Celtic Nights presents “Oceans of Hope – The Epic Journeys of Our Ancestors,” capturing the very essence of Irish history. Through music, song and dance, audiences will be taken on a journey through the struggles and dreams of a people fighting for liberty, freedom, dignity and above all, family. “Oceans…
Join Irish Culture Bay Area & The Consul General of Ireland on 24th for "Irish Day at the Rep" tickets here Paradise Square is a powerful musical based on extraordinary real-life stories. It’s 1863 at Five Points, Manhattan, where Black and Irish Americans live in racial harmony until the intensifying…
Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) continues its 14th season with A Man of No Importance. The show opens Saturday, March 9, at the El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater. Set in Dublin, Ireland, A Man of No Importance is from the same artistic team who created Ragtime. Alfie Byrne…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included and is coming to a Bay Area location…
Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) continues its 14th season with A Man of No Importance. The show opens Saturday, March 9, at the El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater. Set in Dublin, Ireland, A Man of No Importance is from the same artistic team who created Ragtime. Alfie Byrne…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included and is coming to a Bay Area location…
Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) continues its 14th season with A Man of No Importance. The show opens Saturday, March 9, at the El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater. Set in Dublin, Ireland, A Man of No Importance is from the same artistic team who created Ragtime. Alfie Byrne…
CELTIC WOMAN 'Ancient Land' Tour stop at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose on May 8th. Multi-platinum Irish music sensation CELTIC WOMAN release their 13th album, ANCIENT LAND. The 18-track album introduces the group’s newest member Megan Walsh, who joins vocalists Mairead Carlin, Eabha McMahon and violinist Tara…
Eugene O’Neill, the only American playwright to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, told his son Eugene, Jr., that “The one thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish. And, strangely enough,” O’Neill complained, “it is something that all the writers who have attempted…
De Bogman is an hour-long tour-de-force of storytelling and physical comedy. It charts the story of Declan who, from his humble origins as a village idiot in Ireland, goes to America to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. The story is at once a homage to the Hollywood boxing movie, and…
Set in the kitchen of the Tyrone family on the same day in 1912 that Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece Long Day's Journey Into Night takes place, The Second Girl tells the story of the hopes and challenges of the Tyrone family's Irish servants. Their tale touches on the plight of all…
This fresh new trio from the heart of Connemara, Ireland combines Irish music and an intriguing blend of modern folk influences to produce a rich sound and exciting experience to delight listeners. Featuring an unusual line-up of flute, whistles, harp, bodhrán, guitar and vocals (with some Irish dancing steps thrown…
In partnership with Hinterland. Mary Manning knew virtually nothing about apartheid in South Africa when, at the age of 21, she carried out a directive of her union and refused to 'ring up' the sale of two Outspan oranges. She was suspended by Dunne's Stores and nine of her co-workers…
In partnership with Hinterland. Glen Gendzel, San Jose State University historian, looks at the rollercoaster career of Tom Maguire, son of New York Irish pre-Famine immigrants. Maguire was an illiterate taxi driver when he joined the California Gold Rush. He then rose to the top of the theater business in…
In partnership with Hinterland. Kellie Hughes (Irish theatre director) and Matt Spangler (The Kite Runner) discuss their stage adaptation of Mary Manning's saga of her role in the 1984 anti-Apartheid supermarket produce strike, a creative process that began at Hinterland (Kells) in 2018, and moved forward with a rehearsed reading…
Holiday audiences will revel in this family-friendly celebration of community, recreating an Irish tradition when families gathered around the fire with the haunting melodies of traditional Irish Christmas carols, raising the rafters with the joy of their music, knocking sparks off the flagstone floor with traditional dances, and filling the…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling in San Francisco during Sketchfest. Come get a blast of Irish laughter courtesy of the Real Irish Comedy Tour, showcasing the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included. For the first time in its 18 year history San Francisco Sketchfest Comedy Festival…
EVENT CANCELED The United Irish Cultural Center presents a one-man play about Tom Crean, the Irish man who went to the Antarctic three times with Shackleton and Scott. “Discovering Antartica: Heroic Tales of Shackleton, Crean and Scott” is set during The Golden Age of Antarctic Exploration (1901–16). Discover the riveting…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for the big day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included and is coming to Santa Cruz for one night…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for the big day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish comedic talent, accents included and are coming to Sonoma County for one…
Not Only Irish Eyes Will Be Smiling This St. Patrick’s Day: Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included.
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for the big day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish comedic talent, accents included and are coming to San Jose for one…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day! Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter, and celebrate with us! The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish comedic talent, accents included and is coming to Pleasanton for one night only.
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for the big day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish comedic talent, accents included and are coming to Walnut Creek for one…
An original comedy—penned by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery and directed by former San Jose Rep Associate Artistic Director John McCluggage—is making its U.S. premiere in downtown San Jose after a successful world premiere in Dublin, Ireland. Opening on St. Patrick’s Day 2020 at 3Below Theaters & Lounge, A…
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