MAY 2007 KILKENNY

LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS

friday 4
Ghost Town,9pm @ Zoo.
Ollabelle, 9pm @ Ryans.
Patrica Vonne, 8.30pm @ Zoo.

saturday 5
Dan Arborise, 3pm @ Pumphouse.
Two Time Polka, 4pm @ Biddy Earlys.
Migrant Hawkers, 4pm @ Ryans.
Bob Frank & John Murry, 5.30pm @ Cleeres.
Tim O’Regan, 6.30pm @ Ryans.
Ollabelle, 8pm @ Watergate.
Black List, 9pm @ Zoo.
Richmond Fontaine, 9pm @ Cleeres.
Gentleman Tim, 10pm @ Ryans.
Ben Reel Band, 10pm @ Boston Bar.

sunday 6
Bob Frank & John Murry, 1pm @ Ryans.
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, 3pm @ Pumphouse.
All Ages Gig, 4pm @ Zoo.
Ben Reel, 4pm @ Ryans.
Jeff Martyn, 4pm @ Eddie Murphys.
The Business, 10pm @ Boston Bar.
Richmond Fontaine, 4.30pm @ Kilford Hotel.
Hollywood Slim & The Fat Cats, 4pm @ Biddy Earlys.
Po’Girl, 4pm @ Cleeres.
Mark Eitzel, 9pm @ Cleeres.
The Business, 10pm @ Ryans.
Hollywood Slim & The Fat Cats, 10pm @ Pumphouse.
The Snakes, 10pm @ Paris Texas.
Custers Last Band, 10pm @ Boston Bar.

Monday 7
Po’Girl,1pm @ Pumphouse.
Swing Street, 4pm @ Rafter Dempseys.
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, 9pm @ Pumphouse.

FRIDAY 11
Republic Of Loose + support, 8pm @ Eddie Murphys.
The Fundamentals, 9pm @ Zoo.
Domino Effect, Matt The Millers.

SATURDAY 12
Guns n Roses Tribute, 9pm @ Zoo.
Waiting To explode, 9.30pm @ Cleeres.
Skint, Ryans.
Soul Deluxe, Rafter Dempseys.

SunDAY 13
John Martyn + support, 6pm @ Eddie Murphys.
Mata Hari, Paris Texas.
Slovak Festival Orchestra, 8pm @ Parade Tower.

Wednesday 16
Ray Bonneville, Eddie Murphys.

Friday 18
Metal Band, 9pm @ Zoo.
Superstition, Matt The Millers.
Tim Easton, 8pm @ Cleeres.

saturday 19
The Kilo, 10pm @ Zoo.
Innate presents, 9.30pm @ Cleeres.
Mata Hari, Ryans.
Skint, Rafter Dempseys.

SUnday 20
All Ages Gig, 4pm @ Zoo.

Friday 25
Fusion, Ryans.

Saturday 26
Delorentos + support, Eddie Murphys.
Swanky, Ryans.
Acousticats, Rafter Dempseys.
Syrys, 8pm @ I.D.

Sunday 27
Chillies (Red Hot tribute), Paris Texas.

Visual Art

to May 18
The World
Should Know
An exhibition of recent works from one of Ireland’s most innovative
young artists, Coilin Rush. Rush’s recent body of work is an
incredibly arresting translation of television and film images to
paint. 8pm. Tickets: f20/16. Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate
Theatre, Parliament Street.

to May 20
AvantCraft
A fantastic fusion of craft and design. Leading European designers
and craftspeople join forces with groundbreaking results. Open: Mon-
Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-6pm. National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard.

to June 10
Wild Geese: The Irish in America
This important exhibition brings together, for the first time,
descendents of the Wild Geese as well as Irish born artists working
in America. Some can trace a clear link between their work and their
Irish past. Open: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-6pm. National Craft
Gallery, Castle Yard.

to June 10
Static TV
Kilkenny native, Nevan Lahart, is an artist working in a variety of
mediums - painting, sculpture, installation, video animations and
performance. This exhibition will include over ninety-five of the TV
paintings - cutout TV shapes that create a framework for containment.
Open: 10.30am – 12.45pm & 2pm-5pm. Butler Gallery, The Castle.

May/June
Life Forces
An exhibition of new work by internationally known artist, Darlene
Garr. Her latest work is a provocative mix which takes us from the
sky to the sea and into our innermost passions with her new Inner
Sanctum Series. Daily. Zuni Restaurant, Patrick Street. Kilkenny.

Theatre

May 8 & 9
Wallflowering
By Peta Murray. This smash hit play features a middle-aged couple in
the dance of lveo and marriage during 1970’s Melbourne. We meet Cliff
and Peg and their quick-stepping, foxtrotting, tango-twisting younger
selves in a fabulous fusion of dance and theatre. These one time
prize-winning ballroom dancers find themselves out of step with one
another and the changing values of the world around them. 8pm.
Tickets: f15/12.50. Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre,
Parliament Street.

May 19
Branwen
Branwen is the story of two writers, one Irish and one Welsh, who are
thrust together to create a script for an animated film of the
Branwen myth from the Mabinogion. 8pm. Tickets: f15/12. Box Office:
056 7761674. Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street.

May 22
Cinderella
With The Lambert Puppet Theatre. 10am & 11.45am. Tickets: f10
(Schools f8). Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre, Parliament
Street.

Dance

May 11
Alice in Wonderland
Presented by the students of Bagenalstown Ballet School 8pm. Tickets:
f12/10. Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street.

May 12 & 13
Aedeen O’Hagan…
…School of Ballet presents Alice in Wonderland & Lafille Mal Gardee.
8pm. Tickets: f12/10. Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre,
Parliament Street.

Concerts

May 17
Dana
…with her “All Kinds of Everything” Tour. 8pm. Tickets: f25. Box
Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street.

May 20
Liam Clancy
Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of Ireland’s living legends.
8pm. Tickets: f25. Box Office: 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre,
Parliament Street.

Festivals

May 4 to 7
Carlsberg Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots
10th anniversary already and getting better with every year - a real
celebration of the very best in homegrown and international roots
music. Concerts galore everywhere you go and a host of extra events
to boot. Keep in stompin’! Booking Office upstairs at Rollercoaster
Records, Kieran Street: 056 7794664. Visit: www.kilkennyroots.com
Kilkenny.

May 31 to June 4
Smithwicks Cat Laughs 2007
“The Best Little Comedy Festival in the world”. Not our words, but
the Guardian newspaper. It’s all true though and getting better. 2007
promises more mirth than Mirth Day at the Mirth-Making Factory. So
hold on to your sides lest they split! More info visit:
www.thecatlaughs.com Kilkenny.

Other Events

May 6 & 7
Health & Psychic fair
A good choice of health products will be on offer at the Kilkenny
Health Vitality & Psychic Reading Fair at the Rivercourt Hotel, on
Sunday & Monday, May 6&7 from 11am to 6pm. Free Stress Tests, Natural
Cosmetics, Sea Weed products and Crystals are just some of the wide
range of items on offer at over 30 stands. Ali, Psychic & Astrologer
for TV, Radio & Press will be in attendance along with Mystic Moira,
Yvonne Costelloe & Eileen Power who will be reading on the day.