The Lieutenant of Inishmore

BY MARTIN McDONAGH

DIRECTED BY ANDREW FLYNN
DESIGNED BY EOIN MacCARTHAIGH

WITH ANTHONY BROPHY, PAUL CONNAUGHTON, DIARMUID DE FAOITE, JOE HANLEY, ANDY KELLEGHER, ELAINE ODEA AND JOHN OLOHAN

"EXCELLENT .. A thrilling production" - The Irish Times

"Imagine the dead parrot sketch from Monty Python but directed by Quentin Tarantino" - Ireland On Sunday

"Cracking Good Fun" - Matthew Harrison, Galway Independant

A sensational over the top black comedy set on an island off the West Coast of Ireland. Written by the author of the worldwide smash hit, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonaghs Lieutenant of Inishmore caused a storm in Londons West End; conquered audiences on Broadway and this, the first Irish professional production, was a huge hit on its premier outing in 2006.

"Mad Padraic" has been deemed too violent even for the IRA, but when it comes to Wee Thomas, his cat, he has a real soft spot. When Wee Thomas is found dead in the road, its down to his father, Donny and teenage neighbour, Davey to do anything they can to stop the psychopathic Padraic finding out his beloved cat is dead.

SECOND AGE

Othello

Othello is one of the most popular of all Shakespearean tragedies over the past two hundred years. The title role of the Moor and the most famous of all villains Iago have constantly attracted actors and audiences alike. It deals with the most raw of all emotions jealousy. The savage destruction, by the scheming Iago, of the love Othello feels for Desdemona, touches everyone who has ever felt both love and doubt.

Directed by Alan Stanford, it stars American actor Johnny Lee Davenport as Othello and Simon OGorman as Iago.

ADVENTURES IN MUSIC FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSIC EVENTS

Liam Ó Maonla

An afternoon of interactive traditional, contemporary and world music with this dynamic, multi-instrumentalist.

CORK OPERA HOUSE

LIFEBOAT

DIRECTED BY BELINDA WILD

On Friday 13th September 1940, a ship set sail from Liverpool to Canada carrying ninety young evacuees from the relentless bombing of war-torn Britain. Four days into the crossing the ship was torpedoed and sank, killing all but eleven of the evacuees. Two girls spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat.

LIFEBOAT is their extraordinary true story.

Don Stiff

Complete Works of Shakespeare

DIRECTED BY LIAM HARKIN

"Shakespeare writ small, as you might like it!" -The New York Times

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was first performed (more or less in it’s entirety) by it’s authors in 1987 at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California, closely followed by it’s hugely popular run at the 1987 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was to became London’s longest running comedy (10 years at the Criterion Theatre), and one of the most popular theatrical comedies on Earth.

20 years on, Vendetta will celebrate this legendary show, by risking their lives, bending their genders and taking their audience through a Shakespearean hurricane. Shakespeare fan or not, your sure to enjoy the show. Get thee to the theatre!

COMPÁNTAS LIR

Cambusdonald Royal -
The Second Sorcerer’s Tale

BY JAMES SCOTLAND

This hilarious farce is set in Brother Barnabas’s cell, in Clogher Abbey in 1465. The monk’s routine is disrupted when Mother Mary and 57 nuns from St. Ursulas’, the nearby convent, which has been accidentally burnt by two less-than-holy sisters who have been distilling a secret liqueur, seek refuge in the Monastery. The imminent arrival of the Cardinal Legate adds to the general mayhem with hilarious results.

REGINA ROGERS SCHOOL OF BALLET

Dance Extravaganza

The school celebrates its 21st Birthday with a wonderfully colourful programme. Students from 5 to 19 years of age will perform a huge variety of dance numbers with excerpts from Giselle, Coppelia and Nutcracker to All That Jazz, Can Can and Dying Swan and much much more.