{"id":17144,"date":"2019-03-03T22:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17144"},"modified":"2019-03-03T22:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T21:54:18","slug":"jacqueline-shares-her-pick-of-whats-on-this-weekend-acros-ni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/03\/jacqueline-shares-her-pick-of-whats-on-this-weekend-acros-ni\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline shares her pick of what&#8217;s on this weekend acros NI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Down<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All little\nprincesses (and princes of course) are invited to The Fairy Tale Princess Ball\nat the Belmont Hotel, Banbridge on Sunday 10th March at 2.00pm.&nbsp; This is sure to be a fun filled magical event\nand will include meet and greets with all the classic princesses as well as\nlots of sing-a-longs, dancing, stories games, photo opportunities and much\nmore.&nbsp; Booking is essential. Tickets are priced at \u00a312 each&nbsp;which\nincludes one adult to accompany their child. Extra adults are welcome at an\nadditional \u00a32 each. Please note adults must stay with their child throughout\nthe event.&nbsp; For more information please\ncontact <a href=\"mailto:leanne@tinylife.org.uk\">leanne@tinylife.org.uk<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Armagh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Join composer and\npresenter John Anderson this Saturday as he conducts a celebratory and\nreflective event honouring our patron saint. Taking place in the magnificent\nsetting of St Patrick&#8217;s Roman Catholic Cathedral, choirs from across the island\nand further afield unite in a unique evening of music and spoken word. This is\nan exciting mix of words, music and dance, traditional and classical, ancient\nand modern, the reflective and exuberant, sacred and secular, all combining to\nmake this a very special evening. Come along and celebrate our national saint\nwith this uplifting, happy occasion dedicated to the true meaning of his life\nand legacy.&nbsp;A limited number of audience places are available. Please note\nthese seats may have restricted views and that this event may be recorded for\nfuture broadcast and marketing purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Fermanagh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Factory Girls by Frank\nMcGuiness, Ardhowen Theatre, Friday 8<sup>th<\/sup> March, performed by Dunmore\nAmateur Dramatic Society.&nbsp; Set in the\nrecessionary early 1980\u2019s The Factory Girls tells the story of five women\nfacing the threat of redundancy, who stage a lock-in in a shirt factory in Co.\nDonegal. As their protest continues the women learn more about each other and\nthemselves as they explore their anger, courage and compassion.&nbsp; The play was the stunning debut of Frank\nMcGuinness, one of Ireland\u2019s greatest living playwrights, and was first\nproduced in 1982. Funny, engaging and moving.&nbsp;\nContains some mild language<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Tyrone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a storm around the country, Ireland&#8217;s favourite\ntrio, Shane, Dominic, and Derek collectively The Three Tenors Ireland, have\nbeen the only Irish trio act to perform annually for the past five years in\nsuch prestigious venues as the National Concert Hall Dublin&nbsp; The fab trio promise you a night to remember\nas they perform an exciting Celtic flavoured programme this Saturday 9<sup>th<\/sup>\nMarch at the Alley Theatre, Strabane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Derry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncaster, 2018. It\u2019s moving day, join Keeley as she packs\naway her memories into boxes. Come in for a cuppa and give her a hand. As she\npacks up her plates and boxes up her treasures, she journeys back through her\nfamily history. Me, Mum &amp; The Patriarchy is a witty one woman show that\nlooks at the choices we make and explores whether women really can have it all.&nbsp;Saturday\n9<sup>th<\/sup> March at the Playhouse Theatre Derry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Antrim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The sensational new\nStage Musical &#8220;My Sweetheart and Me&#8221; is&nbsp;a rip-roaring,\nfunny&nbsp;romantic comedy set during the Summer of Love 1967, in and around\na&nbsp;popular cornerstone of the community Public house&nbsp;(The Suntree bar)\nin the fictional sleepy town of Cheerysville, Ireland.&nbsp; &nbsp;\u200bSeen\nthrough a nostalgic lens, the story centres around two single love struck\nthirtysomethings, as they haphazardly struggle against all the odds, to get\ntheir new found love for one another off the ground. Theatre at the Mill, &nbsp;8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 9<sup>th<\/sup> March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Belfast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh from two\nconsecutive years at the Edinburgh Fringe, join award-winning drumming comedy\nperformer Paul Richards as he struggles to control his very merry &#8216;choir&#8217; of\ncomedians in their bid to tell you the entire history of pop music in just 90\nminutes.&nbsp; Packed with special guests and\nsurprises, this gloriously messy singalong show will find our\nloveable\/shambolic ensemble attempt to perform 62 songs in an hour and a half\nwith a whole host of inevitable distractions&#8230;what could possibly go wrong?\nCrescent Arts Centre, Saturday 9<sup>th<\/sup> March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nmore details on these events and to add your events free go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/whatsonni.com\/\">whatsonni.com<\/a>. Follow us on twitter @whatsonNI\nand on facebook at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fb.com\/www.whatsonni.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fb.com\/www.whatsonni.com<\/a>&nbsp;for news, competitions and\nwhat\u2019s on near you. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacqueline McGonigle<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down All little princesses (and princes of course) are invited to The Fairy Tale Princess Ball at the Belmont Hotel, Banbridge on Sunday 10th March at 2.00pm.&nbsp; This is sure to be a fun filled magical event and will include meet and greets with all the classic princesses as well as lots of sing-a-longs, dancing, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/03\/jacqueline-shares-her-pick-of-whats-on-this-weekend-acros-ni\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1555],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17145,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions\/17145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}