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SUMMER 2016 Www Box Office 0504 90204 SUMMER 2016 www.thesourceartscentre.ie www. thesourceartscentre.ie The Source Arts Centre Summer 2016 Programme The days are finally getting brighter and a little warmer so it’s a good time to get out of the house and come to the Source to see a few events. We’ve got a good selection of musical acts – the highly tipped Dublin songwriter Anderson who became famous for selling his album door-to-door, arrives for a solo show; Cork-born songwriter Mick Flannery presents his new album in another solo gig and we’ve opened up the auditorium for some tribute shows like Live Forever and Roadhouse Doors to give a more concert-type feel, so check these out on our brochure. Legendary Manchester poet John Cooper Clarke comes to visit us on May 4th; we have theatre with ‘The Corner Boys’, God Bless The Child’ and Brendan Balfe reminisces about the golden days of Irish radio in early June. Summer is a time for the kids and again we have a series of arts workshops and classes running over the summer months to keep them all occupied. Keep a lookout for our website: www.thesourceartscentre.ie for updates to our programme as we regularly add new events. Addtionally we put updates on our Facebook page. If you wish to be included on our mailing list, just get in contact with us at: boxoffice @sourcearts.ie We look forward to seeing you at The Source during the summer Brendan Maher Artistic Director Buy online Stef Hans open at You can choose your preferred seat when you The Source Arts Centre buy online 24/7 via your laptop, tablet or smart Fine day-time cuisine from award winning phone at www.thesourceartscentre.ie.. chef Stefan Matthia (Chez Hans, Café Gift Vouchers Hans). Local produce, seasonal flavours. Fine wines including organics and biodynamics. The Source gift vouchers are available to buy Home- made desserts with fair trade organic online and at Box Office year round. They make a coffee and selection of teas. great gift for loved ones or colleagues. Open Tuesday to Saturday 12-5pm daily. 'All day lunch'. No reservations. Arrive in good time Please arrive at least 20 minutes before the start Enquiries: 0504-58858 time of show. We cannot guarantee latecomers Facebook: Stef Hans Café will be admitted. Twitter: stefhanscafe Instagram: stef_hans or #stefhans The Source Bar The bar opens one hour before the start of each show. Drinks can be taken into the auditorium. Please order your interval drinks before the show to save time at the interval. page 2 www. thesourceartscentre.ie Box Office Opening Phone 0504 90204 In person at The Source Box Office, Hours Cathedral Street, Thurles E41 A4E8 Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm Please note all sales are final, no refund Saturday 2pm-5pm and one hour prior or exchange given on tickets. to events See www.thesourceartscentre.ie for Box Buy online 24/7 Office policies, terms and conditions. www.thesourceartscentre.ie Follow us on Facebook and Twitter STAGE Orchestra Pit AA16 AA1 A16 A1 B16 B1 BL BR 1 C16 C1 1 2 D16 D1 1 3 E16 E1 2 4 F16 F1 3 5 G16 G1 4 6 H16 H1 5 7 J16 J1 6 8 K16 K1 7 9 8 L20 L1 10 Balcony 10 BL BR M17 M1 N17 N1 The Source gratefully acknowledges the support of our annual sponsors Patrick C. Horan & Co. Board of Directors: Sinead Carr, Liam McCarthy, Michael Ryan, Melanie Scott, Matt Shortt, John Fogarty, Martin Healy, Jess Codd, Joe Burke, John Hogan. page 3 Box Office: 0504 90204 Calendar of Events - May, June, July 2016 Date Event Page Date Event Page Dr. John Cooper Clarke and Sat 04 Gerudo Valley 9 Wed 04 Mike Garry 5 Fri 06 The Corner Boys 5 Wed 08 The Survivalist 10 Sat 07 Anderson 5 Thur 09 – Wed 13 Ju l 30 Years, Artists, Places (exhibition) 10 Tue 10 – Tue 31 Celtic Seasons (exhibition) 6 Sat 11 Live Forever – Oasis Tribute 10 Wed 11 A Walk in the Woods 6 Thur 16 – Sat 18 The Elle Academy of Dance 11 Fri 13 Syrian Night Reading 6 Sat 25 The Source Family Day 12 Wed 18 Atlantic 7 Sun 03 Urban Kicks Showcase 11 Fri 20 – Sat 21 Reflections on a Rising 7 Mon 04 – Youth Project: Beyond the Frame 12 Sat 21 The Curious Adventures of Pinnochio 7 Sat 09 Wed 25 The Club 8 Mon 11 – 13 Fri 15 Creative Minds Multi-Media Camp God Bless The Child, Fri 27 First Confessions 8 Fri 15 Roadhouse Doors 11 Sat 28 Mick Flannery-Solo 8 Mon 18 – Fri 22 Leonardo’s Camp 13 Wed 01 Chronic 9 Mon 25 – Fri 03 Brendan Balfe- Sorry We’re Off Air 9 Fri 29 Song School 13 Meet The Artists The Source looks to create opportunities for you to meet the people who create the work at our venue. Each Source exhibition includes an artist’s talk and you can also join us after theatre shows for a casual chat with performers where you see this symbol: Syrian Night: Reading with Donal Ryan Friday May 13th ‘Atlantic’: Film Screening Wednesday May 18th ‘God Bless The Child’: Theatre Friday May 27th 30 Years, Artists, Places – Visual Arts Thursday June 9th and other dates Early Bird Offers/Free Events Free Screening for Bealtaine Festival: Wednesday 11th May A Walk in The Woods Early Bird: Live Forever – Oasis Tribute Saturday 11th June Early Bird: Roadhouse Doors Tribute: Friday 15th July page 4 www. thesourceartscentre.ie Phil Jones presents Dr. John Cooper Clarke with Mike Garry POETRY Wednesday 04 May Time: 8pm Price: €20 An evening of poetry and social commentary from ‘The Bard of Salford’. Renowned Manchester poet and provocateur, Dr. John Cooper Clarke reads from his work. Clarke is a performance poet, movie star, rock star, comedian and social and cultural commentator. He became famous as the “Punk Poet” in the late ‘70s with his satirical, political and very funny verse. He has toured with The Sex Pistols, The Clash & Buzzcocks and Elvis Costello and this evening he reads with fellow Mancunian Mike Garry. Please Note: This show may contain some strong language. Mend & Makedo Theatre Co presents The Corner Boys THEATRE Friday 06 May Time: 8pm Price: €15/12 conc. Written by John MacKenna. Directed by Marian Brophy. Following their acclaimed sell-out tour with ‘Lucinda Sly’, Mend & Makedo Theatre Company return with ‘The Corner Boys’. The time is 1963. The place is an Irish village. For the two young women working in the local drapery shop the visit of John F. Kennedy is all important but for the corner boys the concerns are different - women, money and darker doings fill their lives. John MacKenna's play met with rave reviews when first staged ten years ago. This powerful play exposes the light and dark of Irish life in the sixties - the carnivals; the sodalities; the humour and the desperation. The play is intended for an over 16 audience. A wonderful piece of work - catches that time and that way of life perfectly RTE Radio 1 A powerful, funny play, with a dark twist in the gripping tale. The Nationalist Turning Pirate presents Anderson - Solo MUSIC Saturday 07 May Time: 9pm Price: €10 Anderson captured the music industry’s imagination last year, when a video of him selling his debut album door to door went viral, reaching an audience of over 100,000 people. Since releasing ‘Patterns’ at the close of 2015 his reputation as one of the most exciting acts in the country has been building at pace. His carefully crafted songs accomplish the rare feat of conveying classic melodies with contemplative, deeply personal sentiments, lending a unique texture to a timeless sounding record. Patterns appeared on a host of best album lists of 2015. "A work of grand beauty" - The Irish Times "Simply a beautiful record" - Tom Dunne page 5 Box Office: 0504 90204 Thurles Library presents Vincent Hannon: Celtic Seasons VISUAL ART Tuesday 10 to Times: 10am to 5pm Tuesday 31 May (later on performance evenings) Vincent Hannon trained in landscape design in the UK before returning to read for a BA at NUI, Galway. While practising landscape design he discovered the poetry of Omar Khayyám in translation by Edward FitzGerald. This developed an existing fascination with hinterlands where controls and wildness are interchangeable depending on the direction of examination. In recent years he has been exploring emigration from a visual artistic point of view. In this exhibition, 'Celtic Seasons', Vincent develops the theme of memory, its’ distortions and its’ ability to grip truths. The Bealtaine Festival presents A Walk in the Woods FILM Wednesday 11 May Time: 8pm Price: Free Dir: Ken Kwapis, USA, 104 mins Cert: 15 In this comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer Bill Bryson (Robert Redford), challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquillity he hopes to find is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek - his long lost and former friend Katz (Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer. s d o o Syrian Night W y n Donal Ryan and others share Syrian stories READING o h t n A Time: 8pm : o Friday 13 May t Price: Free - Donations welcome o h P This event begins with acclaimed Tipperary author Donal Ryan reading an excerpt from ‘The Long Puck’, a story set in Syria and taken from his collection of short stories ‘A Slanting of the Sun’.
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