PADDY CASEY

Sept 30th. Doors 8pm.

Tickets €21

Paddy Casey is facing his busiest year yet in 2017 following his latest single release ‘Everything Must Change’ last November which hit over 21,000 views on YouTube in a matter of weeks. The success of the brand new release caught the attention of many promoters abroad and with that Paddy has been invited back to London, UK to play the Emerald Sounds Festival in March as well as the popular Nell’s Jazz & Blues venue in May which is run by well known Irish promoter Vince Power.

Back home on Irish shores his diary is filling up fast with another headliner at the prestigious Whelan’s Live Bar in May which is gearing up to be yet another sell out for the Dublin musician, just like when he played there to a full crowd back in December.

Paddy Casey was also asked to headline this year’s Temple Bar Tradfest in January together with talented Irish Singer/Songwriter Mundy, which lead to an exciting collaboration between the two artists with more shows in planning across our Emerald Isle featuring both artists!

The Crumlin Musician has been on the forefront of the Irish music scene since his debut album ‘Amen (So Be It)’ in 1999, while his second release ‘Living’ became the biggest seller in Ireland, out-selling even Irish rock legends U2.

Paddy has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with U2 on their Vertigo Tour and also enjoyed a week long sold out residencies in Dublin’s prestigious Olympia Theatre & RDS. He has even been invited onto and performed on the Hit American CBS Chat Show ” The Late Show” with David Letterman. 

In 2007 Paddy felt he needed to take a break from the recording having released albums, singles & demos non-stop since he became a name on the Irish music scene back in ‘99 - with barely a day off in almost a decade. Following his five year hiatus he returned with his fourth studio album ‘The Secret Life Of’ in 2012.

It was recorded, produced and mixed at home in Paddy’s kitchen by Paddy and Pat Donne. Pat worked on the first album ‘Amen (So Be It)’, as well as on the demos for all the other albums.

In 2014 Paddy Casey released a compilation album of his best and most loved hits to date ‘Best Of Paddy Casey’ which had been highly anticipated by his loyal and continuously growing fan base - receiving fantastic acclaim.

Will 2017 see a new album from the popular Dublin Singer/Songwriter? Watch This Space!

Dirtbirds Live

Tickets €17/15 (Concession)

Dirtbirds internet sensation are landing in Castleblayney for one night only! Don’t miss this hilarious, laugh a minute comedy show. Catch north siders Carmel and Debs as they chat about life, love and the ever changing size of Kim Kardashian’s arse. South side sickeners Eleanor and Emer will be competing about everything whilst pretending their lives are sooo amazing and of course the not so beautiful beauty bloggers Dee and Andrea will be giving their latest beauty ‘tips from da town’. A brilliant girls night out!

‘Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins have struck gold with their hilarious
Dirtbirds sketches’ The Independent.

‘These brilliantly funny beauty tutorials from Dirtbirds duo will have you
in stitches’ The Sun.

PAT EGAN PRESENTS 
The grief of Billie Holiday, the soul of Van Morrison and the defiance of Edith Piaf..

AN EVENING WITH
MARY COUGHLAN AND HER MUSICIANS

Tickets €23/21

“Ireland has never produced a singer quite like Mary Coughlan” The Irish Times
“Her talent is awesome” The London Observer
“A song is not complete unless it is sung by Mary Coughlan” Melody Maker
“Mary’s live performances must be seen to be believed” New Music Express

Mary Coughlan and her band are bringing her new show Live & Kicking to Irish Venues Nationwide this autumn. It is a celebration of Mary’s 30 plus years in the music business. Mary Coughlan’s music career has been a roller coaster, one hell of a ride,and this Live & Kicking concert will reflect that, featuring all the songs that are close to Mary’s heart and life . Mary Coughlan has often been described as the greatest female vocalist and interpreter of songs that Ireland has ever produced. Mary Coughlan proudly stands alongside, the iconic giants of jazz on both sides of the Atlantic, Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf. Mary Coughlan is the only singer these shores have produced to rival the greatest of European cabaret and American jazz club blues because of one thing: her unique voice. She is unique in blending the whisky-blurred, smoke-seared, husky notes and laconic wit of Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee and the line of deep, down and dirty blues singers back to Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith with the sardonic, bitter-sweet defiance and despair of the Piaf And Mary Coughlan delivers it all in a delicious and unapologetic Irish drawl, sceptical, rueful, mournful and melting, ardent for love, all in one voice which wraps itself around Cole Porter and Jerome Kern, Elvis Presley and Joy Division.
Mary is our greatest female singer because over twenty-five years and ten albums she’s made the most grown-up, uncompromising, wholly personal and utterly universal music on either side of the Atlantic about what goes on between men and women. She has taken the classic standards of jazz balladry and the recent gems of rock and Irish song-writing, shaken them and offered them up anew. She sings in the voice of the wrong and wronged woman and she makes us think what it is men make of women and what women have to do to make do. She has just one other forebear in the pretty pallid parade of female pop artists, just one other woman whose bruised, haunted voice could find and enjoy the inconsolable longing and loss in a three minute pop song: Dusty Springfield.

A phone rings in the dead of night. Sam Sullivan, a small-time Private Eye hears a frightened voice on the end of the line. 

'Someone's trying to kill me'

The voice leads him to a strange travelling show at the edge of town where he meets Felix, an escapologist, and his assistants Molly and Crystal, one of whom appears to have murder in mind. Sullivan is plunged into a world of danger and deceit and a case with more twists and turns than a ten inch corkscrew. 

Expect music, glamour, magic, death-defying escapology and even a little…murder.

This is the latest production from award winning children’s theatre company Cahoots.

“LOVERS” by Brian Friel, written in 1967, is a play in two parts and is comic and bittersweet. “Winners” tells the story of two young lovers, and “Losers” is a play about an older couple. Both plays look at the nature of love and the choices people in love make.

Castleblayney Players are performing “Lovers” in Iontas Theatre prior to bringing the play to the Henri Maurin Theatre in Marseillan, France. As part of the Town Twinning programme Marseillan Cultural Committee have invited the group to do two performances in their local theatre.

“LOVERS” by Brian Friel, written in 1967, is a play in two parts and is comic and bittersweet. “Winners” tells the story of two young lovers, and “Losers” is a play about an older couple. Both plays look at the nature of love and the choices people in love make.

Castleblayney Players are performing “Lovers” in Iontas Theatre prior to bringing the play to the Henri Maurin Theatre in Marseillan, France. As part of the Town Twinning programme Marseillan Cultural Committee have invited the group to do two performances in their local theatre.

“LOVERS” by Brian Friel, written in 1967, is a play in two parts and is comic and bittersweet. “Winners” tells the story of two young lovers, and “Losers” is a play about an older couple. Both plays look at the nature of love and the choices people in love make.

Castleblayney Players are performing “Lovers” in Iontas Theatre prior to bringing the play to the Henri Maurin Theatre in Marseillan, France. As part of the Town Twinning programme Marseillan Cultural Committee have invited the group to do two performances in their local theatre.

MOXIE

For school bookings please contact ailbhe@iontascastleblayney.ie or call 042 9753401. Limited capacity.

Hold on to your seats, it’s MOXIE! Moxie are an innovative, highly charged, and irresistible young band at the forefront of new traditional music.

MOXIE will bring young audiences on an unforgettable musical journey. Fast becoming a festival favourite internationally, MOXIE have built a reputation for their high energy live performances, brimming with youthful vitality.

The Far Field is an irresistibly joyful musical tale for young audiences infused with Irish traditional music, puppetry and folklore.

One Summer day in the little hills of Co. Monaghan, Lonán the farmer discovers a magical whistle hidden in a hare’s nest. Suspecting that it belongs to the fairy folk who live at the edge of his farm, Lonán decides that the whistle should be returned to its rightful owners. Join Lonán on his quest filled with magical traditional music, puppetry, and storytelling to the enchanted ‘Far Field’.

Written & Performed by Irene Kelleher

Directed by Belinda Wild

**Bobby Award Nominated show**- Brighton Fringe 2017

Inspired by a true story. Ireland, 1986 and a fifteen year old girl dies giving birth at a grotto. An original and sometimes humorous imagining of a young woman’s search for understanding in a conversation with the statue of the Virgin Mary.

"Despite the dark subject matter, this superbly crafted piece wasn't maudlin.”

“A moving and important tragedy.”

THE ARGUS- BRIGHTON ★★★★★

*Although inspired by a true story, this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places and events are the product of the playwright's imagination.

AONGHUS MCANALLY - CELEBRATING CHRISTIE HENNESSY 
The Platinum Collection

Tickets €23/21 (Concession)

Renowned entertainer recreates the iconic sound of his close friend in a touching tribute to one of Ireland’s greatest singer-songwriters

After a sell-out tour last Autumn RTÉ personality, Aonghus McAnally, takes his “Celebrating Christie Hennessy – The Platinum Collection” show on a nationwide tour. One of Ireland’s most beloved singer-songwriters, Christie Hennessy delighted audiences at home and abroad until his tragic and untimely death in 2007, aged just 62. 
In this all-new show, celebrated entertainer Aonghus McAnally brings the Hennessy songbook to life with his uncanny recreation of his close friend Christie’s voice and guitar playing. Featuring all his best loved hits – Messenger Boy, Jealous Heart, Don’t Forget Your Shovel, If You Were To Fall, All The Lies That You Told Me, and the iconic Roll Back The Clouds – this magical evening showcases the storytelling brilliance of Christie Hennessy with 22 of his greatest songs.

Inhabiting the role of Christie is particularly poignant for Aonghus as the two were such close friends – Aonghus even delivered the eulogy at Christie’s funeral. Speaking about the show,
Aonghus said, “It’s a genuine privilege to share Christie’s incredible music with audiences around the country, and an honour to be part of keeping his spirit alive. Music fans want one more Christie gig, and to be able to recreate that magic for them is one of the most special feelings I’ve ever had on stage. Having played Christie before, maybe the greatest compliment I’ve ever received as a performer was when Christie’s wife Gill came to me after the show in tears, saying it’s like having Christie back again.”

“The Streets of Promise” Tour

The award winning family who penned the iTunes #1 Country Album "Breaking Ground".

Featuring their huge hits "Streets of Promise", "My Connemara Marble Ring", "The Man Who Loved Me First", and "The Empty Room". Their debut original album "Breaking Ground” went to #1, not once but twice in the iTunes Country Album Charts. The first single from the album "The Man Who Loved Me First”, a co-write with Derek Ryan went to #1 in the iTunes Country Single Charts.

They are now bringing their hits live to the stage. This is a concert for pure Country Music Lovers.

This show is cabaret style with unallocated seating.

HOW'S YOUR FATHER

Starring Conal Gallen

"How's Your Father?" is a non-stop, laugh a minute riot of craic, confusion and constant laughter!
It's the hilarious brand new comedy play from the cream of Irish comedy!

Father and son team, Conal and Rory Gallen have written probably their funniest comedy play to date! A B&B! A Landlady! A Priest! A Jockey! A Mystery!

Bridie Murphy opens Bridie's Boutique B&B, much to her husband Willie's bewilderment!
"This is a B&B which has to be seen to be believed!! - Tripadvisor"

With their young, confused neighbour, Dick, having some family problems, Bridie steps in to help! There's only one thing for it! Bring in the Priest!

Which only serves to make things even more confusing!! Its a side-splitting tale of love, deceit, mystery, bad food and a bit of "How's Your Father" thrown in for good measure!

Age Recommendation 16+

Grab your hat and come along to the craziest wedding of the year! The show centres around Vera, the farmers wife who is so excited as her only son Seamus is getting married! Everyone is cordially invited to watch the shenanigans which unfold on this special day. With the Winebulance providing the drink, the band 'Keep er Lit' keeping everyone on the dance floor. Not to mention the other special guests, the farmers -Pat and Eamon the Bridesmaids, the Yummy Mummies, the Grannies, and of course Nuala and Noleen always looking for love. This production has proved to be a rip roaring, laugh out loud, feel good tonic. 

Tick tock, It's Wine O'Clock!

Beezneez Theatre Company, one of Ireland’s most popular touring companies, visit Iontas with the hugely successful John McDwyer comedy (with a few serious bits), Turning Mammy.  Castleblaney audiences will be familiar with McDwyer’s work from Unforgiven, Lovely Leitrim and An Ordinary Man. Now on its third national tour, Turning Mammy has won the hearts of audiences all over Ireland with its mix of madness and melancholy as we follow the lives of sisters, Mary and Martha and their lovelorn neighbour, Ambrose as they seek love and contentment while none search in the right place.  Featuring Eileen Murphy, Valerie Traynor and Peadar Conway and directed by the author, Turning Mammy has had audiences laughing and crying for over two years and is an evening of joyous theatre which should not be missed

What would you do if you picked up the wrong briefcase on your way home from the office? Take it the police, of course. But what if the briefcase contained nearly a million pounds in used banknotes? Well, what Henry Perkins did - ! Suffice to say that Henry’s wife ends up with a nervous breakdown, Henry ends up with his best friend’s wife, and a drug dealer ends up with Henry’s briefcase. There are also two policemen and a taxi driver whose lives will never be the same again. Farney Players once again prove that laughter is the best medicine.

What would you do if you picked up the wrong briefcase on your way home from the office? Take it the police, of course. But what if the briefcase contained nearly a million pounds in used banknotes? Well, what Henry Perkins did - ! Suffice to say that Henry’s wife ends up with a nervous breakdown, Henry ends up with his best friend’s wife, and a drug dealer ends up with Henry’s briefcase. There are also two policemen and a taxi driver whose lives will never be the same again. Farney Players once again prove that laughter is the best medicine.

CHRISTY MOORE

Tickets €40.

CHRISTY MOORE

Tickets €40.

Tickets €27/25

“Pure Gold” was how a U.S. Critic recently described a Phil Coulter show.  It struck a chord with the man himself.  “It seemed to tick a lot of boxes” said Phil, so he hi-jacked the title for his new show and album.

Phil’s long career as a songwriter, producer and recording artiste has been recognised over the years with so many gold discs that the theme is totally appropriate.

Very few in the music business can boast of having chart entries in every decade since the sixties.  Even fewer can match the range of Phil’s output – from Eurovision winners to folk classics, from tender ballads to sporting anthems, from Luke Kelly to Elvis Presley!

His new show, Pure Gold, will feature Phil’s personal favourites as he trawls through his 50 years of creativity.   A he says himself, “It will be a different and interesting collection – some of the big hits alongside some that I thought should have been hits!   Some songs that meant a lot to my bank manager as well as some that simply meant a lot to me”

Pure Gold will tour the country extensively, North and South, throughout November and December.   An original retrospective on the work of one of our  finest, it’s a show for every lover of good music.

A musical theatre version of this classic brother and sister tale of adventure and magic where we’ll have you humming along throughout and cheering as the witch slides down into our flaming oven.

Is hunger stronger than love? In this story it seems to be as the poor woodsman’s empty stomach goes to his head, he gives in to the bony step-mother and they leave Hansel and Gretel in the forest, not just once but twice and the second time there won’t be any moonstones to follow back home. Instead they follow their noses to the sugary heart of the forest where the witches are waiting. Hansel and Gretel’s musical journey takes them from a house with empty cupboards and a step-mother who doesn’t like children to a house made of sweets and someone who just loves children – on toast! 

Lyngo serve up a musical theatre treat with their own special recipe of multi-roled performances, captivating songs and beautiful imagery.

“ABBA FOREVER” The Christmas Show, comes to Iontas for the very first time on Thursday 7th December. The show has been touring Ireland in December for the past 8 years to sell-out audiences. This is one of the best loved shows ever and demand for tickets will be bit, so get them FAST!!

From “Waterloo (Again)” to “Dancing Queen” Expect a dazzling, fantastic performance including the most iconic hits, Mamma Mia, S.O.S, Money, Money Money, The Winner Takes All, Gimme Gimme, Gimme and many MANY more!

Every favourite is here. This is an unmissable show and the very best Christmas Party night you will find ANYWHERE!!!

Get your glad rags on, brush up on the lyrics, don the dancing boots and come to the best party in town!

EIMEAR QUINN

Tickets €22/20

Listen.... you could hear a pin drop. Such was the reaction when Ryan Tubridy invited Eimear to sing 'O Holy Night' on his radio show in the run up to Christmas. Eimear's version of this ever-popular carol has since become synonymous with the season.

In this intimate a spiritual night, Eimear will bring her own special rendition of Christmas songs and carols to Iontas for a memorable musical experience where her ethereal voice will blend beautifully with String Quartet & Guitar. Allow yourself to sit back and let the hustle and bustle fade away. The Christmas season begins right here, so let your spirit be moved!

A beautiful woman with a cherub’s voice that floats in an ethereal cloud of it’s own making- The Sunday Independent

As part of their 40th Anniversary tour, Irish Legends the FUREYS return for another great night of Music, songs and stories.
 
Hear them sing their timeless classics including ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc plus songs from their new CD ‘The Times they are a changing’
           
Their emotive songs stir many emotions….tears and laughter, sadness and joy.
 
http://www.thefureys.com/