & ROAR will be written and MAY Tues 1st: the taster workshops or if you want to Community event at the Civic directed by Veronica Coburn, a playwright MAY Fri 4th: showing of ‘Grow’ in our main know more please email Veronica at auditorium and theatre director who loves to work [email protected] For more information see civictheatre.ie with people from all walks of life. 4 5 WHAT ABOUT US? Dr THE PRINCE & THE Da Presented by Out of the Blue PAUPER Theatre Company Presented by Irish National Youth Ballet Written and Directed by Sean Ronan Lo The Irish National Youth Ballet will perform Starring Ann Colderbanks, Sandra Doyle, ‘The Prince and the Pauper, the Gala and Gerry Day, Evan McNally, Breda McCann, Concertina’ with music played live by the Sean Ronan, Becky Walsh, Jason O’Halrahan Orchestra of INYB. Forty-four dancers will Through his new play ‘What About Us?’ enthrall the audience not only with their writer and director Sean Ronan is trying ability to tell a story without words but will to bring home to his audience the effects dance at the highest level of youth ballet of alcohol on family life today in Dublin. in Ireland. This show is for both ballet Revolving around the story of the Grant lovers and music lovers alike. The twelve- family, the play explores how alcohol has piece string orchestra will play under the been so accepted into family homes. It dynamic baton of Cillian O’Breachain. promises to bring you on a very intense rollercoaster ride of laughs, tears and MAY Fri 11th & Sat 12th tragedy. Don’t miss this powerful Main Auditorium production. Duration: 105 mins. One interval Tickets: MAY Wed 2nd - Sat 5th // 8:15pm MAY Fri 11th // 12pm All tickets €8 Studio Theatre MAY Fri 11th & Sat 12th // 8pm €22 & €16 Duration: 70 mins. No interval conc Tickets: €16 & €14 concession Groups 10+ €15 MAY Sat 12th // 3pm €18 & €14 conc Age suitability 14+ Groups 10+ €12 As part of an ongoing new work development process, we are delighted to present: SPRING AWAKENING Presented by Liberties College THE CIVIC BARD QUEST ‘Spring Awakening’ is a rock musical that Old Stories, New Thinking: A tells the story of teenagers discovering Call to Awaken the inner and outer tumultuous emotions A Collaboration between the Civic of teenage sexuality. The musical follows Theatre & Bard Mythologies the students as they navigate teenage Led by Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop & Sandy self-discovery and coming of age anxiety Dunlop from the Bard in a powerful celebration of youth and The Civic Bard Quest is a series of rebellion. Music by Duncan Sheik and workshops inviting you to immerse book and lyrics by Steven Sater. It is yourself in the world of Irish myth. based on the German play ‘Spring Using the ancient four mythic cycles as Awakening’ (1891) by Frank Wedekind.