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Children's Art Classes

Term 3 June 1st 5-8yrs
Fun children's art classes, running all year. Explore paint, print, construction, clay and craft.

Crazy Heart

As has-been country singer Bad Blake, Jeff Bridges looks like something scraped off the bowling alleys he's been reduced to playing. His beard redefines scraggly. His guitar can't hide his gut. His voice croaks from cigarettes, booze and one-night stands that earned him four divorce decrees. In a performance that finally won him an Oscar we get the chance to watch a great actor at the peak of his form.

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God's Official

Two football fans have just seen their side relegated after a referee disallowed a perfectly good goal, allowing the opposition to go down the other end and score.
The referee's decision is final...or is it? The two cheated fans have to take matters into their own hands after a dodgy call sends their team crashing into the relegation zone. The two lads decide to take matters into their own hands and kidnap the Ref to force him to change his mind on the all important goal with hilarious and unexpected consequences

TreeHouse Club BollyWood Dance

Bollywood dance is a mix of Indian and hip hop dance. This energetic, exciting dance is not only a great form of expression but also brilliant exercise.
Book now, very limited spaces.

TreeHouse Club BollyWood Dance

Bollywood dance is a mix of Indian and hip hop dance. This energetic, exciting dance is not only a great form of expression but also brilliant exercise.
Book now, very limited spaces.

Marie Louise Bowe

The Students of the Marie Louise Bowe Music Academy in association with special guests (local and national) present a feast of traditional Irish tunes, and catchy classical repertoire as part of their end of year concert at the Dunamaise Arts Centre.(Launch of The Music For Fun Summer Camp 2010)

Flea Circus

Pignut presents
Flea Circus - It's amazing! It's spectacular! It's astounding! It's tiny!
Witness feats of astonishing bravery - acrobatics, trapeze, high wire and more. With all the thrills and spills of the real thing, this miniature adventure is sure to bring plenty of laughs while providing a fun-packed, imaginative experience.
Duration: 20 mins Capacity: 16-20 adults & children (aged 5 +)

Eamon

Eamon plays like the most expensive low-budget film you've ever seen - the result is a fabulously fresh and highly entertaining first feature. Selfish, bratty little Eamon shoos his father aside for a privileged place in his mother's heart. A bright, satirical drama with dark overtones, Eamon is a little gem.
86 mins Cert 15A

The Miser

The Lyric Theatre
in partnership with the Ulster Bank
presents Moliere's comedy
The Miser
A tale of true love between a man and his money

Moliere's classic costume comedy is an uproarious tale of true love between a man and his money, and is brought to you by the Northern Ireland's premier theatre company, the Belfast - based Lyric Theatre. When old widower Harpingon decides to marry off his children against their will, he sets the entire family scheming to steal his fortune. With forbidden romance in the air and the family treasure buried in the backyard, it's a race to see who will come out on top. Can Harpingon stay a stride ahead and hang onto his beloved hoard-getting himself a hot young bride to boot? Or will his kids succeed in foiling his selfish plans? Set in the 17th century and with sumptious costumes, this is a side-splitting period drama not to be missed.

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Back Stage Ireland

An evening of musical theatre presented by the students of the Backstage Academy of Performing Arts.
Tickets on sale from Tony Daly on 091 590706

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper Productions in association with Cork Midsummer Festival presents
A brand new musical is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning production, which has played sell-out seasons in London’s West End and at the Edinburgh festival. Audience suggestions help to create a show on the spot, as the all-singing, all-dancing cast improvise with unpredictable and frequently hilarious results.

“Having now seen Showstopper! twice, I can testify that not only is each performance achingly funny, it’s a genuinely new full-length musical every time. Top-class in creativity in action. Worth seeing again and again.” ***** Time Out

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His & Hers

'A man loves his girlfriend the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.' Old Irish Proverb.

From kitchens, living rooms, and hallways across the Irish midlands, His & Hers delightfully combines observation and charm to tell a 90-year-old love story through the voices of 70 women. This intimate gender and cultural snapshot explores a woman's relationships with the men in her life—father, boyfriend, husband, son. Following sequentially from little girl to old woman, each character portrait is woven with the others into one perfectly crafted cinematic quilt.

His & Hers is an enchanting and affectionate appreciation for woman in all her versatility. Award-winning short film director Ken Wardrop (Undressing My Mother, The Herd) has applied his signature style, marking an accomplished feature debut.

His & Hers won the Audience award in the Dublin International Film Festival, The Feature Award in the Galway Film Fleadh, an IFTA for Best Feature Documentary and the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2010.

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Guitar Stars 2010

Local guitar teacher Caroline Smith and her students are busy putting their end of year show together. Songs from all eras will be on show. Caroline’s students both adults and children are looking forward to presenting the songs they love in their own unique style. They have been working hard to impress you with their songs this year and hope you will come along and enjoy their end of year show.

Guitar Stars 2010

Local guitar teacher Caroline Smith and her students are busy putting their end of year show together. Songs from all eras will be on show. Caroline’s students both adults and children are looking forward to presenting the songs they love in their own unique style. They have been working hard to impress you with their songs this year and hope you will come along and enjoy their end of year show.

Precious

Based on the Novel Push by Shappire
aw, vibrant and resoundingly hopeful, Precious will stand in years to come as one of the strongest American films of 2009. Although the details of its plot may shock, it is at heart the story of a young woman determined to better herself despite overwhelming obstacles set against her. Multi award-winning, including the Best Actress Oscar for Mo’Nique and Bafta for Best Supporting Actress to Gabourey Sidibe.

NB Time for evening screening is 9.30pm after Fashion events

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Redmond O'Toole

Redmond O'Toole (8-string classical guitar) will perform new arrangements of Irish traditional music alongside classical Irish works from the 19th century by Mauro Giuliani.

Selected as the National Concert Hall 2009 rising star and appearing regularly as a guest of The Chieftans around the world, Redmond O'Toole is the first to adapt to Paul Galbraith's 8-string guitar, played in the position of a cello, which allows him an extension of range, colour and repertoire. Redmond has played in many Irish venues and festivals and in Germany, The Netherlands, USA and Mexico and will play in the beautiful surroundings of Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, with thanks to the Cosby family. Venue: Stradbally Hall

Ballet Ireland Workshops for 9+

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Ballet Ireland Workshops for 6-8 yrs

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Faulty Towers...

Interactive Theatre Australia
in association with Ten42 Productions
Present
Faulty Towers...
the dining experience
After a sell out six week tour of Ireland in 2009 Faulty Towers the dining experience is back!

Basil, Sybil and Manuel return to serve you dinner and a feast of comic delights, some familiar some off the cuff but all with a Faulty seasoning and a guarantee to keep you laughing all the way to the desert. Basil is manic, Sybil domineering, and Manuel- of course- is hopelessly language-challenged. Everything that can wrong, does in some beautifully controlled chaos. Just don't mention the war!

TreeHouse Club Summer Morning Camp 5-8 yrs

All artforms all week!!! Fun packed for kids who like a bit of everything!

TreeHouse Club afternoon Camp 5-8 yrs

All artforms all week!!! Fun packed for kids who like a bit of everything!

Bright Star

A treat for romantics and those who take their poetry seriously, New Zealand director Jane Campion's gorgeously filmed Bright Star tells the story of the brief love affair between the gifted but early dead poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Ben Whishaw plays Keats with impeccable tragedy and Abbie Cornish portrays winningly the beautiful seamstress Fanny, whose passion is constrained only by the rigorous mores of the times.

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Summer Art Camp 5-7 yrs

5-7 yrs

Summer Art Camp 7-9yrs

7-9 yrs

Skin

Set against the backdrop of South African apartheid, Skin about a dark- skinned girl with tight curls born to a white Afrikaner couple due to some sort of throwback genetic hiccup, serves as a stirring allegory for birthright and the assertion of one's identity in the face of oppression. But the fact that it's actually based on a true story adds an extra layer of poignancy, heightened further by another superb Sophie Okonedo performance

124 mins Cert 16

Fish Tank

In the claustrophobic flats which incubate family dysfunction and rage, and the wild beautiful spaces thereabouts, where the urban sprawls out into the country, film-maker Andrea Arnold finds a powerful story of betrayed love. Fish Tank is a powerfully acted, beautifully photographed drama with a central performance by the outstanding Irish actor, Michael Fassbender.

His & Hers

Dunamaise Welcomes Back
Award-Winning Irish Film
His & Hers
Returns Due To Phenomenal Public Demand

Earlier this summer, the Dunamaise Arts Centre Portlaoise screened the award-winning short film His & Hers directed by Portarlington man Ken Wardrop, featuring 70 women from the Midlands. Now, due to phenomenal demand, the Dunamaise is delighted to be screening the film for a second run on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th August at 8pm on each night.
His & Hers is an enchanting and affectionate appreciation for woman in all her versatility. The film, which a host of awards including the Audience award in the Dublin International Film Festival, The Feature Award in the Galway Film Fleadh, an IFTA for Best Feature Documentary and the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2010, to name but a few, has been receiving critical and audience acclaim both in Ireland and internationally.
From kitchens, living rooms, and hallways across the Irish midlands, His & Hers delightfully combines observation and charm to tell a 90-year-old love story through the voices of 70 women. This intimate gender and cultural snapshot explores a woman's relationships with the men in her life-father, boyfriend, husband, son. Following sequentially from little girl to old woman, each character portrait is woven with the others into one perfectly crafted cinematic quilt.
Don't miss His & Hers at the Dunamaise Arts Centre

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A Single Man

101 mins Cert 15A
Directed by Tom Ford and featuring a riveting central performance by Colin Firth, A Single Man tells a tale of love and loss in 1960s America. The setting is Southern California where George Falconer, a gay college professor, learns that his lover Jim (Matthew Goode) has died in a car wreck. Grief overwhelms him, and his 'invisible status' in society begins to close in again.