| Songs for a New World |
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Muse Theatre Company
Songs for a New World
Fri 19 Aug @ 8pm - €20
Songs for a New World is a Musical Revue by Jason Robert Brown, during which Brown transports the audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, New York, and a variety of significant American landscapes in between. We meet a startling array of characters each with their own story and these are the songs for a new world.
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| HAVE A LAUGH WITH KARL SPAIN |
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KARL SPAIN
Sat 20 Aug @ 8pm - €16
If you want a laugh, you are in safe hands with Karl Spain.
Karl Spain recently celebrated ten years in Stand Up comedy. He is probably best known in Ireland for his TV series Karl Spain Wants A Woman which was a huge success in that he not only got huge ratings but he also found himself a woman. Catch up with Karl at Mermaid this August.
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| Local Tenor - Ross Scanlon |
Ross Scanlon - The Tenor Songbook
Thu 25 Aug @ 8pm - €18/€16 conc.
Local Bray Tenor Ross Scanlon, returns after a sell out performance last year. Ross returns from the Royal Academy of Music, London to perform in his home town before embarking on his second year of studies there.
Come and join in this magical evening to hear Ross perform, along with some very special guests, great operatic and musical theatre classics.
"...the most promising young Irish tenor heard in years." Irish Times
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| The Sell Out Success - Waiting for Ikea |
Waiting for IKEA
Thu 1 & Fri 2 Sept @ 8pm - €16/€14 conc.
Set in the heart of 'new' Dublin, where night wear is day wear and laughter is everywhere. Nothing much change's in Pimlico, each day begins and ends the same; it's what happens in between that keeps the neighbours interested.
Waiting for IKEA premiered at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival and was the first show in the history of the Festival to sell out in advance of opening. This heart-warming story of friendship, family, community and sun bed obsessives, will appeal to friends of all ages with its unforgettable characters and colourful language.
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| Two of Ireland's finest vocalists |
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Honor Heffernan and Leslie Dowdall
Sat 3 Sept @ 8pm - €16/€14 conc.
Honor Heffernan, Leslie Dowdall Two of Ireland's most loved and best known vocalists collaborate to bring you an evening of music entitled 'Songs from the other side', inspired by their love and appreciation of some of the greatest songs ever written. With an eclectic mix of styles and their relaxed, friendly nature on stage, prepare to be thoroughly enthralled and entertained!
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ZAHR - Special CD Launch
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ZAHR
Sat 10 Sept @ 8pm - €16 / €14 conc.
Zahr is a four-piece ensemble created by Italian percussionist Andrea Piccioni and pianist Francesco Turrisi, leader of Tarab, Mermaid's ensemble in residence in 2010.
Zahr is the influenced the Arabic music has touched many of the countries aong the Mediterranean Sea. Zahr combines Italian traditional music, Arabic and Turkish music with contemporary European jazz.
This special CD launch concert will feature Iraqi oud virtuoso Khyam Allami and the captivating Italian traditional singer Lucilla Galeazzi.
Book for some beautiful music with ZAHR
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| Abbey Theatre presents B for Baby |
Abbey Theatre Presents..
B for Baby By Carmel Winters
Tues 13 & Wed 14 Sept @ 8pm - €18/€16 conc.
Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdressers' scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and 'a big head of dirty auld curls'. All of them want their own place in the world. And if they can't find it, they'll create one of their own ... Join B and D in the care home where they are residents, and where Mrs C is a carer, on their special - 'very fecking special' - journey towards happiness. B for Baby was originally commissioned by Theatre Lovett and premiered at the Abbey Theatre and collected The Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play in 2010 Buy a ticket for B for Baby and see Carmel Winter's Snap on 29 Aug for free. Get a taste of the Abbey theatre at Mermaid |
