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Exhibition Under Cover of Darkness
Fergus Jordan
Launching Saturday 18 February @ 4pm
Fergus Jordan is an artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland where he is currently completing his PhD at the University of Ulster. His new work Under Cover of Darkness, provides the critical distance necessary to think about darkness and light in relation to territory and identity in Northern Ireland. The series attempts to open up a channel for critical discussion, scrutinizing the sense of dislocation and exposure, presence and absence within the framework of post-conflict society.
These situations are carefully orchestrated through digital manipulation. The resulting work remains intentionally suggestive, evoking a succession of endless questions about the space drawing the viewer into a downward spiral of heightened anxiety and paranoia.
4pm – Official Launch / Artist’s Talk
Fergus Jordan will be give a talk to introduce his work and practice and will lead a discussion on the work in the gallery
Exhibition ends Saturday 03 March (open for viewing on Saturday 03 March until 5pm)
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Film Some Other Stories
Wednesday 22 February @ 8pm
‘Some Other Stories’ comprises five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. 'Croatian Story’ follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down’s syndrome. The suspenseful ‘Serbian Story’ finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer, while ‘Bosnia- Herzegovina Story’ focuses on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son’s lover, a Dutch UN official, is pregnant. ‘Macedonian Story’ unfolds in a private clinic, where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby. The ‘Slovenian Story’, involving a resourceful nun who finds her own way to Immaculate Conception, ends the omnibus on a humourous note.
Dir: Marija Dzidzeva, Ivona Juka, Ana Marija Rosi, Ines Tanovic, Hanna Antonina / Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Republic Of Macedonia, Ireland 2010 / 114mins / Cert: CLUB / Language: Various
View the film trailer here:
'Some Other Stories' - Film Trailor
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Medley The Courthouse Café
Thursday 23 February @ 9pm (doors @ 8.30pm)
The Darling Sins – Contemporary songwriters who are currently recording their debut album, produced by Pierce Turner.
Garrett Keogh – Actor. Star of Fair City and recently interviewed on Morning Ireland about his touring show, Garrett has performed many times at the Café.
Wax Lyrical – Brothers Peter and Thomas Power play jazz guitar duets in the style of Django Rheinhardt.
€6 / €5 CONC
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Film The First Grader
Wednesday 29 February @ 8pm
Shot on location in Kenya, and using many local nonprofessionals both behind the camera and as actors, Justin Chadwick’s stirring drama turns the obstinate desire for an education on the part of 84-year-old Kikuyu tribesman Maruge into a deeply affecting and emotionally uplifting tale.
Taking advantage of a 2002 Kenyan law that guaranteed free education for all, Maruge, a veteran Mau Mau freedom fighter shows up at his local one-room school, walking stick in hand, and is reluctantly turned away by the sympathetic principal. But Kimani returns the next day, and the day after that, until his eventual acceptance.
Director Chadwick intersperses scenes of Kimani’s burgeoning education with flashbacks to the harsh treatment he received from the British. The effect is very moving and ultimately hopeful; despite Kenya’s - and by extension, Africa’s - troubled past, humanity, here in the form of one aged tribesman, refuses to give up.
Dir: Justin Chadwick / Kenya/UK 2010 / 98 mins / Cert: 12A Starring: Naomie Harris,
Oliver Litondo, Vusi Kunene, Tony Kgoroge, Israel Makoe, Alfred Munyua /
Language: English/Kykuyu
View the film trailor here:
'The First Grader' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Concert The Emilie Conway Jazz Quartet
Saturday 03 March @ 8.30pm
Dazzling young chanteuse Emilie Conway comes to the Courthouse with her Musical Quartet to launch her debut album “The Secret of a Rose”. Emilie began her vocal training in 1992 with classical vocal trainer Daniel McNulty, and later with Catherine Kennedy and Veronica Dunne in Ireland.
Over the past 12 years, Emilie’s distinctive voice and inimitable style has earned her much acclaim on the Dublin jazz scene, as well as further afield in Europe and the States. A fine and versatile vocalist of extraordinary sensitivity, she possesses the ability to distil the very essence of song and lyric and express it in a beautifully natural way.
The quartet also features pianist Johnny Taylor, drummer Dominic Mullan, and bassist Dave Fleming . The quartet has been working together for the past 6 years so that, according to Emilie, “the musical relationship has become so close as to be symbiotic”. What better way to get in the mood for Spring?
“Emilie Conway is a heart stealer with the voice of an angel, smooth, mellow, sincere and deeply connected to both music and lyrics. She is no imitator but has a fresh approach and a sound that lingers on.” - Fionna Duncan, jazz vocalist
W: www.emilieconway.ie
Emilie Conway, voice / Johnny Taylor, piano /
Dave Fleming, bass / Dominic Mullan, drums
Tickets: €14 / €10 Conc
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Film Incendies
Wednesday 07 March @ 8pm
A striking adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s stage play, this intimate epic interweaves the personal, the political and the mythical to gripping effect. Following the death of their Arabic mother, Nawal (Lubna Azabal), adult Canadian twins Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) find themselves in her homeland, searching for a father they presumed was dead.
“Expertly shifting between present and past , writer-director Denis Villeneuve displays an impressive command of his material, patiently building up to an emotionally explosive climax.” - Tom Dawson / Total Film
Dir: Denis Villeneuve / Canada, France 2010 / 130 mins / Cert:CLUB / Starring Lubna Azabal, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Remy Girard / Language: French, Arabic
View the film trailor here:
'Incendies' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Exhibition A Physical Constant - Anthony Pilbro
Launching Saturday 10 March @ 4pm
Anthony Pilbro was born in London later moved to Westport where he now resides. He studied at the Croydon College of Art and The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. This exhibition is a series of works using landscape as a subject matter. The artist explores the notion of how to translate human trace memories and experiences held within landscape, while avoiding the pitfalls of nostalgia and sentiment. Pilbro has exhibited through-out Ireland the U.K and Internationally.
His work is widely collected including: The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, The Herbert Museum, Coventry, The Guildhall City Museum, London, Centro d’Arte, Dedalo, Pienza, Italy. Office of Public Works, Ireland. Dundalk Museum, Co Louth. Waterford County Council, Civic Collection to name but a few.
Exhibition ends Thursday 05 April
AMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME
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Concert Jimmy Crowley
Saturday 10 March @ 8.30pm
Cork’s Legendary Singer/Songwriter Jimmy Crowley “Irish Eyes” Spring Tour 2012 with The Blue Macushlas. The band that Jimmy has formed for this exciting divergence from his folk repertoire. Having just released his thirteenth album “Irish Eyes” which breathes an uncommon freshness into jaded classics like Danny Boy, When Irish Eyes are Smiling, Who Put the Overalls in Mrs Murphy’s Chowder and The Isle of Innisfree from the movie, The Quiet Man.
You will be able to catch a glimpse of Crowley magically performing these songs not in the dinner-jacket formulaic style of the classic Irish tenor nor yet in the un-convincing pecuniary whine of the Showbander; but rather in the relaxed way his hero Willie Nelson did the American standards on his Stardust album.
Whilst Jimmy is best known for his folk/ Trad style ballads; on this occasion Jimmy has added the jazz chords suffused with caressing French accordion with the keening lap-steel and the Djanjo inspired guitar putting his own unique style to these beautiful almost
forgotten songs.
“An unCorked bottle of delight overflowing with good spirits, effervescent vocals and brimfull of good bouzouki and guitar playing.”- Dirty Linen
Tickets: €16 / €14
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Film The Salt of Life
Wednesday 14 March @ 8pm
Breaking no new ground but delighting its audience nevertheless, Gianni Di Gregorio's follow-up to his surprise hit Mid-August Lunch sees the writer-director reprising the mildmannered ageing Roman mamma's boy character from that film. This time round he's required not to look after four old ladies but to prove he's still got what it takes by finding himself a lover. Though it at first feels a little inconsequential, this humane comedy is given depth by the vein of melancholy and poetic longing that runs through its gentle comic sketch structure... Like Nanni Moretti or Woody Allen, Di Gregorio mines his own long-suffering face and character for comedy, and he has such sympathetic presence and charm that he can probably run for a couple more films at least before we start demanding more of a story.
Dir: Gianni Di Gregorio / Italy 2010 / 90mins / Cert: CLUB
Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria de Franciscis Bendoni, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini, Teresa Di Gregorio, Aylin Prandi, Kristina Cepraga, Michelangelo Criminale, Valeria Cavalli /
Language: Italian
View the film trailor here:
'The Salt of Life' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Film The Skin I Live In
Wednesday 21 March @ 8pm
For the first time in 21 years, Almodóvar re-teams with actor Antonio Banderas, who takes on the role of Robert Ledgard, a surgeon who has developed a burn-proof skin tissue. As the film unfolds, Ledgard's motivations will come into question, and so will his relationships to his assistant, Marilla (Marisa Paredes) and to the young woman (Elena Anaya) who appears to be a prisoner in his estate.
“Described by Almodóvar as “a horror story without screams or frights,”
THE SKIN I LIVE IN is as unsettling as it is beautiful, connecting a tangled web of influences into a truly singular film – the kind of film that could only come from Spain's mad scientist of the cinema.” - Calgary International Film Festival 2011
Dir: Pedro Almodova / Spain 2011 / 117 mins / Cert: 16
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes / Language: Spanish
View the film trailor here:
'The Skin I Live In' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Concert Capella Choir
Saturday 24 March @ 8.30pm
The Capella Choir, directed by Vincent Whelan return toThe Courthouse with their mixed repertoire of choral music. This award winning mixed voice choir have sung in Arus an Uachtarain, the National Concert Hall , Farmleigh , the Olympia Theatre
(with the Chieftains ) and the National Museum Ireland. They have also performed in France, Germany and Austria. A light, enjoyable evenings’ entertainment.
ADM: €10 / €8 CONC
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Film Cell 211
Wednesday 28 March @ 8pm
Juan Oliver is knocked unconscious during the prison tour on the day before he begins his new job as a prison officer. He is rushed to the empty cell 211 and left to come around. Meanwhile, inmates of the high security wing break free and riots break out. When he awakes he realises he is trapped and has to pretend to be a new prisoner in order to survive... Engaging and intense, with striking performances by the cast, the film won several Goya Awards from the Spanish Academy, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Supporting Actress. - London Spanish Film Festival 2010
Dir: Daniel Monzon / Spain 2009 / 112 mins / Cert: CLUB
Starring: Carlos Bardem, Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Marta Etura, Felix Cubero,
Antonio Resines, Luis Zahera, Monolo Solo, Joxean Bengoetxea /
Language: Spanish
View the film trailor here:
'Cell 211' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Medley The Courthouse Café
Thursday 29 March @ 9pm (doors @ 8.30pm)
Robert Tobin – classical flute. Robert has played venues including Carnegie Hall, New York. He has worked with a range of top musicians e.g John O’Connor.
Paul Sharkey – Well known actor and regular performer at the Café.
Feel the Pinch – A rock band from Arklow who play classic rock unplugged
for their debut at the Café.
€6 / €5 Conc
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Concert Dunajska Kapelye
Saturday 31 March @ 8.30pm
Dunajska Kapelye is led by Polish jazz violinist Piotr Jordan. They play traditional Gypsy and Balkan tunes but with Jez Cook on guitar there is the everpresent Hot Club Jazz undertone and with two fine gypsy violins for those irresistible and heartbreaking string harmonies.
Add to the mix the "bluesy" accordion of Zac Gvirtzman and the awesome double bass of Jiri Slavik and you can expect an intense, emotional and musically thrilling evening which really does "leave a big, stupid grin on your face."
“for unassuming virtuosity Dunajska Kapelye are hard to beat.” - Vortex Jazz Club
Tickets €15 / €13 Conc
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Workshop Dunajska Kapelye - Gypsy/Eastern European Music Workshop
Sunday 01 April 12pm – 2pm
Piotr Jordan (“the sweetest Gypsy violin in London”) will be leading a workshop on playing traditional Gypsy and Eastern European folk music. The emphasis will be on the spirit of the music and the way in which it is traditionally played – building up layers of rhythm, melody and harmony. Other members of Dunajska Kapelye will be assisting and playing along!
Learning and playing the tunes by ear is the ideal, although some printed music will be available. The emphasis in these sessions is on the enjoyment of playing together – putting aside the need to be note perfect and instead going for an overall authentic sound.
Piotr is a maverick musician and a master at getting his workshop members to be co-conspirators in his mischief-making. Probably not ideal for complete beginners. So bring your violin/viola/cello/guitar/clarinet/accordion and join the fun!
(Booking in advance and letting us know what instrument you
will be bringing would be helpful)
ADM: €15 / €13 Conc
** Special Rate: there is a special rate of €25 / €21 Conc
if you wish to attend the concert AND participate in the workshop
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Film Beautiful Lies
Wednesday 04 April @ 8pm
After the success of Priceless, Pierre Salvadori reunites with Audrey Tautou (Coco Avant Chanel) in Beautiful Lies, a fresh and funny romantic comedy about a chatty hairdresser who concocts a plan to cheer up her mother who is suffering from a serious case of the blues after having been left by her husband. 30-year-old Emilie (Tautou) runs a hairdressing salon where she provides an endless stream of well-meaning advice to her clients and friends, but the only person she cannot seem to help is her own mother. Jean, a young man who works for Emilie, is secretly in love with her but a pathological shyness prevents him from declaring his feelings. Finally, unable to contain himself, he opens his heart in a passionate anonymous letter, but Emilie has other plans...
“Audrey Tautou is utterly captivating playing cupid in this intelligently written and tenderly directed delight.” - Alliance Francais French Film Festival
Dir: Pierre Salvadori / France 2010 / 105mins / CERT: 12A
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye, Sami Bouajila, Stephani Lagarde and Judith Chemla /
Language: English
View the film trailor here:
'Beautiful Lies' - Film Trailor
€8 / €6 MEMBERS
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Theatre My Brilliant Divorce
Friday 13 April @ 8.30pm
Face it, Today is Friday the 13th…it sucks! The unluckiest day on the calendar, so stay away from black cats, ladders. And whatever you do don’t break a mirror. Instead
why not put your luck in our hands and come and see Geraldine Aron’s achingly funny ‘My Brilliant Divorce’.
Following a two-year Irish tour and award-winning performances in the USA, Jasango Theatre Company brings you this wittily observant comedy.
The comedy explores what life is like for Angela Kennedy-Lipsky, recently dumped by her accountant husband for a younger model. Rebuilding her life, she finds herself adrift in a sea of weird sexual encounters, sneaky solicitors, phone-in counsellors, a bad case of hypochondria and impending poverty.
Should she fight to keep her husband? Or should she sign the final papers and move on? Fast-paced modern comedy-not to be missed!
Directed by George B. Miller / Featuring Angela Ryan
Tickets €15 / €12 Conc
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Exhibition Presence & Absence II – Geraldine Jackman
Launching Saturday 21 April @ 4pm
This work is inspired by past histories of people and places, and incorporates reclaimed materials and found or discarded objects, including photographs. Geraldine’s work often constitutes a reconstruction of the objects and materials used in her practice reference and reflects past histories. Presence of these histories is felt all the more strongly through their absence. These histories are revitalized and re-presented in the present, while also referencing their absence. It is this aspect that gives her work its subjectivity.
Geraldine Jackman graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design with an Honours BA Degree in Fine Art Painting in June 2010. Her recent solo exhibitions have included the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, January 2011, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, September 2011 and Tipperary Excel in January 2012.
Her work has been selected to participate in the exhibition Irish Wave 2012 in Beijing China. She lives in Golden, Co. Tipperary and has work in private collections in Ireland, France Australia and England. Exhibition ends Thursday 17 May
Exhibition ends Thursday 17 May
ADMISSION FREE
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Medley The Courthouse Café
Thursday 26 April @ 9pm (doors @ 8.30pm)
Rory Adams Trio – Contemporary music with a jazz tinge
Pat Dixon – An accomplished actor / director presents a short one-man show
The Motives – Emerging band from Enniscorthy play 50’s influenced rock music.
€6 / €5 Conc
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Classes CROCHET CLASSES
In the Market Square (Upstairs)
Crochet for Intermediates and Beginners from Tuesday 17 January
Beginners: 3 weeks @ €55, materials included.
Intermediates: 3 weeks @ €45, materials not included.
Tuesdays from 10.30am – 12.30pm OR from 8.00pm – 10.00pm
To book contact Irene Lundgaard M: 085 769 1854 E:
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Classes ART CLASSES
At The Courthouse Arts Centre Every Monday from 10am – 1pm.
€50 for 6 weeks / or drop in rate €10
For further details contact Tina Mouritzen M: 087 6561303
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Classes LIFE DRAWING
At The Courthouse Arts Centre
The Life Drawing group meet Thursdays @ 8pm / Sessions untutored - All welcome.
For further details – dates and times contact Roisin Flood
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M: 087 9305180
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Information / Bookings:
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