The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Thursday 16th March
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The
Stars of Ireland
Starring Brendan Grace & ‘Special Guest Star’ Johnny McEvoy
Opera House
Manchester
7.30pm
£16 & £14
(From Ticketmaster 0870 401 9000 subject to booking fee)
Brendan Grace – The greatest comedian the Irish generation has known is delighted to present his show in the Opera House, Manchester. Brendan’s material is traditional stand-up comedy and not modern alternative humour. He has worked with Frank Sinatra & Tom Jones. ‘Very Special Guest Star’ is Johnny McEvoy who achieved six No. 1 records in Ireland.
2006
YGG Unsigned Final
with DJ ‘David Hennigan’
The Bands in the Final are:
Project 22 www.project22.tk
The High www.thehigh.co.uk
The Manyanas
The Times
The Pack Horse
Stockport Road, Levenshulme
0161 224 4355
8pm-1am Admission £3 advance
Now in it’s tenth year this competition for Unsigned bands with Irish roots has grown into one of the UK’s biggest and has attracted entries from as far away as Australia and Canada. Four finalists have made it through the hotly contested heats in their bid for £1,000 worth of prizes.
Sponsored by the Boddingtons, Levenshulme Pub Company, Cutting Rooms Recording Studios, www.xsync.co.uk and www.24rockfest.com
Magners Irish Cider presents Barrel of Laughs Irish Special.
The Frog & Bucket
0161 236 9805
£5/£3 concessions
Doors 7.30pm Show starts 8.30pm.
We kick off our Irish Weekend with the best value comedy show – ever! 3 headline acts MC Mick Ferry presents … Brendan Burke, Caimh McDonnell, Mary Bourke.
St Patrick’s Eve Warm Up
O’Shea’s Irish Bar
Princess St, City Centre 0161 236 3906
8pm – 1am
Warm up for the big day with Manchester’s very own Green Hot Clover
Ballroom Dancing
The Irish Association Club
Chorlton
0161 881 2898
8pm
Come along all welcome
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
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.
Traditional Irish Music Classes for young People
Irish World Heritage Centre
7.30 – 9pm.
£3.
Fully qualified music teacher.
Contact Michelle O’Leary (Comhaltas
Ceolteoiri Eireann)
on 07960101100.