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Touch Me

Touch Me

CoisCéim Dance Theatre presents: TOUCH ME Set among the remains of a boarded up room, a group of strangers look in from outside. A set of keys unlocks the door to hidden gems left behind. What was that promise that you made? In 1995, ... (click to read more)

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Melancholia

Melancholia

Always controversial, director Lars Von Trier turns his hand to science fiction drama in this apocalyptic study of how individuals respond differently to impending doom. Opening with a highly stylised vision of how the world might end, Von Trier ... (click to read more)

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Ernani – Verdi

Opera - 25 Feb

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Ernani – Verdi

The new  ‘Met: Live in HD‘ season begins in February 2012 in the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise. The incredible immediacy of this Emmy Award-winning series of live transmissions into cinemas is changing the way people around ... (click to read more)

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Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer

Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer

Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer  Written & performed by Aidan Dooley Experience the story of one man’s incredible journey.   Continuing the incredible success of this gem of a show, Aidan Dooley returns to Portlaoise with his ... (click to read more)

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Belinda McKeon / Rita Ann Higgins

Literature - 8 Mar

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Belinda McKeon / Rita Ann Higgins

On Thursday March 8th (International Women's Day) two award winning Irish writers of considerable reputation will read from their work in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise. This event promises to be a wonderful evening of reading by two of ... (click to read more)

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Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese.  It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese ... (click to read more)

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Conal Gallen – Laughin’ All Over The World!

Conal Gallen – Laughin’ All Over The World!

Conal Gallen – Laughin’ All Over The World!   Just coming off the back of his record breaking stand up television show Conal Gallen – A laugh and A Half, Ireland’s number one comedian is back in the Dunamaise Arts ... (click to read more)

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A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows

Barnstorm Theatre Company presents A Murder of Crows by Mike Kenny, in collaboration with Barnstorm Theatre Company. For Age 8years +   A Murder of Crows is a dynamic and theatrically exciting work for children aged 8 and over, based on the ... (click to read more)

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RUMOURS

Open Door Drama Group

Theatre - 15 Mar, 16 Mar

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RUMOURS

Open Door Theatre present   RUMOURS A farce by Neil Simon Welcome to a brand-new farce from award-winning Laois Open Door replete with silly asses, pretty ladies and lashings of cross-purposes, doomed lies and sparkling silliness. The plot has ... (click to read more)

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The Way (2010)

The Way (2010)

Four years after his impressive ensemble biopic Bobby, actor-director Emilio Estevez returns with another ambitious drama that also features his father, Martin Sheen. The Way is a touching film about the testy yet unbreakable bond between father ... (click to read more)

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Country Roads - A Celebration of John Denver

Country Roads - A Celebration of John Denver

Country Roads – A Celebration Of John Denver will take you back on a magical journey evoking nostalgic memories of a time when the singer songwriter ruled the airwaves and dominated the US and UK charts. Taking you on a beautifully crafted ... (click to read more)

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Coriolanus

Coriolanus

As director and star, Ralph Fiennes brings William Shakespeare's visceral history play to the big screen for the first time. Coriolanus is a drama for the ages, a commentary on the precarious draw of war and an auspicious directorial debut from one ... (click to read more)

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Chatterbox School of Speech & Drama

Chatterbox School of Speech & Drama

  Times: 12.30pm 3.30pm & 7.00pm   Tickets: €12 / €8 (1 perf); €18 / €12 (2 perf); €21/ €15 (3 perf)   Because of the wide variety of ticket prices, depending on the number of shows that families ... (click to read more)

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Shoot the Crow

Shoot the Crow

Prime Cut Productions presents Shoot the Crow By Owen McCafferty They're back - Ding Ding, Randolph, Socrates and Petesy - four tilers working on a Belfast building dreaming of better things. There’s an opportunity to make a few bob on ... (click to read more)

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Barry Norman’s Favourite Films

Cinema - 30 Mar

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Barry Norman’s Favourite Films

Clive Conway presents   Barry Norman’s Favourite Films Known to millions as an outstanding film critic, Barry Norman ruled film criticism for a generation. From 1972 to 1998, he ruled the British TV airways with his unique Film… ... (click to read more)

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The Harney School of Speech and Drama.

The Harney School of Speech and Drama.

The Harney school of Speech and Drama.   A wedding, a wake and a crime in Rhyme land are just some of the strange happenings in this years showcase. Throw super heroes, talking animals, royal thieves and ruthless pirates into the mix and your ... (click to read more)

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30 years on Song

30 years on Song

30 years on song  irish youth choir 1982 to 2012 The Irish youth choir since 1982 over hundreds of ireland’s most talented singers and musicians have benefitted from the irish youth choir experience by taking part being a part of this ... (click to read more)

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Ceiltis School of Speech and Drama

Ceiltis School of Speech and Drama

The students from Mountmellick, Monasterevin and Portarlington centres will entertain all with their end of year performance which will include short plays, duologues,  solo drama, poetry, mime, song, music and dance. We see the antics of ... (click to read more)

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Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time

 Jesters Stage Academy proudly presents "Once Upon A Time..." Do you daydream? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have tea with a rabbit or float with a mermaid? Do you believe in phantoms and big bad wolves?  Jesters ... (click to read more)

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The Well Digger’s Daughter

The Well Digger’s Daughter

Twenty-five years after hemade his name acting in Claude Berri’s adaptations of two ofMarcel Pagnol’smost famous novels, Jean de Florette andManon des sources, Daniel Auteuil returns to theworld of simple country life in Provence (and ... (click to read more)

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Dunamaise Arts Centre

Church Street Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.

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Monday to Friday: 10am to 5.30pm
Saturday: 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm.
Box office 00353 57 866 3355.

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