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rian unPluGGed SaT 20 SePTl’eliSir d’aMore TueS 25 nov

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a few Good MenPresented by Keegan Theatre, Washington D.C.Tues 9 Sept 8pm €18/€16 conc.Pre Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)The trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defence team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honour on trial.“Superb theatre, wonderful performances” The Washington Post

GuiTarcheSTraFri 12 Sept 8pm€12.50/€10 child/€40 family of 4A youth guitar orchestra playing the greatest TV, Movie & Video game themes of all time! Featuring Game of Thrones, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman and more.

culTure niGhTfri 19 SePTAll events are free of charge, though where you see an asterisk, pre-booking is essential.

Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Clare County CouncilAn Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann comhordú ar an Oíche Chultúir, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Contae an Chláir

The richeS of clare concerT*8pm

video on 11am - 8pm Visual Arts Installation featuring work by David O’Rourke, Patrick Corcoran, Sean & Steve Gibbons, Tommy Kelly.

The enorMouS crocodile*by Tic Toc Puppets 3pm & 4pm

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Fabulous Beast present

rian unPluGGedfeaturing Liam Ó MaonlaíSat 20 Sept 8pm | Tiered section €18 Unreserved seating €16/€14 conc. Pre Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)Fabulous Beast is touring Rian UnPlugged around Ireland creating an exciting opportunity for audiences to see this amazing show. In Rian eight hugely talented dancers from around the world share the stage with five of Ireland’s top musicians in a joyful pairing of dance and traditional Irish music. Rian is directed and choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan with musical direction from Liam Ó Maonlaí. It is an expressive cultural hybrid, tapping into Irish traditions with influences from faraway places. Winner of a 2013 Bessie (New York Dance and Performance Award) for Outstanding Production, Rian premiered in the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2011. It has toured to the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, USA, Austria, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Rian has been seen and loved by more than 40,000 people across the world. This ‘unplugged’ version is performed away from the tradition stage bringing the audience up close to the performance, creating an intimate and magical experience. “An extraordinary piece of dance theatre that manages to be both seamless entertainment and a rich insight into Irish culture.” Irish Times

The ronan collinS Showband hiTS live!Featuring Joe Dolan’s classic hitsThur 25 Sept 8pm | €25/€23 conc.With sales of over 50,000 copies The Ronan Collins Showband Hits album has been the biggest selling Irish compilation album of the last few years. Ronan Collins is now the greatest live performer of Irish Showband Hits. Few singers have the ability and range to cover the Classic Hits of Joe Dolan, Dickie Rock & Brendan Bowyer but Ronan makes them sound realistic and fresh. Backed by The Sugarcubes Showband with Karen Black it’s a magical look back to the golden era of the Irish Showband phenomenon.

PadraiG PoTTS’ Guide To walkinGPresented by Big Guerilla Productions Written & performed by Seamus O’RourkeFri 26 Sept 8pm | €18 / €15 conc. Pre-Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)Funny and tender, this latest show by Seamus O Rourke, follows the life of Padraig Potts McKeirnan, who has a habit of just eating whatever is on his plate… metaphorically that is… from growing up near the tiny rural village of Drumnamee, County Leitrim in the 70’s and 80’s to falling in love with Silvia Lang, a perfect protestant girl… to marrying Mary Tague, the priests housekeeper, who he never really liked… to getting rid of Mary Tague and her mother, who he claims invented vinegar… and eventually to the realisation that the world isn’t as big as he first thought.








a celTic awakeninG To affiniTí:The weST’S awakeSat 27 Sept 8pm €18/€16 conc.The classical crossover group Affinití comprises concert harpist, Aisling Ennis, soprano, Emer Barry and violinist Mary McCague. Affinití was recently commissioned to compose The Shannon Suite by Shannon Airport and Regeneration Ireland. The suite will be recorded in the Irish Chamber Orchestra recording facilities in July and premiered in the University of Limerick in early September. We are planning a short tour in September to co-incide with the launch of the suite, and would love for one of these concerts to be in glór.“Listening to Affinití for the first time is like climbing Killiny Hill and looking south toward Bray Head for the first time. They are the essence of Irish art, a classical and celtic crossover full of soul, sass and sophistication as well as exquisite technique” – The Boston Globe (2014)

eva: enniS voiceS for auTiSM Information & Film nightThurs 2 Oct 8pm €10 (includes €1 film club fee)With speaker and a showing of the film Mission to Lars (18+) which tells the story of Tom Spicer who suffers from Fragile X Syndrome - an inherited learning disability not unlike Autism. It’s a true story, semi-documentary-style. Tom embarks on a road trip with his brother and sister to meet his hero Lars from Metallica. It’s been described as an inspiring and heart-warming story.

iriSh aSSociaTion of barberShoP SinGerS convenTionFri 3 & Sat 4 Oct See www.glor.ie for more information

clare library/children’S book feSTivalThur 9 Oct 11am Niall de Búrca returns to Clare with a roller coaster ride of tales for national Children’s Book Festival 2014. Bookings for this event will be made by Clare County Library directly.

in acTinG ShakeSPere Fri 10 Oct 8pm | €18/€16 conc.Pre Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)Written by and Starring James DeVita Freely adapted from Sir Ian McKellen’s “Acting Shakespeare” On tour from the USA and direct from Off-Broadway comes the funny, touching and uplifting story of one man’s discovery of Shakespeare, acting and language. Based on Sir Ian McKellen’s “Performing Shakespeare” James De Vita tells his own story of a young fisherman searching for a new career. James DeVita’s fun, fervent tribute to his journey with the world’s greatest poet deftly weaves Shakespeare’s life with reminiscences of James’ own days on a Long Island fishing boat (and nights as a classical actor). “A good one-man show leaves the audience wanting more, which is exactly what happens.” – The Huffington Post








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The fureySSat 11 Oct 8pm | €25/€22 conc.Legends of Irish music & song The Fureys, renowned for their hit songs ‘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’ and many more, are back in glór.The Fureys are responsible for some of the most stirring music ever to capture the public imagination. Their folk based music has received standing ovations in some of the biggest concert halls of the world and they credit their musical ability to their parents, Ted and Nora, who were well known musicians themselves. They encouraged their sons to play music from a very early age and there was live traditional music in their house almost nightly.

elio Pace PerforMS The billy Joel SonGbookWed 15 Oct 8pm | €20/€18 conc.The best tribute to the legendary Billy Joel in the world, Elio Pace has even played dates in the USA with Billy joel’s original band. Playing all the Billy Joel hits including Uptown Girl, Just The Way You Are, My Life, Piano Man, Tell Her About It, It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me, New York State of Mind, Uptown Girl, She’s Always A Woman and The Longest Time.Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to experience The Billy Joel Songbook performed by the dynamic singer/songwriter and piano-player, Elio Pace and his magnificent band.

derviSh celebraTe 25 yearSThur 16 Oct 8pm | 20/€18 conc.It all started 25 years ago when a group of musicians came together to record an album of local music which was released as The Boys of Sligo. Now, 25 years later fans of traditional super-group Dervish continue to be enthralled by the band as they tour globally.

Mick flannery & bandFri 17 Oct 8pm | €22.50/€20 conc.The Cork singer songwriter makes a much anticipated return to glór. Flannery’s songs usher us into a world which is by times emotional, romantic, dark, insightful and hopeful. His new album By the Rule is the work of a confident, assured songwriter.

The Lions Club Ennis present

GreaSeSat 18 Oct 7pm | €20The Lions Club Ennis presents a fundraising evening with food (hot dogs, burgers, pulled pork). Followed by a screening of Grease starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.All proceeds go to Lions Club of Ennis charities. A wonderful night of entertainment promised. Come dressed as Danny, Sandy or your own T-Birds and Pink Ladies crew!!Prize for the best costume on the night.











Robert Mizzell with his band

The counTry kinGSWed 22 Oct 8pm | €22/€20 conc.Robert has made his home in Ireland for almost 3 decades. He served his apprenticeship in country music since he first arrived here and is now one of the top Country artists in Ireland and his popularity is fast spreading with extensive airplay in Europe and such distant territories as Australia. As anyone who ever attended a Robert Mizzell show will testify, Robert and band put on a show filled with energy and colour - up and at ‘em songs, love songs and songs about heartbreak. The full gambit of human emotion is here. A night of country music at it’s very best - not to be missed!

The Man in The woMan’S ShoeSThur 23 Oct 8pm | €16/€14 conc.Pre-Theatre 2 course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór) Loco and Reckless Productions present:Mikel Murfi’s outstanding one man show. It’s October 1978. Pope John Paul the First is not long dead, autumn is closing in and Pat Farnon has ‘some business’ to do in town. The story follows Pat Farnon as he walks the 5 miles from his wee white cottage to town and back again and the marvels that he meets along the way. It’s a charming encounter - an ageing man still with a boundless enthusiasm for life. Hilariously funny, tender and at times downright daft it will leave you uplifted and in love with life again.

PawS The International Pictures and Words Storytelling FestivalSat 25 Oct The first PAWS Festival will be held in glór this year and the festival will highlight art, storytelling, literature, comics, education, the Irish language, film, theatre, traditional storytelling and other media in which stories are told. Workshop – How to Tell Tales Through Pictures and WordsAges 5-7 years: 11.30am - 12.10pmAges 8-13 years: 2pm – 3pm€5 per person

STorieS, PoeTry and dreaMSAn intimate evening with Michael Murphy & friendsSat 25 Oct 8pm €16Pre Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)Michael Murphy is a broadcaster, psychoanalyst and author. In emotionally powerful readings from his three books At Five in the Afternoon, The House of Pure Being, and The Republic of Love, Michael and his guests share deeply insightful reflections on love and sex, friendship and family.









SToP MoTion workShoPSTues 28 & Wed 29 Oct 10am – 3.30pm€40 for 2 daysEver wanted to bring your Lego mini figures to life? Experienced tutors will share tips and techniques on set building, filming, editing and creating sound scapes. Lego figures will come to life as they walk and talk through a forest landscape. Participants will work in small groups to collaborate and create the set, storyboard and plan their stop motion movie and then to film and produce it. The workshop is focussed on hands on learning and all participants will receive a certificate of participation and a copy of their movie! All materials are supplied though we would encourage participants to bring along their own favourite Lego character & a packed lunch. For ages 8-12 years.

MaSk MakinG workShoPS with Ana Colomer from Tic Toc PuppetsThur 30 Oct10.30am - 12pm & 12.30pm -2.00pm €8 (materials included)Animals, monsters, super heroes... make your own mask this Halloween. Using paper, cardboard and other recycled materials, this workshop is fun, crafty and creative. For ages 7-12 years.

The Gruffalo live on STaGe!A TALL STORIES production proudly presented by KW & NB LtdFri 31 Oct 1.30pm & 4.00pmSat 1 Nov 10.30am & 1.30pm€12 adult/€9 child/ €34 family of 4 (minimum 1 adult)Hit monster family show, direct from a West End Season! Don’t miss Tall Stories’ hit musical stage adaptation of the award winning picture book, The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl and a maraca-shaking, party mad Snake! Mouse can scare these hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined...? The Gruffalo is the perfect family treat with plenty of songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups. Monstrous fun!’ ****Daily Mail

MuiriS ó rócháin & Glór award Celebrating outstanding contribution to traditional Music & Art in County ClareSat 1 Nov 8pm | €20Following on from the wonderful Muiris Ó Rócháin Tribute event in 2013 glór is delighted to announce the first annual awards event celebrating the extraordinary talent of music and art in County Clare. A night of music to celebrate the 2014 award which goes to Corofin Traditional Festival.









Ger carey liveTue 4 Nov | 11.20am – 1pm €10 (teachers go free) Carey’s hilarious new stand-up show for transition year students. By secretly observing his subjects in their natural habitat, such as leaning on lampposts, in chippers, outside chippers, in shopping centres and sitting on any kind of steps, Ger has uncovered the weird and frightening world of the teenager! So come along and learn how teenagers function in their natural habitat, be amazed by their bonding ceremonies, their migratory patterns and their use of the latest technologies.Booking is directly with Ger Carey on 059 9141333.

Johnny McevoyWed 5 Nov 8pm | €25This nostalgic evening of song and story features all of Johnny’s many hit songs, songs that are haunting, evocative and beautifully presented in Johnny’s inimitable style. When Mursheen Durkin went straight to the top of the Irish charts and this made Johnny an overnight sensation. Armed with an acoustic guitar, harmonica and boyish good looks, Johnny took the country by storm. Early in 1967, he released his follow up single, Boston Burglar to even greater chart success. Johnny was now firmly established as one of the country’s top folk acts. He toured America and played in Carnegie Hall, one of the highlights of his career to this day.

launch of MuSic GeneraTion clare Fri 7 Nov 7.30pm Free of charge but booking essentialMusic Generation Clare will launch with a mixed-genre music performance of stories and facets of life unique to County Clare. Come and find out what we have in store for you over the coming years. Music Generation is Ireland’s new National Music Education Programme, co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, The Department of Education and Skills and Local Music Education Partnerships.

defender of The faiTh Defender of the Faith by Stuart Carolan (16+)Presented by Decadent Theatre CompanyMon 10 & Tues 11 Nov 8pm | €18/€16 conc. Pre-Theatre 2 course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €30 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór) Galway based Decadent are back with one of the most anticipated productions of 2014. Defender of the Faith is the debut play of Stuart Carolan the author and creator of RTÉ’s infamous, LOVE/HATE. Set on a farm in Armagh 1986, the play tells the story of a family, entrenched in paramilitarism and under the constant watch of British forces. When a visitor arrives with the job of rooting out a police informer, paranoia grips the farm. Joe, his son Thomas, and a long-serving farm hand, Barney, all fall under suspicion…The family’s isolated farm becomes the setting for the electrifying exploration of a family tested by loyalty and love. Defender of the Faith is blackly comic and chillingly real, with an atmosphere taut with tension.









harleM GoSPel choirWed 12 Nov 8pm | €30Having performed for Nelson Mandela at the Yankee Stadium, for the Pope in Central Park, with the Chieftains on their US tour and on U2’s “Rattle and Hum” album, film and tour, the Harlem Gospel Choir once again return to Ireland for an extensive tour.

donal Skehan cookery deMonSTraTionThur 13 Nov 8pm | €22/€18 conc.Last year Donal undertook a live cookery show around Ireland and has decided to do it again! His Kitchen Hero Two Tour hits the road this November and will see him cook up delicious, everyday, simple Home Cooked meals live on stage, with lots of fun, loads of food and lashings of audience participation!

deS biShoP - coMinG hoMeFri 14 Nov 8pm | €25/€20 conc.Des Bishop is coming home after spending over a year in China. He has some fun stories to tell about that: from working in a restaurant in the North East for a month to trying to find a wife in a Marriage park; plus some great journeys with Leo his co-worker from the Abrakebabra days.

Jack l – SonGS of The SeaSon - norThern liGhTSSat 15 Nov 8pm | €20/€18 conc.Jack will sing songs which take him back to winters of long ago and songs which conjure up the atmosphere of winters and Christmases of his childhood! He will also be dipping in to his own repertoire will be giving a potted history of his stunning career to date and will be performing songs from his recent hit shows The 27Club and The Great Wall of China tour and some brand new material from his upcoming album thrown in!

Gordon buchanan - wildlife caMeraMan Wed 19 Nov 8pm | €15/€13 conc.Join Gordon Buchanan, the highly acclaimed wildlife cameraman and presenter of ‘The Bear Family and Me’ and ‘The Polar Bear Family and Me’ as he hosts an evening of exciting personal recollections, and lets you into his world of weird, wild and wonderful wildlife.






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daMien deMPSey – Solo ShowFri 21 Nov 8pm | €22/€18 conc.For Dempsey, people and place are King. His voice is Dublin yet wholly distinctive, almost clichéd to say it, but he is part of a rich bloodline of Irish singers from Luke Kelly to Ronnie Drew, Christy Moore to Andy Irvine. Their kin outside Ireland are Springsteen and Guthrie, Dylan and Marley.

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The Jerry fiSh elecTric Side ShowSat 22 Nov 7pm | €70 As part of its annual commitment to supporting glór and the arts in Clare, Dromoland Castle will co-host another wonderful evening of fine dining and entertainment in their 5-star Brian Ború banqueting hall. Commencing with prosecco reception in the Kincora Gallery (kindly sponsored by The Old Ground Hotel & The Temple Gate Hotel), an exquisite four course dinner will be followed by music and dancing ‘til late with The Jerry Fish Electric Side Show, famed as the highlight of Electric Picnic festival 2013.This event merges the unmatched service and dining style of Dromoland Castle with glór’s unparalleled talent for providing top class entertainment and promises to be a very memorable occasion!

Phil coulTerSun 23 Nov 8pm €25/€22 conc.Phil will be joined by his special guest Geraldine Branagan for an unforgettable evening of music & song. He has performed with everyone from James Galway and the London Symphony Orchestra to Nanci Griffith and The Blue Moon Orchestra, not to mention Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Quincy Jones.

l’eliSir d’aMore / The elixir of loveA co-production between NI OPERA and OPERA THEATRE COMPANYTues 25 Nov 8pm | €30/€27 conc.Pre Theatre 2 Course Evening Meal & Ticket Deal €42 (food by Nolan & Lambe @ glór)“A real tour de force” – Irish TimesFamous for its spellbinding music and sublime arias, this popular romantic comedy, sung in English, has it all, from unrequited love, to devious deception and thwarted passion. Innovative director Oliver Mears (NI Opera) updates the action, transferring it to a university campus. The production features a wonderful cast of British and Irish singers led by Anna Patalong, John Molloy and Anthony Flaum. Fergus Sheil conducts.









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MaGPieS on The Pylon Written & Performed by Michael CollinsIn association with Ennis CDP Primary Health Care Programme for TravellersThur 27 Nov 7.30pm | €6 These engaging true tales, based on the experiences of former Glenroe actor and Traveller Michael Collins, portray the discrimination and hardship routinely experienced by the Travelling community. They vividly evoke life in encampments and on halting sites - and some good times – from the mid 1960’s through the Human Rights for Travellers activism of the 1980’s and the beginnings of self-development.

Mario roSenSTock GifT Grub live 3Fri 28 Nov 8pm | €35Gift Grub has, and continues to, poke fun at Ireland’s leading lights, politicians, sports stars, TV personalities and musicians. In fact anyone who seeks to put their head above the parapet into pubic notoriety. Expect to see Fancis Brennan, Marty Morrissey, Davy Fitz, Donal Skehan and Miriam ‘Genuinely’ O’Callaghan ‘live on stage’ as you’ve never seen them before!There’s the return of Keith ‘Howya Buddies’ Duffy, Joan Burton, José Mourinho, Michael Noonan, and of course Mario’s inimitable take on Vincent Browne.

glór classes/workshopsglór runs various workshops on an on going basis. For further information on all workshops, please see www.glor.ie or contact the facilitator directly.

yoGa wiTh SuSie Book directly with Susie on 086 735 4461

kinderMuSik wiTh aniTa (Ages 0-18 months)Book directly with Anita on 089 983 7551 or [email protected]

GenTle yoGa wiTh SeeMaBook directly with Seema on 087 670 3890

french for fun for kidS (Ages 4-12 years)Book directly with Rhona Gomés on 086 826 2500

The unliMiTed dreaM Machine School of TheaTre (Ages 6-18 years)Book directly with Zara Starr on 086 451 2002 or [email protected] www.theunlimiteddreammachine.com

MediTaTionwiTh JoSePhine SweeneyBook directly with Josephine on 087 692 6715

MindfulneSS ThrouGh breaThinGwiTh JoSePhine SweeneyBook directly with Josephine on 087 692 6715

acT now wiTh Marie McnaMaraIntroduction to Acting Training & Theatre Making for adults with special needs.Book directly with Marie on 087 639 1409



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abSence - adaM PoMeroyFri 19 Sept – Fri 31 Oct 10am – 5pm | galleryOpening Fri 19 Sept 6pm

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MuSicianS of ireland -arTiST & MuSician SuSan huGheSSat 8 Nov – Sat 3 Jan 2015 10am – 5pm | gallery

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