WHAT’S ON at a glance
ARTISTS’ A TALK
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 7 p.m.on Wednesday, November 15
Painter Mary Duffy received an Arts and Disability Connect Bursary and spent over a year working with artist and mentor Donald Teskey as she negotiated a move from being an artist who primarily worked outdoors to one who is now at ease in her studio. Meet the artists and see a selection of their work as they discuss the past year working together.
A Admission is free. To reserve a seat, call the box office on 01 2724030. LAUNCH L OF ‘BEYOND THE PALE’ EXHIBITION
Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 19
Jacinta Crowley-Long is a leading professional Irish painter of canine, equestrian and landscape paintings. Most of her landscape subjects are found in the, fields and hills on the Wicklow Way near where she lives. Exhibition runs until Friday, December 15, from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., W Wednesdays to Saturdays.
GREYSTONES G VOCAL ACADEMY SHOWCASE Whale Theatre,Greystones
5 p.m. on Sunday, November 19
Talented local students, aged eight to 18, and their singing teacher will perform a variety of pop, musicals, rock and jazz classics. The concert will feature Liam Andrews, Isibéal Boylan, Nina Braswell, Grainne Bright, Gemma Clarke, Sadhbh Condon, Sive Cusack, Emma Devine, Niamh Duggan, James Fennell, Juliette Kidd, Kristina Kidd, Roisin Lynch, Jack Mohan, Eleanor O’Kelly, Caragh O’Neill, Jessica O’Neill, Shannon Russell, Tiarnán Shortt, Gráinne Shortt, Xara Smal and Ellie Walsh. Doors open at 4.30 p.m. Tickets cost €15 for adults and €5 for children and are available from the Whale Theatre.
CONNECTIONS C
Whale Theatre, Greystones
8 p.m. from Thursday, November 23, to Saturday, November 25
Greystones Players present ‘Connections’ – a diverse and entertaining evening of four one-act plays, exploring variations on love, relationships a and our expectations of theatre. The programme includes While the Auto Waits, adapted from O. Henry’s short story by Walter Wykes; Sure Thing by David Ives; the amusing and poignant Post-Its by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman; and Audience, Michael Frayn’s clever and comic examination of the nature of theatre. For tickets go to whaletheatre.ie.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE PENSIONER Courthouse Arts Centre
8.30 p.m. on Saturday, November 25
Neil Delamere tells the story of how his dad once asked him to help deliver the Meals on Wheels. He agreed, little knowing that their lives would never be the same again... except the bits of their lives that didn’t change. Tickets cost €22 and are available from the Courthouse.
TOMMY FLEMING IN CONCERT St Joseph’s Church, Baltinglass 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 30
After 25 years performing to audiences around the globe, Tommy Fleming is bringing his unique voice and style to Baltinglass. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost €30 and are available from the parish office or from O’Reilly’s, Burke’s Newsagents and Centra.