UPCOMING EVENTS
BOOK NOW AT NATIONALOPERAHOUSE.IE OR CALL +353 53 912 2144 > 8pm Thursday 18 June The Legends of American Country Show THE LEGENDS OF is set to become Ireland’s No.1 Country Music Tribute in 2015 featuring the music AMERICAN COUNTRY of the biggest names on the American scene including Garth Brooks, Randy Travis and TRIBUTE SHOW Dolly Parton. Starring Evan O Donnell, Joe Moore and Rod and Tracey Mc Auley. Tickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 4pm & 7.30pm Saturday 20 Movie Magic is the end of year show for June The Ballet Academy from Clonard in Wexford. The show features music from Frozen, Mission Impossible, Mary Poppins, Downton Abbey MOVIE MAGIC and many more! Special guests include Sheila Tickets: €10/€15 Grace Dance Company and Kilkenny Academy O’ Reilly Theatre of Dance.
> 8pm Saturday 4 July The Sheila Grace Dance Company will take the audience on a journey from Stage to Screen. LIGHTS CAMERA With much loved musicals like Annie, Chicago, Oliver, Elf, Les Miserables and Joseph to name a few and Disney favourites like Frozen, Maleficent, MAGIC Tangled and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Tickets: €17/€14 Friends, Sheila Grace will dance you into a O’ Reilly Theatre magical world. The perfect family event!
> 6 - 17 July For aspiring actors, singers, dancers, instrumentalists and directors aged 12 - 15 HANSEL AND GRETEL years old. Discover the world of Hansel and Gretel through a two week summer camp SUMMER CAMP where children will develop their skills through movement in music, vocal coaching Tickets: €180 per child for and media production. For more information 2 weeks phone 086 121 4218.
> 7.30pm Wednesday 15 July Angels of Atlantis A unique evening of inspirational conversation STEWART with Stewart Pierce and the Angels of Atlantis. Experience sacred coordinates introduced by the Angels, teaching the degrees of love PIERCE that will help you expand full of love joy and Tickets: €25 - O’ Reilly Theatre abundance.
> 8pm Saturday 29 August Ryan Sheridan brings the passion back on his RYAN scintillating new single ‘Here and Now’, as he forges ahead with the countdown to the release of his long-awaited second album SHERIDAN later this year. Join him on his brand new tour. Tickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre International multi-award winning singer > 8pm Saturday 7 November Tommy Fleming takes to the stage for his first major acting role in a brand new original PADDY drama/musical entitled Paddy. With a gripping storyline that is set in both Ireland and England STARRING TOMMY FLEMING over a 25-year period - alongside 13 original € songs - Paddy promises to be a unique night of Tickets: 30 - O’ Reilly Theatre stunning drama and spectacular music.
> 7pm Sunday 8 November Starring X Factor sensation Mary Byrne, Sue Collins (The Nualas), Eurovision MENOPAUSE winner Niamh Kavanagh and Linda Nolan (The Nolans) the hilarious Menopause THE MUSICAL The Musical has entertained and inspired Tickets: €30/€28 women across the world since 2001. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Wednesday 11 November The company who brought you The King is Back brings you the UK’s No1 celebration of JOHNNY CASH Johnny Cash, fronted by award winning singer/ songwriter Clive John. The show re-creates with ROADSHOW astounding accuracy and truly captures the € € essence of what it was like to be at a real Tickets: 23/ 20 Cash show! O’ Reilly Theatre
What a great and outstanding achievement for > 8pm Saturday 14 November a band to reach it’s 30th Anniversary and for it’s music to still be as popular now as they were way back then! Yes, in the 80’s Bagatelle BAGATELLE had so many great hits. Summer in Dublin kick Tickets: €25 started this amazing run of hits; songs that Jerome Hynes Theatre would become household favourites in Ireland and eventually all over the globe.
> 8pm Sunday 15 November Keith Barry returns to the National Opera KEITH BARRY House with his brand new show Out of Control. Under 12’s must be accompanied OUT OF CONTROL by an adult. Tickets: €30 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Saturday 21 November Last year The Nualas stormed the Edinburgh THE NUALAS Fringe Festival, they sold out their headline gigs at Dublin’s Vodafone Comedy Festival LOCK UP YOUR HUSBANDS! and spread the glam all the way from Antrim Tickets: €20/€18 to Bantry. Don’t miss their brand-new show. Jerome Hynes Theatre > 8pm Saturday 28 November Recently crowned Live Ireland’s ‘Trad group of the Year’ for 2015, they have made a name for themselves as one of the most sought GOITSE after bands amongst connoisseurs of Irish € € Traditional music cross the globe, with their Tickets: Adult: 16/ 14 Child performances gaining notoriety across four Jerome Hynes Theatre continents.
> 7.30pm Saturday 28 November Russell Watson never imagined he would one RUSSELL day be one of the world’s most prominent tenors, selling in excess of seven million albums worldwide. To date there have been WATSON nine studio albums, each one winning more Tickets:€40/€45/€50 critical acclaim than the one before. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 7pm Sunday 29 November
BALLET IRELAND Coppélia is an enchanting, family ballet, perfect for young and old alike. Don’t miss Ballet COPPÉLIA Ireland’s production of this comic ballet on the stage of the National Opera House. Tickets:€25/€20/€15 Child €70 family - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Saturday 5 December Celebrating 50 years in 2015 Phil Coulter is releasing his first solo piano album in twenty years entitled Echoes of Home. Don’t miss PHIL COULTER one of Ireland’s greatest song writers and Tickets:€27.50/€25 musical legends perform here this December O’ Reilly Theatre at the National Opera House.
> 8pm Saturday 5 December It’s always party time when ABBA are about! This happy sing-a-long party, celebrates with ABBA FOREVER a loud and proud fanfare! It’s the perfect way Tickets:€22 to start your Christmas celebrations in 2015! Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 8pm Wednesday 9 December Nathan Carter, the hottest act on the Irish music scene, returns to the National Opera House on Wednesday 9 December for NATHAN CARTER another fantastic night of his own unique € € brand of country music. Having sold out his Tickets: 25 / 23 for groups last visit to the National Opera House in of 10+ - O’ Reilly Theatre record time, early booking is advised. > 8pm Sunday 13 December Live comedy is what Jimmy does best. His stand-up achievements to date include a JIMMY CARR British Comedy Award for ‘Best Live Stand- Up Tour’ and a Perrier Award nomination. FUNNY BUSINESS On stage, he’s even funnier and even more € outrageous and Funny Business is his brand Tickets: 35.50 new stand-up show. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Tuesday 15 December The Priests are delighted to present Christmas With The Priests singing much CHRISTMAS loved classics as well as cherished seasonal songs. Don’t miss an enchanting evening WITH THE PRIESTS of music from The Priests live at National Tickets:€25/€32/€35 Opera House Wexford. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Thursday 17 December After a run of successful sell-out shows at The National Concert Hall Dublin, we’re delighted to welcome one of our most dynamic SWING INTO and charismatic vocalists Connor McKeon to the National Opera House this December 17th. A fun-filled and glitzy night crammed full of CHRISTMAS amazing hits from the legends of The Rat Pack Tickets:€15/€35 and Swing era including Sinatra, Dean Martin, O’ Reilly Theatre Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald and more.
> 8pm Sunday 27 December Legends of Irish music & song The Fureys, renowned for hit songs; I Will Love You, Sweet 16, The Green fields of France, The Old Man, THE FUREYS Red Rose Café, Clare to Here, Her Father € € Didn’t Like Me Anyway, Leaving Nancy, Steal Tickets: 28/ 25 Away will make their first appearance here on O’ Reilly Theatre Sunday 27th December 2015.
> 8pm Friday 15 January 2016 Derek Ryan’s is now one of the biggest stars of Irish Country Music. In just over three DEREK RYAN years few artists have made such an impact € on the Irish country scene like the County Tickets: 25 Carlow singer songwriter. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Sunday 31 January 2016 Ben Portsmouth captures, with remarkable THE KING IS BACK accuracy, each stage of Elvis’s career whilst maintaining a style and presence of his own. BEN PORTSMOUTH Experience the essence and spirit of what it must have been like to see the young KING IS ELVIS perform. Tickets:€23/€20 > 8pm Thursday 4 February 2016 Tommy’s versions of Danny Boy, Bright Blue Rose and Hardtimes are unique and individual to him and until you hear Tommy TOMMY sing these songs you cannot experience the musical emotion that only music can reach. His unique talent has brought worldwide FLEMING recognition to Tommy and demand for his Tickets:€30 - O’ Reilly Theatre concerts continues to grow.
> 8pm Friday 12 February 2016 Starring A Fantastic Cast! Brendan Bowyer - Joe Mac From The Dixies REELING IN THE - Ronan Collins - Shaun O’Dowd - Gina From The Champions - Keith and Lorraine SHOWBAND YEARS McDonald - The Conquerors Showband - The Swarbrigg Brothers… and more! Tickets:€30 - O’ Reilly Theatre The Greatest Showband Show of all!
CONFERENCES AT THE NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE
The National Opera House is one of Ireland’s most unique conference facilities and is suitable for up to 1,000 delegates. All breakout rooms have plasma screens, network access points and wireless connectivity. There are multiple options for corporate hospitality with two large bars, ample foyer space and numerous meeting rooms and smaller areas in the building suitable for meetings and sessions. With café/restaurant and catering facilities on site and Wexford Town providing ample For more information contact accommodation for your delegates, Aisling White, Head of Operations the National Opera House is an idyllic Phone: + 353 53 916 3526 backdrop for your conference or event. Email: [email protected] 64th Wexford Festival Opera 21 October to 1 November 2015
> 8pm 21, 24, 27, 30 October Frederick Delius (1862-1934) Inspired by the African-American song, KOANGA Koanga is a powerfully atmospheric opera Tickets:€25 -€145 about a proud African prince sold into O’ Reilly Theatre slavery in Louisiana.
> 8pm 22, 25, 28, 31 October Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF A blood-soaked opera enriched by the kind of orchestral writing and full-blooded Tickets:€25/€145 melodies that made Mascagni’s Cavalleria O’ Reilly Theatre Rusticana such a popular success.
> 8pm 23, 26, 29 Oct & 1 November Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833) Set during the French Wars of Religion, LE PRÉ AUX CLERCS Le Pré Aux Clercs is a touching romance Tickets:€25 -€145 in which a young countess rebels against O’ Reilly Theatre a suitor chosen for her by the King.
> 11am Saturday 24 October DR. TOM WALSH The 2015 Dr Tom Walsh Lecture will be given by Maestro Stephen Barlow, LECTURE conductor of this year’s main stage opera Koanga. Tickets:€10 Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 9pm Sunday 25 October The very popular Gala Concert is a GALA CONCERT Festival highlight and features favourite party pieces performed by members of Tickets:€50 - €80 the Festival company. O’ Reilly Theatre
> 11am Monday 26 October A recital by Irish mezzo-soprano Tara TARA ERRAUGHT Erraught, hailed as ‘the new queen of bel canto’, accompanied by Henning Ruhe RECITAL (piano). Tickets:€25 - O’ Reilly Theatre
Nathalia Milstein > 11am Saturday 31 October The winner of the 2015 Dublin International Piano Competition, PIANO RECITAL Nathalia Milstein performs at the Tickets:€25 - O’ Reilly Theatre National Opera House as part of the Wexford Festival Opera. Stable Diet on the third floor is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The chef’s French Toast with Crispy Bacon and Maple Syrup is a big favourite for breakfast, while lunchtime offers the opportunity at t ouse he National Opera H to sample our crusty breads with home-made soup, crisp salads, roasted vegetables, meats, fish, sharing boards, and freshly made quiches and tartines. Please note, for pre-show dining, booking in advance STABLE DIET CAFÉ is essential, as the café is only open for certain AT THE performances. NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE Book a table now on +353 53 914 2598
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