Culture

CULTURE NIGHT OFFALY
Friday 16 th September 2016
Roisin Harten
Culture Night is a night of entertainment, discovery
and adventure across towns, cities and counties
in Ireland. In Offaly there are over 30 FREE events
right across the county and much to explore, whether you
can attend one event or create your own Culture Night
trail, we look forward to seeing you out and about on
CULTURE NIGHT. Please note some events require booking.
KIDS Partial FULL
Full Wheelchair Accessibility
Partial Wheelchair Accessibility
Suitable for Children
MILITARY MANOEUVRES
Artist Patricia Hurl brings a classical painting,
‘Military Manoeuvres’, to life in Banagher by
re-enacting the scene as closely as possible with
the aim of reproducing a contemporary ‘take’ on
a scene which shows life as it was for many of
our citizens before the events of 1916. To take
part please email patricia.hurl@gmail.com
Assemble at Crank House,
Banagher | 3:30pm
FULL
KIDS
HARBOUR THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
LOVE IN THE HARBOUR
A play set against the background of 1916 and
World War I. The main character is a WW1 ace
from Dublin who falls in love with the
receptionist in The Grand Canal Hotel in
Shannonharbour. He is a Protestant and
she is a Catholic and not everyone approves.
McIntyres Pub, Shannonharbour | 7pm
HOUGHS ON SCREEN
Enjoy a screening of the FilmOffaly comedy
horror ‘Strangers in the Night’ (starring
Michael Hough) followed by a Q&A session with
its producer and director. Patrick Hough will
also screen 3 x 6min films from ‘Object
Interviews’ recently exhibited in Moscow’s
Museum of Modern Art.
JJ Houghs, Banagher | 8pm ‘til late
TEAM TRAD
Venture into spooky Leap Castle for a night of
trad featuring talented local musicians Seamus
Partial
Partial
Kinsella, Jack Kinsella, Luke Maher and friends.
Leap Castle, Clareen, Birr | 8pm
No Wheelchair Accessibility
Booking required please call 057 9357400
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
BALLET, IRISH AND CONTEMPORARY
Catch all three styles of dance from the Ann
Callanan School of Irish Dance, Ciara O’Rourke
Ballet School together with contemporary
dance artists from the annual EU Studio Trade
residency, Aisling O’Coinean and Roisin Harten,
who will perform extracts from ‘Navigator’ and
‘Hunger’
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre | 5:30pm
Booking required please call 057 9122911
PAUL SEERY UNPLUGGED
Kick start your culture night experience with
a lunchtime musical performance by Paul
Seery including a mix of Indian and Irish styles on
the sarod.
Birr Castle, Courtyard Cafe | 1:30pm
OFFline TASTER SCREENINGS
Some specially selected short films to whet
your appetite for OFFline Film Festival taking
place Wed 12 th -Sun 16 th October this year.
Spinners, Castle St. | 8:30pm
FULL
Military
Manoeuvers
FULL
FULL
KIDS

THE PHONE BOOTH
An audiovisual experience involving a once popular form of
communication which has now become a rare sight in our
towns and villages! A creative collaboration between
Rosalind Fanning and Gerry Murphy.
Market Square, Birr | 4pm -10pm
FULL
Menacing Crown by Tina Claffey
TIGER BY IMELDA CARROLL
Set in the present day, Tiger is a play about two sisters
trapped in a dysfunctional relationship. When a stranger
arrives unexpectedly at their door one night emotions
are released which lead to shocking disclosures and a
resolution - of sorts! Winner of the 2016 Scripts Playwriting
Festival. Imelda Carroll is from Wexford town and her new
play Tiger won the overall award presented by Jessica
Traynor from the Abbey Theatre at the festival in July. Take
in a post-play discussion with the creative team behind
Scripts, winning Playwright Imelda Carroll and Mentor
Eugene O’Brien on the development process and journey
from page to stage.
Birr Castle, West Gallery Room | 7:30pm
Booking required please call 057 9357400
FULL
THE OTHER FLAG
In this centenary year, drop in to create your own flag and
add to a string of imaginative new flags created by the
people of Birr, including short essays and video screenings
by Rosalind Fanning and Gerry Murphy.
Tin Jug Studio, Birr | 6pm – 9pm
No Wheelchair Accessibility
NIGEL CLARK BACK TO BACK
Nigel Clark of Hue & Cry fame (remember in the 80’s?) will
play two back to back intimate gigs, with the backdrop of an
exhibition by Owen DeForge.
Clonony Castle | 8pm & 9:30pm
No Wheelchair Accessibility
Booking required please call 057 9357400
THOMAS McDONAGH NIGHT OF MUSIC
Thomas McDonagh, the 1916 Proclamation signatory was a
renowned poet. Composer Ian Callinan will put some of his
words to music along with other local musicians
Church of Ireland Old School, Moneygall | 8pm
MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
A TALK BY TINA CLAFFEY
Renowned for her macro bog photography, Tina gives
a talk on macro and landscape photography within the
beautiful setting of Lough Boora Parklands for inspiration.
Lough Boora Discovery Park Visitors Centre | 8pm
Booking required please call 057 9357400
FULL
FULL
Nigel Clark
Paul Seery
Tiger by Imelda Carroll

Paul Timoney
Houghs on Screen
EDENDERRY
ROCKERS
Young local rockers
on the rise perform from their favourites with
an open mic session. A project of Music
Generation Offaly/Westmeath.
Edenderry Youth Cafe | 6pm
FULL
MUSICAL YOUTH
A special evening of songs from the
musicals, featuring gifted young performers
from Edenderry, under the baton of David
Wray, Musical Director of the Irish College
of Music Theatre (American College, Dublin).
Produced by Danna Davis
Edenderry Town Hall | 8pm
Booking required please call 057 9357400
FULL
STORYMAKING
WITH PAUL TIMONEY
Children’s storytelling by Midlands based
artist, writer and performer Paul Timoney;
make sure to bring your imagination!
Edenderry Library | 3:30pm
FULL
CULTURE NIGHT SEISIÚN
Join Rhode Comhaltas for traditional music,
song and dance in the Halla Mór.
Ballybryan National School | 8:30pm
KIDS
KIDS
KIDS
FULL
ONE FAMILY: MANY VISIONS
Eamonn Bulfin, the Offaly man who raised
the Irish Republic flag on the GPO in 1916,
has a legacy of artistic direct descendants;
from his son Michael a renowned sculptor
and member of Aosdána to his great granddaughter
Lucy Carragher, a recent winner
in the Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
This exhibition features a specially
commissioned bronze plaque of Eamonn
Bulfin, created by his granddaughter
Siobhán Bulfin. Commissioned by Offaly
County Council in this centenary year
Áras an Chontae,
Tullamore | 9:30am – 4pm
LE CHÉILE CHOIR
A special outdoor balcony performance by
Tullamore’s own Le Chéile Choir conducted
by Andrius Kozlovskis
Tullamore Library | 6pm
FULL
FULL
THE 4B BRASS BAND
A new brass repertoire of tunes related to
1916, music that was part of the culture of
the time, featuring Dave Prendergast, as MC
to introduce the material. 4B stands for the
Bob Batty Brass Band, who hails from
Daingean, and they have an original sound
with excellent musicians on trumpet,
trombone, alto and baritone saxes.
Dun Eochla, Ballycommon | 7:30pm
Booking required please call 057 9357400
Partial

Rochus Aust with the
1st German Electrophonic Orchestra
OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT,
OUR FUTURE
BY CLARA YOUTHREACH
The official launch of an exhibition of ceramics,
paintings and sculptures on the theme of Clara’s
raised bogs.
Clara Bog Visitor Centre
1.30pm (open until 7pm)
FULL
CLARA TOWN BAND
ON THE GREEN
Enjoy the outdoor sounds of Clara Town Band
on the green. Please note, if it is raining, the
performance will be in St. Brigid’s Church.
Clara Green | 7pm
FULL
KIDS
SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS
BY CLARA MUSICAL SOCIETY
Back by popular demand in the beautiful Meeting
House, Clara MS perform from their repertoire,
a collection of familiar and well loved songs from
the musicals.
Friends Meeting House, Clara | 8pm
No Wheelchair Accessibility
Booking required please email: info@clarams.com
Clara Musical Society
Caroline Conway
FROM REGGAE TO RAHAN
Music and dance from a multicultural
ensemble including African Reggae, as
well as a performance by the Red Embers
and Rahan Comhaltas.
Charleville Castle, Tullamore | 8pm
No Wheelchair Accessibility
KILLEIGH COMHALTAS
TRAD NIGHT
Killeigh Comhaltas host a family night of music with
special guests the McCafferkey family from Achill
Island. With presentations of the Proclamation to
members of the community who have lived the
ideals set out in it.
The Town House, High Street,
Tullamore | 8:30pm
Partial
TULLAMORE PORTRAITS
A STREET PROJECTION
BY TERENCE WHITE
A visually striking projection of photographic
portraits of people of Tullamore – who will you see?
Tullamore Town Centre | after dark
FULL
KIDS

Manchán Magan
Jacek Lomejko
TULLAMORE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
ALL EVENTS BEFORE 8PM ARE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
FULL
KIDS
ZOETROPE
BY CAROLINE CONWAY
Artist Caroline Conway invites you to
experience the wonder of early animation,
reinterpreted with some present day
technology and inspired by the centenary
year. The lights dim and the Zoetrope begins
to revolve, the images blur, a strobe light
starts and the images jump to life forming
incredible, smooth animations. This
installation features strobe lighting. School
visits welcome, please book on 057 9357400
From 10am
MUSIC
GENERATION
SCHOOLS CHOIR
Tullamore Music Generation primary schools
present a mini lunchtime Singfest!
12:30pm
TULLAMORE RHYMERS
Spoken word and rhymes peppered
throughout the evening to keep the culture
carousel spinning.
At intervals
JACEK LOMEJKO
Jacek Lomejko and friends will entertain with
the vibrant sounds of Polish folk music with a
touch of classical and jazz.
5-6pm
GAEILGE TOMAGOTCHI
BY MANCHÁN MAGAN
An energetic creative Irish language revival
initiative – drop by and enter a specially
created labyrinth of Irish linen by architect
Tom de Paor, meet broadcaster Manchán
Magan who will gift you an Irish word... would
you be willing to adopt an endangered Irish
word? Mind it; cherish it with your tongue.
Slip it into sentences? Name a pet or loved
one after it? What will your ‘focal’ be?!!
súghóg - stain left by tears
iarmhaireacht - loneliness at cock-crow
spailp - surprise kiss
A huge success at the Tiger Dublin Fringe
Festival in 2015 and the JFK Centre,
Washington DC, June 2016.
4-7pm
1st GERMAN
ELECTROPHONIC ORCHESTRA
PERFORM ‘GIRLS & STATIONS’
LED BY COMPOSER ROCHUS AUST.
Beginning at Heuston Station at 4pm and
travelling to Clara and Tullamore, the 1st
GERMAN ELECTROPHONIC ORCHESTRA
bring German and Irish musicians called
Clara to Clara! Their journey includes a
performance on HIGH STREET TULLAMORE
AT 7pm, but expect to see them on the train
and at stations along the way.
7:00pm

Box Sets
The Fanzines
A CULTURE NIGHT CAROUSEL High Street from 10am- 10pm
Aisling O’Coinean
STUDIO TRADE DANCERS
International contemporary dance artists
Aisling O’Coinean and Roisin Harten
performing extracts from ‘Navigator’
exploring the tangible and intangible self
as well as a piece titled ‘Hunger’.
7:30pm
“BOX-SETS”
ASHLEE BENTLEY AND
JONATHAN SHEEHAN
A comedy show about relationships and what
it means to be in a couple in 2016. Well
received during its Edinburgh Fringe Run.
The show is also set to be part of this year‘s
Galway Fringe Festival and The Tiger Festival
Dublin 2017.
2016, Ashlee has also played as part of
Kilkenny Cat Laughs 2016 and is set to play
Electric Picnic this year. Jonathan Sheehan
has been doing stand up for over five years
and has played comedy clubs all over Ireland
and England. He was also finalist in the 2015
Tedfest London Comedy Competition.
8pm
THE FANZINES
Playing the music of the late 70s early 80s
New Wave, PowerPop, Ska era. “Too Wide to
go around - Too Low to go under.” All
timeless classics - Songs you didn’t know you
loved from a fantastic period in Rock History,
and the Punk period of perfect pop.
9pm
Ashlee Bentley is the winner of the national
comedy competition Show me the Funny in

Culture Night Offaly 2016
Friday 16 September 2016
VENUE EVENT TIME
Birr Castle Courtyard Cafe Paul Seery - Unplugged 1.30pm
Market Square, Birr The Phone Box Project 4-10pm
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre Dance Dance Dance- Ballet, Irish and Contemporary 5pm
Birr Castle Tiger by Imelda Carroll 7:30pm
Tin Jug Studio, Birr The Other Flag 6pm
Spinners, Castle St OFFline Taster Screenings 8:30pm
Leap Castle, Clareen, Birr Team Trad 8pm
Banagher Town Military Manoeuvres 3:30pm
McIntyre’s, Shannonharbour Harbour Theatre Co. - Love in the Harbour 7pm
JJ Hough’s, Banagher Houghs On Screen 8pm
Clonony Castle, Shannonbridge Nigel Clark Back to Back 8pm & 9:30pm
Church of Ireland Old School, Moneygall Thomas McDonagh Night of Music 8pm
Lough Boora Discovery Park Macro Photography: A Talk by Tina Claffey 8pm
Edenderry Library Children’s Storymaking by Paul Timoney 3:30pm
Edenderry Youth Cafe Edenderry Rockers Music Generation 6pm
Edenderry Town Hall Musical Youth with Danna Davis 8pm
Ballybryan National School, Rhode Culture Night Seisiún Rhode Comhaltas 8:30pm
Áras An Chontae, Tullamore One Family: Many Visions 9:30am-4pm
Clara Bog Visitors Centre Our Past, Our Present, Our Future Launch 1:30-7pm
Friends Meeting House, Clara Songs from the Musicals – Clara Musical Society 8pm
Clara Green Clara Town Band 7pm
Dun Eochla, Ballycommon The 4B Brass Band 7:30pm
Tullamore Community Arts Centre, Zoetrope From 10am
High St. Music Generation Schools Choir 12:30pm
Gaeilge Tamagotchi
4-7pm
Jacek Lomejko
5-6pm
Tullamore Rhymers Intermission Rhyming
6-10pm
1st German Electrophonic Orchestra
7:00pm
Studio Trade Dancers
7:30pm
BOX-SETS by Jonathan Sheehan & Ashlee Bentley 8pm
The Fanzines
9pm
Tullamore Library Le Cheile Choir Rooftop Performance 6pm
Charleville Castle, Tullamore From Reggae to Rahan 8pm
Tullamore Town Centre Tullamore Portraits All evening
The Townhouse, High St, Tullamore Trad Night 8:30pm
Design and print: Brosna Press 090 6454327
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Culture Night is brought to
you by the Department of
Arts, Heritage, Regional,
Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Comhairle Chontae Uíbh Fhailí
Offaly County Council