WHAT’S ON at a glance
GROUP EXHIBITION Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely Now until Friday, November 10
Four artists from the Courthouse Arts Centre’s very successful Emerging Artist’s Exhibition 2016 – Niall Lynam, Karen Walsh, Alison Tubritt and Sean O’Rourke – are taking part in this group exhibition. Each artist has a distinct style and all have a strong future ahead as a upcoming Irish artists to watch. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
DAVID O’DOHERTY: BIG TIME Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 2
David O’Doherty will present an evening of his latest jokes and songs. He spent the last year on tour in America, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival, and has just completed his largest ever UK tour. Tickets, costing €20, are available from the Mermaid.
THE NINA IN ME
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 8 p.m. on Friday, November 3
Karen Underwood performs Nina Simone’s timeless songs, interwoven with her searingly honest stories of growing up black in America and her voyage of musical and emotional discovery in Ireland. The Nina in Me has wowed Irish audiences with Karen’s life story and, more importantly, her powerful voice. Tickets, available from the Mermaid, cost €22.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE – MEET THE ARTISTS Whale Theatre, Greystones 8 p.m. on Friday, November 3
Determined to highlight/unveil the many great musicians, painters, actors, dancers and playwrights walking around Greystones, local contemporary dance artist Karen Gleeson curates a night that celebrates this particularly intoxicating art form. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets, which cost €10, are available from the Whale Theatre.
REBECCA STORM: MY LIFE IN MUSIC Whale Theatre, Greystones
8 p.m. on Saturday, November 4
Rebecca Storm will sing the classic hits of great writers such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Barry Gibb and Benny Anderson at this special night in aid of Greystones Cancer Support. Fair City’s Maclean Burke will act as Fear an Ti. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets, which are available from www.whaletheatre.ie, cost €40.
IRISH MEMORY ORCHESTRA Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, November 5
Accordion wizard Máirtín O’Connor and award-winning composer and guitarist Dave Flynn will play with the Irish Memory Orchestra, featuring vocals and fiddle by Niamh Varian-Barry, virtuoso clarinet/sax from Matthew Berrill, percolating percussion from Aidan Dunphy and fascinating Bronze and Iron Age Celtic horn demonstrations by Dr Billy Mag Fhloinn. Tickets, available from the Courthouse, cost €22.
SQUARE ONE PRESENTS ‘THE CRUCIBLE’ Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
7.30 p.m. nightly, Tuesday, November 7, to Saturday, November 11
Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ is a dramatised and partially fictionalised story of the infamous Salem witch trials. It was inspired by the 1950s McCarthy hearings that aimed to root out communists and continues to affect audiences by allowing them to see how hidden agendas can be played out. Tickets cost €18 and are available from the Mermaid Arts Centre.
AN EVENING WITH MICK HANLY AND DONAL LUNNY Whale Theatre, Greystones
8 p.m. on Friday, November 10
Donal Lunny, the wry, inquisitive troubadour, has helped to drag Ireland’s traditional music kicking and reeling into the 21st century with the likes of the ground-breaking Planxty and the even-more-groundbreaking Moving Hearts. It was in the latter that he teamed up with another music icon, Mick Hanly, and together, they present a night of old favourites and new sensations. Tickest cost €25 and are available from the Whale Theatre.
CELL BY PAULA MEEHAN (PERFORMED BY UCD DRAMA SOCIETY) Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely 8.30 p.m. on Friday, November 10
Three women of different ages from Dublin’s inner city, imprisoned for drug offences, have made a world of sorts for themselves, one with its own desperate rules and conventions. But their world within a world collapses when an apparently naïve country woman, found guilty of murder, is sent to share their cell. Tickets are available from the Courthouse and cost €14.
TOMMY HALFERTY TRIO Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, November 11
The Tommy Halferty Trio, one of Ireland’s leading jazz groups, will present exciting new compositions from their forthcoming album ‘Station Midi’. Jazz guitarist anc composer Halferty’s latest project features one of Ireland’s leading rhythm sections, Dave Redmond on double-bass and Kevin Brady on drums. Tickets, cost €14, and are available from the Courthouse.