Down
The amazing Belfast Community Gospel Choir will be coming to Bangor Elim on Saturday 9th May. A night not to be missed with all the proceeds going towards the work of the Bangor Elim Family Foundation and the work of Davy & Esther Allen in Cambodia. Tickets are £10 and will be available at the Church, and at Faith Mission Bookshop, Bangor. This promises to be a fun filled night with great music, singing and entertainment.
Armagh
This Friday 8th and Saturday 9th May meet Herman and Daisy at the Market Place Theatre. They want to make shoes for your feet. But they owe so much money they barely can eat. Don’t worry though, because magic is always just around the corner. The Elves are here to help! And sometimes the answers are right above your head. Fidget Feet’s ‘The Elves & The Shoemaker’ is immersive storytelling with music and aerial circus for children aged between 4-8yrs and their families. There is no stage, you will join them inside their workshop and actually help them to make the best pair of shoes ever made. Herman, Daisy and the Elves need you!
Fermanagh
This Saturday 9th May take part in the 10K Fun Run / 3K Walk at 2.00pm, through the beautiful surroundings of Colebrooke Estate. Registration from 12-1.30pm in Colebrooke Church Hall. Strictly 15yrs & over competing in the 10K with cash prizes for those competing in the 10K. All proceeds in aid of Brookeborough & District Community Playgroup Funds.
Tyrone
The Sperrin Choir present an evening devoted to the glitz and glamour of the musical this Thursday evening 7th May at the Burnavon Theatre Cookstown in “The Magic of the Musicals”. The audience will be transported from 1950’s right through to the modern day. The programme is sure to have everyone humming along to some of the world’s most famous melodies written by composers such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Claude Schonberg and Stephen Schwartz.
Derry
See Goitse perform live this Saturday 9th May at An Coire, Maghera. Goitse Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick University’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the quintet have graduated with a musical maturity worthy of the greatest. They have made a name for themselves as one of the most sought after bands amongst connoisseurs of Irish Traditional music, having won feverish critical plaudits for their Dónal Lunny-produced second album Transformed. Their distinctive sound lies in the quality of their own compositions interspersed with well-known traditional tunes, which make each set entertaining and unique. The gripping rhythm section sets a breaktaking pace for the music while through the sweet, charismatic voice of Áine Mc Geeney draw audiences into the music in a way very few performers can achieve. Lace up your dancing shoes and get ready for a night of wonderful music and fast paced fun with Goitse.
Antrim
Fresh from a West End run of ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’, European Arts Company returns with a thrilling adaptation of Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray this Friday 8th May at the Theatre at the Mill Newtownabbey. Set in the decadent world of Victorian London, a beautiful, narcissistic young man called Dorian Gray becomes infatuated by the exquisite portrait that Basil Hallward has painted of him. He makes a Faustian pact that he will remain forever young while the picture grows old. Combining drawing room comedy and Gothic horror, this is a gripping and hugely entertaining theatrical event.
Belfast
The Crazy Cat Comedy Club returns to the Belfast Barge this Thursday 7th May with Paul Currie. This is what Stewart Lee had to say about him in Edinburgh 2014 “Wish I’d see him sooner! I’ll be back to see him every year now! Paul Currie was my favourite comedy show of the Fringe! “Paul has been doing stand up for over 10 years now but before that he was a street performer and was teaching circus skills. This is clear to see in Paul’s act too! Support comes from stand-up comics Conor McGinley and Louise Taylor. Both are also experienced comedy actors. Hosted by MC Victoria E Armstrong. A great line up and a great night’s craic guaranteed!” Doors 8pm
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