Events at the Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, May 2008

The Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin, a good friend to bluegrass in the Dublin area, announces the following shows in the near future:

Fri. 16 May: Mark Geary. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €16

Sat. 17 May: The Paperboys. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €16

Sun. 18 May: 'The Piper in the Parlour', featuring Mick O'Brien. Time 3.00 p.m. onwards. Adm. free.

Thurs. 22 May: Anais Mitchell (singer/songwriter from Vermont, USA), highly recommended by the Centre. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €13

Fri. 23 May: Alec Finn, Kathleen Loughnane, & Cormac Cannon. Solo, duet, and trio performances of tunes from the harping repertoire and tradition in a style influenced by Galway and Clare music. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €16

Sat. 24 May: 'Married to the sea' (award-winning play written and directed by Shona McCarthy, set in the fishing community of the Old Claddagh in Galway city. 'Beautiful, lyrical, haunting, utterly compelling and often very funny' - Irish Times. 'A gem of a play... captivating throughout' - Sunday Tribune. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €20

Thurs. 29 May: FILM CLUB presents Heartworn highways (1975 documentary film directed by James Szalapski, on Texas singer/songwriters: Townes van Zandt, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle, Charlie Daniels, John Hiatt. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Temporary (one day) Film Club membership: €6

Sat. 31 May: Stephen Fearing (Canadian singer/songwriter; eight solo recordings and five albums with Canadian supergroup Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €13

All performances are presented at the Centre, with doors open at 7.30 p.m. and the performance at 8.30 p.m. unless otherwise stated. Full details are on the Centre's website. For more information, contact the Centre by phone (+353 (01) 8020898) or e-mail.