SEASON AT A GLANCE JANUARY - APRIL 2012

TOM CREAN ANTARCTIC EXPLORER DOUBT A PARABLE CARTHAGINIANS NANCI GRIFFITH MOZART THE MAGIC FLUTE MACBETH RHINOCEROS SURVIVING SANTA PONSA SHOOT THE CROW BECKETT X3 EQUUS SEASON AT A GLANCE JANUARY - APRIL 2012

OPERA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS MOZART - THE MAGIC FLUTE Opera Theatre Company is delighted to celebrate 25 years of touring opera throughout Ireland with this magical and uplifting opera. THE GODOT COMPANY LONDON, IN ASSOCIATION WITH RICHARD RYAN PROMOTIONS, PRESENTS BECKETT X3 Samuel Beckett was an avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Tue 31 Jan, 8pm Enchanting and evocative, Mozart s final masterpiece is a lyrical love story set against an atmospheric backdrop of fantasy and mischief. Sung in English and directed by Annilese Miskimmon. TAKES US OUT OF OURSELVES AND LIFTS OUR SPIRITS Irish Examiner Students 7 (limited) Wed 1 Fri 3 Feb, 8pm Beckett x3 presents three short plays by Samuel Beckett 1. ROUGH FOR THEATRE 2 2. THAT TIME 3. ROCKABY WORDS ARE ALL WE HAVE Samuel Beckett Opening Night: 15 Students 7 (Wed Only) 2

LONDON CLASSIC THEATRE PRESENTS EQUUS BY PETER SHAFFER BLUE RAINCOAT THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS RHINOCEROS BY EUGENE IONESCO ONE OF THE TOP THEATRE EVENTS OF 2012 SUNDAY TIMES Wed 8 Sat 18 Feb, 8pm (excl Sun 12 Feb) Revived in 2007 in a critically acclaimed production starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths, London Classic Theatre now present this Tony award-winning play which continues to wow audiences in what has been described as powerful and haunting The Independent Contains strong language, adult themes and nudity. Suitable for 14 years and over. QUITE SIMPLY, THIS IS THE KIND OF SHOW FOR WHICH AWARDS ARE GIVEN WhatsOnStage Tickets: 25 Concession 20 Students 7 (Mon Wed) Mon 20 - Sat 25 Feb, 8pm Rhinoceros is a searing and bleakly funny study on human nature, and one of the seminal dramatic works of the last century. Blue Raincoat Theatre Company has delighted audiences at the Everyman Palace in recent years with acclaimed productions of The Bald Soprano and their two original stage adaptations of Flann O Brien s The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two-Birds. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES, OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF ABSURDIST THEATRE Irish Times Students 7 (Mon Wed) 3

TOWN HALL THEATRE, DECADENT THEATRE COMPANY AND EVERYMAN PALACE THEATRE PRESENT DOUBT - A PARABLE BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY PULITZER PRIZE AND TONY AWARD-WINNING DRAMA In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Fr. Flynn of improper relations with one of the school children. John Patrick Shanley s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama poses a troubling question: Is Father Flynn, the forward-looking Catholic priest inappropriately involved with a twelveyear-old boy? Or does that allegation spring from the suspicious mind of Sister Aloysius, an aging, dour disciplinarian void of gladness? NANCI GRIFFITH Nanci Griffith s musical journey has taken her from folk and country roots to her own brand of folkability ; from Austin s Hole In The Wall bar to New York s Carnegie Hall, Nashville s Grand Ole Opry and London s Royal Albert Hall. She has penned such classics as Gulf Coast Highway (duet with Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson), Love At The Five And Dime and Outbound Plane and was the first to record Julie Gold s Grammy winning classic From A Distance. She has also been honoured with five Grammy nominations. Tue 28 Feb - Sat 3 Mar, 8pm Students 7 (Tue & Wed) Sun 4 Mar, 8pm Tickets 38.50 (including booking fee) 4

ROBERT C KELLY PRESENTS GIRLS NIGHT THE MUSICAL PLAY ON WORDS THEATRE PRESENTS TOM CREAN ANTARCTIC EXPLORER Mon 5 Sat 10 Mar, 8pm Follow five friends as they re-live their past, celebrate their present, and look to the future on a wild and hilarious karaoke night out... and you ll recognise a bit of yourselves in every one of them! Join Lorraine Keane, Fair City stars Hilda Fay, Sorcha Furlong and West End star Jacinta White with Sharon Sexton in this touching and hilarious tell-it-like-it-is musical that is bursting with energy and packed with hit songs. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES MEETS MAMMA MIA Applause Magazine Tickets Mon 20 Tue - Sat 25 Mon 12 Sat 17 Mar, 8pm Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic Explorer and one of Ireland s unsung heroes, is skillfully brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance written and performed by Aidan Dooley. Fringe First Award Winner - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006 Best Solo Performance Award Winner - New York International Fringe Festival 2003 THIS MAGNETIC REVELATION OF A FASCINATING CHARACTER SIMPLY COMPELS A STANDING OVATION The Irish Times Students 7 (Opening night only - limited) 5

6 SECOND AGE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Wed 21* & Thu 22 Mar, 8pm *Captioned and audio described performance facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland with funding from the Arts Council Ireland s award-winning classics company Second Age is back with a production of one of Shakespeare s greatest and bloodiest plays, the tragedy of Macbeth. Fair is foul and foul is fair in the mind of this Macbeth promising an arresting and heady take on one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Directed by David Horan, whose Second Age production Dancing at Lughnasa was described by The Irish Times as the best show in town. Tickets 22 Concession 20 Groups of 10 or more 18 MILLENNIUM FORUM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS CARTHAGINIANS BY FRANK MCGUINNESS ONE OF THE TOP THEATRE EVENTS OF 2012 SUNDAY TIMES Carthaginians has often been acknowledged as one of the few enduring plays to have emerged from The Troubles. An elegy for Bloody Sunday in Derry, we follow the personal journeys of three women and three men who camp out in a graveyard awaiting the rise of the dead in a production which commemorates the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Directed by Adrian Dunbar BRILLIANTLY EFFECTIVE AND AFFECTIVE The Guardian Mon 26 Sat 31 Mar, 8pm Students 7 (Mon - Wed)

PRIME CUT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS BY OWEN MCCAFFERTY SHOOT THE CROW SURVIVING SANTA PONSA Mon 2 Sat 7 April, 8pm They re back - Ding Ding, Randolph, Socrates and Petesy - four tilers working on a Belfast building dreaming of better things. There s an opportunity to make a few bob on the sly, but not all of them can commit the same petty crime. McCafferty s acclaimed comedy has been presented around the world from the West End to Tokyo. This is a chance for Irish audiences to get to see his hilarious and moving homage to the working man. THE MOST THERAPEUTIC EVENING OF LAUGHTER The Times Students 7 (Mon - Wed) Mon 16 Sat 21 April, 8pm With Finbarr and John still locked up in Benalmadena prison the two oul dolls find that they have aquired 2 milllion euro by rather dubious means and it s they who are now being pursued by the head of the Bulgarian Mafia all the way back to Cork s north side. Will spendthrift Noreen and nymphomaniac Carmel have spent the dosh and done the dirt before the boys get out of the slammer and will they manage to avoid the clutches of the dreaded Hans Von Snicht? This is the second part of the Santa Ponsa trilogy with a major rewrite bringing it bang up to date in the post Celtic Tiger era. Students 7 (Mon - Wed) 7

TOM CREAN ANTARCTIC EXPLORER MACBETH CARTHAGINIANS SHOOT THE CROW SURVIVING SANTA PONSA Mon 12 Sat 17 Mar Wed 21 & Thu 22 Mar Mon 26 Sat 31 Mar Mon 2 Sat 7 April Mon 16 Sat 21 April (Please note a booking fee of 2.25 per ticket applies to telephone and online bookings) www.everymanpalace.com 021 450 1673 15 MacCurtain Street, Cork CORK ARTS STUDIO PRESENTS THE WITCHES Mon 23 & Tue 24 Apr ONLINE PHONE IN PERSON THE WOLFE STAGE SCHOOL PRESENTS FAIRYTALE OF CORK Fri 13 Sun 15 Apr BUYING YOUR TICKETS CADA PRESENTS FIREWORKS 7 7 6 6 5 Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar STAGE SCHOOL PERFORMANCES GIRLS NIGHT THE MUSICAL Mon 5 Sat 10 Mar 5 4 UCC Clubs Go Dancing Sun 26 Feb 3 NANCI GRIFFITH RHINOCEROS Mon 20 - Sat 25 Feb 3 Sun 4 Mar EQUUS Wed 8 Sat 18 Feb (excl Sun 12 Feb) 4 A Night with Scoil Mhuire Sun 5 Feb 2 Tue 28 Feb - Sat 3 Mar DOUBT - A PARABLE BECKETT X3 Wed 1 Fri 3 Feb 2 GENRE PAGE MOZART THE MAGIC FLUTE SHOW Tue 31 Jan DATE SEASON AT A GLANCE designed by www.doodlecreative.ie 8