Comhaltas Roundup for May and Later
MonthlyMondayAroundtheCircleZoom –Monday27th May
Our Monthly Monday Zoom Sessions continue, with our next one on Monday 27 May from 8:00-10:00 p.m.Everyone is welcome to play a tune, sing a song, or just listen in and enjoy the chat and craic.
Link: https://tinyurl.com/Around-Circle-Comhaltas
ComhaltasSetDanceWorkshopWeekend–17th-19thMay
It’s finally here! Our Comhaltas Set Dance Workshop Weekend runsfrom 17th-19th May at St. Martin de Porres Parish Hall in AvondaleHeights. We cannot wait to welcome special guestteacher, Limerick’s Ultan Mulcahyon his first trip to Australia. The weekend kicks off with a welcome dinner and dancing at the Quiet Man on Friday 17th May, followed by a full weekend of workshops and ceilis on the Saturday and the Sunday. Join us for any or all of the week end’s craic.
More information and booking:
https://forms.gle/NWW5aw9prdjSPhuY9
Tradathon Weekend in Wodonga–FridaySunday10th-12thMay
FromComhaltasMelbournefriendJodyMoran:
There’s just a couple of weeks to go until our Tradathon weekend in Wodonga, running Friday 10th–Sunday 12th May. Nowinits16thyear, this is alwaysafantasticgatheringof musicians, singers and dancers from around Australia.
The fun is happening at Ken and Liz Fuchsen’s farm, just a 5-minute drive from central Wodonga:https://barandudahomestead.com.au. There is plenty of room for free camping on the site, but for those who want something a bit more luxurious, check out accommodation in Wodonga, Baranduda, Tangambalanga or Yackandandah. Nothing is very far away.
Feel free to contact Jody for more information:0427211282 and joe@optimumclinic.com.au
Mother’s Day Lunch at the Celtic Club
Sunday, 12th May Mother’s Day Lunch
Treat Mum this Mother’s Day with our special lunch deal!
On Sunday, May 12th, choose from three available sessions—12pm, 2.30pm, or 5.30pm. Only $90 per person, with members enjoying a 10% discount.
Tuesday, 14th May
Set Dancing at the Celtic Club
Join us for an evening of Irish set dancing, hosted by talented dance teacher Matthew Harriage. The will be held mid-monthly, starting Tuesday 14th May.
From 7.30–9pm in the Members Bar
$10 pp Members, $15 pp Non-member
Registrations and Information
Traditional Irish Music & Singalong at the Celtic Club
Every Friday at the CelticClub, WildGeese Hotel (formerly the Sarah Sands), 29 Sydney Rd., Brunswick.1:00-6:00p.m. https://www.celticclub.com.au/
Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar
WEDNESDAY 22nd May [note new time] 4.30pm (Melbourne time) Hybrid event – in person and zoom SPEAKER: Prof. Dianne Hall, Victoria University, Melbourne “Stories of migration and return in 1930s Ireland: The Schools Collection”. In this paper I will analyse the stories that people in 1930s Ireland told migration to Australia and other diasporic destinations. In the 1930s, school teachers in Ireland were asked to set children the task of talking to older people in their communities about the past. Among the thousands of stories that were collected are a rich vein of narratives about migration. I will analyse these narratives for information about returned migrants from Australia, who were usually portrayed as rich and successful. I will also examine some of the magical or folkloric stories that feature Australia as a far off destination where anything might happen. As always this is a free public seminar open to every one. It starts at 4.30pm Jabiru room, Newman College, Swanston St, Carlton.Or join via zoom Join Zoom Meetinghttps://victoriauniversity.zoom.us/j/89614180217?pwd=RUgxeDZuVDdLZGxCRTJ3MXVNT3VLQT09 |
Bloomsday in Melbourne is thrilled to announce our brand new play, Samuel Beckett And The Rainbow Girl, the moving story of James Joyce’s talented daughter Lucia, her desperate passion for dance and her doomed love affair with Samuel Beckett.
Tickets on sale from Saturday 11 April 2024.
| ABOUT THE SHOW It’s late 1920s Paris and Lucia, muse and only daughter of notorious banned novelist James Joyce, is poised to succeed as a daringly original dancer. Into this dysfunctional artistic household arrives alluring young Dubliner Samuel Beckett – enigmatic, hypereducated, a writer seeking his own literary voice. He finds himself drawn into the older writer’s web… and at the same time becomes the reluctant subject of Lucia’s increasingly obsessive amorous gaze. A series of romantic misunderstandings, at first comic but increasingly tragic, strip Lucia of her nascent career and, her family and love interest both lost to her, she spirals into madness. In addition to the centrepiece of the festival, the play, Bloomsday in Melbourne will also host a seminar and lunch. Follow Bloomsday in Melbourne at https://www.bloomsdayinmelbourne.org.au Subscribe at top right corner of website for news and information. |
National Celtic Festival Port Arlington, 7-10 June
More information: https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com
An Outstanding Irish Play in Sydney
| Sydney Theatre Company and Gate Theatre Present The President |
| In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company has joined forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to bring Australian audiences The President, a searingly relevant story of ambition, power and change. Featuring impressive performances from stage and screen legends, Hugo Weaving and Olwen Fouéré, what results is a “mesmerising, unsettling, wickedly satirical and beautifully crafted” (Stage Noise) production. With only 2 weeks until closing, this show is not to be missed! Purchase your tickets at sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2024/the-president |
for Sydneysiders at Belvoir
Now until 25 May 2024
AN ASTONISHING DEBUT PLAY IN A PRODUCTION DIRECT FROM OUR DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE.
Northern Ireland, 1987. Deirdre is stuck – between arguments, nations, and the lives she almost lived. But when her old schoolfriends gather in her kitchen yet again for Christmas Eve, their growing differences push to the surface a powder-keg, waiting the tiniest spark. And then one of them turns up with her surprise fiancé.
He’s English.
Set against the backdrop of The Troubles, this brilliant debut play is an unforgettable drama of home, friends, the decision to leave or stay, and the possibility of forgiveness.
Grace Chapple’s Never Closer premiered Downstairs at Belvoir in 2022 as part of 25A and I haven’t seen anything so assured and accomplished in ages. It’s a tight, mature piece of writing with some finely-detailed performances in an exquisitely directed production by Hannah Goodwin. So, in a grand tradition, we’re bringing it Upstairs. This is a chance to see a thoughtful, crafted new play by an Australian writing of her ancestral land. In six characters and a single room, Grace catches the tremors of a whole country and a whole time – with some striking resonances for here today. – Eamon
Tinteán 