EntertainingSligo
OPEN AIR GARDEN THEATRE TOUR
Throughout the summer, Chapterhouse Theatre Company will be bringing stunning performances of six classic stories to over 180 of the UK and Ireland’s most beautiful garden venues, promising to be one of the most enchanting and unmissable events of the summer. www. chapterhouse.org. In celebration of the 150 th Anniversary of its publication, Little Women is one of three brand new adaptations touring this summer. Also new this year are two fun-filled family shows Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Robin Hood and his Merry Men, with another chance to see returning favourites A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sense and Sensibility and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
The open air tour comes to Markree Castle on July 11 th.
LORCÁN MACMATHÚNA: THE TAIN
Lorcán MacMathúna: The Tain featuring Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Martin Tourish, Eamonn Galldubh, and Daire Bracken come to The Model, Sligo on April 28.
This unique inter-disciplinary Sean-Nós composition and contemporary dance performance, will see MacMathuna, bring outstanding contemporary dancer Fearghus O’Conchuir, together with traditional musicians in a new interpretation of ancient Irish stories, using Louis LeBrocquy’s The Tain works from The Niland Collection as an inspiration and a backdrop. Followed by: The Tain: In Conversation. This once off special event will be followed by a discussion with MacMathúna and Ó Conchúir led by composer and musician Emer Mayock.
THE DRAWER BOY
Written by Michael Healey and set on a remote Canadian farm, in its premiere year, The Drawer Boy won every theatrical award available to it in Canada and Beezneez bring the first Irish touring production of the play to The Hawks Well Theatre on Wednesday March 28th, where their work has become hugely popular over the years
The Drawer Boy replays the adventures of a young actor from a Toronto theatre group who visits the rural Ontario home of two elderly bachelor farmers to “research” farm life for a new play. In doing so, he demonstrates the way in which a collective creation appropriated the lives of its subjects and changed their own interpretation of it. The two farmers, Morgan and Angus, have achieved a precarious balance in their lives togeth- er. Morgan, a tough-minded, stubborn man, cares for Angus, who has had brain damage and lost his memory during the bombing of London in the Second World War. Angus is initially identified as “the drawer boy” because he used to design buildings, and has the talents of an architect. Morgan calms and reassures Angus by retelling their story - of the two tall women whom they loved, and who came to live with them in Canada. The young actor, Miles, learns, however, that this story is a fiction, and that the truth is much sadder. It would, in fact, destroy their friendship. In the process of telling their story as play, however, he reawakens Angus’s memory. Art becomes life. Miles is in effect the “drawer boy,” delineating and creating an alternative reality. As he tells Morgan, “We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.”
This is a rescheduled event. All those with tickets for original show date, Thursday 1st of March have been contacted.
BENBULBEN CARNIVAL
The Benbulben Carnival will consist of two nights of music in Stephen Street car park on the June bank holiday weekend. The proceeds of this event will be donated to four well known Sligo charities that rely solely on local funding. They are as follows: MS Therapy Centre Sligo, North West Hospice Sligo, Alzheimer’s Society Sligo and Friends of Sligo University Hospital Cardiac Services.
The line-up for the event is as follows: Saturday: Hothouse Flowers, Dervish, Indian, Dean Gurrie, The Well Dressed Hobos, Swag jammers.
Sunday: Paul Kelly, Charlie McGettigan, Sandy Kelly, No Crows, The Dartry Ceilí Band, Leanne Rowlette, Robin Hey, Raglan Roads.
MIKE DENVER
International singing sensation Mike Denver, with special guests Ray Lynam and Philomena Begley, will take to the stage at Sligo Park Hotel on Wednesday 28th March 2018. This will be a night to remember and tickets are already flying out the door!
Doors will open at 7pm with the show starting at 8pm. Enjoy a one night break with bed and breakfast plus tickets to see Mike Denver in concert in the hotel on Wednesday the 28th of March from €149 total stay.