The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Wednesday 15th March
Manchester Irish Festival Message Board
ALL FM Radio’s Full Irish Traditional Irish Session
Union Inn
Stockport Road, Levenshulme 0161 224 1271
7pm
Free
Joe Casserley and all the team from ALL FM Radio’s
Irish programme ‘The Full Irish’ will be on air from 7pm - 9pm
and in the Union afterwards with Live Traditional Irish Music by ‘The
Long Road’. Guest musicians welcome to join in the session.
Sponsored by ALL fm 96.9 fm
The Fureys FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR TOUR
Manchester Opera House
The Fureys celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2003 with a series of concerts throughout Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada. They were reunited on these concerts with their lifetime friend and former member Davey Arthur.
Due to the huge success of their anniversary tour, Davey has stayed on with the Fureys on a permanent basis and will be with the lads on this tour.
Tickets £14-£16 (£13-£15 concession)
www.getlive.co.uk/manchester
0870 401 9000
Whistle
in the Dark
by Tom Murphy
Royal Exchange Theatre
Box Office 0161 833 9833 www.royalexchange.co.uk
England, the early 1960s, somewhere in Coventry; into the home of Michael Carney and his English wife come his brawling family of brothers and their father, the fire-breathing Dada. Michael came to England for a better life but as the Carney brothers gear up to confront a rival gang for control of the area, Michael is forced to take a stand as age old resentments and tensions begin to explode. Written when he was 25, A Whistle in the Dark launched Tom Murphy onto the stage in London and Dublin to a storm of shock, controversy and applause. Now regarded as a classic of Irish drama it remains a devastating portrait of the pull of tribalism and violence in men and the desperate need to stand against it. The show features Gary Whelan as Dada, with Patrick O’Kane as Michael.
St Patrick’s Celebration for the over 50’s
Irish World Heritage Centre
Queens Road, Cheetham Hill
12.30 – 3.00pm Admission Free
Come along and be entertained by the ‘Mayo Man’ Peter Mylett
The
Flags
by Bridget O’Connor
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre
Box Office 0161 833 9833 www.royalexchange.co.uk
JJ and Howie are lifeguards on the second worst beach in Ireland. They dream of Banna Strand, the perfect beach with ‘tits and ass as far as the eye can see’. The jobs at Banna are unexpectedly vacant, presenting and opportunity for the lads. But somking, losing the lifeguard manual, and the dead birds on the beach mean their chances are slim. Until a young woman comes to the beach with surprising intentions and Aonter is offered up to JJ as a way out. Bridget O’ Connor’s comedy about ambition, dreams and the taste of Pot Noodles answers the question: what is the real reason for The Flags. With Francis Magee and Kieran Cunningham
Barry James & Andy Dinnan
O’Shea’s Irish Bar
Princess St, City Centre 0161 236 3906
8pm – 1am
Ex Toss the Feathers front men, provide a range of Celtic tunes from Christy Moore to Van Morrison
Shamrock Shufflers Line Dancing
English Martyrs Parish Centre
Alexandra Rd South, Whalley Range 0161 226
1107
7.30 – 11pm
All ages welcome
Burke School of Irish Dancing
St Annes Parish Centre
Stretford
6.30 – 8.30pm
Followed by Quiz night at 9.30
Kennedy Keegan School of Irish Dancing
St Kentigerns
6.30pm