Upcoming Entertainment at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre in October
Tuesday 1 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
Birr Film Club – “Lore”
Dir: Cate Shortland, Germany, 2012, 109 mins, Cert: 15A, Language German.
Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Ursina Lardi, Nele Trebs.
The long-awaited follow-up to her exquisite Somersault, Australian director Cate Shortland’s adaptation of the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert is a sensual and complex story that explores the tribulations faced by the young in the aftermath of World War II. A coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of a changing world, Lore shows new life emerging out of darkness with great intelligence and subtlety. – Sydney Film Festival 2012. Winner – Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2012
€7/€5/€3
8pm
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Saturday 5 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
Auditions, Zoe’s Audition
A heart-warming, comically uplifting tale of self-realization featuring a lovable underdog Zoe, a backstage worker who dreams of landing an acting job. Her daft, over-the-hill agent sends her on an assortment of wacky auditions ranging from “Riverdance” to “Spiderman” to being shot of cannon for a touring circus. As she gets farther and farther from her dream job, Zoe might just be getting closer to herself. “Be yourself, everyone else is taken,” quote Oscar Wilde. The play is also suitable for children 9 yrs and up.
€16/€14
8pm
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Tuesday 8 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
Birr Film Club – “I Wish (Kiseki)”
Dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan, 2011, 127 mins, Cert: CLUB, Language Japanese.
Starring: Koki Maeda, Oshirô Maeda, Kirin Kiki, Jô Odagiri.
This is a deeply considered Japanese family drama – moving, sometimes heartbreakingly sad, often mysterious. The film is about the powerful imperative of family unity, but also about the inevitability, and even desirability, of families finally disintegrating and allowing everyone involved a painful kind of freedom. With their parents having split up, a miracle is longed for by two brothers – the warring parents have taken a child each. I Wish is the moving and deeply satisfying work of a director who just keeps on getting better. – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
€7/€5/€3
8pm
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Wednesday 9 – Sunday 13 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
OFFline Film Festival
Gather your friends and family for this unique experience including filmmaking, workshops and screening.
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Tuesday 15 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
Birr Film Club – “Come As You Are”
Dir: Geoffrey Enthoven, 115 mins, Cert: 15A, Language Dutch/French/Spanish.
Starring: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren.
Three guys in their twenties love wine and women, wine they have savoured abundantly, but they have never had a woman. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to get laid. Nothing will stop them. Not even their disabilities: one is blind, the other is confined to a wheelchair and the third is completely paralysed.
While, Come as you Are introduces familiar characters the material is handled with verve; beautifully blending the side-splitting comic with the quiet moments of despair, without lapsing into condescension or caricature – Cork Film Festival, 2012.
€7/€5/€3
8pm
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Saturday 19 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly –(057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
Bernard O’Shea
Fresh from his role co-presenting The Irish Comedy Awards, The Republic of Telly and a regular at the The Cat Laughs in Kilkenny and The Vodafone Comedy Festival in Dublin , Bernard O’Shea makes a welcome return to Birr with his first love – stand up! Described as “… a fizzing, iridescent ball of sheer energy; a fast talking, fast thinking comedian who invigorates a room with his presence..” by chortle.co.uk this superb night of top-class comedy is a must for your diary!
€15
8pm
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Sunday 20 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly –(057) 9122911 / www.birrtheatre.com.
Equinox Jazz Quintet
Based in the Netherlands, Equinox is co-lead by guitarist Dan Nicholas (New York) and bassist Johnny Daly (Dublin). Joining them are soulful and powerful tenor saxophonist Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, the elegant and adventurous pianist Bob Wijnen and master drummer Marcel Serierse. The band, who is deeply rooted in a wide spectrum of jazz tradition which constantly informs their musical explorations, plays a mix of vivid original pieces, personal arrangement of standards and classic jazz repertoire by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Horace Silver.
€16/€14
8pm
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Friday 25 – Sunday 27 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly –(057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com.
One Act Drama Festival
Birr Stage Guild
This Festival has become one of the most sought after for award winning drama groups as they compete for a place in the All-Ireland One Act Drama Finals, with Birr Festival winners taking top awards in the past. These three nights provide wonderful entertainment of the highest quality with three plays per night.
€13/€11 (3 night rate €26)
Friday & Saturday 8pm / Sunday 7.30pm
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Wednesday 30 October – Saturday 2 November at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly –(057) 9122911 / www.birrtheatre.com.
7th Annual Hullabaloo!
Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival
Co-ordinated by Offaly County Council Arts Office and Birr Theatre & Arts Centre and supported by Offaly Local Development Company this week long festival will run in Birr, Clara and Edenderry during the mid-term break with workshops in arts, crafts, dance, music, storytelling sessions and much, much more.
Full Information on www.birrtheatre.com and www.offaly.ie
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For further information contact (057) 9122911 or www.birrtheatre.com
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly
