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FOLLOWING a hugely successful run at the Belltable last January, Canadian theatre company Théâtre de la Pire Espèce returns to Limerick this February with an exciting new production.   Quebec’s foremost object theater company returns to the city in February to work with participants in the Belltable:Connect Masterclass Series.  “We are very excited to be coming […]

DOON Community Centre will be turned into the Murder Inn this Saturday night, February 3. It is a one set, two act comedy with a cast of twelve – four males and eight females. One of the actors in the Golden and Kilfeacle Drama Group production is popular Doon hairdresser Lisa Shanahan. Murder Inn is being produced by Jim Keane. […]

ONE Friday night out, a perilous situation, and five choices to be made. That’s the premise behind a production by Sunday’s Child Theatre Company, called The Friday Night Effect, which is coming to the Belltable next week. The interactive play, by Clare native Eva O’Connor and Hildegarde Ryan, follows three young women on a wild […]

CAN dreams help us flourish as a person? That is indeed the case, according to dreams expert and former RTE director Michael Murphy, who will bring his show Speaking of Dreams to the Belltable this month. The psychoanalyst takes his Irish tour to the city centre stage with presenter Ciana Campbell, based on his latest […]

A HOST of artists will descend on the city for the annual Limerick Fringe, returning for a second outing this spring. Organisers of the festival launched the extensive three-day programme of events at the George Hotel last Wednesday.  The second Limerick Fringe will take place from April 4-7. The “award-winning, vibrant, multi-genre” festival is a not […]

A year of celebration for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Church of Assumption, Abbeyfeale, will have a special curtain-raiser this Friday – the internationally acclaimed  Finbar Wright. The classically trained Cork tenor will bring his uplifting repertoire to a packed Church of the Assumption, to start the Golden Jubilee celebrations on a high. Having already performed […]

FRANK McGuinness’ timeless play Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me comes to the Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick this weekend. The tale of an American doctor, an Irish journalist and an English academic being held captive by terrorists in Beirut, the play is being produced by Decadent Theatre Company, with direction by Andrew Flynn. Inspired by […]

THE YEAR of 2018 is Bliain na Gaeilge, a year-long celebration of the Irish language. And there’s no better place to reconnect with the language than at An Tionól in Rathkeale this weekend. Last year’s Tionól, the Irish for ‘gathering’, was a roaring success. It’s a mixture of music, conversation and good company across the […]

A CELEBRATION of one of Limerick’s most famous writers will return later this month for its 34th year, giving audiences the chance to meet some of their favourite writers. The Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien returns with the the theme of this year’s festival Bridging the Gap. It takes place from February 22 […]