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Forthcoming shows for schools:

DRAMA

Mon 22 Feb 2010 at 11am & 8pm, Tues 23 Feb 11am only

Dancing at Lughnasa

Splódar Theatre Co

Matinees all tickets €10, evening tickets €15, Friends €12

UPDATE 20/1/2010. As both February matinees are fully booked Splódar have kindly agreed to present two further matinees on Monday 22 March at 10am and 1.30pm.

Brian Friel's classic drama set in 1930s Donegal tells the story of a bitter harvest for the Mundy sisters.

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SCHOOLS/IRISH LANGUAGE

Mon 15 & Tues 16 March 2010 at 10.30am and 1.30pm

An Triail

Aisling Ghear

Tickets: €10

Aisling Ghéar Theatre Co presents An Triail by Mairéad Ní Ghráda - a highly regarded production for secondary schools that is now firmly set on the school calendar and provides support for teaching staff while offering students the opportunity to experience a quality theatrical production of a timeless Irish language drama.

Running time: 1hr 15mins, no interval

http://www.aislingghear.com/

Evening performances that may be of interest to students:

Drama

Wednesday 20 January 2010

Austen's Women

THEATRE TOURS INTERNATIONAL

English tea and play: €16
play only: €12

"frilly, flowing and flamboyant in all the right places" The Stage

Jane Austen, 'the mother of romance novelists' created some of literature's most celebrated characters. She speaks for the yearning heart as much now as in her own day... But just how much have things really changed for women since then?

In a bold revisiting using nothing but the words of Austen herself, the souls of Emma Woodhouse, Lizzy Bennet, Mrs Norris, Miss Bates and many more are brilliantly illuminated. Taken out of context (and in the absence of the men!) these women speak volumes for their sex and their standing constrained by the stringent societal code of their time.

Lovers of Jane Austen or the uninitiated few will revel in appreciation of the queen of English Literature distilled to her essence.

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