IT Sligo to host Surfing Intervarsities March 2nd/3rd
February 20, 2012 at 10:00 am | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentThe College Surfing Intervarsities will be hosted by the IT Sligo Surf Club in Strandhill, Co Sligo on March 2nd and 3rd.
The event will see up on 300 surfers from IT’s and Universities from all corners of Ireland competing for the title of National Intervarsity Student Champions 2012.
IT Sligo Surf Club are the current national champions.
Each competitor is given points based on their placing in the following events, and those points count toward the overall total.
Ranking Categories:
Men’s Surf (open to any male student riding any type of surfboard)
Women’s Surf (open to any female student riding any type of surfboard)
Men’s Bodyboard (open to any male student riding a Bodyboard)
Women’s Bodyboard (open to any female student riding a Bodyboard)
Men’s Longboard (open to any male student riding a Longboard)
Women’s Longboard (open to any female student riding a Longboard)
Other Categories
Novice Men/Women
Expression Session
Each individual event will be sponsored by a business in the North West and Strandhill and Sligo will benefit hugely from the off season surge in visitors to the region. It is estimated that up to 3,000 people will visit Strandhill to either participate in or observe the competition.
For more info log on to www.itsligo.ie
The Dunes Bar is also hosting an after party. Info here>
Film: Award-Winning The Artist and The Descendants at The Model
February 16, 2012 at 7:08 pm | Posted in Arts, Film | 1 CommentNew from Feb 29 – Double Screenings at The Model
The Model is delighted to announce its Cinema programme for March 2012!
Featuring Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning sensations The Artist and The Descendants, The Model’s cinema programme for March includes screenings of Roman Polanski’s new black comedy, Carnage, Young Adult starring Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortenson in A Dangerous Method, exploring the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.
The Model are also launching Double Screenings, with two screenings daily every Wednesday and Thursday at 6.15pm and again at 8.15pm and matinees on Sundays at 3.15pm and 6.15pm from February 29.
To celebrate they are hosting a drinks reception in The Model Atrium on February 29 at 5.30pm, followed by a screening of The Artist and The Descendants and all are encouraged to come along. Put it in your diary!
Full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie/film.
New Screening Times:
Wednesday – Thursday: 6.15pm & 8.15pm
Friday: 6.15pm
Sunday: 3.15pm & 6.15pm
Advance online tickets are just 7.00 – www.themodel.ie/film
The Artist
22, 23 & 24 Feb. at 8pm. 25 and 26 Feb. at 3pm 29 Feb, 01, 02 March at
6.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 3.15pm.
STROLL-IN CINEMA: Thursday, Mar 01 at 12.30pm
(For Parents/ Minders & Toddlers – Bring your baby or toddler and stroll in
and out as you need.)
Dir: Michel Hazanavicius, Fra/Bel. 201, 100min.
***** THE IRISH TIMES
The Descendants
29 Feb. at 8.15pm. 01, 02 at 8.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 6.15pm. 07 & 08 March at 8.15. 11 March 3.15pm.
Dir: Alexander Payne. U.S.A.,2011, 115 min
‘‘He [Alexander Payne] bagged an Oscar for Sideways (after refusing George Clooney a lead role). Now he’s back with The Descendants (and this time Clooney made the cut).’THE GUARDIAN
‘packs a wicked, classy punch.’ Tara Brady
THE IRISH TIMES****
Carnage
Dir: Roman Polanski, France –Ger- Poland – Spain, 79 mins. 2011
07, 08, 09 & 11 March at 6.15pm. 14, 15 March at 8.15pm and 18 March 3.15pm
‘Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play, rapturously received in Venice, is a pitch-black farce of unbearable tension’
**** Xan Brooks, THE GUARDIAN
Young Adult
14, 15, 16 March at 6.15pm. 18 March at 6.15. March 21 and 22 March at 6.15pm
Dir: Jason Reitman. U.S.A, 2011, 94 min.
‘Smart, honest, sickeningly funny and supremely well judged in the writing,
direction and acting.’ EMPIRE ****
A Dangerous Method
21, 22 March at 8.15pm. 23 March at 6.15pm. 28, 29 March at 8.15 and 30 March at 6.15pm.
Dir: David Cronenberg, UK – Ger. – Canada – Switz., 2011, 100 min.
‘In this erotic mind-bender from director David Cronenberg, talk isn’t cheap,
it’s what helped birth modern psychiatry at the start of the 20th century.’
ROLLING STONE
This Saturday Feb 18th: The Award-winning Camille O’Sullivan to play The Model, Sligo
February 16, 2012 at 9:07 am | Posted in Arts | Leave a comment
The Model presents Camille O’Sullivan: Feel
The Model is delighted to announce one of the gigs of the year.
Camille O’Sullivan play The Model February 18, 8pm.
Camille O’Sullivan enjoys a formidable international reputation for her dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more. Chameleon-like on stage, each song has a different character with its story to tell.
The award-winning singer has stunned audiences around the world with 5-star sell-out performances at Sydney Opera House and London’s Royal Festival Hall and show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland (BBC TV).
Dark, fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song into an intense theatrical experience, drawing her audience into a world illuminated by the dark and the light. Expect fire, ice, darkness, joy and pure passion!
Tickets on sale now price €20/€17 conc.
Recent press quotes -
‘Mad, magical and magnificent… A major star’ ***** Scotsman
‘She treats every song as an intense emotional journey, hypnotic’ Independent
Ravishing..superb performer and great singer **** The Guardian
‘Raunchy, dangerously fragile. An exceptional voice’ ***** Edinburgh Evening News
A courageous and singular performer, Camille is one of the most gifted interpreters of narrative songs yet to appear ***** Irish Times
O’Sullivan is completely transporting: her emotions painfully raw night-tinged
**** The Telegraph
Comedy: ‘Man 1, Bank 0′ at Hawks Well Theatre
February 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm | Posted in Arts | Leave a comment
Patrick Combs brings his smash hit, one-man comedy show Man 1, Bank 0 to the stage at Hawks Well Theatre for one night only 27 March. Not to be missed!
Back in Ireland due to huge public demand, ‘Man 1, Bank 0′ is the amazing true story of how Combs deposited a $95,000 junk-mail cheque into his own bank account and what happens after his bank cashes it.
Angry banking officers threatening him with “jail time” and “death”, astonishing legal twists and worldwide media coverage, all form chapters in this staggering David V’s Goliath-like real-life adventure.
“An extraordinary and highly entertaining evening…..and the beauty of it is that it’s all true” 5 Stars – Irish Mail on Sunday
“Combs is a born storyteller…a feel good story for the recession-weary” 4 Stars – Irish Business Post
“Storytelling to an art…” – Time Out, NY (USA)
Tickets: €18/€16
Box Office: 071 9161518
Online: http://www.hawkswell.com/events/event/man-1-bank-0
Feb 23rd: ‘Bounce’ night of bass at Shenanigans
February 14, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentTags: bounce, events, music, sligo
Feb 29th: Scottish Songstress Eddi Reader returns to Sligo
February 14, 2012 at 1:30 pm | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentTags: Eddi Reader, Hawk's Well Theatre, music, sligo
The Hawk’s Well theatre is very pleased to welcome Scottish Songstress Eddi Reader back to Sligo for a one night only performance on Wednesday the 29th February.
The extremely talented singer-songwriter, who is well known for her hit single ‘‘Perfect’’ with the band ‘’Fairground Attraction’’ and her enduring solo work, is set apart by the depth and quality of her emotional performance and her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Her ability to blend the traditional and the contemporary along with her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism make for an always enjoyable performance. Her ability to capture mood and feeling in her recordings and through her live performances has transformed her into one of British music’s most thrilling and affecting performers.
Eddi Reader was born in Glasgow, Scotland where she learned to write and perform music at an early age. In the early 80’s she travelled around Europe before moving to London where she quickly became a sought after session vocalist. She famously harmonized with Annie Lennox whilst touring with the ‘’Eurhythmics’’. However it was her work with the short lived but well remembered band “Fairground Attraction’’ that brought her to a much wider audience and gained her a UK number on single and album with the song Perfect and parent album The First Of A Million Kisses.
2010 saw Eddi play sold out shows promoting her album Love Is The Way all over the world. It also brought Eddi’s Hollywood movie debut as she featured in Richard Linklater’s, Me And Orson Welles with Zak Efron and Clare Danes. Eddi plays a chanteuse in the movie and is featured singing Lets Pretend That There’s A Moon with the Jools Holland Orchestra. The original soundtrack features another two performances from Eddi.
Eddi will be performing at the Hawk’s Well theatre on Wed 29th February with John Douglas, Alan Kelly and Boo Hewerdine. She played a fantastic gig at the Hawk’s Well in February 2011. Tickets are selling fast so call the Hawk’s Well on 071 916 1518 or visit www.hawkswell.com.
Dreams of A Life screening at The Model Cinema, Feb 15th – 19th
February 14, 2012 at 10:30 am | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentTags: Cinema, Film, sligo, The Model
The Model Cinema is screening the haunting and provocative documentary Dreams of a Life from Wednesday, 15 February to Sunday 19 February. This new Irish co-production tells the true story of a woman that society tragically forgot.
Nobody noticed when thirty-eight year old Joyce Vincent died in her bed-sit above a small shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her skeleton was finally discovered three years later, with her heating and television still running in her flat. Newspaper reports offered few details of Joyce’s life – not even a photograph. Dreams of a Life is filmmaker Carol Morley’s quest to discover who Joyce was and how she came to be forgotten. The film was produced by Cannon and Morley productions alongside Irish producer James Mitchell of Soho Moon Pictures, with the participation of Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board.
Morley placed adverts in newspapers, on the Internet and on the side of a London taxi, and discovered Joyce’s former friends, lovers and colleagues. Their testimonies together with re-imagined scenes from Joyce’s life (featuring a touching portrayal from rising star Zawe Ashton) form a multi-layered portrait of Joyce, and an insight into the world she inhabited. Dreams of a Life is about a life lived in modern times. It is a film about Joyce Vincent and a film about ourselves; about how much and yet how little we may ever know each other.
The film’s Irish Producer, James Mitchell says “More and more of us live in cities. In the Facebook age, we think perhaps we’re more connected. Joyce Vincent’s story, brilliantly told by director Carol Morley, asks us – certainly me – many questions. I’m delighted that this first project from my new Irish company, Soho Moon, was co-financed by the Irish Film Board and the new Irish film fund Shoot For The Moon.”
Alan Maher of the Irish Film Board said “Dreams of a Life is a brilliant docudrama that came to Ireland to shoot its beautifully realised reconstructions at Hannay Studios, and to finish the film at Egg post production, working with Irish talent led by James Mitchell and Rachel Lysaght. It represents another successful collaboration with our UK partners at Film 4/Channel 4 and the BFI; Canadian partners at E1; and exciting new partners Dogwoof and Shoot for the Moon.”
‘Nothing has lingered in my mind like this.’ Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
‘A compelling, compassionate mix, Dreams speaks volumes about the mysteries of other people’s lives” **** – Total Film
SCREENING TIMES:
15, 16, 17 Feb. at 8pm
Sat. 18 & Sun. 19 Feb at 3pm
Dreams of a Life
Directed by Carol Morley, UK- Irel. 2011, 95 mins.
Buy tickets online for this screening at the reduced price of €7.00 at www.themodel.ie/film
3rd March: The Grange Players present John B. Keane’s ‘The Field’
February 8, 2012 at 11:30 am | Posted in Arts | Leave a comment
For further info log on to www.hawkswell.com
March 11th: Rosses Point seaside village to host a ‘Seisiún Mór’ in aid of MS Northwest Therapy Centre
February 8, 2012 at 9:00 am | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentTags: Rosses Point, Seisiún Mór
The image is by kind permission of Irish artist Alan Kenny.
The beautiful seaside village of Rosses Point Co. Sligo will host a a trad event with a difference: A Seisiún Mór on Sunday, March 11, with non-stop Traditional Music at village venues, from 11am until 11pm.
The event is to raise awareness and funds for the MS Northwest Therapy Centre, Ballytivnan, Sligo. Everyone: Groups, Bands and Solo Artists, Marchers, Mummers, Dancers, Drummers, Singers and Seanachaís, Lilters and Listeners, of all ages and experience, are invited and encouraged to get involved, play a set, and join in the fun.
Early birds can enjoy music from mid morning over coffee and scones in The Waterfront Restaurant, overlooking Oyster Bay, in the heart of the village. As the session develops throughout the day, and on into the evening, entertainers will also be welcomed to Austies and Harrys Bar, as more than 150 performers make this a very special event. Regular seisiúns in Rosses Point by local musicians are a great success, and along with a Sea Shanty Festival in June, the village has a great tradition of music and singing. This event will show off scenic Rosses Point, lift the spirits of all who help and attend, and raise a bob or two for the MS Northwest Therapy Centre. Refreshments will be available for Musicans.
As its a Seisiún Mór enterance is free…. and the exit shall be interesting. Sponsorship cards are available. The idea is to sponsor a tune or a set of tunes for some small change. There will be an attempt to set a record for The Longest Shortest Trad Tune as musicians stand shoulder to shoulder along the waterfront to play in unison. We would be delighted if people in the wider community, as well as the performers who come to this event will take a sponsorship card, raise some cash for this worthy cause and help make the day a massive success.
We can’t guarantee weather, but we can certainly promise there will be a warm Céad Míle Fáilte for all! Further information about Seisiún Mór Rosses Point will be available during the coming days. Tell your friends, clear your diaries and watch this space.
Further details/information updates/ how to sign up to perform/where sponsorship cards are available is on the ‘Seisiún Mór Rosses Point’ Facebook page & local papers.
Craic in The Box this Saturday: John Colleary at The Model
February 7, 2012 at 9:00 pm | Posted in Arts | Leave a commentTags: Craic In the Box
Craic in the Box presents
John Colleary
With support
Saturday February 11th, 8pm.
Booking www.themodel.ie / 071 – 914 1405
Craic in the Box returns with its monthly helping of giggles, chortles and uproarious, outrageous laughter! To kick start the season we have the man who’s been behind bringing some of the best comedy to Sligo – our very own John Colleary.
Regulars to our comedy night will know John well as our indefatigable hilarious MC; the man who gets the whole thing started and has us rolling in our seats before the main act takes to the stage.
On Sat Feb 11th we will have the pleasure of John’s solo show.
Star of two times IFTA nominated THE SAVAGE EYE,John also writes and performs TODAY FMs drivetime comedy slot LAST ORDERS. Collearys other credits include STAND AND DELIVER& NAKED CAMERA(RTE2). A solid act and a festival regular .
“John Colleary delivered what can only be described as a flawless set” GO Belfast
“ … worth seeing again and again and again and again ….”
Capital Comedy Club
John is supported by Irish stand up Rory O’Hanlon. Rory’s style of hilarious autobiographical and observational stand up comedy has made him one of the top performers and MC’s on the Irish and UK comedy circuit. His style of comedy also seems to travel extremely well, allowing Rory to play two sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festial in 2009 and 2010 while also performing both years at The Best of Irish Show at the world famous Stand Comedy Club.
And keep an eye out for the following upcoming comedy gigs:
Star of The Savage Eye, David McSavage Sat March 10th, 8 pm
Jarlath O’Regan brings his award winning Backroads Comedy Show to The Model on sat April 7th at 8pm. With support by Paul Tylak.
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