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Sunshine Cleaning

Ladies Night Out
From the people who brought you Little Miss Sunshine and starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, this funny and touching movie tells the story of two sisters who decide to make a living by cleaning up crime scenes in their native New
Mexico. The kind of movie that you’ve probably never heard of, but deserves to be seen - highly recommended.
Cert 15


Buy two tickets for Sunshine Cleaning and get 25% discount on tickets fot Zrazy, contact box office on 057 8663355 for this offer.

Annual Membership of Film Club: €20

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Sponsor Portlaoise Credit Union

Al Grant & Glen Flynn

Promising to be an evening to remember, Al Grant (known for his Jim Reeves tributes) and singer/songwriter Glen Flynn will perform country classics like He'll have to go, Silver Haired Daddy of Mine, Lucille, Molly Darlin' and many more. Sure to be a great night of nostalgia and entertainment.

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Jon Kenny

As the Celtic Tiger seems to have slunk into a corner, curled into a ball and gone to sleep, God only knows where (has anyone seen him?) and our newspapers are full of stories of doom and gloom and bad weather, an evening of hilarious comedy with the inimitable Jon Kenny is just what the doctor ordered. We could all do with a good dose of that! So turn off your televisions and radios - they're only making you sick - and come out for an evening of craic!

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Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Children's Activities

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Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Children's Activities

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The Brother

Ten42 Productions
Presents Eamon Morrissey in
The Brother
Based on the writings of Myles na gCopaleen

Eamon Morrissey's relationship with The Brother began when his solo show opened in the Peacock Theatre thirty-five years ago and it remains one of the most recognised dramatisations of Irish writing. While The Brother is firmly lodged in the dark days of Ireland in the forties and fifties his perceptive wit transcends the decades and cultural boundaries bringing the show rave reviews from the international press and public from Edinburgh to Sydney, and many places in between. This 'pint of plain is yer only man!'

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Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Arts and Crafts

Sponsor Robert Redmond Studios

Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Arts & Crafts

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The Wackness

ZOOM Anonymous movie
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer (Josh Peck), who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist, brilliantly played by Sir Ben Kingsley. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates (Olivia Thirlby), who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs

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Niwel Tsumbu & Song of the Nations

The annual Voices Across Cultures concert this year features Congolese guitar sensation Niwel Tsumbu and his new band Song of the Nations. Supported by the Music Network Performance and Touring Award.
Antidotes to the recession don't come much more potent than this. Niwel Tsumbu's indomitable, infectious spirit invaded the intimate confines of Whelan's before his first song had evaporated. The Irish Times

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Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Creative Dance with Suzanne McCabe

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Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Creative Dance with Suzanne McCabe

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Chatterbox School Of Speech & Drama

The talented pupils of Chatterbox School of Speech and Drama take to the stage once again for the school's 15th end of year performance under the direction of Órlagh McCrory. These children range in age from Senior Infants to 6th Class and you will be amazed at the acting and performance skills they bring to the stage.
In order to facilitate the huge demand for tickets, pupils will be divided into three groups so please ensure that you are booking for the correct performance.

Sponsor Portlaoise Heritage

Easter Parade (1948)

ELEVENSES CLUB
An all time classic that's perfect for the season. On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protégée Hannah Brown (Judy Garland), vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

Sponsor Portlaoise Credit Union

Synecdoche, New York

With this film, starring Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Samantha Morton, Charlie Kaufman brings his unique style to the big issues of life, love, death and art. Hoffman plays an unsung theatre director who life is slowly coming apart when he wins an award which, he thinks, will him time and space to write the Great American Masterpiece. However, life continues to intrude on his plans.

Duration: 123 mins Cert 15A

Annual Membership of Film Club: €20

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Ceiltis School Of Speech & Drama

The Ceiltis School of Speech & Drama centres from Portarlington, Monastrevin and Mountmellick will entertain an audience of family and friends with an evening of group drama, solo drama, poetry mime, song and dance.

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Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Art and Crafts with Niamh White

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Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Art and Crafts with Niamh White

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Frances Harney School Of Speech & Drama

Prepare to be transported to the land of the little people, to Rhymeland or even to Letterland. Meet spies, witches, leprechauns and many more zany characters in this years 'all new' showcase presentation. A day of original scripts and only one chance to catch it - book early to avoid the disappointment of missing these three, different and unique shows.

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Simply Charming

Prepare to be charmed!
Join Jesters Stage Academy in this vibrant variety show. From Chicago to Michael Jackson and everything in between, this show is packed with West End stage musical favourites, Disney classics, dramatic scripts and a few surprises along the way. Guaranteed fun for all ages. Early booking advised.

Sponsor Robert Redmond Studios

Zrazy

Unfortunately this show has been CANCELLED

Sponsor Leinster GAA

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In borrows its title from a Morrissey song, but don't let that put you off. It's an angular and lusty teen horror movie based on John Ajvide Lindqvist's bestseller in which lonesome, whey-faced 12-year-old Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) becomes smitten by a young, female vampire named Eli (Lina Leandersson). Described by numerous critics as one of the best films of the year.

Duration: 114 mins Cert: 16

Annual Membership of Film Club: €20

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Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Drama with Siobhan O Kane

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Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Drama with Siobhan O Kane

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Children's Art Classes Term 2

Fun children's art classes, running all year. Explore paint, print, construction, clay and craft.
Term 2 April 13th-May 25th 3.30-4.30pm 5-8yrs (7 weeks)

Creative Dance

A dance class for adults exploring movement and rhythm, great exercise with gentle warm up and warm down to ease you into energetic routines / steps and a chance to let your creative side go wild when making up your own dances!

Sponsor Fingleton White

The Tinkers Curse

After the success of The Tinkers Curse in 2007 (nominated for Best New Play in Irish Theatre Awards) award winning actor and Irish Times Columnist Michael Harding is back on the road with a moving story about a travelling man who climbs Croagh Patrick to do penance for the sins of a lifetime. Accompanied by musician Finbar Coady this is a funny and sad night in the theatre; a glimpse of the joys and sorrows that make up the life of an Irish Traveller.

Written & performed by Michael Harding

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Tree House Club (All Ages)

Short Films 'Peter and the Wolf' and 'Lost and Found'

25mins per film and interval between them

Chamber Philharmonic Europe Powerful Emotions Tour 2010

Enjoy an evening of versatile sounds and complex emotions with the following selected works:

- A. Vivaldi 'Spring' from The Four Seasons

- T. Albinoni Concerto Saint Marc for trumpet and orchestra

- W.A. Mozart Divertimento, F major KV 138

- E. Grieg Holberg-Suite

- H. Purcell Sonata No. 1 in D major for trumpet, strings and continuo

- J.S. Bach Concert for violin and orchestra, A minor BWV 1041

Featuring the award-winning soloists K. Gusarov (Trumpet) and B. Balogh (Violin).

The Chamber Philharmonic Europe is a private orchestra initiative founded 2006 in Cologne/Germany, which engages musicians to create a demanding artistic ensemble. We employ over 60 talented professional musicians from 12 nations, a compilation of years of experience on international stages.

Since ist inception, the Chamber Philharmonic Europe has been built upon a broad range of professional experience. Our musicians have performed in many reputed concert halls and opera houses, including:
- Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris
- De Munt Oper, Brussels
- Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
- Grand Théâtre de la Ville, Luxemburg
- Konzerthaus, Berlin

Creative Dance

A dance class for adults exploring movement and rhythm, great exercise with gentle warm up and warm down to ease you into energetic routines / steps and a chance to let your creative side go wild when making up your own dances!

Sponsor Emo Oil

Sugar

Sugar is a sporting drama with a difference, a film which ducks an outpouring of cliche to expose the whole rags-to-riches mantra as a bright and shining lie. Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a teenage Dominican baseball pitcher who finds himself courted by a gringo talent scout and set down in the minor leagues of smalltown Iowa. He works and plays hard and is exploited to the full by the sporting kingpins - a powerful tale of grace under fire; of triumph in the face of a wider, institutionalised adversity.

Duration: 114 mins Cert 12A

Annual Membership of Film Club: €20

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Sponsor Leinster GAA

Silence of the Prams

Showstoppers Stage school presents
Silence of the Prams
As the evil genius Dr. Bold Boy attempts to turn the entire child population evil, ten year old agent Clarissa Sparrow and a team of weird and wacky superheroes try to save them. Expect lots of fun, hilarious jokes, dancing, singing and a whole lot more! A great family show!

Sponsor Portlaoise Credit Union

Tree House Club Junior (Under 6)

Children's Activities

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Tree House Club Senior 6-8 years

Children's Activities

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The Searchers

Elevenses Film Club
The Searchers tells the emotionally complex story of a perilous, hate-ridden quest and Homeric-style odyssey of self-discovery after a Comanche massacre, while also exploring the themes of racial prejudice and sexism. Its meandering tale examines the inner psychological turmoil of a fiercely independent, crusading man obsessed with revenge and hatred, who searches for his two nieces (Pippa Scott and Natalie Wood) among the 'savages' over a five-year period. The film's major tagline echoed the search: 'he had to find her...he had to find her.'

Creative Dance

A dance class for adults exploring movement and rhythm, great exercise with gentle warm up and warm down to ease you into energetic routines / steps and a chance to let your creative side go wild when making up your own dances!

Sponsor Leinster GAA

Johnny Patterson

Barabbas Presents
Johnny Patterson, the Singing Irish Clown
by Little John Nee

This powerful new show is homage to the extraordinary life of circus performer Johnny Patterson from Co. Clare, known as 'The Singing Irish Clown.' Whose hit songs like Goodbye Johnny Dear and Where the Praties Grow can still be heard today.

Mesmerising. Enchanting. Magical. Touching. Ingenious. Innovative. Quirky. Endearing. Experimental. Different and highly imaginative. All words that appropriately describe Barabbas' latest theatrical offering.
Irish Theatre Magazine

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Treehouse Club Junior - Kindermusic

For 3-6 year old children

This is a fun class for small children who like music and enjoy interesting sounds and fun rhythm games.

Treehouse Club Senior -Kindermusic

For 6 to 8 years

Kindermusic is a pre instrumental class for children to experience rhythm and sound before they encounter instruments and uses games and challenges to help children interact with music.

Dean Spanley

Based on a little-known 1936 novella by the Irish author Baron Dunsany, Dean Spanley stars Jeremy Northam as Fisk, an Edwardian publisher who is exasperated by his cantankerous father, played by Peter O'Toole in a dotty yet powerful performance. Fisk's older brother was killed in the Boer war and his mother died of a broken heart soon after, but Fisk Sr refuses to grieve. A charming family comedy particular suited for the older generation.

Adult Ceramics Classes

Ceramics Adult Class May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, June 9th and June 23rd

Adult ceramic classes for beginners and intermediate exploring hand building with Ceramicist Kevin McCann. Participants will develop objects for firing and glazing and will be offered an opportunity to display their work in the Dunamaise. This is a 6 week course with gaps to allow for firing and glazing.

Louise Morrissey & Friends

Louise Morrissey is celebrating 21 years in Country music this year, and what a success her career has been during those years! To mark 21 years at the top she is doing a series of special concerts where she will be joined by her good friends, legendary Irish country singer Larry Cunningham and the ever popular John Hogan.

Treehouse Club Junior Drama 3-6years

This is a fun class for small children to mix in a group and imagine wild and wonderful stories and ideas.

Treehouse Club Senior Drama 6-8 years

Drama is a great opportunity for children to expand their imaginations and work in a group to experience make believe and take on characters and stories.

Love Letters

A.R. Gurney's Love Letters chronicles the relationship between Andy and Melissa solely through their correspondence. The play tells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner, whose poignantly funny friendship and ill-fated romance takes them from second grade through adolescence, maturity, and into middle age.

A smash hit both off and on Broadway, Love Letters features well known TV actors Bryan Murray (The Irish RM, Brookside, Fair City) and Una Crawford O'Brien (Fair City).

Grease

CBS & Scoil Chriost Ri presents
Grease
This show takes the form of a romantic based comedy. It is the story of Sandy and Danny, 2 summer sweethearts, who are torn apart by school in September. Unknown to both of them, they are in the same school! This story follows Sandy and Danny and their friends in their last year of High School, and all the highs and lows along the way.

The Transition Year students of Scoil Chriost Ri and the CBS, Portlaoise are proud to present their production of Grease, The Musical. This show is set to be full of upbeat dances, brilliant acting and all your favourite songs which are sure to have your feet tapping along.

Treehouse Club Senior Art 6-8 yrs

A great way to encourage children to experience different arts and crafts and use new materials.

Madam Silk

The winds of time blow through a room and awaken Madam Silk with all her memories, dreams and fantasies. Three performers, working with fabric, music and video projection, present a haunting, visually stunning piece where the aerialists dance both in the air and on the ground using circus skills on fabric and hoops. Fidget Feet is Ireland's foremost Aerial Dance Theatre Company and creates spectacular indoor and outdoor work. It has become renowned internationally as a creative organisation that stretches the boundaries between several arts forms, combining aerial skills with contemporary circus while creating theatre fused with aerial dance, music and video art. The show is highly recommended for all ages and the company will also hold a workshop for interested groups on the day before the performance.

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Treehouse Club Junior Creative Dance 3-6 yrs

Creative dance is a great way for little kids to try out their bodies, moving to music copying dance moves and bouncing around.

Treehouse Club Senior Creative Dance 6-8 yrs

Creative dance allows children to explore ideas and sounds through movement and rhythm.

An Education

An Education 95 mins Cert :15
The 1960s were a time of change. So is life when you are 16. That combination propels An Education, set in London in 1961, and makes it an unforgettable coming-of-age story. Attractive, bright, 16-year-old Jenny is stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine; she can’t wait for adult life to begin. Carey Mulligan is outstanding as Jenny, giving the film its unmissable quality.

End of Year Gala Concert

Laois School of Music presents
End of Year Gala Concert

The Laois School of Music grows from strength to strength and this year's concert will feature over 70 students on a selection of piano, strings, guitar, woodwind and voice, along with the Orpheus Orchestra, Flute Choir and Senior Ensemble. Special guests tonight will be the winner of The Young Voice of Laois and the Primary Schools Instrument Bank recipients. A wonderful evening of music not to be missed.

Curtain Call Performing Arts

It is an exciting production of west end Showstoppers featuring students of Cutain Call and Angelina Ballerina plus a host of special guests
Children age 3-16

Bollywood workshop 6-8 yrs

Bollywood is a mix of Indian and Hip Hop dance.
6 week course

Language Unbecoming A Lady

Bottom Dog Theatre Company presents
Language Unbecoming A Lady

In a dressing room an aging drag queen reveals his life and loves, victories and defeats. Using the music of Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand, Billie Holiday and more, Language UnBecoming a Lady reveals the story of one gay man's life. From his childhood through adolescence and onto adulthood, the one constant in his life is the music of the divas who provide comfort, strength and inspiration. A funny and touching portrait of gay life in Ireland over the last 40 years written and performed by Myles Breen (Fair City) Bottom Dog Theatre Company is based in Limerick and was recently nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award.

Beauty and the Beast

Pupils of Scoil Bhríde Primary School perform their musical version of the classic children's tale Beauty and the Beast. A curse is placed on a young prince after he insults an old enchantress and he is transformed into an ugly beast. Only when he learns to love someone and earn their love in return will the spell be broken. Despair fall on the castle and on all who live there until the arrival of a beautiful girl who is searching for her father who has been imprisoned by the beast. Will she be the one to break the spell?

Treehouse Club Kinder Music 3-6 yrs

This is a fun class for small children who like music and enjoy interesting sounds and fun rhythm games.

Treehouse Club Senior Kinder Music 6-8 yrs

Kindermusic is a pre instrumental class for children to experience rhythm and sound before they encounter instruments and uses games and challenges to help children interact with music.