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<\/a>\u2018K\u00edla\u2019 are bringing their hip-shaking, smile-making, funky, groovy brand of trad to one of Ireland\u2019s favourite venues. Never having played in Armagh before this is a unique opportunity to see one of Ireland\u2019s finest and most innovative music groups. Kila will perform on Thursday 12th<\/sup> March at 8pm. Tickets are priced \u00a310 each.<\/p>\nStar of \u2018Next Week\u2019s News\u2019, \u2018Meet Your Neighbours\u2019 and \u2018Naked Camera\u2019, PJ Gallagher makes his highly anticipated return to The Market Place with a brand new show \u2018Concussion\u2019<\/em>. PJ has played sold out shows throughout Ireland and at the biggest and best comedy festivals that the country has to offer including Kilkenny Cat Laughs and The Vodafone Comedy Carnival. His TV appearances also include The Late Late Show, Tubridy Tonight, The Miriam O Callaghan Show and The Saturday Night Show, among others. PJ Gallagher will perform on Friday 13th<\/sup> March at 8pm. Tickets are priced \u00a318 and \u00a316 (concession). This event is strictly for age 18+.<\/p>\n On Friday 13th<\/sup> March at 8pm, come along and hear one of Ireland\u2019s most distinctive voices in a lovely intimate setting. Mary Coughlan will sing songs of joy,\u00a0sadness, mischief and\u00a0melancholy, songs by Billie\u00a0Holiday, Bessie Smith and\u00a0Peggy Lee, her voice\u00a0effortlessly straddling jazz,\u00a0blues, chanson and pop. Accompanied on piano by James Delaney. Tickets are priced \u00a313.<\/p>\n Families are invited along to the haphazard world of comedy, circus and theatre – an absurd trip into the world of Ireland\u2019s best loved circus\u00a0performers \u2013 Tumble Circus. Disobedient clowns, suffering acrobats and confused jugglers clash in this colourful kaleidoscope of mayhem. This is no ordinary circus cabaret however, it is a nonstop car-crash of exciting circus.\u00a0The ticket price to Family Super Saturday includes one hour of fun after the performance, with activities including a craft workshop where kids will make and decorate their own mini circus tent, face painting, balloon modelling and a fancy dress competition with prizes for Best Dressed Boy & Girl. It\u2019s great value for money. Super Saturdays are recommended for age 4+. The Tumble Circus Family Super Saturday will take place on Saturday 14th<\/sup> March at 11am or 2pm. Admission costs just \u00a36.00.<\/p>\n St Patrick\u2019s Big Night Out promises a festival in one night! The Market Place will be hosting performances in the auditorium, studio and on a specially built stage in the foyer. Music, comedy, dance \u2013 there\u2019ll be something for everyone on Saturday 14th<\/sup> March from 8pm until late. It\u2019s entirely up to you what you want to see on the night \u2013 feel free to go from one performance to another. Acts on the evening include Scotland\u2019s Clanadonia; The Whistlin\u2019 Donkeys who have recently supported Shane Filan & Kian Egan; All Folk\u2019d Up; Comedians Mickey Bartlett (18+),\u00a0 Al Porter (18+) and Foil, Arms & Hog (16+); Magnificent Irish Dance Troupe\u00a0Celtic Storm;\u00a0Local bands Castlestreet; How; The Ray Dunne Band; Hatchjaw; Armagh Pipers Club Fiddle Band; St Columba’s Pipe Band & before they play their headline gig at Vicar Street, come and witness the utterly amazing Booka Brass Band. All this for only \u00a315.<\/p>\n For something a little more sedate, why not come along to \u2018The Third Policeman\u2019 on Sunday 15th<\/sup> March at 8pm. Experience a beautiful music and spoken word presentation of Flann O\u2019Brien\u2019s dark comic masterpiece with live piano and string ensemble. A murder thriller; a hilarious comic satire about an archetypal village police force; a surreal vision of eternity; the story of a tender brief unrequited love affair between a man and his bicycle, and a chilling fable of unending guilt. A gem of Irish literature is brought to life in this highly acclaimed presentation. Tickets are \u00a310 each.<\/p>\n \u2018Awhile With Seamus Heaney\u2019 is a personal journey by Irish actor-director, Larry McCluskey through the late Nobel Poet\u2019s best and most popular work, a dramatic reading, with linking commentary and music. The journey moves from Heaney\u2019s childhood, through his emergence as Ireland\u2019s foremost poet, international eminence and awards, to the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature. This event will take place on Monday 16th<\/sup> March at 6pm, with tickets available at \u00a37.50.<\/p>\n Who is ready for a \u2018Stockton\u2019s Wing\u2019 Reunion? The legendary Tommy Hayes, Maurice Lennon, Mike Hanrahan, Steve Cooney and Paul Roche are back together for the \u2018Light In The Western Sky\u2019 tour playing all the famous tacks including \u2018Walk Away\u2019, \u2018The Belltable\u2019, \u2018Beneath The Shade\u2019, \u2018Dirt Track To The Sky\u2019, \u2018The Chicago Set\u2019, \u2018Beautiful Affair\u2019, \u2018Trip To London\u2019, \u2018Promenade Love\u2019 and many more. Stockton\u2019s Wing will perform on Monday 16th<\/sup> May at 8pm. Tickets are priced \u00a312.50 each.<\/p>\n Tickets for all events can be booked through the Box Office on [028] 3752 1821, or online at www.marketplacearmagh.com<\/a><\/p>\n And to keep up-to-date with the latest news at the Market Place Theatre, you can follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com\/marketplacearmagh<\/a>) and Twitter (www.twitter.com\/mptarmagh<\/a>) where you will find all the latest information, special offers and video previews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Market Place Theatre in Armagh is set to host a superb line-up of events to celebrate St Patrick\u2019s Day 2015 with music, comedy, drama and kids performances topping the bill. \u2018K\u00edla\u2019 are bringing their hip-shaking, smile-making, funky, groovy brand of trad to one of Ireland\u2019s favourite venues. 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