Irish Christmas In America • December 12 An exuberant holiday celebration with high-energy Irish music, dance, and storytelling featuring All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, Oisin Mac Diarmada from the award-winning group, Teada; West Kerry ‘Singer of the Year’ & button accordionist, Seamus Begley; Uilleann piper & flute player, Sean Gavin; Harpist &…
The Seafarer, Berkeley • through December 20 A hilarious comedy by one of Ireland’s best playwrights Conor McPherson, The Seafarer is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin City. The play centers on James “Sharky” Harkin who attempts to stay off the bottle during the…
Irish Christmas In America • An exuberant holiday celebration with high-energy Irish music, dance, and storytelling featuring All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, Oisin Mac Diarmada from the award-winning group, Teada; West Kerry ‘Singer of the Year’ & button accordionist, Seamus Begley; Uilleann piper & flute player, Sean Gavin; Harpist & concertina player,…
Wilde Irish Productions presents A dramatized staged reading of the James Joyce's masterpiece THE DEAD From his short story collection DUBLINERS We join Greta and Gabriel Conroy as they attend the annual Christmas party of their aunts the Misses Morkans in their home on Usher Island, Dublin. It is the Feast…
The Seafarer, Berkeley • through December 20 A hilarious comedy by one of Ireland’s best playwrights Conor McPherson, The Seafarer is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin City. The play centers on James “Sharky” Harkin who attempts to stay off the bottle during the…
"The Seafarer", Live Oak Theater, Berkeley A hilarious comedy by one of Ireland’s best playwrights Conor McPherson, The Seafarer is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin City. The play centers on James “Sharky” Harkin who attempts to stay off the bottle during the holidays…
Celtic Valentines Singalong: Songs from Cupid's Blacklist Sunday, February 7, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm Angelicas supper club in Redwood City Aaron Clegg and Richard Dwyer sing Celtic ballads, sea chanteys and comedy songs about love’s darkest and funniest truths. Be prepared to cry while you laugh, and rant while you sing.…
-Winner of the Jewish Plays Project Contest 2015- February 16-18, 7:00 p.m.at the JCHS Performing Arts Theater 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA $10 adults | $5 students At the height of The Troubles in Ireland, religion determines who you are and where you can go. Zippy just wants to…
Irish comedienne Kate Perry presents a happy hour of acutely observed and quirky monologues reflecting her unique view on life, featuring six costumes, a can of WD40, two pairs of glasses and a rubber hat. Whether it’s Mary Peachy-Bender, an Amish woman with shoofly pie envy, Jimmy the vigilante man…
Lark Camp Mendocino, July 29 - August 6 2016 Imagine idyllic days & nights in the magical redwood forest filled with all the music, dance, and good times you could possibly stand, and that's kind of close to what Lark Camp World Music & Dance Celebration is like. You are…
Swarthy baritone chantey singer Aaron Clegg takes you on a High Seas adventure, with harmonies and instrumental accompaniment by Elise MacGregor Ferrell on fiddle and Great Highland Bagpipes, Jim Powell on guitar, Dan Blake on bass, and Russ Bennett on hand drums. Aaron will describe the historical uses of the…
Following sell-out shows in the Northeast, Rockin’ Road to Dublin is coming to San Jose on their first national tour! Come see the show that Irish Dancing Magazine calls “WORLD CLASS ... a one-two punch of style and mastery ... they made some magic here”. Join the crowds raving "there's more than one…
Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of misery? Coming at the height…
NOTE** Sunday Performance: 2:00 PM Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of…
NOTE** Sunday Performance: 2:00 PM Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of…
Make sure you don't miss this fabulous one man show with Paddy Homan as he recreates the images, music and stories of the 1916 Rising in an evocative show that tells the story of the birth of the Irish nation. Celebrating 100 years of Irish independence! A must see informative, educational…
NOTE** Sunday Performance: 2:00 PM Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of…
NOTE** Sunday Performance: 2:00 PM Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of…
"LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP" is a trio of world renowned Celtic harpists and multi-instrumentalists. Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Franfurter blend storytelling, music, history, humor and drama into a poignant theatrical presentation. The trio of Celtic harpers have toured extensively throughout the US to sold out audiences and…
Charlotte Headrick on Irish Women Playwrights • Nov. 20 ILHS Speaker Series continues with Dr. Charlotte Headrick, Ph.D.in drama from the University of Georgia, and professor of Theatre Arts at Oregon State University. She has directed the American Premieres of several Irish plays and is widely published in the field…
Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the hugely popular Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2016 tour features special guest singer Niamh Farrell, a Sligo vocalist who has toured with UK singer/songwriting…
An Irish Christmas • Napa, Dec 1 “…The capacity crowd nearly brought the house down at the end of the evening.” – The Irish Herald Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of…
REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…
REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…
REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…
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