JULY 2006 LIMERICK

LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS

Saturday 01 July 2006
Pierce Turner €15 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Tuesday 04 July 2006
Nokia New Music Tour Director, The Marshals, The Blizzards, The Flaws 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Wednesday 05 July 2006
Julie Feeney €10 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Friday 07 July 2006
Les Miserables CentreStage/UCH Summer Camps 6.00pm University Concert Hall
Open Mic Session 8.00pm Boat Club, Limerick
John Spillane €15 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Saturday 08 July 2006
The Driven €10 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Monday 10 July 2006
The Best Of Irish Trad - Blas Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance. University of Limerick

Tuesday 11 July 2006
The Best Of Irish Trad - Blas Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance. St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick

Friday 14th July 2006
The Jades €10 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse
Red Sea Pedestrians Trinity Rooms
DANIEL O'DONNELL 8pm. €39.50. University Concert Hall, U.L., Limerick.

Saturday 15th July 2006
La Boutique Dolan's Warehouse 11.00pm
DANIEL O'DONNELL 8pm. €39.50. University Concert Hall, U.L., Limerick.

Wednesday 16th August
Jane O'Brien Dolan's Warehouse 8.00pm
LIMERICK JAZZ presents the 10-piece Jazz Funk Collective under saxophonist Duncan Eagles (UK). Doors 8.30pm music 9.00pm. Admission at door €12/8 (students). (Upstairs) Dolans Warehouse.

Tuesday 18 July 2006
Andy Mooney and Guests 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Wednesday 19 July 2006
Solas Presented by the Blas Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance €16/13 9.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Sunday 23 July 2006
Sharon Shannon Collection Live 2006 €30 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Monday 24 July 2006
Eric Bogle John Munro 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Wednesday 26 July 2006
Northern Lights Irish Chamber Orchestra 8.00pm University Concert Hall

Thursday 27 July 2006
David Kitt 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse
Picturehouse (9pm) Twilight Racing (Racing begins at 5.30pm) €22.5/20 5.30pm Limerick Racecourse

Friday 28 July 2006
The Spikes 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse
National Youth Symphony Orchestra Atso Almila (conductor). Finghin Collins (piano) €15/10 8.00pm University Concert Hall

Saturday 29 July 2006
Ireneusz Krosny 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse
Ignition Technician 8.00pm Dolan's Warehouse

Every Monday
ARTiculate, upstairs in the Sallyport Bar, Johnsgate, Limerick

VISUAL ART

08 June 2006 - 29 June 2006
Space between Words
Gerry O'Mahony
TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: Phone: +353 61 311806 Email: limprintmakers@eircom.net. Website: www.limerickprintmakers.com.
VENUE: Limerick Printmakers, 4 Robert St, Limerick.

Kilmallock Museum and History Trail
Collection of implements from industrial, farming, shop and home life in the 19th and 20th century.
TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO:
VENUE: Kilmallock Museum and History Trail, Limerick.

Foynes Flying Boats Museum
The museum recalls the 1930's with a wide range of exhibits and graphic illustrations.
TICKETS Adult £3.00 Child £1.50
BOOKING/INFO: Mar - Oct Mon - Sun 10.00 - 6.00
VENUE: Foynes + 353 69 65416

THEATRE & DANCE

Saturday 1st July @ 8pm

The Playboy of the Western World

CYT Youth Theatres presents: The Playboy of the Western World. Director: Richie Ryan

Christy Mahon wanders into a pub on a cold winter's night with a tale to tell. Claiming to have murdered his father, he soon becomes the talk of the village. This skinny, dirty-faced youth suddenly turns into a hero and ends up being much lusted after by the local women of the village. Once the truth is out, he finds himself facing an astonishing reversal of fortunes.

JM Synge wrote this classic piece almost one hundred years ago. He described the play as an 'extravagant comedy' with a 'great deal more behind it.' The themes of religion, true love, and the masks we wear in order to progress in life are all covered in this play.

Heroes take many different forms in literature and popular culture, but everyone likes an anti-hero- someone who goes against the grain of what is expected of them; somebody that we love to hate. Christy Mahon longs to be accepted and admired. He does not expect the sheer adulation that he receives from the village folk but his tales become more woven as time goes on to feed the frenzied gossips. This ensures that his place in society is stable and his friendship with pub landlady Pegeen Mairead McKinley blossoms as a result.

This production promises all the comedy and tragedy of great Irish Drama.

TICKETS: €15
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 322322. Web: www.litmt.ie
VENUE: LIT Millennium Theatre, Moylish Park, Limerick.

07 July 2006 @ 6.00pm

Les Miserables

CentreStage/UCH Summer Camps

TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

Saturday 22nd July 2006 at 3pm & 7pm

Mamma Mia! & The Wizard of Oz

Enjoy daily Acting, Singing and Dancing Classes with specialist Movement, Mime and Make Up workshops at the every popular CentreStage Musical Theatre Summer Camps. Join professional Choreographer, Vocal Coach and Acting Tutors for a fun filled two weeks! All students of the Camps will take part in the final performance, which this year will include a version of both Mamma Mia!, which showcases the music and dance of Abba, as well as the wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Final Performance promises a vibrant evening’s entertainment, filled with fun and enthusiasm, for all the family!

CentreStage Musical Theatre Schools. Both Mamma Mia & The Wizard of Oz will feature together at both times!

TICKETS: €15 / Concessions €12/ Family Ticket €11.50 per person
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

DANCE

10 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

Blas Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance

The University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance International Summer School for Irish Traditional Music and Dance. (July 10th - 21st, 2006)

Blas is an internationally accredited summer school for Irish traditional music and dance hosted annually by the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and set on the magnificent campus at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

This web site will introduce you to the unique programmes of music and dance study offered at Blas, and what you can expect to experience and gain should you decide to study with us.

Blas also presents a series of concerts, a céilí and other events that are open to the public during the two weeks of the school. These concerts and other events are not to be missed are prove very popular.

All the programmes of study at Blas follow the ethos of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where practical performance skills in music and dance are given equal footing with the academic study of the tradition. This ethos permeates the Blas programmes' structure and design. Click 'ethos' to learn more about our programme structures.

July 10th to 21st, 2006

Blas Iomlán is a unique two week programme which features one week of specific instruction and tuition on your chosen instrument, song or dance, plus a second week where you will learn about the specific styles of music and dance within the Irish tradition.

For musicians and singers, the first week of study will be as found in Blas Ceoil with instrument/voice specific instruction from leading experts. The second week will be spent learning about, and gaining practical experience of, the regional styles in our music and song.

For dancers, the first week will concentrate on practical learning of styles of dance within our traditions such as céilí, Step dancing, set dancing and Sean Nos. The second week will be as found in Blas Rince. It will feature specific instruction in step dance given by top teachers from the traditional step dance world.

TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: + 353 61 202917. Web: www.blas.ie
VENUE: University of Limerick, Limerick.

Begin March 7th

Limerick Tango

Argentine Tango with an Argentine teacher.

Beginners 7.15pm
Improvers 8.30pm

Free Milonga 9.30-10.30

TICKETS: 6 classes €60 Single class €12.50.
BOOKING/INFO: www.limericktango.com
VENUE: Limerick Boatclub,

Monday - Wednesday

SHALL WE DANCE

Limerick Dance Classes Monday nights in Pery's Hotel Glentworth Street. 7p.m.

Ballroom, Latin American, Jive & Swing Classes.

January 2006 timetable available on: www.shallwedance.ie

Mondays Beginners Latin @ 7p.m. Intermediate Ballroom @ 8p.m. & Latin @ 9p.m

Tuesday Beginners Singles Ballroom @ 7p.m. Beginners Couples Ballroom @ 8p.m. Intermediate Ballroom @ 9p.m.

Wednesday's Beginners Jive & Swing @ 7p.m. Beginners Couples Ballroom @ 8p.m.

TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: Bridget Harte A.I.B.B.D on 086-3811065
VENUE: Pery's Hotel Glentworth Street

Every Thursday

Salsa!

Salsa! Classes from 9 till 10 then salsa party till late.

TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: T: 00353(0)61411177 F: 00353(0)61217130 E: joe@trinityrooms.ie.
VENUE: Trinity Rooms, The Granary, Limerick.

Limerick School of Ballet
Limerick
Co. Limerick

Mc Inerney Cronin SchooL
Limerick
Co. Limerick

FESTIVALS

Cork Midsummer Festival 20 June - 1 July Cork
West Cork Chamber Music Festival 24 June - 2 July Cork
Wexford Strawberry Fair 30 June - 3 July Wexford
Live at The Marquee 24 June - 7 July Cork.
Clonmel Junction Festival 1 - 9 July Tipperary
Oxegen 2006 8 - 9 July Kildare
Killarney SummerFest 6 - 16 July Kerry
Ballina Street Festival 7 - 16 July Mayo
Galway Film Fleadh 11 - 16 July Galway
Bray Seaside Festival 12 - 16 July Wicklow
Cork Week Crosshaven's 15 - 21 July Cork
Kinsale Arts Week 15 - 23 July Kinsale, Co. Cork.
Youghal Maritime Festival 21 - 23 July Cork
Midlands Music Festival 28 - 29 July Meath
Dancing With Lunasa 29 - 30 July Offaly
Bulmers World Music Festival 5 July - 7 August Cork
Wicklow Regatta Festival 28 July - 7 August Wicklow

WZNKids?

Saturday 22nd July 2006 at 3pm & 7pm

Mamma Mia! & The Wizard of Oz

Enjoy daily Acting, Singing and Dancing Classes with specialist Movement, Mime and Make Up workshops at the every popular CentreStage Musical Theatre Summer Camps. Join professional Choreographer, Vocal Coach and Acting Tutors for a fun filled two weeks! All students of the Camps will take part in the final performance, which this year will include a version of both Mamma Mia!, which showcases the music and dance of Abba, as well as the wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Final Performance promises a vibrant evening’s entertainment, filled with fun and enthusiasm, for all the family!

CentreStage Musical Theatre Schools. Both Mamma Mia & The Wizard of Oz will feature together at both times!

TICKETS: €15 / Concessions €12/ Family Ticket €11.50 per person
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

OTHER STUFF

07 July 2006 @ 6.00pm

Les Miserables

CentreStage/UCH Summer Camps

TICKETS:
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

Wednesday 26th July at 7.30pm

ICO NORTHERN LIGHTS

In this, the opening concert of the MBNA Shannon International Music Festival, Festival Director Anthony Marwood takes us on a journey to the Baltic, first to Finland for the romantic quartet by Sibelius, then to Lithuania and Latvia for Vasks’ delicious tone-poem Distant Light. Programme
Sibelius Intimate Voices (String Quartet)
Balys Dvarionas Elegy
Grieg Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63
Peteris Vasks Distant Light

TICKETS: €25 / €20 / €15 Concessions Available
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

Friday 28th July at 7.30pm

NYSOI SUMMER PROMS YOUNG PERSON'S ORCHESTRA

The talented young players of the NYSOI are joined by Finghin Collins for Prokofiev’s exhilarating roller-coaster concerto ride. Elaine Agnew’s piece was inspired by deep-sea diving in the South Pacific. After the interval, on the great symphonies of the 20th century!

Atso Almila, conductor. Finghin Collins, piano.

Programme:
Britten A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
In memory of Dr Olive Smith, founder of IYO born 1906
Agnew Straight to the Point
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Prokofiev Symphony No 5

TICKETS: €15 / Concessions €10
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

Monday 24 - Saturday 29 July

OPERA MASTERCLASS 2006 With Dame Gwyneth Jones

University Concert Hall and Opera Ireland are delighted to welcome Dame Gwyneth Jones to Limerick for this year’s Opera Masterclass. Gwyneth Jones is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading dramatic sopranos. She sang her first soprano role – Verdi’s Lady Macbeth – at the Welsh National opera and it was as an established soprano that she made her Covent Garden deubt in 1964 as Beethoven’s Fidelio, where she later sang Verdi’s Leonora, Elisabet de Valois, Aida and Desdemona; Mozart’s Donna Anna; Mascagni’s Santuzza; Puccini’s Tosca; Strauss’ Marschallin, Salome and Chrysothemis; and Wagner’s Sieglinde.

She has made frequent appearances at the Bayreuth Festival. Sieglinde was her debut role at the Metropolitan Opera in 1972 where she has sung regularly since. She has also sung to great international acclaim in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Milan, San Francisco and Chicago.

In recognition of her great achievements and enormous contribution to music, Gwyneth Jones was made Dame of the British Empire in 1986.

The following Opera Masterclasses are open to the general public at The Georgian House;

Monday 24th July @ 6pm
Tuesday 25th July @ 2pm & 6pm
Wednesday 26th July @ 2pm & 6pm
Thursday 27th July @ 2pm & 6pm
Friday 28th July @ 2pm & 6pm
SHOWCASE RECITAL
Saturday 29th July at 1.00pm
St. Mary's Cathedral

Public Classes; Monday @ 6pm. Tuesday - Friday @ 2pm & 6pm

TICKETS: Classes & Recital €5
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: In the Georgian House, Pery Square.

Sunday 30th July at 8pm

ICO BEETHOVEN'S 5TH

Paul Watkins conductor. Anthony Marwood violin. One of the great works of the 21st century alongside Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony. Thomas Ades wrote his violin concerto for Anthony Marwood and has created for him a dazzling and highly challenging solo part that extends the technique of the instrument. Its musical language is linked to the romantic violin concerto tradition, yet is bold enough to call itself visionary.

Anthony Marwood – “…played like a spirit, an Ariel, never touching the ground whether in the rapid filigree inventions of the first movement, the ghostly, highflying lyricism of the second or the leaping happy dance of the finale” The LA Times.

Programme
Stravinsky Apollon Musagète
Adès Violin Concerto (2005) Irish Premiere
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67

TICKETS: €25 / €20 / €15 Concessions Available
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.

Monday 31st July & Tuesday 1st Aug @ 8pm

STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE - Songs of the Supremes

Led by Kaaren Ragland, a former member of original Supreme Mary Wilson's 70s and 80s group, The Sounds of the Supremes has achieved a remarkable degree of worldwide success.

The Supremes' music personified "The Motown Sound" that influenced a generation, and has endured as one of the most definitive and enduring contributions to American Pop music history. Since 1989, The Sounds of the Supremes is the only group of their type legally endorsed by Motown*.

London's What's On described their incomparable energy packed show, featuring more than 20 hit songs, as "a non-stop bravura performance of immense vitality" recreating "perfectly the frenetic style and sound of the original lineup".

These three American women possess a wealth of experience in recording, television, cabaret, theater and musicals, and deliver a fantastic vocal blend on re-worked Motown classics, standards, contemporary songs, stylish choreography and unrivalled glamour. The sound of The Supremes' music lives on today with The Sounds of the Supremes performing chart topping hits such as: You Keep Me Hanging On, Where Did Our Love Go, You Can’t Hurry Love, Baby Love, Stop In the Name of Love and many more!

TICKETS: €30 / €25 Concessions €27.50
BOOKING/INFO: Tel: +353 61 331549. Web: www.uch.ie
VENUE: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick, Limerick.