The Mall, Waterford Box Office: 051 874 402 www.theatreroyal.ie SPRING SEASON 2020 Follow us on: BOOKINGS CARERS POLICY The Theatre Royal accepts bookings in person, by phone A carers discount is applicable on certain performances or online. All ticket prices include €1 transaction fee for and on presentation of a carers card. 3rd party charges. REFUND POLICY 051 874 402 PHONE: A refund can be made no later than close of business, Payment is accepted by cash, cheque, laser, IN PERSON: 4pm, on the day before the event. A refund will be debit or credit card. made in the form of credit for Theatre Royal events. You can book your tickets online at ONLINE: No refund can be issued on the day of the event or You can also select your seat from www.theatreroyal.ie following an event. the seat map. THE STAGE DOOR BAR BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Why not relax and enjoy a pre-show drink. Select wines,

MONDAY-FRIDAY: soft drinks, bottled beers, tea and coffee are available 10am – 4pm (10am – 8pm on performance days) an hour before performance. SATURDAY: Pre-order your interval drink before the performance. 12pm – 4pm (12pm – 8pm on performance days) Our Front of House team will be on stand-by to take your SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS: order. Box Office opens one hour before the performance for ticket sales & collection SESSIONS CONCESSIONS During a Session, the Stage Door Bar will remain open until 8pm; theatre Concessions for Seniors, Students, Unwaged and customers have the option to bring Stage Children are available for selected productions. The Door Bar purchased beverages into the auditorium availability, amount discounted and production with them and enjoy from the comfort of their seat. The applicable to is decided on by each individual producer Stage Door Bar will reopen at the interval. Events that and not the Theatre Royal. I.D. for all concessions will be are deemed a session are clearly marked throughout requested at time of booking or at time of collection. our season brochure and website with the above icon. WIT students are entitled to a special WIT price on most shows on presentation of their card. MEET AND GREET BABES IN ARMS POLICY On selected events, a meet and greet with the artist will take place in the Babes in Arms tickets for all performances permit vestibule bar. Enjoy a drink and meet under 2’s to sit on the lap of a parent/guardian. See the artist. Look out for this icon to meet your favourite for further details www.theatreroyal.ie/faq artists and acts. DISCOUNTS FOR GROUPS EARLY BIRD Group bookings are available for selected shows at Early bird ticket prices available when the Theatre Royal. Groups of 10 or more are entitled you see the early bird symbol. to a discount of 10%. Contact the Box Office for further information. LOST & FOUND ACCESS Items will be kept for a maximum of 14days after which point they will be donated to charity. Any found items The Theatre Royal is an accessible venue with ramp will be posted on social media once a week. access, loop induction, wheelchair seats and adapted toilets. We would ask wheelchair users to book directly CHILDREN UNDER 12 with the box office rather than online to ensure that we Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult accommodate you appropriately. Latecomers may not for all theatre events. be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. We greatly appreciate and thank our Corporate Partners and Friends for choosing to support us. CORPORATE PARTNERS

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All support received is directed towards preserving our beautiful theatre and contributes to a rich and vibrant arts culture which is at the heart of our city. If you are interested in supporting us, please talk to a member of our team. JANUARY WALLIS BIRD NEW MOON TOUR Wild and unpredictable, Wallis Bird cannot – and should not – be pigeonholed easily. Her performances can transition seamlessly from the defiant anthems that can motivate thousands of festival-goers into a rousing sing-a-long, to the most hushed and fragile ballads that can captivate an audience into a spellbound silence. Wherever Wallis can be found, she stands out as a powerful, contradictory presence – one that can unite audiences anywhere she plays. “The sheer visceral energy of Wallis Bird could kick-start an entire economy” - Stage Saturday 4th January - 8pm - €23 Music Play School Awards Theatre Royal Presents School HAMLET REVIEW Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs A bold and exciting 90-minute performance of Hamlet will help students gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s iconic Play masterpiece by lifting the play off the page Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 and onto the stage, making it accessible for students as they start their exam revision. The Theatre Royal’s Shakespeare Music Review programme works with teachers, Dance Family Choir Shakespearean actors and experienced young Choir Stage adult theatre facilitators to review the current Leaving Certificate text. Music The actors vividly present key scenes on stage which are then explored in detail by the Play School Awards Music Wrestling facilitator between scenes, bringing to life Shakespeare’s vibrant characters Musical Fundraiser Tribute “Discussing the scenes in a modern way made it very easy for the students to relate School to.” - Tipperary Teacher Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs “Excellent ideas for classroom approach.” - East Teacher “Enjoyable and worthwhile, gave students a focus for study and revision” - Waterford City teacher Play Schools Ballet Kids Tuesday 14th January - 10.30am & 12.30pm Comedy Aged 4-7 Wednesday 15th January - 10.30am Thursday 16th January - 10.30am €9 per student Free for teachers Dance Family Music Choir Choir To book contact Anouschka; e: [email protected] or t: 051 874402

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute JANUARY Theatre Skills Mentoring Programme presents YOUNG CREATORS The Theatre Royal brings together a group of talented young people to create a play. The Young Creators are a group of TY students from the DLS, Ursuline, Newtown and Mount Sion Secondary School all with different interests, talents and personalities. Over a 16 week long programme, the Young Creators were given the challenge to write, perform, direct, market, light and sound a play, under the watchful eyes of our theatre mentors. Don’t miss out on this unique performance about being a teen and life getting in the way. Stage Music Friday 17th January – 11:30am - €5 Play School Awards TOMMY FLEMING School For almost 30 years, Tommy Fleming has been honing his Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs craft and entertaining the masses with his extraordinary talent. His worldwide success has made him a household name in many homes across the globe. While Tommy’s Play music may be difficult to classify, fans use such words as Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 “deeply emotional, romantic and sincere” to describe the feelings it evokes. A Tommy Fleming concert is a musical experience not to be missed that has a universal appeal to all ages and backgrounds. Dance Family Music Choir Choir Friday 17th January - 8pm Stage Music Play Awards €31/€26 Restricted View School

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser An Evening with School Tribute Comedy Psychic Classical JACK LUKEMAN Choirs The Kildare man with the multi-octave voice returns to the Theatre Royal for an exclusive intimate show. Fresh from Play a series of sell-outSchools performancesBallet celebrating the 20th Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 anniversary of Jack’s first album ‘Metropolis Blue’. “An Evening with Jack Lukeman” features the most celebrated songs from his multi-platinum and number 1 selling albums like Magic Days, MetropolisDance Blue,Family 27 Club, Wax,Music and Broken Choir Songs. Don’t miss, this one in a million artist, doingChoir what he does best in a perfect venue. Stage Saturday 18th January - 8pm - €22/€20 MusicMusicWrestlingPlay Awards Musical Fundraiser School Tribute

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute JANUARY Tom Kelly Promotions Presents MIKE DENVER in Concert with special guest Brendan Shine Mike Denver affectionately known as the Galway Boy is at the height of his powers and this year celebrates 15 years on the entertainment scene. Mike’s meteoric rise in popularity over the past while culminated with him been voted Entertainer of the Year 2016 together with Number 1 album of the Year Cut Loose at the ACMA Awards in RTÉ. Backed by a band comprising of ’s top musicians , Mike presents a high energy show Stagewhich features all his hits including Tommy K, Wasn’t that a Party, Music Play SchoolGalway GirlAwards, Blown Away, plus ‘hits’ from the 60’s and 70’s. Thursday 23rd January - 8pm - €31

PAT SHORTTSchool Comedy Psychic Classical HEY! Choirs Featuring brand new material and sketches, Hey! is a rogue’s gallery of odd ball characters, bizarre situations Play Schoolsand even a Balletsong or two. Pat promises a Kidswhole raft of new Comedy Aged 4-7 characters and also promises to get “down and dirty with Stage Music Play Awards the audience!” Hey! delivers a peculiar take on modern School life that only the unique imagination of Pat Shortt could Danceconjure up.Family Music Choir Choir School Comedy Psychic Classical Friday 24th January - 8pm - €30 Choirs

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser FOSTER & ALLEN Tribute Play Schools Ballet Kids TIMELESS MEMORIES TOURComedy Aged 4-7 Foster & Allen’s Timeless Memories Tour is supported by a special edition new release Timeless Memories which features 182 tracks from 10 of their most popular and Dance Family Music Choir favourite albums, many of which have not beenChoir reissued in the UK for a number of years; Maggie, After All These Years, Reminiscing, Reflections, Remember You’re Mine, Souvenirs, Memories, Heart Strings, By Request, Songs We Love To Sing. Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Foster & Allen aren’t showing any signs of slowing down and their touring commitmentsTribute prove how popular they remain for their fans who like to see them in a live performance experience. The unique ‘Foster & Allen’ sound will be with us for many years to come! Stage Music Saturday 25th January - 8pm - €31 Play School Awards

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The Mall, Waterford. T +353 (0)51 862300 E [email protected] www.TowerHotelWaterford.com JANUARY 3 HAIL MARY’S By Tony Marren This play is set in a Nursing Home somewhere in Ireland in 2016. It’s a Friday morning and some of the residents are being moved to new nursing homes in different parts of Ireland for various reasons and for Mary O’Toole, Mary O’Neill and Mary O’Brien it’s the end of an era. For over 10 years they’ve lived together Stage in the nursing home and despite memory lapses, the Music odd tantrum and a lot of confusion they have become Play School Awards almost inseparable. These 3 Hail Mary’s are no ordinary Mary’s! Apart from the 3 Mary’s we meet an array of other residents in the nursing home as proprietor Dan School Comedy Psychic Classical O’Shea tries to keep law and order! Choirs There are loads of twists and turns and a few major surprises at the very end. Find out why 3 Hail Mary’s is the most talked about Irish play in years! Play School Performance: Friday 31st January - 10am Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 €10 per student Teachers go free, contact Box Office Evening Performance: Thursday 30th & Friday 31st January - 8pm - €26/€23 WIT discount applies Dance Family Music Choir Choir FEBRUARY Stage Music Play Music AwardsWrestling THE MusicalLEGENDFundraiser OFSchool Tribute School CelebratingComedy the memoryPsychic and music Classical Choirs of a true Irish musical legend. On 30th January 1984 it was said that the whole of Ireland grieved the death of DublinerPlay Luke Schools Ballet Kids Kelly. He left an indelible mark as beingComedy the Aged 4-7 greatest folk artist of the 20th Century and is regarded as one of Ireland’s cultural treasures. When singer/ songwriter/ multi- Music instrumentalistDance Chris KavanaghFamily performs, his Choir Choir talent captures the depth and passion of the great man he is so heavily influenced by.

Saturday 1st February - 8pm Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser €21/€19 Tribute FEBRUARY

Celebrating Waterford Theatre & Arts THE WATERFORD NEWS & STAR GREEN ROOM AWARDS 2020 In association with the Waterford News & Star Pat McEvoy, arts correspondent with the Waterford News & Star, has been taking his seat in theatres and auditoriums across Waterford for the past 12 months, critiquing and supporting the work of the Déise’s amateur and professional performers. This February, the Waterford News & Star takes Pat’s annual Green Room Awards from the page to the stage during a special inaugural night in the people’s theatre. This event will feature a spectacular variety show by the crème de la crème of Waterford talent as we honour those who make it not just alright on the night but send us home with soaring hearts and memories to treasure. Nominees for the Green Room Awards will be revealed in the Waterford News & Star in January. Last year’s Waterford News & Star Green Room Awards - “It was another bumper year for the arts in Waterford with new writings, new plays, fascinating exhibitions, sell- out concerts and huge musicals drawing large attendances. Add in a myriad of festivals and you get an inkling of a crammed calendar of creative collective artistic work that is hardly replicated anywhere else in the country.” “There is really no substitute for a live performance. It isn’t always good; but when it is, it’s magical” - Pat McEvoy Sunday 2nd February - 8pm - €15 FEBRUARY A VIENNESE STRAUSS GALA From the producers of Mozart by Candlelight and Baroque by Candlelight Now in its 15th year, and back by popular demand, with a sparkling new anniversary production. Recreating the romance of the Viennese Festive season, reminding you of a bygone age of glamorous soirees and Strauss waltzes. The Show features highlights from some of the great Operettas of the Strauss family, Kalman and Lehar; including Die Fledermaus,Stage The Merry Stage Music Play Awards Music Widow and many more. This wonderful production is cleverly stagedSchool and choreographed, Play School Awards and authentically costumed, and will appeal to the romantic as much as the music aficionado.

Thursday 6th February - 8pm - €25/€23 School Comedy Psychic Classical SchoolEarly Bird price €22/€20 until 16th January Choirs Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs AMERICAN WRESTLING Play The earth will shakeSchools and shatter,Ballet when world’s collide this year...Kids Play Comedy Schools Ballet Kids As the Wrestling.ie - Warriors take to the ring, for an epic-encounter!!!Aged 4-7 Comedy Aged 4-7 The arena will crumble, as the American Wrestling Superstars get ready to rumble...In a one-night, Knockout Championship Tournament... to crownDance a new Familychampion!!! Music Choir Dance Family Music Choir Cheer the goodies, boo the baddies, and getChoir your tickets today... Choir for the family-bonding experience of the year!!! A sell-out crowd is expected, book now to avoid disappointment... So, what are you waiting for...do we have to Musictwist your arm???Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Music Wrestling Tribute Musical Fundraiser Tribute Friday 7th February - 7.30pm - €16/€13 Children & Seniors JASON BYRNE WRECKED BUT READY Jason Byrne has had a hard year. But he doesn’t want to talk about that. He’s wrecked but ready. Ready for a laugh. This show is a celebration. A celebration of triumph over adversity. A celebration of the fact that everybody’d got their own crap going on and they don’t need to listen to someone else moaning Stage Music about their problems. So, leave your worries at the door and find Play School Awards out why The Times described Jason as The Outright King of Live Comedy. This show is for over 15’s only. School Comedy Psychic Classical Saturday 8th February - 8pm - €23 Choirs

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute FEBRUARY The Great Singalong Songbook present WHO’S SORRY NOW? THE STORY OF CONNIE FRANCIS (& BOBBY DARIN) Connie Francis dominated the American charts in the 50’s and 60’s with huge hits like Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on your Collar, Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool and Carolina Moon. In Who’s Sorry Now? Our Great Singalong Songbook team tell the story of Connie’s amazing career and her doomed love affair with singer Bobby Darin (Mack the Knife, Under the Sea, Splish Splash). Sunday 9th February - 3pm- €19 Stage Music Play Earlybird price €17 until 19th January School Awards Special Offer: Buy Who’s Sorry Now & The Story of Doris Day (Sunday 10th May) School Comedy Psychic Classical before December 24th, and get both for €32 Choirs

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STILL WE SING Dance Family Music Choir Choir Written by Martina Collender Directed by Jim Nolan Music Wrestling Excerpts from Still We Sing, a new play from one Musical Fundraiser of Waterford’s most promising playwrights, will be Tribute presented as part of the professional development of this new writing. Collender, awarded a Theatre Bursary Award from the National Arts Council, has been developing this work in preparation for a full presentation to audience in 2021. You are invited to the rehearsed reading to open a discussion about the work. Wednesday 12th February - 6pm Stage Music Free Admission Play School Awards

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute FEBRUARY ANDREW MAXWELL Star of ITV’s “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” Renowned for his cutting-edge comedy and intrepid social commentary, the enigmatic Andrew Maxwell is back with a brand new show All Talk. As always, Andrew will be taking on the tough political subjects some comedians just skirt around and giving you his hysterical yet perfectly thought-out point of view every time. Mix this with some Stage Music of his personal stories over the last year and the people who made Play School Awards him laugh, you’re in for, as always, a fantastic show that never lets his audiences down. Thursday 13th February - 8pm - €23 School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs MICK FLANNERY Play Mick Flannery is widely regardedSchools as one Balletof the finest singer- Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 songwriters to come out of Ireland in recent years. An award- winning, double platinum selling artist, Mick has released five albums to date – including two number ones and received widespread airplay. He becameDance the firstFamily Irish musicianMusic to ever Choir win awards at the International Songwriting CompetitionChoir in Nashville, aged 19. His critically acclaimed live performances have seen him sell out shows in Ireland’s Olympia Theatre and Music Wrestling Cork Opera House. Musical Fundraiser Tribute “astute and sophisticated lyrics” - RTÉ Stage Friday 14th February - 8pm - €25 Music Play School Awards EDDI READER School Comedy Psychic Classical Celebrating as a live performer, Eddi Reader has Choirs effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. Eddi’s solo albums have signalled her ability to assimilate different musical styles and Play make them very much her own. What sets Eddi apart is the Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 depth and quality of the emotional performance and ability not only to move the listener, but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Music Eddi with be supported by Jill Jackson. Dance Family Choir Choir Stage Saturday 15th February - 8pm - €21 Music Play School Awards Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute FEBRUARY Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre presents BOSCO’S MAGICAL GARDEN AND SLEEPING BEAUTY 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. After starring on Irish TV for three Stage Music decades, you’ll see why Bosco remainsPlay School Awards a firm favourite for each new generation. Enjoy the enchanted story of Sleeping Beauty where an evil Fairy-Night filled School Comedy Psychic Classical with jealousy try’s to harm Beauty but Choirs luckily she has very good fairy friends. With its brilliant array of Characters, lots of fun and excitement through this Play Schools Ballet Kids completely interactive live experience Comedy Aged 4-7 with the absolute magic of Puppet Theatre. Sunday 16th FebruaryDance - 3pm Family Music Choir €13/€45 family x 4 Choir

Butlerstown National School presents Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser GETTING TO KNOW… Tribute THE SOUND OF MUSIC Allow the students of Scoil Mhuire N.S. to take you on a musical journey through the hills of , where the Stage Music story of the von Trapp family will unfold before your eyes. Play School Awards Getting to Know…The Sound of Music is an adaptation of the original Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. With toe tapping dance numbers and family favourites, such School Comedy Psychic Classical as My Favourite Things, The Lonely Goatherd and So Choirs Long, Farewell, this show is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Play Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th February - 7pm Schools Ballet Kids €16/€55 family x 4 Comedy Aged 4-7

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute FEBRUARY Centre Stage School of Ballet & Performing Arts presents COPPELIA The ballet is about a girl named Coppelia who sits on her balcony all day reading and never speaking to anyone. A boy named Franz falls deeply in love with her and wants to marry her, even though he is already engaged to another woman. His fiancé, Swanhilda, sees Franz throwing kisses at Coppelia. Swanhilda soon learns that Coppelia is actually Stage Music Play Awards a doll that belongs to Doctor Coppelius, the mad scientist. School She decides to impersonate the doll, in order to win the love of Franz. Chaos ensues, but all is soon forgiven. Swanhilda School and Franz make up and get married.Comedy The marriagePsychic is Classical celebrated with several festive dances. Let the Students of Choirs Centre Stage & guest performers transport you through this magical & funny ballet. A must see for everyone. Play Schools Ballet Kids Thursday 20th February - 7.30pm - €21/€16 Children 14 and under Comedy Aged 4-7 PADDY KEENAN (THE BOTHY BAND) Dance Family Music Choir FRANKIE GAVIN (DE DANNAN) Choir DERMOT BYRNE (ALTAN)

Three of Ireland’s top Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser traditional musicians Tribute The trio are synonymous with Irish music both in their own individual right and as members of some of this country’s most famous traditional bands, dating from the early 1970s to the present day. Paddy Keenan is one of Ireland`s finest pipers he is also an accomplished low whistle and banjo player. Frankie Gavin is one of Ireland`s greatest ever fiddle players. His name is immediately associated with the group De Dannan. Dermot Byrne is one of Ireland’s most outstanding traditional accordion players. For many years a member of Altan. Stage Music Friday 21st February - 8pm - €26/€21 Play School Awards

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute FEBRUARY An Evening with Virtuoso Guitarist and Composer PAT COLDRICK Pat Coldrick is an Irish classical guitarist and composer who has been described as ‘pushing the boundaries of classical guitar’. To date Pat has produced 3 albums – Cayendo (2010), CityJam (2014) and the latest Ophelia. Pat is now widely acknowledged as a very accomplished musician and composer who is succeeding in bringing classical guitar music ‘centre stage’ where he so passionately believes it belongs. Saturday 22nd StageFebruary - 8pm - €21 Music Play Awards Early Bird priceSchool €18 until 24th January

TAKE OFF YOUR CORNFLAKESSchool Comedy Psychic Classical Created by Rose Henderson and Pat NolanChoirs Directed by Liam Halligan Take Off Your Cornflakes is a portrait of a marriage, and yet, a Play love story! Tom and TrishSchools have celebratedBallet their silver weddingKids anniversary but what happens when he wakes upComedy with a strangeAged 4-7 woman beside him and she tells him she’s his wife? Trish has to make a choice. Which she does, armed only with humour, music and love. This play isDance inspired byFamily Rose’s Dad,Music Jack, who hadChoir Alzheimer’s and couldn’t remember he had cancer.Choir You will laugh, you may cry, but you will find a tender story of the true meaning of love. Music Wrestling Stage Thursday 27th FebruaryMusical - 8pm -Fundraiser €17/€15 - WIT discount appliesMusic Tribute Play School Awards KIERAN GOSS School & ANNIE KINSELLAComedy Psychic Classical Choirs Veteran Irish songwriter Kieran Goss and singer Annie Kinsella released their debut duo album Oh, the Starlings in 2019. Goss has long been considered one of Ireland’s greatest Play songwriters. Together with singer and Schoolsartist Annie BalletKinsella, Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 who has joined him onstage on his recent tours. With songs, stories and harmonies that transport the listener to another world, this is music from the heart, for the heart… Music A show to make you laugh and cry… A showDance to moveFamily you with Choir its honest beauty… A show not to be missed. Choir Stage Friday 28th February - 8pm - €23 Music Play School Awards Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

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Royal Moscow Ballet presents Stage Music SLEEPING BEAUTY Play School Awards The Royal Moscow Ballet brings every child’s favourite fairytale to the Theatre Royal stage with very special guest soloists from the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet. This is the classic story School of love and innocence, mystery and magic set to Tchaikovsky’s enchantingComedy score. Psychic Classical Experience stunning choreography, breath-taking costumes and vibrant sets which will carry Choirs you straight into this fairytale world and let The Royal Moscow Ballet make this fairtytale come to life right before your very eyes. Play Saturday 29th February - 2pm & 8pm - €32/€29.50 Under 16 yearsSchools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute MARCH Backstage @ The Royal PROPELLER PALMS After two hugely successful shows in the main theatre “The Palms” will show case their new material in this intimate atmosphere which they have been compiling during their absence from the gigging scene. Highly anticipated, the Palms will perform new material from their forthcoming 3rd album with a mix of the best from their previous albums “all in this together” and “old dog’s new tricks”. Their first release will be “how have we come this far” a raunchy 90s dance track which should be available in early February 2020. Stage Thursday 5th March - Doors 8:30pm Band on stage at 9pmStage Music Music Play School Awards €8/€12 for 2 - Pay on the door Play School Awards Entry through scene dock backstage doors (outside Medieval Museum)

J and C Promotions presents School School Comedy Psychic Classical Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs THE GLEN CAMPBELL STORYChoirs GENTLE ON MY MIND Play Starring Master Guitarist and Well-Known country music Play Schools Ballet Kids Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 personality, Ciarán Rosney with his 5 Piece Band. The Show Comedy Aged 4-7 will take you on a Truly Amazing Journey with some of Glen Campbells Best known hits, from Rhinestone Cowboy to Music Wichita Lineman and unique to this Show will be Ciaran’s Music Dance Family Choir Dance Family Choir Choir unrivalled interpretation of Glens guitar playing abilities. Choir The Show will also include state of the art video projection with tasteful lighting and a full live music experience. Music Wrestling Friday 6th March - 8pm - €26 Music WrestlingMusical Fundraiser Musical Fundraiser Tribute Early Bird price €23 until 7th February Tribute NEIL DELAMERE End of Watch Fresh from a sell-out tour, star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and the Newsquiz Neil Delamere returns to the Theatre Royal Waterford with a brand-new show. Time waits for no man, especially one trying to buy a watch. Things always get complicated. Stage You’ll be hard pressed to find a more gifted comic Musicat the Fringe. ***** - The Scotsman Play School Awards One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine. *****

Saturday 7th March - 8pm - €25 School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

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David Hennessy Musical & Dramatic Society presents Stage Music THE FULL MONTY Play School Awards THE STAGE MUSICAL A raucous, pop-rock-musical send-up of gender expectations and School Comedy Psychic Classical stereotypes... that takes it all off. Choirs The Full Monty is a story full of heart. Right to the end, audiences will be wondering if these lovable misfits will really pull it off. With a raucous mix of razor-sharp humour and toe-tapping Play pizzazz, this heart-warming, upbeat comedy is a must for any theatre looking for Schoolsa big hit. Ballet Kids The multi-award winning production team includes Director, David Hennessy, Musical Comedy Aged 4-7 Director, David Hayes, Choreographer, Margaret Kavanagh, so you can be guaranteed a night of stunning musical theatre. Early booking is strongly recommended for what will no doubt be… Dance Family Music Choir “This year’s most revealing musical” Choir “Waterford is going all the way” “Go on…drop everything and book today. It’s literally all over in a flash” Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tuesday 10th March to Saturday 14th March 2020 - 7.30pm Tribute Preview Tuesday Stalls & Dress Circle & Upper Circle - €19.00 Wednesday to Saturday Stalls & Dress Circle - €21.00 Wednesday to Saturday Upper Circle (A-C) - €21.00 Wednesday to Saturday Upper Circle (D-E) - €20.00 Strictly ages 16yrs+ explicit language, mature themes & nudity MARCH Jolly Promotions presents Stage Music BABY SHARK SHOW Play School Awards Featuring The Little Mermaid Dive deep down under the sea in this all new mystical, School Comedy Psychic Classical magical adventure of Baby Shark & The Little Mermaid! Choirs Baby Shark is feeling adventurous and wonders what life is like away from his family, but as he wanders deeper into the ocean, things don’t go exactly as planned. Can Baby Play Schools Ballet Kids Shark find his way back to his family before he swims too Comedy Aged 4-7 far? Only you and The Little Mermaid can help him! Packed with singalong songs, nursery rhymes and lots of audience interaction. Dance Family Music Choir Sunday 15th March - 3pm €12/€40 family x 4 Choir Music Wrestling On their return to live gigging,Musical HorslipsFundraiser were Tribute described as ‘the band that defined a generation’. Anthems like Dearg Doom and Trouble With A Capital T sound as fresh today as they did in the seventies when they were newly minted. Back then, they echoed through the streets of Waterford. ‘Back when we were kids’ says bass player Barry Devlin ‘Waterford was one of the first places outside of DublinStage that welcomed us. Over Music the yearsPlay we played Schoolin the SavoyAwards and in Tramore and we always had fun. So it’s nice to be coming back to the TheatreStage Royal.’ Music SupportedPlay by PaulSchool Bolger.SchoolAwards Comedy Psychic Classical Wednesday 18th MarchChoirs - 8pm - €31

School Solas Cancer Support CentreComedy Psychic Classical ChoirsPlay Schools Ballet Kids DANCE FOR LIFE 2020 Comedy Aged 4-7 Following on from the hugely successful event in 2019 Play Dance for Life returns to the SchoolsTheatre RoyalBallet in March Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 2020. 40 amateur dancers will learnDance ballroomFamily and Music Choir Latin moves as well as an energetic group dance over Choir 10 weeks in the run up to this night. All funds raised support the Solas Cancer SupportDance Centre.Family Music Choir ChoirMusic Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Friday 20th March - 8pm - €25 On Sale Soon Tribute

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute StageMARCH Music Play Awards THE MOUNT SION CHOIR MUSICALSchool An evening of song, dance, storytelling and joy. This choir are celebrating the journey they are on and School Comedy Psychic Classical introducing you to the wonderful people they have Choirs met along the way. Suitable for the young, the old and everyone in between. Prepare to be blown away by the Play passion for their choir, by their story and to understandSchools Ballet Kids why people across the world have been touched by Comedy Aged 4-7 their music. This is a fundraiser to send the choir to Stage Music New York next summer. Play School Awards Saturday 21st March - 8pm - €21/€60 FamilyDance x 4 Family Music Choir Choir School Comedy THEPsychic MUSIC OFClassical THE DRIFTERS LIVES ON Choirs Music Wrestling This fabulousMusical vocal groupFundraiser relives the magic of that splendid era breathing new life into those fabulousTribute songs such Saturday Night at the Movies, Under the Boardwalk, Save The Last Play Kids Schools Ballet Dance, My Girl etc. This Drifters Tribute Band performances Comedy Aged 4-7 have been recognised worldwide and the following are some relevant quotes.... Their performance and star quality is the nearest to the Dance Family Music Choir Choir real thing that I have seen.... - Alan Warner, Chairman of Agency’s Association These guys are truly remarkable.... simply outstanding... Music Wrestling- Joe Loughnane MBE Musical Fundraiser Tribute Sunday 22nd March - 8pm - €26 THE VANISHING GUN by J.G. Carey When Detective Jack O’Hara comes to on the floor Stage Music Play Awards of a strange apartment, he discovers a nasty bump School on his head, a dead body on the floor and most surprisingly, that he has jumped forwards twenty School years in time to 1975. When he is joined by Tex, a Comedy Psychic Classical cowboy from the 1870’s and Kulesh, an alien from Choirs the thirty first century, Jack realises that he has the mother of all cases to solve and time is running out! Play Tuesday 24th March - 10.30am - €15 Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 A special performance for transition year students. Free for teachers. For more information or to book, email [email protected] or Text/Call 083 -1190024

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QUEEN OF Stage Music TECHNICOLOR Play School Awards THE STORY School OF MAUREEN O’HARAComedy Psychic Classical Choirs Directed by Gráinne Byrne Written & Performed by Elaine O’Dwyer Star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, O’Hara played roles Play Schools Ballet Kids that often mirrored her true persona as a tough, feisty Comedy Aged 4-7 and courageous woman. She stood her ground in Hollywood and steered clear of the casting couch - “I wasn’t a whore. I was unwilling to make that kind Dance Family Music Choir of sacrifice to get a part in a movie.” Portraying over Choir twenty characters in this tour de force performance, O’Dwyer will take the audience on an intimate journey

with Maureen, revealing the person she was behind the Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser limelight. Tribute Wednesday 25th March - 8pm - €18/€16 Restricted View €15 MARCH ASLAN Aslan are back with what promises to be an electrifying performance! The 2020 tour will see the Dublin band performing songs from their full back catalogue of albums with a host of hit singles alongside fan favourites. The band have also hinted that the very special tour will feature songs that have not been performed live in a very long time. Friday 27th March - 8pm - €29

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Fishamble: The New Play Company presents School Comedy Psychic Classical BEFORE Choirs Written & Performed by Play Pat Kinevane Schools Ballet Kids Directed by Jim Culleton Comedy Aged 4-7 From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a new play with much Dance Family Music Choir music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very Choir day this iconic department store shuts - for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a Music Wrestling gift for his estranged daughter, whom he Musical Fundraiser hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet Tribute her in an hour. This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street. Some folk are impossible to buy for… Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright. Stage Saturday 28th March - 8pm - €18/€16 - WIT discount applies Music Play School Awards

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute Stage Music Play School Awards APRIL School Comedy Psychic Classical TAKE IT TO THE LIMITED Choirs A CELEBRATION OF THE EAGLES A Celebration of The Eagles by Johnny Brady, Simon Casey, Play Nigel Connell & The SheerinSchools Family Band.Ballet Every so often when Kids Comedy a combination of the right people come together something Aged 4-7 magical happens, well this is the only way to describe these guys!! They have come together toDance pay homageFamily to one of theMusic greatest Choir bands ever, The Eagles. Each performer is an establishedChoir artist in their own right having carved a victorious path for themselvesin the music business. Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Thursday 2nd April - 8pm - €29.50 Tribute PSYCHIC SALLY 10 YEARS & COUNTING Following her gripping appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, with a triumphant Sally reaching the final five, the nation’s favourite Psychic and forerunner in the Psychic world is back on tour with her all new show 10 Years and Counting. Wowing audiences young and old across the country, Sally’s show will have you on the edge of your seat, as she Stage Music Play Awards brings mediumship into the 21st century. With her love, School laughter and warmth, this show is a unique evening not to be missed. School Friday 3rd April - 7.30pm - €28.50Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs Stage Music TRANSITIONS Play School Awards Play EnergeticSchools and InnovativeBallet Contemporary andKids Modern Dance company EstablishedComedy in 2008. ArtisticAged Director, 4-7 School Comedy Psychic Classical Becci Whelan, delivers first-class, safe and spectacular Choirs dance to any soul who wants to move. Producing high- quality dance works and training for young people. Dance Family Music Choir The students will showcase Choirtheir work from Term 2. Play Schools Ballet Kids The audience will be brought on a journey of creative Comedy Aged 4-7 expression through movement. Our pieces try to promote positive social changeMusic in our community.Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute Saturday 4th April - 8pm Dance Family Music Choir €12/€10 Children under 12/€40 Family x 4 Choir

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SCULLION the coming together of different musical strands and traditions. Their music is powerful, poetic and soulful, with one of most enduring creative artists and along with guitarist Robbie Overson and vocalist Philip King, creates the signature sound of Scullion. Scullion grew from a chance meeting in the late 70’s, they beautifully crafted songs such as Carol, Down in the City and Eye- lids Into Snow have endured as timeless, emotive songs that have made lasting impressions. Stage Music Friday 10th April - 8pm - €23 Play School Awards ENYA MARTIN School WOULD YA BE ABLE Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs Need a good laugh? Enya Martin creator and star of the Facebook comedy page Giz a Laugh brings her stand-up comedy show Play Schools Ballet Kids Would Ya Be Able? to Waterford. Enya’s stand Comedy Aged 4-7 up show is an hilarious account of her madcap observations of life. On her hit list are self-serve scanners, boyfriends, ex boyfriends, taxi drivers, Dance Family Music Choir nightmare holidays and her complete loss of Choir self-control when she shops in Penneys. So, Stage treat yourself to her brand-new stand-upMusic show Play Awards Would Ya Be Able?. Go on Giz a laugh! School Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Saturday 11th April - 8pm - €24 Tribute School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute APRIL DES BISHOP MIA MAMMA My mother died in March 2019 and of course it was sad and grief can be tough sometimes but I saw a lot of funny in that too. I think it’s tougher to lose your mum. My Dad was best supporting actor. My mother was the actress in a leading role. You are never ready when the star of the show dies. So, this is a show about My mother. Stage It’s a show about motherhood and sacrifice, anxietyMusic and grief, the mistakes you make as a mother and a son and the Play School Awards hard road to forgiveness and finally it’s about loss, grief and the chaos that surrounds it. School Friday 17th April - 8pm - €26 Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs DIRTBIRDS Dirtbirds the comedy duo present their hilarious new show No Play Schools Ballet Kids Filters which takes a close look at the barrage of bullshit we Comedy Aged 4-7 are subjected to on a daily basis and reminds us that despite what we’re told there is no such thing as perfect... (except maybe Jamie Dornan’s arse in Fifty Shades Darker.) Dance Family Music Choir If you need answers to questions like: Choir How do I have confidence when I feel lower than a snake’s arse? How do I learn to love my muffin top? When the kids Stage Music wreck my head how do I stop myself from selling them on Play School Awards Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Done Deal? …then this is definitely the show for you. (Perfect Tribute women not allowed in). School Saturday 18th April - 8pm - €24/€22 Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

TEDDYS SPORTS DAYStage Music Play Play Eddy The Teddy has developedSchools a suddenBalletSchool interest inAwards being a Kids Comedy sporting star. He wants to be an Olympic hero. The only problem Aged 4-7 is, he isn’t very good at anything. After trying and failing at several events Eddy realises that winning isn’tSchool everything, having Comedy Psychic Classical fun and making friends areDance very importantFamilyChoirs too! Music Choir The show uses many elements of theatre, mime, puppetryChoir and songs to join in with. Play Sunday 19th AprilSchools - 3pm Ballet Kids Comedy Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Aged 4-7 €12/€40 Family x 4 Suitable for Children 4-6 yearsTribute

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Stage Music FRIENDS THE MUSICAL PARODY Play School Awards Friends! The Musical Parody celebrates and pokes fun at the wacky misadventures of the School group of 20-something pals we love from the hit TV show as they navigate theComedy pitfalls of Psychic Classical work, life, and love in 1990’s Manhattan. Choirs Friends! The Musical Parody is an hilarious good-hearted romp through our favourite moments from the hit TV show in an uncensored, hilarious, fast-paced, music-filled Play production. Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Ross, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel, haven’t gone anywhere and are singing Aged 4-7 and dancing their way back into our hearts in Friends! The Musical Parody the first UK and Irish tour of the hilarious off-Broadway and Las Vegas hit musical that lovingly lampoons the popular TV sitcom. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll Unagi! Dance Family Music Choir It’s a typical day at New York’s only coffee shop, Central Perk, until an unexpected runaway Choir bride enters the picture and kicks the whole gang out of second gear! With friends like these, who needs television? PIVIOT! Music Wrestling Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd April - 8.30pm - €30 Musical Fundraiser Tribute Suitable for 16+ APRIL AN EVENING WITH PAUL BRADY He began to write songs in the early 80s and has since forged a reputation as one of Ireland’s finest singer songwriters, releasing many popular and critically acclaimed records. An evening with Paul Brady on stage is a captivating experience, as he invites you into his world of songs and music in a way that will surprise in its intimacy, sense of fun and raw power. By now a well-loved ‘elder statesman’ of the Irish musical community, he continues to garner respect and admiration from today’s younger writers and performers. Friday 24th April - 8pm - €38.50

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Waterford Musical Society presents MY FAIR LADY Stage My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Set Musicin London, Play School Awards pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities, that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class flower seller, into someone who can pass for a cultured lady from high society. His subject, Eliza Doolittle, reluctantly agrees to speech School Comedy Psychic Classical lessons to improve her future job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely Choirs bond! Winner of 8 Oscars, and 6 Tony awards including Best Musical, this classic is sure to be another crowd pleaser from Waterford’s premier musical society. Not performed for over Play 20 years locally, award winning Waterford Musical Society will do what they do Schoolsbest and Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 reinvent this musical classic. Accompanied by a live orchestra, My Fair Lady features a number of memorable songs, including I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, and I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face. Music A multi award winning production team includes, Director - Andrew Holden,Dance Musical Family Choir Director - Wayne Brown, Choreography - Ali Reville, Set Design - Ben Hennessy, Lighting - Choir Paul Browne & Costumes - Avril Musgrave. Waterford Musical Society- Classic Musical Theatre at its best! Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tuesday 28th Preview - €17 Tribute Wednesday 29th April - Saturday 2nd May - (Stalls & Dress Circle) €22 Wednesday 29th April - Saturday 2nd May - (Upper Circle) €20 MAY

MR. STINK By David Walliams You’re invited to celebrate Annabelle’s 10th birthday, hosted by everyone’s favourite MP candidate, Janet Crumb! (Almost) everyone is welcome… that is, everyone apart from Chloe’s particularly smelly new friend, Mr Stink. One perfectly normal afternoon in an average English town two restless souls unite on a park bench – one of them the lonely Stage Music Play Awards 12-year-old Chloe Crumb and the other an incredibly smelly homeless man. Oh, and let’s School not forget his loyal dog, the Duchess. Acting upon her curiosity and responding to her kindness, Chloe and Mr. Stink forge an extraordinary and rewarding friendship that takes School them to the heady heights of live television and Downing Street via a garden shed.Comedy Psychic Classical Join Heartbreak Productions for David Walliams’ best-seller Mr Stink, packed with fun, Choirs humour and a heart-warming message, this touching tale provides the perfect family entertainment. Play Wednesday 6th May - Schools Performance 11am - €9 Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 Evening Performance 6pm €13 Thursday 7th May - Schools Performance 11am - €9 Evening Performance 6pm - €13 Dance Family Music Choir Recommended age 7+ Running time 2 Hours including Interval Choir

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute MAY Stage Rebecca O’Connor is Music Play School Awards SIMPLY THE BEST AS TINA TURNER School Comedy Psychic Classical Back by overwhelming demand Choirs The Theatre Royal is a venue that Rebecca just loves to perform at and can’t wait to bring back her Play exciting show to Waterford including her amazing Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 band and dancers. The words of Tina Turner herself says it all, “Rebecca is so good, it’s scary...” Music This show is perfectly summed up by living legend Dance Family Choir Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, “Rebecca is way beyond a tribute act... she is anChoir amazing singer and performer in her own right, I was mesmerized... a night you’ll never forget.” Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Friday 8th May - 8pm - €28/€25 (€20 first 100) Tribute TOUCAN We are thrilled to announce Toucan are back, the explosive ten-piece funk-pop band blasting out a blend of feel-good, contagiously funky hits. Leading the group is Irish songwriter Conor Clancy and with a team of top Stage Musicperformers from brass to keys behind him, their sold-out Play School Awards shows have proven them to be an absolute must-see. Stage Music SaturdayPlay 9th MaySchool - 8pm - €26Awards School Comedy Psychic Classical The Great Singalong Songbook team presentsChoirs School SECRET LOVEComedy Psychic Classical Choirs THE STORY OF DORIS DAY Play Schools Ballet Kids Doris Day is best known for her cheeky smile, her on-screenComedy magic, Aged 4-7 Play and her unique singing voice.Schools But thatBallet smile concealed a life of Kids drama, tragedy and betrayal. Our Great SingalongComedy Songbook Aged 4-7 team tell the real story behind her Calamity Jane smile and bring Dance Family Music Choir you all her hit songs including Sentimental Journey, QueChoir Sera Sera, Secret Love, Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps and many more. Dance Family Music Choir Sunday 10th May - 3pm - €19 Choir Music Wrestling Earlybird Offer €17 until 10thMusical April Fundraiser Tribute Special Offer: Buy The Story Of Connie Francis Music Wrestling (Sunday 9th February) & TheMusical Story of FundraiserDoris Day before December 24th, and get both for €32 Tribute MAY

WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ENGLISH AND TOMMY MARREN

Stage Music Play School Awards WHO DARES TO DREAM School Comedy Psychic Classical THE MUSICAL Choirs A spectacular new Musical/Drama. Set in both Ireland and England in the 1960’s this spectacular stage show tells the story of Play Joey McCann (Michael English) who dreams of becoming a music star. However, heSchools is torn Ballet Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 between his dream and that of his father who wants him to continue the family tradition of making shoes. Joey heads to England to pursue his dream but faces a series of challenges that threaten his ambitions of ending up in the bright lights of show business. This two-hour show features a spectacular musical score and an intriguing storylineDance that Family Music Choir will have audiences on the edge of their seats all night! With romance, comedy and Choir determination we follow the ups and downs of Joey’s adventure as he struggles to turn his dream into reality. Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Thursday 14th April & Friday 15th Friday - 8pm - €31 Tribute MAY TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT THE ULTIMATE ROD STEWART TRIBUTE IS BACK! Stage Ireland’sMusic No.1 Rod Stewart Tribute show Tonight’s the Night have been wowing audiences Play School Awards far and wide. With reputedly the best sounding, most natural Rod voice in theSchool world, Comedy Psychic Classical costume changes and songsChoirs from Rod Stewart’s huge catalogue, Lee Hedley will have you dancing in the aisles and singing along from the Play firstSchools song. A 2Ballet hour roller coaster of Kids Comedy Aged 4-7 Rod Stewart’s greatest songs this is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after tribute shows in the UK Music andDance Ireland. Family Choir Choir Saturday 16th April - 8pm - €21

Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute MAY Theatre Box presents THE WIZARD OF OZ Performed by the students of TheatreBox Stage School. The Wizard of Oz is a musical based on the 1939 film of the same name, with a book adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. Using the Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg songs from the film as well as new songs and additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and additional lyrics by Tim Rice. This promises to be a treat for all the family. Tuesday 19th - Friday 22nd May - 8pm - Stage Music Play €15/€12Awards - Children under 12 /€49 Family x 4 School On Sale in March Theatre Box School Comedy Psychic Classical VARIETY SHOWChoirs Join us for an afternoon of song and dance performed by the talented youth of Waterford. Featuring students of the TheatreBox StagePlay School who take Schools Ballet Kids classes in Singing, Ballet, Tap,Comedy Contemporary,Aged and 4-7 intensive dance. Stage Saturday 23rd MusicMay - 3pm - €12 Play School Awards €10Dance Children Familyunder 12/€40Music Family x 4 Choir On Sale in March Choir School Comedy Psychic WAMA proudlyClassical presents Choirs Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute THE WATERFORD TALENTPlay SHOW 2020! Schools Ballet Kids OpenComedy to anyoneAged from4-7 Waterford and the South East, we’re on the look out for singers/ songwriters/jugglers/dancers/magicians/ comedians/rappers/and rockers. Anything goes! Dance Family Music Choir ToChoir be in with a chance of winning the top prize of €1000 & media coverage, all you have to do is send a short audition clip of you performing to [email protected] (mobile phone footage is fine). If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to take part in Musicone of two heatsWrestling in The Live Room Theatre at Musical Fundraiser The Arts Complex...and then... who knows, youTribute might just make it to the final in the Theatre Royal! So tell your friends and family and show us what you’ve got! Stage Saturday 23rd May - 8pm - €13 On Sale in March Music Play School Awards

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Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser Tribute MAY VOCI LADIES CHOIR IN THE VESTIBULE Stage Music Play School AwardsVoci Ladies Choir is based in Water- ford City, giving regular recitals and sharing concerts with other local School groups and charities. Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs They will be performing a varied programme ranging from classical to arrangements of popular music Play and contemporary works by local Schools Ballet Kids Comedy Agedcomposers. 4-7 Sunday 24th May - 12.30pm - €7

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WAMA Music Wrestling Musical Fundraiser DANCE & DRAMATribute VARIETY SHOW End of year showcase featuring students from the WAMA Dance & Drama classes. Monday 25th – Thursday 28th May €13/€11 Children under 12 Stage €45 FamilyMusic x 4 Play School Awards On Sale in March

School Centre Stage School of Ballet Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs & Performing Arts presents STOMP THAT 2020 Play Students from age 3 to adult take you on Schools Ballet a musicalKids journey to include hits from The Comedy Aged 4-7 Beatles, Bjork, ABBA to Celine Dion, Michael Jackson & Pink. There’s something for everyone so come along & enjoy a mixture Music Dance Family of ChoirBallet, Jazz, Tap & Contemporary. An Choir afternoon of fun & frolics!!! Stage Sunday 24thMusic May - 7.30pm Play School Awards Music €21/€16Wrestling Children under 14 Musical Fundraiser Tribute On sale 1st April School Comedy Psychic Classical Choirs

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HOLY MARY BY EOIN COLFER IS BACK! It’s 1985 and Mary and Majella are getting ready for the social occasion of the year – their First Holy Communion. Sworn enemies since baby infants, things have gone from bad to worse since Mary’s daddy moved in with Majella’s mammy. Can they find common ground or will they make a holy show in front of the whole congregation?​ A​ hilariously heart-warming story of confusion, Communion and confessional boxes for the whole family. Stage Music Play Awards Written by ​Eoin Colfer​, best selling author of the ​Artemis Fowl ​series, ​Holy Mary​ isSchool crafted from Colfer’s experience as a primary school teacher in Wexford the 1980s. The characters are recognisably real and achingly funny. School Produced by Breda Cashe Productions, Directed by ​AoifeComedy Spillane HinksPsychic,​ the cast of two (​ Classical Jacinta Sheerin​ and ​Mary Murray​) nimbly play two mothers, a benevolent priest, Choirsa patient teacher, a misguided father and two cheeky but lovable nine-year-olds. Touching, and Hilarious, Hilarious, Hilarious - The Arts Review Play Schools Ballet Kids Saturday 30th May - 8pm - €18/€16 Comedy Aged 4-7 Earlybird offer €16/€14 before April 12th - WIT discount applies

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MARY POPS IN Join young brother and sister, Michael and Jane, on their magical adventures with their mysterious new nanny. Waterford Ballet Academy’s production of this spectacular story promises to provide a wonderful treat for all the family! Book early to avoid disappointment. Sunday 31st May - 3pm & 8pm - On sale February 1st €20/€22 MONDAY 1ST JUNE Michelle Condon Showcase

THURSDAY 4TH JUNE Bell X1 (Limited Availability) FRIDAY - SATURDAY 5TH - 6TH JUNE Christy Moore

WEDNESDAY 11TH JUNE WELCOME TO IRELAND - The Meltdown of an Irish Tour Guide

FRIDAY 12TH JUNE Legends of American Country

SATURDAY 13TH JUNE Mary Black

TUESDAY - THURSDAY 16TH - 18TH JUNE Féile Na Scoileanna

FRIDAY 19TH JUNE Astrobeat Orchestra

SATURDAY 20TH JUNE My

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