Spring Season Brochure January 2016 to June 2016
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Spring Season Brochure January 2016 to June 2016 supported by the department of social protection and co-funded by the european social fund We’re by your side so your loved one can stay at home. Whether you are looking for someone to help an ageing parent a few hours a week or need more comprehensive assistance, Home Instead can help. Home Instead CAREGivers Call for a free, can provide a variety of no-obligation appointment services. Some include: 051 333 966 • Companionship Care • Personal Care • Meals & Nutrition • Transportation • House hold Duties • Resp ite Care • Hos pice Care Support Services HomeInstead.ie Each Home Instead Senior Care® franchise office is independently owned and operated. © 2015 Home Instead, Franchising We’re by your side SPRING HIGHLIGHTS 2016 so your loved one This is what we will be coming to see… can stay at home. staff picks Duke Special..................................... p6 Foil Arms and Hog ......................... p12 A Moon for the Misbegotten ....... p17 Tommy Tiernan ............................. p20 Oklahoma ....................................... p26 Mick Flannery ................................. p30 Need a good laugh? Whether you are looking for someone to help an ageing parent comedy a few hours a week or need more comprehensive assistance, The Nualas ........................................p7 Des Bishop ........................................ p8 Home Instead can help. Pat Shortt .......................................... p9 Brendan Grace ................................ p12 Deirdre O’ Kane ..............................p25 Home Instead CAREGivers Call for a free, no-obligation appointment can provide a variety of Bring the family services. Some include: 051 333 966 family Ed Masters life of illusion .............p19 • Companionship Care Tumble Circus Starman ............... p28 • Personal Care • Meals & Nutrition • Transportation Future stars • House hold Duties stage TheatreBox ......................................p27 • Resp ite Care Waterford Ballet Academy ......... p30 • Hos pice Care Support Services HomeInstead.ie Each Home Instead Senior Care® franchise office is independently owned and operated. © 2015 Home Instead, Franchising SPRING HIGHLIGHTS 2016 Join us for some music music Two and a Half Tenors ................... p6 Francie Conway ...............................p7 Viennese Strauss Gala ................... p8 Finbar Wright ................................... p9 Eddi Reader .....................................p10 David Flynn ......................................p10 Far Flung Trio ..................................p13 Mike Denver ....................................p14 Three Tenors ...................................p15 Harlem Gospel Choir ....................p19 Declan O’Rourke ............................ p21 Esposito ............................................p22 Venice by Candlelight ...................p31 Tribute to the best in the business tribute Marc Roberts Sings the Music of John Denver ....................................p18 Simon and Garfunkel: Through the Years .........................p22 Get Rhythm (A Tribute to Johnny Cash) ..........p25 Rebecca O’Connor in Simply The Best ........................ p29 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS 2016 Small kids will love this kids Lambert Puppet Theatre ..............p18 Puss in Boots .................................. p29 Wigglegiggle ...................................p31 The Curious Adventures of Pinocchio .........................................p32 Waterford always has musical theatre musical Sister Act ......................................... p20 Oklahoma! ..................................... p26 Educational schools SISTER ACT Me Mollser........................................p13 Back in the Habit Puss in Boots .................................. p29 A Divine Musical Comedy Plays on tour you have to see musical Puckoon ........................................... p21 Fishamble Silent & Underneath .................................p23 The Matchmaker ........................... p28 music upcloseandpersonalpromotions.com by arrangement with DMF MUSIC Ltd Presents Duke Special Piano & Pages Duke Special is returning to Theatre Royal in a magical show exploring forgotten old dusty manuscripts along with songs from his most recent and well-received album, Look out machines! not to mention many of the usual live favourites… “Magically uplifting” EVENING STANDARD “This is music of magic and soul” THE TELEGRAPH Date: Sunday 31st January “Emotive and endearing” GQ Time: 8pm “Sumptuous, symphonic pop anthem, courtesy of Price: €19 dreadlocked Irishman who sounds like The Flaming Lips crossed with Rufus Wainwright” Q music Two and a Half Tenors Spend an evening with the wonderful Derek Ryan, Ryan Morgan and Nyle Wolfe in a thrilling and fast-moving concert, packed with well- known melodies and laughter, and featuring well-loved songs from opera, broadway and swing. Delivering laughter, good times and even the odd sing-along. Combining their talents and classically-trained voices, the boys offer a unique evening out. Date: Thursday 4th February To complete the show, the Tenors are joined by Time: 8pm the “Devastating Diva”- she’ll blow you away with Price: €20 her vocal talents and dazzling stage presence. 6. comedy The Nualas: The Glitterbomb Tour The Nualas are celebrating their 21st birthday! With scorchingly brilliant new songs, red hot new chat and blistering new shoes, they are jetting in for one night only to leave you helpless with laughter, delirious with pleasure, and a little disorientated if you can’t remember which door you came in. ‘Deceptively dark, twisted and wonderfully witty songs.’ Scotsman th Date: Friday 5 February ‘Staggeringly impressive three-part harmonies and Time: 8pm a savage, biting wit.’ Metro Scotland Price: €19/ €17conc ‘They’re funny. Simple as.’ The Irish Times music Francie Conway Featuring Francie Conway, Liam Merriman & Eoin O’Meachair, Martyn Travis and Luán Parle. Hosted by Roddie Cleere. The show will feature songs from the album “The Wild Atlantic Way” plus many of his hits worldwide, down through the years! “To The Edge Of Time” “Walking On Seashells” “Our Rivers Keep On Flowing” and many more. Francie is the song writing coach and one of the founder members of The Rock School, Date: Saturday 6th February Ballyfermot, Dublin who has encouraged quite Time: 8pm a few of Ireland’s most respected musicians, Price: €15 including Damien Dempsey. 7. music A Viennese Strauss Gala 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, The Merry Widow and many more. The European Orchestral Ensemble will accompany four soloists from major opera companies; including Opera North, English National Opera and D’Oyly Carte. Date: Tuesday 9th February Time: 8pm “Beautiful costumes, excellent voices and some Price: €25 / €22 conc fine acting too” comedy Des Bishop Grey Matters The fantasy of everlasting youth dyed with Des’s last purchase of Just for Men over a year ago. Now he is embracing the Grey and letting the wisdom of his years inspire his stand up. Grey Matters tackles the issues confronting Des these days, returning to live in New York, being surrounded by other people’s kids, gender and marriage equality, the dangers of snapchat, dating a Chinese woman, the prospect of reaching 40 and most of all, after the documentary-style stand up show about his Date: Thursday 11th February time in China, Des is looking forward to returning Time: 8pm to straight stand up where he can riff about Price: €24 whatever is on his mind. 8. comedy Pat Shortt Selfie Pat was described by one critic as “more like an entire philharmonic conducted at a fever pitch: he can play all the instruments, all the parts, compel audience members to play a few if he so chooses and make them laugh to boot”. In Selfie Pat brings us on a hilarious journey with his new character Mossey Burke the singing undertaker and the chaos that can happen around an Irish funeral. Through laughs and punch-lines and hilarious one-liners Pat performs a myriad of truly Irish comedic scenarios that no matter what part of the country you are from you will Date: Friday 12th February have seen or heard of first hand! Time: 8pm Price: €29 “I haven’t laughed that hard in ages! The man is a comedic genius!” “He is hands-down hilarious...you won’t see anything like this anywhere else” One Magazine, New York music Finbar Wright Valentine’s Eve’ Special Concert Due to overwhelming demand, Finbar Wright, Ireland’s best-loved popular entertainer & award- winning recording artist, returns to Waterford on St. Valentine’s Eve, for a glorious concert packed with great humour and passionate music. Renowned all over the world as Ireland’s most romantic tenor, Finbar hosts a special gala performance to celebrate the power of love with Date: Saturday 13th February you, bringing joy to Valentine’s Weekend. Time: 8pm Price: €30 / €27 conc Celebrating his greatest hits and all of your favourite music, Finbar will be joined by an impressive line-up of fine musicians in sparkling performances to delight all music lovers. 9. music Eddi Reader Internationally acclaimed and enigmatic Scottish songstress returns to Ireland performing with John Douglas and Boo Hewerdine on guitars, Alan Kelly on piano Your accordion and Kevin McGuire on double bass. With a career spanning over