Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival Féile an Fhómhair 2014
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14th Annual Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival Féile an Fhómhair 2014 SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 5 FREE PROGRAMME FREE Presented by Donegal County Council Cultural Services BA MHAITH LINN BUÍOCHAS A GHABHÁIL CHUIG Ailis McIntyre, Michael Daly, Andrea Kennedy Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon. Conor Malone, Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey. Paul Diver, Sandhouse Hotel, Rossnowlagh. Johnny Boyle, Highlands Hotel, Glenties. Mary Thompson, Margaret Sweeney, Glenties Community Centre. Rev. John Purdy, Dunkineely. Katherine Williams, Termon Complex, Pettigo. John O’Connell, Eclipse Cinema, Bundoran. Gerry Gillespie, Halla Mhuire, Gleann Choilm Cille. Liam Ó Cuinneagáin, Oideas Gael Gleann Choilm Cille. Martína Ní Dhómhnaill, Seán Ó Beirne, Aislann Chill Chartha. Michael Molloy, John Molloy Tweeds, Ardara. Stephen McCahill, Ardara Heritage Centre. Maura Logue, Dark Daughter Productions. Mandy Blinco and Mark Hill, LUXe. Emer Keon, Erne Enterprise Development Company Ltd. Shane Smyth, Discover Bundoran. Denise Blake, Literary Programme. Ann Quinn. Derek Vial. Kieran Quinn, Andrew McNulty, Balor Rep Theatre Company. Christian Carbin and Art Kavanagh, Donegal Drama Circle. Angela McLaughlin, Sara Laughlin, Donegal ETB Music Education Partnership. Victor Yelamo. Caoimhín MacAoidh, Rab Cherry, Cairdeas na bhFidléirí. Nora Kavanagh. Aoife Toner. Paidí Beag Mac Ghiolla Easbuig, Gleann Choilm Cille. Aidan O’Donnell, Coiste Cultúrtha Dhún Cheann Fhaola. Pat McGill, Johnny Doherty Music and Dancing Festival. Colm Sweeney, Ardara Mens Shed. Patsy O’Kane. Daniel Brown, Ocean FM. Deborah J. Stockdale. Patricia McBride, Niall Cranny, Nicola Burns, An Grianán Theatre. Shaun Hannigan, Jeremy Howard, Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny. Paul Brown, Earagail Arts Festival. Sarah Meehan, Donegal Tourism. Anne Marie Conlon, Tracy McNulty, Donegal County Council. www.donegalcoco.ie • www.donegaldiaspora.ie • www.govisitdonegal.com Cover: The Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra Photo: Paul McGuckian FUNDERS & PARTNERS 1 CLÁR CONTENTS R ● Drámaíocht Carnabhal Damhsa ..... 3 ● Theatre Carnival Dance .................. 3 ● Ceol ................................................9 ● Music..............................................9 É ● Litríocht Taispeántais ...................20 ● Literary Events Visual Arts ...........20 ● Imeachtaí do Pháistí ....................23 ● Childrens Events .......................... 27 A ● Bookáil .........................................29 ● Booking ........................................29 ● Dialann Lae ..................................29 ● Day by Day Diary ..........................29 M ● Bia fán gCósta .............................. 31 ● The Food Coast............................. 31 H his is the 14th. year packed programme of come along and enjoy the Tof the Donegal Bay touring theatre, traditional occasion. R and Blue Stacks Festival. music and dance, literary A Donegal County events, visual arts, arts Theatre & Dance Á Council Cultural Services in schools, a carnival Programme initiative, supported by parade, as well as classical The Festival Theatre An Comhairle Ealaíon and contemporary music Programme will include and Donegal County performances, to a host of Balor Rep Theatre I Council. This is an towns, villages and rural Company’s First World War N exciting time for the communities throughout drama, Remembrances, Festival as it plays its South and SW Donegal. An Grianán Theatre’s brand T part in assisting the new production of Pat continuing development Festival Opening McCabe’s Frank Pig Says R of the tourism sector in The official Festival Hello, the Ulster Theatre the county by adding Opening will take place Company’s Dracula, as O a significant cultural at The Abbey Arts Centre, well as Donegal Drama offering to the Wild Ballyshannon on Saturday Circle’s new production D Atlantic Way, and night, September 27 of John B. Keane’s classic supporting the food from 7.30pm and will comedy, Moll. Theatre U sector by working include the launch of Performances will take closely with Donegal a new solo Exhibition place in Ballyshannon, C County Council’s Local by award-winning East Ballybofey, Pettigo, Enterprise Office in Donegal artist Ann Quinn Donegal Town, Glenties T the promotion of the and a performance by the and Glencolmcille. The innovative Donegal Food Donegal Youth Choir, fresh Festival is especially happy I Coast initiative. for their appearance at to present two new dance Once again, the the recent Electric Picnic works this year - Aoife O Festival will bring a Festival. All are welcome to Toner’s Turas, a response N Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival 2014 2 to the Turas Cholm Ardara. The Festival is recordings to The Abbey R Cille pilgrimage path in delighted to work again Arts Centre, on Sunday Glencolmcille and Nora with two of the county’s afternoon, October 5th. É Kavanagh’s The Donegal top traditional music Among the featured A Weavers, a revival of a events, the Johnny Doherty writers will be Moya forgotten traditional figure Music and Dancing Cannon, Pat Boran, M dance popular among Festival and Cairdeas Marie Hannigan and the Donegal community na bhFidléirí’s annual Anthony Glavin, with H in Glasgow in the 1950’s Donegal Fiddlers Gathering musicians Mairéad Ní and 60s. in Glenties. Among the Mhaonaigh, Marie Askin, R artists appearing at these Martin McGinley and the Music Programme highly enjoyable autumnal Donegal Camerata String Á This year’s Festival Music gatherings are Cherish The Ensemble. Programme will be one Ladies, The Friel Sisters, of the strongest yet Siobhán Peoples and Visual Arts Film and will feature concert Geordie McAdam. The Meitheal Ealaíne I performances by The artist group’s exhibition Henry Girls, Beth Nielsen Carnival Weekend & in Gleann Choilm Cille N Chapman, LittleJohn Nee Sunday Miscellany will include works by & the Caledonia Highly This year’s Carnival nine local artists, while T Strung Orchestra as well Weekend in Ballyshannon the Bundoran Waves as emerging new talent will include the fabulous celebration of surf culture R in the form of Slow Skies, Wild Atlantic Way-themed will include a group art Fiona Maria Fitzpatrick Carnival Parade on exhibition and the special O and Eve Belle. Festival Saturday night, October screening of a selection of concerts will take place 4th. and the very welcome new short films produced D in Dunkineely, Ballybofey, return of the RTÉ Radio by local surfer film U Kilcar, Ballyshannon and 1 Sunday Miscellany live makers. Acknowledgements C The Festival programme is created in partnership with a number of prominent Donegal arts and community development initiatives including the The Abbey Arts Centre and T Erne Enterprise Development Company Ltd. in Ballyshannon, Cairdeas na bhFidléirí, Johnny Doherty Music and Dancing Festival in Ardara, the Donegal ETB Music I Education Partnership, Coiste Chultúrtha Dhún Cheann Fhaola, the Inishowen-based O LUXe landscape theatre company, Dark Daughter Productions, Discover Bundoran, The Balor Arts Centre and The Balor Rep Theatre Company in Ballybofey, Donegal N Drama Circle in Donegal Town and the Meitheal Ealaíne artists group. Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival 2014 DRÁMAÍOCHT CARNABHAL DAMHSA | THEATRE, CARNIVAL, DANCE 3 BALOR REP THEATRE COMPANY Remembrances By Jonathan Burgess • Directed by Kieran Quinn FRIDAY • September 26 • The Community Centre, Glenties THURSDAY • October 2 • The Termon Complex, Pettigo SUNDAY • October 5 • Halla Mhuire, Gleann Choilm Cille All Performances 8.30pm • €12/€10 ‘Only God would know how many I killed’ It’s Remembrance Sunday in 1938. Four men – all veterans of the First World War - are gathered in a Lifford pub. All have their own reasons, all have their own story. As Europe stands on features Jack Quinn and Cathleen the brink of a second World War in 25 Bradley – also currently appearing years, the fires of old conflicts – both in Conal Gallen’s hugely successful domestic and foreign - still burn. What A Bit On The Side - along with Kevin was promised? What was achieved? Gallagher, Keith Lynch and Gary Crossan. What was won? Many of these questions will be answered this day, Balor Rep Theatre Company are based but many more may be created. at The Balor Theatre, Ballybofey. Previous productions for the Donegal Through the media of drama and Bay and Blue Stacks Festival have specially commissioned film, included John Murphy’s The Country Remembrances examines the lasting Boy and Philip Deane’s Long Gone legacy of the First World War in Ireland, Lonesome Cowgirls. North and South, and those who were left to deal with its aftermath. We see This production of Remembrances has how these events have shaped our been supported by the Reconciliation present day and indeed, the lessons it Fund of The Department of Foreign presents for our shared future. Affairs and Trade, and by Donegal Directed by Kieran Quinn, the cast County Council. Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival 2014 4 THEATRE, CARNIVAL, DANCE | DRÁMAÍOCHT CARNABHAL DAMHSA DONEGAL DRAMA CIRCLE Moll By John B. Keane • Directed by Christian Carbin and Art Kavanagh FRIDAY – SUNDAY • October 3-5 St. John Bosco Centre, Donegal Town • 8.30pm • Tickets at Door with the support of the Bishop, Moll proves to be an unstoppable force. Donegal Drama Circle have produced a play for the Festival each year since its inception. Last year’s sparkling John B. Keane’s much-loved Moll is interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s a hilarious comedy set in a priests’ Importance of Being Ernest was a house, in 1970s rural Kerry. It enjoyed