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| August 29th 7pm |
| Free Event |
| Cast and crew required. Everyone welcome. |
This is one of Brian Friel 's finest productions that delivers the plight of the oppressed with an insight into not only their living conditions but also their humour.
Performance dates November 22nd- 25th at The Carnegie Arts Centre
| Starting 12th September |
| Tickets: €8/€6 ( students) |
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We are delighted to release our selection of new and exciting titles for all our film enthusiasts. Screenings are open to everyone including the Kenmare Film Club titles. Don't forget to bring your movie Loyalty Card with you. Don't have one? Ask at reception on your way in. See you soon.
| Runs throughout the month of August |
| Last Orders taken August 30th |
| Admission Free. All Welcome. |
| Friday 23rd August 10-1.30pm |
| Tickets: €30 (Limited to eight places) |
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This three-and-a-half-hour workshop will look at writing brought in by the participants, and will offer practical editorial advice for those interested in writing for the Children’s and Teen (Young Adult) market. The emphasis will be on fiction and longer narrative poems. In order to ensure that all participants receive considered and useful feedback, the workshop will be limited to eight places. The first thirty or so minutes will be devoted to a practical overview of what publishers expect in a manuscript.
John W. Sexton is a highly experienced children’s writer and created and wrote the children’s science fiction comedy drama The Ivory Tower for RTÉ radio, which ran to over one hundred half-hour episodes from 1999 to 2002, and gained a cult following amongst both children and adults. His novels based on this series, The Johnny Coffin Diaries and Johnny Coffin School-Dazed are both published by The O’Brien Press.
| Thursday 12th September 8pm |
| Tickets: €8/€6 (students) |
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Director: Peter Farrelly
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini.
In 1962, Tony "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, a tough bouncer, is looking for work when his nightclub is closed for renovations. The most promising offer turns out to be the driver for the African-American classical pianist Don Shirley for a concert tour into the Deep South states. Although hardly enthused at working for a black man, Tony accepts the job and they begin their trek armed with The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide for safe travel through America's racial segregation. Together, the snobbishly erudite pianist and the crudely practical bouncer can barely get along with their clashing attitudes to life and ideals. However, as the disparate pair witness and endure America's appalling injustices on the road, they find a newfound respect for each other's talents and start to face them together. In doing so, they would nurture a friendship and understanding that would change both their lives.
| Thursday 19th September 8pm |
| Tickets: €8 / €6 (students) |
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Director: Sebastián Lelio
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alanna Ubach, John Turturro, Sean Astin
Gloria (Julianne Moore), a free spirited divorcée, spends her days selling insurance and her nights dancing to disco anthems at an LA singles club for the over fifties.
Struggling to retain her cheerful outlook in a world where women her age are considered invisable, she finds the potential for romance when she meets newly-divorced Arnold (Turturro) , and embarks on the complicated, joyful journey of new found love.
As Gloria navigates the challenges life sends her way she maintains her feisty spirit and an egerness to connect.
Academy Award winning director Sebastian Lelio (A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience) deliverers a faithful, elevated remake of his 2013 critical hit Gloria.
| Thursday 26th September 8pm |
| Tickets: €15 |
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Cafe Monday is a story of family, politics and a mother’s manipulative last will and testament. It’s told as a musical play written by Dezy Walls, author of another popular musical play, Not the Life I Ordered and creator of the autobiographical radio and stage production, Searching for Daddly Dee. Dezy is artistic director of Kenmare’s Small Roads theatre festival. The opening night is a world Premier of Cafe Monday.
Written and directed by Dezy Walls
Starring: Dezy Walls, Mandy McGahan, Mike Sullivan, April Ferron, Roman Puech, Meghan Kestler-Tobias
| Friday September 27th 8pm |
| Tickets: €15 |
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Angela and her husband Matt, otherwise known as Round Head, were happy. Or so Angela thought until Matt ran off with a twenty five year old Argentinian. Now middle aged Angela is mad, furious, choked up, vengeful, sometimes accepting, broken hearted, relieved or joyfully liberated depending on which minute you catch her. It’s a Brilliant Divorce.
Written by Gerladine Aron, an Irish dramatist
Directed by Meghan Kestler-Tobias
Starring Siobhan McAuliffe
| Saturday 28th September 5pm |
| Tickets: €15/€8 (children) |
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Students have all mysteriously been cast in the “wrong” roles. The auditions for an upcoming production of Cinder White are underway and Ms. Thespis, the drama teacher, is greeted by a small group of students, each with a particular “look” and personality – the “diva,” the “quiet girl,” the “nice girl,” to name a few. To Ms. Thespis, casting this show seems like a no-brainer. However, when she comes down with a case of appendicitis, Ms. Ball, the gym teacher, needs to step in and direct the show, mostly because she feels guilty for balding Ms. Thespis’ pet ferret.
Written by Amanda Murray Curtalo.
Directed by April Ferron.
Starring a large cast of very talented local Children.
| Saturday 28th September 8pm |
| Tickets: €15 |
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A stuffy, mostly silent businessman sits in his living room, jiggling one foot and patronizing his paranoid, alcoholic, chattering wife, mostly by paying her no mind. The podiatric tic becomes a metaphoric one as well. [Alvin Klein, New York Times]
Written by Michael Frayn
Directed by Ann Shanahan
Starring Susan Hennessy Small Roads players
Jim and Marsha's 13 year old marriage has become dull. Jim gets a letter from an old
high school girl friend named Wanda, who asks to visit. This guest from hell livens
things up.
Written by Christopher Durang, an American playwright
Directed by Ann Shanahan
Starring Jamie L Keough and Small Roads players
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