EntertainingSligo
TOMMY TIERNAN
Come along and see Tommy Tiernan working hard on getting his new show together in a host of intimate venue’s across the country.
It promises to be jam packed with unmannerly notions, chaotic flights of fancy and joyful talking. Get up close and personal with one of the worlds most respected comedians.
He comes to the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Friday, September 7 th.
Tickets priced €25 go on sale this Thursday 5 th July @ 10am from venues & www.ticketmaster.ie
JOHNNY DUHAN
Johnny Duhan performs at the Hawk’s Well on Friday 20 th of July at 8pm. Johnny Duhan started his career as a fifteen-year-old front man with Granny’s Intentions, the most popular beat group in Ireland in the 60s. After rousing Dublin with their soul touch, they moved to London, were signed to the prestigious Deram label, enjoyed considerable success and disbanded before Johnny was twenty-one. Johnny started writing folk songs, poetry and prose at this stage. In a career spanning 40 years, his greatest achievement is a quartet of epic albums - Just Another Town, To The Light, The Voyage and Flame - which correspond to the four chapters of his lyrical autobiography, TO THE LIGHT. Johnny’s songs are sung worldwide in a variety of languages, thanks to the focus put on them by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black and hosts of other Irish and international singers. His song The Voyage has become a modern classic. Christy Moore has termed Johnny “One of our greatest songwriters.” And the late Ronnie Drew described him as “one of my favourite songwriters.”
Tickets to see Johnny Duhan at the Hawk’s Well on Friday 20 th of July are €20 with a special Go See rate of €10 for under 18s. To book call 071 916 1518 or visit www.hawkswell.com
HEADSTUFF LECTURES
For the very first time the popular long running HeadStuff Lectures is leaving Dublin and is coming west to Sligo for Cairde Festival! Join comedian and presenter Gearóid Farrelly for a fun night of ‘Lectures’ with wonderful speakers talking passionately about different topics Thursday 12 th July at the Hawk’s Well theatre. HeadStuff Lectures are not mass, not school and definitely not Ted Talks. This will be an evening of short presentations on anything from popular culture to global catastrophes.
HeadStuff have curated a cracking evening with fantastic speakers for the Sligo event. Comedian Gearóid Farrelly will host, bringing his mischievous and charming humour to the proceedings. Guests include: Kevin McGahern, Eve Darcy, Ciaran Conliffe, Teresa Coyne, Tony Cantwell & Aine Gallagher.
Gearóid Farrelly is a polished live performer and he is popping to Sligo fresh from his summer U.K. tour with Sarah Millican. Gearóid is instantly recognisable from Irish comedy festivals and regularly appears on tour with Neil Delamere. On TV Gearóid is probably best known for playing Pat the conjoined-twin of Gerry (PJ Gallagher) in “Meet Your Neighbours” (RTE). He was also a regular on “The Panel”, “The Savage Eye” and “The Blame Game” on BBC1.
Known best as the host of RTE shows: “Republic of Telly”, “Hardy Bucks”, “Fast & Furious” and “America” Kevin McGahern has also a well-deserved reputation as one of Ireland’s top stand-ups with surrealist and observational humour perfectly mixed into one hairy Cavan man. He most recently stole the show as love-sick Jim, in Alison Spittle’s smash comedy T.V. “Nowhere Fast” RTE (2017).
Eve Darcy is a stand-up comedian and co-hosts the ‘AFOG Pod’ - a podcast about mental and emotional health. Eve also recently performed her own solo show entitled ‘Arousal & Valence’ in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre and will soon be performing an extended version in the Harbour Playhouse Theatre (June 23, 24, 25) entitled ‘When Anxiety Goes Berserk’.
Belfast based Ciaran Conliffe is a professional programmer and has been writing, on and off, since he was five years old. He’s been shortlisted for and won awards, both completed and failed NaNoWriMo. Rants on Twitter way more than is healthy. In his spare time, he does software engineering and gets paid for it. He is also the history columnist for Headstuff website.
Mayo’s Teresa Coyne is a comedian and storyteller. She has appeared on the telly box for Sky Arts and RTÉ. She likes sharks, folklore and getting overly competitive at quizzes
Tony Cantwell defies labels. He has created some of Ireland’s biggest viral video sensations. Fan favourite characters such as Ploon, Your Ma’s Mate, The Dublin Frenchman, Homer/Irish Dad and Gavin Salad.
Just added to this fantastic line-up is Aine Gallagher is an award-winning comedian and resident MC of the Bright Club, a science comedy night.
HeadStuff Lectures are not mass, not school and definitely not Ted Talks. This will be an evening of short presentations on anything from popular culture to global catastrophes. Or anything in between. Talks About Stuff You Didn’t Think You’d Care About. Tickets for HeadStuff Lectures, Thurs 12 July 2018, 8pm cost €14. All tickets will have a €1 Development Fee surcharge and are available from the Hawk’s Well Theatre box office on 071-91/61518 or book online at www. hawkswell.com