MAY 2005 LIMERICK

Live Music Listings

Thursday 5th May 2005
Matt Lunson (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: € 8 Dolans Warehouse
Footwork (upstairs) Dolans Warehouse

Friday 6th May 2005
Nick Kelly (warehouse) doors @ 8pm tix:€13 Dolans Warehouse
Dawn Kenny (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €10

Saturday 7th May 2005
The Conways (Warehouse) doors @ 8pm tix: €tba Dolans Warehouse

Sunday 8th May 2005
JJ72 (warehouse) doors @ 9pm tix: €12 / 10 Dolans Warehouse

Tuesday 10th May 2005
Windings (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €7 Dolans Warehouse

Wednesday 11th May 2005
Jazz - Karl Rooney with house trio (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix:€10 / 8 Dolans Warehouse

Thursday 12th May 2005
Eoin Coughlan & band (upstairs) Doors @ 8pm tix: €12 /10 Dolans Warehouse
Footwork (upstairs) Dolans Warehouse

Friday 13th May 2005
North Cregg (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €13 Dolans Warehouse

Saturday 14th May 2005
Red Sea Pedestrians High Stool Bar, 38-41 Catherine Street, Limerick
Aslan (warehouse) Doors @ 8pm tix: €17 Dolans Warehouse
Juliet Turner (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €15 Dolans Warehouse

Sunday 15th May 2005
Chunky Planet / Annette Buckley (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €8 Dolans Warehouse

Wednesday 18th May 2005
AN EVENING WITH RONAN TYNAN University Concert Hall, Limerick.
Jazz - Jim Doherty with house trio (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €10 / 8 Dolans Warehouse

Thursday 19 May
Footwork (upstairs) 11pm, 7 Euro, Dolans Warehouse
John O'Conor Beethoven Piano Sonatas LIT Millennium Theatre

Friday 20th May 2005
Ox (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €8 Dolans Warehouse

Saturday 21st May 2005
Vinyl feat DeMarkus Lewis & Kelle Marie (warehouse) Dolans Warehouse

Sunday 22nd May 2005
Anto (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €8 Dolans Warehouse

Wednesday 25th May 2005
Jazz - Honor Heffernan, Ray Fitzgerald & house trio (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €10 / 8 Dolans Warehouse

Friday 27th May 2005
Super Model Twins (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €10 Dolans Warehouse
Stipe (REM tribute band) doors @ 9pm tix:€12/10 (Warehouse) Dolans Warehouse

Saturday 28th May 2005
Kerbdog (warehouse) doors @ 9pm tix: €20 Dolans Warehouse

Sunday 29th May 2005
Maria Tecce (upstairs) doors @ 8pm tix: €10 Dolans Warehouse

Visual Art

May 1 - June 31
Ornaments
Ornaments - Young EV+A' In collaboration with the EV+A Festival, The Hunt Museum.

Thursday May 5 - Thursday May 19
'Hunt 2005'
An exhibition by Second and Third Year Painting students from Limerick School of Art & Design inspired by the Hunt collection. The Hunt Museum.

June - October 2005
'Summer Days'
All items for sale. 'Summer Days' The exhibition explores the myriad ways in which artists have responded to evocations of summer - visually, emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically. The exhibition will include works by John Lavery, William Leech, William Orpen and Walter Osbourne, primarily from private collections. The Hunt Museum.

Kilmallock Museum and History Trail
Collection of implements from industrial, farming, shop and home life in the 19th and 20th century. 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. Foynes.

Kilmallock Museum & History Trail
This museum holds a collection of implements from industrial, farming, shop and home life in the 19th and 20th century. Kilmallock, Co. Limerick.

Theatre & Opera

Wednesday May 4 – Saturday May 7
Sisters by Declan Hasset
8 p.m. Hailed by the press, as magnetic and breathtaking, Anna Mahanan has created two extraordinary and different portraits of the Clooney Sisters - Martha and Mary. The play is full of earthy country humour mixed with gentle pathos, creating an evening of theatre that will be remembered for years to come.

Declan Hassett’s powerful account of life in rural Ireland in the 1950s and 60’s brings to life in the hands of Anna Manahan not just the Sisters themselves, but a whole village, from the postman to the Parish Priest and the schools to the dancehalls. The stunning virtuosity of the performance is a match for the broad earthy humour of Martha’s vitality which is in contrasted with the fragile insecurity and sensitivity of her sister Mary.

“Anna Manahan delivers with relish.” The Irish Times
“Anna Manahan is quite genuinely extraordinary.” Irish Examiner

Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick

Thursday May 12 – Friday May 13
Rural Electric
8 p.m. Rural Electric written and performed by Little John Nee. Set in 1959 in Donegal, a tiny rural community watch with eager anticipation as the heroic ESB workers battle against the elements and the inhospitable landscape to bring power lines to the village. A host of characters step forward from the mists of time to inhabit this fictional parish in a truly inventive one man show that combines physical theatre, comedy, original music… and even a car chase. Music from Laura Sheehan, performed by Helen Lane. Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick

Saturday May 14
Liam Clancy
8 p.m. An Evening of Poetry, Storytelling and Song With Liam Clancy. Liam Clancy has been delighting audiences around the world as a performer for over half a century, since his debut as “The Playboy of the Western World” in J.M. Singes’ classic in his home town of Carrick-on-Suir. As a singer, Liam is regarded as one of the finest interpreters of a ballad in any tradition and his ability to infuse his songs with a sense of drama is unsurpassed.

A born showman and teller of yarns he is now settled in Ring, Co Waterford. In “An evening of Poetry Storytelling and Song”, Liam recounts some of the highs and lows of his many voyages, mixing in classic songs from his extensive repertoire, humour and a few choice poems that sparkle with wit and a canny observation of the changing times. Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick

Tuesday May 17 – Friday May 20
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood by Island Theatre Company - 8 p.m. Island Theatre Company brings you something very special this Spring...... a new production of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood.

Under Milk Wood tells the story of a Welsh seaside village with its vivid and colourful characters and is in turn funny. touching and delightful. In Under Milk Wood powerful forces operate beneath the calm exterior of a town which has "fallen head over bells in love". There are the secret fantasies of Gossamer Beynon who feels Sinbad Sailor's "goatbeard tickle her in the middle of the world", Mr Pugh who imagines concocting "a fricassee of deadly nightshade" to poison his wife and Jack Black who chases sinning couples from the wood with his big stick..... Each relationship is governed by peculiar rules of love and many of them are frustrated by their sometimes explicit desires.

In this new Island production, two exceptional actors play more than 50 characters between them, as they celebrate life, living and loving in this wonderful feast for the senses. Please note that this show may not be suitable for a younger audience and Parental Guidance is advised. Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick

Dance
Every Thursday in April
Salsa!

Salsa! Classes from 9 till 10 then salsa party till late. Trinity Rooms, The Granary, Limerick.

Festivals

11 Mar. - 22 May
Open EV+A 2005

The ev+a Mission Statement:
" ev+a, a collaboration among artists, curaotrs , sponsors, workers and committee members, presents yearly to audiences of and in Limerick the testimony that the best of contemporary art offers for the assessment, understanding and celebration of the contemporary culture that surrounds us".

The ev+a Story:
A group of Limerick Artists began ev+a in 1977 as a way of bringing their work as contemporary artists into mutual closer encounters with audiences so that, together, sense and meaning could be made in and of the world all shared. More than two decades on ev+a is still an artist centred exhibition and has become Rep. Of Ireland's premier annual exhibition of contemporary art. It now offers a wide ranging program of events that integrate local, national and international audiences in a communal celebration of contemporary art and culture. ev+a has steadily increased its programmes from Open ev+a (1997), to Young ev+a (1986) and Invited ev+a (1994), a biennial that alternates with the ev+a Colloquies on Contemporary Art and Culture (1997).

Kids

Monday May 23 - Tuesday May 24
Is Iomaí Slí

Children’s Theatre. Graffitti Theatre Company presents As Gaeilge. Is Iomaí Slí. By Bairbre de Barra.

This is a play about a small stone that is going around on his own in search of company and family. However, he’s not alone on the road. He meets different groups: scissors, papers and stones. But who will be his friend? And who will be his enemy? Is Connchubhar the Stone different from everybody? Is that a bad thing or a good thing? Can Connchubhar bring the groups together and reconcile the differences between them? A challenging journey but a journey with a prize. Based on the game ‘Paper, Scissors, Stone’, this charming musical play looks in an entertaining way at the communities and how they need to live together in a diverse and inclusive society.

Is Iomaí Slí is a new play from talented Irish writer Bairbre de Barra. It was commissioned by Graffiti as Gaeilge and Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture as part of Graffiti Theatre Company’s production for Irish speaking 7-9 year olds.

Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick

Miscellaneous

Saturday May 14 - Liam Clancy

8 p.m. An Evening of Poetry, Storytelling and Song With Liam Clancy. Liam Clancy has been delighting audiences around the world as a performer for over half a century, since his debut as “The Playboy of the Western World” in J.M. Singes’ classic in his home town of Carrick-on-Suir. As a singer, Liam is regarded as one of the finest interpreters of a ballad in any tradition and his ability to infuse his songs with a sense of drama is unsurpassed.

A born showman and teller of yarns he is now settled in Ring, Co Waterford. In “An evening of Poetry Storytelling and Song”, Liam recounts some of the highs and lows of his many voyages, mixing in classic songs from his extensive repertoire, humour and a few choice poems that sparkle with wit and a canny observation of the changing times.

Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell St., Limerick