Wexford Opera House Announces February Listings

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Tommy Fleming

TF Entertainment

Wexford Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre

5 Feb 2011 - 20:00

Tickets: €32.50

Tommy Fleming is known as the "Voice of Ireland". Wherever he travels across the world his unique and powerful voice has captivated audiences. Tommy returns to Wexford Opera House as part of his "Going Back" Irish Tour along with his 9-piece band. This promises to be one of the most exciting and memorable concert tours that Tommy has ever embarked on. Under the direction of David Hayes (Tommy's Musical Director for over eighteen years), this will undoubtedly be a magical experience. The concert will feature tracks from Tommy's new CD & DVD "Going Back" plus all the old favourites like you've never experienced them before. Tommy's concert at the Wexford Opera House will be, as always, very special. Tommy and his band are a musical experience not to be missed, with something for everyone.

Wexford Sinfonia Concert

Wexford Sinfonia

Wexford Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre

6 Feb 2011 - 16:00

Tickets: €10.00 / €20.00

Wexford Sinfonia's Winter Concert will take place, for the first time, in the Wexford Opera House. Finghin Collins, one of Ireland's leading pianists, will be the soloist in the Beethoven Piano Concerto. Finghin has played with the orchestra several times in the past, and the orchestra is delighted to welcome him back once again, to what promises to be a most enjoyable afternoon of music.

Conductor: Fergus Sheil

Soloist: Finghin Collins

Concert programme:

1. Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin - Wagner

2. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, "The Emperor," Op 73 - Beethoven

3. Symphony No 5 in e minor Op. 64 - Tchaikovsky

Cos I'm a Woman

Siobhan Meyler Fawsitt

Wexford Opera House - Jerome Hynes Theatre

Concert - 10th & 11th Feb @ 8pm

Tickets: €20.00

Songs sung by and celebrating women from American Song Book Musical Theatre and popular modern music. With M.D Fintan Cleary & Band. Featuring Special Guests Des Whelan and Maria Fitzgerald.

Sonraigh Youth Dance Festival - Gala

Myriad Dance Company

Wexford Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre

Dance - 12 Feb 2011 - 19:00

Tickets: €5.00 / €10.00

Join us for an evening of exceptional dance performances showcasing the best of artistic work from Ireland's leading Youth Dance Companies and Ensembles, including our own County Wexford Youth Dance Company. Last held in 2008, this Gala represents the best of talented young Irish dancers with outstanding and dynamic performances & choreographic work that will leave you smiling and feeling that the future is bright for dance in Ireland. Organised by Myriad Dance in association with Wexford County Council, the Gala is the highlight in a week-end of events in the Sonraigh Youth Dance Festival. The evening gala performance is preceeded by a Dance Development Conference at the Wexford Opera House on the afternoon of Saturday 27th November. Sonraigh YDF is supported By Wexford County Council, Dance Ireland, Wexford Opera House & Arts Council of Ireland

Zoe Rahman Trio, with special guest Iris Rahman

Music Network

Wexford Opera House - Jerome Hynes Theatre

12 Feb 2011 - 20:00

Tickets: €20.00

Iris Rahman, clarinet

Oli Hayhurst, bass

Gene Calderazzo, drums

After winning the ‘Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year' Award in 1999, Zoe Rahman has quickly established herself as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. Her second album, Melting Pot, was nominated in 2006 for the Mercury Music Prize and more recently she achieved an achingly beautiful fusion of jazz, classical and Bengali music in her highly-acclaimed album Where Rivers Meet, which featured arrangements of Nobel prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore's music. The programme for this tour features pieces from Where Rivers Meet as well as from Zoe's outstanding live album, and debuts some new material written specially for the tour. Rahman's willingness to push musical boundaries is matched by her technical brilliance. Noted for her inventiveness, explosive two-fisted technique, and the tumbling cascades of notes she often trades with her brother, the honey-toned clarinetist Iris Rahman, this mesmerising pianist is aided and abetted by a top-notch rhythm section featuring American drummer Gene Calderazzo and British bass player Oli Hayhurst. In the words of jazz reviewer Chris Parker, brace yourself for "all the punch, pith and sheer verve of the Rahman live act".

B x 3 - Three short plays by Samuel Beckett

Richie Ryan

Wexford Opera House - Jerome Hynes Theatre

14 Feb 2011 - 20:00

Tickets: €10.00 / €12.00 / €15.00

Presented by the Godot Company, London.

Three short plays by Samuel Beckett:

Rough for Theatre One - starring, Peter Pacey and Tony Rohn

Play - starring, Peter Pacey, Collette Kelly and Virginia Byron

Not I - starring, Tony Rohn and Virginia Byron

Dark of the Moon

Bridge Drama

Wexford Opera House - Jerome Hynes Theatre

17th, 18th & 19th Feb @ 8pm

Tickets: €15.00

Last year, Bridge Drama brought the classic "Blithe Spirit" to Wexford Opera House. This year's production is an American tale - a mythical and magical play loosely based on the folk song 'The Ballad of Barbara Allen.' "Dark of the Moon" is set in the Great Smoky Mountains. A witch boy tarries in a valley community, in love with a local girl named Barbara Allen. The superstitious townspeople resent their relationship and their constant meddling threatens the couple's happiness. This play is a compelling love story and a stark portrayal of what happens when two radically contrasting cultures collide.

An Evening with Dr. Hook in Concert

Wexford Opera House -O'Reilly Theatre

19 Feb 2011 - 20:00

Tickets: €32.00 / €35.00

Dr. Hook featuring the instantly recognisable "eye-patch" wearing lead singer, Ray Sawyer, are one of the biggest country / R&B bands to ever come out of the US. They have amassed over 60 Gold & Platinum Records in their 40 odd years on the road. Their songs Sylvia's Mother Said, Sexy Eyes and the worldwide number 1 hit When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman have become "standards" and are still played on radio stations everywhere to this day. Dr. Hook will deliver all of the bands worldwide smash hits including Sylvia's Mother Said, Sexy Eyes, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Cover of The Rolling Stone, Everybody's Makin' It, Stoned and I Missed It and many more from the 60 Gold & Platinum records they have sold over the years.

'Doubt: A Parable'

JP Shanley's Pulitzer Prize winning play

Wexford Drama Group

Wexford Opera House - Jerome Hynes Theatre

23rd, 24th & 25th Feb @ 8pm

Tickets: €12.00 / €15.00

Set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in Autumn 1964, ‘Doubt: A Parable' focuses on head nun Sister Aloysius' suspicions, that the young and enthusiastic Father Flynn is having an improper relationship with an African-American altar boy, Donald Muller.

An Evening with Julian Lloyd Webber

Green Light Management Ltd

Wexford Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre

24 Feb 2011 - 20:00

Tickets: €31.00

A unique opportunity to spend time in the company of one of the world's most renowned musicians! Green Light Management Ltd presents TRAVELS WITH MY CELLO An Evening with Julian Lloyd Webber Celebrating his 60th birthday year the legendary cellist Julian Lloyd Webber will perform favourite classics by Bach, Faure, Saint Saens and Debussy as well as his father William and his brother Andrew Lloyd Webber. Julian will also reminisce on his many collaborations with musicians as diverse as Yehudi Menuhin, Joaquim Rodrigo, jazz greats Cleo Laine and Stephane Grapelli, as well as Elton John and, of course, his brother Andrew. With Pam Chowhan on piano A must for lovers of all music!

Cinderella

Ballet Theatre UK

Wexford Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre

25 Feb 2011 - 19:30

Tickets: €15.00 / €20.00 / €25.00

Ballet Theatre UK's new production of the classic ballet, Cinderella, tells everyone's favourite rags-to-riches story. Cinderella is tormented by her spiteful stepsisters and would do anything to attend the Prince's glamorous ball. Rejected, upset and alone, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother intervenes and transforms her into a glittering Princess who shall go to the ball. Join Cinderella on her adventure of daring magic, hansom princes, glass slippers, and see if she can find her ‘happy ever after'... Prokofiev's uplifting score together with sumptuous costumes and sets conjure up the magical fantasy world of Cinderella perfectly. Ballet Theatre UK promises to enchant you with this fairytale production of breath taking beauty and delight, showcasing a company of young and talented international dancers. This ALL NEW production promises to be a highlight on the calendar of any dance fan. www.BalletTheatre-UK.com

Acallam na Senorach/An Irish Colloquy by Tarik O'Regan

The National Chamber Choir of Ireland

Wexford Opera House, O'Reilly Theatre

27 Feb 2011 - 19:30

Tickets: €8.00 / €12.00 / €15.00

The National Chamber Choir will give a performance of Tarik O'Regan's setting of Acallam na Senorach / An Irish Colloquy, a concert-length piece, scored for chamber choir, guitar and bodhrain. It is a rendering in musical terms of Acallam na Senorach, perhaps the most important Middle Irish narrative dating from the 12th or 13th century. The text follows two aged Irish warrior-heroes (Oisin and Cailte, inexplicably still alive, centuries after the famed battles in which they fought) as they travel across Ireland with the newly-arrived St. Patrick. Their tales are told through mystical stories, often referencing the natural geography of the landscape, and short poems in medieval Irish. British classical musician and sound engineer, Stewart French will play solo guitar and the performance will be conducted by one of the most celebrated and well-known vocal ensemble conductors, Paul Hillier.

SOPRANOS: Sarah Busfield, Elizabeth Hilliard, Janna Leith, Abbi Temple.

ALTOS: Mark Chambers, Mihaela-Loredana Chirvase, Cora Newman, Christina Whyte.

TENORS: Warwick Harte, Alan Leech, Chris Watson, Jacek Wislocki.

BASSES: Tristan Caldwell, Seán Green, Jeffrey Ledwidge, Paul McGough.

CONDUCTOR: Paul Hillier

SOLO GUITAR: Stewart French

COMPOSER: Tarik O'Regan

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