Tag Archives: Marlay Park

Events: The Importance of Being Earnest

  By Culch.ie | August 16, 2011 - 11:48 am | Events, The Arts, Theatre
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Happening at site-specific locations North and South of the Liffey, you’re in for a treat no matter where you live as Core Youth Theatre are bringing their production of The Importance of Being Earnest to both Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park and Marlay House in Marlay Park. Kicking off this Saturday (20th) in Farmleigh at 2.30pm, tickets are Free of charge but are limited and must be booked in advance from www.farmleigh.ie. Following on from this, on Monday August 22nd, the production moves to Marlay House where tickets are €15 and can be purchased through the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School on (01) 2805921 with a limited amount available at the door. Wilde is always worth seeing and especially with the opportunity to catch a production in period surrounds. Recommended!

The Big, Big Music Round-Up

  By Sinead Keogh | May 9, 2011 - 12:22 pm | The Culch
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Roll up, roll up, I’m emptying out my email inbox after weeks of willful neglect and there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking. (Well, there isn’t really, there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking and turned out to be good. Everyone else got a sort of withering look and a quick sticks visit to the ‘Archive’ button. X-Factor children and the mammies who don’t tell them to move on…*mutter*.) Things you need to know include the fact that Villagers headline show in Marlay Park on July 23rd isn’t yet sold out, and you’ll never guess where you can get tickets either? It’s only Ticketmaster. (Just one day I want to get a press release that says ‘tickets available on Thursday at 5pm under the Spire. The contact’s called Johnny. The password is ‘kidney bean’. Just once.) I only mention because new single The Pact … There’s more →

Green Day at Marlay Park

  By Dermot | June 25, 2010 - 8:18 pm | Gigs, Music
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As the concert came to an end, and as Billy sang Wake Me Up When September Ends, it began to rain more heavily. Here comes the rain again, Falling from the stars, Drenched in my pain again, Becoming who we are. It was almost something cinematic. It meant something to all of us. And Billy, writing that song in honour of his father, it had to have had a profound effect on him. Green Day last night was the single most overwhelming thing I’ve ever been a part of. I cannot even try to imagine a show that will ever top that. All the synonyms of “incredible” together would still never describe what I witnessed last night.