The  after some of the events indicates that the performance is being presented by an independent organisation which is hiring the Theatre.
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We are looking for men and women of 16 - 21 who want to take part in an exciting new modern drama! Rehearsals throughout August.
Auditions for Drama Production
PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY is calling all budding actors and actresses from the Coleraine area to take part in an exciting new company.
One of the area's most promising theatre companies, Phoenix, was founded recently as an amateur group and is already on track to produce its first show this September. The debut show, "Everything Was Forever", has received great early acclaim in Newcastle (UK) and Phoenix is looking for final cast members to round off an already talented company.
The show will be a public performance on 11 Sept 2009 as one of the dozen plays in Riverside's autumn season programme.
You don't need to have a wealth of experience, just confidence and passion, and you can head into our auditions at the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine. No preparation is required! Auditions will be held with Director Chris McQuillan
For further details please call Jeremy Lewis, Riverside's Administrator, on 028 70324430.
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Thursday 2nd July, 8pm |
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Youth Rock School Showcase
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Saturday 4th July, 8pm |
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The Prefect Murder
Voodoo Theatre Company present an amateur thriller production.
The Prefect Murder is a black comedy. Set in modern day school it follows the journey of our, for want of a better word, hero, Carson. An intelligent yet unorthodox boy he has fierce ambitions and a desire to become prefect in his school, when this position is denied to him he begins a personal vendetta against the prefects. Instead of huffing or writing poetry as the average teenager would Carson decides to take revenge on those who were bestowed with the badge. He assassinates each prefect in an unusual and darkly comical way. Will he be discovered before all of the prefects are forced to face the final bell?
Along his journey he is accompanied by his unwitting ally Aaron and Girlfriend Paige, both of whom are innocently unaware of their friends pastime. We meet an array of other adolescents who were deemed worthy of prefectship and the whole system is captained by the dictator-like, yet lovable, headmistress miss Johnson.
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Tickets: £8.00, concessions£6.00
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Saturday 18 July, 8pm |
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Comedy
Michael McCoy Master Hypnotist
So you don't think you can be made to act like a chicken or zoom across the stage like a motorbike? There's only one way to find out.
Watch in awe as Michael McCoy introduces his audience to the unknown dimensions within themselves in a show that is mystifying, mesmerising and pretty funny too.
Family Ticket for 4 people £32 available direct from Box Office on 028 7032 3232. Other tickets available online.
"He enthralled the audience" Belfast Telegraph
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Tickets: £11.00, concessions£19.00
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Saturday 1st August 2009 |
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Showcase - Summer School
The showcase performance for the Physical Theatre Summer School with Bruiser Theatre Company
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Tickets: £5.00
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Auditorium Refurbishment
New Seating will be installed, painting and flooring will be completed. Therefore we are unable to operate shows for the period.
The autumn programme re-commences on 2 September
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Dance
Tapestry
This is the 10th year at the Riverside for the Dominic Graham School of Irish Dance. Tapestry is our look back at the last 10 years and a look forward to the next 10 years.
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Tickets: £11.00
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Friday 11 September 2009 |
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Drama
Everything Was Forever
It's the teenage paranoiac's nightmare: where everyone says the wrong things, no -one cares and sometimes everybody hates you. For Mark Brookes - a victim of relentless neuroticism - that feels like the truth. And despite th epleas of caring friends, Mark's attempts to feel normal may tear his life apart. Gripping thriller.
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Tickets: £8.00, concessions£6.00
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Saturday 12 September, 8pm |
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Music
The BEEGEES Story
Nights on Broadway - the show fans everywhere have been waiting for tells of remarkable highs and lows in the lives of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb.
The Beegees catalogue of hits, stunning acoustic medleys, narration and big screen highlights from their careers complete this show.
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Tickets: £18.00, concessions£16.00
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Wednesday 16 September, 8pm |
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Music
Frances Black
When Nanci Griffith called Frances "The sweetest voice in Ireland" she was paying tribute to someone who has been one of Ireland's best-loved and most enduring artists since the late 80s with a string of best-selling albums, awards and other accolades behind her.
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Tickets: £18.50
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Friday 18 September, 8pm |
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Music
Dominic Kirwan
Dominic's tremendous popularity and appeal continues to extend of all ages making him one of today's most widely appreciated artists.
Performing songs from his top selling chart album "A Little Bit More" featuring songs and hits from teh 70s when he was a teenager.
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Tickets: £19.00, concessions£17.00
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Saturday 19 September, 8pm |
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Music
Pure Joy 2
Praise and worship evening with Andi Oakes, Edwin Brown and Chapter 7.
A fresh blend of contemporary Christian music described as "medicine for the soul"
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Tickets: £10.00
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Wednesday 23 September, 8pm |
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Drama
Fur Coat and Magic Knickers
Hilarious comedy about compulsive shopping.
Old age pensioner Maggie, a compulsive shopper with more cards than Hallmark. She just has to BUY! But why does she have her eye on the store detective!? Personal Shopper Jenny, her job’s on the line, she just has to SELL! But... she has Second Hand Rose to contend with, Rose’s last new fashion buy was a set of thermals in 1994! Rose is on a hot date for her daughter’s wedding but she’s been forbidden to go anywhere near a Charity Shop! Alarm bells ring out but which one of our retail victims is about to crash the Emergency Exit?
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Tickets: £10.00, concessions£8.00
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Thursday 24 September, 8pm |
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Music
Grand Old Opry of Ireland
Join 3 of Irelands most talented performers in a country show not to be missed featuring the Queen of Country Music Philomena Begley, the fantastic Sandy Kelly and one of our top male crooners Brendan Quinn in a 2 hour toe-tapping feet stamping musical feast that will see a string of top hits like Blanket on the Ground, Queen of the Silver dollar, Crazy, Suspicious Minds and Daddy Frank being performed in tributes to legends like Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette to name but a small few.
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Tickets: £18.00
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Saturday 26 September, 8pm |
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Drama
The Government Inspector
In a small town, a penniless traveller finds himself mistaken for a top-ranking government official. Being totally unprincipled and spotting an opportunity of raising some cash (not to mention impressing some classy women), he plays along with the confusion. Witty, smart and wildly satirical - just what Bruiser Theatre Company are good at.
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Tickets: £13.00, concessions£10.00
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Wednesday 30 September, 8pm |
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Drama
An Evening in the company of Jennifer Johnston
An audience with one of Ireland's most important novelists, reading from her own work and engaging in a question and answer session chaired by Dr Bruce Stewart, of the University of Ulster's English Dept.
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Tickets: £8.00, concessions£6.00
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Saturday 3 October, 8pm |
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Spring Chickens Coleraine Show
This is one of five shows celebrating the creativity and imaginations of older people, which will take place simultaneously in Belfast, Derry, Armagh and Omagh. Having participated in a wide range of creative arts workshops, these groups are now ready to tell their own stories in their own words about who they are and what they want to do with their lives.......
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Tuesday 6 October, 8pm |
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Drama
Sister Queens
Sister Queens follows the dynamic journey of two amazing women, the royal queens of the Tudor/ Stewart dynasties – Elizabeth 1st and Mary Queen of Scots. It is a play of passion and treachery where we witness the collision course these sovereigns seemed unable to avoid - a tale that has ignited the imagination for centuries.
This acclaimed solo performance, feels the power of Elizabeth I and the pain of Mary Queen of Scots. The fight for the crown takes you through the passions of this cutthroat time. Come join the contest with these extraordinary women from child to adulthood.
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Tickets: £13.00, concessions£10.00
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Friday 9 October, 8pm |
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Elvis Spectacular
THE ELVIS SPECTACULAR starring Jim Brown and the Sweet Sensations playing all the hits from various stages of Elvis career, from the 50s to the Las Vegas years.
The band will rock your socks off, while the vocal talents of the Sweet Sensations add their own special touch. And an uncanny portrayal of the King of Rock and Roll by one of the best current Elvis impersonators.
Tickets on sale 1 July
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Tickets: £16.00
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Saturday 10 October, 8pm |
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Music
6 professional opera voices, 20 operatic productions
A Night at the Opera
Savour such favourites as Puccini’s "O Mio Babbino Cara", famous duets "The Pearl Fishers" and "Lakme" (British Airways ad), "Mon Coeur" (Delilah) and the beautiful "Evening Prayer" (Hansel & Gretel). Or the boisterous "Toreador’s Song" (Carmen) followed by the seductively languid "Habanera" and "Brindisi" from La Traviata and the most famous aria of all "Nessun Dorma".
Opera provides the theme tunes for many films and television commercials, so whether you are a regular opera goer or not, this is an evening for lovers of all music and musical theatre to enjoy.
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Tickets: £16.00, concessions£14.00
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Drama
Lyric Theatre present Martin McDonagh's play with Hollywood star Geraldine Hughes playing the role of Maureen Folan
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
A tale of love, hate, passion and insanity that will shake you to your very core… full of clever twists, bitter tragedy and scathing black comedy with psychological suspense to rival any Hitchcock film.
Contains strong language, sexual references and scenes of violence.
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Tickets: £13.00, concessions£10.00
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Thursday 16 October, 8pm |
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The Dead Ringer
Back for its second season on tour, featuring all the high octane and foot stomping Meat Loaf rock and Roll classics like: Bat Out Of Hell, I Would Do Anything For Love, Dead Ringer For Love, and many more.
Afamily friendly ROCK AND ROLL OPERA SPECTACULAR that many critics have said belongs on the West End. Part rock concert, part love story, and part musical showcase the Dead Ringer From Hell is the greatest night out that you, your family, and friends will have this year. We guarantee it!
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Tickets: £16.50, concessions£15.00
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Friday 16 October, 8pm |
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Transparency
A contemporary drama by one of Australia’s fastest rising female playwrights, Transparency is an exploration of life in the aftermath of crime. A boy commits a terrible act of violence on a younger child; as a grown man, how much can he forgive himself?
Is it possible to have a normal life in the aftermath of a terrible wrong? Miller is a civil rights lawyer and her work examines the notion of morality and crime and punishment, particularly in relation to young offenders, who she works closely with in her native Sydney.
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Saturday 17 October, 8pm |
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Hal Ketchum
A popular and widely anticipated return by Hal Ketchum and his American band.
Hal Ketchum's latest recording "Father Time" is the ninth album in a distinguished musical career that includes such indelible Top 10 hits as "Small Town Saturday Night, Past The Point of Rescue, Hearts Are Gonna Roll and Stay Forever". It may well be his masterpiece.
Listeners are impressed and touched because Hal Ketchum makes songs for the ages - life-enhancing songs. The stories within and the music that accompanies them have a stunning beauty, power and emotional depth. If you missed Hal’s previous visits, you cannot afford to miss this one.
Tickets on sale 1 July
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Tickets: £22.50
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Thursday 22 October, 8pm |
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On the Black Hill
Adapted from Bruce Chatwin’s novel
For forty-two years, Lewis and Benjamin Jones slept side by side, in their parent’s bed, at their farm which was known as “The Vision”.
So begins Bruce Chatwin’s award winning tale of twinship, love and belonging, set on the border of England and Wales. Charles Way’s beautiful adaptation captures the harsh realities and humour of farming life and the unique struggle of the twins, who one identity but two realities. Bound together and yet driven apart by nature they struggle to find meaning and purpose in their existence which, finally, is dominated by one question. Who will inherit their farm, their “Vision”?
Pre-show talk by Mary Jones at 7.15pm
Tickets on sale 1 July
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Friday 23 October, 8pm |
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Conal Gallen
He’s Back! That’s right, Irelands multi-platinum selling comedian is back with his brand new show. And he does exactly what it says on the tin, he’ll make you LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH. With all Conal’s shows selling out well in advance he has earned the reputation as Ireland’s fastest selling comedy act. The Comedy King prides himself on providing his audience with real comedy, real jokes and real punch-lines that will have you in stitches from start to finish, not some of the stuff that passes for comedy these days. Early booking for this hilarious show is strongly advised to avoid disappointment and the front row.
If You Only Go To One Show This Year, This Is The One. Conal’s Bank Manager
He’ll Make You Laugh ‘Til The Tears Run Down Your Legs. Conal’s Auntie Bridie
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Saturday 24 October, 8pm |
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The Miami Showband
During the sixties and seventies, hundreds of thousands of adoring fans packed the dance halls and concert venues throughout Ireland, the UK and the USA to catch a glimpse of and listen to The Miami Showband. This band, more than any other, embodied the popular music and style of their era.
Their journey mirrored and, sometimes, drove the musical taste of a young population. Some, like their fellow musicians in classical orchestras and traditional jazz bands, were content to cover the music of others while some attempted to incorporate their own original ideas, arrangements and compositions into their nightly repertoire. Some bands made headlines, one band made history. www.themiamishowband.com
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Wednesday 28 October, 8pm |
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The Nutcracker
The magic of Christmas comes alive as Clara dreams that her toys come to life. The exciting moments of the ballet – spells of mysterious Drosselmeyer, fearsome battle between rats and toy soldiers, transformation of the Nutcracker into a handsome Prince, who takes Clara to the beautiful Kingdom of Sweets, stunning national dances from Arabia, China, Spain and Russia – all bring unforgettable celebration of excellent dancing and magical story.
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Tickets: £15.00, concessions£13.00
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Thursday 29 October, 8pm |
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The Chubby Show
Chubby Live is the UK’s No.1 tribute to Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown. Since its inception in 2001 Chubby Live has performed all over the UK in festivals, pubs, social events and more. Chubby Live is performed by Dion R. Griffiths and has original backing tracks complete with a ‘mini-grand’ piano for the ultimate chubby experience. NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED – Over 18’s only
Chubby Live is the most authentic tribute to the world’s most outrageous comedian, Roy 'Chubby' Brown. BBC RADIO 2oy 'Chubby'
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Friday 30 October, 8pm |
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Ballet Ireland: Lyric & Cinderella
LYRIC SUITE AND (AFTER THE BALL) CINDERELLA
Choreography; Lyric Suite by Michael Corder and Cinderella by Morgann Runacre Temple
The evening will open with a short ballet Lyric Suite - by Michael Corder.
Michael Corder, one of Britain's most prolific and outstanding choreographers, was born in London, studied at the Royal Ballet School and became a member of the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in 1973. He is the creator of over 50 original works.
This is followed by (After the Ball) Cinderella – a ballet in two acts by Morgann Runacre Temple
A new two act ballet. Our tale starts at the Ball and the most famous incident of a lost shoe in fictional history. We continue our story on past the wedding scene to Cinderella as she settles in to being the ‘Princess’. This glorious tale features the ugly sisters, the cruel stepmother and the often forgotten Buttons. A ballet guaranteed to have you laughing and crying all at once. A must!
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Tickets: £14.50, concessions£12.00
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Saturday 31 October, 6pm |
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Dracula the Panto
If you want to experience pure pantomime, with all the traditional audience participation, then you should be here! He's behind you! And he's come to suck your blood.
We have puppet theatre, noises off, slapstick and a bewildering series of costume changes, all involving only two performers. Some may feel sorry for Count Dracula, consistently foiled by an audience wielding hot cross buns on a stick!
This show is ideally suited for the age group 8 to 80. P.S. You really don't have to be accompanied by a child to have a great time at this show!!!
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Wednesday 4 November, 8pm |
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Lydia Lyne
Lydia has been working with the spirit world since she was a child. From the age of five, she has been able to see the spirit world and had many vivid dreams come true. As time passed she became a full time medium, healer and psychic surgeon with the help of her many guides and guardian angels. Lydia’s work has taken her all over the world, helping people in India, Germany, France, Ireland and the UK.
Lydia has worked as a psychic to the 2006 X Factor finalists such as Leona Lewis. She has worked on Trust Me I am a Celebrity Therapist and Destiny Psychic for Sky TV, Richard and Judy, Channel 4 and many more. Her reputation cultivated from the accuracy of her readings and demonstrations have gained her a world wide following and many people believe her remarkable gifts will see her become as well known as Doris Stokes.
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Thursday 5 November, 8pm |
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Kavanagh
A two-handed exploration of the life and times of Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967) as seen through the eyes of Hilda Moriarty (later to become Hilda O'Malley), the inspiration of Kavanagh famous On Raglan Road. Considered by many to be the greatest Irish poet since Yeats, the play takes in Kavanagh's early life as a small farmer in Monaghan to his years struggling as a poet in Dublin and London and finishing with final recognition. The play also touches on Kavanagh's long-standing feud with Irish writer Brendan Behan as well as his doomed romance of Hilda Moriarty, not to mention the many other women in Kavanagh's life. The play (previously produced as On Raglan Road) follows a successful 18-venue Ireland tour last autumn.
O’Brien’s script engages passionately with its subject. I left determined to read Kavanagh’s poetry. Camden New Journal
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Friday 6 November, 8pm |
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Cara Dillon
One of the most original and stunning singers of traditional music. Cara won the All Ireland Singing Trophy at the age of 14 and went on to sing with Oige, De Dannan and Equation – where she met husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman.
Cara Dillon plays the Riverside Theatre following the release earlier this year of her 4th album Hill of Thieves on Charcoal Records. Hill of Thieves continues to receive critical acclaim and is Cara’s most successful album to date achieving her highest ever chart position.
Whether she’s singing her native songs of lost love and emigration, or their original compositions, you will be hard pressed to find a more emotive and captivating performer.
Cara Dillon is one of Ireland's great singers. THE GUARDIAN ****
A beautifully balanced production. It’s impossible not to be held spellbound.....an artist this good deserves to be savoured. BBC *****
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Saturday 7 November, 8pm |
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Dennis Locorriere
Without reservation he still has one of the finest voices around, …and that’s 23 years after the group he sang for decided to call it a day. And the group…..that happy but very edgy band who clocked up hit after pop hit….the one and only, the mega-successful, DR HOOK.
Dennis Locorriere belongs with the last, great American music heroes having played for more than 30 years. There's no hiding his great love affair with music and it is on stage that he truly shines. You’ll recognize Sylvia's Mother, The Ballad of Lucy Jordan, God Only Knows, Shine Son and many more.
He’s had songs recorded by Bob Dylan, Southside Johnny, Crystal Gayle, BJ Thomas, Olivia Newton-John, Waylon Jennings, Helen Reddy and Willie Nelson; appeared in a movie with Dustin Hoffman and a one-man stageplay The Devil And Billy Markham. He continues to perform in stadium concerts worldwide, writing solo albums Out of the Dark and One of The Lucky Ones, and recently touring with Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings in 2008. A master of his craft.
Tickets on sale 1 July
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Tuesday 10 November, 8pm |
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Talon Best of Eagles
Take It Easy, Desperado, Best Of My Love, Lyin’ Eyes, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane, New Kid In Town, Hotel California, Heartache Tonight, How Long, Long Road Out Of Eden and many more… The hits go on and on.
Now in their twelfth year, Talon bring you their most exciting Eagles music show to date. Featuring all the Eagles Classics, through the decades, and including material from the long awaited new album which is sure to spawn a list of hits over the coming years. Last time the Eagles released an original album, most musicians on today’s Top 40 list weren’t even born!! The fact that the band could take a 28-year break before releasing their seventh studio album, ‘Long Road Out Of Eden’, is simply a tribute to how enduring their music is.
Talon have repeatedly year after year, taken their stunning recreation of the complex melodies and superb vocal harmonies of the Eagles to new heights, delivering concerts to remember.
Talon are giving the Eagles a run for their money. RockPhiles.com
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Thursday 12 November, 8pm |
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Johnny McEvoy
Born in Bannagher on the banks of the River Shannon, Johnny’s introduction to folk music was listening to Radio Luxembourg after homework was done. And it has stayed with him ever since.
A tour of the USA in 1967 proved formative - in a very hot summer of hippies, protests and Vietnam; as did the date at Carnegie Hall with the hit song Nora, from Sean O’Casey’s play The Plough and the Stars. Living through world events - blizzards, burning sands, ancient ruins and modern atrocities - has profoundly affected his song writing and repertoire.
One of Ireland's most enduring artists, Johnny McEvoy's career spans more that three decades with songs like Long Before Your Time, Michael, Going to California, The Ballad of John Williams, Never Learned to Dance and The Ballad of Anne Frank.
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Saturday 14 November, 8pm |
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Glory Days
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
The Boss is only rarely seen in Belfast, so Glory Days will give you what you need! For one night only, this Springsteen Tribute, with the looks and sounds of the boss himself, play hit after hit Glory Days, Born in the U.S.A., My Hometown, Thunder Road, Brilliant Disguise, Hungry Heart, Badlands, The River, Long Walk Home, Radio Nowhere….and more
With more than fifteen years of experience on the road, the band Human Touch, on a 7 date tour of Northern Ireland, really capture the spirit of Bruce live. These boys can rock for over three hours (when they're allowed) giving you that Bruce experience you thought you just couldn't get anymore.
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Thursday 19 November, 8pm |
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Phil Coulter
Song writing and collaboration with Bill Martin have been good to Phil Coulter, from Puppet On A String (Sandi Shaw), Congratulations (Cliff Richard) and All Kinds of Everything (Dana) to My Boy (Elvis), Summer Love Sensation (Bay City Rollers), Forever and Ever (Midge Ure) and The Town I Loved So Well (Dubliners).
But Coulter’s love of music has gone far beyond teenybopper chart hits, through Irish folk, and orchestrations of well known melodies. More recent the albums Classic Tranquillity, Sea of Tranquillity, Winter’s Crossing, Highland Cathedral, Lake of Shadows and Timeless Tranquillity display the touch of a true master musician, echoed by 23 Platinum, 39 Gold and 52 Silver Discs!
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Tickets: £23.50
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Friday 20 November, 8pm |
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Theatrical Delights
This is another guaranteed family Variety Show, brought to you from three of the North West’s local personalities – Neil and Paul McMaster and Edwin Brown. Neil and Paul are actors, mime artists and tutors for Riverside’s very successful Youth Theatre. Edwin is a teacher, recording artist, musical director and also coaches the Youth Theatre youngsters in singing.
With a number of artistes and community participants except a little bit of everything: music, laughter, slapstick, interaction with the audience and a range of guest performers, some new, some previously seen in Riverside, in a show everyone in the family can enjoy.
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Tickets: £8.00, concessions£6.00
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Saturday 21 November, 8pm |
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The Neil Diamond Story
The Neil Diamond Story, an exciting tribute act featuring Ireland country legend Brendan Quinn, is all-set to tour Ireland this autumn. The two hour spectacular live show features over twenty of Neil Diamond’s best loved songs including, Sweet Caroline, Forever in Blue Jeans and What a Beautiful Noise.
Known as ‘the Mighty Quinn’ Brendan Quinn is a legend in his own right as an Irish and Country Music performer having shared stages with performers such as Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers and Kris Kristofferson. Brendan will joined on stage by a 6-piece band which includes his sons Stephen (drums) and James (singing and guitar) as well as Ivan Gilliland; Noel McAry (Bass); Ray Moore (keyboard) and James ‘Cloudy’ Henry (acoustic guitar).
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Tickets: £16.00
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Thursday 26 November, 8pm |
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Eat Sleep Party
Tinderbox Theatre Company returns to the Riverside with a brilliant new show scripted by award winning local writer Damian Gorman from interviews with young men across Northern Ireland.
SLEEP EAT PARTY features a crop of outstanding new performers in a series of stories that are in turn moving, funny and hard hitting – but always brutally honest. Branded spides, vandals, delinquents or threats to society, each successive generation of young men is judged worse than any before. Now for the first time you can hear how the next generation of fathers and sons, lawmakers and lawbreakers see themselves, in a professional theatre production created from their own words and experiences.
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Tickets: £13.00, concessions£10.00
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Friday 27 Novmber, 8pm |
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David Meade
Mindreader David Meade has been stunning audiences all over the world with
his one man show that’s been described as “jawdropping”, “hilariously
funny”, and “…staggering in it’s impossibility” by the Daily Mirror, BBC
Radio 5 Live, and Weekend Magazine. He combines an incredibly sharp wit
with skills of suggestion, psychology, and body language interpretation to
reveal the thoughts of his audience members in a way never before seen by
Irish audiences. He reveals with incredible accuracy the thoughts of
those around him, despite never having claimed to have any psychic
ability, yet still he proves he can both read and influence the thoughts
of those around him to astonishing effect. David reveals secret pin
numbers and passwords, plays a side-splitting game of Russian roulette,
and predicts the most random choices and decisions an audience will make.
Think you’re a good liar? Any audience member who can lie to David
successfully WILL win a substantial sum of money, in cash, on the spot.
Search Youtube for 'DAVID MEADE MINDREADER' for videos.
“A staggering new talent, you’ve never seen anything like this – this
guy’s going to be BIG” DAILY MIRROR, Paul Martin
“For once I’m speechless… really is Incredible…I was blown away – you have
to see David Meade to believe it” Stephen Nolan, Radio 5 Live
“Im still amazed at the amazing David Meade... freaky stuff!” BBC Radio
Ulster
“An extraordinary performance – Funny, Fantastic, and even a bit
Frightening.” ICE Magazine
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Tickets: £12.00
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Saturday 28 November, 8pm |
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Home Boy Home
Atmospheric and poetic, Home Boy Home is a brilliant deconstruction of the modern Irish family. The play explores themes of friendship, loyalty and secrets in flashbacks and present-day scenes revealing how the past has impacted lives, and unravelling comedy and tragedy in equal measure.
Home Boy Home is a contemporary drama set in a prosperous Derry home. The father, a university professor, has died and his family of two daughters and one son return home for the funeral where they meet the son of their former next door neighbour - a young man they have not seen for almost twenty years.
Scott Marshall has spent his life in theatre, as director, performer, writer, critic, tutor, lecturer and adjudicator. A long standing member of the Guild of Dramatic Adjudicators and The Association of Drama Adjudicators, he has adjudicated at the prestigious British All-Winners Final, the All Ireland Final and the World Festival of Amateur Theatre in Monte Carlo. Home Boy Home is his second play to feature at the Riverside in the last twelve months.
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Tickets: £13.00, concessions£10.00
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Friday 4 December, 8pm |
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The Drifters
As one of the biggest selling bands of all time, The Drifters have collated a huge catalogue of over 50 hits, including timeless classics such as Saturday Night at the Movies, Under The Boardwalk, On Broadway, Up on the Roof, Come On Over To My Place and Kissing In The Back Row of the Movies.
They have sold in excess of 214 million singles and 114 million albums world-wide and are also one of the longest serving bands in history. Since 1953, more than 60 vocalists have performed as part of the group. The group is currently touring to great acclaim and their music continues to go from strength to strength with the release of a brand new album, entitled The Drifters: Five Decades and Moore, which will be released in 2009 in memory of the late great Johnny Moore.
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Tickets: £18.00
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Friday 11 December, 8pm |
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Susan McCann
Ireland’s First Lady of Country Music, is probably one of the most travelled Irish country singers to grace the stage. Over her 33-year illustrious career Susan has had a string of successes both at home and in far away places like Russia, South Africa, and USA. Recently she has restricted her live appearances, but has broadened her horizons by entertaining her fans over the airwaves - her Country Collection radio shows can be heard on 5, 6, 7, & Q101 FM five nights a week.
Her latest single, You’re Never Too Old to Love has a very warm sentiment in it for couples reaching their twilight years. Other hits include String of Diamonds, Broken Speed of the Sound of Loneliness and When the Sun Says Goodbye to the Mountains.
Susan is joined by Malachi Cush, singing tracks from his new album Timeless Tradition.
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Tickets: £19.50
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Saturday 12 December, 8pm |
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Brian Kennedy
If there were a special award for being multi gifted, then Brian Kennedy would surely walk away with it. A critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and proven radio/television presenter, he is now acknowledged as an author of considerable worth, having produced a series of short stories and two novels (with a third on the way), not surprisingly, for a lyricist of his calibre.
Over the past 20 years Brian has recorded some of the finest songs ever from an Irish artist, songs like Put a message in the Box, A Better Man, Life, Love and Happiness, These Days, Go with my Heart, Every song is a cry for Love, Dirty Old Town, Curragh of Kildare, Mountains of Mourne.
His latest album Interpretations, includes some fabulous tracks including Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl.
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Tickets: £26.00
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Monday 12 - Saturday 19 December |
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Cinderella the Panto
Another Christmas favourite!
Bullied by her two Ugly Sisters, Cinders' future looks bleak until her Fairy Godmother casts a spell and sends her to the ball.
How will the Prince ever find her when she flees at midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper?
Let Buttons be your host for a spell of traditional panto fun. With plenty of parking space for your pumpkin! Evening shows 7pm
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Tickets: £8.00, concessions£6.00
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Wed 20 Jan - Sat 6 Feb 2010, 7.45pm |
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Oklahoma!
Ballywillan Drama Group is pleased to bring the 10th Anniversary production of their version of OKLAHOMA! to the Riverside.
Last staged by BDG in their then home of Waterworld, Portrush in 2000, some of that award-winning cast have agreed to reprise their roles. Joined on-stage by many of the area’s top musical theatre talent this superb re-telling of the famous musical is sure to please adults and children alike.
With its cornfields and cattle ranches, farmers and cowboys, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! is a glorified and vivid depiction of 1907 rural America.
Featuring another signature Ballywillan stage set and high production values this new staging of OKLAHOMA! will make for a gloriously sunny evening’s entertainment in the dark days of winter.
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Tickets: £13.50, concessions£17.50
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