VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre is located on the grounds of Carlow College and is owned and managed by Carlow Local Authorities.

The Centre relies on the goodwill, enthusiasm and pride of a team of volunteers forthe delivery of our programme in both the gallery and the theatre, and we are immensely grateful to them for finding the time to make all our lives culturally richer. We always welcome new volunteers, so if you’re interested please contactinfo@visualcarlow.ie.

Making a Booking

By Phone 059 9172400 In Person Our Box Office is just inside the main doorsOnline www.gbshawtheatre.ieTicket Policy We regret that tickets cannot be refunded after purchase. In the event of

a performance cancellation, tickets must be returned to the box office to obtain a refund.

Booking Fees A booking fee of €1 per ticket applies to all card transactions whether purchased online, via telephone or in person (to a maximum of €10)

Latecomer Policy Latecomers can only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. Admission cannot always be guaranteed.

Disabled Access The Arts Centre is fully accessible for disabled patrons. Designated car & Special Needs parking is available in the public car park at the centre.

Patrons, please discuss your needs with Box Office staff when making your booking and they will be able to best advise you.

Car Parking Car parking is available immediately inside the grounds at the Old Dublin Rdentrance. Coach parking is available further on to the right.

Postage of tickets Patrons who wish for their tickets to be posted out to them in advance will becharged €1. Alternatively, tickets can be collected at the Box Office on thenight (or anytime in advance).

We encourage patrons to go online and sign up to our mailing list. This will give them access to news,special ticket offers, unannounced shows and events, and delivery of our season brochure in digitalformat. No unwanted mail, just culture at your fingertips. www.visualcarlow.ie

Gallery Opening Hours

Monday ClosedTuesday - Saturday 11am - 5.30pmSunday 2pm - 5pm

Box Office Opening Hours

Monday ClosedTuesday - Saturday 11am - 5.30pmSunday 2pm - 5pmAlso, on day of events One hour prior to

the show start

Tickets can be purchased online at any time of day or night

Cover Image: Detail from Nimbus Green Room, 2013. Courtesy Berndnaut Smilde and Ronchini Gallery. Brochure Design: Tom Feehan at www.dynamite.ie 056 7728797

Saturday 7th Sept Get Rhythym 8pm Music Tuesday 10th Sept Film Screening: Lore 8pm Film Wednesday 11th Sept onwards Re Órga 11am Dance Thursday 12th Sept Fly Me to the Moon 8pm Theatre Saturday 14th Sept Silent: A Workshop on Making Theatre 11.30am-4pm The Co-Op Saturday 14th Sept The Nualas 8pm Theatre Thursday 19th Sept Comedy Club with Chris Kent 8pm Comedy Friday 20th Sept Christy Moore 7.30pm Music Friday 20th Sept Culture Night: Aaron Lawless & Taylorfest Various Wednesday 25th Sept ADI Talk: Captioning and Audio Description 5pm The Co-OpFriday 27th Sept The Stars of 'The Savage Eye' 8pm Comedy Saturday 28th Sept Silent 8pm Theatre

Thursday 3rd Oct Film Screening: Kings 10.30am Film Thursday 3rd Oct Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe: Howard Marks 8pm Spoken Word Friday 4th Oct Doug Allan: Life Through a Lense 8pm Spoken Word Saturday 5th Oct - Jan 2014 Cora Cummins: 'The Black Rose, The Green Pound and The Blue Sky' Visual ArtSaturday 5th Oct - Jan 2014 Undercover: A Dialect Visual ArtSaturday 5th Oct - Jan 2014 Janet Cardiff 'Forty Part Motet' Visual ArtSaturday 5th Oct - Jan 2014 Launch of Autumn Galleries and The Co-op 2pm - 8pm The Co-opTuesday 8th Oct Film Screening: Lón Sa Spéir 8pm FilmWednesday 9th Oct Cure & Re-Orga: T-Party with Feragus Ó Conchúir 11am The Co-opThursday 10th Oct Cure & ICWA: Pot Luck Lunch 12pm The Co-opFriday 11th Oct Tommy Tiernan 8pm ComedySaturday 12th Oct Cure & My Own Unique Identity: Meet the Artist The Co-OpSaturday 12th Oct Cure 8pm DanceThursday 17th Oct Comedy Club with Fred Cooke 8pm ComedyFriday 18th Oct Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend 8pm TheatreSaturday 19th Oct Ballet Ireland Carmen Masterclass 11.30am The Co-OpSaturday 19th Oct The Fureys & Davy Arthur 8pm MusicTuesday 22nd Oct Voice Box Night 8pm The Co-OpWednesday 23rd Oct Student Enterprise Show 9am - 1pm EventThursday 24th Oct Student Concept Competition 7pm - 8.30pm EventFriday 25th Oct Redemption Song 8pm TheatreSunday 27th Oct Jackula 12pm Children's TheatreThursday 31st Oct Film Screening: Hitchcock 8pm Film

Friday 8th Nov Bockety World of Henry and Bucket (Barnstorm) 10pm & 11.30pm Children's TheatreSaturday 9th Nov Carmen (Ballet Ireland) 8pm DanceTuesday 12th Nov The Memory of Water 8pm TheatreFriday 15th Nov Pat Shortt: I am the Band 8pm TheatreTuesday 19th Nov Film Screening: Much Ado About Nothing 8pm FilmThursday 21st Nov Comedy Club with Gearoid Farrelly 8pm ComedyFriday 22nd Nov Jack L 8pm MusicThursday 28th Nov Voice Box Night 8pm The Co-OpFriday 29th Nov ABBA Forever 8pm Music

Thursday 5th - 7th Dec How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2.30pm, 7.30pm VarietyWednesday 11th - 16th Dec Cinders Eile 2.30pm & 7.30pm PantomimeThursday 19th Dec Film Screening: The Muppets Christmas Carol 7pm Film

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The Carlow Local Authorities Arts Service has created a participatory and inclusive arts service, pioneering a way of working that supports the creative process of artists and curators, led by localneed and providing a context for artists to work in Carlow. It stimulates an interest in the appreciationof the arts across the county—acting as advisor, curator, advocate, funder, programmer, conduit andcatalyst for new initiatives, helping to shape optimum conditions for collaborations.

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art is a key part of the Carlow Local Authorities Arts Service remit,and, in this programme alone, its involvement is visible in the Dance Residency (Emma Martin), andTheatre Residencies (WillFredd Theatre Company, Carlow Youth Theatre). In Visual Arts, the Arts office will co-fund two key exhibitions, by Carlow native Cora Cummins and international artist JanetCardiff. It is also a significant partner in the development of The Co-op (see opposite page). ItsArtlinks mentoring bursary (www.artlinks.ie) will feed significantly into the Voicebox programme (p16).

The Arts Office is also one of the leading partners in Music Generation Carlow, the U2 and IrelandFund bursary to fund education in music (see p5). The website for further information is www.musicgenerationcarlow.ie

Arts Office Contacts: Sinead Dowling, sdowling@carlowcoco.ie (059) 9170301Ann Scully, ascully@carlowcoco.ie (059) 9136204(For Music Generation) Paula Phelan, pphelan@kcetb.ie (059) 9138583

Carlow Youth TheatreOngoing residency in George Bernard Shaw Theatre

Established in 2000, Carlow Youth Theatre continues as a model of community youth art engagement thatdoes not compromise in striving for artistic excellence. Youth Theatre can represent the energy of a placeand its people like few other artforms, and is a well-spring for the emergence of creative industries acrossIreland. Carlow Youth Theatre continues to offer weekly workshops to members, between the ages of 12-15 and 15-18 years old, as. You do not have to have any previous experience in youth theatre ordrama—you just have to be willing to commit to having fun and getting involved. To register your interest please contact sdowling@carlowcoco.ie

Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office At VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and The GeorgeBernard Shaw Theatre

Carlow Youth Theatre

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Throughout the season brochure and on the VISUAL website you will be able to identify The Co-op’s activities with the following keys:

The Co-op is a new project for VISUAL, curated by Galleries Co-ordinator,Emma- Lucy O’ Brien and Theatre Co-ordinator, Hannah Mullan. It looks specifically at collaborative practices and the ways in which dialogue between artists (and some non-artists) can create new spaces for creativity in Carlow.

The Co-op is working to understand the role of collaborative practices in contemporary art and performance, and the ways in which these associations can lead to new knowledge and new art.

Collaborate refers to the opportunities for collaboration that have opened up as a result of core season programming at VISUAL.

Some of these projects have been co-ordinated for specific groups and individuals, and others are an open call to get involved!

Voice Box looks to create new platforms for discussion at VISUAL. It will appear in a number of ways over the season, be it Voice Box Nights when local creative and innovative people talk before an audience about the work that fuels their passions, or roundtable events linked to gallery projects, exhibitions and the performing arts programme.

Collaboration often lends to the creation of new ideas and work.Made in Carlow celebrates and takes pride in this.

The Co-op is kindly supported by Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office

We are delighted to present internationally acclaimed artist Janet Cardiff’s Forty Part Motet, a

truly magnificent sound installation involving forty separately recorded voices, played back

through forty speakers strategically placed throughout the space, to create an unforgettable

sonic experience.

Cardiff describes the work: ‘While listening to a concert you are normally seated in front of

the choir, in traditional audience position. With this piece I want the audience to be able to

experience a piece of music from the viewpoint of the singers. Every performer hears a unique

mix of the piece of music. Enabling the audience to move throughout the space allows them to

be intimately connected with the voices. I placed the speakers around the room in an oval so

that the listener would be able to really feel the sculptural construction of the piece by Tallis.

You can hear the sound move from one choir to another, jumping back and forth, echoing each

other and then experience the overwhelming feeling as the sound waves hit you when all of the

singers are singing.’

A purpose built space for large scale sculpture works, VISUAL’s Main Gallery will, for the first

time, take on an enormous piece of sound sculpture. The Forty Part Motet has, since 2001, been

inspiring audiences around the world. This immersive experience has been described as a

sublime circle of sound and stirs thoughts on the potential that exists within a community of

Main Gallery October 5th 2013 – January 12th 2014

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art presents

The Forty Part Motet (A reworking of Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis 1573)Janet Cardiff

Images courtesy of the studio of artist Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

people or individuals who come together in praise of something positive and good.For ongoing events in relation to this work please see The Forty Part Motet page on www.visualcarlow.ie/exhibitions

Janet Cardiff was born in 1957 in Ontario, Canada. She lives and works in Berlin and British Columbia (Canada).

The Forty Part MotetDuration: 14 min. loop with 11 min. of music and 3 min. of intermissionSung by: Salisbury Cathedral Choir Recording and Postproduction by: SoundMoves Edited by: George Bures Miller Produced by: Field Art Projects

Associated Event

Music Generation Carlow will work in partnership with County Carlow Arts Service to bring together a group of transition year students from Borris Vocational School, led by composer (and Trinity College lecturer) Linda Buckley, to devise a new work in response to Janet Cardiff’sForty Part Motet.

The group will work on developing their compositional skills by exploring themes of space, imitation, text, layering of sound, harmony, and equality of parts, visualisation, emotion and thesenses. These themes will be explored through compositional workshops facilitated by Linda and will result in the performance of the new piece in December.

Music Generation Carlow is one of the three new selected areas for participation in Music Generation

- Ireland's national music education programme initiated by Music Network and funded by donations

from U2 and The Ireland Funds.

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In 2012, a group of eight experienced

musicians from County Cavan toured the

prisons of Ireland, recreating the prison

concerts undertaken by Johnny Cash and

his band in the 1960s. This 8-piece band

(replicating the classic Cash, Tennessee

Three, Carter Family and Carl Perkins

line-up) will now bring their expertise to

Carlow, playing songs from throughout

Cash's career.

Paul McCann recreates the role of Johnny

Cash, and June Carter’s vocal duties will

be performed by Louise O’Reilly.

They will recreate Cash’s greatest live

performances, bringing us all his hits,

and giving our audience a beautiful night

in the company of a one of the greatest

musicians of all times.

From the author of the smash-hits Stones in

His Pockets and Women on the Verge of HRT,

comes this new smash hit comedy.

Francis and Loretta are community care

visitors. Davy, one of their elderly charges,

has had a significant win on the horses, but

he doesn’t know. When the cash-strapped

women learn that Davey will not be around for

a considerable time they are faced with a

mouth-watering dilemma.

Marie Jones’ hilarious new comedy investigates

whether we are valued more in life or in death.

‘Fizzes with comic energy’ Belfast Newsletter

Verdant Productions presents

Get Rhythm: A Tribute toJohnny Cash

GBL Productions in association withPatrick Talbot Productions presents

Fly Me To The MoonWritten and directed by Marie Jones

Date Saturday 7th SeptemberTimes 8pmPrice €18/€16 Date Thursday 12th September

Time 8pm Price €20/€18

The Nualas Christy Moore

Date Saturday 14th SeptemberTime 8pmPrice €20/€18

Date Friday 20th September Doors 7pmPrice €40

Ireland’s top all-female comedy singing

sensations The Nualas are legging it

down to Carlow for a night of laugh-your-

head off, wet-your-pants, pass-out-from-

the-glamour-of-it-all entertainment. In a

world where pop stars think nothing of

singing in their underwear, The Nualas

buck the trend by sporting proper shiny

stage attire.

You’ll hear favourites like ‘Manolo’ along-

side fabulous all-new classics, such as

‘Sexy Farm Song’, and ‘Jesus, Mary,

and Joseph, Why Am I So Fat?’. Expect

scintillating vocal harmony, ambitious

choreography, bags of bling, and a night

packed solid with craic, laughter, tears,

and chat.

Following their last performance in

Carlow in 2012 – a sell-out during the

Carlow Arts Festival – the girls are back

and they mean business.

There is little that needs to be said, shortof the familiar tum-tee-tum of this man’sname, to fill an auditorium. ChristyMoore will take to the stage of theGeorge Bernard Shaw Theatre for thefirst time – guitar, bodhran, voice – withan intimate show, arriving without a setlist, but instead leafing through his songbook as the night unfolds. From NancySpain to Ride On, Lisdoonvarna to TheVoyage, Don’t Forget your Shovel to Ordinary Man, this will be a sublime nightin the company of ... an extraordinaryman.

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Undercover: A Dialect is an exhibition exploring the ways in which artists can be involved in covertand hidden activities in public, often acting out individual trajectories away from any public attention. It takes the position that artistic activity is not about fitting into a consensus of what art in public should be, and identifies with work that enjoys an undercurrent of improvisation and frugality, haphazard formality, and changeability.

The exhibition will take place in the galleries at VISUAL, and in sites around Carlow town, and include new work by Aaron Lawless and Stephen Brandes. Berndnaut Smilde will create a cloud forVISUAL as part of his ongoing Nimbus series. A cloud will hang momentarily in the galleries at VISUAL allowing the artist a brief time to capture an image for print, which will remain as evidencewhen the cloud has evaporated. Norwegian Collective aiPotu will offer open air bathing to the public through a sculptural installation made of recycled timber and featuring Norwegian Pine soap.

Also included in this exhibition is 955,000, a selection of loose leaf submissions by over 70 artists onindex cards with instructions for artworks, proposals for unrealized projects, hand drawn notes andexplanations—originally part of a publication curated by Lucy Lippard for Vancover Art Gallery in1970. Contributions by Hans Hacke, Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, Barry Flanagan and EvaHesse offer examples of work and ideas from a time when art was undergoing changes that wouldradically shape the practices of artists and their relationship to the public.

Undercover: A Dialect is curated by artist and curator Michele Horrigan, who is founder and curatorial director of Askeaton Contemporary Arts.

Michele will give a Curators talk at 2.30pm on Saturday 5th October.

Undercover: A DialectWork by Stephen Brandes, Aaron Lawless, Berndnaut Smilde, aiPotu, Jeronimo

Hagerman, Magdelena Jitrik, Fiona Larkin, Sean Lynch, Pilvi Takala, & ‘955,000’.

Curated by Michele Horrigan Link, Studio Galleries, and various sites in Carlow Town Dates 5th October 2013 - 5th January 2014

High Bright Lap Harp, Aaron Lawless 2013 Nimbus D’Aspremont, Berndnaut Smilde 2012

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Associated Events - Undercover

Transitional InstrumentsDate: 20th September / Culture Night Time: 6pm - 7.30pm Venue: Theatre Bar, VISUAL Centre

For Culture Night celebrations, Aaron Lawless will present a series of musical instruments made of recycled and found materials located around the Carlow area. These forms will be used in a public event with local musicians. Lawless’ practice involves recycling leftover found materials intostartling arrangements, exhibited as installations or sculptural entities. Often guided byYouTube tutorials and DIY instruction manuals, his constructions rarely hold an allusion tohigh art, rather he sees them as makeshift solutions made with the resources at hand.

Barrow Valley Painters: New WorkFacilitated by Adam Bohanna Date: 5th -24th November Venue: Atrium and Bar, VISUAL Centre

The Barrow Valley Painters Group will create a new body of work in association with Undercover: A Dialogue. Curated by Michele Horrigan, this series of paintings will look at Carlow andsome of its more curious aspects and vistas. 2013 Eigse Open Submission winner Adam Bohanna will facilitate this project with a number of oil painting workshops.

Wolf’s Den – Do onto othersFiona Larkin with Carlow Youth Theatre & MOUI

Artist Fiona Larkin explores the use of the imagination as a device for engagement. Larkin invites participants to wear the clothes of another—specifically a second hand denim jacket with Wolf’s Den embroidered on the back—and take a journey with that person or stranger in mind. InNovember Larkin will be at VISUAL to workshop the concept with Carlow Youth Theatre andteenagers from My Own Unique Identity. Through enactments and dialogue these groupswill engage with ideas around what it is to be a stranger and encounter the unknown.

IADT @ VISUALStudents from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) in Dublin will develop a body of workdealing with some of the themes that have been developed over this season, drawing inspiration in particular from Undercover: A Dialect and Cora Cummin’s exhibition The Black Rose, The Green Poundand The Blue Sky.

Wolf’s Den, Fiona Larkin, 2010

The George Bernard Shaw Theatre Comedy Club

Lisa Richards Agency presents

Chris KentDate Thursday 19th September Time 8pm

Earlier this year Chris was voted as one of the Top Five Irish Comedians by Hot Press Magazine.He is well known as a panelist on RTE Radio show The Second Republic.

Fred CookeDate Thursday 17th OctoberTime 8pm

Fred has rapidly become a unique stand-up delivering a style of comedy that simply cannot beimitated. He has already contributed to a variety of successful Irish TV shows, both as a writerand performer, including RTE’s Republic of Telly and The Cafe.

Gearóid FarrellyDate Thursday 21st November Time 8pm

A polished live performer Gearóid is a regular at Irish comedy festivals and has completed national tours with PJ Gallagher, Neil Delamere and Maeve Higgins. He has also supportedTommy Tiernan, Jason Byrne and opened for Rich Hall in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.

€10 (or €30 for all three including a drink at each)Once a month, we will be bringing you the hottest new talent on the Irish comedy circuit from the talent agency which represents almost all the leading Irish comedians, from the comfort andintimacy of the theatre bar at The George Bernard Shaw. We will be kicking off this season withnot-so-unknown and hilarious talents of Chris Kent, Fred Cooke and Gearóid Farrelly.

NEW!

Chris Kent Fred Cooke Gearóid Farrelly

The second annual celebration of Carlow native Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, thisCulture Night initiative will take place on Carlow’s Dublin Street – in cafes, bars, and a pop-upcinema and cultural space.

A wide selection of silent film and 1920s themed events include the Irish premiere film screening,with live musical accompaniment by Eric Butler, of Johanna Enlists (1918). This highly popularMary Pickford-starring comedyis one of only a half-dozen existing films from William DesmondTaylor's 87 movies. The delightful story is about a freckle-faced farm girl whose pleas to the heavens to send her a beau results in the 143rd army regiment camping on her land.

Other events:

- A rehearsed reading of Greedy, written by Derek O’Connor and directed by Jimmy Fay (a stage-adaptation of Erich Von Stroheim’s 1924 masterpiece re-located to contemporary Ireland).

- The Extraordinary Life of William Desmond Taylor; a new production performed by the Carlow Little Theatre.

- Contemporary Irish filmmaker Andrew Legge will introduce his short films The

Chronoscope and The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish.

- A recreated 1920s Speakeasy in period costume with live music.

- An exhibition of portraiture photography using turn-of-century techniques

curated by Saidhbhín Gibson

www.taylorfest.com

Cleverality, with support from VISUAL Centre, presents

Taylorfest

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Gearóid Farrelly

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Date Friday 27th September Time 8pmPrice €18/€16

Date Saturday 28th September Time 8pmPrice €16 (€14 for workshop attendees)

Verdant Productions presents

The Stars of The Savage Eye

Fishamble: The New Play Companypresents

Silent Written and performed by Pat Kinevane

David McSavage’s cutting commentaryfocuses on all aspects of Irish life –looked at through the lens of the criticallyacclaimed TV show The Savage Eye.From the Bull Mick to Mary Robinson, PatKenny and Joe Duffy, nobody is safe thistruth-induced evening of introspection.

David McSavage is joined by fellow performers and writers John Colleary, Pat McDonnell & Dermot McMorrow.

Warning: Not for the faint hearted, nor for under 16’s.

Homeless McGoldrig once had splendidthings. But he has lost it all - including hismind. He now dives into the wonderfulwounds of his past through the romanticworld of Rudolph Valentino, in this brave,bold, beautiful production. Directed byJim Culleton, Silent is currently wowingaudiences on its extensive Irish, European and US tour.

ASSOCIATED EVENT

Silent | A workshop in Making TheatreDate Saturday 14th SeptemberTime 11.30am-4.30pm Price €10

A day-long workshop for 14-18 year olds exploring the themes behind theFishamble production of Silent. facilitatedby Irish theatre maker and performer Sarah Baxter. Sarah trained at London International School of Performing Arts(LISPA) where she studied devised andphysical theatre.

[The Savage Eye is] the best TV comedy ever made in Ireland

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For Cora Cummins the opportunity to exhibit at VISUAL inspired thoughts of local connections(she is originally from Carlow) and the everyday; how, in fact, the extraordinary can be found onyour doorstep, and how it’s all the more magical and meaningful when it relates to your personalspace of experience, memory and imagination.

This exhibition presents a surreal ‘mapping’ of the county she is from. Memory, experience, unlikely historical fact and flights of fancy fuse to create a new body of work by Cummins, comprising two videos, a set of etchings and a new edition of The Fold, a collaborative publication.

Cora Cummins is now based in Dublin. She studied fine art at DIT and NCAD and currently lectures at IADT Dun Laoghaire, as well as continuing to work on making art.

ASSOCIATED EVENTS

Print Workshop with Cora CumminsDate Saturday 30 November Time 10am - 4pm Price €90 (very limited numbers!) Cora Cummins will facilitate a print workshop at VISUAL using drypoint and chine cole techniques.

IADT @ VISUALStudents from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) in Dublin will develop a body of work dealing with some of the themes that have been developed over this season, drawing inspiration in particular from Cora Cummin’s exhibition and from Undercover, A Dialect, curated by Michele Horrigan.

Digital Gallery 5th October 2013 - 5th January 2014

The Black Rose, The Green Pound and The Blue SkyCora Cummins

Image Credit: The Rose Garden, photograph, 2013. Courtesy the artist

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CINEMA at VISUAL Centre Our monthly screenings continue to explore films that may not have had a screening inthe local multiplex, but which are titans of cinema. We welcome new members to our filmclub all the time, and you can simply come along to any of the screenings and join up. Tofind out more, email films@visualcarlow.com.

Tuesday 10th September at 8pm

LoreDir: Cate Shortland Duration: 109 mins, Germany 2012

When their Nazi SS parents are taken into Allied custody, five siblings are left to fendfor themselves. Teenage Lore (Saskia Rosendahl) takes charge, and the children setout to join their grandmother in Hamburg, some 900 km away. Along the arduousjourney, the children encounter a populace suffering from post-war deprivation, andfor the first time are exposed to the reality and consequences of their parents’ actions. With food hard to come by, and the journey becoming ever more dangerous,the children meet Thomas (Kai-Peter Malina), a young Jewish survivor who helpsthem negotiate their way through tricky situations. Lore is both repulsed by and attracted to Thomas. All that she has been taught leads her to believe that he is the enemy, but his industriousness, generosity and physicality prove alluring.

Thursday 3rd October 11am

KingsDir: Tom Collins Duration: 88 mins, Ireland 2007

In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound forLondon and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again atthe funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. For some of the men the years have beenhard, working in building sites across Britain. Slowly the truth about Jackie's deathbecome clear and the friends discover they need each other more than ever.

Tuesday 8th October at 8pm

Lón Sa SpéirProducer: Éamonn Ó Cualáin Duration: 78 mins, Ireland 2012

Narrated by Fionnula Flanagan, Lón sa Spéir is the remarkable story of one of themost iconic images of the 20th century – Lunch atop a Skyscraper – taken on the69th floor of the Rockefeller Building in the autumn of 1932. At the height of theGreat Depression, eleven ironworkers sit eating lunch on a steel beam, boots dangling 850 feet above the sidewalk of 41st Street. For over 70 years, the identityof the eleven men, and the photographer that immortalised them, remained a mystery—until the start of the 21st century, when the photograph finally began to give up its secrets.

Thursday 31st October at 8pm

HitchcockDir: Sacha Gervasi Duration: 98 mins, UK/USA 2013

‘What if someone good made a horror picture?’ asks Alfred Hitchcock of his wifeAlma Reville early on in this clever and witty drama about the making of Psycho. Thecreation of that film is at heart the story of a marriage between a fat, ugly genius and the ‘tiny, birdlike woman’ who was invigilator, confidante and touchstone to histalent. Played here by Anthony Hopkins, in facial prosthesis and fake belly, and theneither tiny nor particularly birdlike Helen Mirren, Hitch and Alma appear as an indissoluble partnership in art and life. Includes screening of the short horror movie‘The Wheels on the Bus’ made by the young people of Carlow Regional Youth Services.

Tuesday 19th November at 8pm

Much Ado About Nothing Dir: Joss Whedon Duration: 107 mins, USA 2012

Joss Whedon's impact on youth culture is already hard to overestimate. Now he'smade the first great contemporary Shakespeare since Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Whedon is one of the few blockbuster film-makers who also has a semi-repacting company. Small-name regulars from Buffy, Angel and Firefly reel off blankverse in the director's own LA mansion. Whedon's got a keen ear for comedy, a no-nonsense approach to ditching the gags that don't work, a deft hand for slapstickand an eagerness to use it. – JDIFF 2013

Thursday 19th December at 8pm

The Muppets Christmas CarolDir: Brian Henson Duration: 86 mins, USA 1992

Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the bestknown (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the oldmiser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee BobCratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the GreatGonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playfuladaptation of the sombre tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough—the anarchic humour soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghostsof Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his wasted life.This kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent trip to the cinema for all the family.

HALLOWEENSCREENING

CHRISTMAS FAMILY SCREENING

A brand new initiative spearheading the aspirations of The Co-op (see page 2), Voice Box Nightprovides a platform for vocalising local innovation and artistic practice. This social night is a new adventure for VISUAL and will take place twice in every season. It looks to celebrate theenormous amount of creative energy that abounds in Co. Carlow.

Ten speakers will, with 5 minutes each, present an aspect of their practice/career which inspiresand motivates them. Speakers will include musicians, visual artists, artworkers, designers, innovators and many more. Each presenter will battle against a clock to describe what it is that makes them tick and why it is that they do what they do.

Free drink for the first 30 tickets in the door on the night!

Voice Box Tuesday 22nd October/8pm

Connie Byrne Hyland (MC)Seamus O’Hara (Carlow Brewing Company)Paula Phelan (Music Generation)Adam Bohanna (Artist)John MacKenna (Playright)Jamie Alcock (Carlow Youth Services) Emma Martin (Dancer in Residence, VISUAL)Podge Sheehan (President of the Students Union, Carlow IT)Michele Horrigan (Visual Arts Curator)Sinead Dowling (County Arts Officer)And others.

Voice Box Tuesday 28th November/8pmSpeakers will be announced on 5th October.

Dates Tuesday 22nd October / Thursday 28th November Time 8pm Price €5

Voice Box Nights at VISUAL

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This event has been kindly sponsored by the Carlow Brewing Company. Graphics for the The Co-op and Voice Box by the Project Twins.

Sarah Jane Sheils and Sophie Motley, aka

WillFredd Theatre, are delighted to have

been awarded a theatre residency at the

George Bernard Shaw Theatre.

WillFredd pride themselves in immersing

their theatre-making into collaborative

partnership of unusual scope and

diversity, and have worked with the

Dublin Deaf community, farmers,

allotment owners, beekeepers and

palliative care professionals. They

recently produced an extraordinary

piece of theatre entitled Farm which was

awarded the coveted ‘Revive’ Award at

Absolut Fringe 2012.

The project that they will develop during

their time in Carlow will be a theatrical

creation bringing together the Irish

horse-racing fraternity and local artists.

Emma Martin is an Irish choreographer

based in Carlow, whose residency will run

into late 2014.

Her work has been described as ‘at

once beautiful and brutalist, raw and

exquisite’. The work sets out to explore

ways of distilling our everyday existence,

with a desire to draw out the stranger

and otherworldly tones, using a

combination of dance, theatre,

music and song.

Throughout her residency at the George

Bernard Shaw Theatre, she has been

developing a new dance theatre

production, which will premiere in 2014.

Dates November 2013 – October 2014 Dates November 2013 – October 2014

Artist in Residence:

WillFredd TheatreDance Artist in Residence:

Emma Martin

ARTS OFFICE

During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and owned 25companies throughout the world. Allwere money laundering vehicles servinga core activity: dope dealing.

Marks began to deal small amounts ofhashish while doing a postgraduate philosophy course at Oxford, but soonhe was moving much larger quantities. At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to 50tons from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada, while juggling relationships with MI6, the CIA, the IRA,and the Mafia.

His bestselling memoir Mr Nice revealeda man of immense audacity, humour andintelligence. An evening with HowardMarks unveils those same traits, withfresh and extraordinary new materialsince his last visit to Ireland.

Join wildlife lens-man Doug Allan for anunforgettable evening, as he takes youup close and personal with the animalsthat live in the wildest places on earth.

This award-winning cameraman—whoseTV credits include the epic wildlife series:Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, HumanPlanet, Ocean Giants, and FrozenPlanet—will share his adventures, encounters and insights. He will presentextraordinary unseen film footage on thebig screen, and talk about working withSir David Attenborough, Charlie Bird,Gordon Ramsay and others.

Scholar, Smuggler,Prisoner, ScribeA new show byHoward Marks

Doug Allan: Life Behind the Lens

‘Wildlife cameramendon’t come much more

special than Doug.There’s just no one elsewho knows these frozen

worlds as he does’ Sir David Attenborough

Date Thursday 3rd October Time 8pm Price €15

Date Friday 4th October Time 8pmPrice €15

NEW SHOW

What does it take to recover? What happens after collapse? Cure is about overcoming difficulties, aboutwhat's needed to survive and about the journey in hope as much as the arrival. It invites us to look forthe way ahead, and assembles the wisdom and creativity of others in order to take the next steps.

Cure is a new solo for Fearghus Ó Conchúir, choreographed by six artists and performers with whomhe's worked in recent years. Fearghus Ó Conchúir is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of ProjectArts Centre.

This production contains nudity. 14+

ASSOCIATED EVENTSVISUAL has put together a series of opportunities for Carlow people to meet choreographer and dancerFearghus Ó Conchúir, to exchange ideas on the topic of his new work, Cure. Fearghus is one of Ireland’sleading independent choreographers, but he’s also really easy to talk to—so even if you know nothingabout contemporary dance, it’s worth coming to one of these informal get-togethers.

Wednesday 9th October at 11am €5Ré Órga Tea Party. A special Wednesday dance session for our over 50s, hosted by Alicia Christofi-Walshe. Alicia will be introducing Fergus and exploring the themes and inspiration behind Cure over a cuppa.Fearghus will then collaborate with the group. Dust off those dancing shoes and swing on down.

Thursday 10th October at 12pm €5Irish Country Women’s Association’s Pot Luck Picnic. Bring along a dish and come and have a chat withFearghus about life as a contemporary dancer and the inspirations behind the making of Cure.

Saturday 12th October Meet the Artist: See the Work. Fearghus will host a special discussion group with the My Own UniqueIdentity group (part of Carlow Youth Services), looking at the theme of place and belonging.

Date 12th October Time 8pm Price €16

Fearghus Ó Conchúir

Cure

“Calmly conceived and intellectually robust, [Ó Conchúir’s artisitic] strategy doesn’t just produce

eloquent movement, it creates powerful art.” The Irish Times

Aiken Promotions presents

Tommy Tiernan:World Tour of Carlow

With an F Productions presents

Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend By Stefanie Preissner

To his mortifying shame Tommy Tiernanknows nothing about Carlow. He is not evensure how to get there. He is going to getinto the car in Galway, put twenty quidworth of petrol into it, point it towardsWicklow and hope for the best.

Tommy’s mastery of stand-up allows him to take risks other comedians dare not.Through hilarious storytelling and a highenergy, non-apologetic delivery he continually challenges his audience.

To see Tiernan live is a rare treat.

Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend is about a newIrish generation and about change.

It’s more than a haircut or going to college.It’s the changes you can’t control, thechanges you can’t come back from, likegrowing up, or emigrating, or that momentyou realise: you’re not who you thought youwere going to be when you wrote about itin 3rd class.

ASSOCIATED EVENTThursday 25th September5pm - 6.30pmAhead of the performance of Solpadeine, Arts & Disability Ireland—and a panel of experts—welcome audiences to the theatre for an early evening discussionon ‘accessible theatre’, including a demo of the extradionary captioning and audio description services available.

“Brilliant & life-affirming – Tommy Tiernan actually

makes you proud to be Irish.” Irish Independent

Date Friday 11th October Time 8pmPrice €28

Date Friday 18th October Time 8pmPrice €16/€14

This audio-described and captioned performance is facilitated by Arts and Disability Ireland with Arts Council funding.

Captioned + Audio-

Described

Date Saturday 19th October Time 8pmPrice €25 Date Friday 25th October

Time 8pmPrice €16/€14

The Fureys andDavey Arthur

Mend and Make Do presents

Redemption SongWritten by John MacKenna

One of Ireland’s finest internationalbands, The Fureys, will make their second appearance with Davey Arthur in The George Bernard Shaw Theatre.

The Fureys have been entertaining people all over the world for 32 yearswith their music, songs and stories. Theyhave performed before hundreds ofthousands of fans, including the latePope John Paul. Tony Blair has publiclystated that his favourite peace song of all time is The Fureys’ Green Fields ofFrance.

These legends of Irish music will sing alltheir hits, including I Will Love You andWhen You Were Sweet 16, and bring thehouse down with an unforgettable night.

Joe is a small-time builder—as he sayshimself, ‘If you never get too big, younever go out of business.’ Joe’s marriageto Mary has broken up, and his son—ifindeed it was his son—has been killed,brutally executed.

One evening, two young men call to hisdoor with stunning news: they've given alift to a hitch-hiker and they swear theman is Joe's dead son.

Redemption Song is a powerful and gripping contemporary retelling of anold story.

This play is written by local author andRTE broadcaster John MacKenna, and directed by Carlow Club Players’ MarianKinsella.

This audio-described and captioned performance is facilitated by Arts and Disability Ireland with Arts Council funding.

Barnstorm Theatre Co presents

The BocketyWorld of Henryand Bucketby Sarah Argent, in collaboration with Barnstorm Theatre Company

Jack Flash presents

Jackula

What is friendship?

What happens when it goes wrong?

What do you have to do to make it work?

The play explores friendship through aday in the life of Henry and Bucket, twofriends who live in a bockety world of discarded objects.

Enjoy a spooktacular Halloween treatwith the return of this fabulous magic andjuggling show.

Jackula is Dracula’s bumbling youngerbrother. He is on his quest to become theworld’s most magical vampire. He makeshis pet ghost dance. He balances threepints of water on his face. He gets thekids to help him try to step out of hisolder brother’s shadow.

Jack Flash has performed at The WhiteHouse, Leinster House, The Aras and toover 11 million people with RinglingBrothers and Barnum & Bailey’s ‘GreatestShow on Earth’.

For children aged 4 to 12.

Date Friday 8th NovemberTime 10am & 11.30pmPrice €6

Date Sunday 27th October Time 12 noonPrice €6 (Family ticket available)

A stand-out piece of children’s theatre

Irish Independent

Bockety brilliance! * * * *

The Irish Times

Ré Órga Dance Workshop

Ballet Ireland presents

Carmen

Date Wednesdays beginning 4th Sept Time 11am - 1pm (For Over 50s )Price €5 per session

Date Saturday 9th NovemberTime 8pmPrice €18/€15

Alicia Christofi-Walshe returns to theGeorge Bernard Shaw Theatre to leadour over-50s dance group, Ré Órga, in aseries of dance classes this Autumn.These popular sessions encourage, inspire, and motivate people to getdancing; they emphasize maintainingflexibility, strength, balance, and co-ordination in a social and relaxed environment.

Alicia will teach participants new socialdances and contemporary techniques,and she encourages those of all abilitiesto come along, meet new people andmake new dances!

www.aliciachristofiwalshedance.com

Set to Bizet's passionate score, Carmenfollows the story of a young, naïve soldierJose, who is bewitched by the beautifuland fiery gypsy, Carmen. Obsessed and reckless, Jose turns his back on respectable life to be with her.

Ballet Ireland's talented dancers will sizzle in this fantastic new production,bringing passion, colour and drama inabundance.

ASSOCIATED EVENT

A workshop for the dance communityin CarlowDate Saturday 19th OctoberTime 11.30-2pm (14 - 18 years)Price €10

This workshop will begin with a masterclassfrom Ballet Ireland's Stephen Brennan, andwill then explore a scene from Carmen with two professional dancers from thecompany. An incredible opportunity to get the inside track on what it’s like to beinvolved in the making of a new ballet and a chance to see, and dance, a sectionbefore it hits the stage!

Barnstorm Theatre Co presents

The BocketyWorld of Henryand Bucketby Sarah Argent, in collaboration with Barnstorm Theatre Company

Jack Flash presents

Jackula

What is friendship?

What happens when it goes wrong?

What do you have to do to make it work?

The play explores friendship through aday in the life of Henry and Bucket, twofriends who live in a bockety world of discarded objects.

Enjoy a spooktacular Halloween treatwith the return of this fabulous magic andjuggling show.

Jackula is Dracula’s bumbling youngerbrother. He is on his quest to become theworld’s most magical vampire. He makeshis pet ghost dance. He balances threepints of water on his face. He gets thekids to help him try to step out of hisolder brother’s shadow.

Jack Flash has performed at The WhiteHouse, Leinster House, The Aras and toover 11 million people with RinglingBrothers and Barnum & Bailey’s ‘GreatestShow on Earth’.

For children aged 4 to 12.

Date Friday 8th NovemberTime 10am & 11.30pmPrice €6

Date Sunday 27th October Time 12 noonPrice €6 (Family ticket available)

A stand-out piece of children’s theatre

Irish Independent

Bockety brilliance! * * * *

The Irish Times

Barnstorm Theatre Co presents

The BocketyWorld of Henryand Bucketby Sarah Argent, in collaboration with Barnstorm Theatre Company

What is friendship?

What happens when it goes wrong?

What do you have to do to make it work?

The play explores friendship through aday in the life of Henry and Bucket, twofriends who live in a bockety world of discarded objects.

Date Friday 8th NovemberTime 10am & 11.30pmPrice €6

A stand-out piece of children’s theatre

Irish Independent

Bockety brilliance! * * * *

The Irish Times

In every season, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art offers a facilitated program for teenagers interested in artmaking. For winter 2013 we will present a portfolio preparation course for post-junior to leaving cert students.

This eight-week course is broken up into three major sections: Observation,Research Methods and Application. It willbe facilitated by professional artists,third-level educators and artists from thecurrent shows at VISUAL. Aside from studio work they will be introduced tothe arts professionals at VISUAL andgiven some insight into what it is to workin the arts. The VISUAL Saturday ArtSchool is about exploring and introducingstudents to new experiences in the artsand art making as well as offering support in portfolio preparation.

Book on 059 9172400

Mature students welcome.

Family Art Workshop continues in thegalleries this season, welcoming parentsand grandparents to come with their children and grandchildren and get creative. Facilitated by artists, these family fun afternoons are guaranteed to add the sparkle of imagination to any Sunday.

Patrons should note that this is a familyworkshop and parents/guardians mustremain with their children throughout. Suitable for children up to the age of 12 years.

Book on 059 9172400

Date 8 consecutive Saturdays from 26th October

Time 11.15am – 2.30pmPrice €150

Date Sunday 13th October, 10th November, 15th December

Time 2pm - 3.30pmPrice €6 (per family of up to 3 members)

VISUAL SaturdayArt SchoolPortfolio Preparation course for4th, 5th and 6th year students

Family Art Workshop

VISUAL Parent & Toddler Group

Tours for SchoolsOn-going throughout the season

VISUAL’s Parent and Toddler group is where you’ll find the luckiest little toddlers. Facilitated by artist SaidhbhínGibson this group gets to enjoy a morning of fun, art and play, while offering you a chance to meet with other parents.

This season toddlers will make shapemonsters, lollipop butterflies and lotsmore!

Grandparents and child-minders are welcome. Tea and coffee is also provided.

Book on 059 9172400

Every season VISUAL welcomes to thegalleries tour groups from both primaryand secondary schools in the South East. These visits are tailored to the ageprofile of the class.

In this season, the opportunities forSchool Tours expand beyond the walls of VISUAL to some of the site-specificwork around Carlow Town. For primarystudents a range of workshops can beavailed of, and for secondary school students exam questions can be considered.

If you are interested in bringing a classfor a tour please contact 059 9172400two weeks in advance of your proposed date.

Date Wednesdays beginning 11th September

Price €3 (per family of up to 3 members)

Price €2 per student (tour without workshop)

Date Friday 29th November Time 8pmPrice €20/€18

Date Friday 22nd November Time 8pmPrice €23/€20

ABBA Forever Jack LThe return of The 27 Club

It’s Christmas! It’s Party Time! It’s Abba!

Their music is the most played on radiostations around the world, and the musical based on their life is still packingtheatres, and Mamma Mia was a hugecinema hit....

Abba still rolls on!

Believe it or not, it is forty years sincethey started, and this terrific show celebrates with a loud, proud fanfare,bringing you every favourite. It hasplayed to full houses all over Ireland, with audiences rocking in the aisles before they know it.

Get your glad rags on, brush up on thelyrics, don the dancing boots and cometo the best party in town!

Named for the remarkable group ofartists who passed away at the age of 27,The 27 Club brings together materialfrom singers such as Janis Joplin, TheDoors, Robert Johnson, The RollingStones, Amy Winehouse, The Bunnymen,Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana… with thegreat Jack Lukeman doing the honours.

Jack L has blazed a trail around Irelandand Europe with this smash hit show, and this is its final tour. With his ownspellbinding and legendry style, he interweaves the legacy of these artists,not through a vale of tears, but in a rip-roaring musical celebration of life itself.

Because you can’t choose your family...

Three sisters come together in a highlycharged atmosphere on the eve of theirmother's funeral. With a storm raging out-side they laugh and cry, rage and bicker, asthe conflicts of the past and their hold onthe present are mercilessly exposed. Thissearing comedy exposes the patterns andstrains of family life in a way that will be fa-miliar to all.

Directed by Ben Barnes, this production of

The Memory of Water reminds you why yougo to the theatre.

Pat Shortt returns to Carlow with this one-man comedy show charting the life of DixieWalsh (Jumbo Breakfast Roll, Where Did MyMoney Go), a solo lounge musician.

The show is a tribute night to Dixie to which all his peers and friends (the audience) come to celebrate his career.Dixie reminisces about the path his careerhas taken—and the struggles he has had to endure—to get to the top of his game.

One of Ireland’s most talented and deeplyhilarious comic performers in a show thathe has been fine-tuning to perfection—thisis a show to get yourself an early ticket for.

Theatre Royal Productions presents

The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson

Pat Shortt presentsI Am The Band

Ben Barnes’s production counterpoints Stephenson’scomedy and poignancy with

a command that is not easily forgotten.

The Irish Times

Date Tuesday 12th November Time 8pmPrice €18/€16

Date Friday 15th November Time 8pmPrice €28

Date Friday 29th November Time 8pmPrice €20/€18

Date Friday 22nd November Time 8pmPrice €23/€20

ABBA Forever Jack LThe return of The 27 Club

It’s Christmas! It’s Party Time! It’s Abba!

Their music is the most played on radiostations around the world, and the musical based on their life is still packingtheatres, and Mamma Mia was a hugecinema hit....

Abba still rolls on!

Believe it or not, it is forty years sincethey started, and this terrific show celebrates with a loud, proud fanfare,bringing you every favourite. It hasplayed to full houses all over Ireland, with audiences rocking in the aisles before they know it.

Get your glad rags on, brush up on thelyrics, don the dancing boots and cometo the best party in town!

Named for the remarkable group ofartists who passed away at the age of 27,

The 27 Club brings together materialfrom singers such as Janis Joplin, TheDoors, Robert Johnson, The RollingStones, Amy Winehouse, The Bunnymen,Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana… with thegreat Jack Lukeman doing the honours.

Jack L has blazed a trail around Irelandand Europe with this smash hit show, and this is its final tour. With his ownspellbinding and legendry style, he interweaves the legacy of these artists,not through a vale of tears, but in a rip-roaring musical celebration of life itself.

Date Friday 29th November Time 8pmPrice €20/€18

ABBA Forever

It’s Christmas! It’s Party Time! It’s Abba!

Their music is the most played on radiostations around the world, and the musical based on their life is still packingtheatres, and Mamma Mia was a hugecinema hit....

Abba still rolls on!

Believe it or not, it is forty years sincethey started, and this terrific show celebrates with a loud, proud fanfare,bringing you every favourite. It hasplayed to full houses all over Ireland, with audiences rocking in the aisles before they know it.

Get your glad rags on, brush up on thelyrics, don the dancing boots and cometo the best party in town!

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!Now, please don't ask why.

No one quite knows the reason.It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.

It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.

But we think that the most likely reason of all

May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

Following the success of last year’s ‘Christmas Comes to Town’, Striking Productions returns with a fresh new adaptation of Dr Seuss’s How The GrinchStole Christmas, where the Cat in the Hatintroduces us to the tiny, near-invisibleworld of the Whos. The show features ahuge all-singing, all-dancing local cast andwill appeal to all age groups.

‘Oh no it’s not!’‘Oh yes it is!’

Oh yes it’s PANTO time again.

This year the Carlow Club Players are proudto present their take on the world’sfavourite pantomime Cinderella. All the ingredients are there for a spectacular family extravaganza—jealousy, persecutionand deceit.

The Fairy godmother (the good), the step-mother (the bad), and the sisters (the ugly)are all participants in this hilarious fairytale,blending The Carlow Club Players’ very ownmix of storytelling magic with a measure of all things current in town. Shelve all financial worries, ditch all feelings of doomand gloom (‘They’re behind you!’), andbring your brood to this traditional Christmas pantomime.

Date Thursday 5th - Saturday 7th December Time Various times Price €15/€12

Date Thursday 12th - Monday 16th DecemberTime Various matinees and evening

performance timesPrice €15 adult / €12 children

€50 family of four / schools rate

Striking Productions presents

How the GrinchStole Christmas

Carlow Club Players presents

Cinder Eile

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