MARCH 18 - JUNE 27
CHILDREN
PRICE: €3 - call 0599172400
TIME: 11:00am
Parent & Toddler Group - INFORMATION ONLY
Parents, Guardians, Childminders and preschool age children come along to VISUAL for a morning of art and fun.
Facilitated by an artist, this group offers an.... More.
MAY 06 - AUGUST 12
CHILDREN
PRICE: €6 (for family of 3)
TIME: 2:00pm
Family Art Workshops - INFORMATION ONLY
VISUAL will continue its Family Art Workshops in the gallery this season welcoming parents and grandparents to come with their children and grandchildren and get crea.... More.
MAY 25
OTHER
PRICE: €20 / €18 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Gay Byrne Live - SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT
Riverdream presents a unique opportunity to hear some of the greatest show-biz stories never told in this hilarious evening's entertainment, described.... More.
MAY 26
THEATRE
PRICE: €14 / €12 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Translunar Paradise
Translunar Paradise takes you on a journey of life, death, and enduring love. After his wife passes away, William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from.... More.
MAY 27
MUSIC
PRICE: €10 / €8, Family €25
TIME: 4:00pm
Sing, Sing A Song!
To celebrate 'The European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations 2012' Carlow Active Retirement Association will present an Inter-generational Choral Music Project.... More.
MAY 31
OTHER
PRICE: €10
TIME: 8:00pm
Soap Box
Soap Box - a social night platforming local talent. Ten speakers will with ten minutes each present their practice/career, things that inspire them and keep them motivated.
Speakers will include.... More.
JUNE 02
DANCE
PRICE: €10 / €8 conc.
TIME: 7:00pm
Celebration
KYDS dance school, presents their bi-annual show 'Celebration'. Come and join our talented dancers as they showcase a mixture of modern theatre, contemporary, jazz, tap and hip hop.
Producers.... More.
JUNE 03
DANCE
PRICE: €10 / €8 conc.
TIME: 7:00pm
Celebration
KYDS dance school, presents their bi-annual show 'Celebration'. Come and join our talented dancers as they showcase a mixture of modern theatre, contemporary, jazz, tap and hip hop.
Producers.... More.
JUNE 04
FILM
PRICE: €7 / €5.50 conc
TIME: 8:00pm
Romantics Anonymous (Les Emotifs Anonymes)
Spurred on by her Romantics Anonymous meetings - a 12-step programme to help people shy away from being shy - Angelique (Carre) finds work at a local chocalatiers.
Her.... More.
JUNE 08
MUSIC
PRICE: €20 / €18 conc.
TIME: 9:00pm
Camille O'Sullivan: Feel - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 presents The festival's Opening Night features the incomparable and brilliant Camille O'Sullivan, 'mad,.... More.
JUNE 09
COMEDY
PRICE: €30
TIME: 9:00pm
Pat Shortt 'I am the Band' - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Pat Shortts' new one man show is a tribute night to Dixie Walsh (Jumbo Breakfast Roll, Where Did My Money Go), a solo lounge musician..... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 11:45am
History Talks - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: MARQUEE ON THE LAWN AT LISNAVAGH HOUSE
The festival marquee features talks, readings, presentations and book signings throughout the day, including
"H.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 12:00pm
History Talk: History and the Junior Curriculum - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"From September 2014, history will no longer be a compulsory subject on the junior curriculum..... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 2:00pm
History Talk: British Empire & the Irish - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"The British Empire would not have existed without the Irish". Chaired by David Norris, with Patrick.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 3:30pm
History Talk: Virtuous Villians - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"Virtuous Villains - Five People who Put the Hiss into History" - Patrick Geoghegan (Lord Castlereagh), Ruth Dudl.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 5:15pm
History Talk: Queen's visit & history - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"Was the Queen's visit something of historical impact, or was she just getting a look at Coolmore?" Chai.... More.
JUNE 09
MUSIC
PRICE: €18 / €15 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Carlow Choral Society - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: Cathedral of The Assumption.
Carlow Choral Society have been performing major choral works for over forty-fivey years. Carlow Choral Society will join.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 1:30pm
Kerry Hardie - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Kerry Hardie presents her forthcoming collection The Ash and the Oak and the Wild Cherry Tree (Gallery Press), acco.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 3:00pm
Colm Toíbin - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Colm Toíbin takes his latest book New Ways to Kill Your Mother as the basis of a presentation on famous.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 4:30pm
Craig Brown - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Craig Brown talks about the 101 meetings that make up his new book One on One, and presents his own parodic One-Stop.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 6:00pm
John Lloyd - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Comedy writer producer John Lloyd (Spitting Image, Blackadder, QI) will be deep in conversation with Sean Hardie (Bre.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 3:45pm
Ben Anderson - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Journalist and filmmaker Ben Anderson (Holidays in the Axis of Evil) meets Fintan O'Toole to discuss his gripping.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 5:15pm
Marina Carr - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Chapel)
Award-winning Irish playwright and Aosdana member Marina Carr will talk about her work with Loughlin Deegan, Director.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 7:00pm
Leviathan - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival(Chapel)
Leviathan, a public conversation with leading commentators which informs, entertains and engages, through satire, comedy,.... More.
JUNE 09
LITERATURE
PRICE: €35
TIME: 1:00pm
Saturday Pass - Borris House Hay Festival
Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012.
VENUE: Borris House(Chapel or Ballroom)
1.30pm
Kerry Hardie - Ballroom at Borris House
3.00pm
Colm.... More.
JUNE 10
MUSIC
PRICE: €10
TIME: 11:30am
Niall Toner A Bluegrass Workshop - EIGSE 2012
Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 presents Niall Toner Subheading A Bluegrass Workshop.
Widely regarded as Ireland's leading expert on bluegrass and American.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 11:45am
History Talks - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: MARQUEE ON THE LAWN AT LISNAVAGH HOUSE
The festival marquee features talks, readings, presentations and book signings throughout the day, including:
"Turning.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 12:30pm
History Talk: Catholic Church - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"This weeks' Eucharistic Congress is a sell out - but what has the Catholic Church actually done for us?" With Maur.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 2:15pm
History Talk: Unsung Heroines - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"Unsung Heroines" with Catriona Crowe (Hilda Tweedy), Sr. Maura Duggan (the Dominicans of Bagenalstown), Maurice.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 3:45pm
History Talk: World War II Deserters - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"Should those who left the Irish Army to fight for Britain in World War Two be classed as deserters?.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €10
TIME: 5:00pm
History Talk: That Audacious Worm - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: LISNAVAGH HOUSE LIBRARY
"That Audacious Worm" - The Story of Lady Sydney Morgan - a performance by Jeananne Crowley..... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 1:15pm
Anne Enright - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)>
Booker-prize winner Anne Enright (The Gathering) will talk about her career as a novelist, essayist and short.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 2:45pm
John Banville - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)>
Novelist and screenwriter John Banville gives audiences a sneak preview from his forthcoming novel Ancient Light.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 4:15pm
5x15 Stories - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
5x15 Stories: 'Nomadic Lives'
Fernanda Eberstadt, Katie Hickman, Perry Ogden, Aoife Kavanagh and Lionel Shriver.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 5:45pm
Stephen Frears - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Oscar-nominee and film director Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons (1988, The Van (1996), High Fidelity (2000),.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 7:15pm
Mike Scott - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Ballroom)
Waterboys frontman Mike Scott reads from his memoir, Adventures of a Waterboy (2012), and gives an interview about.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 12:00pm
AC Grayling - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris House Hay Festival (Chapel)
Philosopher and novelist AC Grayling gives a sermon on The Good Book from the pulpit of the Chapel..... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 1:30pm
Lionel Shriver - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris Hay Festival (Chapel)
American author and journalist and Orange-prize winner Lionel Shriver (We Need To Talk About Kevin), will talk about her .... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 3:00pm
Blake Morrisson - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris Hpuse Hay Festival (Chapel)
Novelist and 'ex-poet' Blake Morrisson reads from his memoir about his Kerry-born mother (Things My Mother Never.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 4:30pm
Katie Hickman - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris Hay Festival (Chapel)
Best-selling novelist and travel writer Katie Hickman talks about The Aviary Gate Series, reading from The Pindar Diamond.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €9
TIME: 6:00pm
William Dalrymple - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: The Borris Hay Festival (Chapel)
Travel writer and historical novelist William Dalrymple dramatises passages from his novel The Last Mughal to the acco.... More.
JUNE 10
LITERATURE
PRICE: €45
TIME: 12:00pm
Sunday Pass - Borris House Hay Festival
Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012.
VENUE: Borris House(Chapel or Ballroom)
12pm
AC Grayling - Chapel at Borris House
1.15pm
Anne Enright.... More.
JUNE 12
THEATRE
PRICE: €12.50
TIME: 8:00pm
Great Expectations - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Hotbuckle Productions for Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 present Great Expectations. After triumphing over audiences in Listowel Writers Week.... More.
JUNE 12
CHILDREN
PRICE: €5, Family €15
TIME: 6:00pm
How Do Actors Play? - EIGSE 2012
Theatre Lovett, for Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012, presents
How Do Actors Play? Two wonderful workshops.
Louis Lovett and Muireann Ahern Lovett (Joint Artistic.... More.
JUNE 13
COMEDY
PRICE: €16
TIME: 8:00pm
The Nualas; Older, Wiser, Heftier - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 present The Nualas: subheading Older, Wiser, Heftier!
3 divorces, 6 children and 200 .... More.
JUNE 13
THEATRE
PRICE: €12.50
TIME: 8:00pm
Great Expectations - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: BORRIS HOUSE
Hotbuckle Productions for Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 present Great Expectations. After triumphing over audiences in Listowel Writers Week.... More.
JUNE 13
MUSIC
PRICE: €15
TIME: 8:30pm
The Niall Toner Band - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: VISUAL, MAIN GALLERY Niall Toner is widely regarded as Ireland's leading expert on bluegrass and American country music. He brings his knowledge of music to a.... More.
JUNE 14
MUSIC
PRICE: €20 / €18 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Orfeo - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Opera Theatre Company, for Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012, presents Orfeo.
Following on from their sell-out success with The Magic Flute this winter,.... More.
JUNE 14
MUSIC
PRICE: €15 / €13.50 Groups
TIME: 10:45pm
The Rubberbandits - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: THE TOWER, DINN RI
The Rubberbandits with special guest Lill Miss Rent Allowance perform in the The Tower Dinn Ri
Mr. Chrome and Blindboy Boatclub with Dj W.... More.
JUNE 15
MUSIC
PRICE: €22
TIME: 8:00pm
Paul Brady - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: THE TOWER DINN RI
Paul Brady performed as a member of Planxty before a very successful solo career which encompasses writing songs recorded by Tina Turner, teaching.... More.
JUNE 16
MUSIC
PRICE: €18
TIME: 8:00pm
Pierce Turner & VeRRy Small Orchestra - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE This summer sees the return of Pierce Turner to the stage, with the release of his first studio album in seven years, and.... More.
JUNE 16
COMEDY
PRICE: €18
TIME: 8:45pm
Dave McSavage He's Alive Inside - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: SEVEN OAKS HOTEL David McSavage is one of Ireland's most popular comedians and street entertainers. His cutting commentary is fearless and unflinching,.... More.
JUNE 17
MUSIC
PRICE: €12 / €10 conc.
TIME: 1:30pm
Young Choon Park - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 present Young-Choon Park.
South Korean born pianist and child prodigy Young-Choon began the study of the.... More.
JUNE 17
MUSIC
PRICE: €18
TIME: 7:00pm
Howard Reddy & Hanan Tarabay - EIGSE 2012
VENUE: GB SHAW THEATRE Carlow Arts Festival - Eigse 2012 presents Howard Reddy and Hanan Tarabay in concert with Aoife O'Sullivan (piano).
Howard.... More.
JUNE 17
MUSIC
PRICE: €20
TIME: 9:00pm
Rian (unplugged) - Eigse 2012
Acclaimed choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan and musician Liam O MaonlaI, with a company of musicians and dancers, will embark on a performance of their beautiful and evocative.... More.
JUNE 24
FILM
PRICE: €7 / €5.50 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
The Artist
Travel back to a golden age of cinema in this enchanting, comedic tribute to silent films. It's 1927, and handsome, witty, and beguiling George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is Hollywood's biggest.... More.
JULY 13
DANCE
PRICE: €12 / €8 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Don't Stop Movin'
The Marie Cashin School of Dance returns once again with an upbeat, fun and funky show titled "Don't Stop Movin'" and as the title suggests, we want you to do just that!
The.... More.
JULY 14
DANCE
PRICE: €12 / €8 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
Don't Stop Movin'
The Marie Cashin School of Dance returns once again with an upbeat, fun and funky show titled "Don't Stop Movin'" and as the title suggests, we want you to do just that!
The.... More.
JULY 16 - JULY 20
CHILDREN
PRICE: €100 - 059 9172400
TIME: 10:00am
Young Irish Film Makers Summer Camp - INFORMATION ONLY
Want to make a movie this summer? Why not book a Film Camp with Young Irish Film Makers? Groups of young people will be guided through interactive work.... More.
JULY 16 - JULY 20
CHILDREN
PRICE: €95 for the week
TIME: 10:30am
Children's Workshops - INFORMATION ONLY
Wonderland Productions Children's workshops are back by Popular Demand, following 2011's sell out success!
Wonderland invites 7-12 year olds into its colo.... More.
JULY 28
MUSIC
PRICE: €18 / €16 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
The 'Live' Last Waltz
"The Last Waltz", was a live show filmed and directed by Martin Scorsese which commemorates the history and music of Bob Dylan and 'The Band' and is regarded as the greatest rock.... More.
OCTOBER 25
COMEDY
PRICE: €25
TIME: 8:00pm
Des Bishop Likes To Bang
Des Bishop is back, he likes to bang the drums, and he's not afraid to show it.
Combining his love of hip hop, strong jokes, audience participation and a newfound passion for.... More.
NOVEMBER 30
COMEDY
PRICE: €18 / €16 conc.
TIME: 8:00pm
David O'Doherty: Seize the David O'Doherty
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. But it is a sort of marathon that you really have to sprint.
And there are hurdles and weights to lift. And swimming. And.... More.
DECEMBER 31
OTHER
PRICE: GIFT VOUCHER €50
TIME: 12:00am
Gift Voucher - €50 euro
Surprise a loved one with a Gift Voucher for VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre. A Gift Voucher will allow friends & family to choose from a va.... More.
DECEMBER 31
OTHER
PRICE: GIFT VOUCHER €30
TIME: 12:00am
Gift Voucher - €30 euro
Surprise a loved one with a Gift Voucher for VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre. A Gift Voucher will allow friends & family to choose from a va.... More.
