 Brendan in back! Expect every style of ballroom and Latin dance from Brendan Cole and his hand-picked championship dancers, performed to the music and songs of some of the greatest legends and contemporary artistes. Whether you love a cheeky Charleston or a sexy Salsa, with music from Beggin’ to Bublé, Purple Rain to Pencil Full of Lead, Footloose to Faith, plus numbers from The Greatest Showman and La La Land – Brendan Cole Show Man, has it all. The very first winner of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing is joined by an amazing team of professional dancers, singers and a live band to showcase the superb choreography and dazzling performance that has kept him in the public eye for more than 15 years. Join us for a thrilling extravaganza of music and dance with the charismatic Brendan Cole and experience the ultimate Show Man at his best, on at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre 7th & 8th March 2020. BOOK NOW!
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 The iconic musical PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT comes to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre as part of its tour of the UK and Ireland.
Starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden (Holby City; Casualty; Heartbeat), PRISCILLA is the hilarious adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus bound for the Outback to put on the show of a lifetime. Their epic journey is a heart-warming story of self-discovery, sassiness and acceptance. With more glitter than ever before, this smash-hit show features a dazzling array of stunning costumes, fabulous feathers and a non-stop parade of dance-floor classics including Hot Stuff, I WIll Survive, I Love the Nightlife and Finally! BOOK NOW HERE! Prices include a €1.00 facilities fee per ticket. Telephone & Internet bookings are subject to a maximum s/c of €7.15 per ticket / Agents €3.40.  It has been 25 years since Riverdance took the world by storm and they are celebrating by staging a massive celebration at 3 Arena, exactly 25 years to the day that the show first hit the stage at The Point Theatre.
On the 9th February 1995, Riverdance the Show premiered at The Point Theatre Dublin. The 7 minute Eurovision interval act performance which had wowed TV audiences across the world had become a full length stage show and from there set out on a journey that would see it tour the globe and achieve worldwide acclaim. To date Riverdance has been performed over 12,160 times and has been seen live by over 27.5 million people in 546 venues worldwide. On 9th February 2020, there will be a special gala evening performance, which will be filmed, back where it all began, at 3Arena Dublin. Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show is a powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved family favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Now it is coming home to celebrate another milestone on that journey with five performances from 6-9 February at 3Arena Dublin including a special Gala show on 9th Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the ground-breaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection and stage designs with new costume designs by Joan Bergin. The 25th Anniversary show catapults Riverdance into the 21st century and will completely immerse audiences in the extraordinary and elemental power of its music and dance. The cast for this tour will feature, for the first time, many dancers and musicians who were not even born in the year that the show first opened; 1995 at the Point Theatre. Twenty-five years on, both new and devoted fans of all ages will once again fall in love with the magic of Riverdance – the original, and still the best. Tickets for Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show, including the gala performance on 9th February are on sale now. Thursday 6 February (preview), Friday 7 February, Saturday 8 February (2pm matinee and evening) & Sunday 9 February (gala performance) 2020. Booking: All usual Ticketmaster outlets Nationwide. 24hr Credit Card Bookings 0818 719300 (ROI) / 0844 277 4455 (NI) Book on line www.ticketmaster.ie  Love Actually, the seasonal romcom that has become a revelation and synonymous for so many with the festive period, will tour to Ireland and the UK this December with a full orchestra performing its soundtrack live to picture, in what is becoming an annual highlight of the holiday calendar for many.
Kicking off the holiday season and getting many into the spirit, the Love Actually Live Concert Tour will visit Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on 4th December. Tickets for this date are on sale now. Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley Rowan Atkinson, Martin Freeman, and many more. A full, live orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score at these shows, with the film being projected onto a huge screen. Armstrong is one of the UK’s most recognised film composers, with his work being awarded a BAFTA for his Achievement in Film Music. With the film becoming a Christmas tradition for many, audiences attending the Love Actually Live Concert Tour will be treated to a unique way to watch the film that has gotten so many into the holiday spirit for the last 15 years. Tickets available NOW  It's the most wonderful time of the year and as we move swiftly towards the festive season it also means Panto Time is fast approaching!
There's no place like DOME...The Pantodome at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The fab new home for the hugely popular Cheerios panto. And what a panto it is set to be! The star-studded cast features panto’s best double act, Alan Hughes (as Sammy Sausages) and Rob Murphy (as Buffy), Jake Carter as Prince Charming, Jenny Dixon as The Fairy Godmother, Michele McGrath as the Wicked Stepmother and Paul Ryder as Sparkle. Producers Karl Broderick and Alan Hughes are delighted to present their hugely respected annual panto in its new home at the fabulous PANTODOME. Situated in the fairytale setting of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the PANTODOME is an exciting, state-of-the-art, theatre-style venue, purpose-built for the panto, the tallest structure of its kind ever to be seen in Ireland. The hugely popular Cheerios panto promises to retain the intimacy and magic that audiences have come to know and love. Written by Karl Broderick, who is Irelands longest running consecutive panto writer (22 years), Karl says their speciality is entertaining both children and adults alike. With parking on site, just 20 metres from our door, it’s the perfect family venue. If this is your first time at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham let us tell you a bit more about it……. on your visit to the Panto, why not pop into IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) located in the magnificent 17th century Royal Hospital Kilmainham and see exhibitions, take stroll in our beautiful Formal Gardens, enjoy a tasty treat in Kemp Sisters Café or browse the IMMA Shop for unique gifts. There is lots to see and do with ample parking available on site and just a few minutes from Heuston Station. Current exhibitions include paintings by Jack B. Yeats and Lucian Freud and a solo exhibition by the British artist Derek Jarman. The Cheerios Panto Cinderella runs from 5th December 2019 – 5th January 2020 and tickets are on sale now from the dedicated box office number 01 906 0111 or BOOK ONLINE Keep updated right HERE  Following on from the hugely successful production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan earlier this year, the Gaiety Theatre is delighted to present a major new production of McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore for early next year. Directed by Andrew Flynn this exciting new production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore will run at the Gaiety Theatre from 27 January 2020 for a very limited run. Tickets are on sale now from the Gaiety Theatre and Ticketmaster.
Oscar Award-winning director and playwright Martin McDonagh’s work is known and loved by both theatre and film audiences alike (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Audiences flocked to see The Gaiety Theatre production of The Cripple of Inishmaan last spring. Details of the sterling ensemble cast for The Lieutenant of Inishmore were announced earlier this week, which features exciting young stars of TV, film and theatre in Ireland and abroad today. Already making their mark on stages and TV screens across Ireland the cast includes Paul Mescal (BBC’s Normal People, The Great Gatsby), Aisling Kearns (Darklands, Asking For It), Alex Murphy (The Young Offenders), Cillian Ó Gairbhí (Blood, Darklands), Desmond Eastwood (Blackout, Normal People), Cillian Lenaghan (Blackout) and in his professional debut Pádraig O’Grady. They are joined by Don Wycherley in the role of Donny (Sing Street, Ballykissangel, Bachelor’s Walk). About The Lieutenant of Inishmore: On a lonely road on the island of Inishmore, someone killed Mad Padraic’s cat. He'll want to know who did it when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip-shop bombing in Northern Ireland. He loves his cat more than life itself, and someone is going to pay. Set in the 1990s, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a clever satire on terrorism, the beautification of violence in contemporary culture and a hilarious farce in true McDonagh fashion. Director Andrew Flynn is renowned for his productions of McDonagh’s work which include The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Pillowman and A Skull in Connemara, which received 3 nominations in The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. Other credits to date include Port Authority by Conor McPherson, The Thing About December by Jarlath Tivnan in collaboration with Andrew Flynn, The Mai by Marina Carr, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, Pumpgirl by Abbie Spallen, The Weir by Conor McPherson, The Dead School by Pat McCabe, Defender Of The Faith by Stuart Carolan, Port Authority by Conor McPhearson (for which he was nominated as Best Director at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards), Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (2 nominations in The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards), Eden by Eugene O’Brien, Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Philadelphia Here I Come by Brian Friel and Dockers by Martin Lynch. The Lieutenant of Inishmore runs at the Gaiety Theatre from 27 January 2020 for a very limited run. Monday – Saturday nightly at 7.30pm Matinees: Thursdays and Saturdays at 2.30pm Tickets are on sale now from the Gaiety Theatre and Ticketmaster from €18.50 (inc €1 restoration levy). BOOK NOW! Gaiety Theatre Box Office South King Street, Dublin 2. 0818 719388 10 am – 7 pm / Mon – Sat (subject to performance schedule) 24hr Gaiety Theatre Booking Tel: 08 18 719 388 Group Sales +353 (1) 646 8687 groups@gaietytheatre.com Wheelchair & Box Bookings +353 (1) 679 5622 All Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. No service charge for transactions in person at the Gaiety Box Office. Service charges apply to online and telephone bookings. For full range of ticket prices, charges and terms and conditions, visit Ticketmaster.ie Ireland's own Sharon Sexton to play leading role of Donna in MAMMA MIA! UK & International Tour17/10/2019  The sensational feel-good musical MAMMA MIA! is coming to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from 10th December 2019 – 5th January 2020 as part of its UK & International Tour celebrating 20 years since MAMMA MIA! premiered in London in April 1999.
Irish actress / singer Sharon Sexton will take on the leading role of Donna, which was originally played in the very first stage production of MAMMA MIA! in 1999 by another Irish actress Siobhán McCarthy. Sharon’s recent credits include originating the role of Sloane in Bat Out Of Hell The Musical (The Manchester Opera House) and The Commitments (The Palace Theatre). The full cast are Sharon Sexton (Donna Sheridan), Sarah Harlington (Alternate Donna), Nicky Swift (Rosie), Helen Anker (Tanya), Rob Fowler (Sam Carmichael), Daniel Crowder (Harry Bright), Jamie Kenna (Bill Austin), Emma Mullen (Sophie Sheridan), Toby Miles (Sky), Marie Finlayson (Ali), Mariella Mazzilli (Lisa), James Willoughby Moore (Pepper), Eamonn Cox (Eddie) and Matthew Ronchetti (Father Alexander) will star in the production from 10th December. Completing the cast are Taylor Bridges, Ambra Caserotti, Martin Dickinson, Billy Downes, Katie Dunsden, Matt Kennedy, Lewis Kidd, Emma Odell, Blair Robertson, Kaine Ruddach, Ellie Rutherford, Chiara Sparkes, Amy Thiroff, Cameron Vear, Sarah Wilkie and Robert Knight. From West End to global phenomenon, MAMMA MIA! is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs with a sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads unfolding on a Greek island idyll. MAMA MIA! IS ON AT BORD GÁIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN Tuesday 10th December 2019 – Sunday 5th January 2020 Tickets from €25 - €65 BOOK TICKETS NOW! For more info on MAMMA MIA! UK & International Tour, click HERE  25 years ago, 7 minutes changed the face of Irish dancing forever. The Eurovision interval act performance gave millions of people a new and exciting glimpse of the future of Irish dance. It could have ended there, but it didn’t – in fact producer Moya Doherty, composer Bill Whelan and director John McColgan were only beginning their Riverdance journey, a journey which has already lasted 25 years and one we invite you to celebrate with us in February 2020 when Riverdance - 25th Anniversary show will premiere at 3Arena Dublin, the exact spot where it all began. Tickets for these dates go on sale this Thursday 10 October at 9am from Ticketmaster. Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show is a powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved family favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Since it began, Riverdance has toured the globe. The show has been performed over 12,160 times and seen live by over 27.5 million people in 546 venues worldwide. Now it is coming home to celebrate another milestone on that journey. Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the ground-breaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection, stage and costume designs. The 25th Anniversary show catapults Riverdance into the 21st century and will completely immerse audiences in the extraordinary and elemental power of its music and dance. The cast for this tour will feature, for the first time, many dancers and musicians who were not even born in the year that the show first opened; 1995 at the Point Theatre. Twenty-five years on, both new and devoted fans of all ages will once again fall in love with the magic of Riverdance – the original, and still the best. Tickets for Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show go on sale Thursday 10 Oct at 9am. Dates: Thursday 6 February (preview), Friday 7 February, Saturday 8 February (2pm matinee and evening) & Sunday 9 February 2020. Booking: All usual Ticketmaster outlets Nationwide. 24hr Credit Card Bookings 0818 719300 (ROI) / 0844 277 4455 (NI) Book ONLINE For more Information click HERE Fun Facts about Riverdance:
Among the 27.5 million people who have seen Riverdance live are:
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 Rob Becker’s Defending the Caveman, the longest running one-man show in Broadway history, is back to challenge and demystify the differences between the sexes. Dubbed by reviewers as “hysterically funny” the Oliver Award winner for ‘Best Entertainment’ in 2000, Defending the Caveman has sold over 8 million tickets in 45 countries and has been translated into over 18 different languages. Defending the Caveman has won the hearts of millions across the globe and now it has its first ever Irish tour! The tour kicks off on 27 September (full tour venues below) Using psychology, sociology and plain old observational comedy, Defending the Caveman highlights the battle of the sexes – the stereotypical and yet, undisputedly true differences between men and women. Why do men greet each other with insults? Why does it take women so long to get ready? Why can’t men talk about their feelings… And why does it seem that women can’t stop? Defending the Caveman has become a peacemaker and a celebration of the differences between the sexes. Professional stand-up comedian, and one of the busiest Irish headline acts on the circuit, Tom O’Mahony brings his energetic and brilliantly funny persona to the stage to take the audience on a unique comedic journey that brings the house down with every performance. Tom has starred alongside the legendary and late, great Rik Mayall as “Tarquin” in RTE’s Damo & Ivor, he has featured in the hit TV show Bridget & Eamon, was a regular on Republic of Telly, Irish Pictorial Weekly, 3e’s Uploaded-Uncut, Virgin Media's Six O’Clock Show and Irish Ghost Hunters. Tom also regularly appears on national radio, 2FM’s Breakfast Republic and Newstalk. As well as playing every major comedy festival both here and abroad, he has supported for the likes of MTV's Tom Green, Mock the Week's Tom Stade, Jason Byrne and Tommy Tiernan.  Tour dates
Friday, 27 Sept 2019 Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Saturday, 28 Sept 2019 Strule Arts Centre, Omagh Thursday, 3 Oct 2019 Waterside Theatre, Londonderry /Derry Friday, 4 Oct 2019 Ramor Theatre, Virginia Saturday, 5 Oct 2019 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre Sunday, 6 Oct 2019 Station House Theatre, Clifden Thursday, 10 Oct 2019 Riverside Theatre, Coleraine Friday, 11 Oct 2019 Theatre at the Mill, Newtonabbey Thursday, 17 Oct 2019 The Market Place Theatre, Armagh Friday, 18 & 19 Oct 2019 Theatre Royal, Waterford Sunday, 20 Oct 2019 Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny Thursday, 24 Oct 2019 University Concert Hall, Limerick Friday, 25 Oct 2019 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise Saturday, 26 Oct 2019 An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk Sunday, 27 Oct 2019 Mullingar Art Centre Friday, 1 Nov 2019 Town Hall Theatre, Galway Saturday, 2 Nov 2019 Iontas Theatre, Castleblayney Friday, 8 Nov 2019 Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone Saturday, 9 Nov 2019 O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford Full details and tickets HERE  Following the success of the WB Yeats and WH Auden Poetry Hours, The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation is delighted to return to the Abbey Stage to celebrate the genius of Wilde.
This sold-out event will be a rare opportunity to hear author Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s only grandson, speak about his grandfather and read Josephine Hart’s introduction to Wilde’s universally acclaimed and moving masterpiece The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Celebrated actor Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, A Room with a View) will read the ballad. “My grandfather believed firmly in the music of words, irrespective whether in poetry or in prose, and the vital importance of literature appealing to the ear not just the eye, so it’s wonderfully appropriate that we should celebrate the life of Josephine Hart through an hour of Oscar’s poetry here in Dublin where words are so much the life-blood of the city.” MERLIN HOLLAND “Bringing Oscar Wilde back to Ireland always seems right. And to be performing his poetry, especially his last work, ripped out of his bowels after two years’ incarceration in an English jail, seems particularly apt. He never thought of himself as anything other than a poet. And Josephine Hart, that blazing beacon of a woman, Mullingar’s favourite daughter, never wavered about the importance of the everyday experience of poetry. So where better to speak Wilde’s words than fifteen minutes away from his birthplace, in the theatre founded by a poet, with the Josephine Hart Foundation.” SIMON CALLOW All profits from the evening are being donated to the Abbey Theatre Development Fund and the King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses in need. BOOK TICKETS HERE |
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