LAMBERT PUPPET THEATRE Presents ‘HANSEL & GRETEL’ and Special Guest Bosco

The show will take place in the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Sunday 20th November 2011 at 2.30pm. Tickets are €10 and can be purchased from the Youghal Tourist Office or reserve tickets by contacting Joyce on 083-3606507 or themallartscentre@gmail.com.

The Lambert Puppet Theatre will be entertaining audiences of all ages in The Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Sunday 20th November at 2.30pm.  This will be a magnificent family day out with enchanting puppets telling the magical story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’.  The highlight for many will be the nostalgic appearance of the legendary BOSCO in the opening part of the show.

The Lambert Puppet Theatre is now widely recognised as the Premier Touring Puppet Theatre Company in Ireland. From its earliest beginning the Lambert family has been involved with RTE, working on the hugely popular series Wanderly Wagon featuring the Late Eugene Lambert and Judge. Paula Lambert was the ‘Bosco’ voice on TV for seventeen years and will make an appearance as BOSCO during the production in the Mall Arts Centre. Indeed BOSCO is still a firm favourite with the younger children – and adults alike!

This is a beautifully produced show with colourful sets and exquisite lighting and is suitable for any age group – from toddlers up to ten year olds. Let the magical story of ‘Hansel & Gretel’ grasp the imaginations of your young ones – the cherished story tells of Hansel and Gretel who are lead into the woods, drop white pebbles along their path in order to find their way home, stumble upon a magical cottage built solely of gingerbread and cakes and meet a wicked witch!

The show will take place in the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Sunday 20th November 2011 at 2.30pm. Tickets are €10 and can be purchased from the Youghal Tourist Office or reserve tickets by contacting Joyce on 083-3606507 or themallartscentre@gmail.com.

Please note children must be accompanied by an adult. Events in the Mall Arts Centre are part of Youghal Socio Economic Development Group.

The Lambert Puppet Theatre will be entertaining audiences of all ages in The Mall Arts Centre, Youghal

The legendary Lambert Puppet Theatre is coming to the Mall Arts Centre on 20th November 2011

THE LAMBERT PUPPET THEATRE is now widely recognised as the Premier Touring Puppet Theatre Company in Ireland and also internationally renowned for its many fine productions in Theatres throughout Ireland, UK and Europe.

From its earliest beginning the Lambert family has been involved with RTE, working on the hugely popular series Wanderly Wagon featuring the Late Eugene Lambert and Judge.

Paula Lambert was the ‘Bosco’ voice on TV for seventeen years and indeed

BOSCO is still a firm favourite with the younger children and will make a nostalgic appearance in the opening part of the Show.

This is a beautifully produced show with large puppets, colourful sets and exquisite lighting and is suitable for an age group up to ten years of age.

The show will take place in the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Sunday 20th November 2011  at 2.30pm. Tickets are 10 euro. To reserve tickets, please contact Joyce on 083-3606507 or themallartscentre@gmail.com

 

The Mall Arts Centre/St. Mary’s Collegiate Church
Part of Youghal Socio Economic Development Group
7-10 Emmet Place, Youghal, Co. Cork
Tel: 083 360 6507

A HUGE well done to the cast and crew of Brideview Drama’s very successful musical, ‘Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves’, which finished last Saturday at Tallow Community Centre. Over the four nights, the hall was very full, and audiences really appreciated the fine singing, dancing, laughs and action.

With many a new face in the cast, congratulations must go to all who starred: Jennifer Daly, Dick O’Mahony, Jade Maguire, Gearóid Byrne, Paul Martin, Margaret Cullinane, Emma Cullen, Michelle Hanna, Emma Murphy, Celia Cullinane, Lorna Cullen, Jack Aherne (who also directed), Amy Feeney, Martina Cullinane, Emily Aherne (who devised and co-wrote the show with Jack), Aisling Murphy, Michael O’Hanrahan and Tomás Roche.

Below in the orchestra pit, the musicians played a blinder: thanks to Mairead Cullinane on Piano (musical director), Anne Trimble (who choreographed everything), Andrew Malcolm (Lead Guitar), John Quill (Bass Guitar) and Alan Crotty (Drums).

The set was built and decorated by Pat Aherne, with lights by Matthew Kavanagh, sound by Dirk Baumann, stage management by Muriel Cullen & Helen Aherne, and costumes & makeup by Melissa Murphy and the cast.

Front of house, raffle and refreshments were, as always, a great credit to the help of many people around town (especially the younger folk who came to support their friends on stage): gratitudes to Carmel McDonnell, Kitty McDonnell, Paddy & Margaret Geary, Sinead Roche, Laura Bumster, Alisha O’Brien, Leanne Pratt, Rhona Geary, Aiobhe O’Brien, Vanessa Hyde and John Roche (Emcee’s), Frances and Sean Tobin, Judy Burton (for the excellent road-signage) and Liam Roche.

No show goes on without the freely given support of sponsors, so appreciations to Margaret Organ, Waterford County Council Arts Officer for main funding, and everyone who gave great raffle prizes (often more than one): Kearney’s Restaurant, McGrath’s Pharmacy, Daybreak Supermarket, The Latch Restaurant, Cunningham’s Hardware, Mandarin Oriental Takeaway, Kay Murphy Florist, Forde’s Spar Supermarket, Shanghai House Takeaway, Keniry’s Bar and Centra Supermarket, Marian Forbes of Tallowvision and Irene’s Hair Salon, Brideview Bar Tallowbridge and Judy Burton Antiques. Thanks also to Christine Corcoran and Paddy and Margaret Geary for individual prizes.

Also, not to be forgotten is the sterling work of the Community Centre hall committee, as the new renovations have been universally hailed as a great success, for comfort, warmth! and atmosphere.

There’ll be more musicals in the future. Brideview Drama is always doing some sort of show, so if you know any spare teens just dying to tread the boards and have a great time rehearsing and performing (or if you want to get involved), please call 087 958 2314, email brideviewdrama@gmail.com or message our page on Facebook.

The Club’s next show is a Christmas comedy in early December called ‘Nil By Mouth’, a very funny piece about getting in and out of hospital as quick as you can! Written by John Chapman and directed by John Roche, it will be a laugh from start to finish (Tallow Community Centre; December 8, 9, 15 and 17).

Lastly, best of luck to George Peet of the Club who is currently touring his 1-Act play, The Poppy & The Shamrock, around the country’s 1-Act Drama Competitions. If you’d like to see it (a history play set during the War of Independence), come along to Aghern Church (near Conna) on Saturday November 25, 8pm start. Also, members Irene Kelleher and Jan O’Sullivan are starring in a play called ‘Fishtail’ at the Cork Arts Theatre, Wednesday and Friday, November 16 and 18. The play is part of the Cork New Writer’s Week (much of which was, coincidentally, adjudicated by another club member, Vanessa Hyde).

‘Magazine’ production is coming to The Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Saturday 15th October 2011 and promises to be a night of pure entertainment. The storyline of this production is a very topical one – and is something that we can all identify with at some point in our life. Cork County Audiences will be the first to preview this exciting new piece from emerging playwright Jennifer Rogers.

When Katie runs away from the death of her best friend, she ends up down an alleyway in-front of a billboard of herself from 5 years before. Katie literally crashes into herself – from here the story unfolds.  Rogers takes us right into the moments leading up to the crash and uses it as a metaphor for the way Irish Identity has crashed as a result of the economic down turn.

For Rogers the play centres on the pervasive nature of the fashion industry and the pressure that was (and still very much is) on women to conform to the ideal image.

‘Headlines in Magazines are like statements of fact and often they have a militant tone to them; ‘Battle the Bulge’ ‘Combat Cellulite’, it’s almost as if we are to wage war on ourselves’.

Magazine’ is about Katie’s feelings of emptiness that never leave, regardless of how many transformations she buys into. It is about the pressure she feels to conform to the ideal image, to be something she is not and holding tight to what other people think of her.

It’s about how self-belief and individual identity become and how consumerism leaves behind the toxic haze of depression and self-destruction.

Told in a funny and heart moving way, ‘Magazine’ reminds us to accept ourselves for what we are and embrace the ‘supposed’ imperfections that make us perfectly unique.

Last year, ‘Lipstick’ another of Roundhouse Production was a huge hit with the audiences of Youghal – this year promises to be no different.

The production takes place on Saturday 15th October at 8pm in the Mall Arts Centre in Youghal. Please contact Joyce on 083-3606507 to reserve tickets – alternatively tickets can be purchased in advance of the night from Youghal Tourist Office or on the door on the night of the show. Ticket prices are 15 euro for adults and 10 euro concessions.

ART AND CULTURE VENUES open their doors in Youghal on Friday night, Sept. 23th 2011. Drama, behind-the-scenes tours, and music performances are all part of the fare on offer. The night is one of the highlights of Youghal’s cultural calendar and will give people the opportunity to explore venues and facilities at night and for free!

ART AND CULTURE VENUES open their doors in Youghal on Friday night, Sept. 23th 2011. Drama, behind-the-scenes tours, and music performances are all part of the fare on offer. The night is one of the highlights of Youghal’s cultural calendar and will give people the opportunity to explore venues and facilities at night and for free!

Happy New Year to all from Brideview Drama and welcome to our big play for the start of 2011! Directed by Jack Aherne, The Clearing by Helen Edmundson is a hugely entertaining historical epic suitable for all ages, with much to offer.

This is a true Irish premiere, as it’s the first time the play (written in England) has been performed anywhere in Ireland. Charting the story of two star-crossed lovers, it is set in 1652 during the Cromwell Era, when the British were raging across the land, clearing it of the Irish citizenry so their own could settle (in fact, over a third of the population were killed or forced to leave Ireland). Full of war, love, action, drama and adventure, The Clearing offers audiences much in the way of excitement.

The play needs a big cast, and the director Jack has drawn on the best talent from West Waterford and North Cork. Many are performing with Brideview Drama for the first time, while are others are back for yet another run. Welcome to Jan O’Sullivan of Lismore and Alison Lewis of Mitchelstown; while it’s hello again to George Peet (Aghern, Conna), Donal Howard (Fermoy), John Baldwin (Knockanore), Colm & Sean Aherne (Dungourney), James Lenane (Lismore) and Rachel O’Connell (Cork).

Set design is by Mary Sheehan who did such a great job with Pied a Terre last year and, as always, Judy Burton has done wonders with props and stage management. Sound and lighting is by Matthew Kavanagh and Emily Aherne, with set construction by Jack Aherne, Tomás Roche and Peter Sealey. Also, this production sees a huge amount of costume creation by Vanessa Hyde, with many pieces specially sewn and made by Catherine Feeney of Tallow.

First produced in the 1990’s, The Clearing has garnered much international acclaim, including: (New York) “A fine script exceptionally well realized on every count”; “A strong, straightforward production, built around thrilling performances” (Glasgow); and “A story convincingly and sympathetically realised and universally accomplished” (London).

The Clearing is on the end of the month at Tallow Community Centre (Friday and Saturday nights, 8.15PM, January 28 and 29). Tickets will be available on the door and, as we always do, Brideview Drama will have lots of free refreshments, including wine, soft drinks and nibbles.

Finally, a huge congratulations to Vanessa Hyde from all in Brideview Drama, who is starring in the professional production of Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde, on from this Wednesday for 10 nights, at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork (directed by well known actor and theatre director, Michael Twomey). This is a great opportunity for Vanessa as she was specially invited by Michael to take on the role. We all wish her well in the key role with all the funny lines – Mrs Erlynne.

This year marks the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth so “The Last Ballade” was a particularly appropriate way of celebrating the anniversary, appealing as it does to lovers of music and theatre and what better setting than in the 230 year old building that is The Mall Arts Centre. Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com

The musical drama was held at the theatre on Tuesday 28th Sept. Actor and pianist Michael Lunts portrays Frederic Chopin, man and musician, in this unique musical drama about the composer. The Last Ballade played for one night only, as part of a UK and Ireland tour,  at the Mall Arts Centre in Youghal

“The Last Ballade” relived the stormy end to one of the great romantic relationships, between Chopin and his muse, the novelist and ‘femme fatale’ George Sand. The music Sand inspired, including the beautiful Berceuse, the famous ‘Minute’ Waltz and the F minor Ballade, is played live as part of the action.

The Last Ballade offers audiences a dramatic insight, through the eyes of Chopin himself, into this extraordinary woman who has been variously described as both his muse and his “vampire”.

For further information on upcoming events call 083 360 6507 or email themallartscentre@gmail.com. The event was kindly supported by Cork County Council.

Actor and pianist Michael Lunts portrays Frederic Chopin, man and musician, in this unique musical drama about the composer. The Last Ballade plays for one night only, as part of a UK and Ireland tour,  at the Mall Arts Centre in Youghal on Tuesday, September 28th at 8pm.

Relive the stormy end to one of the great romantic relationships, between Chopin and his muse, the novelist and ‘femme fatale’ George Sand. The music Sand inspired, including the beautiful Berceuse, the famous ‘Minute’ Waltz and the F minor Ballade, is played live as part of the action.
The Last Ballade offers audiences a dramatic insight, through the eyes of Chopin himself, into this extraordinary woman who has been variously described as both his muse and his “vampire”.

This year marks the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth so “The Last Ballade” would be a particularly appropriate way of celebrating the anniversary, appealing as it does to lovers of music and theatre and what better setting than in the 230 year old building that is The Mall Arts Centre on Tuesday, September 28th at 8pm !

This event is kindly supported by Cork County Council.

Tickets on sale at Cree’s Card Shop (024 93899) at €15.

For further information or reservations call 083 360 6507 or email themallartscentre@gmail.com.

Oona Colin
Facilities Coordinator
The Mall Arts Centre/St. Mary’s Collegiate Church
Tel: 083 360 6507

High Spirits is a dance and drama group for young children in Youghal and the surrounding areas. It began in May 1998, the very first of it’s kind in Youghal, a club that has weekly classes and puts on a full production show every year. Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)

To date High Spirits has 9 shows under its belt including popular pantomimes such as Sleeping Beauty and Snow White as well as very successful variety show’s.  This group is for boys and girls aged between 4 years and 16+.  It is great for helping the kids’ confidence, once you have performed in front of a crowd in the Youghal Community Centre, it’s a Read more