Sat 24th & Sun 25th Oct |
Doors 7pm. Show 8pm | Tkts: €30
Following
previous sell-out Irish tours in 2010 and 2008, Menopause The Musical
comes to The Royal Theatre this year for 2 performances only on 24th
& 25th October. Tickets are now on sale.
Starring
X Factor sensation Mary Byrne, Sue Collins (The Nualas), Eurovision
winner Niamh Kavanagh and Linda Nolan (The Nolans) the hilarious
Menopause The Musical has entertained and inspired women across the
world since 2001. Don’t miss it this No 1 girl’s night out.
This
hilarious celebration of women and 'The Change', the all-singing,
all-dancing comedy brings together four women (at a department stores
lingerie sale), who have nothing in common but a black lace bra and hot
flushes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, not enough sex,
too much sex, plastic surgery and more!
Tickets In-Person: Royal Theatre Box Office, Westport Road, and
Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
Ghost Story: Interactive Halloween Show for children 4-9 years of age, their parents,
grandparents and teachers.
Halloween is a beautiful celebration of lights and has a lot of spooky
fun around it!
In the Ghost Story, we personally meet a real ghost and he is funny! He
does not know he is a ghost and he is afraid of ghosts. Helping him to
understand and cope with his fears will be a great learning and adventure.
Join the Interactive Show and get ready to move, sing, interact, become
characters of the friendly Ghost Story and share your ideas!
Let's learn together how to accept who we are and to have the courage to
be our real self, so that no matter what the situation is, we are always amazing.
Dr. Grant, general manage and creator of the theme park, will not be able to attend
its official opening, as he is caught in the middle of a cyclone. Therefore, he
gives phone instructions to his daughter Alexandra and his assistant Paris
Milton so they, with the help of an intern (Diego Carter), can manage the theme park and put it to work.
This causes comical situations with the interaction of the actors and the children
in the audience - such as the presentation of the first Palaeolithic man created
from fossilized DNA (Sapi) and how kids take the necessary instructions on how
they should behave when they finally see the dinosaurs of the island.
Accidents, technical failures, escapes, storms and many special effects will
transport audiences to an adventure full of tenderness, with the birth of the
first baby dinosaur of the park (Chub) and exciting situations that culminate
with two dinosaurs (Dana and Raptor) in an epic fight.
Jurassic Adventures presents a ground-breaking set up which takes the audience
to a Jurassic theme park. Using theatrical art technologies such as a 7.1 sound
system, a climate system that simulates artificial olfactory environments, state
of the art lighting, all in harmony with a stage-styled theme park scenery, the
audience is not only transported to the park itself, but also participates in
the adventure.
The cast unveil the most intriguing secrets of a theme
park where everything is possible, from experiencing a cyclone, to interacting
with two "real” dinosaurs equipped with a new hydraulic technology which
makes realistic body movements and sounds, and which freely roam, throughout
the auditorium.
Tickets In-Person: Royal Theatre Box Office, Westport Road, and
Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
The
Irish Association of Barbershop Singers (IABS) recently launched their
2015 Convention in fine vocal harmony at an evening of singing and much
banter. The event was launched by Maire Hunt, Chairperson of IABS, and
Edward Horkan, represented the Mayo International Choral Festival
(Chairman), the working team on the ground who will assist with the
running of the event. The national award winning female Barbershop
quartet - Note-Orious 4 and also the sizzling Sandbars male quartet
provided a taste of what's to come in October - and boy were they in top
vocal form!
Maire
Hunt said “We are delighted to be bringing our celebration of
Barbershop Singing to Castlebar this year. We have great interest from a
lot of overseas groups who want to come to the West of Ireland. Our big
announcement is that we can confirm that Storm Front, one of the
premier quartets in the USA, will be our guests at the 2015 Convention”.
She also thanked the Mayo International Choral Festival for their
ongoing help, the Royal Theatre, the TF Royal Hotel and Harlequin Hotel
for their assistance with the launch.
Edward
Horkan, stated that, as Chairperson of Mayo International Choral
Festival and on behalf of the committee, he was delighted to welcome
Maire Hunt and the Barbershop Singers to the official launch of
The IABS Convention and is looking forward to an extremely successful
event this October.
Pat
Jennings who spoke on behalf of the Royal Theatre and Martina Nicholson
from The Harlequin Hotel said that the team was eager to show the
Barbershop delegates true Mayo hospitality throughout their stay in
Castlebar.
Michael
Baynes, Castlebar tourism and events coordinator, expressed the
importance of so many visitors coming to Castlebar over the IABS weekend
and what a fantastic opportunity it was for both the Barbershop
delegates and the people of Mayo to have such a wonderful convention in
the county town. He thanked IABS for deciding to host their convention
in Castlebar.
Every
year the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers (IABS) hold Quartet
and Chorus competitions for National and International Barbershop
Singing in different locations around Ireland. While the emphasis is on
competitions, it also impacts the streets and nightlife of Castlebar,
generating a significant boost to the local economy. Castlebar can
expect top quality concerts, and a host of free performances, taking
place at key locations across the town on a Barbershop Trail.
All
events are open to the public and the evening concerts are the
highlight of the weekend, when the award winners take to the
stage! Barbershop groups from many countries travel each year to enjoy
the Irish convention including from the U.S.A., England, Scotland,
Wales, Holland, Finland and Sweden.
The
internationally renowned event is being hosted by Mayo International
Choral Festival, who contacted IABS in 2013 to consider hosting the
event in Castlebar, and subsequently invited the IABS committee to have
one of their meetings in Castlebar, where they experienced first hand
the hospitality and friendliness of Mayo people, as well as performance
and accommodation facilities.
The
Irish Association of Barbershop Singers was founded in Offaly in 1988
and promotes the tradition of barbershop singing in Ireland. The first
Irish Barbershop Convention was held in Birr in 1989. Since then a
dedicated and growing number of Barbershop enthusiasts have ensured the
growing popularity of this very distinctive four-part harmony a
cappella style of singing. There are many studies and theories relating
to the history of Barbershop, and many believe that, as the name
implies, it started in barbershops in the USA, while people were waiting
their turn for a haircut or shave.
The
barbershop soon became the place to hang out, and the singing continued
in the streets after the barbershop closed for the day. By the early
1900s, barbershop had become immensely popular, and no show was complete
without a Barbershop Quartet. The influence of barbershop music on
other forms of popular music has been profound. Frank Sinatra sang in a
barbershop quartet before he became famous as a solo singer. The vocal
quartets of bands such as those of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller were
also greatly influenced by the barbershop style. Close harmony was the
hallmark of many pop groups such as the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons,
and is very popular today with many singers and groups.
Castlebar, Thursday 1st - Sunday 4th October 2015.
For more information, contact iabsconvention2015@gmail.com
International multi-award winning singer Tommy Fleming takes to the
stage for his first major acting role in a brand new original drama/musical
entitled 'Paddy'.
This must-see show, which is co-written by Tommy Fleming alongside
singer/songwriter Gerry Carney and Tommy Marren (writer of the hugely
successful 'Its the Real McCoy), tells the story of Patrick Murphy who
emigrates to England to start a new life on the building sites of London.
With a gripping storyline that is set in both Ireland and England over a
25-year period - alongside 13 original songs - 'Paddy' promises to be a unique
night of stunning drama and spectacular music.
Simply unmissable!
Tickets In-Person: Royal Theatre Box Office, Westport Road, Castlebar
Legendary singer /
songwriter, Albert Hammond, comes to The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Saturday
10th October, for one memorable show!
One of the all time
greatest songwriters, his live performances are also tremendous! He´s joined on
stage by his own band to present a stunning 2.5 hour journey through five
decades of our lives.
There was amazing
reaction to Albert on The Late Late Show recently, when sitting on the couch
beside Ryan Tubridy, with his acoustic guitar in hand, he stunned the audience,
when he sang one massive hit after hit, which he has written down through the
years.
Albert Hammond has
accumulated no less than 360 million records sold worldwide. This stunning show
contains his most successful songs like ‘It Never Rains in Southern
California’, The Free Electric Band, When I Need You and The Air Than I
Breathe. Hear the songs, the stories behind them and the artists Albert has
worked with including: Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, Julio Iglesias,
Willie Nelson, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and many many more...
Other hits include
‘Down By The River’, ‘One Moment In Time’, ‘I'm A Train’, ‘To all the girls
I’ve loved before’, ‘When I need You’, and others too numerous to mention.
He’s even
responsible for making our own Joe Dolan an international star! He penned ‘Make
me an Island’, ‘Good Lookin’ Woman’ and ‘Teresa’ for Joe. “I loved Joe” He
said. “After I wrote those songs for him, I moved to California. Joe was
looking for more material to record. But nobody told me. That was a big regret
of mine. Joe was an amazing talent and a wonderful person”
Albert has been
writing hit songs for over 50 years. There has not been a single decade in
which he has not written multiple hits songs since he scored his first hit with
‘Little Arrows’ at the age of 24. That song was a Number One in the Irish
Charts for The Dixies Showband and the Spanish version went on to top the
charts in many Latin American Countries.
His songs have been responsible for over 50
chart-topping hits.
He has been inducted
into The Songwriters ‘Hall of Fame’ and has been awarded an OBE by Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth.
The man is simply a
living legend. Don’t miss him in concert!
Tickets
In-Person:
Royal Theatre Box Office, Westport Road, and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
Fri
7th Aug | Doors 8pm. Show 9pm | Ruby Room | Tkts: €13
Lisa Canny is a
multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from County Mayo. With roots in Irish
traditional, folk, pop, and soul music, Lisa’s unique sound has been compared
to a wide range of artists from Kate Bush and Sinead O’Connor to Ingrid
Michaelson and Hozier.
Lisa is set to
release her debut single entitled “Lifeline” on 12th June 2015. She wrote the
song with Grammy Award winning songwriting Jodi Marr. Although only new to the
singer/songwriter scene Lisa has already grabbed the attention and backing of
major players in the industry including Miles Copeland (The Police, Sting),
Julian Emery (McFly, Busted), and George Noriega (Shakira, Ricky Martin). The
next year looks hugely promising for the small-town girl with the big
voice!
With 7 All-Ireland
titles to her name on traditional harp and banjo, Lisa toured the US and Canada
extensively with Celtic Crossroads as lead singer and musician, appearing on
their PBS special DVD in 2014. At home on the road Lisa has also toured France,
Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, the UK & Ireland with groups Fuinnimh,
Celtic Spree and Ragus. After graduating with a First Class Honours degree in
Irish Music and Dance at University of Limerick in 2010, Lisa went on to
achieve a First Class Masters degree in Ethnomusicology at University College
Cork.
