Solstice Arts Centre Meath s centre for the arts Programme of Events 9 2 CINEMA AT SOLSTICE ARTS PROGRAMME 2 5 www.solsticeartscentre.ie Excellent Film Bundle Offer 4 films for 18 Highlights in SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER include: THE WHISTLING GIRL WITH HONOR HEFFERNAN / REDMOND O TOOLE & IAN WILSON (free performance)
WWW.SOLSTICEARTSCENTRE.IE At A Glance / Programme of Events 9 2.2 5 September 3rd Sept - 9th Oct Alan Butler Exhibition VISUAL ARTS 4 6th 7.3 pm The Forgotten Kingdom (2 3) FILM 3 8th 8. pm The Whistling Girl Honor Heffernan MUSIC 4 9th 8. pm Jack L Phantasmagoria! MUSIC 4 2 th 8. pm Canadian Orpheus Male Voice Choir MUSIC 4 23rd & 24th The Gruffalo 4 Shows CHILDREN S 2 26th 8. pm Pat Coldrick Classical Guitar MUSIC 4 29th 7.3 pm Mary Lavin: Writer in Profile FILM 4 October st 7.3 pm Redmond O Toole & Ian Wilson MUSIC 5 3rd 8. pm Songs of Identity and Belonging Tonos MUSIC 5 5th & 5th. am Children s Book Festival, Meath County Library CHILDREN S 2 8th 8. pm The New Triangle: Sheahan / Dempsey / O Rourke MUSIC 5 th 8. pm Oliver Callan Live COMEDY 5 4th 7.3 pm Gemma Bovery (2 3) FILM 3 6th 8. pm The Legend of Luke Kelly MUSIC 5 7th 8. pm How to Keep an Alien THEATRE 6 8th 8. pm Two Brothers Vladimir & Anton Jablokov MUSIC 6 22nd & 23rd 8. pm Faulty Towers The Dining Experience THEATRE 6 24th. am & 2.3 pm Brick Flicks Workshops CHILDREN S 3 24th 8. pm Star of The Sea Joseph O Connor THEATRE 6 29th-3 th 8. pm Maxi Cane Matt McGuirk LOCAL ARTS 7 29th Oct 4th Dec In Darkness Let Me Dwell Exhibition VISUAL ARTS 4 29th 7.3 pm Opening reception concert Seaven Teares MUSIC 4 November st 8. pm Phil Coulter MUSIC 7 4th 7.3 pm Queen and Country (2 4) FILM 3 7th & 8th 8. pm & 2. pm Oz Dance Force Academy LOCAL ARTS 7 2th & 3th 8. pm Couplings Richard Ball THEATRE 7 4th.3 am Song of The Sea (2 4) CHILDREN S 3 4th 8. pm A Romantic Voice Sop/Cello/Piano MUSIC 7 9th-2 st 8. pm Spring Awakening Meath Youth Musical Society LOCAL ARTS 25th 28th 8. pm Dancing at Lughnasa Navan Theatre Group LOCAL ARTS 3 th Nov - 4th Dec 7.3 pm Merry Christmas Eastwick Productions LOCAL ARTS December 5th& 6th 6.3 pm & 2.3 pm Frozen Navan School of Dance LOCAL ARTS 7th 1. am & 11.45am Cuckoo Connolly s Curious Clock Shop CHILDREN S 3 8th 8. pm Christmas Memories Spiders Ankles Productions LOCAL ARTS 9th 8. pm The Lost Brothers & Friends MUSIC th-2 th 7. pm & 2. pm Cinderella Panto St. Mary s Musical Society LOCAL ARTS 3th 11. am Winteriffic FAMILY 5th 8. pm Coppélia Ballet Ireland BALLET 2 st 7.3 pm Elf (2 3) FILM 3 Solstice Arts Centre 9 12.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
Enjoy the best in art-house, contemporary and seasonal cinema at Solstice. Individual screening are priced 7.50 / 6 (concession) or avail of the Film Bundle at excellent value with 4 films for 18. Film September Wed 6th, 7.3 pm THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM (2 3) Lesotho / Cert: CLUB / 97 mins / Dir: Andrew Mudge The mountainous scenery of Lesotho provides the canvas for this profoundly visual story of a young man obliged to make a pilgrimage from the bustle of Johannesburg to his native Lesotho upon learning that his father has passed away. The first film ever to be produced in Lesotho, The Forgotten Kingdom is a beguiling quest steeped in the history and culture of the Basotho people. Cambridge Film Festival 2013 Film October Wed 4th, 7.3 pm GEMMA BOVERY (2 3) France / Cert: TBC / 99 mins / Dir: Anne Fontaine When an English couple moves into a quaint village in Normandy, their curious neighbour finds himself obsessed with the stunning young wife Gemma. His fascination leads to strange behaviour; a harmless but dedicated stalker, he s relentless in his hope she ll return his affection. Gemma Bovery is a surprisingly fun rom-com both sexes can enjoy. CINEMA AT SOLSTICE ARTS PROGRAMME Film November Wed 4th, 7.3 pm QUEEN AND COUNTRY (2 4) UK / Cert: 5A / 5 mins / Dir: John Boorman The legendary director John Boorman returns with Queen and Country, a uniquely spirited memoir of his national service days. Serving as a sequel to his Oscar-nominated Hope and Glory, picking up nine years later amid a Britain adrift and bereft in the post-war era. The protagonist Bill questions not just his own national duty but nationalism itself, wondering why Britain should support the Americans in Korea. Starring: Pat Shortt, Richard E. Grant, Sinead Cusack. Film December Mon 2 st, 7.3 pm ELF (2 3) USA / 95 mins / PG / John Favreau A city where no one remembers the true meaning of Christmas. Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human raised in the North Pole to be an elf. After wreaking havoc in the elf community due to his size, Buddy heads to New York City to find his place in the world, and track down his father. But life in the big city is not all sugarplums and candy canes. Starring: Will Farrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart * Members Discount * Excellent Film Bundle Offer 4 films for 18 Highlights in SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER include: THE WHISTLING GIRL WITH HONOR HEFFERNAN / REDMOND O TOOLE & IAN WILSON (free performance) Solstice Arts Centre 9 12.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 3
Music September Fri 8th, 8pm THE WHISTLING GIRL HONOR HEFFERNAN New show featuring music inspired by the poetry of the great Dorothy Parker by composer Trevor Knight, fusing dirty -cabaret, electronic-vaudeville, rock and jazz. Tickets: 6/ 4 Duration: hr 25mins (no interval) * Members Discount * Music September Sat 9th, 8pm JACK L PHANTASMAGORIA! Described as a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century (The Guardian), few can match his award-winning powerhouse vocals and inventive live shows. Tickets: 2 Duration: 2hrs 4 mins (incl. interval) Music September Sun 2 th, 8pm CANADIAN ORPHEUS MALE VOICE CHOIR Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario this internationally respected male-voice choir makes Solstice their first stop on a 15 day concert tour. They will be joined by Navan Male Voice Choir with featured guests, soloist Louise Martyn and the Tara Ladies Choir. Tickets: 6 / 4 Duration: 2hrs Music September Sat 26th, 8. pm PAT COLDRICK By exploring and embracing new technologies Pat strives to enhance the dynamics of the classical guitar and bring his music to a wider audience both at home and abroad. While Pat plays his own arrangements of popular classics such as Classical Gas, The Deerhunter and Autumn Leaves, it is his own compositions like The Lament, Antarctica, CityJam and Elena that set him miles apart. Tickets: 6/ 4 Duration: hrs 45mins (incl. interval) Film September Tue 29th, 7.3 pm WRITER IN PROFILE: MARY LAVIN ( 968) Solstice is delighted to screen the RTÉ documentary writer in profile: Mary Lavin as part of Meath County Council Mary Lavin Season. Writer in Profile was a weekly series presenting interviews with well-known Irish writers. Lavin is interviewed by Niall Sheridan for the programme, which was produced by James Plunkett. This screening will be followed by a group read-in of The Patriot Son led by Tom French. Admission: Free (Pre-booking essential) Duration: 4 mins 4 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
Music October Thurs st, 7.3 pm REDMOND O TOOLE & IAN WILSON Redmond O Toole performs a program of 21st century music by Irish composers including the world premiere of Cortège by Ian Wilson funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. The programme also includes music by Daragh O Neill, Alan Grundy and Brian Bolger. Tickets: Free (Pre-booking essential) Duration: hrs 3 mins Music October Sat 3rd, 8pm SONGS OF IDENTITY AND BELONGING TONOS Róisín O Grady (Soprano) & Eamon Sweeney (Baroque Guitar) specialise in music for voice and guitar from the 6th 8th centuries. In this concert Tonos perform songs from Ireland, Italy, England, France and Greece which record the beating heart of their cultures preserving the feelings and beliefs of ages past. Tickets: 6/ 4 Duration: hr 2 mins * Members Discount * ARTS PROGRAMME Music October Thurs 8th, 8pm THE NEW TRIANGLE JOHN SHEAHAN, DAMIEN DEMPSEY & DECLAN O ROURKE The trio brings together the living pedigree and last surviving original member of Ireland's greatest folk group, The Dubliners, with two of Ireland s finest contemporary voices and song-writing forces. Tickets: 27.5 Duration: 2hrs 3 mins (incl. interval) Comedy October Sat th, 8pm OLIVER CALLAN LIVE Fresh from his hit TV and radio series Callan s Kicks on RTÉ, the controversial mimic returns with a brand new show, featuring a new array of characters from Conor McGregor to Imelda May and Marty Morrissey to Rachel Allen. Tickets: 26 Duration: 2hrs 55mins (incl. interval) Music October Fri 6th, 8pm THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY Dublin singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh has amazed audiences over the past 4 years following powerful sell-out performances. His talents capture the depth and passion of a true Irish musical legend Luke Kelly. Tickets: 7/ 5 Duration: 2hrs 5mins (incl. interval) Highlights in SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER include: THE WHISTLING GIRL WITH HONOR HEFFERNAN / REDMOND O TOOLE & IAN WILSON (free performance) Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 5
Theatre October Sat 7th, 8pm HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN A story about falling in love and proving it to the government. Sonya Kelly (The Wheelchair on my Face) is back with a tearfully funny, tender memoir about securing an Irish visa for her Australian partner Kate. Join her madcap odyssey from the stony townlands of Offaly to the leafy depths of the Queensland bush. Exquisite The Irish Times Tickets: 6/ 4. Duration: 1hr 5mins (no interval) * Members Discount * Music October Sun 8th, 8pm TWO BROTHERS VLADIMIR & ANTON JABLOKOV Traditional Russian tunes, popular classical pieces, themes from movies and musicals, as well as sing-along favourites. Following their hugely successful debut Irish tour Violin maestro Vladimir is once again delighted to share the stage with his equally gifted younger brother Anton. Tickets: 8 / 6 Duration: 1hr 50mins (incl. interval) Theatre October Thurs 22nd & Fri 23rd, 8pm FAULTY TOWER THE DINING EXPERIENCE Solstice and The Box Cafe present this unique dining experience brought to you by Interactive Theatre Australia in association with Ten42 Productions. This interactive theatre performance takes place while you dine. Find out what it would be like to dine at Faullty Towers, being served by the snobbish manic Basil; his domineering wife, Sybil; and their hopeless language-challenged waiter, Manuel. Everything that can go wrong will In fact, this can best be described as organised chaos bundled into two hours of fat-wobbling, gut-busting, face-aching laughter whilst, at the same time, enjoying a fabulous three course meal just don t mention the war! highlight of the 2 8 Fringe Edinburgh Evening News Tickets: 49 (includes a 3 course meal) Duration: 2hrs Theatre/Education October Sat 24th, 8. pm STAR OF THE SEA This wildly inventive, powerful production moves beyond the confines of period drama to trace the echoes of the Irish Famine through to the present day. A bilingual production, accessible to non-irish speakers. This challenging and thought-provoking piece is aimed at audiences of age 15 and upwards. Post-show discussions can be arranged for group bookings. A Moonfish Theatre and An Taibhdhearc co-production, presented by the Strollers Touring Network. Freely adapted from the novel by Joseph O Connor. Admission: 8/ 6 (Group Rate 4) Duration: 1hr 40mins 6 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
Local Arts October Thurs 29th & Fri 3 th, 8pm MAXI CANE S GROWING PAINS Maxi Cane is a typical Irish 2 year old growing up in the early 99 s struggling with embarrassing moments from trouser malfunctions to being rejected by the girl you fancy in front of your arch nemesis. This new original work from Navan writer Matt McGuirk will be performed by a full adult cast and chorus. Tickets: 8 / 6. Duration: 2hrs Music November Sun st, 8pm PHIL COULTER THE 5 TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS For this special concert tour Phil will perform new arrangements of all his well-known songs and will be joined by his guest vocalist, and wife, Geraldine Branagan. Tickets: 25/ 23 Duration: 2hrs 2 mins (incl. interval) ARTS PROGRAMME Local Arts November Sat 7th, 8pm & Sun 8th, 2pm OZ DANCE FORCE ACADEMY This year s annual show takes you down the yellow brick road meeting up with all your favourite characters but Dorothy and her friends will have an adventurous time flying around the world to find her way home. Tickets: 6 / 3 (Children under consession) Theatre November Thurs 2th & Fri 3th, 8pm COUPLINGS Solstice Arts Centre is delighted to present two short plays Rats and The Longest Day by Richard Ball, directed by Padraic McIntyre. The evening will also feature Ball s award winning short story The Chamber Pot. In Rats and The Longest Day chance encounters threaten indeterminate consequences, whilst The Chamber Pot is a visceral intimate reflection of marriage by a husband with a shovel. Tommy Tiernan will perform a reading of the short story The Chamber Pot on the opening night November 2th. Tickets: 8/ 6 Music November Sat 4th, 8pm Duration: 2hrs (incl. interval) A ROMANTIC VOICE O BRIEN, MARWOOD & MCHALE Soprano Sylvia O Brien, cellist Christopher Marwood and pianist Michael McHale come together in a unique combination to perform works by Messiaen, Berlioz, defalla, Andre Previn; Fauré s Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 9 and solo piano works by Phillip Hammond and Schubert. Tickets: 6/ 4 Duration: 2hrs. (incl. interval) * Members Discount * Highlights in OCTOBER include HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN / FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE / STAR OF THE SEA Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 7
G Star of the Sea A Moonfish Theatre and An Taibhdhearc co-production Sat 24th October B How to Keep an Alien Rough Magic Theatre Company Sat 7th October H The New Triangle John Sheahan, Damien Dempsey & Declan O Rourke Thurs 8th October 8 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
G Coppélia Ballet Ireland Choreographed by: Morgann Runacre-Temple Tues 5th December A The Lost Brothers & Friends Wed 9th December ARTS PROGRAMME G The Gruffalo Wed 23rd & Thurs 24th September Highlights this season include THE GRUFFALO / THE LOST BROTHERS C Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd October Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 9
Local Arts November Thurs 9th Sat 2 st, 8pm SPRING AWAKENING MEATH YOUTH MUSICAL SOCIETY Set in the late 9th century Germany, this engaging musical follows a group of young adolescents on the tender journey to adulthood. Accompanied by an indie-rock score which is certain to strike a chord with all audiences. (Contains sexual references Parental guidance advised) Tickets: 7/ 4 Thurs Fri & 2 Sat (patrons night) Duration: 2hrs 3 mins (incl. interval) Local Arts November Wed 25th Sat 28th, 8pm DANCING AT LUGHNASA NAVAN THEATRE GROUP Set in the summer of 936, Brian Friel s play depicts the late summer days when love briefly seems possible for the unmarried sisters living in a cottage in rural Donegal. Tickets: 4 (Wed & Thurs) & 6 (Fri & Sat) Local Arts December Mon 3 th Nov Fri 4th Dec, 7.3 pm MERRY CHRISTMAS Eastwick Productions present a festive collection of your favourite Christmas carols and songs, performed by leading school choirs from around the county. Tickets: 5/ 5 (Family of 4) Duration: 2hrs 3 mins Local Arts December Sat 5th, 6.3 pm & Sun 6th, 2.3 pm FROZEN NAVAN SCHOOL OF BALLET Loved by both young and old, this wonderful Disney classic has been transformed into an amazing ballet show, with fantastic costumes and sets, not to be missed. Tickets: 4/ 45 (Family of 4) Duration: hr 5 mins Local Arts December Tue 8th, 8pm CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Presented by Spiders Ankles Productions, Anthony O Boyle returns to that great tradition, the art of storytelling with a new show, a nostalgic look back at Christmas in a small rural village in the west of Ireland. Comedy sparkles and illuminates a collection of stories that are rich in humour and pathos. This is a unique show with the occasional song and a homely heart-warming collection of tales. Tickets: 5/ 2 10 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
Music December Wed 9th, 8pm THE LOST BROTHERS & FRIENDS The Lost Brothers make their return to the Solstice stage after a great year of playing far and wide and securing many festival dates. Over seven years this hard working band have proven themselves, producing four highly acclaimed albums and working alongside the likes of Richard Hawley, Brendan Benson, Lee Mavers and Glen Hansard to name but a few. Tickets: 4 Duration: 1hr 2 mins Local Arts December Fri th Dec Sun 3rd Jan. Matinees 2pm / Evening shows 7pm CINDERELLA PANTOMIME ST MARY S MUSICAL SOCIETY Cinderella wants to go to the ball. But will she? Oh yes she will! Oh no she won t! Fri th Dec 7pm / Sat 2th & Sun 3th Dec, 2pm & 7pm, Fri 8th Dec 7pm / Sat 9th & Sun 2 th Dec, 2pm & 7pm, Sat 2nd Jan 2pm & 7pm / Sun 3rd Jan 2pm ARTS PROGRAMME Tickets: 8.5 / 65 (Family of 4) Duration: 2 hrs (incl. interval) Family Day December Sun 3th, am WINTERIFFIC! Enter a winter wonderland at Solstice for a special festive celebration. There will be festive music, crafts and fun for all the family. Admission: FREE Ballet December Tue 5th, 8. pm BALLET IRELAND S COPPÉLIA Setting the much-loved story at a County Fair, choreographer Morgann Runacre- Temple (Carmen, Romeo & Juliet), with writer Stella Feehily, have re-interpreted this witty and pertinent ballet inspired by the eternal obsession with youthful perfection. With its nod to the movie glamour of yesteryear, its captivating dance and the charming music of Léo Delibes and Tom Lane, Coppélia will enchant and enthral audiences of all ages. Tickets: 2 / 6 Duration: 2hrs (incl. interval) Highlights in DECEMBER INCLUDE: BALLET IRELAND S COPPÉLIA / WINTERIFFIC! Free Family Day Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 11
CHILDREN S EVENTS Education September Mondays from 7th Sept. CHILDREN S SPEECH & DRAMA CLASSES WITH PENELOPE MOORHEAD Suitable for Junior Infants to 6th Class. Bookings: 87 289 94 4 Education September Tuesdays from 8th Sept. JOANNE S PARENT & TODDLER ART GROUP Suitable for ages 4 years & parents. Bookings: 86 849 53 2 Theatre September Wed 23rd,.3 pm & 5.3 pm & Thurs 24th, am & 2.3 pm THE GRUFFALO Direct from the West End, the official hit stage adaptation of the award winning picture book, The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep dark wood in search of hazelnuts and meet the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the party mad Snake on the way. Will the story of the fabled Gruffalo save Mouse from ending up as dinner for these wily woodland creatures? Armed with only a nut map and a little courage, Mouse must outwit them all, and after all, there s no such thing as a Gruffalo is there? Voted the nation s number one bedtime story by BBC Radio 2 listeners, The Gruffalo has been performed to well over a million people worldwide and has even hit the small screens in a star-studded TV animation. The Gruffalo is the perfect family treat with plenty of songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups. Duration: 55 minutes (no interval) A fine piece of children s theatre Sunday Times Monstrous fun! Daily Mail Tickets: 5 Adult, 3 Child, 5 Family ticket (Schools Offer & teacher goes free) Education October CHILDREN S BOOK FESTIVAL, MEATH COUNTY LIBRARY Jonathan Meres Mon 5th, am (3rd class upwards) The Two Steves Thurs 5th, am ( st class upwards) Children s Book Festival in association with Meath County Council Library Service. Suitable for school bookings, booking essential via Navan Library ( 46) 9436 4 from Wednesday September 9th onwards. Books for sale and signing after the show. 12 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
Workshop October Sat 24th, am & 2.3 pm BRICK FLICKS WORKSHOP A special Halloween themed Brick Flicks workshop. You will learn how to make a spooky set, create a zombie invasion and then have your favourite Lego character save the day! As always the workshops are focused on a combination of simple demonstration with plenty of hands on learning. Materials are supplied though participants are encouraged to bring along their own favourite Lego characters and a few zombies. Suitable for Ages 8 2 year olds. Tickets: Duration: 2hrs 3 mins Film November Sat 4th,.3 am SONG OF THE SEA Inspired by the legend of the selkies magical beings who live as seals in water and humans on land this captivating animated film from the director of the Academy- Award-nominated The Secret of Kells is a magical adventure steeped in the wondrous worlds of Irish myth. Starring: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan. Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Denmark / Cert: PG / 93 mins / Dir: Tomm Moore CHILDREN S EVENTS Tickets: 6/ 4 Theatre December Mon 7th, am &.45am CUCKOO CONNOLLY S CURIOUS CLOCK SHOP A play for children by Padraic McIntyre. The play is set in the Clock Shop of Cuckoo Connolly, who has the very important task of keeping the Christmas Clock going, a job he has been given by Santa Clause himself. When the baddie Christmas stealer breaks in and puts three locks on the clock, Christmas is not going to happen. Will their mission to save Christmas be successful. Tickets: 6 GALLERY OPENING HOURS Tues Sat, 99. am 4. pm FREE ADMISSION Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 13
VISUAL ARTS Exhibition Thurs 3rd Sept Fri 9th Oct WE WERE PROMISED ANARCHY, BUT WHAT WE GOT WAS CHAOS ALAN BUTLER This new body of work brings together numerous approaches that lament the potential of the world wide web as a platform or device for free expression and democracy. Through the use of an assembly of new and traditional media, Butler s work here presents the current state of the Internet as a giant surveillance machine-cum-shopping mall. The Solstice galleries are transformed into a realm of psychedelic colour, headless bodies, bodiless heads, frenetic moving images, and bombastic waffle. Manipulated pieces of seemingly unconnected information and online discourse are melded together into artworks. These attempt to critique the nature of image production, consumption and technological infrastructures. Utilising artefacts from Internet history, the works see this territory as profoundly connected to how power operates on a global scale. Parental guidance is advisable. This exhibition uses footage which contains strobe and flashing lighting. GALLERY OPENING HOURS:Tues Sat, 11.00am 4.00pm. Admission Free Exhibition Thurs 29th Oct Fri 4th Dec IN DARKNESS LET ME DWELL PAUL NUGENT, PATRICK JOLLEY, GARY COYLE The title of this exhibition is taken from a through-composed lute song by early baroque composer John Dowland (c. 6 ). The musical form implies a deep melancholia, originally appearing in the 6 6 song collection Funeral Teares by John Coprario. A flourishing sorrow is intricately formulated by musical dissonance and harmonic instability of which there is no concluding resolution. In Homer s Odysseus flitting purposeless spirits inhabit the Asphodel meadows. In Darkness let me dwell similarly voyages through contemporary shadowlands, and encounters within, inferring a modern, isolated habituation. Opening Reception Thurs 29th Oct 7.3 pm With Concert performance SEAVEN TEARES Curated by Benedict Schlepper Connolly with Belinda Quirke In correlation with the work, Seaven Teares presents traces and connects echoes of melancholia across four centuries of music. Vocalist Michelle O Rourke joins composers Garrett Sholdice (piano, synthesiser) and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly (guitar and sound design) to stage a continuous forty-five minute performance, in which each fragment blends seamlessly into the next. Framed by new arrangements of music by the seventeenth-century composer John Dowland, Seaven Teares envelops its listeners in a dark and luscious atmosphere where contemporary composition meets earlynineteenth century German song, the Irish bardic tradition, and opera aria. Tickets: 2 (Limited ticket availability for concert) 14 Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Box Office: 46 9 923
We Were Promised Anarchy, But What We Got Was Chaos Alan Butler Thurs 3rd September Fri 9th October Culturefox.ie is the definitive online guide to Irish cultural events, giving you complete information about cultural activities both here and abroad. To find out what s on near you right now, visit Culturefox.ie on your computer or mobile phone. Download the Free App. Available now for iphone, Android and Blackberry. Solstice Arts Centre 9 2.2 15 Book Online at www.solsticeartscentre.ie 15
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