The David Hennessy Musical & Dramatic Society presented The Full Monty, The Stage Musical at the Theatre Royal to noisy and appreciative applause. It is a difficult show for actor/performers requiring almost total nudity, slick timing and chutzpah. The six ‘strippers’ rose to the occasion, encouraged...
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The Isolation Organisation Challenge!
The Isolation Organisation Challenge!
https://www.glitterball.ie/ The world has become a very different place since my last article, who’d have thought I’d be writing this, and you’d be reading this in isolation? Like the song says “It’s a mad world”! Nevertheless, life goes on and there are always positives to be taken from a bad situation. In this case...
Slieverue Hits the Jackpot!
Slieverue Hits the Jackpot!
The Eigse Players bring their own special brand of madness and mayhem to the Parish Hall in Slieverue for three nights from Thursday 19th – Saturday 21st March starting at 8.00 p.m. This year’s hilarious comedy ‘Hitting the Jackpot’ tells the story of County Councillor Eamon Leslie, who at the end of his tether from...
Central Arts presents Robocobra Quartet
Central Arts presents Robocobra Quartet
This Friday the 13th, Central Arts presents one of the most exciting live acts around as the amazing Robocobra Quartet take to the stage at Central Arts on Friday next, February 13th. Dubbed ‘Fugazi meets Mingus’ and comprising two saxophonists, bass and drummer-vocalist, Robocobra Quartet’s unmatched live...
International Women’s Day Festival
International Women’s Day Festival
Waterford Women’s Centre, celebrating 25 years, since 1995, working with women and children in Waterford, presents the annual International Women’s Day Festival 2020. Tomorrow (Wednesday) a Civic Trust Blue Plaque will be unveiled to the Daly Family at 11am in Arundel Lane where Mai, Debbie and their mother, Margaret...
Stellar cast for Five Year Plan
Stellar cast for Five Year Plan
Nicola Spendlove’s powerful new play presented by Waterford’s Stagemad Theatre Company comes to Garter Lane on March 19th and 20th.Directed by Ben Quinlan with the hugely talented cast of Ema Lemon. Grannie Kavanagh. and Abi McCormack, this play will astound and confound in a night of theatre that has...
Captivating Catalan coast
Captivating Catalan coast
We found the Catalan equivalent of the Copper Coast.There is a national park out to the Cap de Crues, which is the most easterly point of the Spanish lands, next stop the Balearic islands, also populated by the Catalans.The road from Roses is quite narrow and up a mountain and not easy, as tour buses also use...
An Audience With Gar Campion
An Audience With Gar Campion
(Garter Lane, March 5th, 6th and 7th) Gar Campion, the greatest hurler in the world….of Ireland, brings his brand new show “An Audience With Gar Campion” to Garter Lane. Disgraced after becoming the first hurler to be banned for the game for failing a drugs test for PEDs, Gar is forced to take a job coaching a new...
Waterford Women’s Centre presents International Women’s Day Festival
Waterford Women’s Centre presents International Women’s Day Festival
Waterford Women’s Centre, celebrating 25 years, since 1995, working with women and children in Waterford, presents the annual International Women’s Day Festival 2020. The festival hosts a number of free events beginning with an International Circle Dance workshop, led by Kate Crotty and festival launch on...
The Truth About Eating Disorders
The Truth About Eating Disorders
‘I never wanted to be thin…I just wanted to regain control of my life’ Michelle Heffernan Reports In 2007 it looked like I had it all; 600 points in my Leaving Cert, college place in Trinity, modelling contract, family, friends. In reality, I was in the darkest place I’ve ever been in my life. At 17 I had...
Garter Lane announces new Artists in Residence
Garter Lane announces new Artists in Residence
2020 is shaping up to be a very big year for Garter Lane Arts Centre with the announcement of two big Artist in Residence Awards supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Waterford City & County Council. Dee Grant will be returning as Dance Artist in Residence and Deirdre Dwyer returns to her hometown to take...
Sleeping Beauty from Bolshoi Ballet
Sleeping Beauty from Bolshoi Ballet
(Theatre Royal, Saturday, February 29th) This February the Royal Moscow Ballet brings every child’s favourite fairy-tale to the Theatre Royal stage with very special Guest Soloists from the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet. This is the classic story of love and innocence, mystery and magic set to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting...
