Spring 2019 PROGRAMME 16, Dundrum Town Centre, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum, www.milltheatre.ie T +353 01 296 9340 Booking Information contact us Box Office: (01) 296 9340 dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16 HOW TO BOOK online: www.milltheatre.ie Please note there is a 21 booking fee for all online bookings in person: Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday, 11am-5pm. Open 1 hour prior to all performances. by phone: Call (01) 296 9340. Box Office phone line is open Mon-Sat from 11am – 5pm. Please note there is 21 per ticket booking fee for all bookings made via phone. group bookings: Group rates are available for many of our performances for groups of 10 or over. For more information, email Helen at [email protected], or call us on (01) 296 9340. SPECIAL OFFERS, NEWS UPDATES Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news, special offers and discounts or free tickets. Sign up to our e-newsletter on our website: www.milltheatre.ie REFUNDS All tickets are non-refundable. However, in the event of a sold out show, if we can re-sell your tickets we will refund you. LATECOMERS Latecomer admission is not guaranteed. Latecomers are only admitted at the discretion of the venue and the theatre company. Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the show you are attending. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY dlr Mill Theatre is fully accessible for wheelchair users. The main auditorium has two dedicated wheelchair spaces. Please let us know in advance if you require a wheelchair space. BABIES AND TODDLERS Due to strict fire regulations and for our customers’ safety and comfort, babies and toddlers require tickets for all shows. Some productions may issue a charge for baby and toddler tickets. Please inform Box Office when booking if you require a baby/toddler ticket. Conditions of sale Management reserves the right to refuse admission and to cancel or make any essential changes to performances. Prices and information relating to a show can be subject to change.

Receiving our Brochure by Post We use a Distribution Company to send out our Season Brochures. Unfortunately if you have a NO JUNK MAIL sign on your post box or door, the brochure will not reach you. If this is the case and you want us to post a Brochure to you directly, please let us know – Email [email protected] or call us on 01-2969340

2 3 GETTING HERE The theatre is located in the main square of Dundrum Town Centre, outside by the Mill Pond and restaurants. Luas: from St Stephen’s Green to Dundrum (it takes approx. 20 minutes from St. Stephen’s Green) You can also get off at Balally and walk through Dundrum Town Centre. Bus: 14, 17, 44, 75 Car from M50: Exit at junction 13, follow the signs for Dundrum Town Centre/ Green car park. Car from Dublin City: Follow the N11 to junction with Fosters Avenue. Turn right and follow R112 until junction with Taney Road. Turn Left and make another left at the first traffic signals onto R117 and follow the road into Dundrum.

PARKING The most convenient place to park is the Green Car Park of the shopping centre. This may be accessed from Ballinteer Road and the Dundrum Bypass. Parking Rates: 8am - 6pm: 23 for the first hour, and the 2nd and 3rd hours are free, 23 per every hour after the 3rd hour until 6pm. 6pm - 11pm: 23 flat rate. 11pm - 8am: Free parking. Opening Hours 6am - 12.30am. For further parking information see http://www.dundrum.ie/your-visit/parking.

CHOOSE AND VIEW YOUR SEAT ONLINE The auditorium seats 208, all rows are tiered so viewing is great from any seat! Please Note: Seating in The Maureen O’Hara Studio is non- allocated. Please visit our seating plan online at www.milltheatre.ie

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Fri 19th & ALKS and facilitate opportunities to encourage new audiences to T Satengage 20th, with Jan the arts. I think you’ll agree that our Spring programme 8pmdoes exactly that! AuditoriumThis season we bring you new Irish work – The Harvest by WitchWork Theatre Company and The New Theatre - “Superb” – The Red Curtain Review, tickets“Pinteresque” – The Irish Independent, plus KPS Productions & The Finishing Touch Company’s And This is My Friend Mr Laurel - a humorous and touching Exx look at one of the great cinematic partnerships of the last century.

We bring you a Mill Theatre EXCLUSIVE on 8th February - Between the Stones (Phase 2) Performance Demonstration Lecture - ‘Noh’ is classical Japanese theatre which combines dance, drama, music, poetic text, exquisite costumes and masks into a highly aesthetic form of art that has been performed continuously for 650 years. This performance/demonstration talk will introduce audiences to the key elements of noh and to have a close up and interactive experience of how a new noh is developed from ‘page to stage’.

Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2019 runs from 28th – 31st March and we’re very happy they’ve chosen our venue to host not only a few Children’s Books’ Events as usual but two special evening events - Food Glorious Food AND An Evening with Rick O Shea, Kate Mosse, John Boyne and Hannah Beckerman on Fri 29th March – this will definitely sell out so be sure to book a ticket!

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4 5 rock/pop music Corporate Support and Sponsorship There are various Sponsorship Opportunities we Our remit here at dlr Mill Theatre is to support artists can work with you on such as our Platinum Partner and arts organisations, to bring culture to our community Sponsor Programme, Production Sponsor, Education and facilitate opportunities to encourage new audiences to Programme Sponsor and Sponsorship in Kind. engage with the arts. I think you’ll agree that our Spring programme does exactly that! Advertising with dlr Mill Theatre Our printed brochure is distributed to over 20,000 This season we bring you new Irish work – The Harvest by WitchWork homes every season and available for download Theatre Company and The New Theatre - “Superb” – The Red Curtain Review, “Pinteresque” – The Irish Independent, plus KPS Productions & The Finishing online. Digital bar screen advertising is also Touch Company’s And This is My Friend Mr Laurel - a humorous and touching available. For further details please contact look at one of the great cinematic partnerships of the last century. [email protected]

We bring you a Mill Theatre EXCLUSIVE on 8th February - Between the Stones Thank you to Platinum Sponsor 2018-19 (Phase 2) Performance Demonstration Lecture - ‘Noh’ is classical Japanese theatre which combines dance, drama, music, poetic text, exquisite costumes and masks into a highly aesthetic form of art that has been performed continuously for 650 years. This performance/demonstration talk will introduce audiences to the key elements of noh and to have a close up and interactive experience of how a new noh is developed from ‘page to stage’. Proudly supporting the dlr Mill Theatre Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2019 runs from 28th – 31st March and we’re very happy they’ve chosen our venue to host not only a few Children’s DUNDRUM Books’ Events as usual but two special evening events - Food Glorious Food School Programme AND An Evening with Rick O Shea, Kate Mosse, John Boyne and Hannah Beckerman on Fri 29th March – this will definitely sell out so be sure to book Education Programme for Primary & Secondary Schools a ticket! continues to go from strength to strength.

I have to mention our inaugural STEM WEEK too at the end of January – our Primary students Education Programme Manager Helen O’Driscoll has been extremely busy Inaugural dlr Mill Theatre STEM Week from Mon 29th Jan – Fri 1st curating a series of events designed specifically for the Social, Environmental Feb 2019. This programme of events was developed in collaboration with Junior Einsteins, Bricks4Kidz and the Exploration Dome and will Qand the S cientificQuo is Eaducation five-piece curriculum. Status QuoWe’re tribute almost band,fully booked based too in –Northern Helen has outdone herself! enhance your students’ engagement with the Science Curriculum by Ireland, dedicated to bringing the musical magic and energy of the both entertaining and educating all at once! originalTheatre Managerrock legends Kate along to as with many facilitator people Paul as E lliottpossible. are busy Q thementoring Quo are asour close ever expandingas you can Youth get Theatreto the everyreal Quo Wednesday sound. evening. The Mill Youth Secondary School Students Theatre Company was founded in 2017 to provide young people with the Romeo and Juliet Feb - March Evenopportunity though to it’sdevelop fifty theiryears talent since and they be exposed rose to to fame all aspects with oftheir theatre first hit,- all Statusfree of charge!Quo’s musicWe’re allis veryas popular proud of asthem ever. and Fans can’t willwait neverto see theirforget drama Workshops – All Year Round, For All Secondary School Students. theShowcase powerful on 4th riffs January. played by the late, great Rick Parfitt, the amazing For All Secondary School Students. Throughout the year dlr Mill Theatre offer you and your pupils the opportunity to really engage with your solo work of Francis Rossi and the unforgettable sing-along melodies Another exciting venture is the first SCHOOL’S SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL at the chosen texts by offering Drama Workshops to bring these texts to life. and harmonies that have made the band a world class act over end of January. The FIRST of its kind in Ireland! Our finalists will have 30 Workshops are led by experienced facilitators and designed to engage theminutes past to five perform decades. a piece They’ve of Shakespeare had more each eveningTop 40 andUK thesingles Winners than will the student creatively by exploring characters, themes and language of anybe announced other band on orthe artist final night. and evenBreak legspeople to all who the schoolsaren’t Quotaking fans part! will the chosen text. know more of their songs than they think. Members of Q the Quo all Dates/Times: Teachers can book individual class workshop for a date grewTo all upour listeningLocal Groups to theseperforming songs this and season get awe real wish kick them out successful of playing a and time convenient to you two-and-a-halfruns, so much work hour is tributeput into showtheir productions in front of and an we always-appreciative hope they’re well supported! Venue: The workshops take place in your own school. audience. Workshops on offer- Shakespeare, Synge, O’Casey, Miller, Steinbeck Wishing you the best for 2019 from us all here at the Mill! or a chosen text of your choice. The authentic energy reproduced by Q the Quo will have the e5 per student (Dublin) & e7 per student (Outside Dublin) audience on its feet and singing out loud in no time. This is a must- Contact our Education Programme Manager Helen on 01-2969340 see performance! or [email protected]

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Mill Theatre’s Youth company are looking forward to taking the stage again, after their successful run of Antigone last May. They will perform a variety of scenes from plays such as The Field and Hamlet.

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Fresh from a sell-out tour, the star of BBC’s The Blame Game and Soft Border Patrol, Neil Delamere, returns to... with a brand new show. This time he thinks he has that whole “illusion of control” idea sussed. Then again he would think that, wouldn’t he? ‘You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more gifted comic at the Fringe’ ***** (Scotsman). ‘One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine’ ***** (Herald).

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Mary Coughlan is arguably one of Ireland’s greatest female jazz and blues singers, a true artist who has carved out a timeless and highly regarded career and a legion of devoted fans worldwide. Described as “Ireland’s Billie Holiday’ Mary has overcome childhood trauma, alcoholism & drug addiction to become a musical force like no other. Her seminal first album Tired and Emotional rocketed her to overnight fame in 1985, and fifteen albums later, her ability to deeply connect with both the song & her audience remains undiminished, a testament to her inner strength and to the power of transformation & redemption. Mary live is in a league of her own, her glorious husky voice pulling every ounce of emotion from the music. comedy comedy/drama The Playboy of the Jan Western Play Tues 15th L OP

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Fresh from a sell-out tour, the star of BBC’s The Blame Game and JM Synge’s Comedy in Three Acts - Directed by Kate Canning Soft Border Patrol, Neil Delamere, returns to... with a brand new A small community in County Mayo is thrown into turbulence with show. This time he thinks he has that whole “illusion of control” the arrival of Christy Mahon, a mysterious stranger claiming to have idea sussed. killed his father. The local men aren’t sure if he’s a danger and the Then again he would think that, wouldn’t he? ‘You’ll be hard-pressed local women find him fascinating. Michael James Flaherty the local to find a more gifted comic at the Fringe’ ***** (Scotsman). publican takes a shine to him, and his daughter Pegeen Mike finds his company preferable to that of her dull fiancée, Shawn Keogh. ‘One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine’ ***** (Herald). However it transpires that Christy’s father is not dead afterall, when Old Mahon arrives with a gaping head wound, searching for his ungrateful son. 6 7 schools/drama Schools Jan Thurs 24th L OP

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PRE-THEATRE MENU 2 COURSE 3 COURSE €23 Birthday parties, We are proud to facilitate the first Schools Shakespeare Festival! corporate bookings €28 Our aim is to create a unique opportunity for students to also available! experience Shakespeare as his work should be experienced, on stage. The festival framework gives teachers the opportunity to develop their chosen Shakespeare in class through performance. With given texts and fixed timetables, the onus is placed firmly on the students shoulders to interact meaningfully with the project at hand. 3 Schools will perform each night, Winners Announced Friday night!

Runner Best Best Actor Up €300 Ensemble

Overall Award for Best Production €500 & Trophy Level One of Harvey Nichols Special Best Best Supporting Adjudicators Dundrum Town Centre Actor/Actress Actress Awa r d 01 296 2441 [email protected] 8 cookesrestaurant.ie children L OP

Y / / Bosco’s Garden Y Schools A ALKS Jan & Cinderella T Shakespeare Sat 26th 12pm & 2pm Festival Auditorium

Tickets 2019 E10 Paula presents Bosco’s Garden And Cinderella Paula Lambert has been Travelling the country for the last 40 years. In the early years with her father Eugene Lambert and many be Loved characters from RTE. Bringing Puppet Theatre to the Children of Ireland for the first time. Eugene was founder of Ireland’s first and only Puppet theatre. Paula now Tours with third generation PuppetterJohnny Lambert

Bosco is Bosco, not a boy, not a girl, just a Bosco: a cheeky, lovely, funny, slightly-cracked, irrepressible, eternal five-year-old who lives in a box and who loves nothing more than to just be Bosco and meet all the boys and girls. PRE-THEATRE MENU 2 COURSE 3 COURSE €23 Birthday parties, corporate bookings €28 also available!

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Join us for our Inaugural STEM Week with a jam-packed programme of events in collaboration with -

Junior Einstein Science Show Main Auditorium Mon 28th Jan at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm Tickets: E7.50 Junior Einsteins Science Show gives a hands-on approach to teaching Science through messy experiments, quizzes and games.

Bricks 4 Kidz Workshops Studio Weds 30th Jan at 10am, 11.30 & 1pm Tickets: E7.50 This workshop is designed in a fun and challenging way using LEGO®, Technic & Robotics.

The Exploration Dome Pop-Up Planetarium Thurs 31st Jan at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm Main Auditorium Tickets: E7.50 This mobile planetarium is designed to explore science, astronomy, geology and geography in a fun and interactive way. ______With a programme of Explosive Experiments, Wild Workshops & Daring Discoveries, dlr STEM Week will bring these subjects to life Theatre Productions Europe brings you “A Viennese Strauss Gala” in before your eyes! association with Aine Hanratty Entertainments. Workshops can be tailored to your class age group. E7.50 per child and 1 teacher per 10 children goes free! This hugely popular production recreates the romance of the Viennese Festive season, reminding you of a bygone age of glamorous Email: [email protected] or call us on: 01-296 9340 soirees and Strauss waltzes. It is cleverly staged and choreographed, authentically costumed, and will appeal to the romantic as much as the music aficionado.

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Classic Hits! Fabulous Uplifting Mix made famous by Sinatra, The Dubliners, Pavarotti.. 11 Creating a storm around the country, Ireland’s favourite trio, Shane, (science) (technology) (engineering) (maths) S T E M Dominic, and Derry– collectively The Three Tenors Ireland – have been 28th Jan – 1st Feb 2019 the only Irish trio act to perform annually for the past five years in such prestigious venues as the National Concert Hall Dublin (with important fan President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins in attendance), Join us for our Inaugural STEM Week with a jam-packed programme , Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Castle, of events in collaboration with - and recent sell-outs in Belfast Waterfront Hall, Belfast Lyric Theatre. They perform up to 100 concerts annually in major venues throughout Junior Einstein Science Show Main Auditorium Ireland & UK. The Irish trio has regularly appeared on both BBC and Mon 28th Jan at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm Tickets: E7.50 RTE. Junior Einsteins Science Show gives a hands-on approach to teaching Science through messy experiments, quizzes and games. classical music Bricks 4 Kidz Workshops Studio A Viennese Strauss Gala L OP

Y / / Y Weds 30th Jan at 10am, 11.30 & 1pm Tickets: E7.50 A ALKS This workshop is designed in a fun and challenging way using Feb T LEGO®, Technic & Robotics. Thurs 7th

The Exploration Dome Pop-Up Planetarium 8pm Thurs 31st Jan at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm Auditorium Main Auditorium Tickets: E7.50 This mobile planetarium is designed to explore science, Tickets astronomy, geology and geography in a fun and interactive way. E22 / E20 ______With a programme of Explosive Experiments, Wild Workshops & Daring Discoveries, dlr STEM Week will bring these subjects to life Theatre Productions Europe brings you “A Viennese Strauss Gala” in before your eyes! association with Aine Hanratty Entertainments. Workshops can be tailored to your class age group. E7.50 per child and 1 teacher per 10 children goes free! This hugely popular production recreates the romance of the Viennese Festive season, reminding you of a bygone age of glamorous Email: [email protected] or call us on: 01-296 9340 soirees and Strauss waltzes. It is cleverly staged and choreographed, authentically costumed, and will appeal to the romantic as much as the music aficionado.

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Feb Between Fri 8th the Stones 7.30pm Auditorium (Phase 2) Performance Demonstration Lecture Tickets E14 / E12

Getting to noh from ‘page to stage’ ‘Noh’ is classical Japanese theatre which combines dance, drama, music, poetic text, exquisite costumes and masks into a highly aesthetic form of art that has been performed continuously for 650 years.

This performance demonstration talk is designed to introduce audiences to the key elements of noh and to have a close up and interactive xperience of how a new noh is developed from ‘page to stage’. The focus of the new noh, Between the Stones, is ‘from tragic loss to peace’. It explores how the burden of grief turns into an understanding and celebration of life, death, beauty and love; and the transformative power of gardens to nurture and heal the soul… It also uniquely brings together three Japanese cultural forms – noh, karesansui gardens and furin (wind chimes).

The professional noh actor, Kinue Oshima, the composer, Richard Emmert, and the author of this new two-act English language noh drama, Jannette Cheong, will share key aspects of how this new noh will be transformed from the poetic text to the stage production using traditional noh techniques.

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Although not quite the traditional comedy we are familiar with, this play covers with great mirth, the changing face of modern Ireland. But change does not come easy. A miserable farmer has 6 months to live and decides to leave his sizeable farm to his more miserable best friend. The complications that arise from that decision creates this unique comedy. Undoubtedly a very funny play and 2 expertly acted out by all the cast. The play is written by Ballyconnell writer John McManus and the “Acorn Players” are the only troupe to perform this new production.

local arts/comedy Rathmines & Rathgar Getting to noh from ‘page to stage’ ‘Noh’ is classical Japanese Musical Society theatre which combines dance, drama, music, poetic text, exquisite Feb costumes and masks into a highly aesthetic form of art that has Tues 12th - L OP

Y / / Y been performed continuously for 650 years. Sat 16th A ALKS 8pm T This performance demonstration talk is designed to introduce audiences to the key elements of noh and to have a close up and Auditorium interactive xperience of how a new noh is developed from ‘page to stage’. The focus of the new noh, Between the Stones, is ‘from tragic Tickets loss to peace’. It explores how the burden of grief turns into an From E18 understanding and celebration of life, death, beauty and love; and the transformative power of gardens to nurture and heal the soul… The R&R makes a welcome return to The Mill Theatre this spring It also uniquely brings together three Japanese cultural forms – noh, with the hilarious farce comedy Don’t Dress For Dinner. Based on karesansui gardens and furin (wind chimes). the original French production of Pyjama Pour Six, Robin Hawdon adapted the play for English-speaking audiences which opened on The professional noh actor, Kinue Oshima, the composer, Richard The West End in 1991 playing to packed houses and critical acclaim. Emmert, and the author of this new two-act English language noh During its original run, one reviewer for The Guardian put it “Hurtling drama, Jannette Cheong, will share key aspects of how this new noh along at the speed of light, Marc Canoletti’s breathtaking farce is a will be transformed from the poetic text to the stage production near faultless piece of theatrical invention. Within seconds we are using traditional noh techniques. drawn into a delicious web of marital treachery which accelerates with classic symmetry to an all-star denouement…” 13 comedy L OP

Y / / Chris Kent Y A ALKS Feb T Sat 16th 8pm Studio

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Cork comedian Chris Kent returns with his 6thsolo show Looking Up. Chris has spent the past year balancing comedy with being a stay at home dad and trying to grow a beard. He has also removed the word “mate” from his vocabulary as it takes too much effort to say in an Irish accent.

T.V. appearances include the RTÉ 2 panel show Next Year’s News, The Craig Doyle Show and Conor’s Dad in the hit series The Young Offenders. In the UK, he has appeared on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central for Comedy Central.

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Sat 23rd A ALKS 8pm T Auditorium Tickets E16 / E14 Balally Players Theatre Co. presents... Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Jo Clifford. Directed by Brian Molloy. A beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens’s best-loved novels, bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage. When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects... 14 L OP

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This abridged version is an ideal opportunity to expose Junior Cycle students to their first live Shakespeare experience. local arts/drama Directed by Geoff O’Keeffe for MILL PRODUCTIONS Throughout the year the venue also offers you and your pupils (at all levels) the opportunity to really engage with your chosen text by offering Drama Workshops to bring these texts to life. Workshops are led by experienced facilitators and designed to engage the student creatively by exploring characters, themes and language of your chosen text. Mill Productions has produced 2 Shakespeare plays every year for many years – including Macbeth in 2018, King Lear 2017 and Hamlet 2016.

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Balally Players Theatre Co. presents... Great Expectations by 12.50 per student, 1 teacher per 20 students goes free. 20% deposit Charles Dickens. Adapted by Jo Clifford. Directed by Brian Molloy. A required to secure booking. Full payment due 2 weeks before beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens’s best-loved novels, performance date. bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage. When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help Contact [email protected] him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with or call our Box Office on 012969340 her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects... 15 E E Cats DoesCountdown. As seenonBBC2’s LiveAtTheApolloandChannel4’s 8Outf10 keyboard from 1986. brand-new showmadeupoftalkingandsongsplayedonacrappy Unhook yourmindbras.DavidO Tickets Auditorium 8pm March Feb &Fri 1st Thurs 28th Feb Tickets Auditorium 8pm Sat 9th Mar Howard (Guitarist /Singer/songwriter) bass player),Joe Finn(Uilleannpipes/Flute/Whistles/Fiddle) &Michael German tour. Heisjoinedonstage byHilaryKavanagh(singer/songwriter/ and shortlyafterwards performedwithTheDublinersfor twoweeksontheir released hisownalbumoforiginalmaterial“Voice OfThePeople” in2011 Cork abroad andhassoldoutprominent IrishvenuessuchasVicar Street &The heavily influencedby. Overthepastsixteenyearshehasamazed audiences His performancescapture thedepthandpassionofgreat manhewasso music andhasbeensingingIrishfolksongssincehewasthree yearsold. singer/ songwriter/multi-instrumentalist ChrisKavanaghwasraisedonIrish Celebrating thememoryandmusicofatrueIrishmusicallegend.Dublin 18 / 20 / Opera House, with the regular attendance of Luke Kelly’s family. Chris E E 18 16

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Y / / Off Air - Cormac Moore Y A ALKS March T Sat 9th 8.30pm Studio

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Comedian and host of FM104’s Sunday Night Live Cormac Moore brings his brand new stand up comedy show to Dundrum for the first time. A hilarious story about getting fired, getting evicted and getting sick, Off Air is his most honest and intimate yet.

Moore is an entertaining, witty and captivating storyteller who has a natural ability to engage with his audience. His sharp observational style and excellent crowd work mean that no 2 gigs are ever the same. live music classicallive musicmusic L Hastings High School OP

Y / / Half Light Y A ALKS March Band & Orchestra T Wed 13th 7.30pm Auditorium

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Celebrating the memory and music of a true Irish musical legend. Dublin singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh was raised on Irish Hailing from Hastings, Minnesota in the USA the High School are touring music and has been singing Irish folk songs since he was three years old. with their talented High School Concert Band, Orchestra and Jazz His performances capture the depth and passion of the great man he was so Band. All three ensembles will perform a varied repertoire including heavily influenced by. Over the past sixteen years he has amazed audiences pieces by John Williams, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland plus many abroad and has sold out prominent Irish venues such as Vicar Street & The Cork Opera House, with the regular attendance of Luke Kelly’s family. Chris more. All proceeds raised on the evening are donated to local Irish released his own album of original material “Voice Of The People” in 2011 Charity Musical Youth Foundation. www.musicalyouthfoundation. and shortly afterwards performed with The Dubliners for two weeks on their org who mission is to provide every child on the Island of Ireland German tour. He is joined on stage by Hilary Kavanagh (singer/songwriter/ with access to a musical education and equal opportunity to have bass player), Joe Finn (Uilleann pipes/Flute/Whistles/Fiddle) & Michael the truly life changing experience that learning an instrument can Howard (Guitarist / Singer/songwriter) provide.

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Following their sell out musicals, ‘Sweet Charity’ and ‘The Hired Man’ Glencullen Dundrum MDS are proud to present ‘My Fair Lady’, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

Professor Henry Higgins takes a bet from Colonel Pickering that he can transform unrefined Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady. He does, and young aristocrat Freddy Eynsford-Hill falls madly in love with her. But when Higgins takes all the credit and forgets to acknowledge her efforts, Eliza angrily leaves him for Freddy. Suddenly Higgins realizes he’s grown accustomed to her face…

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Charlotte is back on track, thanks to support from her steadfast husband and her teenage son. She thinks she’s found another lifeline in her new friend, Shane. But Shane knows more about her idyllic life than she realises. And just how to destroy it.

The Harvest is a new thriller from acclaimed playwright, Jane McCarthy, about second chances and second lives. What we do when we have them, and what we might do to take them from others.

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Y / / Y A ALKS local arts/drama book festival T Mountains to Sea March Festival 2019 Thurs 28th 11am Age: 4+ Studio Thurs 28th Beag Bideach le Sadhbh Devlin & Fri 29th Tá grá ag Nína dá deartháir, Jimí, ach, uaireanta cuireann sé isteach uirthi. Go háirithe nuair atá sí ag iarraidh a bheith ag For times spraoi lena cairde, na babóga. Ba bhreá le Nína bheith bídeach see event ionas go bhféadfadh sí dul chun cónaithe lena cairde, na bábóg. Auditorium Nach mbeadh an saol i dteach bábóige, gan Jimí, go hiontach ar fad?! Seans anseo do ghach einne buaileadh leis an tÚdar Sadhbh Devlin. Tickets E3 per child, Fri 29th 11am Age: 7+ Studio 2 teachers per Knights and Bikes with Gabrielle Kent class goes free Welcome to the sleepy Cornish island of Penfurzy, where nothing exciting ever happens. Or does it? We join Demelza and her new best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they explore the island and uncover the mysteries of the Penfurzy Knights. Gabrielle Kent introduces her new mystery novel for ages 7+. Featuring Chopper bikes, medieval pickled heads and boom boxes, Gabrielle will read and discuss themes behind the book, as well as the use of stories in video games.

Fri 29th 12pm Age: 8 + Auditorium The World of Darkmouth with Shane Hegarty Have you heard of the Legends? These monstrous, human-eating creatures have invaded the Irish town of Darkmouth and it’s up to twelve-year-old Finn and his friends to fight the beasts and save the world. Join author Shane Hegarty as he brings his bestselling fantasy adventure series, Darkmouth to life. drama Fri 29th 6.30pm 15 / 12 Public Event Auditorium Food Glorious Food Join Currabinny Cookbook duo James Kavanagh and William Murray, recent winners of the Eurospar Cookbook of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards,as they explore the wonderful world of food writing. We’ll hear about their stunning Currabinny Cookbook, their own favourite cookbooks and they will share some foodie hints and tips. We’re anticipating some lively discussion and maybe some foodie surprises as well. Attend both events for 20 with an ‘all evening’ ticket.

Fri 29th 8.30pm 15 / 12 Public Event Auditorium An evening with Rick O Shea, Kate Mosse, John Boyne and Hannah Beckerman Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival invites you to join Rick O Shea for an evening of what he does best, exploring three wonderful Charlotte is back on track, thanks to support from her steadfast novels with the authors themselves John Boyne, Kate Mosse and husband and her teenage son. She thinks she’s found another Hannah Beckerman. John Boyne needs no introduction as one of Ireland’s best known and loved novelists. Better known as a lifeline in her new friend, Shane. But Shane knows more about her journalist and reviewer, Hannah Beckerman has just published her idyllic life than she realises. And just how to destroy it. new novel called If Only I Could Tell You and Kate Mosse’s latest book The Burning Chambers brings 16th century Languedoc to life and is a tale of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war The Harvest is a new thriller from acclaimed playwright, Jane and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties. The three are McCarthy, about second chances and second lives. What we do when quite different, and in this discussion, Rick will lead discussion we have them, and what we might do to take them from others. of all three novels, the lives within the books, the author’s own literary influences and the books that they themselves have most enjoyed. The perfect night out for book lovers everywhere. “Superb” – The Red Curtain Review Attend both events for 20 with an ‘all evening’ ticket. “Pinteresque” – The Irish Independent 19 local arts/drama The Salvage Shop April Tues 2nd - L OP

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Tickets E15 / E12 All tickets €12 on Tuesday night Presented by Rathfarnham Theatre Group Written by Jim Nolan The Salvage Shop, a drama about the fraught relationship of Sylvie and his son Eddie has forgiveness and redemption at its core. Sylvie is dying of cancer but still raging against the local brass band committee and still holding a grudge against Eddie, who left the band at a crucial time for its success. Eddie, meantime, strives to nurse his father; control his daughter and April keep the family salvage business going. Struggling with regret and guilt he comes up with a scheme involving Sylvie’s idol, Pavarotti. Thurs 25th This heartwarming play is permeated by snatches of powerful 8pm operatic tunes and arias that give the work a mythic quality. Auditorium musical Tickets E20 / E18 L OP

Y / / Y A ALKS Apriljanuary T TuesFri 19th 9th -& SatSat 13th 20th, Jan 8pm8pm AuditoriumAuditorium Tickets April Etickets20 – Tues & Wed,Exx E22 Thurs, Fri 26th Fri, Sat night 8pm Muscial comedy at its best, 9 to 5: The Musical follows the adventures Auditorium of three female office workers who have had enough of their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical male boss and decide that the time Tickets has come to take matters into their own hands. Come join Kilmacud E16 \ E14 Musical Society to find out what happens when these women take over the office. 9 to 5 is a jukebox musical based on the film of the same name, featuring the hit music of Dolly Parton, including 9 to 5, Around Here, Backwoods Barbie and Shine Like the Sun. (group discount of 10% for groups 8+)

20 (group discount of10%forgroups 8+) Around Here, BackwoodsBarbieandShineLikethe Sun. same name,featuring thehitmusicofDollyParton, including9to5, over theoffice. 9to5isajukeboxmusicalbased onthefilmof Musical Societytofindoutwhathappens whenthesewomentake has cometotakemattersintotheir ownhands.ComejoinKilmacud egotistical, lying,hypocriticalmale bossanddecidethatthetime of three femaleoffice workerswhohavehadenoughoftheirsexist, Muscial comedyatitsbest,9to5: TheMusicalfollowstheadventures The Salvage Shop local arts/drama April E Auditorium 8pm Thurs 25th April E Tickets Auditorium 8pm Sat 20th Tickets Auditorium 8pm Fri 26th April E Tickets 18 \ 16 \ 20 / E E E 14 18 16

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Y / / The Cassidy Academy of Music Y A ALKS March presents Music Miscellany T Sun 24th 2pm & 7pm Auditorium

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The Cassidy Academy of Music, Sandyford, is delighted to present to you an exciting and varied concert of ensembles choirs duets and more. The audience will be treated to all musical genres and will hear a wide variety of instruments. From young to old, from staff to students the entire Academy has come together to make this an evening to remember.

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Y / / The Snow Queen Ballet Y A ALKS March T Sat 30th 5.30pm Auditorium

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Darcy Dance recreates the wonderful story of the Snow Queen through a Spectacular Youth Ballet performance. The Ballet tells the story of a young girl not giving up hope and follows her magical journey to rescue her friend from the cold-hearted Snow Queen. The second half of the show will engage you with a series of colourful dance numbers from well know movies and musicals. Suitable for all the family.

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Y / / Y A ALKS T in the gallery Olwyn Whelan Enchanting Escape live music Dec/Jan 1st Dec 2018 - 20th Jan 2019

A collection of illustrations of fairytales, myths and legends from Ireland and around the world from book illustrator Olwyn Whelan. Publishers she has worked with include Barefoot Books, Pavillion books, Frances Lincoln, Quarto Publishing group, Harper Collins, The Cassidy Academy of Music, Sandyford, is delighted to present to Kingfisher books, Brimax publishing USA and Cricket magazine USA. L OP

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her work exhibited and sold in Europe and the USA. Olwyn works ALKS more. The audience will be treated to all musical genres and will T hear a wide variety of instruments. From young to old, from staff mainly in pen and ink and watercolour with touches of gold leaf. to students the entire Academy has come together to make this an evening to remember. Prints by Salty Philip musical Feb/April Runs 2nd Feb - 5th April

Professional doodler extraordinaire, Salty Philip was the brain baby of Scottish born Lynn MacPherson BA (Hons). Starting out life as a little eco fashion design shop in Kreuzberg, Berlin in 2009. Salty Philip has grown and evolved into the swan like illustration creation it is today. Now based in Dublin, Lynn creates highly Darcy Dance recreates the wonderful story of the Snow Queen detailed animal illustrations to enthral your eyes through a Spectacular Youth Ballet performance. The Ballet tells the and pun-tastic greeting cards for all occasions. Her story of a young girl not giving up hope and follows her magical mission in life is to bring a little joy and wonder to journey to rescue her friend from the cold-hearted Snow Queen. The even the most sensible among us. second half of the show will engage you with a series of colourful dance numbers from well know movies and musicals. Suitable for All prints in our exhibitions are for sale – framed or unframed – if you’re all the family. looking for a lovely gift look no further! Please talk to Aoife our Gallery Manager or enquire at our Box Office for purchase information. [email protected] / 012969340 23 programme at a glance

Jan March 4 Mill Youth Theatre 9 Legend of Luke Kelly 11 Neil Delamere 9 Cormac Moore 12 Mary Coughlan 13 Hastings High School Band 15 The Playboy 19 My Fair Lady 24 Schools Shakespeare Fest 27 The Harvest 26 Bosco & Cinderella 28 Mountains to Sea Festival 28 STEM Week April Feb 2 The Salvage Shop 2 The Three Tenors 9 9 to 5 7 Strauss Gala 20 Dublin City Ramblers 8 Between the Stones 25 Dirt Birds 9 Loophole 26 And this is My Friend Laurel 12 Don’t Dress for Dinner 16 Chris Kent Performing Arts 19 Great Expectations & Stage Schools 25 Romeo & Juliet March 28 David O’Doherty 24 The Cassidy Academy 30 The Snow Queen Ballet

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