Roscommon Arts Centre has enlisted the expertise of professional musicians Alan Kelly and Steph Germia to help establish “R Time” – Roscommon traditional Irish Music Ensemble. Roscommon Arts Centre are looking for 20 young people aged 12 – 19, who are already somewhat experienced traditional musicians and who would be interested in meeting and working …
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Actor Seamus O’Rourke has delighted Roscommon audiences over the last few years with stellar performances in various productions and this Friday October 7th, he returns to Roscommon Arts Centre with Cavan writer John McManus’s latest production DANGER MONEY – a beautiful ‘close-up’ of rural Irish life. Often described as being of the same ilk, John …
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If it’s October, then its Lollipops month at Roscommon Arts Centre! Their annual, month-long season of events for young audiences boasts aerial dance, music performances, a new show for early years audiences and more workshops with the ever-popular brickflicks gang! We’re targeting schools this year with most of our performances happening during school time. Aerial …
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Don’t miss this opportunity to see the internationally treasured, Tom Hickey perform his celebrated role in Tom MacIntyre’s The Gallant John Joe at Roscommon Arts Centre. The Hickey/ MacIntyre collaborations are an integral part of Irish theatrical history. Together they are responsible for some of the most ground-breaking new writing and performance seen on the …
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Roscommon County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the Roscommon Visual Artists Forum Award 2017. The Roscommon Visual Artists Forum, supported by the Roscommon County Council Arts Office, was established to provide visual artists based in or from the county with a platform to develop their practice through professional training, events, talks and exhibitions …
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Fresh from winning the ‘Lustrum’ Award Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, a Nominated Fishamble Best New Play Tiger Dublin Fringe 2015 and BBC International Playwriting Award, Orla Murphy’s ‘Remember to Breathe’ comes to Roscommon Arts Centre on September 28th. The drama centres around a pool in post-earthquake New Zealand, where recent emigrant Maeve is learning to …
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Music Network presents dancer Colin Dunne, fiddler Tola Custy, harpist Maeve Gilchrist and uileann piper David Power in ‘EDGES OF LIGHT’ at Roscommon Arts Centre this Wednesday. This new collaboration is a sparkling kaleidoscope of melody and rhythm inspired by the natural sounds and shimmering patterns of light that announce Ireland’s day. ‘Edges of Light’ …
Riverdance star to dance up a storm at Roscommon Arts Centre Read More »
Now that the summer is slowly slipping away and we are facing into autumn, dark evenings and back to school, you might just need something to put that smile back on your face. Well, Roscommon Arts Centre has just the thing…why not get the gang together, give yourself a good old night out and have …
Moone Boy Mammy, Deirdre O’Kane visits Roscommon Arts Centre Read More »
Roscommon Arts Centre’s Autumn/Winter theatre season kicks off in style as Nomad Theatre Network and Livin’ Dred Theatre Company present Tom Murphy’s BAILEGANGAIRE on September 16th & 17th. This is a major new touring production of Bailegangaire, first performed by Druid Theatre Company in 1985. Directed by Padraic McIntyre, (The Dead School, The Kings of The …
National Heritage Week takes place from August 20th to 28th and there is lots of things to do in Roscommon town and surrounding areas during this time. Saturday 20th In Mote Park, just outside Roscommon town, Mote Park Conservation Group present a Heritage & Biodiversity Walk and Talk on the history and biodiversity of Mote …
Roscommon Arts Centre have just unveiled their Autumn/Winter Events Brochure and with over 50 events taking place from September to December, there is no excuse to not find something to suit every taste. Roscommon Arts Centre are delighted to welcome familiar faces in Roscommon music circles, CATHY JORDAN and ALAN KELLY as they take up …
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Grammy-nominated, Irish-American group “Cherish the Ladies” will perform for one night only at Roscommon Arts Centre on Thursday 25th August at 8pm. The group formed in New York in 1985 to celebrate the rise of women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene and since then they have toured the world, played the …
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Roscommon Arts Centre is delighted to announce an exhibition of photographic prints by world-renowned British photographer Martin Parr titled So Near & So Far – Roscommon in the 1980’s, will be unveiled in the arts centre gallery on Thursday August 11th. The images selected present a typically wry Parr-eque view of Roscommon and the wider …
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Roscommon Arts Centre in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, are hosting their second event in the concert series specifically designed for babies and their loved ones on Saturday 13th August. Participants will get to experience lots of different types of music together, performed by outstanding musicians in a safe, secure and child-friendly environment. …
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Looking for ways to entertain the kids this Summer? Look no further than this post as we round-up details of a wide variety of Summer Camps in Roscommon. As you’d expect the three main sporting organisations in the country are organising nationwide camps: Gaelic Games Sixteen Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps will be held throughout Roscommon …
