The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Tuesday 7th March
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The Irish Connection
Evening lecture
Irish World Heritage Centre
0161 2054007
www.iwhc.com
7.30pm
Ffree
A talk given by Sr. Nuala O’Connor outlining the contribution of Religious Orders, Priests and lay Catholic Organisations to Education and Pastoral Care of the people of Manchester from the beginning of the 19th to the middle of the 20th Century.
Moore School of Irish Dance
English Martyrs Parish Centre
Alexandra Rd South, Whalley Range
0161 226 1107
6.30pm – 8pm
All ages welcome
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.
I, Keano
The Lowry
Salford Quays
7.30pm 0870 787 5790
The Manchester Irish Festival are proud to bring the UK premier of ‘I, Keano’ described as Up Pompeii meets Father Ted (with a hint of Spitting Image). “Unmercifully Funny” The Irish Times, “A masterfully executed musical comedy” The Times. For further details visit www.thelowry.com
Traditional Night
The Irish Association Club
Chorlton
0161 881 2898
Irish Dancing, Set Dancing and Irish Language, come along
learn and enjoy the night.