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Arts Festival 201022nd to 31st October

Imagine is a unique celebration of the arts in Waterford City. It provides an opportunity for everyone to experience and participate in a broad range of creative arts. It features live performances and special workshops for people of all ages and interests. The Festival serves as a platform for local talent and showcase for international artists. It strives to commission new work that pushes boundaries and challenges the audience.

Imagine is run by a voluntary team and we always welcome new people and new ideas:

Nick Bankes (Chair), Aldine Cranley (Finance), Ann Johnson (Administration), Karla Kelly (Production), Ollie Breslin (Artistic Director), Phad Hennessy and Catherine Burgess O’Sullivan (Music), Liz O’Dea (Film), Mark Roper (Literature), Ger Kennedy and Mailo Power (Visual Art), Robert Browne (Theatre and Comedy), Libby Seward (Dance).

Crew: Nora Boland (Production Manager), Richard Collins (Technical Assistant), PR: Monica Leech (Outside Thinking)Photography: Ciaran ConnellyVideo: John LoftusGraphic Design: Gerry KeaneWebsite: Peter O’Neill (353it)Printers: Nolan PrintAccountants: O’Neill Foley Accountants

Thanks To:All the Artists and their support people, Local Media – Munster Express, Waterford News and Star, Waterford Today, WLR Fm, BEATfm and City Channel. All the venues, our advertisers whom we would encourage you to support. All the Volunteers. Also Destination Waterford Tourism Committee, David McCoy and the Staff at the House of Waterford Crystal, Johnny Villa, Spraoi, Staff at Waterford Youth Arts, Conor Nolan and staff at City Arts Office, Ben Barnes, Rosie Bent and all the Staff at the Theatre Royal, the staff at the Granary, the staff at Christ Church Cathedral, Ciaran O’Neill and all the staff at the Forum, Dirk Baumann, Presentation Secondary School, Waterford Educate Together N. S., Rev. John Parkin and congregation of St. Patrick’s Church, tutors for creative workshop, Storm Cinema, Frank Ryan and Waterford Film for All. Special thanks to Peter Sheridan, who officially launched the programme and all who helped make Imagine 2010 possible.

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed

John Mullaneby David Hennessy

Hughie O’Donoghue Art Exhibition

French Film FestivalThe Illusionist

It is with great pleasure that I extend my best wishes to all those who through their commitment and passion have helped bring

about this year’s Imagine Arts Festival. With over 80 events planned for this exciting time in Waterford I have no doubt that everyone attending will thoroughly enjoy this year’s festival.

Now in its sixth year it is true to say that Imagine is a unique celebration of the arts in Waterford. The very full, varied and ambitious programme of events planned for this year’s festival truly has something for everyone. I am delighted to see that so many art forms -theatre, literature, dance, film, visual art and music are included in the programme. Among the many highlights are screenings of the critically acclaimed films Gainsbourg and The Illusionist; performances by The Phoenix Orchestra and the baritone singer Jack L; a production of Sean O’Casey’s masterpiece “The Plough and the Stars” and also an audience with the world renowned Irish author Joseph O’Connor.

Undoubtedly the Imagine festival will bring significant benefits to the local economy. Events such as this will drive the promotion of Ireland to both domestic and overseas visitors and will contribute significant economic benefits. Congratulations to all involved.

Ádh mór agus tá súil agam go mbeidh féile na bliana seo an ceann is fearr fós.

Mary Hanafin TDMinister for Tourism, Culture and Sport


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T with the MaggiesDate: Monday 25th of October

Doors: 8pm Venue: The Forum WaterfordAdm: €25

The voices of The Bothy Band, Coolfin, Altan and Clannad, four truly iconic Celtic women, have come together in this remarkable collaboration. On the stage the Maggies bubble with a mixture of instinctive tone, harmony and a generous helping of laughs. Each brings their choice of songs but moulds them into the group with a unique soundscape of voice, piano, fiddle and harp.

“…the effervescence of the personalities on stage, and the sense of respect and sisterhood displayed had won me over…the intensity of delivery is uniformly stunning.” (Aengus Ó Maoláin, The Journal of Music)

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The UnthanksDate: Saturday 23rd October

Doors Open: 8pm Venue: Forum TheatreTicket Price: €20

‘They are like the morning dew that hasn’t steamed off yet, they are fresh and new and I really don’t think they know how good they are’ – Robert Wyatt

Mercury Prize nominated, The Unthanks, have seen each of their three albums albums win album of the year awards. Their new extended line-up includes string quartet, brass, percussion, tuned percussion, bass, and piano. Their songs are timeless, unsentimental and quietly subversive tales of loss, fear, booze and brawls. Real folk music in other words!Forging links between folk worlds old, new and other.

The Unthanks deliver ’.. a sensationally graceful sound that can be epic and subdued, dreamy and specific, as well as supernaturally ancient and defiantly modern’ - Paul Morley, Observer Music Magazine

Note: Special double gig price T with the Maggies and The Unthanks at €40.


|Bookings at 051 874402 or online at www.imagineartsfestival.comblend of electronica and rock is respected by critics and loved by music fans in equal measure His music has been covered by The Raconteurs, among others and his single ‘Phil Lynnot’ was almost Ireland’s Christmas number 1 last year! Jape has played Glastonbury and Electric Picnic, and has still managed to record songs for his new, eagerly-awaited album.

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Date: Friday 22nd OctoberDoors: 9pm Venue: The Forum Theatre

Admission: €10

With his latest album, Ritual, the Choice Music Prize winner, Jape AKA Richie Egan, is a welcome addition to the Imagine Festival bill. Jape’s special

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Jack L & BandDate: Saturday 30th October

Doors: 8pm Venue: The Church Patrick St.Adm: €20

Jack Lukeman - aka Jack L - is perhaps the most singular talent to have emerged from Ireland in the past decade

- The Irish Independent This is a rare opportunity to see the multi-award winning Jack L playing in the beautiful atmospheric and intimate church. Along with a stripped down band, Jack will play for a select group of fans who book early for this gig. This will be an intimate evening where fans will be treated to the best of his back catologue courtesy of his last album The Story So Far –The Essential Collection, which has just gone double platinum! Early booking is advised as tickets are limited to 150!

This year Imagine is delighted to welcome Noel Hill, who will be accompanied by Brian McGrath (Piano, Banjo) & Aisling Hill (Fiddle, Concertina), Noel Hill is one of those standard-setting voices in Irish music today. Few musicians in any field or in any generation achieve a position where both audiences and experts agree on their pre-eminence and mastery of an instrument; Noel Hill’s virtuosity has firmly established him as the defining Irish concertina player of our time.

...Noel Hill’s fame preceeds him in the form of Albums and broadcasts that serve as a forum for his talents.

--The New York Times

Noel HillDate: Friday 29th of October

Doors: 8pm Venue: The Church Patrick St.Ticket Price: €20

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Pub Gigs - All FreeSun. 24th, Jordans, The unique voice of Francie White and guitarist supremo Alan Colfer, 9.30pm

Tues. 26th, Phil Grimes Bar, ‘A Near-life Experience’ Matt O’Dowd provides Waterford with what he describes as a Near-life Experience at Grimes via 12 ‘Sixties-type’ country-folk songs of his own and 9 poems of Waterford and North Tipperary., 9.30pm

Weds. 27th, McLoughlin’s Bar, Dylan Bible assembles his new trad ‘supergroup’, Balcán to entertain as only they can. This is a gig not to be missed! 9.30pm

Fri. 29th, Old Ground Bar, After the great Noel Hill concert at The Church, trad music will continue with POB and friends who will play until they get thrown out, 10.30pm

Sat. 30th, Jordans Bar, Cassidy will play the best of Rock, Blues and Reggae to shake up the quay, 10pm

Sun. 31st, Downes Bar, Brownbread Mixtape music and spoken word 8.30pm

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One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Dubliner Finghin Collins, performs with the famed Dutch Soprano Lenneke Ruiten. This eclectic and mouth-watering programme includes songs by Mozart, Schubert, Berg, Duparc, Poulenc as well as the contemporary Dutch composer Micha Hamel.

Ireland’s newest repertoire orchestra in its debut performance,”Phoenix” takes flight with a programme of fiery performances of large-scale masterpieces. Conductor and Musical Director is John Finucane. Be there at the beginning of something special.

Symphony Club of Waterford presentsThe Phoenix Orchestra

Date: Sunday 24th October Time: 3.30pm Venue: Christ Church Cathedral

Adm: €16 / €12conc.

Waterford Music presentsFinghin Collins

& Lenneke RuittenDate: Thursday 28th of October

Time: 8pm Venue: Large Room, City HallAdm: €15 / €5 conc

City of WaterfordBrass Band

Date: Saturday 23rd October Doors: 8pm

Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Adm: €10

Founded in 1932, the band continues to bring the tradition of Brass playing into Waterford people lives. It has in a way been the training ground for some of the finest players in the country and while many

wouldn’t have gone on to the professional ranks, it has given all of its players a sense of their musical creativity. This concert will again be an opportunity to meet old and new friends and hear Brass in such a splendid setting.


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Brownbread MixtapeDate: Sunday 31st October

Doors: 8pm Venue: Downes PubAdm: FREE

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Jinx LennonDate: Friday 29th October

Doors: 9pm Venue: Phil Grimes PubAdm: €10

Launch of new AlbumFighting Spiders

Date: Sunday 31st OctoberDoors: 8pm Venue: The Church Patrick St.

Adm: FREE

With the ‘Best lyrics in Ireland’ according to DAMIEN DEMPSEY, Jinx Lennon the antagonist genius of social disorder and scuzzy beat lyricism returns with his latest album NATIONAL CANCER STRATEGY another peep under the rock of this Septic Tiger Island also equipped with uplifting anthems to clear the demons out of the heads of those willing to listen.

For one night only, Dublin’s premier monthly arts night, the brownbread mixtape is coming to the Imagine Festival in Waterford! Featuring Waterford’s own Kalle Ryan (MC), Enda Roche (Music), singer/songwriter Pearse McGloughlin, EleventyFour (Music). Poets Stephen James Smith and Colm Keegan. Original comedic interludes from our resident Brownbread Players sketch troupe, comprised of Sean McDonagh, Eva Bartley and Gus McDonagh. Also expect plenty more surprises and silliness along the way!

Fighting Spiders launch their long awaited debut album “Tarantism” at this year’s Imagine Arts Festival in style and its only fitting that this arachnid creation is born on Halloween Night.In a sublime marriage of electro-pop songs and visuals ranging from the haunted to the maniacal, Fighting Spiders will preview their new live stage show for one night only. “Tarantism” a soundscape of Electro-Pop drawing inspiration from the likes of Daft Punk and Depeche Mode but all, inimitably, Spider. Witness the birth of their creation in what promises to be one of the best parties of the year. Bring your dancing shoes.

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Joseph O’connor Reading

Date: Thursday 28th of OctoberTime: 8pm Venue: The Church Patrick St.

Adm: €10

Imagine is extremely proud to present a reading by the acclaimed Irish writer Joseph O’Connor, whose last three novels have brought him worldwide acclaim.

O’Connor voice has become familiar throughout the country because of his weekly diary on RTE Radio 1. He will be reading from his new novel Ghost Light, which the Guardian described as ‘a major work of modern fiction from an astonishingly accomplished writer.’

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Martina Evans is an extremely funny poet, but her work also has a more serious undertone. Bernard O’Donoghue has described her poems as ‘a miracle, for the way they combine total clarity with profundity’. Edward Denniston’s work will be well

known to Waterford audiences. This year he will be reading from his new collection of poetry. Edward is a highly entertaining reader, and a very fine poet indeed.

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Poetry ReadingMartina Evans

& Edward DennistonDate: Sunday 24th of October

Time: 12. Noon Venue: Greyfriars GalleryAdm: Free

Poetry ReadingMyra Schneider

Date: Saturday 30th OctoberTime: 8pm Venue: Greyfriars Gallery

Adm: Free

Myra Schneider has written many collections of poetry. She has a very high reputation. Imagine is delighted to be able to bring her over from London this year. One of the best teachers of Creative Writing, she will be giving a 3-hour Workshop.Participants at the Workshop will be invited to read with her at her own reading.

This promises to be a unique and wonderful event.

re. Workshops - to book a place email Mark Roper at [email protected] cost €10

adventures. The film was made by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. and it features a silhouette animation technique Reiniger and is further enhanced by the wonderful symphonic score of Wolfgang Zeller and is a must see for all the family!

The Adventures Of Prince Achmed

1926 (65 mins)Date: Friday 29th October Time: 7pm

Venue: Christ Church CathedralTickets: €10 adults/ €5 children

The oldest surviving animated feature film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed is based on an Arabian Night adventure. A wicked sorcerer tricks Prince Achmed into riding a magical flying horse which he uses to fly off to many

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ilm | Dir: Radu Mihaileanu France 2009 119 mins

Cert: 12A Language: French, Russian In 1980 Brezhnev-era Russia, Andrei Filipov lost his position as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra because of his refusal to fire the orchestra’s Jewish musicians. Now, 25 years later, he intercepts a fax requesting the Bolshoi Orchestra’s talents at a concert in Paris. Andrei organizes his rag-tag ensemble of old musician buddies and accepts the Paris invitation under the guise of the current orchestra. Along the

Dir: Joann Sfar France 2009 130 mins Cert: 15A Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis and Mylene Jampanoi Language: French Best-selling comic book artist Joann Sfar delivers a fascinating biography of famed French singer Serge Gainsbourg. It follows his rise to fame and his proclivity to drinking and women—including his affair with Brigitte Bardot and marriage to Jane Birkin. Sfar envelopes Gainsbourg’s story with a

The Concert Date: Sunday 24th of October

GainsbourgDate: Monday 25th of October

way, he will reunite with a young, beautiful violin virtuoso played by acclaimed actress Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds) who holds the key to his past and to his future.

unique and surrealistic style to prortray the incredible life of a man that gave the world songs such as “Bonnie and Clyde” and the scandalous “Je t’aime… moi non plus.

All films start: 8pm. Venue: Storm Cinemas Price: €9.50In association with Waterford Film For All

and Access Cinema and with thanks to Storm Cinemas: Buy tickets for all 5 films at special price of €40.00


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Dir: Claire Denis France 2009 102 mins Cert: 15AStarring: Isabelle Huppert, Isaach De Bankolé, Christophe Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle and William Nadylam Language: French In the latest film by Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert plays the French owner of a coffee plantation in an African country that is falling further apart in the civil war. Despite the danger of an approaching rebel army, she stubbornly

Dir: Sylvain Chomet UK, France 2010 79 mins Cert: 12AFeaturing voices of: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Jean-Claude DondaLanguage: French

Dir: Catherine Corsini France 2009 90 mins Cert: 16 Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal Language: French When an unhappy housewife tries leaving her husband for another man, she runs into even unhappier times in this brooding tale of explosive amour fou. Although a cliffhanger prologue lets us know where things are headed, it remains

White MaterialDate: Tuesday 26th of October

The Illusionist Date: Wednesday 27th of October

LeavingDate: Thursday 28th of October

tries to keep the plantation running.It’s the story of a woman who thinks that she is where she belongs, while many Africans regard her as an outsider, an unwanted reminder of European colonialism.

Sylvain Chomet’s second feature film is a winner on every level. Our weary hero is an over-the-hill magician, complete with less-than-friendly white rabbit; their adventures are based upon an unrealised script by Jacques Tati, the action of which Chomet transposed to Scotland after he moved there in 2004. Rich with visual jokes, seductive 1950s period detail and breathtaking views of city and wilderness alike, this is the work of a master in his field – and one of the most gorgeous evocations of Scotland in cinema history. - Edinburgh Film Festival 2010

fascinating to see how Suzanne’s combination of naiveté, stubbornness and willpower pushes things toward the anticipated conclusion.

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Visual ArtLaunch of Salt Water Hughie O’Donoghue Exhibition Greyfriars Gallery7.00pmMusicJape plus SupportForum TheatreDoors 9pm. Adm. €10.

TheatreThe Beauty Queen of Leenane Theatre Royal8pm. Adm. €10 to €20

Sat. 23 rd Oct.TheatreThe Beauty Queen of Leenane Theatre Royal8pm. Adm. €10 to €20An Evening with Peter Sherdian The Granary Theatre 8pm. Adm. €15MusicThe UnthanksForum TheatreDoors Open 8pm. Adm. €20(special price for T with the Maggies - two gigs €40) Waterford City Brass Band Christ Church Cathedral8pm. Adm. €8Visual ArtArtist Talk by Hughie O’DonoghueGreyfriars Gallery12noon Adm. Free.

FilmGainsbourgStorm Cinema8pm. Adm. €9.50

Visual ArtTake 5 ExhibitionAthenaeum House Hotel7.30pm. Adm. Free

TheatreThe Beauty Queen of Leenane Theatre Royal8pm. Adm. €10 to €20

New Comedy plays by Dean Sullivan, Brian Coady & Caz Butler Kelly. The Granary Theatre8pm. Adm. €10

Tues. 26 th Oct.

TheatreThe Plough & The StarsGarter Lane Theatre8pm. Adm. €15 / €12 conc

Diversions 3 Venue: TBC8pm. Adm. €10

The Beauty Queen of LeenaneTheatre Royal8pm. Adm. €10 to €20

Sunday 24th

ComedyJimeoinRevolution Comedy Club9pm. Adm. €15

Spoken WordReading by Martina Evans & Edward Denniston Greyfriars Gallery 12. Noon Adm. FREE

FilmOpening of French Film week The Concert Storm Cinema8pm. Adm. €9.50

MusicThe Phoenix OrchestraChrist Church Cathedral3.30pm. Adm. €16 and €12conc.

Pub GigsFrancie White & Alan ColferJordans Bar9.30pm. Adm. Free

Mon. 25 th Oct.

MusicT with the MaggiesForum Theatre8pm. Adm. €25.00(special price for The Unthanks and T with the Maggies two gigs €40)

ChildrenAimed at children 3 to 8 yearsMonsters & ThingsGranary Theatre2pm & 4pm . Adm . €5

New Comedy plays by Dean Sullivan, Brian Coady and Caz Butler Kelly. The Granary Theatre8pm. Adm. €10

Children Story Telling Caravan with Melissa BakerCathedral Square2pm / 3pm / 4pm / 5pm. Adm. €5.

FilmWhite MaterialStorm Cinema8pm. Adm. €9 .50

MusicPub GigsMatt O’DowdPhil Grimes Bar (upstairs)9 .30pm. Adm. Free

Wed. 27 th Oct.


Diversions 3 Venue: TBC8pm. Adm. €10


Something Blue…Granary Theatre8pm Adm. €10

All events through Imagine apart from Garter Lane events tel. 051-855038 Christ Church 051-858958 / Water ford Youth Arts 051-879377

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agineartsfestival.comFilmThe IllusionistStorm Cinema8pm. Adm. €9 .50

ChildrenThe Magic Cube Granary Theatre2 & 4 pm each day (55 min show)for all the family, Adm €10

MusicTrad with ‘Balcán’Pub Gig: McLoughlin’s Pub 9.30pm. Adm. Free

Thurs. 28 th Oct

ChildrenThe Magic Cube Granary Theatre2 & 4 pm each day (55 min show)for all the family, Adm €10

Spoken WordJoseph O’ConnorThe Church, Patrick St.8pm. Adm. €10

MusicClassical Concert with Finghin Collins and Lenneke RuittenLarge Room, City Hall8pm. Adm. €15 /€5 conc

Speakeasy SessionsMurphy’s BarDoors Open 8pm. Adm. €3

Dance / ChildrenSEE SAWGarter Lane Dance Studio11 .30am & 2pm


Diversions 3 Venue: TBC8pm. Adm. €10 Book via WYA 879377


Something Blue…Granary Theatre8pm. Adm. €10

FilmLeavingStorm Cinema8pm. Adm. €9.50

Fri. 29 th Oct.

Film / ChildrenThe Adventures of Prince AchmedChrist Church Cathedral7pm. Adm. €10 / €5 children

DanceEat, sleep, breathe…dance! The foyer of Waterford Regional Hospital 1pm – 2pm. Free Event

Theatre The Plough & The StarsGarter Lane Theatre8pm. Adm. €15 / €12 conc


Never Disrupting the Dust by Anna Jordan Granary Theatre8pm. Adm. €10

MusicNoel Hill with Brian McGrath & Aisling HillThe Church, Patrick StDoors 8pm. Adm. €20.

Pub GigsTrad with POB & FriendsThe Old Ground Pub, The Glen10.30pm. Adm. Free

Jinx Lennon Phil Grimes Pub. 9pm. Adm. €10

Sat. 30 th Oct.


The Beauty Queen of LeenaneTheatre Royal8pm. Adm. €10 to €20 Never Disrupting the Dust by Anna Jordan Granary Theatre8pm Adm. €10

MusicJack L. & BandThe Church, Patrick St.Doors Open 8pm. Adm. €20.

Pub Gigs CassidyJordan’s Bar10pm. Adm Free

ComedyKevin BridgesThe Laughter Lounge, The ForumAdm. €20 and €15 conc. 9pm

Spoken WordMyra SchneiderWriting WorkshopAthenaeum House Hotel 2pm start. Adm. €15.Book via email [email protected]

Myra Schneider ReadingGreyfriars8pm.Adm. FREE

DanceBLOCK PARTY! Presentation Secondary School Sports Hall, .4.00 pm Ticket price: €10

Dance WorkshopFor 12 years to adultsPresentation Secondary School Sports Hall, .5 - 6pm Dance Workshop Cost: €10 (combined ticket: Performance and Workshop €15)

Sun. 31 st Oct.

MusicPub GigsBrownbread MixtapeDownes Pub8pm. Adm. FREEFighting SpidersLaunch of new AlbumThe Church, Patrick St.Doors 8pm. Adm. FREE

All events through Imagine apart from Garter Lane events tel. 051-855038 Christ Church 051-858958 / Water ford Youth Arts 051-879377



JIMEOINSOMETHING SMELLS FUNNY

Date: Sunday 24th OctoberDoors: 9pm Venue: Revolution Comedy Club

Adm: €15

“Hilarious… It gets no better than this… He’s not trying to preach to you, he won’t change your life but he will make you laugh a lot… brilliant!”- Time Out

Stunning show of world-class stand-up as Jimeoin, Internationally hailed as one of comedy’s masters, brings his long awaited Irish tour to Imagine.

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No Gimmicks, purely and, purely and simply about having a laugh. As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow.“Comedy so deceptively bright it almost blinds you… He is not so much stand-up comedian, more stand-up David Attenborough… Inspired!” - London Evening Standard

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Fantastic 2 Night Granville Breaks Autumn SpecialsMidweek €99.00pps 2 nights bed and full Irish breakfast & 1 evening mealAny weekend €109.00pps 2 nights bed and full Irish breakfast & 1 evening mealNew Years Eve2 nights bed and full Irish breakfast and the Gala ball on New Years Eve @ €179.00ppsAvail of a 3rd night stay with any of our offers above for only €25.00pps bed and full Irish breakfast.Subject to availability terms & conditions applyPlease call reservations on 051 305555Or email [email protected] Hotel WaterfordMeagher QuayWaterford

Star of BBC 1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ & ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’

“Scotland’s Young comedy prodigy” – Guardian

With an Edinburgh Fringe Festival sell out run and an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Best Newcomer under his belt, plus star appearances on Live at the Apollo (BBC 1), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1) and Channel 4’s Comedy Gala at the 02, 2010 is fast becoming Kevin’s year. Kevin’s delightfully well observed show reveals his inner-most thoughts on a variety of topics from his homeland of Scotland to

the world beyond. His unique brand of social commentary, astute observations and sharp one-liners arguably make him the hottest act to come out of Scotland in the last ten years.

“Will have you s n o r t i n g w i t h laughter long after leaving the venue” - The Scotsman

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Kevin BridgesDate: Saturday 30th October Time: 9pmVenue: Laughter Lounge, The Forum

Adm: €20 / €15 conc.

16 Arundle Lane, Waterford, Tel. No.: 051 870364Prop. Johann Crowe

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Tel. No: 051 890364Prop. Johann Crowe

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Described by The Wall Street Journal as “the cleverest, most cunningly constructed, most assured play in years” The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a darkly comic thriller which portrays the ancient manipulative Mag and her virginal daughter, Maureen locked in a dance of mutual loathing which may be more durable than any love. Ben Barnes, whose production of this play won several major awards in North Americ, teams up with the internationally renowned designer, Todd Rosenthal (Tony and Olivier Awards for August Osage County) in his first Irish production of this award winning play.

The castGillian HannaJenni LedwellMichael PowerConor MacNeillBrutal and heartrending… as fresh as it is harrowing – VarietyBrilliant, dark and very funny - Daily NewsStunning - New York Times

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Date: Friday 22nd to Saturday 30th OctoberDoors: 8pm Venue: Theatre Royal

Adm: €10 - €20

WATERFORD DRAMATIC SOCIETY

SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION

The Plough and the Stars

Date: Tues 26th to Sat 30th OctoberDoors: 8pm Venue: Garter Lane Theatre

Adm: €15 / €12 conc

Waterford Dramatic Society proudly celebrates its seventy-fifth birthday this year. The Society has an unbroken tradition of staging drama in Waterford City in each and every year since its first production in the 1930s. To celebrate this important birthday the Society is staging this classic of the Irish canon by Sean O’Casey. Set in a Dublin tenement in 1916 this play and its cast of marvellous characters combines tragedy and comedy, joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. Featuring a strong local cast directed by the distinguished and talented Anne Meketarian, this promises to be an unforgettable night’s theatre.


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‘Peter Sheridan writes at the crossroads where hilarity and heartbreak, tenderness and savagery meet. The people who live there are often cruel, often magnificent, and always,always human. He captures them perfectly.’ - Roddy Doyle

An Evening with Peter Sherdian

Date: Saturday 23rd OctoberDoors: 8pm Venue: The Granary Theatre

Admission: €15

A 90-minute one-man show from writer and director Peter Sheridan, who conjures up the voices and accents of his 1960’s childhood. This is a coming of age story peopled with deliciously eccentric characters and surreally bizarre incidents.

Ozanam Street, WaterfordTel: 051 - 874 911

Fax: 051 - 871 448Email: [email protected]

Web: www.wyc.ie

Contact: Mr. Joe Gough (Youth Development officer) Waterford Youth Committee Ozanam Street Waterford. T: 051874911www.wyc.ie

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Waterford Ways Productions presents My Brother from Another Mother by Dean Sullivan and Brian Coady which explores the relationship between two brothers shortly after their fathers death. Followed by Caz Butler Kelly’s latest offering, Behind Our Four Walls, which explores the joys and pitfalls of a flatshare!

“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” Step in on a day that was supposed to be the happiest day on Earth for someone but ended up being a day she would rather forget.

Two New Comedies Date: Mon. 25th and Tues. 26th. Oct.

Doors: 8pm Venue: GranaryTheatreAdm: €10

Anna Jordan’s new play directed by Peter McKenzie Brown “They say there is madness in love. Who once said that time heals all ills? And who was it believed that a man mad was a man lost? Is it better to be lost and happy than to be of sound mind and miserable? But how much madness is ok?”

Following their hit shows for the last two years set on a bus and a courthouse, this year they opt for a school. Follow the action through classrooms, staffrooms, and locker-rooms to find out what stories are created by Waterford writers remembering their ‘happy’ school days.

Stagemad presents Never Disrupting the Dust

Date: Fri. 29th and sat. 30th Oct.Doors: 8pm Venue: GranaryTheatre

Adm: €10

Waterford Youth Arts presentsDiversions 3

(7 short plays set in a school)Date: Tues 26th, Weds 27th & Thurs 28th Oct.

Doors: 8pm Venue: TBC Adm: €10

Push Pull Productions presentsSomething Blue. . . Date: Weds. 27th and Thurs. 28th Oct.Doors: 8pm Venue: GranaryTheatreAdm: €10

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Two clowns, ‘One’ and ‘The Other’, discover a strange world made only of cubes: big cubes and small cubes, red cubes and blue cubes. Two very different views of the world collide to create a wonderful clowning performance with horses,motorbikes, trains, castles, battles, love, laughs and even some tears.Want to see something that everyone will enjoy? Bring the family, bring your friends, bring your Granny - you’re sure to have a great time

Twisted yarns and tall tales! she brings her own wide travels like twigs to the fire, igniting her stories with tales from far parts of the globe.

Squeals of laughter emanating from the stage leave us in no doubt but that the children totally get the sparkling wit in the narrative. – The ExaminerOnce again Pignut return to Imagine to present a new show for young children under 8 years – Monsters and Things. Poddi and Jacko want to win Xfactor. They have been practising their

song all week and they can’t wait. But now Poddi has a head cold. Will this stop them winning the Xfactor? What can they do? Does Jacko have the answer? Who is the mysterious Wizard? Will a small magic book be a help or a hindrance? Join Poddi and Jacko on their magical adventure.

The Storyelling Caravan with Melissa Baker Date: Tuesday 26th October

Time: 2pm / 3pm / 4pm / 5pm (story lasts approx 40 minutes)

Venue: Cathedral Square Adm: €5For children under ten years.

Monsters and Things by Pignut Theatre

Date: Bank Holiday Mon. 25th OctoberTime: 2pm and 4pm

Venue: The GranaryTheatreAdm: €5 Aimed at children 3 – 8years.

The Pandemonium Theater (Italy) present

THE MAGIC CUBE Date: Weds. 27th and Thurs. 28th Oct.

Time: 2pm and 4pm each day (55min show)Venue: Granary Theatre Adm: €10

For all the family

Children and adults love the thrill of climbing into the old fashioned caravan, the perfect setting for a magical moment. The stories told are mostly all original, but inspired by images, mythology and cultures from around the world. The storyteller responds to the requests of listeners and involves them in the stories at critical moments.

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Childrens Art WorkshopsAll workshops are in

Educate Together School, Tycor (Yellow Road side of old Jute factory).

Create a Masterpiece in Clay With Berna Lawton

Date:Tuesday 26th October Time: 11am – 1pmSuitable for ages 7-12

Digital Photography With Ciaran Conneely

Date:Thursday 28th OctoberTime: 11am – 1pm

Suitable for ages 7 -12This workshop is a fun introduction to making and printing your own photographs. If you have a digital

camera, bring it along.

Earth MandalasWith Karla Kelly

Date:Thursday 28th OctTime: 2-4pm

Suitable for ages 7+Create your own visionary mandala at this exciting and

different workshop

Willow Weaving With Cathy Hayden

Date:Tuesday 26 October, Time: 2 – 4pm

Drawn to YouWith Ger Kennedy Date:Wednesday 27th OctTime: 11am – 1pmSuitable for ages 7 – 99Do you like drawing on the wall of your bedroom? Then come along to this fun and quirky workshop, suitable for both adults and children. At the sound of a bell, we will all start drawing on big sheets of paper. Then we’ll swop places. Who knows what the picture will end up like?

Spookfest

BatikWith Ger KennedyDate:Wednesday 27th OctoberTime: 2 – 4pmSuitable for ages 8 – 15Using wax, cloth and colourful dyes, children will design and create a magical piece of artwork.

Note: To Book workshops call to Imagine Info. Desk directions via Web www.imagineartsfestival.com or tel. 087-1411442 All workshops €7

Working with willow and other pliable materials, create a lasting piece of art to take home and decorate your room with. Suitable for ages 10 +

Scare yourself silly during the midterm break with events running through the week. From Mask Treasure Hunts to Spooky parades all organised by the local city centre retailers who are also putting together a Haunted Window Display theme through the week. Should be loads of fun - check the imagine website for all the details www.imagineartsfestival.com or see local press.

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“A festival experience to treasure” -Dance Europe

See-Saw, gently rocking the balance between looking and being looked at. A dance show with live sounds for and with families with young children...This nationwide tour of See Saw is funded by the Arts Council /An Chomhairle Ealaion”

Ciotóg presentsSee Saw

Date: Thursday 28th October Time: 11.30am & 2pm

Venue: Dance Studio Garter Lane Gallery, Tickets: €5 Call 051-855038

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Stop and reflect: ‘What does dance mean to you? Share your thoughts with the dancers who wil l interpret your r e s p o n s e s . A l i v e interaction creating a unique atmosphere of collaboration and communication between all participants: public, dancers and sound artist.

Animated State Dance Theatre Company presents

Eat, sleep, breathe…dance! Date: Friday 29th October Time: 1pm – 2pm

Venue: The Foyer of Waterford Regional HospitalAdm: Free Event

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With dazzling dancers, explosive percussion and Giant toy-blocks, this spectacle by Dance Theatre of Ireland, is full of zest, colour and imagination for the whole family. Merging the world of dance, music and architecture, Choreographers Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick team up with the multi-faceted percussionist, Brian Flemming (and friends), to create a performance that is riveting.

Dance Theatre of Ireland presentsBLOCK PARTY!

Date: Saturday 30th Oct. Time: 4pmVenue: Presentation Secondary

School Sports Hall, Cannon Street. Adm: €10

ITALIAN RESTAURANT PIZZERIA

051 844554 - 085 844566124 The Quay - WATERFORD (IRELAND)

Jordan’s BarThe Quay

Experience DTI’s popular approach to contemporary dance. Learn dynamic, popular routines and train in techniques to increase your dancing ability.

Dance WorkshopLed by members of Dance Theatre of Ireland Date: Saturday 30th Oct.Time: 5 to 6pm Venue: Presentation Secondary School Sports Hall, Cannon Street. Adm: €10Suitable for 12 years + including Adults (combined ticket: Performance & Workshop €15)

Late Opening @ WeekendsAvailable for Christmas Parties

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Hughie O’Donoghue is an artist based in the West of Ireland with an international reputation having exhibited his work widely in museums around the world.

Following his recent acclaimed solo exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Waterford Imagine Festival is delighted to show Salt Water an exhibition of recent paintings and oil sketches none of which have been exhibited in Ireland before. The theme of the sea has been

Salt Water: Hughie O’Donoghue

recent paintingOpen: Friday 22nd- 31st OctOfficial launch 22 Oct 7pm Venue: Greyfriars Gallery

Gallery opening hours: 11am – 5pm Tues - Sat

Artist’s Talk: Hughie O’Donoghue will give a talk about his recent work with particular reference to the paintings

featured in Salt Water, on 23 Oct at 12 noon in Greyfriars Gallery

an ongoing preoccupation of the artist over the years and is referenced in all of these works. The upstairs gallery shows the monumental figure painting Cumae where a ship is visible on a distant horizon and other large scale oils on canvas. Contrasting with this in the lower gallery is a more intimate group of studies of the sea itself .

‘No-one today describes Irish themes with more profundity using a paintbrush’

- Oliver Sears

Imagine 2010 Visual Arts Trail

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Clary Mastenbroek and Tamara Muller.

Fairbrook Collection.

Date: 15 – 28 OctoberOfficial launch 15 Oct 5.30pmVenue: Granary Gallery

Gallery opening hours: 10am – 5pm Mon – Sat

11am – 5pm Sunday

Mailo Power, Katherine O Connell,

Jody Briggs, Bob Campbell & Ger Kennedy

Take 5Date: 22 – 31 October

Official Launch 25 Oct 7.30pmVenue:Athenaeum

House Hotel

John Conway

Wings:Paintings of the Irish Air Corps

Date: 18 Oct – 30 Oct (no official opening)Venue: Index GalleryGallery opening hours: 10am – 5.30pm Mon – Sat. late opening Wed & Fri till 8pm

Ciaran Conneely

Oh You Pretty Things.

Date: 22 – 31 Oct

Venue: Bodega

Imagine 2010 Visual Arts Trail

Denis Power On the Edge of SundownDate: 22nd Oct – 6th NovVenue: Garter Lane Theatre Gallery Gallery opening hours: 11am – 5.30pm Tues - Sat

David HennessyFace to FaceCollection of Recent WorksDate: 22nd – 31st OctoberVenue: Tower Hotel

John Cull inanEssentials Only: collection of recent works.Date: 22nd – 31st Oct Venue: Brunch Café

Emily Robyn Archer

The Post Room Project

Date: 22 Oct – 17 NovOpening 21 Oct WRH

Artists talk Friday 22 Oct 1.15pm

in WHAT Centre for Arts & Health

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AUTOBIGRAPHICAL ART COLLECTION

This year WIT celebrates it’s fortieth anniversary and to mark the occasion they present a unique collection consisting of works by past and present staff , and by graduates of Waterford Art School, and other eminent S outh East artists.

On the Edge of Sundown, Denis power works through the media of collage and paint to create artworks inspired by places, events, stories and popular culture

Face to FaceDavid Hennessy His portraits are big, bold and dramatic. Drawing in Charcoal on canvas and paper. The Post Room Project exhibition features ‘moving drawing’ animations by the WHAT artist in residence, Emily Robyn Archer.

Essentials Only, John Cullinan is known as a colourist, using intense colours to highlight and to dramatise his paintings.

Oh You Pretty Things, features the beautiful photography work of Ciaran Conneely

David Dunne anus mundiis an exhibition of film / installation, sculpture, collage and photography centred around the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp.

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