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…
“…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 the mists and into the familiar Silent…
As part of the continuing Celtic Culture at the UICC events we are celebrating the life and work of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The event is a cross between lecture and discussion group with the opportunity to hear and read your favorite work from the world renowned man. It begins…
DAUGHTER OF A GARBAGEMAN is a tale of Maureen Langan’s 1970’s upbringing in New Jersey. Her Irish mother and Bronx-born father, a New York City sanitation worker, told her to work hard, get educated and life would reward her. Maureen Langan is a journalist turned standup comic and talk show…
DAUGHTER OF A GARBAGEMAN is a tale of Maureen Langan’s 1970’s upbringing in New Jersey. Her Irish mother and Bronx-born father, a New York City sanitation worker, told her to work hard, get educated and life would reward her. Maureen Langan is a journalist turned standup comic and talk show…
Led by former Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance lead dancer, Justin Boros, the accomplished cast, featuring 20 of the world’s most skilled Irish dancers and musicians, brings an inspiring story of love and salvation to life. The world-renowned Irish dance troupe performs lightning fast hard shoe rhythms and graceful…
Irish Culture Bay Area Special Offer! Buy one ticket, get one free (enter IRISH at checkout) “Daughter of a Garbageman” is a tale of Maureen Langan’s 1970’s upbringing in New Jersey. Her Irish mother and Bronx-born father, a New York City sanitation worker, told her to work hard, get educated…
The Memory Stick, SJ Stage • April 5-30 WORLD PREMIERE, international co-sponsored co-production by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office. Written by Donal O'Kelly, award-winning Irish playwright and actor. Cultures collide when Bridget, a young Chicagoan, meets a Lakota Sioux and a fellow American from Jersey on…
Join Dubliner David Nihill for a great night of laughter for an even greater cause! For one night only thanks to Argonaut we have access to the old Avalon Ballroom, which hosted bands like Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Doors, and the Steve Miller Band. It’s a really cool space…
The Memory Stick, SJ Stage • April 5-30 WORLD PREMIERE, international co-sponsored co-production by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office. Written by Donal O'Kelly, award-winning Irish playwright and actor. Cultures collide when Bridget, a young Chicagoan, meets a Lakota Sioux and a fellow American from Jersey on…
The Memory Stick, SJ Stage • April 5-30 WORLD PREMIERE, international co-sponsored co-production by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office. Written by Donal O'Kelly, award-winning Irish playwright and actor. Cultures collide when Bridget, a young Chicagoan, meets a Lakota Sioux and a fellow American from Jersey on…
The Memory Stick, SJ Stage • April 5-30 WORLD PREMIERE, international co-sponsored co-production by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office. Written by Donal O'Kelly, award-winning Irish playwright and actor. Cultures collide when Bridget, a young Chicagoan, meets a Lakota Sioux and a fellow American from Jersey on…
Opening weekend. Free. Tony Award Winning Mime Troupe performs WALLS in Berkeley and San Francisco. WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people…
Patrick Ball rekindles the fire and wonder of an evening of Irish storytelling. For in telling the marvelous old tales of wit and enchantment, and in playing the ancient, brass-strung harp of Ireland, he not only carries on two of the richest traditions of Celtic culture, but blends them in…
The Heart of an Irishwoman • Feb 4 Irish actor Sheelagh Cullen in a tour de force performance along with Katherine Trimble (singer) and Bella Issakova (violin), take us home to the heart of great Irish women in an afternoon of literature, song and music. From the producer of An…
Dylan Moran • March 16 Dylan Moran - The star & co-writer of cult TV comedy Black Books lives up to his reputation as one of the top names in comedy In this new show: “Moran is thoughtful, debonair and erudite, ambivalent and mildly embarrassed by all the attention. His…
Daughter of a Garbageman Journalist-turned-comedian Maureen "Mo" Langan, host of KGO Radio's Hangin' With Langan, is one of the country's top touring comics. In her one-woman show Daughter of a Garbageman, Langan traces her roots back to her upbringing in New Jersey in the 1970s, where her Irish mother…
Journalist-turned-comedian Maureen "Mo" Langan, host of KGO Radio's Hangin' With Langan, is one of the country's top touring comics. In her one-woman show Daughter of a Garbageman, Langan traces her roots back to her upbringing in New Jersey in the 1970s, where her Irish mother and New York City…
The Tipperary Hurling Club SF presents “The 2 Johnnies” at the United Irish Cultural Center on Saturday, June 30th 2018. Bar Opens: 6:00pm/Show Starts: 8:00pm General Admission $30 Students $20
An evening with Eric Fraisher Hayes, who has directed over 20 different Eugene O'Neill plays, and actors from the Eugene O'Neill Foundation who will talk about their upcoming season and perform scenes from the production of Hughie by Eugene O'Neill which will be part of an international theater exchange…
Limited Time Offer: Buy 1 ticket, Get 1 free for a friend using the code IRISHFESTBOGO. Offer expires Oct 26. Before becoming an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh was an award-winning playwright. This Irish dark comedy takes place on the remote Aran Islands off the coast…
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