Dundalk Musical Society to host Jack and the Beanstalk next month

It wouldn’t be the festive season without the Dundalk Musical Society and this year the popular group are staging ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ in An Táin Arts Centre at the Town Hall from January 6^th to 11^th.

The show features an amazing cast of local talent, with over 80 children and young adults taking to the stage as members of the chorus, whose singing and dancing will enchant audiences and transport them to the magical land of panto.

This year’s cast includes Helena Mullins as Jack, Niamh Craven as Jill, Patrick Browne as Lord Flatulant, Andrew Duffy as the Giant, Alan Doherty as Anto, Pierce McNee as Max, Nicky McCourt as The Dame, Paudie Breen as Deco, Deirdre Kenny as Fairy Ditzy and Craig McHugh as The Unbelievable Man.

Early booking is advised for each show, which takes place at 8pm each night.

Tickets are €12 with concessions of €10 available on Tuesday January 6^th and Wednesday January 7^th.

Matinee shows on Saturday January 10^th and Sunday January 11^th will also take place at 2.30pm, with tickets priced €10.

You can call to the An Táin Arts Centre booking office to buy them or get them online here.

OG Christmas Show to take place in Dundalk Golf Club on December 12th

Paudie Breen will be performing at the OG Show in Dundalk Golf Club

Owen Gray’s Christmas Show and Dinner Dance will take place in Dundalk Golf Club on Friday December 12^th.

Special guest Paddy Cole will entertain the crowd along with appearances from Paudie Breen (performing songs of the Rat Pack), Tom O’Rourke (Joe Dolan tribute) and Rocabilly Stars Reily and the Moon Rockers.

Tickets are €40 including a meal.

Booking is essential. For further details contact the O.G. Hotline on 087-9440042 or Dundalk Golf Club on 042-9321731.

Dolmen Theatre Group bringing Lend Me A Tenor to An Táin Theatre next month

Tickets for Lend Me A Tenor are available now from the An Táin Theatre box office at the Town Hall in Crowe Street

The Dolmen Theatre Group will be brining Ken Ludwig’s hilarious comedy ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ to An Táin Theatre from Wednesday April 2nd to Saturday April 5th.

Some of Dundalk’s audiences will have very fond memories of the last time the group presented this play 21 ago in 1993. Director Paul McGee includes three of the original cast in this production, Gerry O’Hara, Gabrielle Tuomey and Paul himself, although they play different roles this time around.

The cast is completed by Karyn McCooey, Paudie Breen, Tony Markey and Karen Shields.

Booking is available through the box office in the Town Hall or on 042 9392919.

St Patrick’s Eve Irish concert in Dundalk this Sunday

The annual St Patrick’s Eve Irish concert will take place in An Táin Theatre once again this year on Sunday.

The show will be compered by Paudie Breen with performances from TG4 traditional Irish singer award winner Rosie Stewart, pianist Colm Rogan and the Mona Roddy Dance School, to name but a few.

Tickets, priced €12, are on sale now from the Town Hall Box Office at 042-9392919.

Breen to appear on RTÉ this morning to promote The Dream Machine film

Paudie Breen

Local entertainer Paudie Breen will be appearing on the Morning Edition on RTÉ One at 10.30am this morning.

The Muirhevnamor man, who is well known in Dundalk for his involvement in plays and pantos, will be appearing on the show with Keelan Shanley to promote RehabCare’s new movie The Dream Machine.

Breen is a talented singer and MC and was involved in the making of The Dream Machine over the past 10 months.

The film, which features 50 actors with intellectual disabilities, will be screened tonight at 7pm in the IMC Cinema in Dundalk. It was shot over the course of 10 months in a disused space in the National Learning Network facility on the Coes Road, which was converted into a technicolour sound stage.

For those who can’t make the premiere tonight or the after-party awards ceremony in the Crowne Plaza, DVDs of the Dream Machine are on sale from the Rehab Resource Centre at Carroll Village, priced €10.