Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

IMTV win for King Kong Co

Waterford’s very own King Kong Company scooped the prestigious ‘viewers choice’ award at this week’s Irish Music TV Awards in Dublin.

Review: Make Music To His Name

Waterford has many reasons to be grateful for the contributions that the composer Eric Sweeney has made to the musical name and fame of this proud city.

Review: Between Waterford Land and Sky

Compass Writers are a diverse group of writers who have gathered in Waterford since 2007 to write, support and perfect their craft. F

Review: La Traviata

The Tchaikovsky Perm State Opera brought La Traviata (Fallen Women) to the Grand Canal Theatre with full chorus and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra.

Review: Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun

Stagemad Theatre Company set up in 2005 and in the past six years have added much by way of new work, a strong admirable support for a new cohort of actors, mostly on a shoestring of financial support.

The Sweet & Lowdown: Joanna Ryde

The all-singing, all dancing Finglas lass, who hosts the legendary cabaret shows at Waterford’s Dignity Bar, began her rise to superstardom in 2007 when she won the prestigious Alternative Miss Ireland.

Christmas Crooners

Christmas Crooners at the Theatre Royal will be a wonderful trip down memory lane especially for Christmas and the festive season.

Scrooge becomes a Theatre Director

This year, Waterford Youth Arts have decided to stage a new version of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” titled “A Gleekmas Carol”.

First solo show

An Alternative History of Stone Age Man, according to Jack Foskin, is a new exhibition by Waterford-born artist Jack Foskin at the city’s Library in Lady Lane.

‘Manifold charms’ of Clancy Gallery

ANDREA JAMESON (c) The Cooples River Blackwater (detail) (Oil on canvas 40x80cm).
The Christmas Show in Joan Clancy Gallery is attracting great interest.