EntertainingSligo
WEEKLY SUMMER SESSIONS
The Session experience continues every Wednesday night through July and August. This stage show features our resident group showcasing traditional music at its best as enjoyed by generations over many years. One of the longest – running shows of its kind, Seisiún still gets comments from its visitors that ‘ this is what we came to Ireland to experience’. Their seisiún experience is often the highlight of their holiday. These shows entertains Audiences with a variety of traditional music, song and dance. Visitors are encouraged to participate and there is an opportunity to learn a step of a dance such as ‘ The Stack of Barley’ or ‘Shoe the Donkey’. Complimentary tea/coffee is served during the interval.
Junior Music Session continues every Saturday night through July and August. Fiona Doherty along with Coleman Centre musicians invite young musicians to showcase their talent in music, song and dance. This show will entertain audiences with a wide variety of Irish traditional music, song and dance. Audience participation is welcome. Visitors from home and abroad can get a taste of the real Ireland! All shows commence at 8.30pm. Booking and enquiries 071 9182599 or www.colemanirishmusic.com.
ENTIRELY HOLLOW ASIDE FROM THE DARK
Visual Artist AlanJames Burns has announced an exciting artwork ‘Entirely hollow aside from the dark’ touring this summer across the island of Ireland. Together with his creative and installation team, AlanJames Burns will traverse the length and breadth of the Irish landscape installing his immersive artwork ‘Entirely hollow aside from the dark’ inside 5 caves geographically spread across our countryside from July to September 2017.
Created by AlanJames Burns, in collaboration with writer Sue Rainsford and sound editor Ian Dunphy, ‘Entirely hollow aside from the dark’ will visit the scenic hills of Sligo, the seafront of Co. Dublin, The Burren in Clare, the peninsulas of Cork and waterfalls in Fermanagh.
Tickets, event information and booking guidelines available at www.entirelyhollowasidefromthedark.com
The tour will be visiting the Caves of Keash, Keshcorran Co. Sligo, 27, 28, 29 July, in conjunction with Tread Softly Festival, supported by Sligo County Council, Sligo Arts Service, Creative Ireland, The Fox’s Den Public House.
PIANO SCHEME 2017
Music Network is delighted to announce that Francesco Turrisi and Kieran Quinn are the latest recipients of The Piano Scheme 2017, a new opportunity for musicians supported by Jeffers Pianos, in association with Galway Jazz Festival.
The scheme aims to provide access to concert standard pianos for professional musicians resident in Ireland and working in jazz/improvised music, for public performances throughout the country.
Francesco Turrisi will be supplied with a piano for two concerts taking place on 27 th and 29 th July at Sligo Jazz Festival. Kieran Quinn will be supplied with a piano for two concerts taking place on July 26 th at Sligo Jazz Festival. Full details of all four concerts at sligojazz.ie.
Initiated by Galway Jazz Festival, in partnership with Music Network and supported by Jeffers Pianos, The Piano Scheme 2017 aims to:
Facilitate increased employment opportunities, and promote fair remuneration, for Ireland-resident musicians
Increase regional access to live jazz/ improvised music performance for audiences
Develop the range of promoters programming jazz/improvised music throughout Ireland.
Applications are received on a rolling basis with the results being communicated each following month. Application procedure and guidelines available at musicnetwork.ie/musicians/opportunities.
For further information, please contact Andreas Ziemons, Operations Administrator, Tel: +353 1 4750224 Email: operations@musicnetwork.ie.
THE PLAY’S THE THING
Shared light Theatre Company is awarding a scholarship to their upcoming Shakespeare workshops ‘ The Play’s The Thing’ at the Hawk’s Well Theatre. To enter; all you have to do is pick a scene from a Shakespeare play and tell us in 300 words or less, what you would do if you were in the director’s chair! Have fun with the style, time, and place of your choosing. Explain your choices and let your imagination run wild with a scene from Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear or any of the bard’s works.
The Play’s The Thing is a series of three workshops designed especially for Junior and Leaving Certificate students. This August join Isabel Claffey and Patrick Curley of Shared Light Theatre Company as they take to their feet and put the ‘play’ into King Lear, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet. Enjoy Shakespeare through character work, themed games and open discussion in a rehearsal-style setting. Participants will refresh their minds on their English curriculum work before entering the exam year while experiencing the play in an interactive way designed to foster a lifelong understanding and enjoyment of the world’s most famous playwright. The workshops take place on the following dates; King Lear Workshop 2nd-4 th August, Merchant of Venice Workshop 8th-10 th August, Romeo and Juliet Workshop 16 th-18th August. You are welcome to attend one or all of the workshops. Please submit your competition entry by e-mail to sharedlighttheatre@gmail. com before the closing date 20st July 2017. Late entries will not be accepted and the decision is final. The prize is non-transferable and will only be awarded to the winner. The winner will be announced on 27 th July 2017
The Play’s The Thing August 2017 at The Hawk’s Well Theatre
King Lear Workshop 2nd-4 th August I 10am>3pm I €75
Merchant of Venice Workshop 8th-10 th August I 10am>3pm I €75
Romeo and Juliet Workshop 16 th-18th August I 10am>3pm I €75